Ella (2010) - full transcript
How do you want me?
Come over here.
Stand here,
with your foot here
Crouch down, lower
Look at me. Keep your eyes here
Who is it?
It's me, Carlos
Hi, come in
Hi, Lunita. How are things?
Fine.
I don't think he'll see you.
He's shut himself up
I've got no choice,
there's less than a week to go
Can I go to the cabin?
No way, forget it
OK, I'll wait here then
Alfredo...
Alfredo?
Alfredo?
I told you,
when he shuts himself away...
So now what?
Don't know, try later
He always does this to me...
I'll come back at 4
OK, I'll tell him
Luna?
Luna?
Where are you?
Honey,
didn't you hear me,
I was looking for you
Have you seen that bag of materials I
bought yesterday?
A white bag
No, no idea
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Luna, what's wrong?
Something happened?
What? What is it?
I'm leaving
Where are you going?
Come on, come here...
Luna, please stop that
Stop that! Listen to me!
You were just going to walk out?
Without saying a word?
What were you going to do?
Leave a fucking note?
Is that it?
That's it, isn't it? Where is it?
Show me the fucking note you were going
to leave
Don't leave like this...
I don't believe it.
Eight years to the trash
Not even trying, not talking about it...
Why didn't you say anything?
I've tried, hundreds of times...
come here, come here,
stay a while.
Tell me what to do, please
I'm begging you... tell me.
Can't you see what you're doing?!
So...
it was all a lie, all these years...
How can you?
Ana
Good morning, sir
Is the Mrs. Around?
No, she's gone out
Oh, OK.
I came by to pick up the laundry
Hang on, I'll get it
Sir...
You don't have a bag, do you?
At last I've caught you.
I was about to leave
Carlos
Didn't Luna tell you I was here this
morning?
No. Look, Carlos, I really haven't got time
now
I know, I know... but you realize we're out
of time
The promoters are on to me day and night.
They're going crazy. And we haven't seen
anything yet
Always the same. I'll make it, don't worry
You always put me through this crap.
Well, the day after tomorrow I'm sending
the truck round
from the gallery to pick up the pieces
I'll leave you to get on.
OK, OK. Look, I've got to go. I've got a ton
of stuff to do.
I think she's nice
No surprise there
You got the wrong coffee again...
it's the green box
Where are you going?
I thought it was the brown box
No,
it's not the brown box
We got that dress in Máncora, didn't we?
Which one?
Oh yeah,
I hate trying on clothes...
Tell me that story again
I'm tired...
Oh, go on
You tell me one. Why didn't we go to
Vanessa's do?
Oh, Luna...
What?
Nothing, nothing...
I thought you liked her, that's all...
"MISSED CALL"
Baby, how'd it go?
There's a problem. We have to wait a bit.
1 new message from
Everything OK?
"All good. Don't worry"
I need to get these films developed, please
...
Don Alfredo, it must be 7 years since you
were last here...
Luna's always dropping by. She's one of
my best to customers...
You know what? No one gets films
developed any more.
Everyone's got a digital camera and a
computer these days.
It's taken the soul out of it, don't you think?
Yes, yes... it's a shame.
Business is bad.
30 years in the trade
and things are going from bad to worse.
- Sir...
- My wife says, "Be patient, business will
pick up."
But it doesn't, it keeps getting worse.
- Sir!
Look, I'm in a bit of a hurry.
Is this for Lunita?
Yes, they're Luna's
She usually comes herself...
All right then, I'll do them the way she likes:
Heavy on the contrast and light on the
greys, OK?
When will they be ready?
This time tomorrow?
That's no good. Can't you do them in an
hour?
No. Luna won't like it if I do them in one
hour...
We need to see them. It's urgent.
Well, I could run up some preliminary
prints... and...
Great. I'll be back in an hour.
"Mayte's birthday tomorrow... please be
there...
she'll be gutted if you don't go..."
"lll try. Let you know"
"Around 10. You are weird. Everything
OK?
"See you tomorrow, cafe de la paz around
12".
Hello
Good morning, I'd like to speak to Ms.
Luna Zavala, please.
Luna, it's for you.
Sir?
Hello?
Luna she's... she's not here.
I see. Well, we're calling from her work.
She's supposed to teach a class but hasn't
showed up.
We hadn't heard from her... Hello?
Her father's had to go into hospital.
Oh, we had no idea. I'm sorry. Is it
serious?
Hello
Luna doesn't feel well. She'll be back at
work in a few days.
Yes, of course.
Well, please tell her we hope he gets better
soon
and to give us a couple of days notice
so we can arrange things with the
substitute.
OK
The green ones are marzipan
That'll be 97 soles. The chocolates too?
No, no. A pack of Marlboro reds and 10
bags of ice.
Having a party, eh?
How much is it?
"Where are you? Anything wrong?
Please call... I'm worried"
"Lu, need to see you... call me"
Hi, what can I get you?
Vodka
With ice?
Yeah.
Where's Luna?
Get in.
Where is she?
Where are we going?
My place.
Where is she?
Luna?
Lu?
Luna?
Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!
Open the door! Open the fucking door!
Open it! Shit!
For fuck's sake open the door!
Fuck! What the fuck have you done?
Let me out!
I hope you rot in jail
I need to understand
You're dead, you sonofabitch
Let me out please.
Is that what you're wearing?
No, I'm going to change.
Stop it!
Come on, stop
Let me out. Please I want to get out
Please I want to get out
She fell...
If only I hadn't gone into the bathroom just
then.
If only I'd stayed in the studio a minute
longer.
If only she'd made me that coffee
Two seconds
If only I'd stumbled as I was coming out,
if only the phone had rung...
When?
How long?
About six months...
She...
was my life
No, your work was your life...
didn't you realize she hated it?
She didn't hate it.
She spent her life like an object,
like material to be used.
You don't know what you're talking about
...
She couldn't stand you.
She couldn't stand your voice,
your smell,
your jokes,
She was sick of you, and you didn't realize
it...
Come on, honey, stop filming me.
You're always filming me
You're the most beautiful woman I've ever
seen
Come here.
Why don't you come over here with me?
What for?
There's only one way to find out...
What are you doing here?
What are you going to do?
Nothing...
I thought you'd left
Where was I supposed to go?
To the police, home... I don't know,
anywhere
What the fuck happened?
I told you...
she slipped
How?
You can believe whatever you like, I don't
care
Why are you still here?
I found these...
Was Lu taking them?
She had been for a while
She never told me
You don't go around telling everybody
what pills you're taking?
It's something a couple should share,
though, isn't it?
She used to...
It's very easy to intrude in an eight year
relationship
Of course at first nothing bothers you.
Nothing bothers her
but basically, what really happens,
is that you don't know each other
You didn't know Luna.
You haven't a clue what it was like living
with her.
You didn't even know what pills she was
taking...
It was a matter of time, that's all...
There's no telling now...
I suppose that's why you're still here
Did she ever told you that she couldn't
stand
the smell of you anymore?
That she'd been faking it for years?
She never asked you to stop painting her,
filming her, using her...
when Luna started telling me what it was
like living with you...
how she hated being your object.
That's enough. That's bullshit...
Luna...
was everything. She was...
my life.
You create...
to try to get to the truth of something,
something that... otherwise you...
I don't know...
So art comes first, is that it?
Artists don't give a damn about anyone
else.
They only care about their own bullshit
Did Lu take these?
When we went to Paracas she told me
she didn't want to photograph the sea any
more...
but she still wanted to be near it.
Luna always wanted us to move to the
beach house.
I just moved to a place on the ocean.
I was waiting for her and when she didn't
arrive
I left a set of keys with the porter.
I told him that a girl called Luna would be
coming by
and that he should give her the keys...
She came round one day
to take some pictures for her school paper.
We talked for a while, she fell asleep.
She woke up at around 10 at night.
A few days later she came back with her
things...
she told me she couldn't remember
sleeping that well...
that day she stayed.
She was in her final year at high school
and had one month to go to graduate.
One day, her father, who was younger than
me,
came round looking for me.
I didn't put up a fight.
He broke my nose, two ribs...
I didn't see Luna for a while,
and then one day she showed up... with a
bag.
I met her at a bookstore opening.
She blew me away as soon as I saw her.
A few days later she told me that she lived
with you...
she never ate breakfast, did she?
Never...
I once heard her say that
the only thing that she could stand before
midday was water
But she ate plenty at night
She had two moles on the sole of her left
foot
She had 27 moles on her body... two of
them were red
The first time we made love
I felt like
I was someone else...
her body always felt hot,
as if she had a slight fever, as if she was
about to get sick...
I'd never felt that way with anyone.
She said the same to me.
We'd discovered something new... together
The first time we made love...
she had the body of a girl.
I thought she might break. It was a very
strange feeling...
Are you going to show this?
A painter friend
likes to say that when you show a piece...
it stops being yours,
you lose it...
I didn't want to lose her...
You lost her a long time ago
My work was her work...
it was going to carry on...
it was going to be alive...
I especially like this one... it's really good,
powerful,
and this one I really like too...
What do you think?
Her eyes are direct and at the same time
innocent,
wouldn't you say?
He's reached maturity with this show,
there's no question...
Alfredo! I'd like you to meet Mr. Stone
Congratulations. Your work is
extraordinary
Mr. Stone wants to take the show to New
York in April...
he's been asking me about your muse.
Where is Luna?
Come. I'd like to introduce you to some
people...
Come over here.
Stand here,
with your foot here
Crouch down, lower
Look at me. Keep your eyes here
Who is it?
It's me, Carlos
Hi, come in
Hi, Lunita. How are things?
Fine.
I don't think he'll see you.
He's shut himself up
I've got no choice,
there's less than a week to go
Can I go to the cabin?
No way, forget it
OK, I'll wait here then
Alfredo...
Alfredo?
Alfredo?
I told you,
when he shuts himself away...
So now what?
Don't know, try later
He always does this to me...
I'll come back at 4
OK, I'll tell him
Luna?
Luna?
Where are you?
Honey,
didn't you hear me,
I was looking for you
Have you seen that bag of materials I
bought yesterday?
A white bag
No, no idea
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Luna, what's wrong?
Something happened?
What? What is it?
I'm leaving
Where are you going?
Come on, come here...
Luna, please stop that
Stop that! Listen to me!
You were just going to walk out?
Without saying a word?
What were you going to do?
Leave a fucking note?
Is that it?
That's it, isn't it? Where is it?
Show me the fucking note you were going
to leave
Don't leave like this...
I don't believe it.
Eight years to the trash
Not even trying, not talking about it...
Why didn't you say anything?
I've tried, hundreds of times...
come here, come here,
stay a while.
Tell me what to do, please
I'm begging you... tell me.
Can't you see what you're doing?!
So...
it was all a lie, all these years...
How can you?
Ana
Good morning, sir
Is the Mrs. Around?
No, she's gone out
Oh, OK.
I came by to pick up the laundry
Hang on, I'll get it
Sir...
You don't have a bag, do you?
At last I've caught you.
I was about to leave
Carlos
Didn't Luna tell you I was here this
morning?
No. Look, Carlos, I really haven't got time
now
I know, I know... but you realize we're out
of time
The promoters are on to me day and night.
They're going crazy. And we haven't seen
anything yet
Always the same. I'll make it, don't worry
You always put me through this crap.
Well, the day after tomorrow I'm sending
the truck round
from the gallery to pick up the pieces
I'll leave you to get on.
OK, OK. Look, I've got to go. I've got a ton
of stuff to do.
I think she's nice
No surprise there
You got the wrong coffee again...
it's the green box
Where are you going?
I thought it was the brown box
No,
it's not the brown box
We got that dress in Máncora, didn't we?
Which one?
Oh yeah,
I hate trying on clothes...
Tell me that story again
I'm tired...
Oh, go on
You tell me one. Why didn't we go to
Vanessa's do?
Oh, Luna...
What?
Nothing, nothing...
I thought you liked her, that's all...
"MISSED CALL"
Baby, how'd it go?
There's a problem. We have to wait a bit.
1 new message from
Everything OK?
"All good. Don't worry"
I need to get these films developed, please
...
Don Alfredo, it must be 7 years since you
were last here...
Luna's always dropping by. She's one of
my best to customers...
You know what? No one gets films
developed any more.
Everyone's got a digital camera and a
computer these days.
It's taken the soul out of it, don't you think?
Yes, yes... it's a shame.
Business is bad.
30 years in the trade
and things are going from bad to worse.
- Sir...
- My wife says, "Be patient, business will
pick up."
But it doesn't, it keeps getting worse.
- Sir!
Look, I'm in a bit of a hurry.
Is this for Lunita?
Yes, they're Luna's
She usually comes herself...
All right then, I'll do them the way she likes:
Heavy on the contrast and light on the
greys, OK?
When will they be ready?
This time tomorrow?
That's no good. Can't you do them in an
hour?
No. Luna won't like it if I do them in one
hour...
We need to see them. It's urgent.
Well, I could run up some preliminary
prints... and...
Great. I'll be back in an hour.
"Mayte's birthday tomorrow... please be
there...
she'll be gutted if you don't go..."
"lll try. Let you know"
"Around 10. You are weird. Everything
OK?
"See you tomorrow, cafe de la paz around
12".
Hello
Good morning, I'd like to speak to Ms.
Luna Zavala, please.
Luna, it's for you.
Sir?
Hello?
Luna she's... she's not here.
I see. Well, we're calling from her work.
She's supposed to teach a class but hasn't
showed up.
We hadn't heard from her... Hello?
Her father's had to go into hospital.
Oh, we had no idea. I'm sorry. Is it
serious?
Hello
Luna doesn't feel well. She'll be back at
work in a few days.
Yes, of course.
Well, please tell her we hope he gets better
soon
and to give us a couple of days notice
so we can arrange things with the
substitute.
OK
The green ones are marzipan
That'll be 97 soles. The chocolates too?
No, no. A pack of Marlboro reds and 10
bags of ice.
Having a party, eh?
How much is it?
"Where are you? Anything wrong?
Please call... I'm worried"
"Lu, need to see you... call me"
Hi, what can I get you?
Vodka
With ice?
Yeah.
Where's Luna?
Get in.
Where is she?
Where are we going?
My place.
Where is she?
Luna?
Lu?
Luna?
Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!
Open the door! Open the fucking door!
Open it! Shit!
For fuck's sake open the door!
Fuck! What the fuck have you done?
Let me out!
I hope you rot in jail
I need to understand
You're dead, you sonofabitch
Let me out please.
Is that what you're wearing?
No, I'm going to change.
Stop it!
Come on, stop
Let me out. Please I want to get out
Please I want to get out
She fell...
If only I hadn't gone into the bathroom just
then.
If only I'd stayed in the studio a minute
longer.
If only she'd made me that coffee
Two seconds
If only I'd stumbled as I was coming out,
if only the phone had rung...
When?
How long?
About six months...
She...
was my life
No, your work was your life...
didn't you realize she hated it?
She didn't hate it.
She spent her life like an object,
like material to be used.
You don't know what you're talking about
...
She couldn't stand you.
She couldn't stand your voice,
your smell,
your jokes,
She was sick of you, and you didn't realize
it...
Come on, honey, stop filming me.
You're always filming me
You're the most beautiful woman I've ever
seen
Come here.
Why don't you come over here with me?
What for?
There's only one way to find out...
What are you doing here?
What are you going to do?
Nothing...
I thought you'd left
Where was I supposed to go?
To the police, home... I don't know,
anywhere
What the fuck happened?
I told you...
she slipped
How?
You can believe whatever you like, I don't
care
Why are you still here?
I found these...
Was Lu taking them?
She had been for a while
She never told me
You don't go around telling everybody
what pills you're taking?
It's something a couple should share,
though, isn't it?
She used to...
It's very easy to intrude in an eight year
relationship
Of course at first nothing bothers you.
Nothing bothers her
but basically, what really happens,
is that you don't know each other
You didn't know Luna.
You haven't a clue what it was like living
with her.
You didn't even know what pills she was
taking...
It was a matter of time, that's all...
There's no telling now...
I suppose that's why you're still here
Did she ever told you that she couldn't
stand
the smell of you anymore?
That she'd been faking it for years?
She never asked you to stop painting her,
filming her, using her...
when Luna started telling me what it was
like living with you...
how she hated being your object.
That's enough. That's bullshit...
Luna...
was everything. She was...
my life.
You create...
to try to get to the truth of something,
something that... otherwise you...
I don't know...
So art comes first, is that it?
Artists don't give a damn about anyone
else.
They only care about their own bullshit
Did Lu take these?
When we went to Paracas she told me
she didn't want to photograph the sea any
more...
but she still wanted to be near it.
Luna always wanted us to move to the
beach house.
I just moved to a place on the ocean.
I was waiting for her and when she didn't
arrive
I left a set of keys with the porter.
I told him that a girl called Luna would be
coming by
and that he should give her the keys...
She came round one day
to take some pictures for her school paper.
We talked for a while, she fell asleep.
She woke up at around 10 at night.
A few days later she came back with her
things...
she told me she couldn't remember
sleeping that well...
that day she stayed.
She was in her final year at high school
and had one month to go to graduate.
One day, her father, who was younger than
me,
came round looking for me.
I didn't put up a fight.
He broke my nose, two ribs...
I didn't see Luna for a while,
and then one day she showed up... with a
bag.
I met her at a bookstore opening.
She blew me away as soon as I saw her.
A few days later she told me that she lived
with you...
she never ate breakfast, did she?
Never...
I once heard her say that
the only thing that she could stand before
midday was water
But she ate plenty at night
She had two moles on the sole of her left
foot
She had 27 moles on her body... two of
them were red
The first time we made love
I felt like
I was someone else...
her body always felt hot,
as if she had a slight fever, as if she was
about to get sick...
I'd never felt that way with anyone.
She said the same to me.
We'd discovered something new... together
The first time we made love...
she had the body of a girl.
I thought she might break. It was a very
strange feeling...
Are you going to show this?
A painter friend
likes to say that when you show a piece...
it stops being yours,
you lose it...
I didn't want to lose her...
You lost her a long time ago
My work was her work...
it was going to carry on...
it was going to be alive...
I especially like this one... it's really good,
powerful,
and this one I really like too...
What do you think?
Her eyes are direct and at the same time
innocent,
wouldn't you say?
He's reached maturity with this show,
there's no question...
Alfredo! I'd like you to meet Mr. Stone
Congratulations. Your work is
extraordinary
Mr. Stone wants to take the show to New
York in April...
he's been asking me about your muse.
Where is Luna?
Come. I'd like to introduce you to some
people...