1 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,586 Hotel Intercontinental Vienna: 2 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:14,822 the first luxury brand hotel in the world. 3 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:18,425 And the first one to have telephones in every bathroom. 4 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,796 A ship with five hundred rooms. 5 00:04:21,929 --> 00:04:24,297 The balconies are the bridges, 6 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,366 and the terraces are the decks. 7 00:04:26,501 --> 00:04:29,871 The cabins open onto the hallways. 8 00:04:30,004 --> 00:04:32,272 The engines, underground. 9 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:36,309 And the sea: the ice-skating rink down below. 10 00:04:37,377 --> 00:04:41,381 They say it's declining, yellowed and wrinkled. 11 00:04:42,550 --> 00:04:43,551 Nonsense. 12 00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:46,053 This is the house where I live. 13 00:04:47,522 --> 00:04:51,793 And now I find myself forced to abandon it. 14 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:42,043 We're doing the best we can. 15 00:05:44,145 --> 00:05:46,047 There's also a maid strike at the moment. 16 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,749 This has been a problem for us, but... 17 00:05:50,751 --> 00:05:52,587 We would like to offer you breakfast. 18 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,922 - Yes, we have a lovely restaurant, 19 00:05:55,056 --> 00:05:57,424 and we'll get your rooms ready as fast as we can. 20 00:05:57,625 --> 00:05:59,927 I don't want breakfast. I want my room. 21 00:06:00,061 --> 00:06:01,428 Sir. Sir, do you like painting? 22 00:06:02,797 --> 00:06:06,534 Because there's a very beautiful museum very close by. 23 00:06:06,734 --> 00:06:10,771 And it's got a wonderful collection of Rembrandts and Brueghels, 24 00:06:10,905 --> 00:06:12,540 and many beautiful things. 25 00:06:12,673 --> 00:06:15,743 And we might be able to get you in there before opening hours. 26 00:06:15,877 --> 00:06:19,547 It's a very special time. You can have all the art to yourself. 27 00:06:20,248 --> 00:06:24,952 I'm the manager of this hotel, and I'm available to you, 28 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:27,487 and we'll do our best to resolve this problem. 29 00:06:27,622 --> 00:06:30,024 Imona is fantastic. 30 00:06:30,224 --> 00:06:32,159 She's our guest service gal, and-- 31 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:34,528 -I will take care of you. -She'll take care of you. 32 00:06:34,729 --> 00:06:37,031 Really. We're on it. We understand. 33 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:40,234 Thank you for your patience. And thank you for staying with us. 34 00:06:40,868 --> 00:06:42,803 This is outrageous. This cannot be happening-- 35 00:06:43,004 --> 00:06:44,205 We probably could-- 36 00:06:56,416 --> 00:07:00,655 Claus, have you heard anything more about the sale? 37 00:07:00,788 --> 00:07:02,990 Not too much, to be honest. 38 00:07:03,124 --> 00:07:05,793 But what I hear, the guy's from Argentina. 39 00:07:05,993 --> 00:07:06,827 Oh. 40 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:10,531 It's sweet. 41 00:07:11,933 --> 00:07:14,368 It's not the eggs. 42 00:07:14,502 --> 00:07:16,170 We've tried every chicken farm in Austria. 43 00:07:16,871 --> 00:07:17,705 So... 44 00:07:18,906 --> 00:07:21,441 I'm gonna have to deal with a cocky Argentinian. 45 00:07:22,310 --> 00:07:25,546 You know, in South America everybody hates them 46 00:07:25,746 --> 00:07:28,416 because the Argentinians think they're Europeans. 47 00:07:31,552 --> 00:07:32,553 -Maybe it's the cheese. -Ugh. 48 00:07:35,790 --> 00:07:37,291 What's his name? 49 00:07:37,425 --> 00:07:40,493 Facundo Ordóñez. 50 00:07:40,628 --> 00:07:44,031 Facundo? What kind of name is that? 51 00:07:44,231 --> 00:07:45,533 Not a Viennese name... 52 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:46,934 Sounds like he's full of shit. 53 00:07:47,168 --> 00:07:49,870 You know, I'm sorry. I can't eat this. 54 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:19,667 Matthias. 55 00:09:26,801 --> 00:09:29,737 But I am willing to give him a second chance. 56 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:31,772 - Yes. - And that's important. 57 00:09:31,972 --> 00:09:33,407 Otherwise I think it would just get-- 58 00:09:46,555 --> 00:09:48,756 Lilly Glanz. Daughter of Lucius. 59 00:14:28,803 --> 00:14:29,870 Oh! 60 00:15:26,927 --> 00:15:28,495 I see people in uniforms. 61 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:33,300 Are you Facundo Ordoñez? 62 00:15:57,926 --> 00:16:01,161 I learned a few facts about Facundo Ordoñez. 63 00:16:01,796 --> 00:16:03,163 I met people like him. 64 00:16:04,264 --> 00:16:08,168 He was born in Buenos Aires to a nouveau rich family. 65 00:16:08,302 --> 00:16:10,237 A mediocre art student. 66 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:12,072 He eats like a pig. 67 00:16:12,807 --> 00:16:17,411 In spite of all this, there are moments I can't help but like the guy. 68 00:16:17,612 --> 00:16:21,081 Something about the repulsion gives way to curiosity. 69 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:24,786 He has some strange fixation on this place, 70 00:16:24,985 --> 00:16:27,187 a kind of irrational obsession. 71 00:16:28,923 --> 00:16:31,526 He came to Vienna for the first time as a kid, 72 00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:34,963 on a trip with his parents in search of his family roots. 73 00:16:35,897 --> 00:16:38,165 He was caught peeing in a sandwich bag 74 00:16:38,365 --> 00:16:41,503 inside a moving van near the Hungarian border. 75 00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:44,404 Vienna dazzled him. 76 00:16:45,038 --> 00:16:47,074 They stayed at the Intercontinental. 77 00:16:47,675 --> 00:16:49,644 He would wander around the hallways. 78 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:53,013 These are his first memories. 79 00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:55,750 The smell of pee. The taste of butter. 80 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:58,485 He didn't ever want to leave. 81 00:16:58,620 --> 00:17:01,388 He told his parents he'd rather stay in the hotel. 82 00:17:02,055 --> 00:17:03,658 He was only five years old. 83 00:17:07,662 --> 00:17:11,431 I wonder how it would feel to punch him in the face. 84 00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:30,284 What's the problem? Where's Mikhail? 85 00:17:56,243 --> 00:17:57,244 It's beautiful. 86 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,049 -But it doesn't work. -No. 87 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:02,550 -No. It won't start? -No. 88 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:06,320 Dad, I was looking for you. 89 00:18:06,521 --> 00:18:07,922 There's a call from Mr. Yanco's office. 90 00:18:08,121 --> 00:18:09,356 Oh, fuck. 91 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:10,390 Well... 92 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:13,628 Try whatever you can. 93 00:18:13,761 --> 00:18:14,996 Can I talk to you for a moment? 94 00:18:23,504 --> 00:18:25,172 H-h-how are you? 95 00:18:25,372 --> 00:18:26,406 I'm okay. 96 00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:30,277 -The job? It's okay, right? -I don't like the job, but... 97 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:33,881 Don't say that. Don't say that, because that closes you down. 98 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:37,619 You gotta be open to experience. 99 00:18:37,752 --> 00:18:39,821 I'm sorry, but this is a beautiful place, 100 00:18:40,021 --> 00:18:43,558 and, if you open to it, there's many beautiful things about it. 101 00:18:44,926 --> 00:18:46,995 What I really wanted to talk to you about is... 102 00:18:48,796 --> 00:18:51,164 Excuse me, may I? 103 00:18:51,532 --> 00:18:52,800 -Mmm. -Something... 104 00:18:54,301 --> 00:18:55,235 I noticed. 105 00:18:55,369 --> 00:18:57,805 -Ah, easy. Easy. -Dad. 106 00:18:58,006 --> 00:18:59,172 Honey, honey. 107 00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:01,676 -What do you...? -No, wait... 108 00:19:02,644 --> 00:19:05,178 What is that? What's that about? 109 00:19:05,379 --> 00:19:06,547 Why do you care? 110 00:19:06,748 --> 00:19:07,548 Why do I care? 111 00:19:08,116 --> 00:19:11,251 -I love you. You're my daughter. -Hmm. 112 00:19:11,385 --> 00:19:12,319 Okay? 113 00:19:12,452 --> 00:19:14,287 Thank you, Dad, for saying this-- 114 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:15,823 But I'm not comfortable now-- 115 00:19:16,024 --> 00:19:18,660 -I don't understand. -I'm not comfortable now talking to you. 116 00:19:18,860 --> 00:19:20,795 Okay, okay. Well, when you are comfortable... 117 00:19:20,928 --> 00:19:25,033 Are you still doing that or is that something that's over? 118 00:19:26,768 --> 00:19:28,402 We can talk about it. It's-- 119 00:19:28,536 --> 00:19:30,738 When? When? Why wait? 120 00:19:30,872 --> 00:19:33,240 I'm here. I can talk to you about it now. 121 00:21:08,636 --> 00:21:11,639 There were many gatherings and much joy in this place 122 00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:16,177 with our "familienbande," our clan. 123 00:21:17,011 --> 00:21:20,548 Also big dislikes, of course, and rough times. 124 00:21:20,681 --> 00:21:24,152 There were two long-term illnesses and there was a death. 125 00:21:24,351 --> 00:21:28,689 But, above all, there was also a simple but joyful celebration: 126 00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:30,558 the birth of Lilly. 127 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:34,662 She lived her childhood in the environment of the hotel. 128 00:21:35,263 --> 00:21:36,798 The staff raised her, you could say. 129 00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:39,801 The administrative staff, the barkeepers. 130 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:41,936 They were socialists. 131 00:21:42,170 --> 00:21:45,039 Goran, Franz, Rene were the most fervent. 132 00:21:45,873 --> 00:21:50,044 While the head of the laundry was illiterate and a very adored man, 133 00:21:51,045 --> 00:21:55,183 with aging, he came to lose his memory and started to mix up the colors. 134 00:21:56,050 --> 00:21:57,417 We had to let him go. 135 00:23:16,564 --> 00:23:17,832 -Hi. -Hi. 136 00:23:18,766 --> 00:23:21,035 What are you drinking? It looks interesting. 137 00:23:21,168 --> 00:23:23,638 "B" something? I'm not sure. 138 00:23:23,771 --> 00:23:24,672 Mind if I try? 139 00:23:30,511 --> 00:23:32,680 Very sweet, but strong. 140 00:23:32,813 --> 00:23:36,550 - ...if I can do anything. - Thank you very much. Thank you. 141 00:23:36,684 --> 00:23:38,185 - Anytime. - Lucius. 142 00:23:39,787 --> 00:23:43,057 Hi. It's me, Nicolaia. 143 00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:46,761 Nicolaia Yanco. 144 00:23:48,162 --> 00:23:51,232 Nicolaia Yanco. What--? 145 00:23:52,166 --> 00:23:57,171 Well, it's a pleasure to see you. I've been waiting for your father. 146 00:23:57,305 --> 00:23:59,040 So, you're traveling with him? 147 00:23:59,173 --> 00:24:01,676 No, not exactly. Dad's not here. 148 00:24:01,876 --> 00:24:03,244 I'm managing the East now. 149 00:24:04,145 --> 00:24:05,112 The East? 150 00:24:05,246 --> 00:24:07,915 Yeah, Vienna and East. 151 00:24:10,284 --> 00:24:12,987 We replaced the drain system ten years ago. 152 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:15,356 And since then, there's never been a problem. 153 00:24:15,488 --> 00:24:18,359 The backup system is in perfect shape, too. 154 00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:19,860 We test it every month. 155 00:24:19,994 --> 00:24:22,296 Nice work. 156 00:24:29,537 --> 00:24:32,306 I know my father didn't always show his appreciation, 157 00:24:32,907 --> 00:24:34,909 -Thank you. -but your hard work didn't go unnoticed. 158 00:24:35,643 --> 00:24:36,811 Thank you. 159 00:24:36,944 --> 00:24:39,747 But... let you know that the deal will happen. 160 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,682 The hotel will be sold. 161 00:24:42,283 --> 00:24:45,920 And the plans for the renovation have already been approved. 162 00:24:47,455 --> 00:24:49,657 But I'd be happy to put in a good word with Facundo. 163 00:24:49,790 --> 00:24:52,026 I'm sure he could really use someone of your expertise. 164 00:24:52,226 --> 00:24:53,060 No, I'll be fine. 165 00:24:54,762 --> 00:24:57,264 But... what will happen to Lilly? 166 00:24:57,798 --> 00:25:00,868 Don't worry about Lilly. We'll make sure she has a place here. 167 00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:42,309 No. 168 00:26:07,301 --> 00:26:09,538 -Who's winning? -How did it go? 169 00:26:11,372 --> 00:26:13,674 Not bad. It might not happen. 170 00:26:15,009 --> 00:26:16,277 Nice. 171 00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:17,678 Yeah. 172 00:26:20,681 --> 00:26:22,283 We'll see. 173 00:26:22,483 --> 00:26:24,285 But I have a good feeling. 174 00:26:27,221 --> 00:26:30,791 Goran. It's nice to have you back. How was your vacation? 175 00:26:30,925 --> 00:26:32,527 - It was-- - Sorry. 176 00:26:32,726 --> 00:26:35,796 But even if it does happen, it could be a good chance to start over. 177 00:26:35,996 --> 00:26:39,266 Maybe in the countryside. You've always loved the nature. 178 00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:43,804 Hmm. 179 00:26:44,672 --> 00:26:46,407 Mmm... 180 00:26:46,541 --> 00:26:47,741 It's your turn. 181 00:26:49,810 --> 00:26:52,413 Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Tick, tick, tick, tick. 182 00:26:52,547 --> 00:26:56,917 -Time to. -Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. 183 00:27:24,745 --> 00:27:27,448 Once I asked a marionette puppeteer... 184 00:27:28,682 --> 00:27:32,953 "How is it possible that the puppets can have so many different movements? 185 00:27:33,555 --> 00:27:37,892 You can move the arms and the fingers and small parts of the fingers. 186 00:27:38,893 --> 00:27:42,062 How can you control everything just with the strings?" 187 00:27:44,265 --> 00:27:47,134 He answered, "I'm not controlling everything. 188 00:27:47,268 --> 00:27:50,171 - I am only concentrating on the middle. 189 00:27:50,371 --> 00:27:54,909 On the middle point of the puppet, where his point of equilibrium is. 190 00:27:55,676 --> 00:27:58,245 And then I imagine the moving of the fingers 191 00:27:58,379 --> 00:28:00,047 or of the legs and everything, 192 00:28:01,115 --> 00:28:03,250 but I'm not controlling these movements. 193 00:28:03,384 --> 00:28:06,987 I am controlling only the equilibrium of the puppet. 194 00:28:07,121 --> 00:28:11,292 And, automatically, if I am concentrating on it, 195 00:28:11,492 --> 00:28:13,761 the movements will be in harmony." 196 00:30:08,543 --> 00:30:12,046 -Everybody feels very Argentine here. -Yeah. 197 00:30:12,246 --> 00:30:15,149 - And I'm sleeping so bad. - Me too. 198 00:30:15,883 --> 00:30:18,118 I get the feeling everybody's from Argentina. 199 00:30:18,252 --> 00:30:20,487 But it's something, I think, with the features. 200 00:30:20,622 --> 00:30:21,889 It's... 201 00:30:23,057 --> 00:30:24,925 Maybe you're starting to feel home. 202 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:26,427 So that's a good thing, you know. 203 00:30:26,628 --> 00:30:28,062 I used to come a lot to Vienna. 204 00:30:28,228 --> 00:30:31,766 I really liked the food and the people. I have friends. 205 00:30:32,366 --> 00:30:35,235 And somehow I felt this was really like where, you know, 206 00:30:35,369 --> 00:30:38,673 a lot of what functions in Argentina 207 00:30:38,872 --> 00:30:41,909 and what doesn't function, also, somehow belongs here. 208 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:45,913 But more and more now I feel like a sense of emptiness. 209 00:31:29,156 --> 00:31:31,925 The human mistake, the human failure, 210 00:31:32,059 --> 00:31:33,661 it's in everyday life. 211 00:31:34,428 --> 00:31:37,030 I don't like order. I don't like disorder. 212 00:31:37,231 --> 00:31:39,066 I like a combination of the two. 213 00:31:40,134 --> 00:31:42,369 Some part should be in disorder. 214 00:31:42,504 --> 00:31:44,672 It should not be absolutely perfect. 215 00:31:44,873 --> 00:31:46,407 Except machines. 216 00:31:47,141 --> 00:31:49,910 But the machines also go wrong. 217 00:31:50,110 --> 00:31:52,647 So, no perfection at all. 218 00:32:37,792 --> 00:32:43,631 Our best customer and long-time customer was Billy Wilder. 219 00:32:50,170 --> 00:32:52,774 After a short time when he was here, 220 00:32:52,973 --> 00:32:56,176 the manager said, "Billy, we have to go." 221 00:32:58,178 --> 00:33:00,748 "Billy, we have to go." 222 00:33:00,915 --> 00:33:02,784 And, and... 223 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:06,921 Yeah. 224 00:33:15,295 --> 00:33:16,698 Very "sportif". 225 00:33:19,166 --> 00:33:24,806 Yeah. And he always said, "Billy, we have to go." 226 00:33:25,038 --> 00:33:26,373 Ah... 227 00:33:30,512 --> 00:33:31,746 And... 228 00:33:33,515 --> 00:33:37,117 And Billy didn't hear, and... 229 00:33:38,051 --> 00:33:40,420 after maybe half an hour, 230 00:33:41,455 --> 00:33:45,627 it was not his way, 231 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,831 he said, "You can go, but I stay." 232 00:34:29,037 --> 00:34:34,776 Hello, skaters, masturbators, spinach haters! 233 00:34:40,147 --> 00:34:41,549 Facundo is a dope. 234 00:34:41,749 --> 00:34:43,651 In the shower he dropped the smoke. 235 00:34:43,785 --> 00:34:45,787 I have just one hope. 236 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,789 The thing that makes me cope. 237 00:34:47,989 --> 00:34:49,791 His neck inside a rope. 238 00:34:49,924 --> 00:34:53,928 His things, they go awry, and the motherfucker dies. 239 00:35:08,408 --> 00:35:09,777 Facundo is a dope. 240 00:35:09,978 --> 00:35:11,679 In the shower he dropped the smoke. 241 00:35:11,813 --> 00:35:13,615 I have just one hope. 242 00:35:13,748 --> 00:35:15,650 The thing that makes me cope. 243 00:35:15,850 --> 00:35:17,384 His neck inside a rope. 244 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:19,453 Glanz? 245 00:35:35,036 --> 00:35:36,169 - Right. - Yes. 246 00:35:53,554 --> 00:35:56,991 -One time. -Oh, okay. 247 00:36:27,021 --> 00:36:29,423 That's right. I stayed here last year. 248 00:37:05,059 --> 00:37:06,426 Sample number two. 249 00:37:13,668 --> 00:37:16,403 During an auction in the Champagne Room, 250 00:37:16,604 --> 00:37:19,140 a collector told me that Vermeer had a painting 251 00:37:19,272 --> 00:37:22,076 he apparently loved more than any other. 252 00:37:22,677 --> 00:37:25,113 He did not part with it or sell it. 253 00:37:25,245 --> 00:37:26,748 Even when he was in debt. 254 00:37:27,749 --> 00:37:31,652 Hitler bought it in 1938 from a man called Czernin, 255 00:37:31,786 --> 00:37:33,788 who had a Jewish wife. 256 00:37:35,056 --> 00:37:36,389 And sample number three. 257 00:37:42,797 --> 00:37:45,233 The painting was rescued from a salt mine 258 00:37:45,365 --> 00:37:46,667 at the end of the war, 259 00:37:47,201 --> 00:37:50,104 where it was preserved from Allied bombing raids. 260 00:37:50,303 --> 00:37:53,040 It was supposed to be returned to Czernin's family, 261 00:37:53,541 --> 00:37:57,879 but the Austrian state claimed he had sold it in good faith. 262 00:37:58,012 --> 00:38:02,049 And it has hung in the Kunsthistorisches ever since. 263 00:38:21,434 --> 00:38:22,904 -Shall we? -Shut up. 264 00:38:23,037 --> 00:38:24,304 -Shut up? -Yeah. 265 00:38:24,437 --> 00:38:27,108 I talk too much. Okay. 266 00:38:27,241 --> 00:38:28,543 -Just shut up. -Okay. 267 00:39:00,875 --> 00:39:03,244 What's that smell? 268 00:39:03,376 --> 00:39:04,645 Oh, so good. 269 00:39:07,380 --> 00:39:12,553 - And he is just a gangster. 270 00:39:13,688 --> 00:39:15,890 Argentina... 271 00:39:17,158 --> 00:39:19,492 Do you bring me... 272 00:39:21,394 --> 00:39:22,930 Such fucking gangsters. 273 00:39:23,064 --> 00:39:25,032 -There. -Thank you. 274 00:39:26,033 --> 00:39:27,168 I have a sailboat. 275 00:39:28,035 --> 00:39:29,402 I will retire soon, 276 00:39:29,537 --> 00:39:32,173 and I will spend more time with my boat. 277 00:40:30,665 --> 00:40:34,001 Too much light. Bad music. 278 00:40:34,135 --> 00:40:36,537 No girls, no suspense. 279 00:40:36,737 --> 00:40:37,672 Other location. 280 00:40:39,439 --> 00:40:40,675 I don't understand. 281 00:42:28,416 --> 00:42:30,651 Franz. How many customers we get a night? 282 00:42:30,785 --> 00:42:33,054 Oh, about sixty to eighty. 283 00:42:33,788 --> 00:42:36,090 And this man is going to tear it down. 284 00:42:36,223 --> 00:42:38,759 I'll reimagine it with a great Korean firm. 285 00:42:38,893 --> 00:42:40,694 You're going to make a cheap copy. 286 00:42:41,295 --> 00:42:42,630 I would never hurt this bar. 287 00:42:42,763 --> 00:42:44,999 Franz. How about me? 288 00:42:45,766 --> 00:42:47,668 I want a glass too. 289 00:42:48,369 --> 00:42:49,538 Get one for yourself as well. 290 00:42:49,737 --> 00:42:52,039 -Yeah, sure. -And how much do they spend? 291 00:42:52,173 --> 00:42:54,408 About fifty euros each. 292 00:42:54,608 --> 00:42:56,243 That's like 3,000 a night. 293 00:43:00,381 --> 00:43:02,116 To this special place. 294 00:43:08,923 --> 00:43:12,760 Once I was in Japan. There's a temple. 295 00:43:12,893 --> 00:43:17,431 During a war in the 18th century, it caught flames. 296 00:43:17,566 --> 00:43:19,534 In the 20th century, they rebuilt it. 297 00:43:19,667 --> 00:43:21,802 So I asked them, "It's not the original," 298 00:43:21,936 --> 00:43:24,305 and they said, "Yes, it's the original. The same one." 299 00:43:29,477 --> 00:43:32,279 For them it was the same building serving the same purpose. 300 00:43:39,554 --> 00:43:42,490 This city was reborn here as a metropolis. 301 00:43:42,656 --> 00:43:44,925 Reproductions, representations, apparitions. 302 00:43:47,928 --> 00:43:49,930 Lucius, I don't know how you do it. 303 00:43:50,998 --> 00:43:52,766 Whether they are nice people or assholes. 304 00:43:53,934 --> 00:43:56,837 Do you always know you're going to be able to deal with them? 305 00:43:57,438 --> 00:44:00,407 No, but that's the beauty of my profession. 306 00:44:12,419 --> 00:44:15,156 When his parents sold the apartment where he grew up, 307 00:44:15,289 --> 00:44:17,791 Facundo left Buenos Aires for good. 308 00:44:21,495 --> 00:44:27,434 In 1997, he sailed to Cadiz, where he found his way as a realtor. 309 00:44:28,537 --> 00:44:31,805 The image of his home torn down still haunts him. 310 00:45:43,545 --> 00:45:46,380 Dad, this place doesn't need you. 311 00:45:46,514 --> 00:45:48,249 Not as much as you think, anyways. 312 00:45:53,187 --> 00:45:56,390 But I'll stay with you, here or somewhere else. 313 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:00,995 You coming? 314 00:46:01,663 --> 00:46:03,797 No. I'll have a cigarette first. 315 00:46:04,666 --> 00:46:05,933 You smoke too much. 316 00:47:04,659 --> 00:47:07,629 -Good afternoon. -Good afternoon. Your suit is ready. 317 00:47:07,762 --> 00:47:08,663 Thank you. 318 00:47:09,930 --> 00:47:11,165 My condolences. 319 00:47:11,766 --> 00:47:12,634 Thank you. 320 00:47:13,535 --> 00:47:14,669 These things happen. 321 00:47:18,038 --> 00:47:19,306 Let me show you out. 322 00:47:31,786 --> 00:47:36,090 "In the struggle between yourself and the world, hold the world's coat." 323 00:47:51,171 --> 00:47:53,173 Yes, yes, yes. 324 00:47:57,378 --> 00:47:59,547 Claus Kartak. 325 00:48:02,015 --> 00:48:04,686 Claus Kartak. 326 00:48:07,020 --> 00:48:09,123 Claus Kartak. 327 00:48:09,256 --> 00:48:12,627 Claus Kartak. Kartak. 328 00:48:15,797 --> 00:48:17,632 Claus Kartak. 329 00:48:19,868 --> 00:48:21,870 Claus Kartak. 330 00:48:26,541 --> 00:48:27,876 Claus Kartak. 331 00:48:28,676 --> 00:48:30,377 Claus Kartak. 332 00:48:48,929 --> 00:48:50,431 Lucius, we found it. 333 00:48:50,565 --> 00:48:52,499 -Imona, what are you doing here? -Here. 334 00:48:53,300 --> 00:48:54,869 We found the place. 335 00:48:55,002 --> 00:48:56,905 -This way. -How do I get to you? 336 00:48:57,037 --> 00:48:58,540 -You found it? -This way. 337 00:48:58,673 --> 00:48:59,641 Okay. 338 00:50:22,557 --> 00:50:24,157 I'm Lucius Glanz, 339 00:50:24,291 --> 00:50:28,061 the manager of the Intercontinental Hotel. 340 00:50:28,930 --> 00:50:32,199 And I'm here to... really... 341 00:50:33,133 --> 00:50:35,035 Well, tell you about the situation that... 342 00:50:36,270 --> 00:50:42,042 the hotel is being sold and is going to be demolished, 343 00:50:42,175 --> 00:50:46,681 and I want to make a plea for its protection. 344 00:50:47,549 --> 00:50:51,986 Certainly this is something that has been done in the past. 345 00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:54,689 Good examples are... 346 00:50:55,890 --> 00:50:57,659 The post office building. 347 00:50:59,727 --> 00:51:02,664 Please. I just have some examples. 348 00:51:02,797 --> 00:51:06,300 The Chocolate House by architect Ernst Lichtblau, 349 00:51:06,500 --> 00:51:10,137 or the Retti Candle Shop by Hans Hollein. 350 00:51:10,270 --> 00:51:15,677 Now, hopefully, we can protect the Hotel Intercontinental 351 00:51:15,877 --> 00:51:19,781 by Carl Appel, which was inaugurated in 1964. 352 00:51:19,981 --> 00:51:22,750 Sorry, sorry. We are not responsible. 353 00:51:22,884 --> 00:51:25,285 We can't help you in your case. 354 00:51:25,485 --> 00:51:27,154 But this is not right. It's not-- 355 00:51:27,287 --> 00:51:29,924 It's not just a question of cultural heritage. 356 00:51:30,157 --> 00:51:32,159 It's a question of money, of greed, 357 00:51:32,359 --> 00:51:35,630 of destroying the cultural fabric of the community. 358 00:51:35,763 --> 00:51:39,232 I only can repeat, in your case, we can't help you. 359 00:51:39,366 --> 00:51:40,668 That's a private-owned building, 360 00:51:40,802 --> 00:51:43,538 and we are only responsible for public. 361 00:51:43,671 --> 00:51:45,172 I would like to read you something 362 00:51:45,372 --> 00:51:47,407 which might make you understand a little better. 363 00:51:47,542 --> 00:51:51,378 I'd like to read you from the "Manuale degli Alpaca". 364 00:52:19,373 --> 00:52:22,242 Do you think that functionaries from the Austrian government 365 00:52:22,376 --> 00:52:26,814 have nothing better to do than listen to Americans reading in Italian 366 00:52:27,381 --> 00:52:31,552 about the social behaviors of Latin American mammals? 367 00:55:06,439 --> 00:55:09,043 Nicolaia Yanco, room 235. 368 00:55:15,883 --> 00:55:17,685 The countryside could be an option. 369 00:55:18,519 --> 00:55:21,488 Maybe in Italy. I love Italy. 370 00:55:21,622 --> 00:55:22,824 Maybe a farm. 371 00:55:23,758 --> 00:55:27,795 I would spend hours taking care of the vegetable garden and the animals. 372 00:55:27,929 --> 00:55:32,133 I could raise alpacas, a mesmerizing beast. 373 00:55:32,266 --> 00:55:35,435 Sometimes delicate, docile, sometimes temperamental. 374 00:55:36,304 --> 00:55:40,641 I would feed them, shear them once a year with my own hands. 375 00:55:41,408 --> 00:55:44,312 My only worry is poisonous weeds. 376 00:55:44,912 --> 00:55:48,049 They say the foreign soil might be dangerous to them. 377 00:55:50,685 --> 00:55:53,254 Lilly began to support the sale. 378 00:55:53,386 --> 00:55:54,689 I don't blame her. 379 00:55:54,889 --> 00:55:57,725 She breathes air from other planets. 380 00:55:58,458 --> 00:56:01,295 And she became fond of the language of Facundo. 381 00:56:45,172 --> 00:56:46,874 Oh, my God! 382 00:56:52,313 --> 00:56:54,148 Whose potato chip is this? 383 00:56:55,316 --> 00:56:57,051 Whose potato chip is this? 384 00:56:57,184 --> 00:57:01,055 Oh! Come on, boys. You gotta give the girls a chance. 385 00:57:01,188 --> 00:57:02,924 Whose potato chip is this? 386 00:57:25,913 --> 00:57:29,050 If you're up to the challenge, I'm a good student, 387 00:57:29,183 --> 00:57:32,420 and I'll submit to your teachings. 388 00:57:32,753 --> 00:57:34,422 I'm not looking for a student. 389 00:57:35,690 --> 00:57:39,627 Well, then can I be your teacher? 390 00:58:33,147 --> 00:58:35,883 Motherfuckers, motherfuckers. 391 00:58:36,684 --> 00:58:37,685 Yeah. 392 00:59:02,376 --> 00:59:06,180 Lucius Glanz, general manager, Intercontinental Hotel. 393 00:59:41,882 --> 00:59:46,420 Suddenly the night falls. It's already dark outside. 394 00:59:47,288 --> 00:59:50,291 It's an unreal time a nightfall. 395 00:59:51,325 --> 00:59:53,694 We're neither alive nor dead. 396 00:59:54,395 --> 00:59:58,065 It's the time we say goodbye. We regret. 397 00:59:58,799 --> 01:00:03,904 Or else we even forget the spirit of revenge. 398 01:00:04,038 --> 01:00:06,807 A great sadness takes hold of us. 399 01:00:07,542 --> 01:00:11,178 It should be beautiful. And it is not. 400 01:00:12,913 --> 01:00:14,949 The doorman rises high. 401 01:00:15,683 --> 01:00:19,787 He tells us it's time. It's time. 402 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:21,155 It's time for what? 403 01:00:22,056 --> 01:00:24,825 To the doorman, it is always time to leave, 404 01:00:24,959 --> 01:00:26,293 to close the doors. 405 01:00:27,161 --> 01:00:30,698 Even Saint Peter dreams of closing the gates of heaven 406 01:00:31,298 --> 01:00:33,134 and switching off the lights. 407 01:01:59,019 --> 01:02:00,555 Oh, God. 408 01:02:16,003 --> 01:02:17,639 Let's go back to work. 409 01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:19,627 Lucius. 410 01:04:22,262 --> 01:04:23,497 A peace offering. 411 01:04:25,667 --> 01:04:26,801 No hard feelings. 412 01:04:27,535 --> 01:04:29,169 I'm gonna make a beautiful hotel. 413 01:04:43,785 --> 01:04:47,421 Now I'm going to clean you up.