"A corvina." "The best you have." "Tonight is very important for us." "It's our anniversary." "This is the best I have." "Go buy those vegetables." "The gentleman looks better." "He's able to go alone now." "That's Zúñiga!" "What's up!" "Hi, Grandpa." "HELLISH PURSUIT" "You came, brujo." "Look at yourself, you're all wet." "So?" "Was it Zúñiga?" "At least this time you didn't end up in jail." "Well, tonight is our anniversary." "I forgive you." "You didn't forget, did you?" "I never forget." "Brujo..." "Happy anniversary, bruja." "Who understands men." "Maybe after my death, when these signs will be the only testimony repeated by the mouths of the dead." "You got me used to all those things and you taught me that they're wonderful." "I couldn't understand..." "I'm pretty sure this time:" "it was his daughter." "how to love in your strange world but I learned..." "Brujo." "I go to buy some garlics." "I go to buy some garlics." "Fish with garlic every anniversary, and my brujita is very happy." "It's closed." "Hello?" "Nutcase!" "Depraved!" "From hell!" "I'm looking for a friend." "He told me he lived around here." "His name is Zúñiga." "Hey!" "Psst!" "We're old friends." "I know him." "He just arrived from Paraguay." "From Paraguay?" "No, he's not Paraguayan!" "We served together in the desert." "He was my Sergeant Zúñiga!" "He's not called Zúñiga now." "I could help you, but..." "Go there, turn left, the house with the light." "Thanks, I will surprise him." "Hey, come here!" "A present." "Good luck." "Ramírez..." "Is that you?" "Zúñiga!" "Ramírez my friend..." "Ramírez." "What time is it?" " I don't know." "Ramírez, where are we going?" "Prisioner!" "Throw away that stone." "Let's make something clear:" "that prisoner does not work." "So later it will not be said that we make pregnant women work." "And you, privates!" "Respect that woman." "Because after all, she bears a son of the fatherland." "These assholes went crazy!" "Carrasco, it's now or never." "Let's flee, they're going to kill us." "There is only one way to go." "What?" "Killing them." "That's easy!" "And who will kill them?" "Maybe you?" "What does a private do in your situation, Ramírez?" "Uses the force, Sergeant!" "That's what assholes do, Ramírez." "And a private is never an asshole." "A private uses his means." "Move away, motherfucker!" "Come on!" "Everybody to the truck!" "Let's go!" "Hurry up, fuck, we're wasting time!" "This world is full of crooks." "People think that this is the most isolated place on the planet." "That you cannot come back from here." "Complete bullshit, private." "Sergeant!" "Sergeant Zúñiga?" "Judging by the Captain's face, it must be important." "How are things over there?" "There are no prisoners left." "You understand?" "Good luck." "Let's go privates!" "What's your name, Sergeant?" "Stop there!" "Easy, nothing will happen." "Stop the engine." "Atten-shun!" "The following prisoners will quickly step off the truck and stand over there." "Angulo, Berta." "Rojas, Humberto." "Gonzales, Marta." "Ramírez?" "What's that asshole doing helping that bitch?" "You said she was pregnant, Sergeant." "And we had to respect her as a mother." "Stay by my side, private!" "Escalona, Santiago." "Told you." "Carrasco, Severino." "...hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven." "Give us this day our daily bread." "Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us." "Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil." "If any of you believes in God, pray for us and mostly, for private Ramírez." "Private Ramírez, execute the prisoners." "What?" "You heard me, private." "That's an order!" "I'm sorry Sergeant, but..." "I have nothing to do with this." "I'm just a thief, I..." "I didn't know whose house it was." "I just took a small radio, like this." "Really Sergeant, I beg you." "Go ahead private!" "You're telling me to kill them!" "Just so you know, private, these people had everything set to kill us." "We discovered blueprints, weapons, even codes." "How can you believe all those things are true." "And you will not kill us just like that, will you?" "I..." "I never thought about killing anyone, sir." "It's a joke, isn't it, Sergeant?" "You have 5 seconds to get on the truck!" "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "So you didn't want to shoot, you coward!" "Now you're fucked, Ramírez!" "You bury them and you burn them." "No crosses or any crap!" "After that you'll return on foot to the camp." "Ok, let's go!" "Let's see how you get out of this!" "Must dig, not think." "Don't think." "No, no, no, no, no!" "You will not kill me now." "I need a bandage." "A bandage." "Thanks." "What are you going to do, boy?" "You're going to kill me?" "I have to obey, or I'd be a traitor." "Let's make a deal:" "I don't tell anyone that you didn't kill me." "You know what it is to kill a man?" "You would never forget it!" "You ask for the eternal rest of our brothers." "If someone up there is listening, we ask this nightmare to be over." "Ramírez!" "That motherfucker's name is Zúñiga?" "Yes, Zúñiga!" "So you let him go, huh?" "Who?" "Carrasco!" "I aways knew that you hid something." "Ramírez!" "Fuck, we were nuts." "I got the idea in my head to make you a good soldier." "You were very malleable, my boy." "I could make you the best of all soldiers!" "Evaristo!" "And why did we have to kill Carrasco?" "We had our reasons I guess." "We just received orders." "Someone had to clean up this world, don't you think?" "Time." "Time clears everything." "Who thought that everything would be like a memory." "As if it never happened." "Ok, Ramírez!" "Ramírez!" "Ramírez!" "Leave him alone, assholes!" "Private Ramírez reporting to camp, Sergeant." "Permission to enter." "Privates!" "Present arms!" "Privates, we will suceed, the world we have to clean." "Privates, we will suceed, the world we have to clean." "Over." "Well Mandiola, we'll make contact at 2100." "Over and out." "What else?" "There was a big bird, following me." "Another disobedience in the desert, Captain." "Where did you leave him?" "Where we complied with the orders, Captain." "We found them on prisoner Alvear, Captain." "You're fucked, Alvear." "They got your books." "Give the private the afternoon off." "Ramírez..." "A free afternoon." "Nothing much to do here anyway." "So we have a captured afternoon, huh?" "Look." "Listen to this." "The flies, the ants passed." "Through my head passed my girlfriends, my aunts, one after the other." "The postman, the baker, the fire brigade passed." "They passed once and again." "The captured afternoon." "Ramírez got the afternoon off!" "That one up there is Orion, Orion's Belt." "There to the right, the Southern Cross." "Do you see it?" "All our fates are written on them, Ramírez." "You see Sagittarius?" "That's your sign." "They are brave men." "Men who don't follow any given order." "Alvear Hinojosa, Roberto Arturo. 46 years old." "Spanish reporter." "Homosexual by birth." "Witness of "Operation Black Hawk", on April 3rd." "Must disappear immediately due to the information he has." "You understand the problem we have with Alvear?" "Over." "I see." "He knows something and could talk." "But I don't understand." "This is getting too strange, Marambio." "I asked to be transferred months ago, and I'm still here." "We don't even get more prisoners." "You know, you know what's happening to me, Marambio?" "I don't know what war we're fighting anymore." "You say "you have to kill", and that's very easy." "But a man is a man, and it's me who's in front of a human being." "Looking at me." "Looking at me, you understand?" "Over." "When all this is over, I promise you I'll invite you to my roof." "The stars look deightful up there." "I remember that the first thing I did when I arrived was to help myself to a glass of white wine, ice cold, and sit there to watch them." "And there I was, between the stars and the flowers." "What did we get into?" "Can I say something, Sergeant?" "Sometimes when I look, I just see shadows." "We should tell the Captain that at night I need some night goggles." "Anything." "I can't see anything." "That's what I don't like, Sergeant." "I don't see anything." "Zúñiga!" " Yes, Captain!" " Bring me prisoner Alvear!" "Alvear, they have come for you." "Are they going to kill me?" "I told you to throw away those books." "OK, Alvear, out!" "Let's go for a walk in the desert." "The desert?" "This late?" "Come on!" "Take care." "Bye bye." "You too." "Alvear!" "I swear to God you're gonna pay for this!" "You hear me?" "Shut up fool!" "How are you going to shut me up?" "Tell me!" "How!" "Don't you see I've nothing to lose?" "Kill me, coward, but look me in the eyes!" "Look me in the eyes and kill me!" "Be strong, Alvear!" "What's going on Zúñiga!" "The prisoner, Captain, he's a little terrified." "Shut the prisoners up, Sergeant!" "So this is what you read." ""A Thousand and One Nights"." "The underlining is yours?" ""In this city, no leaf moves without Harun al-Rashid knowing."" "Page 208." "I guess it's true, Alvear." "But in this camp there are no leaves, and I'm the caliph." "I just started reading it." "And this? "A Thousand and One of Alvear"?" ""Who understands men."" ""Maybe after my death, when these signs"" ""will be the only testimony repeated by the mouths of the dead."" "Where did you take it from?" "My thoughts." "Sometimes I write what I think." "You're not allowed to write what you want here." "Did you know that?" "This is a prisoner camp." "Or did you think this is a holiday?" "It's up to you, Captain." "I have your card." "This is not literature." "They write better than you." "According to this, you are uninteresting." "A guy of no importance." "A second-rate reporter." "Your interrogator wrote," ""he's one of those who will sing rather than dance, but doesn't know a thing"." "Meaning, you are insignificant." "You hear me?" "Someplace in this world there is a war." "And there's Marambio, the dog." "You know him?" "Permission to speak, sir." "Speak." "I think you should burn my books." "Yeah?" "So we'll be accused of being savages as well as torturers?" "No sir." "Because if those books are not suitable for prisoners, they are not for captors either." "Explain." "Because one way or another, Captain, we are all prisoners here." "I guess it is so, Alvear." "But a prisoner like you is very different from a prisoner like me." "I could wipe you out, fool." "Whenever I want." "You hear me?" "Motherfucking wind." "You know what's really important, Alvear?" "It's that we won." "You won what?" "We won." "It doesn't matter what." "We won." "How many nobler and wiser civilizations and races existed before us?" "And?" "What happened to them?" "They are lost forever in time." "History is always written by the winners and the rest are lost in the way." "Ok, Alvear." "Instead of talking bullshit, think of something to make me like you." "I will give you a chance, all right?" "Tell me I joke, and you better make me laugh." "I remember one, but it's a little vulgar." "About a Lieutenant, coming back from the weekend, and is questioned by the Captain." "You know it?" ""What's that face, Lieutenant?"" ""You see Captain, I was making love all weekend."" ""Very well!" "That's the way." "Take a seat."" ""Excuse me Captain, I can't." "My ass is a fucked up."" "Are you challenging me, faggot?" "Fishhead calling Fishmouth." "Answer." "Fishmouth speaking, I copy with interference." "Over." "They are asking about the Alvear situation." "Over." "Yes, that has been taken care of." "Over and out." "You will write nothing." "You understand?" "Nothing." "Zúñiga!" "At your command, Captain!" "Put him back into his cell." "8 meters!" "14 meters!" "I'm point zero." "32 meters, Sergeant!" "Distances have to be perfect, Marta!" "You see, the house of the head honcho has to be perfect." "Permission to speak, Sergeant!" "The rock, you want it inside or outside?" "Explain." "See the line." "We have to make the camp smaller, or we have to make it bigger." "Here it says 32 meters." "These blueprints come from upstairs." "This is an exemplary prisoner's camp, tested by all races in all times." "You must know, that the army does not leave anything to chance." "Ramírez, what does a private do?" "A private uses his means, Sergeant!" "So..." "A couple of grenades and problem solved, Sergeant!" "Good, Ramírez." "But beware!" "A private uses his means, but never wastes them!" "You've been a fool private, get that stick and get rid of that rock!" "You know what I was thinking, Marta?" "We will talk with the Captain." "We will ask him for permission to build a nursery." "The child will play here." "It will be a girl, and her name will be Tania." "Tania!" "The carousel will be here." "Little white horse, take me away from here." "Take me to the village where I was born." "Little white horse, take me away from here." "Sergeant!" "Private López reporting, sir." "Speak out, chatterbox." "Prisoner Gallardo, on repeated occasions, has suggested that privates and prisoners are all the same, sir." "He also adds that a soldier from the fatherland not only has to work, but also watch out, sir." "A soldier from the fatherland is more capable than any shitty prisoner." "And quit listening to all that bullshit!" "So, repeat with me." ""We are all the same."" "We are all the same." "Come on dude, I can't hear you!" "Go, go, louder, manly voice, go, go." ""We are all the same"." "Go." "We are all the same." " Louder!" " We are all the same!" "That's it!" "Very good." "The last one, gently." "We are all the same." "Good." "Very good." "That's the way." "This is Ramírez, from "Devil Road Battalion"." "He must have known Gatica, then." "No, no, Gatica was in the "Battalion of the Immortals"." "Castillo was on the Road for a while, but he didn't meet Ramírez." "This boy got to the end." "We are here to serve you, Ramírez." "I'll give you advice, boy." "Forget the past." "Be concerned about the future." "I can introduce you to people who can help." "I was introduced to a guy who helped me to..." "To forget all the bad things, and remember only the good things." "It's some kind of..." "amnesia controlled by yourself." "What's useful, OK." "What's not, out, out." "We're all friends here, boy." "What matters is not what you've lived, Ramírez." "But what one remembers of that." "You understand?" "Many times I have dreamt of going back to the desert." "In spite of everything, that was the life." "You know what I've dreamed about, Zúñiga?" "You won't believe it." "I've dreamed about killing you." "Killing you." "But don't be rude, Ramírez!" "Why should you kill me now?" "Let's have a drink first." "Let's drink." "Private Ramírez!" "At your command, Sergeant!" "My body is not my body." "I said that my body is not my body." "How many times did I tell you that your beaten up, beaten body is your body!" "That's the wrapping." "But it's not my body." "I mean, it's also my body, but I'm not me anymore." "Fishhead speaking, answer." "Fishhead to Fishmouth." "Just like the wind, silence corrodes my mind." "Answer, Fishmouth." "My thoughts." "Why doubt, from the most ancient times manhood had to kill to survive." "And where did they go?" "Who?" "The days." "All those days." "Who knows." "My God!" "Private!" "Help, private, please!" "A handkerchief, help, please, help!" "What's your name?" "Ramírez." "Manuel Arturo Ramírez Espinoza." "What the fuck is Ramírez doing there?" "The pregnant prisoner is bleeding, Sergeant." "I thought it was better to..." ""I thought, I thought, I thought"." "When will this fool learn that soldiers are not made to think!" "Prisoner, get out of there!" "You didn't hear me?" "Get out right now!" "Throw that." "Throw that I said!" "He was not dead, he was out partying." "Sing motherfucker!" "He was not dead, he was out partying." "We are the army of shadows." "Nothing stopped us!" "Nothing will stop us!" "Go home, shithead!" "If we had to do all that again, my boy, we would." "But there are many hypocrites." "Or you think that I invented all that?" ""At your command, Colonel!" "As you wish, milady."" "Old hag." "We were all crazy!" "We did the dirty work, and where are they now?" "There, there in their homes, while we are freezing on this fucking hill!" "A night watchman?" "You are fucking clever, Zúñiga." "You work at night, sleep during the day." "That's me." "This is Ramírez, the notorious Ramírez." "May I use the phone?" " Go ahead." " Thanks." "Hey Rambo, I need a favor." " You scratch my back..." " And I'll scratch yours." "Compadre!" "Hello, Carrasco?" "Where are you?" "I see him." "He says that he sees him." "I did my part." "Remember?" "It's your turn now." "So long have I waited for this moment." "You kill him." "Whom did you call?" " My wife." ""Duty calls"." " I invite you home to eat fish." " Mackerel?" " Corvina." " Corvina." "But it was so long ago." "Is it worth it?" "Make me a tea, please." "Sergeant Zúñiga." "Zúñiga!" "Old fox." "It's been a while." "The family?" "Good." "The wounds?" "I don't feel them." "Look!" "Barely a little hole." "Just that!" "Of course, I accept your apologies." "We have to learn to forget." "We must go forward, mustn't we?" "That's life, always forward!" "Better give me a pisco." "The worst thing is, he deserves it." "It's justice." "Who would have thought we would end up friends?" "That's me." "Alcántara." "What do you think?" "Who thought I would end up being Alcántara." "What the fuck!" "Ramírez." "We have to disappear." "Looks like we went too far." ""We have this job for you"." "I didn't see them again after that." "Well, sometimes they are on TV." "Shaking hands with the same guys we used to have in prison." "Fuck, it's like nobody remembers anything!" "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." "You scratch my back, and?" "I'll scratch yours!" "Ramírez!" "Hey, it looks like it's my birthday today." "Happy birthday then, García." "Happy birthday García." "Water!" "I found water!" "Water!" "Water, I found water!" "López, finally good news." "With this water we'll make all this a garden, down to the sea." "You understand?" "To the sea." "And here we'll establish a big city." "Where you, López, can live in harmony." "Where we will be one with nature." "Where we'll be able to look ourselves in the eyes, nothing to cloud our feelings." "But Marambio, I've been stuck here for 11 months, and you even ask me that!" "Over." "You know what yo have to do, Mandiola." "Those are the orders." "Over." "It must be a mistake." "Did you talk with the others?" "Look, Mandiola." "We are all very worried about you." "Those are the orders." "If you don't follow them, your subordinate will be in charge of the camp." "Over." "Look, Marambio." "My grandfather was a general." "And I didn't join the army to become a son of a bitch." "Send me those orders signed and in writing." "And tell the Commander that I need to speak with him personally." "Over." "Everything has to disappear." "Sweep, leave the sand clean, and come back with your platoon." "It's over, Mandiola." "Over." "What?" "What did you say Marambio?" "Those are the orders." "Over and out." "You?" "What are you doing here?" "Come closer!" "I asked a question!" "Water, Captain." "A prisoner found water." "Zúñiga, did you hear something?" "Answer Sergeant, it's an order!" " Yes, Captain." " Yes what!" "Yes I heard, Captain!" "Listen up Zúñiga." "Listen again, and listen well." "There's a sandstorm out there, you see that?" "And the is wind blowing at more than 180 kph." "You see that, Zúñiga?" "I see it, Captain." "And do you think that with all that noise you can hear anything they say on the radio?" "No, Captain." "Sergeant Zúñiga didn't hear anything." "Very well, Zúñiga." "Very well." "And be aware that with the sandstorm radio tubes may explode." "You are dismissed." "Where are you going with the truck, you assholes?" "Shoot, goddamit!" "We're leaving motherfuckers!" "Gabriel López." "Gallardo." "Pedro Gallardo." "The imaginary man lives in an imaginary mansion, surrounded by imaginary trees at the bank of an imaginary river." "Imaginary shadows come through the imaginary road, singing imaginary songs to the death of the imaginary sun." "Are you sure there are buses here?" "This is not on my route." "It's free." "I know this guy from somewhere." "Amnesia." "You have amnesia!" "That's the song." "Ask him how he knows it." "Excuse me, but how do you know that song?" "We used to sing it in the desert." "In the army!" "Oh, did you?" "Severino Carrasco." "At your command, Sergeant Zúñiga." "Carrasco!" "I didn't recognize you!" "I hope you are not upset anymore, huh?" "Upset?" "What a thought!" "It was just a couple of bullet wounds, Sergeant." "What's the matter Carrasco?" "Don't you see everybody made peace again?" "The problem is over." "Maybe you are the last of the annoyed!" "Isn't that true Ramírez?" "Zúñiga." "Zúñiga, wake up." "Wake up!" "What's up?" "Ramírez?" "Captain..." "Captain, now that this will be over" "I ask with all due respect, remember to talk with the Major about my promotion." "Private Ramírez!" "Write down:" "On the 183th day of "Devil Road Battalion" camp," "I order that from this moment the watchtower will be the new confinement place." "Zúñiga!" "I always thought I'd die with my feet on the ground." "Oh my, what one is forced to do." "They're going to kill us now." "Private García!" "Check the horizon for the last time." "Nothing on the horizon, Captain." "Private Ramírez, get Alvear down." "When will you stop bothering me?" " Can't I be left alone?" " Silence!" "Come here." "In your book, the only one who will be guilty for all eternity is me." "But I never saw Marambio, Captain." "José Alvear, I came here as Captain and they want me to go as a monkey!" "Private Ramírez, write down." "After receiving the report from the sentry García, and by the total absence of enemies on the horizon for about 200 days, I decree that" "from this moment and for centuries to come in this spot of the planet the war is over." "And for this reason, from today, write down date and time, private." "What day is today, Captain?" "OK, leave it blank for now." "This day will be remembered as the day of peace and celebrated as a national holiday." "They'll see how Mandiola is." "Write in the first section that from this moment all prisoners are free." "And in the second section, that Sergeant Héctor Zúñiga Gonzales will be promoted to First Lieutenant for his flawless duty during the conflict." "Enough!" "Stop pissing about!" "Zúñiga, you're demoted for insolence." "Keep your mouth shut, Captain." "He's off his rocker!" "Private García, disarm the Captain." "Disarm him, damn it!" "Alvear, to the tower!" "Zúñiga, there's nothing left here." "Don't you see, Sergeant?" "Ramírez, do something!" "Ramírez, the orders are very clear." "And we will fulfill them, you and I!" "The both of us!" "This time you will shoot with me, Ramírez, whether you like it or not!" "Shoot Ramírez!" "Shoot or I'll kill you, fuck!" "Platoon, abandon the place." "Forward, march!" "What is he dreaming..." "What's going on?" "Ramírez..." "What will you do to me?" "Ramírez!" "It's a joke, isn't it?" "Wait, wait!" "If you're going to kill me, I want Private Ramírez to do it." "At your command, Sergeant." "It was hard, but I learned." "Let's make a deal." "What do you want?" "My apologies?" "Alright, alright, I apologize." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "Zúñiga!" "Are they the same stars as in the desert?" "I was just following orders." "I didn't have anything against you, Carrasco." "Against anybody." "Let it go, Ramírez." "Let's leave it like it is." "Don't be crazy."