Pajarico (1997) - full transcript
Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father's family. Surrounded by orchards, sea, nature and a cheerful and warm family, he will find his first love and the first signs of his adult life.
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Let me help you.
I have a son your age.
Is there someone waiting for you?
Yes, my uncle Juan.
You wait here for your uncle, uh?
And do not worry, he will come soon.
Are you Manuel?
Yes.
Well now, whew...
How was your trip?
Ok.
Do not you remember me?
Uncle Juan, your Uncle Juan, my boy.
How much you've grown, uh?
What do you got here, son?
What's wrong, baby?
I want to go with my parents.
Oh well, no big deal, Manuel,
you will see how everything works out.
You'll see.
Come on, that's better. Is it true that you have been given a drawing prize at school?
Yes.
Blow your nose.
The Cebri?ns have temperament of artists.
"Who through life sighs asks:
what is life? Life is suffering, grief,
a torment that invites us to meditation."
What do you think of the poem?
Well, your father wrote it, when he was your age. Such an guy was grown your father.
I want to go with my parents.
Then we start well.
Hello!
Hello!
Manu, you're wondering what do you do here in Murcia with your uncles.
It is because my parents are getting divorced.
Well, that matter we'll talk later, yeah?
You'll see how things are getting out:
following the instructions of your parents,
you're going to spend three weeks here with your family in this house.
You'll spend the first week with Uncle Juan,
and Marisa, your aunt.
And, of course, with your cousins.
Sofia, Amalia, and Fuensanta.
Hello!
Then you'll spend another week with Fernando
and Aunt Beatriz.
They live in the first level flat
and are the owners of the shop.
And if it's any reference,
I'll tell you that make sweets that taste great,
the finest in Murcia.
And the last week you will spend here with us.
I am Loly.
I am Emi.
Well, all this if you think it fits.
Because we're in a democracy, no?
Margarita, Margarita, uh?
Yes, yes.
We thought it convenient, that rather than to go to a new school, with the implications that this entails,
it is better that I give you classes to learn new subjects,
and, above all, you do not forget what you have learned.
Also trying, as far as possible,
to visit some of the most remarkable monuments of this city,
in order to increase your cultural heritage.
Murcia is a beautiful city, which the River Segura, given the benefit of its water
to create this beautiful garden where orchard and lemons and oranges...
Margarita!
...grow handsomely.
Antonico, son, where are you?
Antonico!
He speaks to you, play along.
Son, who is it?
Are you sick?
Say something.
I've been looking all over the house, and I have not found you.
Where have you been?
I was out there playing.
Where, playing the birdie (pajarico)?
What do I say?
This is Manuel, Antonio's son, your grandchild.
My grandson, grandson?
He is the son of Antonio.
Grandpa, your son Antonio married Teresa, remember?
This child is your grandchild Manuel.
And my son Antonico?
Is he dead?
No, Dad, he's not dead, your son Anthony lives in Madrid.
My nephew Manuel, what do you think?
He is handsomer than you.
Have you seen such beauty? Greet.
Hello!
Well, keep working.
Manu, you and I, we will work too.
# In the garden of Murcia I bring a flower #
# of which, my life, I make a love nest #
Pelea, you have an ass such as to bit it a nibble.
Already returns to its old ways?
What shall we do, my daughter?
Well, first lesson, Manu, write down:
Maruja, come.
Yes?
Come for a little while.
Come, come.
I go.
Do not go!
Why wouldn't I go? Leave me alone.
The most important thing is to take good measurements.
if you're wrong you lose the customer and your self confidence.
Write down:
back: 33.
back long: 40.
Do not give yourself, Marujita
Why not?
I'm not at all like you, Celia.
Bust: 85, beauty!
Record it, son, write down.
Hi, Dad!
Hello!
Good morning!
She's beautiful!
Let's see, what happens to my Fuensanta?
But Fuensanta, you look like a princess!
Such a nice dress!
And the notebooks ...
And this is for you.
Thank you!
Off!
Well, here, place yourself where you want.
Manu!
Put your hat on, in these latitudes the sun is strong.
"Neither the sun nor death, can you look ahead."
# On the edge of the Segura #
# when a farmer woman laughs #
# glows with beauty #
# all the Murcia shore #
pay attention,
Concentrate on what I say.
Do you see?
Look, that light!
That light!
The reeds and the river, can you see, which bisects the whole space,
but most important are the colors.
Look, Manu, look at the green trees
is it not a wonder?
Look, a magpie!
It's a bird beautiful,
though a little bad for the country.
Remember me when I got home to show you a picture by Breguer
I feel chills every time I see that picture
Do you know why?
No?
Because it has mystery.
The mystery, Manu, is a gift that only the enlightened ones have
but today we will comply with stealing from nature one of their colors,
is it true, child?
Come on, do your thing!
# In the garden of Murcia I bring a flower #
# in which, my life, goes a love nest #
# what happy I will be #
# Lady of Fuensanta #
# what happy I will be #
# virgin in my heart #
Fuensanta Fuensanta!
Dad!
We have visitors.
We've done it!
Good day!
Artist?
How are you, Sheriff?
Have not you heard? I'm not sheriff anymore.
Now I am God.
Damn, and on Sunday?
Have you changed your profession to improve
it is a joke, do not get angry.
Okay, okay, okay.
Got anything to eat?
Yeah, man. Give him an apple, Manu.
Give it, give it.
Let's see, You are an innocent child,
tell me who I am?
And shuld I know?
You do not know who I am, girl?
Do not know who I am?
Is it possible?
I'm God!
Yes, yes, yes.
I'm God!
And how do you know?
Would it will be enough one proof for you to believe?
I can disappear anytime!
Really? Then disappear
and leave us alone.
Not so, not so easy, right?
You gotta have faith
with faith, yeah.
Faith moves mountains.
Hey, you want me to disappear?
Ok.
Okay, do not bother us, get out of here.
Wait, wait, wait.
Okay, okay, I'll disappear.
He doesn't disappear.
Sheriff, Sheriff, man,
have you died?
Where am I?
Who are you?
He is well, yeah.
Well, well, well.
I'm here again.
You've seen how I have gone?
I told you.
I disappear when I want because I am God, the Almighty.
But you have not moved from there
Above all, incredulous
Ridiculous! I have returned!
I'm already back here!
I left, and I'm back, and here I am.
Stay with God!
Marking, marking!
Now, pass it.
Hey, the skirt,
Gather!
Listen, Manu!
Look how wonderful!
Something happens in this picture that makes it unique.
The hunters, dogs, but the mystery is in the magpie,
flying over the snowy mountains.
Do you see? We remove the bird
and it is another thing.
It loses the mystery, Manu
Fuensanta, turns on the light!
You see,
what's inside
see the green tunic
everything in this picture has double meaning
like the mirror, for example,
here it is.
And here it is!
This is for me the picture of pictures
what a picture, my God!
I'll give my life to paint such a picture
In the life there are a few magical moments
something happens that moves us,
felt like an earthquake
the trembling of the beauty in music
in poetry, in a picture
sometimes in a movie
great artists,
maybe they do not know,
have the power to convey the magic
the mystery of beauty
the harmony of the words
and things
wonderful!
Am I ok so?
Turn a little
a little more, woman
there is nothing more beautiful than the female body
and you have a great body, Martita.
You have to have confidence in me
I am an artist
let me see your breasts, baby!
Can' you see? I do not know how you hide something so beautiful.
Those breasts have grown
and developed
to be cherished
what else pretty things you say, Juan!
It is a secret.
What secrets?
Well, women thingss.
Whew.
And you?
Well, it's a hassle with homework, I enjoy at recess
playing football with my friends
And so much you like soccer?
You hate football, no?
I like more reading and I want to be a dancer
Those at television?
Well, everything.
Want me to teach you?
- What?
- Cod!
Like going to school today?
What's up, Sophia?
I do not know why we have to go to school for what you learn ...
Better you are there, than all day shut up at home watching TV
Best for what?
I'll give you a slap!
I do not want to go to school!
You'll do what I say.
Quiet!
You know the colors in English?
Yes
How you say "rosa"?
Pink
and "azul"?
Blue
and "negro"?
Black
"morado" (purple)?
I do not know.
And "verde"?
Green
"perro"?
Dog
"Lapiz" (pencil)?
No.
Coming, Manu?
What's wrong, son?
No, nothing, aunt.
Fuensanta!
Fuensanta, where are you?
Do not be heavy, Fuensanta, this is a pain!
Where are you?
Fuensanta?
Fuensanta?
You are stupid!
You've scared, uh?
Stupid, stupid!
Do not be angry, wait!
Such bad genius, hey, no big deal!
How funny you!
Have you scared?
No, I do not scare with that crap.
Yeah, you were scared, admit it!
- Manu?
- What?
Do not get so, man,
if I knew you so impressive, would not do not it, OK?
Do not ever make it to me anymore!
No.
Sit down here beside me.
Closer.
This is my favorite place
I come here to wonder
- To wonder?
Do not you wonder?
Try it,
close your eyes,
and wonder.
What do you see?
I see my parents
at Madrid
I'm awake
in bed
I can not sleep
And so?
Your parents have separated because they don't get along
And so?
Well, they have separated.
Everyone does his life
Aunt Maggie says your father is a pennant.
What is that?
He is a gulf
They were arguing and saying things
what did they said?
Did you spy them?
No.
Well, yes.
One night, yeah.
I could not sleep
and went to their room.
My mother said she had reached the limit of his strength
and could not take it anymore
What else?
Do you promise not telling anyone?
I promise.
Promised, promised, promised.
My mother told my father that he was disgusting
is not it terrible?
I only disgust roaches
Come with me
now I'll show you my secret
Now be quiet
I see nothing
hush!
Get stuck to me
Be quiet, uh?
What do they do?
They make love
So?
It makes me much laughter
It is the third to take
you will feel bad
Easy.
Something more?
This phrase is devilish, hell!
Nephew, take that chair and sit down
You cease playing a couple of days and you lose the mechanism
as I can not give you much time as you need
so, nothing.
A disaster.
You are very demanding
you want me to put my finger on the exact site
nor 1 mm above or below
and that takes hours and hours of work, son.
Thousands of times you have to put my finger exactly micro metric
and without reference, son
and also there is the arc
the exact pressure
tilt due
and stop at the right time
not to extend a note and
and destroy all the work done so far.
The genius, baby, do not exist
they are done by dint of working hours and submission.
My teacher told me
"Fernandico, you are much valuable,
you have talent,
and if you would,
you could be a figure in the music scene"
Yeah, he said
That saying of the "music scene" he liked a lot, son
"but you are lacking something important thing,
you lack consistency,
willpower, tenacity,
wanting to be a star above all"
He knew me well, because to me, baby,
what I like in life,
is wandering.
In that respect I am Barogiano, I like to walk the roads of life
and see what life reserves to me
or gives me, and so on. etc. etc.
You do it very well, uncle,
I like it a lot.
Thank you, nephew.
Thanks to everybody
thank you, dear audience
what would the Philharmonic without me!
Thank you, and you give up your ass!
Fernando!
Work claims for us, and evil money, son.
The owner calls you
Treat me with respect, Tony,
and mostly in front of my nephew
I need to talk to you
See you later?
Yes.
The flesh is weak, beloved nephew,
And you, what about you?
Do you like girls?
Well, it depends
Yeah, of course, then take some advice, son
be careful with women
they have the wisdom
and strength
Did you called me?
Man, you playing the guitar and Bethlehem with the shepherds
as there is much to do ...
Remember you have to make the wedding cake for the Enriquez?
Ah, the Enriquez?
"What became of so much elegance"
What a head I have, son, I had completely forgotten
a wedding cake
with its doll and all
from that we make a living, do not forget.
Life is a wedding cake, child,
"where do you go, child, through the woods
I'll take the flowers of nature "
No, I'm very inspired today, son
my neurons are here
between the cream and the Chantilly
you've learned that of VAT?
No.
Well, very simple, baby,
Always more.
How dare you do that?
You have no right.
I do not know what happened, but it is so.
I fell inlove with her
I do not want to hurt you, Fernando, I have always been honest to you
and me with you, Toni
I know you'll suffer
but I prefer your information by me and not for others
But we can keep meeting
We're getting married
I'll kill myself!
I can not live without you.
Do not tell me that, that hearts my heart, Fernando!
I can not live without you!
I love you, Toni.
I love you more than anything in the world
Do not leave me, Toni
please do not leave me!
I love you too, I van never forget what you have done for me
I was wrong, I
I didn't knew what I wanted, I was trying
And now you know?
Yes.
You said you loved me
that you would live forever with me
We can not control feelings
they are stronger than us
they are stronger than all things
you tell me that, do you remember?
But we can keep meeting
even if you go with that one
No, Fernando, I will change my life!
With Rosa I discovered that I like women
I never felt so before
my flesh burns when I touch her
I dream on her body
I like her voice
look, when I...
- Shut up!
Do not humiliate me
okay, go away
without rancor?
Go.
Sorry.
Go.
I'm sorry, really.
Auntie?
Get in!
Can I come in?
Come in, come.
Come in at once!
What do you want?
You have scissors?
You know I do not like you fooling around with the scissors, so that you?
I wanted to cut a thing
in the toilet I think I have some
in the top drawer, in the sewing bag
How do you like my dress, you like it?
Have you ever seen a naked woman?
Yes
Do you like my body?
Do you like my breasts?
Look, man, they will not eat you!
Come, come closer.
Touch me.
Uncle Fernando says he is going to kill himself
You say?
He has a gun, and says he will kill himself.
He have said it to you?
No, not me, Toni. Toni says he's going to marry a woman
and Uncle Fernando has said that if he does, he will kill himself.
That is nonsense!
Where have you seen that?
What do you know?
Promise me that what you'll never say it to anyone
Why?
Or does someone else know?
Promise me, then?
Yes.
Sleep, my life
sleep, my love.
Nobody has told me how much solitude is needed
to know what is loneliness
how much love is needed
to feel loved
or how much pain to want not to be born
Nobody will hurt you
I'll always by your side
I will be with you always
Manu, opens the door.
Coming?
He don't caughts me!
I had a terrible day at school,
but terrible, terrible.
Why?
Because I've been punished.
Well, I've had a very strange dream
want me to tell?
Yes.
I was in a train station, I wonder if you saw
one of those that have many railways,
crossing each other,
when going out of the station
Of course I've seen!
You think that only those you at Madrid know everything?
Well, okay, okay!
I had to go from side to side of the tracks
had to cross the tracks
it was all full of train tracks
Suddenly, I heard the whistle of a locomotive
and saw a train approaching in the distance
I did not know where to hide
because I was in the midst of all tracks
Mother!
And what did you do?
I stood still and closed my eyes
what could I have done?
If I ran it could have been worse
and what happened?
The locomotive coming toward me
to me!
Closer
I stood still
Yes, and what else?
I woke up.
Well, well!
Have you seen who he was?
What a shock, no?
Who were they?
My cousin Loly and her boyfriend
Don't take it!
There is blood!
Do not touch it, throw it, it is very dangerous!
Why?
If you touch the needle you die!
How does it feels that if you prick?
You die, throw it, Fuensanta!
Do not you ever have a shot in your veins?
It hurts?
Much.
I can not look at it, I get dizzy.
Are you in pain?
Something terrible is happening!
What, where?
Do not know.
But something is happening in this house
Emilio! Your brother just fall and dies!
Look what happens!
Quiet, please!
Calm down, please!
Immediately send an ambulance!
The hospital? Get me to the emergency room.
Yes, by Dr. Cebrian.
Don Emilio Cebri?n
an ambulance to his home, Velluga Cardinal Square
Emilio, they ask if it is a heart attack
Yes.
They immediately send it.
Yes, please, urgent
God!
Let's see, Manu, where is Italy?
Do not get distracted, where is Italy?
Is it possible?
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome, Eternal City.
Okay. In Rome, well, at the Vatican,
lives the Holy Pope
Where is Australia?
I'll give you a clue, where are the kangaroos from?
From Australia
So, search
I think they're here, look
Do not be an ass, that's Africa!
Shut up!
Why is that I can not speak, or what?
- No.
- Why?
Because I said so. Come and do your homework.
Then go!
But, well, what happens?
Why do you cry so?
Watch that bug, look at that beast!
Manu pick up the telephone, it's your father.
Kill it, kill it!
God, she is already with her hysterical!
Dad? Where are you?
I'm fine.
But when do you come?
Calls from Italy
But when?
It's a hassle, Dad!
Classes!
Yes, I'm fine.
I want you.
And Mom?
I would like a robot
Aunt Maggie spies on me!
She's a heavy one.
She will not let me breathe
No one withstands her
I'll be patient
Goodbye, Dad.
How dare you, uh?
How do you do that?
I was consumed for you
Margarita!
Are you deaf?
Grandfather is calling!
See, I can not go now!
Come on, grandfather is calling!
Come!
What happened?
My father comes to get me
when?
Right away.
Manu, how is father?
Okay.
My child, precious.
Come, Santica.
Can you give me the phone?
Yes, yes. See you later.
See you later.
What will I do when you go?
You come with me.
My parents will not allow me
Why not?
We can not live together
cousin marriages are banned by Pope
that's nonsense
today this is not a problem
Did you ever get in there?
No.
That's forbidden.
Prohibited, banned, banned.
Coming?
And if we get caught?
But really, what are you doing here?
We wanted to know what's inside
Then that's fine
because curiosity is the mother of science
And what do you think?
Fascinating!
What is this?
That is the iris
Who would say that in so small an area is reflected the health of a person, uh?
Of course, a complex nervous system
draws, like a map
to each organ of the body
within the iris
This really interests you?
Yes
Look, this is the right iris,
but is placed here on the left.
And here, at 12 o'clock, the brain is represented
and here, at 5 o'clock zone,
are the female genital organs
Do not you believe it's so, Fuensanta?
No.
Well, believe me, baby
everything good and everything bad that is saved here
almost everything we know
comes in trough our eyes
and from there we place it here
in the brain
but well, let's leave that now, uh?
Manu, Fuensanta, stand behind the camera
come, without fear, here
come, come Manu
and see through it
Let's see
what do you see?
The window, and you, but in reverse.
Exactly. That's how we see things.
But the brain puts them upright
so that no one falls from the ceiling.
There are still who believe that a photograph steals your soul
and that the image reflected in the mirror decreases you
because on bending you, you lose half your energy
but the truth is that
we live from appearances
reflections
and illusions
do not you think?
Yes
I see things that I can not see.
True, Fuensanta sees things not seen.
It's possible.
Some people have these powers
well, that say so
Fuensanta, I've never looked at your iris, no?
No.
Well we're doing it right now
Manu, press that button next to the window
the one next to the curtain, uh?
- This?
- That.
Come, sit.
Support the chin here.
Easy, uh?
And look at this staring point
closer, Manu.
Well, do you see?
Now we focus
exactly
See?
Note
what complexity
secrecy and mystery are in there
That is the iris of a child
still clean and transparent
the colors are vivid
Life here is at its best
let's see for a while, Fuensanta
do not move
here there is something somewhat unusual.
what?
Quiet, quiet, do not move.
It's like a vibration.
and you say you see things not seen, no?
I also hear things.
And what do you see now?
I see Aunt Maggie comming
and grandfather says he wants to speak to Manu on a death.
But what are you saying, child!
Emilio!
Are there the kids?
Yes, yes, they are here, Margarita.
Where have you gone, uh?
Have not I said it is forbidden to enter here?
I'm going to seriously punish you
if you think you can do whatever pleases you, you are very wrong
Margarita!
Okay, okay, what do you want?
Dad, he is increasingly obsessed.
No one withstands him.
I tell him to get up and he says no
that he wants to stay in bed for life.
He gets intolerable
says he wants to speak with Antonico.
Well, we have to be patient.
let him rest.
But, Emilio, you said that he should exercise every day.
Ok, but for one day, nothing happens.
Anything else?
Yes, he insists on talking to Antonico.
He says: "I want to talk to my baby Antonico"
uncle, whom grandfather wants to talk is Manu.
can be...
You no longer understand him anything
he asked me for a pitcher of umbrellas
He wants orange juice.
But, how do you know that, my daughter?
Well, come on, Manu, accompany Fuensanta, and go see grandfather
and be very patient with him, please
he is a very old man, go!
This century is going to end badly, son
will end badly this century is going to end very bad son
Why will this century end badly, Grandpa?
Have you heard the news?
The Russians are going to Christianize
and Americans are going to be all black and Communists
million people have been killed for nothing, son
for nothing
everything's upside down
in the European war
they killed 50 million people
do you realize what that means?
What folly! Nobody agrees.
And without change, there's no life.
But the changes brought disaster
disorganization and chaos
Have you traveled a lot?
I've been to Santiago de Compostela
with school
And what of it?
Well.
You have to travel, Antonico
to realize what life is
Here we believe we are the navel of the world
Not that there is no better place to live
perhaps is worse off
but everywhere they baked beans
I get really heavy with my sermons, right, son?
No.
It is the inevitable legacy of a life devoted to teaching
hand me the hair on the tongue
He wants a glass of water
You want a glass of water?
Of course!
I am an useless oldman
but this still works
Well, Antonico, let's go to our thing
I, before, before... that
I have to tell you something I have not told anyone
Come a little bit closer
in this house a lot of things have happened, Antonico
My name is Manuel
Do not you remember, grandpa?
The most important thing is what I'll tell you
We all keep a secret
of which we are ashamed, son
I have my secret
something that nobody knows but me
and that One, if he exists.
A secret I've kept with me throughout my life
but now that I'm going to...
I want you to know it
You have been my favorite son, Antonico,
my solitary bird (pajarico)
You know why I named you lonely bird?
No, not really.
Because you were always jumping around from one place to another
and you liked to be alone
and reading, and be independent
you're just like me
And the secret?
What secret?
The secret, Grandpa.
Ah, yes.
My secret
I must unload the spirit
You see, those were times of war, son
and in times of war, they dispelling the order of things
and committed the worst atrocities
on behalf of who knows what
it is a time of vengeance and cruelty
He came to see me dressed in black, with a gun, on the belt
He came to tell me I had taken his girlfriend
and that he would kill me
He was a rough guy, nasty and stank of wine
I was frightened
I told him that she had chosen me
It was true, because they are the ones who choose, son
I tried to use all possible arguments
to make him desist from his intentions
but he came determined to kill me
I do not know where I got strength
but I jumped on him like a bull
drew his pistol and he hit my arm
I still have the signal
and look, look what I did
I felt a divine wrath
hit him until I could not more
first with the hand
and then with a shovel
until my fingers flayed
it was horrible, I lost control
and for a very long time
I was another person
when I came to me, and I realized what I had done,
I trembled
what to do?
What could I do, Lord?
What did you do, Grandpa?
Who are you?
What did you do after killing him, Grandpa?
I buried him at the foot of the stairs
and there he is.
In the basement?
In the basement, yeah.
Don't you hear a heavenly sound?
It's uncle Fernando coming from the hospital
No, no, no, Uncle Fernando is very bad
has been paralyzed for ever
never be able to play the bagpipes again
It rains over the fields
He wants you to get down a bit the blind
what will be there? Nothing ...
One is gone, and that's it.
I wish there was something
not to die at all the way
a place where one could breathe comfortably
if you breathe well and feel no pain
then you're in heaven
How fine you are
when you're fine.
Why do you paint your face?
To be more beautiful
you want me to paint you?
Ok.
Why kids are not painted?
What do I know?
Why do you ask me?
Why do you prick yourself?
But what you say, you're crazy?
I would not skewer.
So what did you do on the terrace?
Look, baby, do not get into what you're not called or I'll give you a wafer so they're not going to find you, right?
I do not skewer me
I do not like it
Whom were you with at the terrace?
Well if you're so interested, I will say with my boyfriend
He pricks himself.
We found a bloody syringe
who else knows?
Just me
and Fuensanta
The donkey in front
That one always gets my leg. If you sing I'll kill you both!
And you tell that stupid one as she doesn't mum, I'll whack her so she will remember all her life,
and you too!
You are playing with fire
you are advised
If you say a single word of it, I'll kill you
is that clear?
You know where your sister has gotten?
With her boyfriend, I say
We will have to do something with this girl
otherwise we fall out
She had to be home already
Leave her, in these times of ours, you can not demand she get this early at home
if only for discipline, dad, and an example to the young ones
we must adhere to rules
when she grows old she can do what she wants
if she want to leave home, she leaves
now she is too young to go around
She is 17 years old
at that age I was married to Emilio
That were other times
but that is not what worries me
it is this boyfriend that she got
he is too thin
and vicious
but if you just told me to do whatever she wants, what do we agree, Dad?
Not confuse quail with lettuce
Grandpa is right, Emilio, that kid is very pale
and exerts a bad influence on her
to me this kid is taking drugs
it stings, with heroin.
But how awful is that, dad,
that boy is the son of Gimeno
Well, yes, it is legit
Therefore, if doped, we would know, here in Murcia knows everything.
What he makes to himself, I do not care.
But my Loli ...
I can not sleep a wink at the thought
Emilio, you have to do something!
I would like you to examine him using any pretext, that kid
and so, at least get out of doubt
and I'd be more quiet
we are totally crazy in this house, and what happens to you Margarita, whom you speak?
No one, do not talk to anybody, Emilio, with whom was I to speak?
That's what I want to know, whom, what happens?
I knew you would sense it, I wanted to tell you
let yourself off mysteries, Margarita, and tell me what happens
I'll tell if you insist
This morning I had a miraculous vision while in the bathroom
I saw a wonderful light, it was incredible
Margarita!
It filled all with light, and She appeared
She?
Stop talking nonsense, Margarita.
You've taken the pill?
Of course I have taken the pill
Well, pardon me, what I mean is you can not go around
scaring the kids
But it is the truth, and every day I took the pill
This morning I told the Father Justo and he told me it was the virgin that lit the path to glory
Then tell that jerk to stop sticking their noses into our lives
and please sister do not you dare go telling the miracles
because we will have here a pilgrimage
Emilio is right about that, do not go saying that you have visions
But it's the truth!
Well, even if it's the truth!
You shut up, or you tell me
and that's it.
What do you saw, aunt? How was this glow?
You see, it was like a light globe to come from the beyond
and fill me with its light
a sense of peace and joy flooded my heart
the globe opened, and a golden light filled it with everything, everything
and there, inside the balloon, She was
all golden, dazzling and beautiful.
Good night to all!
Good night, Grandpa.
Let's see, you can not ever come at your time?
Go, I thought it was early!
How time flies, right?
Tomorrow you tell your boyfriend to stop by here, I want to take a look at him
Why?
Because I do not like how thin and pale he is
You have no right to meddle in the lives of others, dad
But, well, I'll give you a slap
however you are woman
I need to know whom you meet, and this kid looks sick
and I do not want my daughter to meet a sick guy
So tomorrow you say him to come here
and if he is not I'll call his father
And what can you say, that Jaime is skinny?
I like him that way.
What can I say?
Stop it, damn it! Enough is enough!
I've always been a man of order
peace-loving
I've never said anything
well, well
It's not that bad, Emilio
Easy, Emilio
calm down
Do not get so angry, that's not worth it
Do not panic, occasionally he gets it
but soon gets well
He got this from always, his eyes got blanck, as if he were to have an attack
so when he says that I am epileptic, he would do better looking himself in the mirror
Do not panic, Manu, come here, young man!
It's the adrenalin that has somewhere to drop
Be calm, it's always the same
not important
it's his character
No, in my opinion it has nothing to do with Uncle Fernando's
mine is temporary, calm down
To Dad this also happens sometimes
Do you see? We only inherit the iniquities
I've always been a peaceful man peace-loving
Less when you almost kill the boyfriend of Aunt Margarita, grandfather
This man came to the house dressed Falangist
and I've always been a Republican of honor!
He was not my boyfriend, he was courting me, though.
And you, what a brother you get into the closet, scared to death
Enough is enough, Margarita, that's a fallacy, a lie
That one is true. When came Aunt Maggie's boyfriend, Emilio and I got into the closet scared to death
Federico Sanchez was a very handsome boy, but when I was abusing my absences were
and father forbade him to come and see me
That one just wanted to fuck you
I did not skeep things
He was very fond of me
was so passionate ... One day he came here to this house, saying that
or I was his, or anyone
Look, for these times ...
He came pointing the pistol and saying he would kill us all
if he did not carried Aunt Margarita
and uncle and I tucked in the closet!
And he fired? It was not grandfather who shoot?
Yo don't know the fear I get through into the closet
I even peed
Did grandfather killed him and buried him in the basement?
I killed him with these hands, and buried him in the basement
This brings fantasies, dad
You did not miss anything, Margarita, because what ht was, was a pimp
No, no, no. You mess me
I had the asparagus, when Antonio came in with the library in his hand, and gave me the speaker
and I, with the leg of the thing,
I told him that if he didn't give me the solution,
I was not about influence peddling
that I was tired of resources, bulging and corruption
Calm down, Dad!
There is a storm, Aunt
Storm? Nonsense!
Damn! It is the light stricking that does not stop!
The history is always written by the victors
"It is written, rest in peace"
"The shadows of the night were going ahead"
Psalm 10, verse two
"My heart is wounded"
Psalm 102, verse four
then, nothing has happened here
listen to my poem
What do you want now, Dad?
Well, I want to recite my latest poem
The dedication is a very, very special
It is for you, Antonico
For me, Grandpa?
My heart is hurt
and my days are like the shadows that vanish
the shadow of the night hides the child in me
I am like a sparrow alone on the roof
Emilito, son!
What happened, man?
The grandfather, he is not at home!
Emilito, son, wake up!
What is it, Mom, what happens?
Come on, you need to help find grandfather!
He had never done such a thing.
Margarita, let's see, have you spoken to Juan?
Yes, he knows nothing, no trace of grandfather.
Before calling the police, some of you know where can be grandfather?
No, Emilio, I've already said no, nobody knows anything.
I'm concerned, Margarita, is the first time it happens
Emilito, you know something?
Let me sleep.
Emilito, I'm asking!
No, I do not know where he is!
Then answer!
He may not have gone too far, I'm going to look for him.
Where? All Murcia around, daughter?
No, over there, of course, standing here we're no doing anything
I know who knows
How could you know? Do not start that nonsense
Leave him alone!
Who knows, baby?
Fuensantica.
Hi, Grandpa!
Hello, Antonico!
I was expecting you
Have you lost?
Dad, may we know what you're doing here?
Waiting.
What will I do?
I've lost again, my son.
I forgot everything.
I did not know where I was or who I was.
I did not know which way to go
The whole family is looking for you around town, Dad
You see, here I am.
Do you know how I knew you were here?
Because I know you like trees
the flowers and birds
I wanted to go to sea, but I got lost
I want to see the ocean one last time
I'll take to the sea, Dad
life is beautiful when you breathe right, baby
Now you go home with us, Dad
Do not worry, not worth it.
I'm fine here
I am an elephant, Antonico.
An elephant?
If he says it's an elephant, then that's it.
When the elephants are old, they leave the herd,
and go away to die
While Emilio your son is alive, you will always be with us
Truth, Manu?
Yes, come on, Grandpa, go home!
Is not that ...
You're better already...
Come on, do not be so lazy, dad
I wanted to go to the sea
but I lost
Well, I'll take you to the sea, Dad, I promise
really?
A Cebrian's promise is a ...
It is a promise, no?
A truth as a temple, son!
A security for the future.
The transmuting voice, uncompromising legislator
says: holy word, heavenly music,
testimony, warranty and oath
A vote!
One day my father caught up in some old papers,
found a text that caught his eye
was a text written in Arabic
from Methuselah time
when he was in the Moroccan War
swallowed it like a wall.
The text said
where a treasure was buried
When he returned from Morocco
my father was devoted heart and soul
to find the treasure of the Arabs
which said the text
was buried at the foot of an olive tree
in precise coordinates.
Everyone thought my father was right in the head
and the matter was forgotten.
But my father, after many twists and turns,
found the treasure.
It was a fabulous treasure
with hundreds of gold coins
and priceless jewels.
He said nothing to anyone
was silent as a death
in the event that the dead could talk
Well, gradually selling those currencies
here and there
he gave a carrer to all his children
and still had enough money to buy a house here in Murcia
and another one in the Urrutia
in the Minor Sea
Is that true, uncle?
Well, It can be if grandfather says
Possible? Possible?, Why not?
Litter that takes the wind
the moon and the stars
who is the gold, and who is the Arab?
It is also said of crowing and not putting the egg out
which means: who hard presses little covers.
Or that for getting on earlier you don't have clearer ideas
Do you understand anything?
He has the ideas accelerated
which claims reason the words become wrapped in the tongue
creeper
that is, life is a creeper that binds us to the abyss
And speaking of abyss
There are depths of passion and depths of hell
Great!
How beautiful is life!
How beautiful is the sea!
How nice it is when you're okay.
While it is true that we are saddened by body separation
those who have the priceless gift of Christian faith
hope to be reunited with him in Father's house
We must console
as we raise our prayer to ask God to welcomes our brother in his mercy
and to grant his family and all who mourn his death,
the consolation of faith.
Let us pray.
Our Lord and our Redeemer
that gave yourself to death so that all men be saved and pass from death to life
look kindly upon your servants
What saddened by the death of that ...
- Dad!
...who loved him, come to you confident
You, Lord, you're the only saint
and the only one infinitely merciful
How you've grown, Manu!
How handsome you are, you look like a man.
... and do not let eternal King, who in baptism was incorporated into your church,
look away from you
but by your glorious merits
grant them the place of light, happiness and peace,
You who live and reign forever and ever, amen.
Suddenly I realized that the arrival of my parents had destroyed something
Something happened when they arrived
I was different, I had grown
Fuensanta stared at me, she had changed too
she was now staring at me very seriously
Perhaps we'll never see each other again
but one thing was certain: if my parents had not been to get me
I would had lived with her all my life.
---
Let me help you.
I have a son your age.
Is there someone waiting for you?
Yes, my uncle Juan.
You wait here for your uncle, uh?
And do not worry, he will come soon.
Are you Manuel?
Yes.
Well now, whew...
How was your trip?
Ok.
Do not you remember me?
Uncle Juan, your Uncle Juan, my boy.
How much you've grown, uh?
What do you got here, son?
What's wrong, baby?
I want to go with my parents.
Oh well, no big deal, Manuel,
you will see how everything works out.
You'll see.
Come on, that's better. Is it true that you have been given a drawing prize at school?
Yes.
Blow your nose.
The Cebri?ns have temperament of artists.
"Who through life sighs asks:
what is life? Life is suffering, grief,
a torment that invites us to meditation."
What do you think of the poem?
Well, your father wrote it, when he was your age. Such an guy was grown your father.
I want to go with my parents.
Then we start well.
Hello!
Hello!
Manu, you're wondering what do you do here in Murcia with your uncles.
It is because my parents are getting divorced.
Well, that matter we'll talk later, yeah?
You'll see how things are getting out:
following the instructions of your parents,
you're going to spend three weeks here with your family in this house.
You'll spend the first week with Uncle Juan,
and Marisa, your aunt.
And, of course, with your cousins.
Sofia, Amalia, and Fuensanta.
Hello!
Then you'll spend another week with Fernando
and Aunt Beatriz.
They live in the first level flat
and are the owners of the shop.
And if it's any reference,
I'll tell you that make sweets that taste great,
the finest in Murcia.
And the last week you will spend here with us.
I am Loly.
I am Emi.
Well, all this if you think it fits.
Because we're in a democracy, no?
Margarita, Margarita, uh?
Yes, yes.
We thought it convenient, that rather than to go to a new school, with the implications that this entails,
it is better that I give you classes to learn new subjects,
and, above all, you do not forget what you have learned.
Also trying, as far as possible,
to visit some of the most remarkable monuments of this city,
in order to increase your cultural heritage.
Murcia is a beautiful city, which the River Segura, given the benefit of its water
to create this beautiful garden where orchard and lemons and oranges...
Margarita!
...grow handsomely.
Antonico, son, where are you?
Antonico!
He speaks to you, play along.
Son, who is it?
Are you sick?
Say something.
I've been looking all over the house, and I have not found you.
Where have you been?
I was out there playing.
Where, playing the birdie (pajarico)?
What do I say?
This is Manuel, Antonio's son, your grandchild.
My grandson, grandson?
He is the son of Antonio.
Grandpa, your son Antonio married Teresa, remember?
This child is your grandchild Manuel.
And my son Antonico?
Is he dead?
No, Dad, he's not dead, your son Anthony lives in Madrid.
My nephew Manuel, what do you think?
He is handsomer than you.
Have you seen such beauty? Greet.
Hello!
Well, keep working.
Manu, you and I, we will work too.
# In the garden of Murcia I bring a flower #
# of which, my life, I make a love nest #
Pelea, you have an ass such as to bit it a nibble.
Already returns to its old ways?
What shall we do, my daughter?
Well, first lesson, Manu, write down:
Maruja, come.
Yes?
Come for a little while.
Come, come.
I go.
Do not go!
Why wouldn't I go? Leave me alone.
The most important thing is to take good measurements.
if you're wrong you lose the customer and your self confidence.
Write down:
back: 33.
back long: 40.
Do not give yourself, Marujita
Why not?
I'm not at all like you, Celia.
Bust: 85, beauty!
Record it, son, write down.
Hi, Dad!
Hello!
Good morning!
She's beautiful!
Let's see, what happens to my Fuensanta?
But Fuensanta, you look like a princess!
Such a nice dress!
And the notebooks ...
And this is for you.
Thank you!
Off!
Well, here, place yourself where you want.
Manu!
Put your hat on, in these latitudes the sun is strong.
"Neither the sun nor death, can you look ahead."
# On the edge of the Segura #
# when a farmer woman laughs #
# glows with beauty #
# all the Murcia shore #
pay attention,
Concentrate on what I say.
Do you see?
Look, that light!
That light!
The reeds and the river, can you see, which bisects the whole space,
but most important are the colors.
Look, Manu, look at the green trees
is it not a wonder?
Look, a magpie!
It's a bird beautiful,
though a little bad for the country.
Remember me when I got home to show you a picture by Breguer
I feel chills every time I see that picture
Do you know why?
No?
Because it has mystery.
The mystery, Manu, is a gift that only the enlightened ones have
but today we will comply with stealing from nature one of their colors,
is it true, child?
Come on, do your thing!
# In the garden of Murcia I bring a flower #
# in which, my life, goes a love nest #
# what happy I will be #
# Lady of Fuensanta #
# what happy I will be #
# virgin in my heart #
Fuensanta Fuensanta!
Dad!
We have visitors.
We've done it!
Good day!
Artist?
How are you, Sheriff?
Have not you heard? I'm not sheriff anymore.
Now I am God.
Damn, and on Sunday?
Have you changed your profession to improve
it is a joke, do not get angry.
Okay, okay, okay.
Got anything to eat?
Yeah, man. Give him an apple, Manu.
Give it, give it.
Let's see, You are an innocent child,
tell me who I am?
And shuld I know?
You do not know who I am, girl?
Do not know who I am?
Is it possible?
I'm God!
Yes, yes, yes.
I'm God!
And how do you know?
Would it will be enough one proof for you to believe?
I can disappear anytime!
Really? Then disappear
and leave us alone.
Not so, not so easy, right?
You gotta have faith
with faith, yeah.
Faith moves mountains.
Hey, you want me to disappear?
Ok.
Okay, do not bother us, get out of here.
Wait, wait, wait.
Okay, okay, I'll disappear.
He doesn't disappear.
Sheriff, Sheriff, man,
have you died?
Where am I?
Who are you?
He is well, yeah.
Well, well, well.
I'm here again.
You've seen how I have gone?
I told you.
I disappear when I want because I am God, the Almighty.
But you have not moved from there
Above all, incredulous
Ridiculous! I have returned!
I'm already back here!
I left, and I'm back, and here I am.
Stay with God!
Marking, marking!
Now, pass it.
Hey, the skirt,
Gather!
Listen, Manu!
Look how wonderful!
Something happens in this picture that makes it unique.
The hunters, dogs, but the mystery is in the magpie,
flying over the snowy mountains.
Do you see? We remove the bird
and it is another thing.
It loses the mystery, Manu
Fuensanta, turns on the light!
You see,
what's inside
see the green tunic
everything in this picture has double meaning
like the mirror, for example,
here it is.
And here it is!
This is for me the picture of pictures
what a picture, my God!
I'll give my life to paint such a picture
In the life there are a few magical moments
something happens that moves us,
felt like an earthquake
the trembling of the beauty in music
in poetry, in a picture
sometimes in a movie
great artists,
maybe they do not know,
have the power to convey the magic
the mystery of beauty
the harmony of the words
and things
wonderful!
Am I ok so?
Turn a little
a little more, woman
there is nothing more beautiful than the female body
and you have a great body, Martita.
You have to have confidence in me
I am an artist
let me see your breasts, baby!
Can' you see? I do not know how you hide something so beautiful.
Those breasts have grown
and developed
to be cherished
what else pretty things you say, Juan!
It is a secret.
What secrets?
Well, women thingss.
Whew.
And you?
Well, it's a hassle with homework, I enjoy at recess
playing football with my friends
And so much you like soccer?
You hate football, no?
I like more reading and I want to be a dancer
Those at television?
Well, everything.
Want me to teach you?
- What?
- Cod!
Like going to school today?
What's up, Sophia?
I do not know why we have to go to school for what you learn ...
Better you are there, than all day shut up at home watching TV
Best for what?
I'll give you a slap!
I do not want to go to school!
You'll do what I say.
Quiet!
You know the colors in English?
Yes
How you say "rosa"?
Pink
and "azul"?
Blue
and "negro"?
Black
"morado" (purple)?
I do not know.
And "verde"?
Green
"perro"?
Dog
"Lapiz" (pencil)?
No.
Coming, Manu?
What's wrong, son?
No, nothing, aunt.
Fuensanta!
Fuensanta, where are you?
Do not be heavy, Fuensanta, this is a pain!
Where are you?
Fuensanta?
Fuensanta?
You are stupid!
You've scared, uh?
Stupid, stupid!
Do not be angry, wait!
Such bad genius, hey, no big deal!
How funny you!
Have you scared?
No, I do not scare with that crap.
Yeah, you were scared, admit it!
- Manu?
- What?
Do not get so, man,
if I knew you so impressive, would not do not it, OK?
Do not ever make it to me anymore!
No.
Sit down here beside me.
Closer.
This is my favorite place
I come here to wonder
- To wonder?
Do not you wonder?
Try it,
close your eyes,
and wonder.
What do you see?
I see my parents
at Madrid
I'm awake
in bed
I can not sleep
And so?
Your parents have separated because they don't get along
And so?
Well, they have separated.
Everyone does his life
Aunt Maggie says your father is a pennant.
What is that?
He is a gulf
They were arguing and saying things
what did they said?
Did you spy them?
No.
Well, yes.
One night, yeah.
I could not sleep
and went to their room.
My mother said she had reached the limit of his strength
and could not take it anymore
What else?
Do you promise not telling anyone?
I promise.
Promised, promised, promised.
My mother told my father that he was disgusting
is not it terrible?
I only disgust roaches
Come with me
now I'll show you my secret
Now be quiet
I see nothing
hush!
Get stuck to me
Be quiet, uh?
What do they do?
They make love
So?
It makes me much laughter
It is the third to take
you will feel bad
Easy.
Something more?
This phrase is devilish, hell!
Nephew, take that chair and sit down
You cease playing a couple of days and you lose the mechanism
as I can not give you much time as you need
so, nothing.
A disaster.
You are very demanding
you want me to put my finger on the exact site
nor 1 mm above or below
and that takes hours and hours of work, son.
Thousands of times you have to put my finger exactly micro metric
and without reference, son
and also there is the arc
the exact pressure
tilt due
and stop at the right time
not to extend a note and
and destroy all the work done so far.
The genius, baby, do not exist
they are done by dint of working hours and submission.
My teacher told me
"Fernandico, you are much valuable,
you have talent,
and if you would,
you could be a figure in the music scene"
Yeah, he said
That saying of the "music scene" he liked a lot, son
"but you are lacking something important thing,
you lack consistency,
willpower, tenacity,
wanting to be a star above all"
He knew me well, because to me, baby,
what I like in life,
is wandering.
In that respect I am Barogiano, I like to walk the roads of life
and see what life reserves to me
or gives me, and so on. etc. etc.
You do it very well, uncle,
I like it a lot.
Thank you, nephew.
Thanks to everybody
thank you, dear audience
what would the Philharmonic without me!
Thank you, and you give up your ass!
Fernando!
Work claims for us, and evil money, son.
The owner calls you
Treat me with respect, Tony,
and mostly in front of my nephew
I need to talk to you
See you later?
Yes.
The flesh is weak, beloved nephew,
And you, what about you?
Do you like girls?
Well, it depends
Yeah, of course, then take some advice, son
be careful with women
they have the wisdom
and strength
Did you called me?
Man, you playing the guitar and Bethlehem with the shepherds
as there is much to do ...
Remember you have to make the wedding cake for the Enriquez?
Ah, the Enriquez?
"What became of so much elegance"
What a head I have, son, I had completely forgotten
a wedding cake
with its doll and all
from that we make a living, do not forget.
Life is a wedding cake, child,
"where do you go, child, through the woods
I'll take the flowers of nature "
No, I'm very inspired today, son
my neurons are here
between the cream and the Chantilly
you've learned that of VAT?
No.
Well, very simple, baby,
Always more.
How dare you do that?
You have no right.
I do not know what happened, but it is so.
I fell inlove with her
I do not want to hurt you, Fernando, I have always been honest to you
and me with you, Toni
I know you'll suffer
but I prefer your information by me and not for others
But we can keep meeting
We're getting married
I'll kill myself!
I can not live without you.
Do not tell me that, that hearts my heart, Fernando!
I can not live without you!
I love you, Toni.
I love you more than anything in the world
Do not leave me, Toni
please do not leave me!
I love you too, I van never forget what you have done for me
I was wrong, I
I didn't knew what I wanted, I was trying
And now you know?
Yes.
You said you loved me
that you would live forever with me
We can not control feelings
they are stronger than us
they are stronger than all things
you tell me that, do you remember?
But we can keep meeting
even if you go with that one
No, Fernando, I will change my life!
With Rosa I discovered that I like women
I never felt so before
my flesh burns when I touch her
I dream on her body
I like her voice
look, when I...
- Shut up!
Do not humiliate me
okay, go away
without rancor?
Go.
Sorry.
Go.
I'm sorry, really.
Auntie?
Get in!
Can I come in?
Come in, come.
Come in at once!
What do you want?
You have scissors?
You know I do not like you fooling around with the scissors, so that you?
I wanted to cut a thing
in the toilet I think I have some
in the top drawer, in the sewing bag
How do you like my dress, you like it?
Have you ever seen a naked woman?
Yes
Do you like my body?
Do you like my breasts?
Look, man, they will not eat you!
Come, come closer.
Touch me.
Uncle Fernando says he is going to kill himself
You say?
He has a gun, and says he will kill himself.
He have said it to you?
No, not me, Toni. Toni says he's going to marry a woman
and Uncle Fernando has said that if he does, he will kill himself.
That is nonsense!
Where have you seen that?
What do you know?
Promise me that what you'll never say it to anyone
Why?
Or does someone else know?
Promise me, then?
Yes.
Sleep, my life
sleep, my love.
Nobody has told me how much solitude is needed
to know what is loneliness
how much love is needed
to feel loved
or how much pain to want not to be born
Nobody will hurt you
I'll always by your side
I will be with you always
Manu, opens the door.
Coming?
He don't caughts me!
I had a terrible day at school,
but terrible, terrible.
Why?
Because I've been punished.
Well, I've had a very strange dream
want me to tell?
Yes.
I was in a train station, I wonder if you saw
one of those that have many railways,
crossing each other,
when going out of the station
Of course I've seen!
You think that only those you at Madrid know everything?
Well, okay, okay!
I had to go from side to side of the tracks
had to cross the tracks
it was all full of train tracks
Suddenly, I heard the whistle of a locomotive
and saw a train approaching in the distance
I did not know where to hide
because I was in the midst of all tracks
Mother!
And what did you do?
I stood still and closed my eyes
what could I have done?
If I ran it could have been worse
and what happened?
The locomotive coming toward me
to me!
Closer
I stood still
Yes, and what else?
I woke up.
Well, well!
Have you seen who he was?
What a shock, no?
Who were they?
My cousin Loly and her boyfriend
Don't take it!
There is blood!
Do not touch it, throw it, it is very dangerous!
Why?
If you touch the needle you die!
How does it feels that if you prick?
You die, throw it, Fuensanta!
Do not you ever have a shot in your veins?
It hurts?
Much.
I can not look at it, I get dizzy.
Are you in pain?
Something terrible is happening!
What, where?
Do not know.
But something is happening in this house
Emilio! Your brother just fall and dies!
Look what happens!
Quiet, please!
Calm down, please!
Immediately send an ambulance!
The hospital? Get me to the emergency room.
Yes, by Dr. Cebrian.
Don Emilio Cebri?n
an ambulance to his home, Velluga Cardinal Square
Emilio, they ask if it is a heart attack
Yes.
They immediately send it.
Yes, please, urgent
God!
Let's see, Manu, where is Italy?
Do not get distracted, where is Italy?
Is it possible?
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome, Eternal City.
Okay. In Rome, well, at the Vatican,
lives the Holy Pope
Where is Australia?
I'll give you a clue, where are the kangaroos from?
From Australia
So, search
I think they're here, look
Do not be an ass, that's Africa!
Shut up!
Why is that I can not speak, or what?
- No.
- Why?
Because I said so. Come and do your homework.
Then go!
But, well, what happens?
Why do you cry so?
Watch that bug, look at that beast!
Manu pick up the telephone, it's your father.
Kill it, kill it!
God, she is already with her hysterical!
Dad? Where are you?
I'm fine.
But when do you come?
Calls from Italy
But when?
It's a hassle, Dad!
Classes!
Yes, I'm fine.
I want you.
And Mom?
I would like a robot
Aunt Maggie spies on me!
She's a heavy one.
She will not let me breathe
No one withstands her
I'll be patient
Goodbye, Dad.
How dare you, uh?
How do you do that?
I was consumed for you
Margarita!
Are you deaf?
Grandfather is calling!
See, I can not go now!
Come on, grandfather is calling!
Come!
What happened?
My father comes to get me
when?
Right away.
Manu, how is father?
Okay.
My child, precious.
Come, Santica.
Can you give me the phone?
Yes, yes. See you later.
See you later.
What will I do when you go?
You come with me.
My parents will not allow me
Why not?
We can not live together
cousin marriages are banned by Pope
that's nonsense
today this is not a problem
Did you ever get in there?
No.
That's forbidden.
Prohibited, banned, banned.
Coming?
And if we get caught?
But really, what are you doing here?
We wanted to know what's inside
Then that's fine
because curiosity is the mother of science
And what do you think?
Fascinating!
What is this?
That is the iris
Who would say that in so small an area is reflected the health of a person, uh?
Of course, a complex nervous system
draws, like a map
to each organ of the body
within the iris
This really interests you?
Yes
Look, this is the right iris,
but is placed here on the left.
And here, at 12 o'clock, the brain is represented
and here, at 5 o'clock zone,
are the female genital organs
Do not you believe it's so, Fuensanta?
No.
Well, believe me, baby
everything good and everything bad that is saved here
almost everything we know
comes in trough our eyes
and from there we place it here
in the brain
but well, let's leave that now, uh?
Manu, Fuensanta, stand behind the camera
come, without fear, here
come, come Manu
and see through it
Let's see
what do you see?
The window, and you, but in reverse.
Exactly. That's how we see things.
But the brain puts them upright
so that no one falls from the ceiling.
There are still who believe that a photograph steals your soul
and that the image reflected in the mirror decreases you
because on bending you, you lose half your energy
but the truth is that
we live from appearances
reflections
and illusions
do not you think?
Yes
I see things that I can not see.
True, Fuensanta sees things not seen.
It's possible.
Some people have these powers
well, that say so
Fuensanta, I've never looked at your iris, no?
No.
Well we're doing it right now
Manu, press that button next to the window
the one next to the curtain, uh?
- This?
- That.
Come, sit.
Support the chin here.
Easy, uh?
And look at this staring point
closer, Manu.
Well, do you see?
Now we focus
exactly
See?
Note
what complexity
secrecy and mystery are in there
That is the iris of a child
still clean and transparent
the colors are vivid
Life here is at its best
let's see for a while, Fuensanta
do not move
here there is something somewhat unusual.
what?
Quiet, quiet, do not move.
It's like a vibration.
and you say you see things not seen, no?
I also hear things.
And what do you see now?
I see Aunt Maggie comming
and grandfather says he wants to speak to Manu on a death.
But what are you saying, child!
Emilio!
Are there the kids?
Yes, yes, they are here, Margarita.
Where have you gone, uh?
Have not I said it is forbidden to enter here?
I'm going to seriously punish you
if you think you can do whatever pleases you, you are very wrong
Margarita!
Okay, okay, what do you want?
Dad, he is increasingly obsessed.
No one withstands him.
I tell him to get up and he says no
that he wants to stay in bed for life.
He gets intolerable
says he wants to speak with Antonico.
Well, we have to be patient.
let him rest.
But, Emilio, you said that he should exercise every day.
Ok, but for one day, nothing happens.
Anything else?
Yes, he insists on talking to Antonico.
He says: "I want to talk to my baby Antonico"
uncle, whom grandfather wants to talk is Manu.
can be...
You no longer understand him anything
he asked me for a pitcher of umbrellas
He wants orange juice.
But, how do you know that, my daughter?
Well, come on, Manu, accompany Fuensanta, and go see grandfather
and be very patient with him, please
he is a very old man, go!
This century is going to end badly, son
will end badly this century is going to end very bad son
Why will this century end badly, Grandpa?
Have you heard the news?
The Russians are going to Christianize
and Americans are going to be all black and Communists
million people have been killed for nothing, son
for nothing
everything's upside down
in the European war
they killed 50 million people
do you realize what that means?
What folly! Nobody agrees.
And without change, there's no life.
But the changes brought disaster
disorganization and chaos
Have you traveled a lot?
I've been to Santiago de Compostela
with school
And what of it?
Well.
You have to travel, Antonico
to realize what life is
Here we believe we are the navel of the world
Not that there is no better place to live
perhaps is worse off
but everywhere they baked beans
I get really heavy with my sermons, right, son?
No.
It is the inevitable legacy of a life devoted to teaching
hand me the hair on the tongue
He wants a glass of water
You want a glass of water?
Of course!
I am an useless oldman
but this still works
Well, Antonico, let's go to our thing
I, before, before... that
I have to tell you something I have not told anyone
Come a little bit closer
in this house a lot of things have happened, Antonico
My name is Manuel
Do not you remember, grandpa?
The most important thing is what I'll tell you
We all keep a secret
of which we are ashamed, son
I have my secret
something that nobody knows but me
and that One, if he exists.
A secret I've kept with me throughout my life
but now that I'm going to...
I want you to know it
You have been my favorite son, Antonico,
my solitary bird (pajarico)
You know why I named you lonely bird?
No, not really.
Because you were always jumping around from one place to another
and you liked to be alone
and reading, and be independent
you're just like me
And the secret?
What secret?
The secret, Grandpa.
Ah, yes.
My secret
I must unload the spirit
You see, those were times of war, son
and in times of war, they dispelling the order of things
and committed the worst atrocities
on behalf of who knows what
it is a time of vengeance and cruelty
He came to see me dressed in black, with a gun, on the belt
He came to tell me I had taken his girlfriend
and that he would kill me
He was a rough guy, nasty and stank of wine
I was frightened
I told him that she had chosen me
It was true, because they are the ones who choose, son
I tried to use all possible arguments
to make him desist from his intentions
but he came determined to kill me
I do not know where I got strength
but I jumped on him like a bull
drew his pistol and he hit my arm
I still have the signal
and look, look what I did
I felt a divine wrath
hit him until I could not more
first with the hand
and then with a shovel
until my fingers flayed
it was horrible, I lost control
and for a very long time
I was another person
when I came to me, and I realized what I had done,
I trembled
what to do?
What could I do, Lord?
What did you do, Grandpa?
Who are you?
What did you do after killing him, Grandpa?
I buried him at the foot of the stairs
and there he is.
In the basement?
In the basement, yeah.
Don't you hear a heavenly sound?
It's uncle Fernando coming from the hospital
No, no, no, Uncle Fernando is very bad
has been paralyzed for ever
never be able to play the bagpipes again
It rains over the fields
He wants you to get down a bit the blind
what will be there? Nothing ...
One is gone, and that's it.
I wish there was something
not to die at all the way
a place where one could breathe comfortably
if you breathe well and feel no pain
then you're in heaven
How fine you are
when you're fine.
Why do you paint your face?
To be more beautiful
you want me to paint you?
Ok.
Why kids are not painted?
What do I know?
Why do you ask me?
Why do you prick yourself?
But what you say, you're crazy?
I would not skewer.
So what did you do on the terrace?
Look, baby, do not get into what you're not called or I'll give you a wafer so they're not going to find you, right?
I do not skewer me
I do not like it
Whom were you with at the terrace?
Well if you're so interested, I will say with my boyfriend
He pricks himself.
We found a bloody syringe
who else knows?
Just me
and Fuensanta
The donkey in front
That one always gets my leg. If you sing I'll kill you both!
And you tell that stupid one as she doesn't mum, I'll whack her so she will remember all her life,
and you too!
You are playing with fire
you are advised
If you say a single word of it, I'll kill you
is that clear?
You know where your sister has gotten?
With her boyfriend, I say
We will have to do something with this girl
otherwise we fall out
She had to be home already
Leave her, in these times of ours, you can not demand she get this early at home
if only for discipline, dad, and an example to the young ones
we must adhere to rules
when she grows old she can do what she wants
if she want to leave home, she leaves
now she is too young to go around
She is 17 years old
at that age I was married to Emilio
That were other times
but that is not what worries me
it is this boyfriend that she got
he is too thin
and vicious
but if you just told me to do whatever she wants, what do we agree, Dad?
Not confuse quail with lettuce
Grandpa is right, Emilio, that kid is very pale
and exerts a bad influence on her
to me this kid is taking drugs
it stings, with heroin.
But how awful is that, dad,
that boy is the son of Gimeno
Well, yes, it is legit
Therefore, if doped, we would know, here in Murcia knows everything.
What he makes to himself, I do not care.
But my Loli ...
I can not sleep a wink at the thought
Emilio, you have to do something!
I would like you to examine him using any pretext, that kid
and so, at least get out of doubt
and I'd be more quiet
we are totally crazy in this house, and what happens to you Margarita, whom you speak?
No one, do not talk to anybody, Emilio, with whom was I to speak?
That's what I want to know, whom, what happens?
I knew you would sense it, I wanted to tell you
let yourself off mysteries, Margarita, and tell me what happens
I'll tell if you insist
This morning I had a miraculous vision while in the bathroom
I saw a wonderful light, it was incredible
Margarita!
It filled all with light, and She appeared
She?
Stop talking nonsense, Margarita.
You've taken the pill?
Of course I have taken the pill
Well, pardon me, what I mean is you can not go around
scaring the kids
But it is the truth, and every day I took the pill
This morning I told the Father Justo and he told me it was the virgin that lit the path to glory
Then tell that jerk to stop sticking their noses into our lives
and please sister do not you dare go telling the miracles
because we will have here a pilgrimage
Emilio is right about that, do not go saying that you have visions
But it's the truth!
Well, even if it's the truth!
You shut up, or you tell me
and that's it.
What do you saw, aunt? How was this glow?
You see, it was like a light globe to come from the beyond
and fill me with its light
a sense of peace and joy flooded my heart
the globe opened, and a golden light filled it with everything, everything
and there, inside the balloon, She was
all golden, dazzling and beautiful.
Good night to all!
Good night, Grandpa.
Let's see, you can not ever come at your time?
Go, I thought it was early!
How time flies, right?
Tomorrow you tell your boyfriend to stop by here, I want to take a look at him
Why?
Because I do not like how thin and pale he is
You have no right to meddle in the lives of others, dad
But, well, I'll give you a slap
however you are woman
I need to know whom you meet, and this kid looks sick
and I do not want my daughter to meet a sick guy
So tomorrow you say him to come here
and if he is not I'll call his father
And what can you say, that Jaime is skinny?
I like him that way.
What can I say?
Stop it, damn it! Enough is enough!
I've always been a man of order
peace-loving
I've never said anything
well, well
It's not that bad, Emilio
Easy, Emilio
calm down
Do not get so angry, that's not worth it
Do not panic, occasionally he gets it
but soon gets well
He got this from always, his eyes got blanck, as if he were to have an attack
so when he says that I am epileptic, he would do better looking himself in the mirror
Do not panic, Manu, come here, young man!
It's the adrenalin that has somewhere to drop
Be calm, it's always the same
not important
it's his character
No, in my opinion it has nothing to do with Uncle Fernando's
mine is temporary, calm down
To Dad this also happens sometimes
Do you see? We only inherit the iniquities
I've always been a peaceful man peace-loving
Less when you almost kill the boyfriend of Aunt Margarita, grandfather
This man came to the house dressed Falangist
and I've always been a Republican of honor!
He was not my boyfriend, he was courting me, though.
And you, what a brother you get into the closet, scared to death
Enough is enough, Margarita, that's a fallacy, a lie
That one is true. When came Aunt Maggie's boyfriend, Emilio and I got into the closet scared to death
Federico Sanchez was a very handsome boy, but when I was abusing my absences were
and father forbade him to come and see me
That one just wanted to fuck you
I did not skeep things
He was very fond of me
was so passionate ... One day he came here to this house, saying that
or I was his, or anyone
Look, for these times ...
He came pointing the pistol and saying he would kill us all
if he did not carried Aunt Margarita
and uncle and I tucked in the closet!
And he fired? It was not grandfather who shoot?
Yo don't know the fear I get through into the closet
I even peed
Did grandfather killed him and buried him in the basement?
I killed him with these hands, and buried him in the basement
This brings fantasies, dad
You did not miss anything, Margarita, because what ht was, was a pimp
No, no, no. You mess me
I had the asparagus, when Antonio came in with the library in his hand, and gave me the speaker
and I, with the leg of the thing,
I told him that if he didn't give me the solution,
I was not about influence peddling
that I was tired of resources, bulging and corruption
Calm down, Dad!
There is a storm, Aunt
Storm? Nonsense!
Damn! It is the light stricking that does not stop!
The history is always written by the victors
"It is written, rest in peace"
"The shadows of the night were going ahead"
Psalm 10, verse two
"My heart is wounded"
Psalm 102, verse four
then, nothing has happened here
listen to my poem
What do you want now, Dad?
Well, I want to recite my latest poem
The dedication is a very, very special
It is for you, Antonico
For me, Grandpa?
My heart is hurt
and my days are like the shadows that vanish
the shadow of the night hides the child in me
I am like a sparrow alone on the roof
Emilito, son!
What happened, man?
The grandfather, he is not at home!
Emilito, son, wake up!
What is it, Mom, what happens?
Come on, you need to help find grandfather!
He had never done such a thing.
Margarita, let's see, have you spoken to Juan?
Yes, he knows nothing, no trace of grandfather.
Before calling the police, some of you know where can be grandfather?
No, Emilio, I've already said no, nobody knows anything.
I'm concerned, Margarita, is the first time it happens
Emilito, you know something?
Let me sleep.
Emilito, I'm asking!
No, I do not know where he is!
Then answer!
He may not have gone too far, I'm going to look for him.
Where? All Murcia around, daughter?
No, over there, of course, standing here we're no doing anything
I know who knows
How could you know? Do not start that nonsense
Leave him alone!
Who knows, baby?
Fuensantica.
Hi, Grandpa!
Hello, Antonico!
I was expecting you
Have you lost?
Dad, may we know what you're doing here?
Waiting.
What will I do?
I've lost again, my son.
I forgot everything.
I did not know where I was or who I was.
I did not know which way to go
The whole family is looking for you around town, Dad
You see, here I am.
Do you know how I knew you were here?
Because I know you like trees
the flowers and birds
I wanted to go to sea, but I got lost
I want to see the ocean one last time
I'll take to the sea, Dad
life is beautiful when you breathe right, baby
Now you go home with us, Dad
Do not worry, not worth it.
I'm fine here
I am an elephant, Antonico.
An elephant?
If he says it's an elephant, then that's it.
When the elephants are old, they leave the herd,
and go away to die
While Emilio your son is alive, you will always be with us
Truth, Manu?
Yes, come on, Grandpa, go home!
Is not that ...
You're better already...
Come on, do not be so lazy, dad
I wanted to go to the sea
but I lost
Well, I'll take you to the sea, Dad, I promise
really?
A Cebrian's promise is a ...
It is a promise, no?
A truth as a temple, son!
A security for the future.
The transmuting voice, uncompromising legislator
says: holy word, heavenly music,
testimony, warranty and oath
A vote!
One day my father caught up in some old papers,
found a text that caught his eye
was a text written in Arabic
from Methuselah time
when he was in the Moroccan War
swallowed it like a wall.
The text said
where a treasure was buried
When he returned from Morocco
my father was devoted heart and soul
to find the treasure of the Arabs
which said the text
was buried at the foot of an olive tree
in precise coordinates.
Everyone thought my father was right in the head
and the matter was forgotten.
But my father, after many twists and turns,
found the treasure.
It was a fabulous treasure
with hundreds of gold coins
and priceless jewels.
He said nothing to anyone
was silent as a death
in the event that the dead could talk
Well, gradually selling those currencies
here and there
he gave a carrer to all his children
and still had enough money to buy a house here in Murcia
and another one in the Urrutia
in the Minor Sea
Is that true, uncle?
Well, It can be if grandfather says
Possible? Possible?, Why not?
Litter that takes the wind
the moon and the stars
who is the gold, and who is the Arab?
It is also said of crowing and not putting the egg out
which means: who hard presses little covers.
Or that for getting on earlier you don't have clearer ideas
Do you understand anything?
He has the ideas accelerated
which claims reason the words become wrapped in the tongue
creeper
that is, life is a creeper that binds us to the abyss
And speaking of abyss
There are depths of passion and depths of hell
Great!
How beautiful is life!
How beautiful is the sea!
How nice it is when you're okay.
While it is true that we are saddened by body separation
those who have the priceless gift of Christian faith
hope to be reunited with him in Father's house
We must console
as we raise our prayer to ask God to welcomes our brother in his mercy
and to grant his family and all who mourn his death,
the consolation of faith.
Let us pray.
Our Lord and our Redeemer
that gave yourself to death so that all men be saved and pass from death to life
look kindly upon your servants
What saddened by the death of that ...
- Dad!
...who loved him, come to you confident
You, Lord, you're the only saint
and the only one infinitely merciful
How you've grown, Manu!
How handsome you are, you look like a man.
... and do not let eternal King, who in baptism was incorporated into your church,
look away from you
but by your glorious merits
grant them the place of light, happiness and peace,
You who live and reign forever and ever, amen.
Suddenly I realized that the arrival of my parents had destroyed something
Something happened when they arrived
I was different, I had grown
Fuensanta stared at me, she had changed too
she was now staring at me very seriously
Perhaps we'll never see each other again
but one thing was certain: if my parents had not been to get me
I would had lived with her all my life.