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The number you called is…

SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE FRAUD

I don't know, but they brought it.

Charly, we still have to pay for the beams.

The wood supplier threatened to collect his money the hard way.

-Charly. -…the coverage area…

-What's up? Did he show up? -The pastor? You wish.

The workers are mad. Are you listening?

-Yes! -We owe them lots of money!

-Yes, but I'll fix it. I'm on it. -We're drowning. We have no time.

I don't handle the money. The pastor has it.

-And where the hell is he? -I don't know.

What's this?

The pastor ordered it.

Who will pay them?

I can't leave till you pay the shipping.

Pastor?

Oh, the clinic. Yes, ma'am, that's me.

What?

No. What do you mean you can't admit him?

No. What are you going to do? Throw him out?

-My dad can't walk, ma'am. -Charly.

Wait.

No, the treatment's already been paid, I swear.

Do you know what could happen to a patient without his dialysis? Please!

No! Look…

Hello?

Hello?

HOW TO WIN THE LOTTERY

ATTENTION: INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS

SOME NAMES AND EVENTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED

TO PROTECT THE LUCK, GOOD OR BAD, OF THOSE INVOLVED…

NOBODY KNOWS HOW THEY ACTUALLY DID IT…

BUT I THINK THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED

LEO THE SPECTACULAR MAGICIAN!

Hey, watch your step!

Hey, taxi!

Hello.

Were you waiting for me or what?

I was.

-Okay. -You are Leo the Magician, right?

Yes.

Sorry, I'm not great with faces. Where did we meet?

I came last night. José Luis Conejera. Nice to meet you.

-Likewise. -I came with my wife.

In fact, my wife went up on stage and you threw her the ball.

-She was dressed in red. -Exactly.

How are you?

I keep going over it,

but I can't understand the logic behind the trick.

How did you manage to exchange the balls

in front of everyone and without anyone noticing it?

Well, if they noticed, I wouldn't have a job.

Yes.

I need to know.

And I make my living from this. I can't tell you my tricks.

I don't want to learn your tricks.

I just need to understand the basics.

Look.

For last night's trick, I can tell you that I don't do it by myself.

I have a team.

How many people?

For that one specifically, three.

But it depends on the trick.

Let's say I want to do a trick for…

lots of people.

How many would I need on my team?

Are we still talking about magic?

Hypothetically.

Well, the bigger the trick, hypothetically,

the more people you'll need.

Okay.

Do they all know how the trick works

or do they just know their part and only you understand it all?

I thought this would only take a few minutes.

No, sorry. No. I'll gladly pay you for your time.

Time is money.

Time is worth money.

No.

No, really.

Leo, I…

I'm not okay, clearly. My life is falling apart.

I need to change everything, starting with my job.

And magic has always been important to me. I need to know…

how you did it.

Look, I could give you advice for 500 pesos, but not for 20.

Right.

My first piece of advice

is that you're too damn old to start a career as a magician.

But I can give you some tips.

Thanks.

The first thing you need to know is that in every trick,

your team's job is basically the same.

Distracting the audience while you pull off the trick.

Let me ask you something.

Last night, during the ping-pong ball trick,

were you looking at the fishbowl?

Or were you looking

at my beautiful assistant in her tight blue dress?

Ah! That's the starting point. A distraction.

Ah! That's why you need someone who catches everyone's eye.

You'll also need an assistant.

It's essential for the team.

Someone reliable and helpful,

who, above all, can keep your secrets.

You'll need to know the place better than anyone.

Know its blind spots, its angles,

the pace and movements of the people who are watching.

There's always someone who pays more attention than others.

You have to watch out for them, make them look the other way.

Once you've formed your team, you must make sure you can trust them.

They're usually ordinary people

that you see every day,

nothing special.

…number 39…

But with a great idea and proper guidance,

extraordinary things can be achieved.

For a trick to work, all you need to do is…

make people see what you want them to see and only that.

Thank you for joining us from your homes and from the forum.

The results will be published…

For a trick to work, all you need to do is

make people see what you want them to see

and only that.

Attention, everyone, we'll start filming.

Wait. This thing is giving me electric shocks.

Let me see.

We just need to adjust your sensor.

It tickles me.

Do you want to steal the prize?

We won't steal it.

We'll win it.

And who will hack the system?

Nobody will hack anything.

I found a way, but I need more people.

And you need us?

Yes.

It'd just be the three of us?

No.

We need more people, but you're the first ones I talk to.

Why are we the first ones?

Because nobody will see us coming.

Because we're ordinary people.

That's how they see us.

Jerks such as Tarto and…

all those petty politicians who do nothing

but stuff their pockets with our work.

What's worse, they underestimate us.

The question is…

why wouldn't you do it?

We don't know.

In ten years,

when you're still making infomercials

to pay for the little flat you still share with your brother,

you'll wonder why you missed the greatest opportunity of your life.

You know that what you're trying to do is impossible.

No.

That's what I thought.

But it is possible.

Besides, nobody will figure it out.

It's a lot easier than you think.

That's why it's great.

How much money are we talking about?

It depends on how much is in the pot.

Yeah, but approximately.

Enough so that you never have to worry about money

for the rest of your lives if you're smart,

but, above all,

so you can start feeling like you're somebody.

What are the risks?

If we're careful, none.

When would we do it?

That depends.

Are you in?

What do we have to do?

You have a gift for me?

-Here. -They're very pretty.

So, are you learning the numbers?

-In Japanese. -Let's hear it.

You'll have to teach me. What did you eat during recess?

-Hawaiian pizza… -Oh!

-…Torritos, a sandwich. -Sounds yummy.

-That's a lot. I want pizza too. -Recess is over.

Go back to your classmates to learn more numbers in Japanese.

Miss, could you give me a second? I brought him a ball for his birthday.

How do I give it to you?

-Huh? -Throw it like that.

Like that? Okay. Let's do that then.

Here it comes!

That's right! Yay!

How's the permit going?

You know it takes a while, but I'm working on it.

You know I can't let you see him like this.

-Honey, I love you. -Me too.

Hello, Lina.

-Oh, Conejera. What are you doing here? -I didn't mean to scare you.

-No. -But I need to talk to you.

I'm on my way to a campaign in a house that… in my house, that…

-May I take you? -Yes, sure.

-Let's go. -Sure.

-Thank you. -No problem.

Okay, welcome to my house.

Sorry if it's a little bit messy, but…

-Come this way, come in. -Thanks.

That is the kitchen. Feel free to have some coffee or a Milo.

No, I'm fine. No worries.

I just need to talk to you.

Do you mind if I get ready while you talk?

I have an event and I can't be late.

You see, I have to take on other hostess jobs

because at Melate I don't earn enough.

-I see. -Go ahead, spill the beans.

What did you want to tell me?

What would you say if I told you that…

I can solve your problems?

Yours and your son's.

First, I'd tell you that you're crazy.

Second, that you've got the math wrong, because I need a lot of money.

How much?

I don't know, around, what… Around 500 thousand pesos at least.

I can offer you much more than that.

Oh yeah?

In exchange for what?

You.

Me?

You know what? Get out of my house right now.

-I'm still seeing you. -No, sorry. You're mistaken.

No, I'm not!

If you knew how many times men have told me the exact same thing…

-Whatever you're thinking, it's not that. -…you'd understand.

You're mistaken.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

No, I'm sorry.

Listen, I'll be very honest.

My whole life I've been surrounded by idiots,

men who offered what I thought you were offering, but it's never real.

-Even Mr. Tarto. Starting with him. -Lina.

Sorry, what did you want to tell me?

Would you like to earn 5,000,000 pesos?

Brothers and sisters, what are you willing to do for Him?

After everything He has done for you.

A church? A house?

But it's not just any house.

We need a house that embraces us,

that embraces our prayers, so we can keep leading by example.

This is God's house.

Today, it's covered with metal plates.

That's not deserving of Him.

That's why donations are important.

When it comes to the Lord's house, we can't be greedy.

The sacrifice has to be full and complete,

the same way Jesus

sacrificed Himself on the cross

to forgive our sins.

Let's be worthy of such sacrifice.

Amen.

-Amen. -Amen.

Charly.

Pastor, what a nice speech.

Thank you very much.

Your collection was the poorest, Charly.

I don't want to think the same is happening to your faith.

Oh, no. Don't even think that.

Don't forget that God…

God rewards those who are generous.

And that God can do what medicine cannot.

I know.

Thank you.

JESUS SAVES

Good morning.

We have an appointment for his hemodialysis.

One second.

WE OFFER HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT

Yes.

Okay, I'll admit him and take him with me.

-Yes. -Thank you.

BLOOD BANK

Hello, Charly.

Sir, what are you doing here?

Can we talk?

Charly, I'll be very clear.

What I am offering you

is a good quality of life for your dad.

Listen, sir.

To be honest, the other day, I kind of played dumb with that…

that thing you want to do.

But I told you, it's impossible.

It was impossible the way I previously wanted to do it.

But not the way I want to do it now.

Okay, good luck.

-Aren't you curious to know? -No, I'm not interested.

How much do you want, Charly?

Say a number, whatever you want.

It's not about the money, sir.

It's about my faith

and my principles.

Really?

Yes.

I think your faith is coming with a high price, isn't it?

Faith can't be paid with tainted money.

It's not tainted, Charly.

Please understand, we're not stealing it.

We're not stealing money from Public Assistance.

That's what the people in charge do. You know it.

This is… It's money.

It's just waiting there to be collected.

What will you do when you relapse?

And you lose your job.

Who will bring your dad here?

I'm offering a solution for your dad's future.

And yours too.

Look, sir.

If you look for me again

or if I find out that you're trying…

to steal the prize money, or whatever you want to do…

I have faith, I have a mission.

I'll turn you in.

Moron!

Asshole!

Dad…

-What is it, honey? -Is everything okay?

Yes, everything is okay.

Mom said you wanted to talk to me, but I'll come back later if you want.

Me?

Yes, she said that…

whatever you said, I shouldn't get mad.

That it was for my own good.

Okay. Sit down, honey.

Let's have a quick chat.

I have something to say, but you won't get mad.

Because soon we won't need Legorreta.

Dad, what do you mean we won't need him?

-We won't. -We don't have money.

Don't worry about that, honey.

I'll handle that. You just have to be the best driver in the world.

You promise?

Very good. Very good, honey.

That fanatic ex drug addict said no?

Does he think he's better than us?

Offer him more money.

It's not about money, it's about his beliefs.

Beliefs also have a price, sir. Maybe you didn't offer enough.

Tell him to go to hell, and hire someone with more flexible beliefs.

No.

We can't. He'd turn us in.

We don't need him. We know how to do his job.

Charly knows what we're going to do.

He either does it with us or he'll turn us in.

We need him. Period.

What do you mean he'll turn us in?

Does he already know that all of us are involved?

He knows I can't do it alone.

No, Conejera, careful. I cannot lose my job right now.

So you'll screw us over before even trying?

If we can't find a way to bring him into the team,

we must find a way to keep him quiet.

Everyone has a price, right?

Let's find out what Charly's price is.

What happened? Why are you here?

What is it?

What did you tell Karen?

About what?

-Do you know what your daughter did? -No, what did she do?

-She sold her simulator. -What?

Yes, online.

-In 15 minutes, at half its price. -Why?

I wondered too. I asked her. Do you know what she replied?

"Because I wanted to help dad."

"Because I wanted to help dad." You lied to her, José Luis.

-No-- -You lied to her.

We discussed it. You agreed with me.

You promised something you can't give her. That's very cruel, you don't do that.

Sorry, but the Mexico Challenge won't ruin our lives.

-I'll fix this. -How will you fix it?

No, tell me how. I'm sorry, but you can't fix everything.

There are things that are not in our hands.

Learn to recognize them.

Karen.

What happened, honey?

-I don't want to talk. -No, you will.

What happened? Why did you do that?

Your simulator? Really?

You told me to take risks,

to move forward, that it was the only way I could win.

I didn't mean that. Is that what you understood?

Selling your simulator?

Do you know how angry your mom is?

-And she's right. -She doesn't understand me.

Really?

She thinks you're living your dream through me.

Maybe there's some truth to that!

This is my dream too.

I know I was born for this.

I just need a chance.

You'll have it.

Selling your simulator doesn't fix the problem.

-You don't have to fix it, that's my job. -Dad, it's my future.

This was my part.

If you're willing to sacrifice everything for me,

I have to do the same.

No.

Dad,

please understand.

HEMODIALYSIS CLINIC

HEMODIALYSIS FOR A HEALTHY LIFE WELLNESS FOR YOUR LIFE

Ana López Viveros.

Excuse me?

She won 47,000,000 two years ago.

-Her son has cerebral palsy. -Ah.

Do you know how their quality of life changed after winning the draw?

-"The story of the ticket," right? -Yes.

We have the chance of getting rid of the draw's frivolous tone.

Yes, I agree, it's just that…

I have many pending tasks right now.

Let me make some progress today and I'll be in your office early tomorrow.

Okay.

But after 10:00, because Charly asked to meet with me.

Charly?

-Charly? My Charly? -Yes.

He wants to talk to me. I don't know.

About what?

No clue.

He looked upset.

Why would Charly be upset?

I don't know. You know he doesn't talk much. He didn't say.

True. He doesn't talk much. He's a weird guy.

Shall I talk to him?

-I can talk to him. No problem. -Why?

If something's bothering him, he should tell me.

If he booked a meeting with me, he must have something to tell me.

I'll tell you later.

-See you tomorrow in my office. -See you.

No, because…

-Rafa. -Really?

-Have you seen Charly? -No, sir.

-Victor. -Sir?

-Is Charly inside? -No, sir.

-Did he leave? -I think he left early today.

Around what time?

-Two hours ago. -Okay.

-Oh! -Sorry, Estela.

-Oh, no. Look at it. -I'm so sorry, really.

-I didn't see you. -Look. It was for Alfredo's office.

He doesn't have pictures of me.

-They were taken at my party, remember? -Perfectly.

I'm so sorry.

-Shall I help you re-frame them? -No, it's okay, don't worry. Look…

I forgive you because you got us those tickets. Thank you very much.

-No. -That magician changed my life.

-I don't doubt it. -Were you there? I didn't see you.

No, my wife wanted to see another magician.

Oh, that's a shame. I hope he changed your lives too.

-You sure? Is everything okay? -I'm sure. It's fine.

-I'm sorry, Estela. -Don't worry.

-How are you? -Good. More or less.

Do you need anything?

Yes.

Good afternoon.

Excuse me, I'm looking for Charly.

Did you bring me food?

What?

My show's about to start.

Do you know where Charly is?

Where do you think?

At that damn church of fanatics he's always in.

Did he say he'd be there?

Jacobo.

That petty pastor treats him like his pet.

I admit he got Charly back on his feet when he had his problem, but…

he always wants more.

He squeezes every last cent out of him.

So, are you bringing me food?

What are you doing?

-Damn it, boss. -What the hell are you doing?

What are you doing here?

I know how to fix this.

So do we.

No, I'm going to fix this, but I need time.

We don't have time. This asshole is going to talk.

If he talks, we'll miss our chance and we could end up in jail.

What will you do?

Look, boss. You tried to reason with him and it didn't work.

-These people only respond to violence. -To vio…

Are you beating Charly up?

-We'll just scare him a bit. -What the fuck?

-It's just a prop. -You don't say.

Have you seen Charly?

Because I'm quite sure he served time in jail.

If he sees that fucking toy, he'll kick your asses.

Look, have you ever been robbed?

No.

You can't see at night. We were robbed with a banana once.

Yeah, it gets ugly.

I don't know who you think we are, but you'll just make things worse.

Do you have any other ideas?

Yes, Mario, I have other ideas.

They are here.

Listen.

I'm not going to convince Charly,

but I know who will, okay?

Give me until tomorrow.

If he's not in, do whatever you want.

What's the plan?

Put that shit away.

What? Oh, right.

Let's go, man.

It's open.

Hello?

Good evening.

What are we looking for?

The collections.

We'll take the money from the collections.

Jeez, Conejera.

-My morals are flexible, but… -To say the least, right?

Stealing from church charity is kind of despicable, don't you think?

Maybe Charly doesn't care about money, but the pastor does.

And Charly cares about the pastor.

When they notice the collections are gone, they'll dig for money wherever.

It really is better than our plan.

There has to be something.

-Nothing. -Nothing?

This fucking kitchen. Oh, here it is.

Now what?

Let's go looking for him. We have to get him. Come on.

Come on, boss.

Don't mess up. Hurry up, man.

Boss?

Let's go.

Come on, boss, let's go. This way.

Damn it. Come on.

You left me no choice, Charly.

No.

Fuck.

Shit!

Charly, I'll make it up to you.

At around 10:30 in the evening,

there was an explosion at a Christian church outside the city.

For now, authorities do not believe this was an intentional fire.

Experts that have arrived at the scene

believe it was caused by a gas leak and some unattended lit candles.

No injured people for now.

José Luis.

Why are you here?

I stayed in the garage last night.

Working.

-Did something happen? Are you okay? -No. I'm fine.

-Are you okay? -Yes.

Hey, I know you're having a hard time at work

with Tarto and the whole deal with Legorreta.

I know you're under lots of pressure.

-And I've been pushing you hard too. -No…

Perhaps…

it would be good to slow down a bit.

Hey.

What I said about…

knowing when things are not in your hands…

Just ignore me. I was upset.

You can accomplish anything.

Anything.

Take a shower. You have to go to work.

Charly.

Charly, did you blow out the candles before leaving?

I don't know.

Yes. I don't know.

We needed a roof and…

and we lost everything, everything!

Even the collections, Charly.

You left it here?

Yes, I thought this was a safe place, but…

it's not.

I don't understand some of God's plans, Charly.

God's plans are perfect and…

I think this is a sign.

Charly…

it's all over.

What if I told you there's a way I can get money to rebuild the church?

Oh, Charly, please.

There's a way, although God wouldn't approve, but…

Would anybody get hurt?

No, of course not.

Okay, well then…

I think that…

you shouldn't be afraid of God's judgement.

He will understand if you do it in His name.

On the other hand, if you were the one who caused the fire…

I'd also say that…

this is your penance, Charly.

I now absolve you of any sin you may commit.

Look, dark paths require courage, and…

we're going to need it.

Here.

Here.

I want you to understand one thing, Charly.

He put you in this path and He must know…

how you have to fulfill this mission.

Welcome, Charly.

Subtitle translation by María C. Delgado