Original subtitles

''We are the master race. Slaves must work for us.

''When no longer needed, they can die. They need no medical attention.

''Let them use contraceptive methods and abort as often as possible.

''Education is dangerous. An educated person is a potential enemy.

''Let them practise their religion only as a diversion.

''They should receive only enough food to keep them alive''.

(Instructions from Martin Bormann for the occupation of the Ukraine)

Speech to the California Institute of Technology by scientist James Donner.

''The develope world does not identify with the hungry of India or Brazil.

''We see them as a different species, and, in fact, they are.

''In the next 100 years, we will find appropriate ways of dealing ith them.

''They are simply animals. They constitute a malignant disease.

''Result: The rich and strong nations will devour the poor and weak''.

Just watch me now...

l'm not afraid... not afraid of them.

They'll be punished!

My son has died and my daughter.

lgnacio, it's late. Go to sleep.

My three children are dead. My little Pascual...

Now I'm alone...

Paulina, you bring bad luck.

Our children have all died.

I'm not unlucky.

I told you not to go there, not to trust them.

Now I'll die alone.

Don't talk like that... go to sleep.

Why did you listen to them?

Leave me alone. Stop it.

Just look at you, you drunkard...

BLOOD OF THE CONDOR.

With the participation of the peasants of Kaata.

Script and montage by Jorge Sanjin�s.

Produced by Ricardo Rada.

Directed by Jorge Sanjin�s.

Paulina, why be angry with me?

We can go and bury the little dolls up on our mountain.

Don't be angry with me.

Come on, let's go.

Good morning... good morning.

We went to look for you, my lord.

Perhaps the Superintendent knows about it.

He's got a strange look in his eyes.

Let's have a meeting and discuss what to do.

You're the head of the community. Can't you go?

I'll go down to the town and talk to them.

Then we'll find out.

Run. Go on, escape!

Don't run! They'll kill you!

They've killed him.

I'm sorry, my friend. I didn't mean to.

Stupid indian!

Indian? What do you know about me?

I'm not an indian, damn it!

Ignacio, how are you, brother?

Not very well.

What happened?

What've they done to him, Paulina?

Bring him inside.

Careful, brother.

How long has he been like this?

Yesterday afternoon...

...coming back from the fields.

Paulina, we must take him to hospital.

But we haven't any money.

Who did this? Where?

The Police shot him, Sixto.

They always bring them too late.

We'll have to operate.

- Are there any relatives? - Yes, doctor. They're outside.

Bring them in.

The doctor would like to see you.

- Are you related to the patient? - He's my brother, doctor.

- Is she his wife? - Yes, doctor.

His condition is very serious. Why leave it so late?

They've come a very long way. A day's journey.

We need blood before we can operate.

You can give it yourselves.

And we have to pay for this medicine?

It s not compatible.

The patient's blood is not compatible either with his wife or with you.

You must find a donor.

...or else buy the blood.

We should have made an offering to the earth first.

There are no soothsayers here.

They've forgotten the gods in the city.

What shall we do now, Sixto?

The blood costs 350 pesos.

And I only earn 200 a month.

We could sell these silver ornaments.

We need much more than we'd get for them.

Tell me what happened to him.

I'm his brother, I should know.

Well, I'll tell you.

We had three children and were very happy.

Ignacio worked hard.

We were loved and respected.

The children were healthy.

They helped tend the sheep.

Then the epidemic came and all three died.

That was when Ignacio was elected leader of the community.

Who could have imagined such a tragedy as hanging over us?

There was a big feast.

Paulina, this leaf is you.

Let's see what's in store for you.

- It's all right. - Is it? That's good.

You lead a good life, Paulina.

Now let the leaves tell us...

if more children will come.

Mother Coca...

tell us about the children.

This leaf is Paulina.

This is for children.

Something's blocked inside her.

It stops children.

Take a seat, Grandfather.

Good day, Grandfather, how are you?

Your child honours you.

Please chew this coca with me.

Please accept this coca.

May the gods bless this house.

We are upset by what the soothsayer told us.

How is it possible for a young woman to have no more children?

Is something wrong with Paulina?

Now we have to decide what should be done.

Perhaps some enemy has put a spell on Paulina.

We have no enemies.

l think they should go and make an offering to the gods.

They must go up to the shrine...

and Paulina must offer food to the mountain.

I don't think it's that at all.

I think the evil was brought to our community by the gringos.

Gringos bring disaster!

- Please, come here. - Sir...

Can you sell us some eggs?

Thank you.

- Sell us all of them. - I can't sell them all.

Why not sell all of them?

We'll give you a good price...

No, it's not a question of price.

We'll pay you well.

You are Paulina.

- Paulina Yanahuaya? - Yes.

You know who we are, don't you?

Why won't you sell us the eggs?

We need them for our centre. Please sell them to us, Paulina.

l can't sell them, Sir.

I'm taking them to market. Other people need them too.

If you sell them to us now, you don't have to go to market.

How are you, Sixto?

Just a minute, compadre.

l'm in a hurry, comadre.

How've you been? We haven't seen you for ages! Anything wrong?

Yes, something terrible has happened.

- Table Six want a different meal... - Why didn't they order properly?

One moment, compadre.

- No... l'm not eating... - Madam told me to...

Aren't you hungry? Go on, eat it up.

You were saying... a calamity?

My brother arrived from our village. He's very badly wounded.

The ice has arrived. See to it.

There's no doctor up there...

We've taken him to the hospital...

...but lnacio is very badly wounded.

Paulina brought him all this way and now they have to operate.

We need money to buy blood.

Ah, money... always money. Where am l goin to get money from?

l have to pay for the ice, the meat...

lf you'd asked me a week ago...

The people from Muyupampa also lost many children in the epidemic.

What kind of sickness is it that takes away our little ones?

How long is it since your niece had a child?

A year and a half ago.

She wants another one.

Where did she have her last child?

In the maternity centre run by the foreigners.

These gringo gentlemen have come to help your communit.

So please co-operate with them and listen to them.

l'm asking you as the government representative in this community.

Our centre has been going for a year and a half...

They want you and your wives to go to the centre for treatment.

We of the Peace Corps have come...

through many sacrifices of our own...

...so that you can develop.

Now, we have some clothes here.

Presents for the children of this community.

These clothes have been given...

...by the children of the foreigners...

...who live in La Paz.

We brought them so that your children...

...can have clothes like these too.

Get up, all of you.

Come on, into a line.

Hurry up, hurry up.

They're second-hand but they look new.

Come now, move along.

- Well, my friend... happy? - Yes, happy.

Pachamama, earth mother...

May this sacred cup and our song to fertility...

...help us overcome this evil.

Oh, mountain gods, please make lgnacio's wife and all our women...

...able to bear children again.

Pachamama, mountain gods...

Help our race live on.

Hey, Jean, Come!

What do you want?

Look! They returned the clothes!

Shit!

Just the injection, doctor...

Here you are, doctor.

- Haven't they brought the medicine yet? - Not yet, doctor.

If we don't operate...

She doesn't speak Spanish, doctor. Only Quechua.

Does anyone here speak Quechua?

Yes, doctor. This little boy is from Catav�. He speaks Quechua.

Liittle boy, ask her when her brother-in-law is bringing the medicine.

If he doesn't get them soon...

...her husband will die.

We need the blood urgently. She must ask him to hurry.

- Have you got them? - No, doctor.

l tried everything. But I could only raise 20 pesos.

20 pesos? But we can't do anything with 20 pesos.

What can we do, doctor? Help us.

Please help us.

What can we do?

Perhaps we can get something...

l'll give you a card for Dr. Mill�n.

l'll phone him. Perhaps we'll get some blood from his clinic.

You'll have to hurry...

Hurry up!

Ignacio, have you lost your tongue today?

Even the llamas say "baa" as they go past.

What do you want me for, Sir?

Have you been to the maternity centre?

I'm on my way back from there.

lt's about time, you got to know it.

The gringos say that you're not helping them at all...

l want nothing to do with them.

I must go now, Sir.

Goodbye, lgnacio.

Where can we find Ignacio, the village leader?

What's he doing up there?

He's filling himself with light.

Se�ora, there's a man waiting to see the doctor.

You know he's not in.

He wants to speak to you.

Well, tell him to wait then.

The Se�ora says you've to wait...

My husband is out at a lunch.

It's urgent, Se�ora. Dr. Moreno needs blood for my brother.

He's given me a note.

Ah yes, Dr. Moreno did call.

But my husband didn't leave me any message.

Where can I find him, Se�ora? l need blood for my brother.

Well, l'll take you, but you'll have to wait.

Go round and get in the back, please.

l shouldn't have brought you really...

Don't come in. Wait in the car.

May the demons and evil spirits, which are afflicting us, disappear.

May our troubles fade away like this smoke.

May our offering be pleasing to the mountain gods.

Martina Sapaza died this afternoon...

...in the gringos' maternity centre.

Something very evil is happening in that centre.

The people in Muyu told us that their women can no longer conceive.

The same evil afflicts all the communities round here.

We will do whatever the coca leaves tell us.

Mother Coca, explain to us what is happening.

You never deceive us.

Now, let's see...

The leaves of the women and children are always turned over.

And the leaves of the gringos...

...are always next to death.

The leaves say clearly...

The gringos are sowing death...

...in the bellies of our women.

We know what you're doing here.

Hey, why are you doing this to us?

You are sowing death in the bellies of our women.

They seem to know everything!

Silence, gringo! I will speak first.

You bring evil upon us.

No, no. You don't understand. Let me explain.

Tell them! We only sterilized women with too many children!

It's because of you that our women don't have children.

We will do to you what you do to us.

You can't do that...

My work is scientific...

My embassy will punish you.

Minister of Health...

...Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board...

...Ladies and Gentlemen.

I take great pleasure in offering this banquet...

...in honour of the four illustrious health experts...

...who have come to our country to assist us.

Doctors... Donald Pinkus.. Diana Smith...

Robert Jones... and Karen Sedelman.

Our country needs international co-operation and finance.

Fortunately, we receive the kind of generous and construtive help...

...which plans our development and contributes to it.

Clearly we have not kept pace with progress.

We must understand the reasons for this and not feel inferior...

- Let me in. l must see someone. - No, you can't.

- You can't go in there! - Let me go.

These paladins of science...

...whose only concern is to transmit knowledge...

...show us that we must replace...

...our feathered medicine men...

...with men of science.

ln our country...

...we also have those kind of men.

- What do you want, boy? - l want to speak to Dr. Mill�n.

Can't you see he's busy?

What does that man want?

He's the one Dr. Rivas phoned about.

lt'll soon be too late.

- Wait till l'm finished. - l can't wait any longer, doctor.

Excuse me...

As we march along the long and glorious road...

...which leads the Free World to development...