"Today, I still wonder if back then we had a country where it was easier to live or if it was me who didn't understand that as years went by, life became harder." "Those are my parents..." "Before that night they fought most of the year." "But the Christmas spirit had made what I thought was impossible." "They treated each other with love again." "That's me twenty years ago." "At Christmas Eve there was always a party at my house." "That's why I am still up, despite the hour." "But I'm not the protagonist of this story." "The real protagonist is him." "My uncle Gustavo." "A nice guy." "For uncle Gustavo things didn't end up well that night." "Moreover... for him things never ended up well with women." "To tell the truth I didn't do any better that night." "During the year my parents had been mad at each other" "I had been sleeping with my mom and that night thanks to the reconciliation they slammed the door in my face and threw me out to the world as if it were a second birth." "Did they leave you out?" "From that night on, I shared the bed with my uncle." "And not just the bed but also a holiday I still remember with nostalgia and gratitude." "I left the card and the money for health insurance." "See you later, dear." "Give your mom a kiss." "God bless you." "Well, Tavo:" "I'm counting on you." "Bye, dear." "Obey your uncle." "Bye." "The following day my parents went to the coast." "Of course, they didn't take me." "According to them this was going to be a second Honey Moon... and there was no room for me." "Uncle Gustavo was in charge of me while they were away" "Life with my uncle was unbelievable." "The guy tried hard but definitively, domestic issues were not his forte." "One of the things I recall about those vacations was that he didn't make me take a shower every day." "Not even every other day." "To tell the truth, we seldom took a shower." "Despite that and the general mess we had fun we were almost happy." "Every day we spent time watching this singer." "I didn't know exactly why." "Let's say something about my uncle Gustavo:" "He finished school after a long and complicated battle against books especially against Math." "Then he studied Music." "No one never knew why and at that time, he was doing nothing at all." "Bravo!" "I forgot to say something." "I had the good luck he didn't have with women." "What's the name of your group?" "Ah!" "The food's here." "Thank you." "So that day and thanks to me my uncle Gustavo finally was able to talk to the girl of his dreams." "So, tell me, honey:" "Since when do you sing professionally?" "I'm just starting." "Would you like something else?" "Because you do it very well." "You have tuning rythm, tessitura harmony and especially a great scenic presence." " And which grade are you in?" " I'm in first grade." "I'm a musician too, you know?" "Really?" "That's good." "I don't know if you have noticed but I've watching you for a few days." "No." "I didn't notice it." "And, do you like school, dear?" "I bet you wonder why I've been watching you." "Well, I am putting together a tropical music orchestra." "No doubt." "The guy was good at improvising." "Most of the crew is already hired." "First class musicians." "You can count on that." "And guess what:" "I still need the singer." "Today is your lucky day, you're just what I need." "I don't know." "Are you interested?" "William is such an asshole." "I don't understand why he tells everybody that story." "He must think it's very funny." "But I don't think it was funny at all." "It was very painful, very painful." "That's what love is:" "A comedy for some and tragic for the one who feels it." "Anyway, it's better not to recall some affairs because when you do it, you get fucked up." "But now that I think about it" "it makes me laugh." "That's the way life goes:" "One day you cry and next day you laugh." "An orchestra?" "Not just an orchestra, no." "It's going to be a super tropical orchestra." "With Porros, Cumbias, Boleros, Merecumbés." "Like The Billo's Caracas Boys." "Really?" "And who's putting it together, you?" "Yes, me." "And this time is serious stuff." "Yeah, right, like the last time." "Just the same and you didn't come through for us." "No, no, no." "This time is different." "Why?" "Will you pay us in advance?" "I found a singer." "She's really good, man." "She's going to take us straight to the top." "Willy." "Isn't it true that she sings like an angel?" "Just like Matilde Díaz." "Gustavo, no more bull, take the boy home." "This is no place or time for him." "He is cold and sleepy." "Chill out, Miguel." "He likes staying up late." "Right, Willy?" "Right?" "So what?" "Will you spend all your life gigging?" "Like broken mariachis?" "Waiting for a repentant drunk to hire you for a few bucks?" "Wake up, guys." "I'm giving you the opportunity to grow." "To be someone in this world." "The idea is good." "But without money, I'm out." "Her, at least I make money for the day." "I have a family." "Don't you have ambitions, Migue?" "No, Tavito:" "I like the idea, but "money talks"." "Good luck!" "This was the beginning of Gustavo's sad quest for his old music academy mates." "A bunch of losers hit by life but above all, by the hard work of being musicians." "No, no, no Gustavito if you can't pay us in advance don't waste your time insisting." "What's wrong with you?" "Where are your dreams?" "And love for art?" "There are too many orchestras nowadays, one more?" "No way." "It's not just an orchestra." "It'll be "The Orchestra"." "You should see the singer I got." "She sings just like Toña La Negra." "Right Willy?" "Willy, doesn't she sing just like her?" "I don't know Gustavo." "You know that to get a good orchestra you need money and as far as I can see, we have more money than you." "Why don't you take the kid for lunch?" "Look, he is starving." "Come on, let's work, man." "It's time to work." " See you, pal." " So." " Let's work." " Hey, so?" "You should see the singer I found..." "She sings just like Totó La Momposina." "Right, Wily?" "All right, Gustavito:" "Let's do it." "Are you serious?" "I am sick of playing for people who come here to eat." " Armandillo, there's no money." " So what?" "Didn't you say we'll be the best orchestra around?" "Don't you have the singer?" "You can pay me when we get rich." "Wow!" "Armando:" "You're great." "We are going to make it big." "You'll see, pal." "I'm going to amuse the clients." " Hey!" "Muñequito." " Don't worry." "It's on me." "Wow, Armandito!" "Wow!" "Go ahead, it's on the house." " Ready." " I still owe two payments on that car and now they want to rob me blind for it." "Do you think it's fair?" "They're such bastards." "I'm sorry." "The kid is listening." "Hey, pal, what's the story with your orchestra?" "It's not just any orchestra." "It's "The Orchestra"." "It's a tropical music orchestra." "The gang is cool." "You should see the singer I got." "She sings just like Celia Cruz." "And then what's my part in it, pal?" "You are the Baritone of the Americas, brother." " You're kind as always, pal." " Sure." "So, are you in or not?" "Let's do something pal." "Get me some money to ease those guys, would you?" "And you can count with me." "I have a friend who is great." "His name is Gustavo and he'll help me out." "I have a friend who is great." "His name is Gustavo and he'll help me out." " Yes?" "Yes, pal?" " Yes." "Yes." " What music will be play?" " Tropical." "Completely modern." "The music people listen to nowadays." "The Billo's Caracas Boys." "Antillean." "We must put an Antillean touch to it." "When will I meet the musicians?" "When do we rehearse?" "Shows?" "Easy." "Easy, darling." "Haste makes waste." "And as people say:" "Everything comes at the right time." "Wait a minute." "Are you teasing me?" "Are you just talking bull?" "Come on, sweetie." "Am I talking bull, kid?" "That's how I learnt to tell lies." "Well, you talk and talk but I don't see anything." "All right, all right." "I hadn't told you because it was a surprise but next week" "I'm getting the crew together the whole crew so they can meet you and we can start rehearsing." "Really?" "Do I look like a liar, darling?" "Then can I ask you for a very special favor?" "Whatever you want, honey." "Sure, whatever I want?" "Look" "do you think I could refuse?" "Uncle Gustavo had to keep his promise and hire José for the orchestra." "The only musician who wouldn't be his friend." "The die was cast." "The commitment with Jazmín had no turning back." "My uncle was determined not to miss this opportunity." "So regarding the lack of solidarity of his mates he appealed to an extreme solution." "I don't like people to bring kids to this place." "Easy Don Gerardo, he always behaves well." "Yeah, he even looks kind of stupid." "All right Gustavito." "You know how I am with debts." "I don't know how to sign papers." "I only know how to collect what's owed to me." "Don Gerardo, you'll get interests every Monday." "I'm not going to lose my collection of magazines." "Gustavito, I am only doing this to help you because I like you." "I have been collecting the magazines for years and believe or not, they are valuables." "Do you know how many mixers worth a fortune I have stowed here?" "How many rings with a sentimental value do I have in those drawers?" "Many." "When it comes to money there is no room for feelings." "If I'm taking your magazines it's just because I haven't read them." "Come." "Do you know what I have here?" "It's an ear from a client who never paid their debt." "Do you want to see it?" "I'm not a bank." "I am not going to ask you for guarantees." "I don't know how to make a juridical collection but my methods are more effective." "I lend you money and you pay me back, right?" "Listen, Gustavito may I ask you what do you need the money for?" "I am putting a tropical orchestra together." "Oh, come on, Gustavito." "You have some nice pussy, don't you?" "Watch out Don Gerrdo, the kid is listening." "Every Monday I want my interest paid." "Women drive you crazy when you're young." "You cannot think when you're in love." "You don't think about danger, and you do crazy things." "You just want to please them." "I used to do well with women." "I was good looking and good with words." "But as time goes by, you become lazy, coward you lose your impulse, you lack... but women" "they really have gasoline for love." "To care." "They never get tired." "They are tough." "My uncle's team of losers was complete with Don Antulio the old Harmony professor at the conservatory." "I'm getting a coffe, ok?" "I'll be back, Don Antulio, don't worry." "You are crazy Gustavo." "Crazy." "Do you know how many orchestras are living from public charity?" "But you don't play in any of them." "No." "Gustavo." "Thanks for the compliment, but you're out of your mind if you want me to direct it." "Look how I get when I drink." "I'm not worth a thing." "You're one of the best ones and talent lasts forever." "I'm not interested in music" "I don't want to know anything about gigging." "I got sick of being broke." "So now you just drink, right?" "It's easier, and less evident." "Remember what you told my father?" "You must fight to the death to be able to live on music." "Those days are gone, Gustavo." "Come on, Gustavito, grow up." "Don't be dupe." "Forget about music." "You're still young." "Look in the mirror and look at me." "Is this what you want to be?" "Don't look for what you haven't lost and go home." "This not the place nor time to be hanging out with a kid." "Don't be irresponsible." "What a hangover." "I have it, I have it, I don't have it." "I don't have it." " Pick them up!" " Ah!" "Don't be childish!" "Grow up, Gustavito." "You're not here to play nor watch, but to work." "From now on you are in charge of the instruments." "Of the stands, booms, guacharaca, and maracas, OK?" "I'm counting on you, OK?" "Come on kid." "I'm counting on you." "OK boys." "And what about Migue?" "He's like Hecticor Lavoe." "The king of punctuality." "It was the first time I had the responsibility and for the first time I felt as a part of something." "From that day on when my uncle gave me that responsibility" "I started feeling that the orchestra was my family." "A feeling of freedom and confidence motivated me." "I think I was growing up." "Sound, sound, sound." "They're here." "Hey!" "Fuck Carmelo, this shit is fucked up." "Impossible." "They told me the engine's just been fixed." "And you believed them?" "Watch it!" "You'll get burnt." "Don't be stupid." "Go inside, this is for adults." "Don't talk to him like that." "He's my assistant." "Who's the snitch!" "Get your hands out of there." "All right, guys." "Will you stop fucking around with that shit?" "We have a rehearsal." "Easy, man." "First thing's first." "That's right." "Hey!" "Armando." "Let's go." "Not all of us are here." "Gustavo, hey, Gustavo." "There's no toilet paper in the bathroom, what do I do?" "Tough luck." "Wipe your ass with your fingers or shit at home." "Let's get in." "These people needed a reason to take this job seriously and of course Jazmín was that reason." "Hello." "I'm sorry I'm late." "Don't worry." "It's all right." "Come in, please." "What did I tell you, shit-heads." "You see, Willy." "Your uncle thinks he'll succeed with those depraved guys." "Go in, engineer." "Willy, open the door." "Excuse me, excuse me." "Excuse me, excuse me." "Excuse me." "Carmelo, what did we agree on?" "First she learns the songs and then the chorus." "Understood?" "Nicolás, what did we agree on Travolta?" " I'm trying to get in sync with her." " You can do that later." "Germán, Germán." "It's not time for the choreography." "Not yet." "What happened, Miguel?" "Look at the time." "Get the trumpet." "Hurry." "Can I leave half an hour before?" "Enough!" "Sorry." "Are we ready now?" "Come on, Germán." ""Resorte" gives the lead." "Don't be a snitch." "One, two, three..." "That's just like your uncle, Willy." "Take care of him, because that girl will make him suffer." "Ciao." "See you." "Ciao." "See you tomorrow." "Ciao." "Ciao." "Migue, you have to be punctual." "Easy, Gustavito, It won't happen again." "Know what?" "I'm gone, I have a gif with "los Voraces"" "But that's it..." "it's a shift for tonight." "If you can start the car, sell it." "Pal, we better not count on Jonás." "It's a pity, because he's the best musician." " So, did you find out..." " Uncle, help." "So, where did you get that girl?" "Which girl?" "Which?" "The singer." "Don't play dumb." "Did you win her in a raffle?" "She sings nice, doesn't she?" "I don't know if she sings nice." "But I do and the kid too." "Right Willy?" "Yes." "Watch out, man." "Let me tell you something." "There are many girls who sing well and that girl is too good for you." "You have to be conscious of your limitations and I see you walking down the road of bitterness." "What can I do if she's driving me crazy?" "The best you can do is run away." "No, no, no." "Right now I am worried about something else." "Without a musical director, this is never going to work." "What happened with master Antulio?" "No, he's an alcoholic." "What a pity." "But that's easy to solve:" "Give him some "aguardiente" and that's it." "Leave him alone, brother." "And you:" "Come here, Tarzán." "One." "One, two, three." "What time is it?" "It doesn't matter kid." "Why don't you bring me a glass of water?" "Be good." "I'm thirsty." "Do I look very bad?" "You know what's the worse thing?" "I think I pissed." "Look." "Don't tell me that hasn't ever happened to you?" "Well, but since you are little it's ok." "It doesn't matter." "But in an old man like me, it's embarrassing." "As if the urine were not the same." "The problem is not that." "The problem is getting old." "Go and get a bucket, a brush, and soap to clean this shame." "Another thing don't tell anyone about this." "It's a secret between you and me, understood?" "And when two people keep a secret they become very close friends and friends never betray each other." "Go and get the water." "Don't forget." "Aunt Gilma's workshop." "My mother and Gustavo's sister." "In charge of designing the clothes for the orchestra." "It's not that hard, Gilma and you'll do me a great favor." "What is it what you want, Gustavo?" "We'll play for real, I need you to help me with the kid." "Gilma, I can't take care of him every night besides that's not the right for a little kid." "You said he was part of the orchestra." "I said that to cheer him up but I can't take him." "He'll get tired and it'll be a problem for me." "A problem for what?" "For work or to keep on flirting with Jazmín." "For both things." "Gilma:" "She is the women of my dreams." "If I'm taking care of the kid" "I won't be able to have my way around with her." "Gustavo, I work all day long." "Make him do anything." "Removing threads sewing on buttons, anything." "Do me that favor, Gilma." "Look, you better hand me that front apron over there." " Which front apron?" " That one, that one." " But this is a sleeve." " Behind it." "I considered that a betrayal." "My uncle's betrayal." "How come he'd done this just to keep me busy?" "How come I could become a problem." "Did he forget why Jazmín paid attention to him?" "I'd never felt humiliated for unrecognized work before." "And in that moment I wished the orchestra would collapse." "It seemed like luck was on my side." "Why do we insist?" "This isn't going to work." "Let's make it easier." "A step here and there." "That's it." "Girl... with your spirit we won't get anywhere." "This is not that complicated." "Just concentrate." "Hey!" "Sweetie." "Don't waste your time, do as Tocaima's Nijinsky tells you." "Oh, you're so funny." "So, pineapple head did you come with your dad with your mom or your grandma?" "Very funny." "You know what?" "Just blow your trumpet." "Did anyone ask him for his opinion?" "Don't be a snitch." " Snitch, my ass!" " Enough." "That's enough!" "Don't start arguing now that Jazmín is here." "OK;" "OK?" "Tell the snitch not to fuck around with me." "How delicate!" "Go braid your hair." "Enough!" "Stop it, Germán." "Just play your trumpet, or what did I call you for?" "Stop making a fuss." "Show respect." "No more." "What's wrong with you?" "What did I tell you?" "Is that what you teach kids?" "We didn't do anything bad." "No, you were doing only good things." "It's OK to bring all those slackers to my house." "And that girl that looks as like a party slut?" "Don't pick on her, Antonio." "She's very decent and an excellent singer." "Oh, very decent, you can tell." "Do you think it's OK to let that drunk sleep in my bed?" "Poor Don Antulio." "It was just for a few days." "Don't be cheeky, Gustavo." "Tell that bunch of misfit assholes..." "It's an orchestra!" "An Orchestra." "Ha!" "Don't make me laugh." "An orchestra, it's a bunch of losers." "I know them." "You couldn't even make a crummy trio." "Do you want to bet?" "Bet what?" "Bet with you?" "Don't be stupid." "Antonio:" "Please the boy is doing the best he can." "Sure." "You were late coming out in his defense." "Come on, honey." "Why don't we give him a chance?" "A chance for what, Miryam?" "A chance to destroy the house?" "Have you ever listened to how we play?" "No, and I won't bother doing it, mister." "Tell those bastards not to show up in this house again." "I don't want bad examples for William." "Are you getting your uncle's bad habits?" "Is it clear, Beethoven?" "What am I going to do now?" "What am I going to do?" "Kid, we have no choice." "You must convince your dad to let us rehearse here." "How come not?" "Only you can convince your dad." "Otherwise no orchestra, and no Jazmín." "No place to rehearse, no orchestra." "Only you can convince him." "He always pleases you." "With one condition." "Which one?" "Tell me." "You take me to all the shows." "And who told you I wouldn't?" "You told my aunt that I was a problem." "But, but that's not true." "I told her that but it isn't true." "It isn't true." "That's not true." "Sure." " So I'm not a problem?" " No, you are not a problem." "You're chief of instruments and chief of logistics." "I'm going to take you to all the shows." " You promise?" " Sure." "I promise." "Well, to the ones during the day." "No way, I want to go to al of them." "No." "Your Dad won't let you go out at night." "But if I convince him, will you take me?" "Look, Willy" "If you convince your dad to let me rehearse in the house" "I'll take you everywhere." "To the tours, the concerts, the recording of the LP." "To my marriage, Willy." "OK?" "I promise, OK?" " You promise?" " I promise." "Look, I swear it." "Ah!" "You won't be able to convince him." "OK, kid." "Let's try the next microphone." "Go ahead." "Sound, sound, sound." "Great!" "All right." "Give me the bottle." "Or you'll fuck it up." "It belongs to Master Antulio" "Rememer what Isaid:" "The most important orchestra in the country is born today." "Let's go guys." "Let's show them who's who." "And Miguel?" "Who?" "But if you are the star, honey." "OK:" "Tell me, how do I look?" "Great." "For me, it was like making a dream come true." "I'll tell you something:" "Today, thanks to you and to the "Divino Niño"" "we started our way to heaven and nobody is stopping us." "Yes, but it was because of you." "I accept I didn't believe you at the beginning but from now on you can count on me;" "Gustavo." "For anything." "Thanks." "Men are more like animals they lose their heads more easily." "Take me for example." "That's why women are so distrustful, they know that most men approach them and go near them only to get and when they get it, they leave." "That's why it's so hard to get them in bed." "Back in those days I thought women didn't fall for losers." "That's why I was so anxious." "I knew things with her, depended on our success." "Nowadays, I think something different." "With compromise and lots of tenderness they'd go to the moon with you if you want to." "After that first show the orchestra started doing very well." "Things with Jazmín were also going well." "Slow but sure, as uncle Gustavo said so." "I had never seen him so happy." "And now I think he never was so happy as then." "But still we had problems." "Despite the success of the shows the truth is that the restaurant didn't pay enough to pay that group of stars." "My uncle's economic situation was getting worse every day." "So we had to look for other alternatives for the orchestra because, you know, the affair with Jazmín depended on it." "We even offered to play in a grill." "That's how bad we were doing." "Fuck." "I can't even pay Jazmín." "Not even for a week of interests for Gerardo." "I'll have to lose all the "El Gráfico" magazines and the photography camera and then" "I can think about Jazmín." "Jazmín, Jazmín." "I haven't used it much." "But, are you crazy?" "Are you crazy?" "That was my Christmas present for you." "I don't want to play soccer I wanna be a musician, like you." "Don't even dream about it." "No way." "You have to play soccer." "Musicians can only suffer." "You have to be like Arnoldo iguarán, Willington Ortiz." "You said everyone would do well in the orchestra." "Yes, but after a lot of suffering after a lot of work." "You must be a soccer player." "Forget about being a musician." "What's wrong with you, Gustavito?" "Did I lend you buttons?" "Record players?" "Soccer balls or what?" "What did I lend you?" "Money, money, Don Gerardo." "We haven't done very well and I don't want you to think I am playing fool." "Money." "Money." "What I need is money." "To pay that man, or he'll get mad." "Money to pay the doorman and money to pay my driver." "Don't be so saucy, Gustavito." " You didn't understand me..." " No you didn't understand me!" "I know, I think that you believe I'm stupid." "No, no, no." "Not at all." "Listen to me because I won't say it again." "You either pay me on Friday what you owe me or you will suffer the consequences and I am serious." "Take this advice:" "Watch your ears because you know, you're a musician." "You don't have to be very intelligent to know my uncle had to pay or he could lose his ears." "So, regarding the possible disaster my poor uncle came up with a provisional solution to overcome the situation." "The capital was the few savings of my mom who had no idea about my uncle's money problems." "If you eat snate snake, cut the head off first." "He who smelt it, dealt it." "With that few money, my uncle escaped Don Gerardo and the orchestra went on tour invited to some resorts in Melgar and Girardot." "A tour to which, despite my deal with my uncle" "I wasn't invited." "That's why I'm crying." " All right, here we go!" " I still can't believe it." "You see?" "I don't talk bullshit." "Just open your little mouth and your dreams will come true." "Really?" "Try me." "There's something I'd really like to do." "What?" "I'd like to sing my own songs." "All right, it's a deal." "From now on, I will write your songs." "They'll be your own songs and they will be a hit." "I swear to God." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Miguel is here." "Stop!" "Miguel is here!" "Driver, stop!" "Migue..." "Hi Gustavito." "Hello Jazmincita." "I almost didn't make it." "My uncle's efforts to teach me how to swim in those vacations were no good." "Though I must admit it was because of my clumsiness but also because his attention was somewhere else." "Sound, sound, sound." "What are you doing, uncle?" "I am writing a song." "For Jazmín?" "Yes, so she can sing it." "Is she your girlfriend?" "Not yet." "Do you want her to be your girlfriend?" "Yes... but I can't write anything good." "Why?" "Because that's a gift and I don't think I have it." "So, how will you get her to be your girlfriend?" "I don't know." "Do you have an idea?" "Yes, kiss her." "All right." "Now I have to go." " Where?" " I have to do something." " Can I go with you?" " No; no." "It's bed time for little kids." "I didn't know why every night, after I slept my uncle went out." "But I didn't care much." "However that night I did something I had always wanted to do." "Get in the pool at night." "From that night on, I changed." "When I saw what happened in that pool I lost my innocence." "It was the end of my childhood." "What do you think?" "Speak up!" "Have guts to tell us what you were doing." "Speak." "Why is it that since we left Bogotá we haven't seen a dime?" "William." "Go to the room." "Go now, damn it!" " Don't take it on the kid." " No, no, no." "Please, tell us what happened, Gustavo." "Speak up!" "Tell us what you did every night." "Tell us about the wonderful contracts you got." " Speak up!" " Enough!" "Since leaving Bogotá we've played for room and board." "There will be no payment." " You're such a bastard!" " Cool, brother." "Cool." "Cool?" "Can't you see this guy cheated us?" "Robbed us?" "We are the fool ones, we believed in this sucker." "Who's going to pay us?" "Because my time is worth, Mister producer." "I will, guys." "I'm broke." "But I'll take the responsibility." "Easy, easy." "Nothing is going to happen." "Look, Gustavo:" "I don't know how you're going to do it but you have to pay me." "No one cheats Germán Baroche." "Let's go Miguel." "You also have to pay me, don Gustavo." " Jazmín." "Let's go." " I'm staying." "You're staying." "What for?" "I don't know, I don't know but I'm staying!" "After that day the group was reduced to its simplest expression." "Only my uncle's most loyal friends stayed with him." "You better go back to Bogotá." "And, what about you?" "No, I can't go back yet." "Why?" "Because I don't have money to pay Don Gerardo." "I don't want to see your dad's face and I don't want to leave Jazmín here by herself." "I don't want to go back either." "Things are going to get really bad now." "But I am in charge of the orchestra's instruments." "Which orchestra?" "Didn't you see what happened?" "I don't care." "Why are you so stubborn." "Because you taught me." "Come." "But still, Jazmín stayed with us." "Did you see?" " She loves me, doesn't she?" " Yes, she does." " She loves me, right?" " Yes." "I don't see any other reason." "She loves me." "I talked to the owner and maybe they will hire us for two gigs." "The payment is not great, but it's something." "Gustavo, I want to go back to Bogotá." "Why?" "What do you mean?" "Do you think we're OK with this mediocre orchestra?" "Playing for drunks who don't know what music we play?" "We are supposed to be playing for board and lodging and we aren't getting that." "Think about the kid!" "But I'm all right." "This is just the beginning." "Once people know us..." "Who?" "Where?" "The people at the public swimming pools?" "Don't lie to yourself, Gustavo." "It'll only get worse." " No one say it'd be easy." " Nor so hard!" "I was better at home." "Singing at the mall." "I had all I needed." "The road to success is hard, it demands sacrifices..." "Perhaps I don't care about success any more." "Why did you stay?" "Why didn't you return to Bogotá?" "Because I owe you big." "Because you did it all for me." "Jazmín, look:" "I have the song." "I have the song." "I wrote it and it's a hit." "I have it." "It's just a matter of time." "I need more time." "We are running out of time, Gustavo." "I don't know how long I'm going to resist." "Think about the kid, he's going to get sick because of lack of feed and sleep!" "Let's go." "Let's go!" "Let's go now!" "We must pack!" "We have to leave!" "We're leaving now!" "Let's go!" "How many times do I have to tell you?" "Why are you so sad, kid?" "I don't want to go back to Bogotá." "Me neither." "We are having fun here." "The weather is nice and drinks are cheap." "People come here to relax, so why should you cry?" "My uncle scolded me." "Don't pay attention to him, he's crazy." "Because of Jazmín." "I know." "And we can't do anything about it." "But we are good friends and I don't want to see you sad so I'm going to show you a trick." "A trick?" "Yes, a trick but watch out, it only works for people who are bored with life." "Look..." "First you hold your breath like this" "then you lay down looking at the sky like this" "and then you close your eyes." "Good bye boy." "There was Don Antulio." "The oldest friend I had had." "He was the first dead person I'd seen and knowing that death existed changed my life." "Master Antulio was a great man." "He was real man." "And a good musician." "A master in the broad sense of the broad." "Don Antulio might've been a drunk, a loser a woman chaser and irresponsible but he was noble, a real gentleman." "And a great professor." "The best." "Poor man." "May God keep him in his Glory." "I'm going to say something weird but the best homage we can pay Master Antulio is to get the orchestra back together and play." "No way, Gustavito." "Are you going to take advantage of his death?" "No." "This time is different." "You never learn?" "I have a song that can be the hit of the year." "I wrote it." "You did?" "And I want Jazmín to sing it." "I know it's going to be a hit." "I have never been so sure about anything before." "You really are confident, aren't you?" "And, if I get a good contract?" ""The Contract"." "What do you say, guys?" "What?" "Look at the time let's go." "Go home, work in a bank..." "This is not the right moment, I'm sorry." "We record in five minutes." " In five minutes?" " Yes." "OK guys, in five minutes." "Five minutes." "I want us to go there and think we're doing this as homage to Master Antulio." "Everybody is watching this show." "So let's give the best we have." "Let's show everybody." "I'm counting count on you." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Go Armando!" "Well as I promised today is the day of recognition." "When you sing that song" "I want you to think that every single word was written with my heart and thinking about you, OK?" "No need to be nervous." "All right, let's go." "Get the maracas, kid." "Move." "I'll wait there." "It was the only performance I couldn't attend to but I imagined it as if I were there." "And as it happens with all the imaginations this one was fed with reality wishes and dreams." ""El Show de las Estrellas" triesto give an opportunity to the new national talent." "With us, Gustavo Granados, the leader of "La Orquesta"." " Good evening." " Good evening, Gustavo." "How are you, Don Jorge?" "We are very happy to be in your show." "It is an honor and we want to please the Colombian audience with our international and modern tropical music so Colombia let's dance with "La Orquesta"." "Let's dance with "La Orquesta"." "One, two, three, four." "So, Gustavito, your presentation was great." "A success on TV." " Congratulations." " Willy." "Don Gerardo, why did you take the kid in the middle of the show?" "You scared the hell out of me." "Easy, Gustavito." "He's fine." "He's happy here." "Right, William?" "Where's my money?" "We haven't done very well." "We had some problems." "So you didn't show up?" "When you have problems, you take the responsibility." "I didn't want to disappoint you." "I wanted to come with the money." " Did you bring it?" " No." "And the money you got for the show?" "Don't tell me you played for free on TV." "They paid us very little because we're not famous yet." "Ay!" "Gustavito." "In this situation, little is enough." "I promised the guys they'll get the money." "Really?" "So we don't have anything to talk about." "Put on a "Pasodoble"" "we will have to cut off an ear here." "You can't do that to me." "Why not?" "You didn't pay me my money." "But it's different," "I don't think so." "We had a deal and you didn't pay." "I warned you it could have a high cost." "Hey!" "Gustavito give me the money they gave you for the show and you can pay me the rest in form of serenades, OK?" "And your debt will be forgiven." "You see, I like supporting art and that I feel affection for you." "But why don't you believe me?" "It's true." "I had to give the man all the money he was going to cut off the kid's ear." "All this to tell us that you won't pay us?" "But how?" "I don't have any money now." "Gustavo, it's a shame to use the kid to steal that money." "Am I lying?" "Am I?" "Gustavo, don't be a bastard." "Don't teach him how to lie." "But, why don't you believe me?" "Look, Gustavo, steal the money." "Maybe you need it more than us" " but don't spoil the kid." " Am I lying?" "That's the consequence of working with losers." "Why don't you believe me?" "Wow, pal!" "Did that really happen?" "Along with Willy, we came up with this idea:" "Since we were so successful on TV and if I convince Carmelo, Armando and two other friends that I have" "I think we can try again." "I have the name for the orchestra." "It's going to be called" ""Jazmín y los Quijotes del Ritmo"" "What do you think?" "I thought about other names but I didn't like them." "I thought of "Jazmín y los Molinos de Viento"" " but it's too intellectual..." " Gustavo, no." "Yes." "I like the other one better." "I prefer "Jazmín y los Quijotes del Ritmo"." "I won't sing with you." "No?" "No." "Are you going to quit?" "I'll do the chorus for Checo Acosta's orchestra." "Chorus?" "Are you crazy?" "Chorus?" "But you're a lead singer, you can't stay behind the band." "It doesn't matter any more." "Remember I'll never forget you or everything you did for me." "Thanks." "Jazmín... and what about us?" "That's only in your head." "Ah!" "No." "The story didn't end in that park." "No, no, no." "Because when a woman says good-bye she's crying for you to go after her and she was not the exception." "It took me a lot to understand it." "I got hurt many times." "I made all the mistakes you can make but finally I understood that patience and persistence are the keys for love for true love." "The one that lasts all your life." "The best present you can give a woman is to fight for her until the end to the last consequences until pain comes, if it's necessary." "And my best present, my blessing was her." "The woman of my life." "Testing, one, two, three." "Sound, testing sound, testing sound." "One, two." "One, two, three, four." "Some dreams are more grateful than others." "Some of them come true and others don't." "Some get postponed, some get lost and some are even sold." "But there's a dream you can't give up." "The dream of being happy." "That's the value of my uncle." "And that was the lesson he gave me for life." "You don't dream about dreams you build them and earn them."