"Good morning, Santa." "Good morning, Juanito." "I picked these flowers for you by the side of the road." "Bye, till tomorrow." "Good morning, Ma'am" "Good morning, Cosme." "Where's Santa?" "She'll be here soon." "Can I have bread and honey?" "Of course." "Mother, I'm going to see the soldiers." "No, stay here!" "Santa." "But, but, nothing will happen to me, Cosme, will go with me." "Do you have fresh water?" "Fresh from this morning!" "You're beautiful, and what a nice name you have, Santa." "I was named after my godmother, she was Italian." "Listen Santa, I'll be staying for a while." "We could meet later to talk." "Cosme, tell Santa to come quickly." "Your mother is looking for you" "I'm coming!" "Promise?" "AND SO IT WAS THAT D AY..." "AND AFTERWARDS..." "I'm ashamed to be in my house." "Don't tell anyone what happened." "Not even your shadow!" "Please, don't leave me." "Don't be such a coward, no one knows anything." "Let's go Santa, it's late." "Good evening!" "Good evening!" "My brothers!" "Hurry up!" "Who were you talking with?" "I was talking to myself..." "We've told you not to go out alone at night." "There's a lot of gossip about you." "If it's true, we will have to do something." "We would kill any man who was involved with you." "Lets go!" "The soldiers are leaving, the general too." "Now you will tell us what has been going on." "Nothing!" "You know what Santa has been doing." "Now you're going to tell us!" "The truth is... the soldiers are leaving and also... that man." "Which man?" "The one Santa has been seeing every afternoon." "Don't leave me!" "I'll be back" "Don't leave me!" "It's too expensive!" "7.50?" "OK, wrap it up." "Where are you going?" "You look kind of sad, but you're pretty." "If you quarrel with your boyfriend, come and see me!" "I know of a good job for you." "Ask for Elvira." "Why are you afraid, beautiful?" "I won't hurt you." "Here, take this." "Thanks." "Let's dance and later, we'll have a drink." "I don't want to drink." "I don't know how to dance." "I'm new here." "And, if I pay you to get drunk, and take off your clothes?" "Do you think I'm a beggar or that anyone can do what they want with me?" "You're wrong, no one tells me what to do." "I have a lot of money." "Enough to buy you all!" "Hey you!" "Just because you have some money, you think that you can do what you want with us?" "Beat it!" "That old man is funny!" "It's a pity we can't escape this kind of life." "The young flesh is the best." "When did you arrive?" "You haven't been here in a long time." "Have you seen my new girl?" "Yes, she's angry with me." "And the others treated me worse than a dog." "You know me!" "I'm leaving!" "Let me go, damn it!" "That's the one you want?" "She's just arrived, she's worth a million!" "You want her?" "Yes!" "No one else!" "Santa!" "Come drink with his gentleman" "Be nice to him." "Santa, what a name for a girl in a place like this!" "Come close, I know all about self-sacrifice." "A saint in this hell." "You've won the lottery with him." "And order champagne." "Champagne!" "Champagne for us!" "I didn't mean to frighten you, but if you don't like me, you can leave." "I have a lot of money in my wallet, for you... if." "I think I can go now." "No, go with him, at least, he's too drunk." "Isn't that right, Hipolito." "I don't know what to tell you Elvira." "I don't think this girl is from here." "For now, I belong to this house." "But I don't have the pleasure of knowing you." "I must go, Genarillo must be tired." "Bye Elvira, bye..." "Santa, my name is Santa." "Goodbye, Miss Santa." "What a pretty name." "Genarillo, let's go!" "It's very late." "You think I'm drunk." "I'll get over it in a minute." "Lets go!" "Do you see Santa, the new girl?" "Describe her tome." "I don't know, there are so many girls." "Try harder!" "Is she a brunette?" "Are her eyes large?" "I don't know which one she is, there are far too many ladies." "D AYS, WEEKS..." "SANTA BECOMES LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS IN ELVIRA'S HOUSE." "You're falling in love with Santa?" "I love all the girls!" "All of them!" "They are all good girls, even Elvira." "I like it when there are no customers and we're all here together." "You agree, Hipo?" "Santa, I'm so happy when you are beside me, and there are no visitors." "I don't have to play, and you don't have to dance." "What a good friend you are." "But now I'm sad" "Why Santa?" "When you talk to me, all my cares disappear... and God..." "We shouldn't talk of Him here" "That's difficult to resolve." "Like Maria Magdalene." "What Maria Magdalene?" "You're cheating!" "You too, bitch!" "Quiet!" "Is there no decency in this house?" "Tell me about your life." "It's not that I don't want to." "But it'll make both of us sad." "Well, don't then, but tomorrow don't ask me to talk with you." "Well, if you like." "I didn't know my father." "I remember when I was little my mother would sit me on her knees to feed me." "And I suppose..." "I was clumsy, because..." "I was little... and blind," "I spilled the cup." "I suppose my mother cried because I felt warm drops running down my face." "Later, when I was six, my mother took me to a Boarding School." "She promised she would visit me each week." "But never came back for me" "I learned to read with my fingers." "And years went by." "I knew my classmates were happy because their mothers came to visit them." "But I was always, alone." "Building a world of my own, in my imagination." "And that's it, Santa." "I left school when I became older and here I am!" "Lets forget those sad times!" "Play the song you wrote for me." "I'll play the song I composed the night you arrived." "That's why it's called: "Santa"." "During the eternal night." "Of my grieving." "You've been the star that brightens my sky." "And I have imagined your beauty." "You've illuminated my darkness" "'Santa', oh my 'Santa'!" "You've brought a shining light to my life." "'Santa', be my guide down this road of pain." "Remove these thorns." "Erase with kisses all my disappointments." "'Santa', oh my 'Santa'!" "Brighten my heart with your light..." "THE EAS Y LIFE CONTINUED..." "WITHOUT INTERRUPTION," "WITH THE MONOTONY OF A CLOCK..." "Tell me, do you have a boy friend?" "And what's it to you?" "What is this boy friend stuff?" "That... that's Jarameño my men... mentor." "The best To..." "Torero that has co... come to Mexico." "And he's in love with Santa." "Poor guy!" "Quiet!" "Stop this noise!" "I have two sick girls and..." "Sick!" "Beware, beware!" "Lets go some place else." "I'll pay!" "You're going to take my girls... just like that?" "Let the party continue!" "Come with me!" "And you, my love, aren't you coming with us?" "Sure, but not with you!" "What a temperament." "That Jarameño is tireless." "Say Elvira!" "Santa is going too?" "Of course!" "I want the band to play:" ""Silenciosamente"" "Play: "Silenciosamente"." "Don't touch me, the hell with you!" "Santa, teach me to dance Danzon." "You have to be very close together, you know" "First you must do many turns." "And in the second part, you must shake your hips." "Play a danzon." "I'll pay!" "Danzon dedicated to Santa, the most beautiful woman in Mexico." "Would you honor me with a dance?" "Excuse me." "We're looking for a woman, who is misnamed Santa." "The lady is inside with her friends." "Would you please tell her we're looking for her?" "We're relatives and we need to see her." "Please!" "Don't you worry, we won't delay you and make you lose money." "We spent many hours looking for you." "In these terrible houses like the one you live in." "Santa." "Mother died the night before last." "We buried her in the cemetery." "Close to Don Viviano and Angel's daughter." "Mother blessed you and called for you." "Well, we'll go now." "Being your mother, she didn't curse you." "But we do!" "Don't ever try to see us again." "Esteban!" "Fabian!" "Santa, what's the matter?" "What did they do to you?" "My mother died!" "You must be in great pain." "One's mother is the most precious Thing one has in the world." "When she dies, one's heart breaks in two." "My poor little girl." "I beg you, even if I have to go on my knees, not to return to Doña Elvira's house." "Move elsewhere and pray for your mother." "Pray to the Virgin of Macarena for your mother's soul." "Hey, Genarillo." "What do you want?" "Tell me again." "What does Santa look like?" "I've told you many times, she's beautiful." "Imagine a statue in a park that you would like to touch." "You've touched her!" "No, never!" "But she has pushed me around and made fun of me." "Tell me what she looks like, beginning with her hair." "You see her every night and I never will." "Her hair is a color you must know - black!" "The color I see if I rub my eyes" "She has such dark eyes that if you could see them I would go blind..." "In the barren desert that's my life." "I've been sad and without love." "When everything was shadows and darkness like a ghost you came to me." "I decided to be your shadow and heal your wounds." "And make your one-hour lovers leave you so that you could be mine." "That song is dedicated to me." "Do you like it?" "It's very pretty." "I would like your advice." "You know I respect your opinion." "Jarameño is crazy about me, and he is a famous matador." "He has offered me a house." "I can't advise you." "Do you love him?" "He's pleasant enough and he treats me well." "And what do I have to do with it." "I'm blind almost glad of it." "Do you love him, Santa?" "The truth is I would like to leave this life." "We... we will have an exiting bu... bullfight." "You're so beautiful." "Take me with you." "This is the first time you will face the bulls since we've been together." "Should I get ready?" "Please don't ask me that!" "I get the feeling, that the day you see me in the arena, something terrible will happen to me." "Hey beauty!" "See how a great matador looks!" "Hooray for the gypsy bullfighters!" "Come in, Ripol." "Thanks!" "I came to wish you well now that the moment of truth has arrived." "Look at her, she's more beautiful than the Virgin." "You make me blush!" "Madam, I'm a rather seedy gentleman, but still a gentleman." "And a good friend." "I came to this country with a marvelous invention." "But now I can barely survive without begging asking for a loan." "And in... injuring you, more than a bull." "Who the hell are you?" "You're just a servant." "I may be a servant, but I earn my living." "I..." "I'm no parasite!" "Enough!" "The car is here, it's 2:30." "Lets go!" "Pray for me!" "I'll go get my girl." "Good luck." "Thanks, buddy." "You have some spare change?" "I'll give it to you after the fight." "Right now I'm very worried." "O.K." "Move it!" "Marcelino!" "You!" "Go away!" "I saw you by accident." "I came to tell you that I never abandoned you." "Liar!" "I know all about your life." "You were thrown out of the army for cowardice." "A man like you cannot be a soldier." "You judge me harshly." "I came for you so that we can be together again." "Forever, in my parents'house." "It's as I told you Santa." "I searched for your family." "I tried to remake my life." "And I wanted to know where you were." "In Elvira's house!" "That's where I ended up, and..." "No!" "Don't say that, we'll marry." "Marry?" "I've found only two decent men in my life." "A blind man and the 'torero' you saw." "You and all the others are despicable." "Don't be like that." "I speak the truth." " THE BULLFIGHT IS CANCELLED " "What kind of joke is this?" "We don't know, either they fear you or the promoter doesn't want to pay taxes." "To hell with it!" "I've had enough." "Let's go home, dammit!" "Have faith in me!" "Santa." "Leave me alone." "I'll see you tonight" "O.K. But don't get ma... mad." "Let Santa console you, gypsy king." "Thanks." "The almighty Virgin has saved you!" "Leave the house or I'll be lost!" "Go away!" "Don't cry!" "Come in." "Leave me alone with her." "I have to talk with her." "Santa I need to speak with you." "We've known each other for a long time." "It pains me to tell you this." "Yes, I know, you're throwing me out." "Not precisely!" "You know that after you returned to my house, after you broke up with Jarameño, that I've always been good to you" "Don't look at me like that." "You're very sick, you're pale." "And what do you want me to do?" "Go to a hospital and get well." "Everyone knows you're sick." "And that's bad for business!" "I'm here to do you a favour." "Now I'll leave because there are plenty of other places I can go to." "See if any of your girls can match me." "I'm not hurt by your remarks." "Go, get cured!" "And then, come back, we'll talk again." "I don't want sick girls in my house." "That's enough!" "Hipo." "Santa is leaving." "Why?" "She's sick." "Santa, may I speak with you?" "Yes, come, sit down!" "What do you want?" "I heard that you are leaving, That you're ill." "Listen, I don't know how to tell you." "I can't find the words." "I love you very much, even against my will." "You have no idea how much I love you." "You may think I'm a monster." "But inside, I'm not that ugly." "Come to my house." "I'll find you doctors until you are totally cured." "I know you love me, you've proven it a thousand times." "The truth is that I'm not in love with you." "That is all right." "Perhaps some day." "THUS, IN A STEEP DECLINE, SHE HIT BOTTOM..." "Listen, Loreto!" "You are useless to me." "I don't know how you're going to do it." "But you have to leave by tomorrow." "You don't have to pay the money you owe me." "And you can resume using the name you had when you came here..." "Santa." "OK, but I'll leave today" "Just lend me fifty cents, so that I can call a friend." "He'll pay you back." "Here!" "As soon as he arrives, out you go!" "Hipo, you are here?" "No one wants me anymore." "I'm sick and dying." "I love you." "I'll take you to my house." "And you're not going to die, you can't die." "How nice everything is, Hipo." "Such a big house." "I can offer you very little." "But everything is yours, we are your servants." "Go get some food." "Santa, we will do what you want here you will get well." "And no one will bother you." "Are you happy?" "Do you really love me that much?" "You know that my beauty has vanished, don't you find me repugnant?" "Listen to me!" "I don't even know how much I love you." "First you must get well, those terrible pains must disappear." "Tomorrow I'll get a doctor and another and another if necessary, until you are well." "Well, doctor?" "She has an incurable cancer." "We can try to extend her life with surgery." "It's risky and expensive." "How much?" "It would probably be more than you can afford." "Look, this is all I have, all my savings." "I don't know how much it is." "Take it!" "And if it's not enough," "I'll work day and night" "I would steal, if necessary, to pay you." "You don't have to pay me right now, calm down!" "We'll operate the day after tomorrow." "Is it a dangerous operation?" "Dangerous yes, life-threatening, no." "Poor man!" "Hipo, what are you doing?" "There must be something in my eye." "I'm dying, right?" "I feel terrible." "My body is racked with pain." "You'll have an operation in two days." "You're not going to die." "That's why they're doing the surgery." "If I die..." "No, don't interrupt me!" "Swear to me, that you'll bury me in my village next to my mother." "Swear it!" "Don't leave me!" "It's Santa?" "Who's coming?" "Yes, she was one of the most beautiful women in Mexico." "It's going to be a very difficult surgery." "Poor girl!" "Everything is ready!" "Hurry up or we'll be late." "The time has come." "Yes, doctor." "Do you think Santa will die?" "Why would she die?" "She's such a good person" "Here's Santa." "I thought you were late." "Santa, have faith!" "I'll wait here." "Good bye, Hipo" "She not breathing!" "She's dead." "Hipo, be strong!" "Unfortunately, Santa died." "No!" "That's not possible!" "Science could not help her." "Be strong, my friend." "Poor Santa!" "Don't cry." "We're alone again, alone in this life!" "Santa!" "Santa!" "Mother of God, pray for us sinners..."