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[soft music]

[woman sings atmospheric music]

[birds chirping]

[woman and man continue singing]

[flowing liquid]

[clash of dishes]

[atmospheric music]

[in French] Thank you.

[mobile notification]

[melancholic music]

[music becomes high-pitched beep]

[the music stops]

[heart beats twice]

[door opening beeps]

[public address system in French]

[he wheezes]

[woman, French accent] "Miguel"?

- There it is. - Hello.

Hello. I am "Migüel" and this is Marta.

- Nice to meet you. - [in English] Sorry for my Spanish.

[in Spanish] I don't speak well.

- On the contrary, you speak perfectly. - Thank you.

I don't speak Spanish very well either.

Oh really?

No, he's joking.

Ah!

[in English] My car is there.

Can I help you?

[in Spanish] Oh, okay. Thank you so much.

Did you know that this station is in Calatrava?

Too open for such a cold city, right?

You should have gotten in front with

it, because that's what a taxi looks like.

[with a Spanish accent] "Jardins de vie.

" "Gardens of life.

" It's nice, isn't it?

"Life and Garden" would sound more like insect killer spray.

[woman] I love Spanish, the sound of it.

Is it "first time" here?

- [in English] I came a few years ago. - [woman] Oh.

When I was a dancer.

[woman, in Spanish] Dancer? Really?

Professional?

[in English] I came to the Opera House.

- And you left it? - Yes, by the knees.

[woman] Oh, it's a hard art.

All art is hard.

This is the Congress Palace.

[in Spanish] Your presentation is tomorrow, so you have time to rest.

[key, lock opens]

Look what a good idea, two independent duvets.

Very Belgian, don't you think?

In Belgium everything is very Belgian.

[he moans tiredly]

It's horrible.

You'll see tomorrow: my project is going to seem stupid to them.

- They are going to love your project. - No.

They are looking for something more professional, more Belgian.

Brilliant infrastructure.

- Mine will seem like a load to you. - It's going to be fine!

Have you noticed that hourglasses mark the passing time, but,

on the other hand, they accumulate new time about to begin?

They are the metaphor of human relief.

And why don't you tell that tomorrow?

How do you want me to improvise English?

It will be a miracle if you understand my pronunciation.

-Hey, will you go over it again with me? - Yes.

Okay. It's that you, When you speak English, it sounds nice.

When I speak, it's like a kidney is being removed.

Let's see, your English is fine. The only thing you

need is to go out, take a walk... Shall we go for a walk?

[tired] A walk.

Look at the line of buildings. Do you see how pretty?

[bicycle bell He shouts insults in French]

[French is a wonderful language to insult]

What did he say?

I have only understood "mother",

"whore" and "I shit." [laughs] Okay, what an idiot you are.

Incredible! They don't leave you alone even on walks.

trills, quiet music.

[Do you like the tower?]

It's curious,

It seems like it has fallen from another planet. breathe restlessly.

[Martha sighs]

[- That?]

Aren't you going to shower? - Yes.

Well, you don't know how the water comes out, with pressure.

What a pleasure, not like at home.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

[he kisses her]

Miguel, we don't have much time.

- We have plenty of time. - No.

Why don't we go have breakfast?

- Come on? - Okay.

Ugh, you should see this.

The jury would have to see this, It is pure Jean Nouvel.

Well, I'll wait for you downstairs.

[in English] We like hourglasses because

they are visual representations of time passing.

They allow us to see the

flow that we never see.

This is the central idea of ​​my

proposal: The three-minute garden.

Being able to see the passage of time.

[door opens, closes]

[speaks and is interrupted]

In our world, We are slaves to haste.

- [in French] He's a little nervous, isn't he? - Yes a bit.

People who enter this urban garden will find,

among the trees, with a series of hourglasses.

Clocks that count three minutes when rotating.

Visitors will be able to sit on the grass or a

bench and see how long there is content in three minutes.

Apreciar esos tres minutos.

[Miguel] What a disaster, God.

- [Miguel] Do you have your computer? - [Marta] Yes, here.

[Miguel] What a disaster, what a disaster!

[in English] Hey! I think it has been very good.

Everyone liked your project.

[in English] Oh, thank you.

[in English] You can stay and listen to the rest of the presentations.

I have to go to the station.

Another Spanish participant is arriving.

Alex Ripollés. Do you know him?

[in English] Alex "Asshole"? Yes, yes, I know him.

[in Spanish] I hate him, he always wins. He has won all my contests.

[in Spanish] I'm sorry, I don't understand.

[in Spanish] Your things.

[in English] I mean they are his things.

[in English] Well, have a good time. I'll see you later.

Are you participating in the round table tomorrow?

[in English] No, we'll come back tomorrow.

[in English] Ah, that's true. What a shame you can't stay.

It's my fault. I have a lot of things to do in Madrid these days.

Maybe I'll see you in the movie tonight.

What movie?

[in Spanish] Tonight's movie.

The one about the Korean architect you like.

Well, see you later.

- Come on, see you later. - Bye bye.

Don't say "movie." I hate people who say "peli", "finde", "cari".

And the architect is Won Te-Min.

- [in English] Good presentation. - Thank you.

[in Spanish] Shall we stay for the other presentations?

There are many, right?

Do you know that our section is called "Perspectives du futur"?

If we don't win, I see my

[in French] Thank you.

[messaging notification]

[background conversation in French]

I'm sorry.

[she breathes in anguish]

Eat a little, go ahead.

You've got sauce left here.

It looks like semen.

[laughs]

This spoils the moment a bit for when we remember it.

[sighs]

[melancholic music]

Maybe during this time together you have continued to fall in love with him.

I have been very happy with you. Don't say that.

You met and have been seeing each other secretly for two months.

I wasn't sure and I didn't want to break everything.

And why should it be better now than before?

Five years later and he still has power over you.

Do you value me so little?

No... No, sorry.

I wanted to do things right.

I really didn't want to hurt you.

A singer!

Nobody can be with a singer!

A singer is fine to go to a concert,

and then you go home with a normal person.

- At least he does what he likes.

- I also do what I like, the problem is that I can't make a living from it.

He was talking about me.

- I couldn't go on like this. - You work with me.

I like to have you by my side, my ideas are your ideas too.

I'm not worth what you think I'm worth.

[barking]

[melancholic music]

At least you leave me in this incomparable setting.

[laughs]

This park, which from now on we

will call the park of sad trees.

Have you noticed that it is full of sad trees?

I had noticed too.

It should be called that.

[in Korean] For an architect it

consists of the calm observation of nature.

When you look at a marine bay it

seems to reproduce the human embrace.

[the movie continues]

Hello!

- All good? - Hello.

Yes. Yes, everything perfect.

[in English] What did you think of the film?

I didn't know Won Te-Min, but they say he is a genius.

- Well, he admires him a lot. - Yes, he is a genius.

I have copied many of his things in my projects.

Is that what your thesis was about?

No… It was a study on the history of public banks.

The history of public banks?

Yes. It's a long story, from the Roman Empire.

[in French] Public banks.

- Do you know the song? - Song?

♪ The lovers who kiss on public benches… ♪

No? Georges Brassens.

- No? - No no.

[in English] There is a guest room, if you want to come.

Nearby in a bar.

Clear. Are you coming with us?

I'm a little tired, sorry...

- [in Spanish] But if you want to go… - No, let's go to the hotel.

- [in English] Our train leaves early. - I know.

[in Spanish] It has been a pleasure meeting you. And luck.

[in English] Let's see what happens with the prize. You could win.

It would be very

good, for my Perspectives!

Yes! - [in French] Very good French.

- Thank you. - Bye bye.

- Bye bye. We have to go now.

We're late. You go, I'm going to stay.

No! No, don't do this to me.

- Really, I'm staying. - Go, please.

I don't feel like coming and

unpacking the house and telling everyone...

And what do I do, leave you alone?

I think so. I'll be fine.

Okay. I stay with you.

No. You take that plane and that's it. It's going to be good for me.

But you make me feel bad.

What are you going to do now, where will you stay?

The train, the plane ticket...

- I'll take another flight. - Damn, don't be absurd.

No! that I'm perfect, that nothing happens.

See you in Madrid in a few days.

Okay?

[Sure?]

nods.

You're not going to do anything stupid. I will do nonsense, as always,

but I'll be fine.

Bye bye.

[Bye bye]

[door opens]

[mobile vibration. vibration, shower faucet open]

[Marten]

Okay?

[Marta in a video]

[Miguel]

[Marta groans sleepily]

I'm already asleep.

[Miguel growls in frustration]

[Marten]

[Miguel]

[Martha] What to miss?

[Miguel] even when I'm with you.

[Martha laughs]

- For. - That? If I don't record.

[Marten]

For.

[mobile falling]

[burns] Ah!

[Marten]

- - Yes, good morning.

[in bad French] Good morning. Can I... leave the suitcase here?

[in French] The suitcase? Yes of course.

[in French] Thank you.

[in bad French] I'll come back later.

"After." [in French] Okay,

I will give you a receipt. - Thank you.

- This is for you.

[in French] And this too. No, this is delicate,

I can't save it.

No, it's not a problem. - Yes, it is a problem.

- No, it's not a problem. - OK.

- Thank you so much. I leave it here.

Is that okay with you?

[Yes, very good]

in bad French. Sorry, but I don't understand anything.

[in Spanish] Yes, rice.

Like paella, Ritz Hotel?

No, there is no Ritz hotel here.

But in Brussels I think there is one.

I don't remember the street, but there is one.

No, The grains…

Oh,

No, sorry.

[broken in English]

Rice? I don't understand anything.

[in English] Chinese food.

Yes, there is a Chinese

restaurant, but on the other side, on Neuve Street.

No, no, no.

[in French] Sorry, The phone doesn't work.

I'm sorry, sir, but I have a lot of work.

I'm sorry...

The exit is over there.

[Yes]

[squawks]

[melancholic music distant sirens, music stops]

Miguel?

Oh, hello.

[in Spanish] What happened? What are you doing here?

[in French] And your flight?

[in English] Everything is fine.

I have decided to stay a couple more days.

[in French] Great.

[in English] Where is Marta?

[in English] Martha…

He left this morning.

It's gone.

Oh, okay.

And what are you going to do now?

Nothing.

I was just sitting here. I love this park.

[in French] But you're frozen. Don't you want to have something hot?

[in English] Come on, come.

[in English] Okay.

[in Spanish] What is that?

[in Spanish] Rice.

[in English] My cell phone is inside. It got wet.

- Did it get wet? - [nods]

My friend Carlos says it works.

You have to put the phone in rice for four hours.

He was sending a message in the bathroom one day, he dropped it.

[in French] And does it work?

[in Spanish] Let's see.

[in Spanish] No.

It doesn't work.

My friend Carlos is always luckier than me.

[in French] I'm sorry.

[in English] The young architects round table is now.

Why don't you come? You could join the debate.

I don't know if I really want to talk.

Well of course, you will do it very well.

[in Spanish] Let's go!

[in English] For me, the idea of creating a Chernobyl Park

It has to do with time.

When the nuclear accident happened in Ukraine,

the city was abandoned, frozen in time.

My plan is to recreate those sensations in another place,

in this case in Barcelona.

The accident,

the tragedy, It happened the day I was born.

My intention is to petrify objects from that time,

like a dead and forgotten set.

[in English] It's fantastic. That is exactly what our job consists of.

[organizer] Thank you, Alex Ripollés.

[in English] Let's now listen to Miguel Mena, from Spain.

A last minute addition to the debate.

Miguel, what would be your answer to the question:

"What is a landscape for?"

Well, it's a difficult question to answer.

I don't know what a landscape is for.

It could be a beautiful garden, But the Melilla

fence to stop immigrants is also a landscape.

Life happens in very varied places and

our job is to make those spaces meaningful.

It depends on what happens to you in them,

any place can be an unforgettable space for you.

For example…

a shabby restaurant, a kebab…

It can be a cathedral if something

memorable happens to you there…

[in English] Something what?

[corrects pronunciation] Memorable.

[organizer] Ah, memorable.

The important thing is to turn your eyes towards the real world…

Technology has become a new religion that

distances us from the experience of reality.

The breeze of the air will always be more

beautiful than the current of an air conditioning machine.

Well, but when you are in the office, the air

conditioning is what keeps you from getting overheated.

[organizer, English] Well seen. [in Spanish] Yes, sir.

[in English] Okay, but…

We have to flee from representations that do not

come from reality, we have to recover authenticity.

Oh come on...

Everything you say sounds a bit like a self-help treatise.

Redemptive architecture…

Our job is not to console people.

We have to shake people,

stir them up, wake them up.

hit them.

[in Spanish] Challenge them, shake them, hit them. That's what I want to say.

[in English] Oh, yeah? Is that what you want?

Is that our job?

Okay.

[in Spanish] Let's test Alex Ripollés' thesis.

This is what we should do with people.

No? What I'm doing to you now. TRUE?

What was it like?

Shake them, hit them.

Do you like to be shaken, that they hit you?

Fuck off.

[crash]

[organizer speaks in Dutch]

[organizer] Get out of here!

- [in English] What happened? - Are you OK?

You have to leave immediately. Please go.

I was just trying to make my point.

Thank you so much. Your demonstration is now done.

- Now leave, go. - I'm sorry.

[Ripollés in Spanish] I'm fine, I just didn't expect it.

Nothing. I'm fine.

[Miguel snorts]

[lonely music]

[squawking of seagulls]

[sighs]

[in French] Excuse me, I took the microphone.

- No problem. - Thank you, I'm sorry.

- [in Spanish] Alex. Dude, I'm so sorry. - Don't even come close, abnormal.

[in English] Are you okay?

[in Spanish] I feel a little like a plague.

[in English] I feel bad for you.

- No, I feel bad for you. - No, no, I'm fine.

Come on, you can't stay here alone.

- [in French] Do you know how to play pool? - [in Spanish] Billiards?

- [in French] Do you know how to play billiards? - [in English] What?

I don't know...

[in French] Come, come with me.

[in Spanish] Shit.

[in Spanish] Fuck. - [in French] French fries!

- [in English] I'm horrible.

Thank you.

Do you know that they should be called - [in Spanish] Really?

- Yes.

Ah! [burning] Wow!

[in English] I love Madrid. Last time I went to the opera.

- Do you like opera? - Yes.

- - Bravo.

Singing. [in English] After I got divorced,

I started doing a lot of different things.

I play pool on Sundays, and I work

for the Landscape Architecture Congress.

It's great.

You meet a lot of interesting people…

like you

[in English] Don't get your hopes up. I don't usually hit people.

Actually, in Spain I don't have a job.

I founded a company with my friend Carlos

when we left college, we were both architects,

but we didn't get any orders.

In Spain there is no job for a landscape architect.

How do you say it in French?

- "Paysagiste." - "Paysagiste."

[correct the pronunciation]

- - [in French] That's it.

Paysagiste.

Oh!

[He snorts]

[in English] And have you been working in Congress for a long time?

Six years.

I also volunteer at the opera festival in the summer.

And I sing in a choir.

That's why I went to Madrid.

- To sing? - Yes.

And what did you sing in Madrid?

- Do you know Schubert? - In person, no.

[sings in German]

Thank you, thank you.

Do you know him?

[in French] "Only those who know nostalgia understand my suffering."

He talks about

Nostalgia in German.

Sehnsucht.

[in English] I remember that in Madrid, in

the Plaza de la Ópera there was always a mime...

- A what? - A mime...

[in Spanish] Very crazy.

He laughed at everyone who passed by.

I hate mimes. They provoke violence to me.

I think I could kill them...

Every time they start doing this...

Wow, bravo!

[in Spanish] I could be a mime here in your city.

[in English] The perfect job for a Spanish landscaper.

At the end of the day all my work is invisible...

You could be an actor.

[in Spanish] Marta was an actress.

He tried for years, when he stopped dancing.

[in English] She is very pretty.

[in English] He also left acting.

In Spain it is impossible to dedicate yourself to

the arts, there it is not considered a profession.

And what has happened to her?

[in Spanish] He left me for a Uruguayan singer.

[translates it into English]

Well, when I met her she was with him.

Actually, he left her and when I

met her, I was so devastated

that making her laugh gave me

more pleasure than making love to her.

[in French] And what are you going to do when you return to Spain?

[in English] I don't know…

I don't even have a return ticket.

You should be in Madrid with your friends and family.

With the people who love you.

Actually I'm not from Madrid.

My parents died, but they were from Calanda,

a town near Zaragoza.

Where Luis Buñuel… the film director was born.

Calanda?

- Have you heard about drums? - No.

- Really? - No.

- [in Spanish] Do you have YouTube? - [in English] Yes.

[in English] Every Holy Week, five thousand…

- Can I? - Yes of course.

…people get together and play the drum for 24 hours, non-stop.

And you too?

With my friends. Yes.

It's like there's something mystical about it.

[doubt]

Here.

Oh!

[in Spanish] For me it's like getting rid of

everything bad that has happened to you during the year.

[in French] Hale!

You come?

Are you going up?

- That? - Are you going up?

- [doubt] - [in Spanish] Climb behind.

- [unsure] Wow… - Come on.

- Ok, are you sure? - Clear!

Here we go.

[Miguel] Oh, oh, oh…

- Oh! - [Miguel] We are going to die.

- His name is Magritte. - Magritte.

Vodka.

- He seems smart. - He's very intelligent.

We have great conversations.

[en español] Gracias.

[in Spanish] For loneliness.

[in Spanish]

[in English] You know what?

When my husband left me I was devastated.

I felt so bad.

[in French] It was destroyed.

Such is life.

[in English] One thing ends and another begins…

[nods]

You'll see.

Did he leave you for a younger woman?

He left me for a German woman.

Like him, he is German.

They had been involved for years.

I should have realized it, but...

I guess it was comfortable for me to live like that, without asking me questions.

And then, haven't you lived with anyone else?

Just the typical adventures.

A couple of my husband's friends.

I guess I wanted to annoy him.

Annoy him?

Exact. Annoy him.

Annoy him.

But now we get along very well.

We had bought a house in Mallorca, in a beautiful place.

He kept it and I kept this apartment.

But I usually go to Mallorca every Christmas, for New Year's Eve.

- With him and your children? - No, I alone.

My husband lends me the house.

My children are married and

prefer to go skiing during Christmas.

To me, however, I like Mallorca in winter.

[in Spanish] More vodka?

[in English] Yes.

[in Spanish] Is that you?

[in French] It's me. At twenty years old.

[laughs]

Beautiful.

[in French] Thank you.

[in English] My father was Russian.

He came to France as a child.

When I saw you in the park, it

was strange, I thought of him.

I imagined it just like you, alone, When it came the first time...

I had your same hands...

Marta was depressed because she had just turned 36 years old.

- He said it was a horrible age. - [laughs]

If 36 seems horrible to you, What would you think of my 63 years?

36-63.

It looks like a mirror.

Everyone is afraid of growing

old, but the alternative is worse.

[in Spanish] Very hot, right?

No... I'm frozen.

I have the cold in my bones.

[in English] "Without

love, it is always winter."

I heard it once.

[in Spanish] The problem is that we forget about the

[in French] The

[in Spanish] The feverishness, yes.

[in English] That fever for living.

Maybe it's ridiculous, but we need it.

I love my grandson.

Some nights he stays here with me

and it is wonderful to rediscover the world through their eyes.

He is always asking...

"And now what do we do?"

- -

And now what do we do?

That's the key...

[in French] And now what do we do?

[in English] I still remember the first date with my husband,

we were very young

and suddenly he said something very corny to me:

[He says it in French]

[in English] "Your eyes are the color of the Caribbean Sea."

He was right.

Those days are gone.

No, no, please.

Sorry.

I don't want you to think that I invited you to seduce you.

Not at all.

I saw you there alone in the park

and I wanted to help you.

But no... You need something else...

not me

I'm drunk.

I have already left that page of life behind.

[in French] That thing about love. I have closed that chapter.

I guess in a few days you will be laughing with your friends.

"I bring this Spaniard home and the guy tries to kiss me...".

No problem.

Let me show you where you're going to sleep.

Okay.

This is my grandson's room.

- Can I use the bathroom? - Sure, it's here.

Oh, thank you.

[urinates, sighs]

- They are for you, for tomorrow. - [in Spanish] Thank you.

[Olga sighs]

[shoe falling]

[belt opening]

[laughs]

[They sigh]

[Olga moans]

[Olga breathes excitedly]

[They both laugh]

[moans]

It's been a long time since I...

That? Do you think it closes if you don't use it?

[laughs] I don't know, it could be...

[in Spanish] Wait.

[in Spanish] Okay?

[in English] Maybe this helps.

[Olga laughs, Miguel laughs]

[They moan with excitement]

[They both moan with pleasure]

[moans with orgasm]

[Miguel breathes relaxed]

Wait, wait.

And now the complicated part begins,

No?

Not…

I don't know.

I better go to my room...

Please don't.

No, stay.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

I hadn't done it for more than twelve years...

Twelve years? Oh really?

And three months.

[laughs]

This is like losing your virginity again.

When you lived with Marta,

Did you sleep with other girls?

Not…

Well…

three times in the last year,

when we were already bad...

They were accidents.

- Accidents? - Yes...

It was not searched.

Y seguramente ella ya había vuelto con el cantautor uruguayo…

You say the Uruguayan singer-songwriter thing as if it were an exotic bird.

Yes, the Uruguayan singer-songwriter is an exotic bird.

It occurs a lot in the rainforest of Madrid.

Really?

[nods]

Can I ask you a question?

Are you sure she made the wrong message?

When Marta sent the cell phone message to you instead of him,

Do you think it was a mistake?

or a way to tell you?

I hadn't thought about it.

[in French] It doesn't matter, Miguel. It doesn't matter.

[in English] Let's see, it's "Miguel."

Oh!

[in Spanish] But I really like it when you say "Migüel."

[in English] I'm sorry.

No, I do love it.

Before, when you have made the toast with the vodka,

Why did you say: "For loneliness"?

[in Spanish] The toast?

[in English] "Solitude" is

I seem like the perfect example of loneliness to you, don't I?

A woman alone, with her cat...

Soledad is a woman's name. There is no male name.

[in Spanish] "Soledad", it's nice.

I would like to speak Spanish.

[in English] Years ago, the son of some friends from Mallorca

He gave me Spanish classes.

It was when I was still living with my husband.

Se llamaba Ricardo.

Did you sleep with him?

That? You're crazy?

I don't know…

I was only 15 years old...

And what did I know?

Is this how you see me?

I don't feel it.

And did you learn any Spanish?

Not much.

- [in Spanish] Nose. - [in Spanish] Nose.

- Lips. - Lips.

- Lips, lips. - Very good, yes.

Lips.

- Eyes. - Eyes.

Hair.

Hair.

And so?

[moans]

How do you say it in Spanish?

[he moans excitedly]

Penis.

Penis. Sure?

[groans] Well, There is another more common word.

[nods]

Like chicken?

[laughs]

No…

[soft snoring]

[messaging notification]

[the parquet creaks]

[door opening and closing]

[exhale]

[he exhales overwhelmed]

Olga?

["Les Amoureux Des Bancs Publics", by Georges Brassens]

♪ La gente que pasea por la calle piensa que los bancos de las aceras ♪

♪ están ahí para los impedidos o los barrigudos, ♪

♪ but the truth is quite obvious: ♪

♪ They are there to welcome debuting loves.

♪

♪ The lovers who kiss on public

benches… ♪ GOOD MORNING, ENOUGH

[YOU CLOSED THE DOOR WHEN EXITING]

KISSES continues the song in French. [in Spanish] Don't look at me like that,

[I don't know what to say either]

[The song continues in French]

grinder screech. - [in French] Here is your suitcase, sir. - Thank you.

This is for us.

- That's it. - Thank you.

Ah…

And also...

his "thing".

[she moans in disgust]

[in Spanish] Thank you.

[in French] You're welcome.

[en inglés] ¿Puedo usar un ordenador para ver mi correo?

Sorry, it's only for customers.

Goodbye…

Good day.

[remains indistinct in French]

[tram bell]

How was the contest?

Phew, I screwed up. I put two hosts into Alex Ripollés.

Did you know that in French, Is it pronounced "Alex Gilipollez"?

But what are you saying?

No, don't worry, I'm fine. Plus, I fucked last night. I fucked an aunt.

Well, actually, More than an aunt, she was an old woman, older.

A French woman married to a German, good, separate, very nice.

Saved my night.

A scary mess.

I ended up at his house, I got drunk, of course and…

And you should see me. She there, naked, at her age.

- Hey!

- Hello, Manuela.

Entérate: la vida es muy pero que muy complicada.

Stop, please. Look, honey, I'll give you the…

the drawings and you go to your room.

- That I don't want. - Go to the room.

[little girl]

Close the door.

[Goes]

little girl. Hey, are you okay?

Why don't you come now? I'm not well. Fucked up, but done to the idea.

Marta has returned with the Uruguayan. The Uruguayan singer, do you remember?

I should have suspected it, Marta doesn't like to lose anything,

not even with his past, and this was a pending account for her.

Do you remember the one he played for you when you beat Risk that

game in which the two of you were fighting to conquer South America?

Miguel, stop talking nonsense.

You're probably stuck there, done shit

Come to Madrid and come home until you organize your apartment.

- Hey, I can't talk now. - Okay, okay, calm down.

- I'm fine. - Take care of yourself.

Maybe Marta's thing will be fixed, you'll see.

What about Marta?

About Marta...

About Marta...

[sighs]

Look at it.

♪ Spring returns, ♪

♪ love returns. ♪

♪ I hit the road, ♪

♪ the engine roars. ♪

♪ You are by my side again, ♪

♪ there is no longer fear. ♪

♪ Spring returns ♪

♪ because you brought the sun. ♪

[the pop song continues]

♪ Yes ♪

♪ every straight line ♪

♪ contains a thousand curves, ♪

♪ every holiday… ♪

♪ If a broken glass leaves… ♪

♪ but in your eyes… ♪

But... ♪ …

I found the piece. ♪

♪ Everything lost… ♪

It's humiliating, disgusting.

What a shame, how tacky, please. Disgusting!

You disgust!

He's an idiot, an idiot.

You're an idiot!

I shit on your fucking life! Go fuck yourself!

Go fuck yourself!

[hits the glass]

♪ Spring returns, love returns. ♪

Sorry.

♪ I hit the road, the engine roars. ♪

♪ You are by my side again… ♪

[speaks in Arabic]

♪ Spring returns when you brought the sun. ♪

♪ Sun… ♪

[woman speaking in Arabic]

[band aid]

[speaks in Korean]

[continues in Korean]

[English interpreter] It is understanding what we are.

The passage of time is the perfect

expression of transience and it is precisely

this passage that gives meaning to each stage of life.

The meaning of life is to live following the meaning of life.

All animals seek the hug that nature provides them.

Also the human being.

[organizer] Thank you. Fascinating words, without a doubt.

And now we have the honor

for you to present the Perspectives du

Futur award, which I am going to announce.

Let's see...

And the lucky winner is…

Alex Ripollés and his

project Chernobyl Park in Barcelona.

[applause]

[Ripollés, in Spanish] I didn't expect it.

[in English] I didn't expect it.

[in Spanish] Thank you.

[organizer, in Spanish and English] Congratulations.

[in Spanish] I told you, Alex Gilipollez always wins.

[in Spanish] Do you already have a return ticket?

[Olga, in Spanish] Now let's go.

[Ripollés, English] It's a dream to be here. I have dreamed of this moment.

[adjacent cistern]

[he exclaims in admiration]

[speaks in Korean]

[in English] Hello, Mr. Won Te-Min.

- It's mine. - [exclaims in admiration]

Yes.

Watch it if you want.

Do you like it?

[speaks in Korean]

I'm sorry, I don't understand you.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Thank you. But they have disqualified me.

You have been a great

inspiration in my work, you are a teacher.

[speaks in Korean]

- I'm just old. - No no. You are a genius.

I still remember his book about imaginary bridges.

It was fantastic.

Thank you.

No, thanks to you for everything. It's the best. Always.

[Thank you]

speaks in Korean.

Come to Seoul to work with me…

Work with you? Of course, yes.

[If you want]

[speaks in Korean]

[doubt]

He speaks in English with an accent.

Car? No, I don't drive.

No, no, a card.

A card, yes.

[in Spanish] Yes… [doubt]

No, I don't have a card.

But here you have my name and my contact.

[in English] Mr. Won, here you are. The mayor is waiting for us.

Please come with me.

Are you still here?

Please…

[get lost inspire relaxed]

[in Spanish] Here you are.

Your flight from Brussels.

And you will arrive in Madrid tomorrow afternoon.

Okay? I told them you were sick.

[in English] Are you doing well?

[in English] Yes, thank you. And thanks for the breakfast.

You left early.

Yes.

Things look different in the morning, don't you think?

Have you been able to get to know the city a little?

[in Spanish] No, not much.

If you want, I'll give you a ride.

I have my car, You won't have to share a bike.

- Okay. - Okay?

[beautiful piano music]

[Miguel speaks in Spanish] In the houses of the Roman nobles

They put some flat stones at the entrance for people to sit on.

to wait until they were allowed to present their requests…

Public banks are, in their origin,

a deference towards the most humble.

For example, look there.

Very good those three benches with their view. Great.

But, if all the banks were removed...

- the cities would be more hostile... - [opera in German, dialogue inaudible]

- Come on, come up with me! Come on! - No, no, no, no.

[in French] No, it can't be.

[opera in german]

[Olga sighs tiredly]

[in French] Hello, Jean!

[in French] Good morning, Olga!

[in French] It's Jean… and his goats.

[elegiac opera in German]

The woman, always looking...

[reads] "Abandonment."

Water the river…

- Le fleuve. - The fleuve.

- Le fleuve. - The fleuve.

[the music fades away]

Well done…

Lest people think you're dating this old woman...

No…

It wasn't for that.

[Olga sighs]

[hustle and bustle of the restaurant]

Hello!

- Look, there's your mom... - Oh, great.

What are you doing here?

Hello!

[Miguel] Hello.

[in French] Hello, Olga.

- All good? - Everything is fine, and you?

Good! I present to you Migüel, he is Spanish.

- Delighted. - Don't worry.

Delighted, sir.

[girl, in Spanish] Oh, Spanish! Man, how are you?

[in Spanish] Good, good. Here, tourism.

[in French] He has come for the architecture congress.

[in French] Oh, and how was the congress?

[in Spanish] Yes…

[in French] Yes, yes.

Yeah? Excellent.

Well, we'll leave you. We've come to have a drink.

Oh, okay, good.

- OK. Good day. - See you around.

- Bye bye. - Goodbye, mom...

Well, you know my son.

[in Spanish] He is very grown up.

Wow, it destroyed my hand.

[in English] He has pulverized my fingers…

He is very nice.

Sure.

It seems more German than French.

- [in Spanish] He was an athlete. - Oh really?

And what was your specialty? release of españolito?

I just can't move my hand. Oh! Can't!

Please take me to the hospital.

Can't!

[in English] Take me to the hospital.

Call an ambulance.

[in Spanish] We better go.

- [Olga laughs] - Why? Because?

[in English] Am I in danger?

- [in Spanish, joking] Yes. - Oh! Yeah?

No, please. Let's go.

[in English] Kitchen utensils are fascinating.

What are you talking about?

People still have the usual problems in life:

love, growing old,

death, loneliness,

but we have found solutions to peel the fruit,

to make coffee or squeeze oranges without staining anything.

Those are the problems we managed to fix.

The rest is chaos.

Progress is a kitchen utensil…

[in French] You have done very well…

Thanks, but no.

[in Spanish] I don't know how to cook...

Marta didn't know how to cook either. Well, he doesn't know.

[in French] Always Marta…

[in English] Have you ever thought about having children?

[in Spanish] I wanted, but Marta always said: "How are

we going to have a child if we don't even know how to cook?

or drive?"

[in English] I think it's just the other way around.

You have a child and then you learn to be a father.

Mallorca.

Yes.

That's exactly the view from our house.

[Miguel reads] Cala Serena.

This is what I see every first day of the year.

I love starting each new year like this.

Well…

now it's time to wait.

Why don't you put on some music?

Do you want something happy or sad?

- Whatever you prefer. - Okay.

[hums "Spring is coming again."]

You know what?

I hate music. I hate musicians.

You hate musicians, you hate mimes,

you hate architects...

You hate too many things.

I don't hate wine.

I had a teacher in college.

who told us a story.

One day he asked in class what a garden was for.

And one student gave him a great answer:

"Gardens are good for kissing."

Wow!

And now you want to leave everything?

I could come here.

It's hard to leave your country.

It is harder for your country to abandon you.

Don't say that.

Here maybe there is more order,

But we're a little stuck in perfection.

In the…

in the glass urn...

[in French] Don't laugh at me...

[in English] What happened yesterday…

What happened yesterday

It remains in yesterday.

[in French] Are you still here, Magritte?

How clingy you are!

Magritte.

"Ceci n'est pas un chat."

[Olga nods]

Get out of here.

[in English] When I was twelve years

old, I had a classmate, a fat guy who

everyone laughed at, but he was my best friend.

We used to go to his house to do our

homework and his mother always gave us a big snack…

And one day...

my friend showed me what he liked to do with his mother's cat.

He spread a little jam on the tip of his penis

and called the cat to pass his tongue over it.

and one day he told me to

do it too and the cat,

well, he came and sucked me.

And that was my first sexual experience…

[in French] It's disgusting.

You are all sick.

Yes, poor cat.

His name was Alfredo.

Alfredo, the Cat.

No. No, no, no.

Alfredo was my friend. I don't remember the cat's name.

[in French] Ungrateful.

Ungrateful.

[in English] You will also forget my

name, like that of that poor cat...

[in Spanish] It's time for my train, I have to go.

[in English] No…

No, no, I'll take you.

[in Spanish] Don't bother.

No, no, I'll take you.

[in English] It's just a second.

[he whistles nonchalantly]

[intimate music]

[in Spanish] It's a gift, for welcoming me.

[in French] Thank you.

[sighs]

[intimate music]

[woman, in Spanish] Me too. [continues indistinct]

[Ripollés] But soon, eh?

[Ripollés, in English] I will miss you.

[woman] And me.

Bye bye.

[public address system in French]

[in Spanish] Sorry, again.

Really.

It was a bad day. I had just broken up with my girlfriend after five years.

and I acted like an asshole.

- Have you broken up with your girlfriend? - Uh-huh.

Was she that pretty girl who was with you at the screening of the documentary?

[nods]

I have to confess that I thought she was beautiful, incredible.

- Already. - Really, huh?

I thought she was one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen in my life.

- Yes, I think so too. - Like a…

- …Greek statue. - Already.

- And you had been there for five years. - Yeah.

Congratulations then.

Thank you. Congratulations to you too on the award.

I actually won it thanks to you.

I think the jury felt sorry for you when you threw me off the stage.

In the end the awards always compensate the victims.

- The "fucking" award is ugly. - [nods]

But the 50,000 euros don't come to us.

Tell it to me.

I work in a… kind of cooperative in Barcelona.

- We are three partners. - I'm back to close.

- Don't you have projects? - No.

But wow, you won't believe it.

Won Te-Min asked me if I wanted to go to Korea to work with him.

Wow, that would be a dream.

It's not to disappoint you, but he asked me the same thing.

"Come to Seoul",

And then he asked me for the card.

He also asked me for my card, but I didn't have it...

Well.

Take.

In case you are ever in Barcelona.

I like what you do.

I hate this shower!

Instead of water, it seems that the mayor of Madrid personally pisses on you.

[mess]

Twenty-two.

- That? - It's a bit sad, isn't it?

The story of my life is reduced to 22 boxes.

Twenty three.

Twenty three boxes, an ironing

board, an office chair and the

evening dresser that I inherited from my father.

Seen like this…!

[hopeful music]

[woman] Look, we put them here…

Let's see.

What do you think?

Too pretty to eat in.

Well, the idea is to feel like you're eating in peace in a clearing in the forest.

Are you looking for someone?

Alex Gi… Hey, Ripollés.

Yes, it's up.

- Over there. - Oh.

[in English] You can set up your office there.

[woman] Okay.

- Man! Look who's here. - Hello.

[in English] Elsie, do you remember Miguel, of Congress?

Of course, the three-minute garden.

[in Spanish] Good memory.

Well what? Prepared? We have an important appointment.

Do you know what this is?

You know what this is.

Then you know that the current world is inside here.

This is everything: your work, your partner,

your home, your leisure, your family, your pet,

your friends, your newspaper, your television...

Your time.

And our partner Miguel has come from

Madrid precisely for that, to design a

series of landscapes for mobile phones.

For mobile?

Yes. Because until now Miguel has dedicated himself to designing

landscapes, but gardens have lost their meaning if they are not inside the mobile.

We only ask for a little trust,

Give us a few months to develop the

first line of landscapes for mobile phones.

¿Salvapantallas?

No.

Lifeguard.

Miguel?

Actually, doing landscaping on

the mobile screen is Alex's idea.

But I find it somewhat interesting.

At the end of the day, The landscape is what

surrounds us and what surrounds us today is technology.

[tambourine]

[lonely music]

[lonely music]

[Ripollés speaks in the background]

[sighs]

[festive music in Italian]

- [Ripollés, in English] You look beautiful. - [Elsie] Thank you.

[laughter]

[applause]

[festive music in Italian]

[laughter]

What's wrong with this one? What is he doing?

[choran] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

[shivers] Damn, it's so cold.

How the hell do you turn this off?

[phone vibration]

- Yes. - [in English]

- [in English] Yes. Yes, it's me. - I am Mr. Won's secretary.

From Mr. Won Te-Min?

[women]

Yes.

Yes. Mr. Won Te-Min, yes. Of course I know him.

[in Spanish] Alex, it won't be one of your jokes.

[in English] Yes, yes, I listen.

Yes of course.

[sneezes]

Yes… You are Marta's boyfriend, right?

Yes. Well, we're not together anymore.

Oops, sorry. I don't know if you remember me.

We had dinner together once. I studied acting with Marta.

Yes…

It's normal that you don't remember. It's been a long time.

Soy Sara.

Sara, Sara…

Sure.

Are you going or coming back?

Sorry?

What if you go to Madrid or return to Madrid. No, I live in Barcelona,

but I got a job in Madrid.

And what did you do? - I am... a landscape architect.

- Oh yes, yes!

I think Marta told me that

her boy was an architect.

I have a project for a public garden with a Korean architect that I greatly admire.

Oh really? How wonderful. Yes. Well, it's still all very tentative.

Let's see what they explain to me.

Well, it sounds very good.

Yes. Are you going or coming back?

Why do you ask me? No, because you have asked me before.

I thought it was in case we saw each other in Madrid.

Oh.

Well, yes. Well, yes, of course, too.

Pues ya sabes, si vas por allí… Well whenever you want.

[hustle and bustle of a big city]

[speaks in Korean]

[translates to Spanish] We are partners. Welcome. Great job.

Oh, thank you.

[in English] Thank you, it is an honor.

[speaks in Korean]

[interpreter] Simple, things have to be simple.

- [Miguel]

- Minimal.

Minimal?

[speaks whispering in Korean]

[Won Te-Min speaks in Korean]

[interpreter, in Spanish] The city councils do not

want large benches so that beggars do not lie down.

- They want individual banks. - Okay.

[Miguel] Ah…

- Oh, okay, yes. Clear. - [interpreter translates to Korean]

[speaks in Korean]

I know you think my wife is very young.

Consider me some kind of vampire.

[atmospheric music with woman singing]

Band aid or trampoline?

That?

Band aid or trampoline?

What kind of relationship am I to you?

"Tirita" is that person who helps you heal the wound in your heart

that a previous relationship has left you, that has hurt you.

And trampoline…

is that person who helps you jump from one relationship to another,

giving you the boost you need.

Band aid or trampoline, What do you think I am to you?

[doubt] I don't know...

I'd have to think about it.

How is your project going?

My project?

It's strange. On the one hand I am happy and, on the other…

What's happening?

I don't know.

What is it going to be called?

Won Te-Min Park.

Won Te-Min Park?

I like it. What does it mean?

It is the name of the architect.

He has chosen it.

Already…

- Are you cold? - For me it is always winter.

[she moans tiredly]

Trampoline.

How lazy…

[she sighs]

[informative] November

We approach the heart of Madrid,

to the inauguration of a new park in the center of the capital.

The mayor of the city,

the Councilor for the Environment and, as it could not be otherwise,

also the designer of the park himself,

the well-known Korean landscape architect Won Te-Min.

He is the brain behind the design of this point of interest,

which is going to become a mandatory stop from now on.

Our tour begins here, in the Plaza de España,

and reaches the Plaza de Oriente

and consists of an avenue marked with hourglasses

in front of which pedestrians can stop

and, in a slow and calm way, see how time passes.

It is an oasis in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the big city.

and a place that will reconcile us with calm.

Sorry.

Look, rockets.

[bursts of pyrotechnics]

[girl] Sorry, Do you mind if we take a photo?

[indistinct conversations]

Here.

Thanks a lot.

Perfect. Thanks a lot.

Thank you!

Fer Neuman, I love what he does.

[melancholic music]

It will be very important for your resume.

- You have worked with one of the greats. - And he stole an idea from me.

That's the best I can put on the resume.

- [in English] Why don't you come to dinner? - Clear.

[Ripollés] You are coming home, We make New Year's Eve dinner.

I don't know.

I'm going too, This is how I introduce you to my girl.

I don't know if I'm really looking forward to partying.

You won't be one of those who hates Christmas.

People who hate Christmas She actually hates herself.

Maybe I hate myself.

You hate too many things.

That's what they told me once.

[Ripollés] We are not going to leave you alone, you come with us.

You just have to bring a bottle of something and we'll wait for you. Some alcohol.

Don't show up with a bottle of milk.

[Elsie, in English] Come on, it's New Year's Eve.

[laughter]

[atmospheric music with woman singing]

Don't you carry liquids in your hand bag?

No. Well, yes, I'm wearing this.

- You will have to invoice it. - Oh, okay.

But alone? Don't you want to put it in the bag?

And that's how we bill everything.

[doubt]

No... I just prefer to carry the bag with me, I think.

I do not guarantee that it will arrive in one piece.

Already. I can imagine.

[machinery beeping]

Hello. Taxi?

Come on, Valero.

- Serena Cove? - Serena Cove? Yeah.

[car radio]

If you like, when we get there, I indicate.

I'm just looking for someone and I'll have to ask around the area.

There aren't many stores there. If you want, I'll drop you off at the Beach Club.

Hello? Is there anyone?

Yes, hello.

Do you have rooms for tonight?

Ugh, there's nothing left for tonight. Maybe tomorrow some will be released.

Already. I'm actually looking for a French woman's house...

Olga. I think he lives around here.

- Well, the house belongs to her ex-husband. - Don't try hard.

I don't know anyone from the area. Only tourists come here.

Already…

It has to be one of the houses out here.

Yes, many are from Germans.

[tourist] Good evening.

[in German] Good evening.

- Well. - If you want, you can pick some grapes,

for tonight.

They are for the clients, but they are not used and they are going to rot here.

Okay. Thank you.

- Can I get you two? - Whatever you want.

You are very generous.

It's just that you look a little lost, the truth.

Yeah.

- Happy new year. - Likewise.

Excuse me, I'm looking for a French lady's house.

who lives around here.

Actually the house belongs to her ex-husband, who is German.

She is separated,

but he always comes to spend New Year's Eve here.

- Olga? - Olga, yes.

Just yesterday I brought him water. Go up if you want.

- Oh... - Come on, give us the grapes.

Okay, okay, well thank you.

Really, thank you very much.

[ring the bell]

[truck horn]

[techno music]

Hello. Does Olga live here?

[in German] Olga, yes, yes.

-I just don't know if it's his house. - Between.

[party music]

Thank you.

[speaks in German]

Hey?

[speaks in German]

[in German] Three, two, one…

HAPPY NEW YEAR

[everyone celebrates]

[They say goodbye in French and German]

- Thank you, Olga. - Are you sure you're okay?

Sure.

- Are you going to be able to get home? - Of course.

Goodbye, Miguel.

Bye bye. Bye bye.

[Olga] Are you sure you don't want to stay?

Delighted.

- It was very good. - Thank you so much.

- Get home safely. - Yes, yes. Thank you.

[sighs]

[calm waves]

- [in Spanish] This is nice. - Yeah…

[in English] I was walking and…

I decided to come.

[in Spanish] Well done.

[in English] I was going to a party, but the only person I wanted to see

I was here.

[in Spanish] I remembered that you spent here every New Year's Eve.

- [in French] Aren't you cold? - No, no, I'm fine.

- It's not an imitation. - That?

- [in Spanish] The blanket, I say. - Oh.

It is of good quality, good material.

Gentle…

Warm, cozy.

[in French] A little old.

[in French] And now what do we do?

And now what do we do?

[calm waves]

[squawking of seagulls]

[calm guitar music]

[romantic music in English]