"Excuse me..." "Hello." "Hello, you must be Santiago, Mercedes' grand-nephew." "Nice to meet you, I'm notary Menezes." "Please forgive the mess." "Don't worry about it." " You came to get the deed?" " Yes." "I have it upstairs." "Let's go there." "This is Rio de La Plata, as wide as an ocean previosuly called Solís river." "Please, let's get your papers." "It's pretty messy here." "But everything is in its place despite the apparent disorder." "I know it's around here." "I put it here, somewhere." "Here it is." "This is the deed of the land that comes from your family, your parents." "Wonderful." "Lost amidst the sea of papers of Sargasso." "Just press here, but with this background." "As you wish." " Who designed this building?" " The architect was called Palanti." "He was Milanese." "The famous architect Lê Courbousier, in the 30's... said this building was like a dwarf without a hat." "This is Santiago." "He came to get a deed that I had." " Is this the way to Rocha?" " Keep going and you will see signs." "Do you need help?" "No." "Where are you going?" "To Rocha." "Me too." "How are you getting there?" "By bus." "But there's no bus around here." "I'm going to Punta del Este, it's halfway there." "If you want I can give you a ride." "Wait, I'll give you a ride." " Are you ok?" " "Ça va"." " Are you French?" " No, Belgic." " From where?" " From Belgium." "All right." "Let's go." " My name is Santiago." " Juliette." " Nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you too." " Is this passion fruit?" " Yes." "Maracujá." "My nose indicates many things to me." "I see with my nose, I walk with it." "And your nose is never wrong?" "The nose is never wrong." "Society has forgotten about the nose." "At a certain point I drifted away from my parents' lifestyle." "I was born in the country, then I left to study but disappointed with that new life I went back to the country." "And I searched for my roots, as every young person does at a certain point... but a river can never go back up to its spring." "You have to move on." "And adapt, make new roots." "Where are you heading to?" "We might stop in Punta del Este." "I'd try to avoid Punta del Este." "Everybody gets up at the same time, wears the same Lacoste's t-shirt have the same type of wife." "There must be some variety!" "Hello!" " I am looking for a castle..." " Behind those mountains, route 12." " Pleasure, Neris." " Santiago." " Good-bye." " At your service." "So, she's pretty hot, huh?" "I met her in Brazil, she is hot." "From that day on Santiago's misfortunes were over." "Santiago, don't be clumsy, doesn't the book of life tell you something?" "Take a picture of us." " Very good." " She moves." "Never believe on women's tears, or on a lame dog..." "Nobody should believe on those things." "Here I'll have a wooden deck with some chairs to drink a daikiri after a night of peace and love." "Or of love without much peace." "Santi, my dear, my favorite godson, I can't believe it!" "How are you?" "What joy!" "So happy to see you!" "And this beauty?" " Hello, how are you?" " Fine!" " You are French?" " Belgian." " Welcome, my darling." " Thank you very much." "What a lovely woman Santiago!" " You look great!" " You think so?" "I try to keep up." "Maybe I can spend the night here, I don't know about her..." " I hope you stay, both of you." " I will try, but she said she was going to Rocha and..." "Rocha?" "No, you stay here with your godfather Hughis by all means." "I'm sure you have your ways to convince her." " You look impeccable in this robe." " Just one of those things!" "How did you tidy it up so much, last time I came it wasn't like this." "I put a lot of love into it, it's a whole life here." "And now you're selling it!" "Whom to?" "A Spanish group." "They're building a condo a five-star hotel, something like that." "I'm not sure." "I'm handing it over and leaving." "I just hope they keep its mystery." " Its spirit..." " And its grace." "After you, young lady." " What is this, Hugo?" " A little house by the tree." "It looks like a train wagon." " It's radiant." " Incredible." " Where did you get this painting?" " I bought it in Brazil and hung it here to inspire my godchildren." " How did you build this?" " It was all done by my people and myself, there were no architects, nothing, just us." "Please be settled." "Tonight there's a party downstairs, and tomorrow my vernissage." " Thanks." " Goodbye." "Juliette, Santiago, so glad you came!" "I'm looking for Santiago." "He must be at his uncle's house." " What is your name?" " My name is Petrona." "I planted all of these trees with Vasco, who was my husband." "I've been in this place for thirty years!" "What can I say?" "Because now we are like a family with them." "Santiago is like a son to me." "We waited for them all night, the horse was tied over there." "Then at dawn a couple showed up called Vasco and told us that Santiago's parents had just been killed in a car accident." "We couldn't believe it." "It was very hard for us." "He was a great man." "An excellent person." "We realized that life went on." "These are beautiful memories." "But sometimes we don't do anything with them." "We don't do much with these memories." "In Hugo's vernissage, it's tonight." "I'm going for sure." "It would be great if you all came." "So I'll see you there." "If we don't talk again I'll meet you there." "Alright?" "Take care." "Bye." "Hello." "Nice to meet you." "He is one of the great musical bards still alive with one hundred years old." " One hundred?" " Yes." "One hundred?" "I used to embrace my friends out of affection." "Now because of necessity." "So they can speak into my ears." "Now progress, foreign forces... erase the traditions of the backlands." "I don't own what I carry in my saddlebag." "I've gathered it from the rural lands." "Little things I learned in my walks, as a lad and now I pass on as lessons." "You won't find in texts what you learn on campfires." "That's great." "And how do you remember all these verses?" "Because my memory and my feelings are connected." "And all you see or do with feelings will never be erased." " Thank you." "It was a pleasure." " The pleasure was mine." " A bit late, huh?" " We were delayed." " How are you?" "So long!" " Too long." "You look splendid." " These two I like a lot." " Linda!" "Linda, beautiful!" " Yeah, this big leaf..." " The feet, too." "Juliette looks like Carla Bruni." "Who is married to Sarkozy." " Everything is falling down." " I'm getting a little lost." "You should tag the ones that have been sold." " I'm sold too..." " What have you sold already?" " How are you?" " Fine, great." "Happy." "I'm just passing by on my way north, I have some land there..." " Hey, how are you?" " Great, and you?" "Thanks." "...and I'm seeing old friends..." " Excuse me, I'm going to say hi." "How are you, it's been so long!" "You look great, spectacular." " I Love the dress." " Thanks." "You look even better now." "A little vacation but also because..." "Don't know if you've met..." "Well, you haven't met so I'm travelling I have to see this land, my parents died, did you know?" " I didn't know." " Four years ago." "So I came back from New York, obliged by the circumstances." " We should do something." " Please, we should meet up..." " I haven't seen your mother in ages." " And how is yours?" "Well... she died." "But she was all right." "It's all right." " We'll see each other." "I'll call you." " Please." "And you'll stay with those eyes in Punta del Este until when?" "I'm staying like another five or six days, it depends..." " She never knows." " If it's fun I'll stay..." " Manuela never knows." " And you came here to see your land?" " Yes." " Have you been there?" " No, I have to go the land is in Rocha, it's like..." " Yes, I know it perfectly well I remember when your parents bought it." " Really?" "It was a no man's land, you must remember, there was nothing there." "It's amazing how much its grown." "I heard about these British who just bought some land for millions..." "Exactly, Santiago." "The real estate market is very hot over here now." " Do you know about the bridge?" " What bridge?" "You know that lagoon where you have to pay a loser to ferry you over?" " No." " They're building a bridge there and the land your parents bought will be perfectly connected to the rest of this summer town." "And I think your land, Santiago can be sold for a very interesting amount." "We're talking about real cash here." "My parents bought the land with the idea of building a modest house, and live in both..." " No, forget that." " Now you have to make cash." " Cash?" "Cash, and then you can visit Manuela in Paris, for example so I think it's time to toast." " Ok, let's toast." "To a wealthy future and a beautiful womam." "That girl Manuela was looking for you a while ago." "Yes, I wondered." "And Juliette?" "She left a note and disappeared." "And you don't feel like going after her?" "I don't know." "What am I going to do in Rocha?" "I don't even know where she is." "It won't be very hard to find a Belgian in Rocha." "She's lovely, I really liked her." "It reminded me of a story I lived many years ago." "And because I wasn't careful enough I let it pass." "And till this day I regret it." "And I really don't want this to happen to you." "If I were you, I wouldn't doubt it." "I'd leave right now after her." "It's a feeling I have." "The world belongs to the brave, Santi." " Hello." " Hello, sir." "Do you know if there is a gas station around here?" "No sir, there is no gas station around here." "I can help you, but we're far from the nearest gas station." " I'm about to..." " Around here there is nothing." " My tank is nearly empty and..." " Ok, sir, pull over to the shearing house..." "I have some liters of gas and I'll help you because around here there's nothing." "No gas station, nothing." " Should I drive in then?" " Yes, sir." "Open the gate and just drive in." " Excuse me." "Just go ahead, I'll close it." "Get out, dog, get out!" " Excuse me." " Yes, sir, just step inside." "Get out, dog!" " You have so many dogs!" " Yes, sir, I have sixteen dogs." " Sixteen?" " Yes, sir." " Why so many?" " Because there are wild boars and foxes, so I need them for one thing or another." "They are necessary for all kinds of work." " Do you remember their names?" " Yes, I do." "Sometimes I mix them up because there are so many." "But then I call them with my whip." " You live alone here?" " Yes, with my dogs." " For how long?" " I've been in this farm for 26 years." " And what do you do in the winter?" " I do all sorts of artifacts ropes, whips, muzzles, everything." " Do you have television?" " No, sir." "I only have radio." " You never told me your name." " Chiquito Machado." " Can I pay you something?" " No, sir." "We peasants are like that." "I won't charge you anything." "I think I have a bottle of wine in the car." "No, sir, I don't want anything." "I don't drink wine." " You don't drink wine?" " No, sir." "I don't drink wine, whisky, spirits or anything." "I drink water, mate, and milk from the cows." "There's a little town, Aiguá where you'll find a gas station." " I bid farewell then." "Thank you." " Good ride and good luck." " You've saved me." " Good ride and good luck." "We have another visitor." "Does anybody know him?" "Pretty busy afternoon." " What's up?" " How's it going?" "What brings you here?" "I am looking for a girl called Juliette." "Juliette Binoche?" "I'm not sure we've seen her." "But people usually arrive first at the neighboring farm." "You should see the gate." "If she's around she'll be there." " Thanks." "Goodbye." " Don't want to hang out for a while?" " I'm going to look..." " Which Juliette are you looking for?" " A special one." " How is she?" "Fat, thin, tall, short..." "Thank you." " Goodbye." " I know like four Juliettes." "Hello." "I'm looking for Juliette." "She's in the house." "She's sick." "What?" "She's sick." "She is up at the house, resting." "Thank you." "I'll go look for her." "Come in." "Hello." "Hello." "Hello." "How are you?" " How is Juliette?" " She's getting better." "The fever is going done." "You're sleeping over tonight?" "Yes, yes." "Why not?" " Ok, There is room in the dome." " Great." " We'll put you there." " Great." "You're going to be alright." " Let's go then." " Ok." "What you sang was very beautiful." " Yes?" "You liked it?" " Yes." "What language was it?" "The language of the heart." "Let's go outside and pick up some dried flowers." " Let's go." " So you can give to your Juliette." "Santiago, let's go to the dome, it's late." " We're leaving now?" " Yes."