All language subtitles for EL METAFÍSICO _ The Metaphysician

The Metaphysician

-The metaphysician, right?

What the fuck...

-Let's see, look up, please.

Down.

-Does it bother you?
-Yes, a little bit.

-Put on your glasses.

-Yes, be careful with the sun.

Is it itchy?

-Yeah, like a tingling
and some pressure.

-Well, you have infectious rheum.

This one is very good.
It’s the one we recommend.

You can share it with your friends:

-Ojorojín [Little Red Eye].
-Ah, that's cool.

-And this one, please.

Let's see, use it.

-This one?
-Yes.

But, as if you were talking.

-Ah, ok.

-Well, kind of.

Yeah, yeah.

When you use it, you have to
wash your hands, please.

You have to wash
your hands all the time.

Three times a day

for three weeks.

-Ok.
-So your eyelashes don't fall off.

-They hardly fall off.

-So that they don't fall off, please.

-Age?
—Thirty-three.

-Why did you tell me you
want to change your name?

-Closing cycles, something like that.

-Well...

Three times a day, three weeks.

-Ok.
-Wash your hands, please.

-I do wash them, sort of.
-Well, wash them more.

-How did it go?

-Guess what I'm going to get a lot
over the next few weeks?

-What?
-Eyes rheum!

-Nasty! Don't be an asshole, shut up!

You know I hate that word.

Also, you know that eyedrops are made

using the liquid from the knees
that they steal from hospitals?

-Where do you read that shit, bro?

-For real, bro.

-I got canceled by this girl.

-Really, again?

-Yes. She just texted me.

We had plans since a week ago.

And its really not cool,
zero affective responsibility.

And I just had my mustache trimmed.

Damn, bro.
I’m thinking about having some beers.

-What's up, you want some?
-Yeah, man, I’m up to.

I'm a little bit sad, to be honest.

-If you say so.

-Just answer.
-No, it must be the bank,

or sometimes I answer and there’s no one,
what a bummer.

-Well, answer the phone and send them to hell.

—I don't wanna be rude, I mean, it’s their job,
and then you send them to hell.

No, it's a vicious circle.

-It’s rude to not answer,
don't waste their time.

-Damn it.

Hello?

-Hello, hello, very good morning.

-Yes, look, right now...
thank you very much.

I don't have the time
to take your call.

Maybe next time.

-Hold on, hold on. What's the rush?

Are you tense?

Besides, you haven't heard
what I have to offer.

-Yeah, look, I'm not interested right now.

The truth is that I got an infection
in my eye that I've never had before.

and I'm waiting for the result of a grant
to write a book.

Things are not going very well financially,
so no, I'm not interested right now.

Thank you very much.

-I understand.
Well, today is your lucky day.

I have a job for you
that would allow you to write

not one, but two, three
or as many books as you want.

-Mhm.

-Do you want me to explain what is it about?

-Let's see, tell me.

-Ok. But you have to pay attention.

The job consists in…

It's me, donkey!
I'm calling you from a friend's cell phone.

-Fucking Mystique,
I was already believing it.

-Hey, you get pretty intense
with the guys from the bank.

I have something to tell you...
Can I see you later at the café?

-Yeah, I'll see you there.

-All right, I'll see you in a little while.
Kiss.

-How are you my friends?
Very good morning, afternoon or evening,

depending on what time you're
listening to us right now.

Well, today we're joined in the booth by
The Magnificent, modern philosopher who's coming to

tell us about his book:
The Method, where he proposes a

contemporary way to deal
with the problems of everyday life.

Welcome, dear, dear Magnifico.

-This is your cabin.
-Hello, dear.

Thank you so much for inviting me.
I'm very happy to be here.

The book The Method,
I have it in my hands now,

I'm looking at... what does it consist of?
Please tell us.

-Ok.

It consists mainly of working
on three fundamental aspects of life.

The first one
is the one that talks about working on oneself.

Follow your groove.

Working from the inside out.

-The second part of this book
what does it tell us?

-The second part talks about something,

that seems very simple,

but it's very complex,

and is to be patient with yourself.

It's about self love, about self care.

It can even mean a confrontation
with our own way of being.

But even though we are sometimes
our strongest critics,

we have to be patient with ourselves.

-Magnificent.
-Thank you.

What's the third part of the book about?
Please tell us.

Look, this third part
I would consider it revolutionary.

-Revolutionary?
-It is revolutionary.

And I couldn't describe it
any other way. It's revolutionary.

And it's about microdoses.

-Oh boy, microdoses?

-That's right, it's the microdoses.

And it seems like a little bit complicated to look at.

Or for some people very easy, but ok.

It's about appreciating
the little details of everyday life.

Little by little.
Being patient with yourself,

to know oneself,
but in microdoses, a little bit at a time.

-Microdoses, like mushrooms or what?

-Look, everything can be microdoses.

I think of everything as microdosing,
beyond this...

general of life which is the whole.

But for me microdoses are
microdoses of affection, microdoses of caresses,

microdoses of love,
microdoses of looks, microdoses of everything,

even mushrooms, poppy, LSD,
even marijuana.

-Like a hit?
That's what the kids call it. Giving yourself a hit.

-It has many names.

-I'll see you in a little while.
I'm going with Mystique.

She says she has something
very important to tell me.

-Oh, I'm sure she's feeling
dark vibes in the air

and something evil is about to happen.

-Don't be a sucker.

—I really like her, say hi from me.

-Ok, see ya later.
-See ya.

-Friends, we're in the booth today,

talking to, precisely

someone very special,
he has written several books and today

he’s revealing something quite disturbing.

-Thank you.
—Healer...

I'll keep this:

You have to heal, to heal.

-Thank you very much.
Well, it's time for music, we'll be back.

-Look, here's your coffee.

-Thank you.
-Do you need anything else?

-All good, thank you.

-Hey, I wanted to talk to you about something.

Do you remember when you read me the tarot?

You told me that something
that I was waiting for in my life

was going to happen and it's happening.

Really, it's super, super crazy.

I'm now writing
a little bit of stand up

for the comedy show that we’ll have.

And I want to use it, you know?

But I still can't figure out so well
how to do it,

how to add it
into what I'm writing...

-Gimme one second, I'll be right back.
-Of course.

-Hello, good afternoon.
-Excuse me...

How do you prepare the carajillo?

Carajillo is an espresso with Licor 43.

If you want it,
it can be hot or cold.

Heeey

What's up?

Ah, sorry, I'm a little bit late.

-Ugh, 44 minutes late
-Ah, did you count them?

-Yes, I did. Remember that four
is the unlucky number.

-Really?

-Do you remember that Maluma song
"Felices los cuatro"?

Impossible, it could never have been.

-Girl, I just went through four stairs,
I mean, my whole life is jinxed now?

-No, no way!
Is that why you were late?

-No, I ran into the Existentialist.

-And how is he? I haven't seen him in a while.

-Well... now he’s high on drugs.

That's how I saw him.

-High, on a Tuesday?
-Yeah, he was coming from a rave.

-A rave on Tuesday?
-It's Sancris.

-Yeah, that's just what I wanted to tell you about.

-Oh yeah, you wanted to tell me something,
what's up?

-I'm leaving Sancris, dude.

-No way, why?

-Well I don't know, the vibe,
I feel like it's getting kind of heavy and...

I need a change of scenery.

-Really, damn, when?

-I’m kidding, I'm not leaving.

But I would like to do it soon.

The truth is I'm a little bit sad
because I broke up with the Seer.

-No way, really?
-Yes.

-He says he dreamed he had to
break up with me.

-That sounds like a lot of bullshit.

-I don't know, he says that

in the dream he came across a book
and that on the cover of the book

there was an eye, and then he opened it
and there was my name written backwards.

And he interpreted that as a meaning
of breaking up with me.

-I can't believe it.

-I know, I don’t get it either because...

I'm cool, we got along great.

-No, no, not that.
-What do you mean, not that?

-No, I mean yes, you're cool too,
but... I dreamed about a book too.

-Dude, watch out!

—Oh, you bastard!

-Magical brownies, magical brownies.

Magical brownies, girl?

-Do you want some?
-How magical are they?

-Super magical, I recommend them to you.

-Not now, thank you very much.

-You need to go to the whale house....

Magical brownies!

Magical brownies!

-Do you know him?

He looks a lot like you, doesn’t he?

-Yeah, it's the same one.

-Shall we go?

-Is that you?
No shit!

Do you know each other?

What’s up!

Really?

-How are you, what's up?

-How cool to run into you.

-Welcome.

-Great to see you.

-Well, cheers!

-Cheers!

-Looking you in the eyes.

-Ah, tell them about how you found
your nahual in your dream.

-No way, how crazy!

-Wait, wait....
I want to musicalize this moment.

-Well, it was in a cabin,
I mean it was a dream in a cabin,

in the woods, and I remember that
there were two men,

there was a girl too.

All of a sudden I got a little bit agitated

and I said “Ok, we are in the forest”,
and went out into the woods.

It was already getting dark,
so it was super cool,

it was foggy, I started walking

and suddenly I turned around
and there it was.

-Do you think it was your nahual?

-I don't know,

I think so, you're not supposed
to tell anybody what your nahual is.

-Hey, you guys want a fruit?

-Ok, yeah, that would be great.

-The snack.

-The munchies.

-Talking about dreams,

While ago I dreamed that I was at the beach
with a bunch of puppies,

but a lot, like if the waves
were the puppies.

-The foam!

-Like little clouds?
-Clouds like little dogs.

-There were a lot of them, they were soft.

They were real puppies,
soft and fluffy.

-I only found one apple.

-Ah, well, thank you.

The gesture is appreciated.

-Well, I once dreamed about a dog.

I dreamed that I was a dog.

—Ah, you too?

—What kind of dog?

-A pug?

-Haha, sorry, sorry, sorry.

-A big dog, powerful like this motherfucker.

And…

I was dreaming something
that I can’t remember now, but...

I dreamed that I woke up in another dream
and I felt weird.

It was like a wide open field
and in the background there were dogs.

I was kind of dazed and
I was trying to move and felt weird.

And then I see the dogs.

I get close, I try to spook them away.

and the only thing I can think to say is:
whoof, whoof!

-Very basic.

-Too basic.

I didn't think through the sentence
I was supposed to say.

But yeah, it was really crazy,

I started looking all over the place and then
I look down and see my hands

and they were two dog paws,
and I felt like a dog

I mean, I was a dog.

-Hey, what happened to the pox?

“We have to take separate ways” Nah!

-How are you doing with the book?
-Well, it's going fine...

I've been having a hard time writing
the last few weeks.

It’s sounds like my typical pretexts of late.

Yes, even if you roll your eyes.

But, you know it's hard to write,
but I'm going little by little.

-But you're a writer.

Start reading, start writing.
Just do it.

-Sounds easy like, "Just do it."

But I'm going little by little. I've a couple
of pages written of some stories.

If you want I'll send you something
to Whatsapp or something.

and see what you think,
it would be nice to know.

-Hey,

-What's up?

-I've been thinking about it,
and I think it’s better not.

-Better not what?

-Yes, I think it's better
each one on its own direction.

-But we haven’t even tried
what we talked about

trying to revamp things up now
with what we already know,

with what we've been through, I don't know.

-No, I feel stuck,
I feel like you are too,

and I think we need new experiences.

-Like Airbnb Experiences or what?

-Seriously.

-No, I mean, if you already decide,
then what can I do.

But we had talked about trying,
what we've already learned

from our mistakes, our relationship,
didn't we? like...

now with what we are
I think we could start over,

I think it's really cool,
I've already told you that,

start over, move on.

I told you “hey, I'm into it”,

I kind of still
have feelings for you.

I still like you, I really do,
I've always told you that.

And so we had our problems,
but, I mean, we can go on.

I'm super super into it.

-I don't feel the same anymore.

-But we haven't even tried.

-I don't know, but I don't feel very comfortable.

-Well, bro.
-Don't call me bro.

-Sorry, it's like an expression, isn't it?
-I don't like it.

I mean, maybe right now
I can call you like that,

if we're going to treat each other
as friends, like more indifferent.

I don't know.

-No, no, no, it's better each one
on its own, definitely.

-Well, that's a bummer, really.

that you don't want to try,
I don't know if you're already

dating someone, which I'm sure you are,
but you don't want to tell me.

Good!

I have neither searched nor
thought about anyone else...

because I was thinking about
staying with you.

But well...

-Yeah I think the best
is each one on its own course.

-So, without trying anything.

-We already tried.

-But why? I haven't done anything wrong,
I've been good.

This is very sad for me, I can't stand it,

I’ve been good,
why are you breaking up with me?

I, I, I haven't done anything wrong.

Oh no, I can't stand you anymore.

You are the worst. That's so ugly.

Yeah, yeah, I'm sick of you.

But our relationship was good.
It was better than Cristiano's with Madrid.

And suddenly you're gone,
just like when he left for Juventus.

Oh yeah, but no, not anymore...

Fuck it!

What the fuck!?

-Lost love,

if as they say

it's true that you live

blissful without me,

live blissfully,

maybe other lips

will give you the fortune

that I couldn’t give you.

-Neither you for myself,

nor I for yourself.

Just in the bet

I payed and lost.

-Live quietly,

it is not necessary

that when you come by you tell me

goodbye.

I'm not hurt

and for the sake of my mother,

that I don't loathe you

and don't hold grudges.

-On the contrary,

together with you,

I give an

applause

to pleasure and love.

-To pleasure and love

Long live pleasure!

and long live love!

Now I am free,

I want the one who loves me,

long live love!

-Look,

-a poxito for the walk.
-Thanks, thanks.

-Good.
-God bless you.

"Let's remember that the seriousness of life
starts from our freedom,

the feelings that we have been
maturing inside of us.

The passions whose fire we keep.

The deliberate actions,
decided and executed by us.

Everything that comes from us
and is truly ours,

communicates to life, its dramatic
and generally serious development.

What does it take
to change all this into comedy?

One would have to suppose that an apparent
freedom masks a game of puppets,

that we are, as the poet said,

humble puppets whose strings
are in the hands of necessity.

So there is no real scene,

serious and even dramatic scene
that can't be carried by fantasy

to comedy,
just by evoking this simple image.

There is no game that has before itself
more vast field."

-They are complementary opposites

that give order to the universe.

There are cold or hot diseases.

Fish is cold, pork is hot.

-And the pox?

-The pox is medicine, bro.

-Let’s have one
-Come on, let's go.

-I think it's a bit strong,
but we'll check it right now.

-Easy, easy.

-Cheers!
-Cool.

-It's good.

Top notch, isn't it?

-Hey!

-What’s up?

-Talking about hot and cold

What's up with the Ethereal?

-Ah, well... with the Ethereal

I lasted several years...
several years...

and then I don't know what happened...

or I didn't want to see it, too.

But the truth is I still miss her,
it still hurts, actually.

-I was married...
-And I do feel very lonely,

but

I'm going on a date with a girl
I just met.

It's cool anyway.

-Nice!

But, put on something cool.

You always wear the same sweatshirt
all the time.

Come on, bro, really.

-Yeah, right?
-That sucks.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean...

“ALL IS ONE”

-And in some places
the nahuales are animals,

but there are stories where even

they say that they could be mushrooms or plants.

-Yeah, look, a friend of mine was telling me
that in her grandparents' town,

her aunt, when she was a child,
she encountered a creature

on her way home at night,

that was getting closer and as it got
closer it was getting bigger.

Then the little girl got scared.

And it got to the point where the creature
was so big, she was horrified,

but in that moment,
a neighbour came out with a machete,

he noticed it and scared it away,

chased it away.

In the village it’s know
that this neighbor

has knowledge about these evil creatures.

The interesting thing is that the creature,
which was a giant, escaped through a fence

where there was a tiny little hole,
so it shrunk down,

went through that tiny little hole,

it didn't break through the fence,
it didn't jump over,

but it went through that
tiny little hole and disappeared.

And well, people say that it probably

was a nahual or a witch.

Yeah, but well, all things
have a personal reading, don't they?

it has to do with the local context,
the culture,

the life stories of each person,

traumas, etcetera.

But I think that essentially
everything has a heart,

a destiny.

-We never really know
where the heart is.

-Thank you so much, love, how nice!

-So you can write down your dreams or ideas.

-Where did you get it?

-Well, I was just walking to the market
and I ran into a craftsman...

-Hey what's up!
-Hey, it's you!

-That's right, paps.
-How are you doing?

-Hello, how are you?

-Chattering or what?
-Yeah, relax.

-I'm here for a date.
-Oh, yeah?

-I always get so
nervous now.

-The usual.
-It's normal.

-I don't know if...

I think the girl is here, there she is.

Well, I’m going.

-Hey, by the way,
did you get any notice about the grant?

-No, not yet! I'm very...

I'm tense because of that, because it's the...

the money I'm waiting for.

-Yeah, yeah, I hope it comes out!

-This is like that, you have to wait.
-It’s hard, it’s hard.

-Well, I'll see you around.
-Good to see you.

-Hello, Magic?

-Yes, it's me. Can't you tell?

-Yeah, yeah, a bit.

What's up, how are you?
Hey, sorry, I'm a little late.

-It's ok, I was just
moisturizing my hands.

—Ah, very important,
in these dry times.

-A little nervous, but...

Hey, can I tell you something?

Don’t get me wrong, but

I was just seeing you right now and I said

“wow, he has like an aura”,
like pink, purple.

And is like “wow!”, I mean it's been a while
since I’ve seen an aura like that.

Like, since I was in Tulum.

-Really, did you sense that?

-Excuse me, can I order you a beer?

-Of course.
-Thank you.

-It’s crazy what you're saying
about the aura and all that.

I don't know much about those topics, but
just now something strange happened to me.

I was walking along and, well, nothing,
I suddenly turned to the ground,

I noticed like a little shiny thing and
it was like a stone, I think it was a jade.

And then a little bit further
was an obsidian

and some other gemstones.

And then there was also like a garlic.

Thank you very much.

Like a string of garlic,

and some feathers and a safety pin,

-I don't know...
-Like a ritual?

-Well, like a ritual, an offering, right.

And there was also a book,
or copies of a book,

That said on the cover, "ALL IS ONE."

-Nooo!

-And I said, "Wow!"

And I kind of felt like bringing it with me,

maybe some stone too, but I was like, "No...

I'd better leave it there," because
I felt like it wasn't mine, right?

I said, "No, that's fine."

-Even now that you were saying
about "ALL IS ONE",

in the new Tarantino movie,
there are some hippies

singing that phrase, a bit creepy, actually.

-Aha. Oh yeah, yeah,
I think I saw that one...

-Something like Hollywood?

-Once upon a time in Hollywood.
-Yeah, that one.

-Yeah, it's cool.

-Do you like movies?

-Yes, I like it. I like some movies.

For example a couple of days ago
I just saw Waking Life.

-Ah, no shit!
Is one of my favorites.

-I liked it a lot.
-Yes, it's cool.

-Specially this thing about...

-The sacred moment.

-First call, first call.

-And that's it, isn't it?,
like those sacred moments.

And that's why I like films,
because they can frame those moments

of everyday life

and, like, from the tragic
to the beauty

it's a sacred moment, right?

-Aha, that's just what
this scene is about, right?

That we can't be aware
that every moment is unique, because

because we’re not...

we're not in the present,

to call it that way, right?

And the cinema manages to really
capture the passage of time.

Because in the everyday life
we're like just reacting

to what's happening to us
and we're not aware of...

-Of the present.
-Of the sacred moment.

-Yes, of the present
and of the passage of time.

It sounds like very simple,
it's like something that you could say,

“well yeah, we're all aware
of the passage of time”, but like being there,

that's what

what the cinema achieves to capture.

-To frame, yes, totally.

-It's cool.

-Konnichiwa.

Second call, second call.

Ready, set.

We’ll start in a moment.

Thank you so much for being here.

-And so nothing, like

I love that part.

And, I don't know, maybe
you're going to say I'm too magical, and I am...

And, I mean, would you like
to do the sacred moment?

-Just like that, right now?

-Yes,
-Well yeah, it would be nice...

Ok, ok.

Let’s go.

-Hey folks, are you shooting
a movie here, today?

Right now?

What's the name of your movie, buddy?

-The Metaphysician.

-The Metaphysician?

What a shitty name
for a movie.

Why didn't name it
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

The Metaphysician?

Well, I imagine you have
a lot of goals, don't you?

But the way I see you,
put more effort into physical too, right?

You look a little bit sleepless, give it a try.

What's wrong with the people
who can't get over their ex? Come on.

Looks like they're making
independent films.

Get over it.
You didn’t make it.

You're 38 years old.

You are no longer a promise of anything.

-It's occupational therapy.
-Occupational therapy?

I'm going to tell you about
occupational therapy, girl.

Take the means of production.

Start a revolution.

That's occupational therapy.

Not to be saying "aho" inside an oven,
that looks like they're making barbecue.

Thank you very much,
I'm Kanchi, see you later.

“Café-Bar The Lovers”

-Hey,

Ethereal.

Ethereal.

Love.

Ethereal.

Don’t act like a deaf.

Besides that fucking dude what?
Really?

I knew it.

I’m here!

I’m here!

-Excuse me, do you have a cell phone?
-No.

-Yes you do, yes you do.

-Let's see, you?

Thank you.

-Well, it's my turn.

-Come on girl, don’t be like that,
don’t hang up. Fuck.

Answer please, really.

Come on, answer, it’ll be fast.

Besides I hate that dude.

No, no.

Ethereal.

My love.

Ethereal.

Ethereal.

Ethereal!

Ethereal!

Ethereaaal!

Ethereal!

That’s it, cool.

Hey, I’m cool.

-Well, look, bro,

I think that any love
will hurt a little bit forever.

-Fuck it.

-Holy crap, bro!

-What the fuck?

-Fucking shitter, dude.

-No way, I've been like this for days.

-Chilchahua, man, chilchahua,
you know, it never fails.

-Come on.

-I love Sancris, bro.

—The water here is very filthy.

-And then, on top of it, yesterday
I saw my ex kissing a friend at a bar.

-You’re kidding, that sucks.

-What the fuck, man.

-That's what you get for
being polyamorous.

-Bullshit! you came in the same way,
feeling down.

-Yeah, right? Didn't I tell you?
-About what?

-That I was walking the other day

and I met my ex on the street

with another guy.

-Fuck off!

-x3.

-Right now I feel like
it's all very ephemeral, right?

You start to date a girl, then another one,
I don't know, but at the same time

all of a sudden you don’t have anything deep,
but I don't know.

-That’s hippie bullshit, come on.

-That's what I like, dude.

Falling in love over and over again,
that’s great!

-That's cool too,
seeing it like that.

-No, no, I don't think so.

-And what's up with that girl
you were dating?

-Ah, well... she told me that
she was feeling a little weird,

and that it was better as friends,
that she felt calmer that way.

I did feel down because we were
getting along very well, to be honest,

we got along great,
we liked the same movies,

we watched them together,
hugging each other.

But now that’s over.

-Well, at least she was honest,

if she told you “is better as friends"
that’s cool.

-Well, yeah.

-Let's see if I don't find her on the street
with another guy, just like you.

-It's gonna happen,
it always happens.

-Is Sancris, bro.
-In this town for sure.

-Besides, what did you think,
that you would fall in love?

That it would last forever?
We're already in our thirties,

those things don't happen anymore.

-Yeah… I do believe in love,
I do want to fall in love,

it feels good, but
it's hard right now.

-Falling in love is too stupid.

I swear!

-We are in different times...

but cheers, for the love.

-You don't drink, bro?
-No, come on.

So, is that beer what you are drinking?
No, no.

-This bro doesn’t drink.

-Do you know why the beer is called Corona?
-No, man.

-That shit has coronavirus in it,
all beers have coronavirus in them.

That's why it's called Corona!

-That's bullshit.

-Why do you think they sell them 2x1
at the Oxxo and at the grocery shops?

They have a disease, that's why
you see the cashiers always coughing

at the Oxxo and those places.

Aha, but yeah, I'd rather drink pulque or pox,
but beer...

I pass, bro.

-Arthur Cravan says that to live and to write
you have to be a runaway horse.

I don't know if I have the strength for that.

He presented himself as a poet,
writer and dancer.

What will I say when they ask me?

Latino who doesn't know how to dance?

Black colts under the moonlight

trot like bullets fired
into the night.

For clarity of thought,
a certain contumacy is necessary.

I think all my frustrations
come from desire.

But I'm not a monk nor a samurai.

I like to imagine a better future.

Sometimes I feel that silence
is the way.

I want it all.

Desire, oblivion,
infamy, death.

Galician flute hendecasyllables.

Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday, three
leaves and branches with dead citrus.

Did I dream last night?
I didn't write it down.

Right after I get out of the interview
I have to buy another pipe.

I don't want to forget it.

I have to borrow some money.

Hopefully the scholarship will come through.

-Goodbye.

-I have won a couple of creator grants.

and with that money I was able to live for a while

and I also self-published a couple of books.

-How many hours a day do you spend
to write?

-I dedicate 24 hours a day.
I mean, for me art is above life itself.

Even when I'm sleeping
I feel like I'm working

because I'm imagining,
I'm thinking too.

-What an exaggeration...
And what were the scholarships for?

-Well, they were for
promising young artists.

I can’t apply anymore, because of my age.

An artist’s life is difficult,
no money,

no conections.

I'm waiting for the result of a grant.

-Do you have another type of project?

Come closer, if you want.

-Ah ok.

-Well...

right now I'm writing a script
for a movie.

-Really? I like movies.
What does your movie talk about?

-Well, it talks about everything,
it talks about everything.

Yeah, it covers everything.

-So, are we together in the movie?

-Well, if you want we can be in it.

-How nice, I like you,
so I'll be honest.

We placed an add for
the writer's position,

but it's not just any job,
like copywriter or proofreader.

It has nothing to do
with search engines.

Have you heard
of artificial intelligence?

-Oh no.

-Well, our company has headquarters
in every continent.

We are in the business of finding talent.

These people feed information
to artificial intelligence,

from simple metaphors from images
to complex series plots.

And we also work with other artists,

like illustrators and designers.

-Ok.

Well, I am interested in the job...

I really need the money.

-I understand.

So I'll be honest,
the artificial intelligence is moving faster

than we can imagine.

It's likely that when I take
your resume to my superiors

your position will be already filled
by the same artificial intelligence.

-So this interview
didn't make much sense or what?

-I get paid by the number of
interviews,

I also feed the shallow intelligence.

-Ah, right.

-But don't be discouraged...
what you doing later?

-And this cool part where the guy
hands him the phone and says: "Call to your house",

and he calls, and gets an answer from
the same guy that's in front of him…

I loved it!

-Yeah, that part is awesome.

And then the image
kind of changes format

and it's like a consciousness floating
inside the character's room, right?

That part is super trippy,
it's awesome.

I think Lost Highway
is my favorite of Lynch's movies.

-Yeah, easy, easy.
-Yeah, I like it too.

And another part where his wife
after making love

pats him on the back.

-Yeah, that's so awesome.

Hey, it’s cool that you like movies

you’ve seen a lot of movies,
more than me, even.

-I don't know.
-But, hey, it'd be cool to have a marathon,

to watch several movies, Russian, Japanese,
a Lynch cycle as well.

-Yes, yes, I’d love to.

Although I've to tell you:
I'm leaving in the summer.

-Really? how sad, why?

-Yes, I thought about staying longer,

but I don't really like
the work that much,

and although the people are super nice,

it took me a while to get used to it
and I'd really like to go back now.

-Yeah, I hear you.

Well, you know, I've been thinking
about leaving Sancris,

maybe Oaxaca would be cool, but right now

it's super expensive because of gentrification
and so on, so I'm thinking about it.

-Yeah, but it's nice, it's super nice.

I was there for a mushroom ceremony.

-Oh, really? That's cool.

-I went to Maria Sabina's house,

but now it's just a grocery store or something
like that, I think.

-Yeah, is this in Huautla de Jimenez? I think.

-Yes, yes, I was there.
-I've been told it's a nice town.

-It was cool.
I had a revelation:

that the universe is too big
to be afraid and that ALL IS ONE.

-Well, that was a crazy trip.

I like it, I like what you're saying.

Cheers, here's to a good trip.

-Yes, I love Mexico.

-Fuck yeah!

-Hey, I haven’t told you this, but...

I'm not from this planet.

-What the fuck?

-Just kidding, just kidding.

It's a magic trick.
-Ah, yeah, you did it great!

-But did the acid hit you yet?

-I feel like it's hitting me right now.

-Well, the point is, at 6 am
I was finished with the novel.

It's very good, very interesting,
I liked it a lot, it's beautiful.

Of course there’s this
issue about euthanasia...

Well, I don't know what's going on
with the novels I'm reading.

-I started reading reviews after.
-Super intense.

-No, it was amazig.

Now my legs feel like they're shaking,
I'm super sleepless.

Well, I've been gone
since Friday, that's why I couldn’t answer you.

But well...

-What’s up with that guy, were you dating?

-No, we haven’t dated for a while
-Oh, yeah?

-Yes, no kidding.

I'm even dating
two more guys.

-Ah yeah, and...?

-Well, good, with one of them it’s super relax,
great sex, all good.

But the other one is awfully intense.

-Intense how?

-He wants to get married already,
I mean, we met for two weeks, come on.

-But who wants to get married now?

-The foreigners have a very strong weed
but we have our own.

We have the Golden Acapulco, Chamula Kush,

Coleto's Haze, San Cristobal Skunk,
we have a lot of strains.

-Really, the weed, bro…

The weed dries your brain
and ecstasy clouds your mind,

the weed dries your brain
and ecstasy clouds your mind.

I really don’t like marijuana and all of that.

And I've actually been wanting to keep to myself,
stay at home, don't go out too much,

because that whole thing
about going out to cafés and all that.

You see, the Italian coffee machines,
you know them?

well, when the barista puts
the coffee inside and turns it on,

—well, that thing shoots gamma-rays at you.
-Come on.

-No, no, I'm serious.
-Your ass!

-It shoots gamma-rays out and makes you sick,
it lowers your IQ.

You can read this on the deep web,
if you want.

-I don't believe you!
-No, no, I'm serious.

I mean, I look dumb, but that's the truth.

And, well...

Today I'm supposed to meet with a girl

-...who's canceled on me like a thousand times.
-Ah, a girl...

-I'm hoping, right? I'm telling you,
she's canceled on me a lot.

and she'll hopefully be my first wife...,
no! my second wife, actually,

because I am already divorced.

Yeah, yeah, but let's see, right?
I hope that,

I hope she does come,
I hope she'll be here soon.

-How intense.

-And where are you from?

-Well, I'm from Germany.

I’ll tell you a little bit about
my hometown in Germany.

It's called Hönbach,
it's in the middle of Germany,

it's all very green,
mountains, rivers and everything.

And...

look, when I was a kid
we always walked by a river,

it's called Röhden,

there’s a field, and well,
we would illegally stole some wheat grains

and we would always make some
really, really thin bread.

And I was at a restaurant today
and I had the exact same bread,

it reminded me of those times.

And today I was thinking:
"Oh! I would like to go back”,

it was the best time of my life.

-Would you like me to do
a book just with the Step Two?

-Fabulous! for me the understanding
is in Step Two, you don't need more.

-There’s something that is basic:
"Know yourself."

That's why I like so much
that part of the book.

But yes, the second part is very important

especially for people like you,
who sometimes go so fast in this world,

that sometimes they’re so demanding
with themselves, that they can't stop.

and do something for their body,
their mind, their heart.

And that's why this book
is dedicated to people like you.

-The Method.
I really appreciate it.

I would love it if you could sign it for me

-now that we’re meeting
-Sure, sure.

-Thank you, allow me...

-No, that's not necessary.
-No? Ok.

(Gibberish)

-I'm tired already

of crying

and it's not even dawn.

I don't know anymore

if I should curse you

or pray for you.

I'm afraid to look for you

and find you

where my friends

tell me

that you will go.

There are times when I would like

to better quit

and tear away

the nails of my sorrow.

But my eyes are dying

without looking into your eyes

and my love with the aurora.
still wait for you.

And you grabbed

on your own

the party sprees.

Black dove, black dove,

where, where will you be?

(Cellphone ringing)

-Stoner, stoner!

-Don't be an asshole,
don't judge me,

I'm a little bit down, mate.

What's up, how are you doing?
-Puff pass!

-Ok, mate, take a puff.
-Of course my horse.

Cool, bro.

I’m feeling high!

Sancris is so beautiful!

Ah, but look, they're fucking up the mountains!

Don't go overboard, you dogs!

-Bro,

a little while ago

my sister told me that

my dog had passed away,
a little chihuahua we had,

he was really cute.

-Pass the joint!

-You want more?

Take it easy.

One time, while being really high,

several years ago, actually,

I finally became aware of death,

I mean, you know that you're going to die,
but you just can’t imagine

that moment when you're not going
to be around anymore, right?

It was like thinking

“where am I going to be as a conscience?”

-Where am I going to be
as a conscience when I die?

Then I thought, "Well, just like I was
before I was born”, right?

I don't remember anything,
it's like a..., I don't know,

a darkness or something...
That you're not present.

So it was a shock

from a sentiment of me dissapearing.

It was like "argh!", an angst

of where the fuck am I going to be?

-That was the trip.
-That’s crazy.

-I think in the end what you
you should be looking for is like

not to forget to dance one last dance with the death,
as Don Juan says,

to receive it with pleasure.

-Wow, girl.
-That’s awesome.

-That’s awesome.
It's a good one.

About receiving it with pleasure,
for example, sometimes I dream,

well, I haven't dreamed that for a while,
but that I'm speeding on the highway

and then the car falls into a ravine,
and shit!

I mean, when the car is falling,

it’s like this thought of:
"No, shit, I'm going to die."

I mean like I can't believe it
and it's a downer, like fuck it,

I'm fucked, right?

I mean, I feel more fear
than pleasure,

but maybe that’s an issue
to work on, I don't know.

-Bro, speaking of intense topics,
an acquaintance

was announcing

that he was going to commit suicide
and he was saved by social media.

-No shit!
-Really?

-Yeah, he started to post on his profile
his last goodbyes,

he didn't have a connection with life anymore,
he was feeling really bad...

And then his friends
started telling him that no,

everything is fine,
that they loved him so he shouldn't worry.

And one of those friends
knew the address of his apartment.

So they went to see him and luckily
he was still alive.

I think he's ok now, because he posted
something emotional in the morning,

that he was already calmer
and wanted to move to the beach.

I knew him when I was
working in the Lacandon Jungle.

-The day feels a bit down, right?

-It's kind of gray.
-I can feel it.

-Weirdie.

-Really weird.

-Girls, I have to…

go and say goodbye to this girl
I've been dating.

-Really, how?
Wasn't she leaving until the summer?

-Well, supposedly she was
leaving until the summer,

but she told me she didn't feel quite comfortable,
I don't know, like in the city.

And also her dad got sick
so she kind of interpreted it

as a sign for her to go back to her country.

-And are you sad?

-Bro...
-Thanks, girl, really.

Well, it is kind of sad,

but I think I'm going to get
over it quickly

because it was just a few weeks,
I mean, it was intense anyways, but...

Well, yeah, I think that the time

is going to do what it needs to do.

-What can I tell you, bro?
Cheer up.

-Cool, I’m going now
because I don't want to be late,

if I don’t make it in time
she might say goodbye to another dude.

-She might get you confused.
-Run, bro.

-Run for that kiss.

-See ya.
-Be well.

-This guy is gone now,
tell me, how was the breakup?

-Love is a game in which
we all lose.

-Girl, how intense!

How are you feeling?

-The important thing is to not stop playing,
even if later we know...

that we are going to lose, and…

So...

I miss more the person
I was when I was with him,

you know what I mean?

-Well, good afternoon.
How nice that you’re all here.

How are you folks? Enjoying yourselves?
So nice, right? San Cristobal in the afternoon.

-Hey, he looks like our friend, doesn't he?

-All men are the same.
-Sister!

-Girls, greetings over there too,
how’s the gossip?

I could heard you say something.
And well...

I want to sing you this song called
"Qué pinche frío" (So fucking cold)

especially inspired in these

delicious, gorgeous of course,

mornings of San Cristobal de Las Casas.

This is "Qué pinche frío".
A round of applause please, at least,

to cheer up the place a little bit.

Thank you, even if it was forced.

So fucking cold,

I can't believe it,

I'll have to bundle up

my body very well.

So fucking cold,

and I just,

I can’t believe it.

I started out by wrapping up warm.

And I ended up undressing again.

Tu ru ru

So fucking cold,

I can’t believe it,

I'll have to bundle up

my body very well.

And it's just so fucking cold,

I can’t believe it,

I started by wrapping up warm

and I ended up undressing...

me again.

Thank you!

"Don't cry, we'll always have Sancris."

"We'll make video calls every day!"

"You have to understand that I don't belong
to just one person."

-Remember

if you see fire or a flame,

on the day of the Holy Cross,

there's your luck, son.

Look, here I leave your “poxito”.
-Thank you very much.

-Long live love, son.
Long live pleasure.

—That's it.
—Now I'm free,

-I love who loves me,
long live love!

-Hello,

how are you, man?

-Hey, can I leave these here?
-Yeah, no problem.

-It's coming all out.

-Well, let's get it out.
-Yeah, don’t worry.

-Please, it's from my job,
the last show I'm going to host here,

before I leave Sancris.

-How are you?
-Fine.

-And you?
-Also fine.

-What were you doing or what?
-Umm... cleaning the weed pipe.

Fuck, it's super clogged
and it doesn't want to give in,

I can’t smoke at ease.
-That sucks!

So, the grant, how's it going?

-Well, the book got published.
-No way!

-Check it out.

-Oh, it's so cool!
Awesome!

-It's good, isn't it?
-Yes, it's super nice, the cover.

-Of course.

-I hope the book is also nice.
-Take it, girl.

-Really?
-Yeah, for real, check it out.

-Thanks, man.
-Tell me what do you think by message.

-I'm going to read it
on the trip.

-Thanks, I have to leave,
I've got some stuff to do before I go.

But I'll try to come get this
before my trip.

-Yeah, cool, I'll take care of it.

-Do you want a sip
before you go?

-Of this potion?
Ok, give me a little bit.

-Taste it, taste it.

-Damn! I should have
asked you for a hit instead.

-Well, I'm leaving.
-Ok, girl, cool.

-Take care.
-You too.

-See you soon.
-Goodbye.

-Fuck!

-Fuck!

-Have you got over your ex?

-I think so.

-I'm coming to get some things.
-Yeah, go ahead.

-A sip for the scare.

-Can I take a balloon?
-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Thank you.
-Cool.

-Fuck!

-No way, are you still cleaning the weed pipe?
-Yeah, bro.

-You suck, bro.

I’m going to the airport, now.

-Ok, ok.
-The trip is going to be...

pretty long, so...

-Yeah, right?
-Yeah.

Hope you can unclog
the pipe soon.

-I hope so, I hope so.

-Well, cool.

-Take care of yourself.
-Alright.

-It was a pleasure.

-Same.
-See you soon, ok?

Oh, by the way,
before I forget.

-What’s up?

-Here's my wedding invitation.

-Damn, are you getting married?
-What do you think?

-Again?

-That's right, I finally found
the love of my life.

-I do believe you.

-Well, may you be happy forever.
-Thank you.

-Yeah, right?

-Alright, see you.
-Take care of yourself.

-Fuck yeah!

-Fuck!

The Metaphysician