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Let's see.

Tell me about your drawing.

Who is in your drawing?

My mother, that's her.

This is your mother? Okay.

What's your mother doing in this drawing?

Talking to God.

Talking to God?

What about God?

Is He this figure here?

What is God saying to her?

- What is He telling her now? - "Hello."

Hello!

- And this one too, "hello." - And this one too, "hello?"

You'll be here for a short time.

A few days.

Until we make sure you're all right

and then you can go home.

I want to go home now.

Look, there are many things in the world, very nice things

and important things that cannot be learned at home.

I already know everything I need to know about the world.

What do you know?

That it's bad.

- Here we go. - No, no.

- No. - We won't hurt you.

- No, no. - We'll take a look.

- What a cool tracksuit. - No...

It's all right.

- Whoa! - Look, get comfortable.

- No, no! - The little arm.

Look, I'll just do one little thing, it's a little nothing.

- No! - It won't hurt a bit.

- It won't hurt a bit. - No!

- Okay. - The sooner we do it, the better.

- It's very good. - No!

- No... - Come on.

Hello.

How are you doing?

Meow.

Are you a kitten?

Meow.

Do you like kittens?

Do you like God?

- I don't know. - Don't you know?

How does mom talk to God? What does she do?

- She does something with her hand. - Really?

Let's see.

Does mom do this when she talks to God?

Yes.

No, no!

It's one second, it's just a second.

- No! - It's a second.

Mom, Mom, Mom!

Dear believer, dear follower, Merry Christmas.

Today we bring you the carol "The Night the Holy Child was Born."

And remember, this Christmas is very important

because Stella Maris

will work the miracle and save the world.

Follow us.

The night the Holy Child was born

we will be shinning offering to our Lord.

We will be an offering, the spark in the star,

the nougat on the table.

The Virgin Mary shines like the sun

Stella Maris surround her.

Human torches for salvation

of the world, children, peace, and love.

We will be an offering, the spark in the star,

the meatball in the escudella.

The Sun will pierce the glass and won't break it

the evening the Holy Child is born.

We will be consumed by His brightness

disappearing into His great love.

We will be an offering. Let the flame shine.

Let the flame shine.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

They look hideous. Can we order more?

- Good morning. - Order them.

- Hello! - Good morning, how are you?

- Good, better, yes. - Yes?

I had a fever, but I'm fine.

Why didn't you stay home today too?

- Because I'm fine now. - Are you sure?

You look under the weather.

- Oh, by the way, Irene. - Yes?

Someone brought that for you.

- Patricia, let's carry on with this. - Yes, yes, yes.

- I'll order a long one. - Exactly.

Who brought it?

A man...

- José Antonio. - Yes?

Who brought the package?

A man who looked like a missionary,

he had a cross here, he handed me the package,

he didn't say a peep. He gave it to me and said: "For you."

Thank you.

So weird.

Are they all still locked up?

I think so.

May I ask how long ago you left?

- Ten years, more or less. - And they sent you this?

Why?

I don't know.

Do you know if there are any minors in there right now?

- One, Nora. - Okay.

Any physical or emotional violence...?

Are they held against their will?

Abuses of any kind?

Breathe. Step by step, this is hard.

Okay, let's cover the basics.

Have they ever been schooled?

- Yes? - Once, yes.

Because Social Services did...

Social Services?

- Did they intervene? - Once, by force.

- And it didn't go well. - Well...

If they intervened, there are legal proceedings.

This is good for us. And they must be registered,

there will be a case file and we can get it.

Do you know of anyone who may have useful information,

or documentation?

- Yes, my aunt Rosa. - Rosa.

- May I have her details? - Hello.

- Hello. - Hello.

We just came from lunch.

May I have her details?

Have you eaten in here when it's so nice outside?

We were fine here.

Okay, fine.

I'll call her.

Okay. Let's start here and see how it goes, okay?

- Good afternoon. - Hello.

Does my brother know anything?

Don't tell him anything.

- As you wish, but... - This is between you and me.

- Okay? - Of course.

- Please. - Between you and me, you and me.

Irene, I have to go, but I'll do everything in my power.

Let's do it right, okay?

Trust me.

Though most of the population interpreted

the end of the Mayan calendar as the end of the world,

it hasn't come to pass.

What will happen, according to many other people, is a spiritual change.

Shit.

- Hello, good morning. - Hello.

- Excuse me. - Yes?

Could you turn on the machine?

It's on.

Okay.

Can I have a black coffee?

Okay, coming right up.

How much will you pay to come hunting on these dates?

We enter the world of hunting by asking two questions.

There are around 2.6 million hunting guns in Spain.

It's one of the most important

activities in the country, but the question is this:

How much does it cost to be a hunter?

Hunting grounds, for 50-30 euros

you can spend the day in the countryside.

- Look, I'll leave it here. - Okay, thank you.

- I have a question. - Shoot.

I'm looking for a family in this town.

The Puig Barós.

Very religious, many sisters.

Oh, no. Religious? I...

I have no idea.

The dad works as a gardener or something.

They live at the other end of town.

Where?

The father works in the vineyards.

The others never come out.

Of course, no wonder.

If they never go out, how could I know?

Well...

Thanks.

What?

Going hunting?

Yes, hunting.

- See you. - Yes.

Thank you.

Will you come next month?

Next month I will...

Goodbye.

Dad!

Dad.

What are you doing out here?

Let's go inside the house.

What are you doing out here?

Nothing.

I brought food.

Come on, let's go.

Get into the house, Julia.

- Hello. - Hello, Irene.

How are you?

Better, thank you.

I found them.

What?

Enric, listen to me. Don't do anything, okay?

I've spoken to my sister-in-law, she's a lawyer,

and we'll do things right.

Enric, trust me.

- We're going to do things right. - Tomorrow's Christmas Eve.

I know.

They sent me a white dress, Enric.

So, please don't do anything.

This is intolerable!

Intolerable!

We'll report them for harassment, for kidnapping,

for police brutality!

If they went down on ETA members

as hard as they went down on us...

It would be a different story!

- Wont you help me? - That's it.

- Do I have to do it all by myself? - Come on.

Resu, zip up my dress.

You made it two sizes too small on purpose, to humiliate me.

You there, grab my purse.

Grab my purse.

This is your fault.

This is Satan's fault!

- The devil speaks through your lips! - Grab your mother's purse, Isaías.

They should have taken you two.

They were looking for you.

And not my poor girls, who aren't to blame for anything.

Where did they take them, God?

Don't worry, I've spoken to God.

This will come to nothing.

God has not abandoned us, He's testing our faith.

They won't touch a hair on the heads of the daughters of light.

Grab the video and get in the car, we have an appointment.

I'll give them a piece of my mind. Come on.

Put it in there.

Isa.

- Hello, Lemon-Lime! - Hi, Nora!

Come on!

Resurrección, come here.

You have to get in the picture.

Let's see, let's see... Look at me, Aina.

Say: "Mom loves us very much."

Mom loves us very much.

There, mom loves us very much.

Smile a little.

Nora!

- On top of the car. - No, no.

And that's it.

Well, what do you think?

Are these children happy or what?

- Yes, just a second... - May I take it?

Yes, of course, yes, please.

- It's yours. - This copy is for you.

Thank you, Nieves.

Mari Carmen, please, can you help me?

- Listen, Montserrat... - No, you listen to me.

Where are my daughters?

Your daughters are now being cared for.

By kidnapping them?

Taking them away from their mother? That's how you care for them?

Let's set the record straight,

it seems that here we don't know who kidnapped whom.

How could you do that to your daughters?

I've given them a roof over their heads.

A family, bread in their mouths, and God in their hearts.

What you've done is force your way into a house,

to tear poor frightened little girls from their mom's arms

and put them God knows where and with whom.

Montserrat, relax.

Rosa Puig.

Your sister.

She has stated that she had to teach your daughters

because you refused to send them to school.

And you kicked her out when she questioned your attitude.

Impossible.

My sister is dead.

How many years has it been since your daughters left the house?

My children are all perfect.

We'd have to see yours.

Well, we have Enric,

who's old enough to do military service.

We know that they've tried to locate him for some time.

The world doesn't need more violence.

Yes, he can make a conscientious objection.

Then there's Irene, who's of legal age,

she could also do some office management courses,

- or computers... - Agriculture, livestock...

Are you telling me what my children have to do?

Are they mine or yours?

Do you want your daughters to go home?

Well, your entire family needs to normalize.

But what's good about normal?

Forty kids crammed in a classroom under fluorescent lights,

that's good, do you like that?

That's enough!

Children have to play, free.

Let me make it a little clearer for you,

you're not following.

Or you take your daughters to school

or we'll have to remove them from your custody,

relocate them in different families

and take you to trial.

Do we want that?

No.

We'll be watching you closely.

Look.

Here we have everything.

Papers, documents, clippings...

Look, complaints by year.

Photos...

Everything.

I didn't know you had all this.

You never wanted to talk about it.

Irene, are you sure?

Yes.

Okay. Come on, let's go.

The first time you disappeared was at the end of '86.

I have the missing persons report here.

Laia Baró, who's she?

My mother's sister.

Your aunt Laia and your biological father

spent a long time looking for you.

Sorry, what's his name?

- Albert Sellarès. - Albert Sellarès.

But Albert finally gave up and got his life back on track.

This stands still until 1997.

What happened in '97?

Irene called the Hope Line.

Honey, you were very brave.

Her call and the complaint I filed

when they kicked me out of that house,

and I left Opus Dei set in motion the child protection process.

- Were you in the Opus Dei? - Yes, child, yes.

Life takes many turns, honey.

- Careful, it's pipping hot. - Thanks, love.

Are you okay?

They came in and took the girls away.

This was a high-profile case.

It was in the press, we have the clippings there.

- May I see? - Yes, look. Here they are.

- Check them out. - Thank you.

Okay...

"Six girls separated from their parents

who lived isolated in the forest.

The family professes a rare faith."

And perverse.

"The minors, neglected by their parents,

they lived with two older brothers, aged 18 and 19,

that have been left at home."

And I thought they were looking for us.

- May I keep this? - Yes, yes. Take it. Take it.

So, finally, the girls

were taken to a children's shelter to study their situation.

But it was all for naught, and they returned to their parents.

But why did they return home? I don't get it.

Back then, in the 1990s,

things were very different than they are now.

At that time there were many cults and...

I don't know, it wasn't that odd.

Yeah, but they're kids and it's a cult, right?

Well, yes, yes. Check out what the judge said.

He says they were fine with their mother.

And since they found no evidence of physical abuse,

they sent them home and they disappeared again.

Why did they disappear? What happened next?

About that... I don't...

Irene.

What happened next?

The world came to an end.

"Beloved daughter Sol:

It's me, your father.

The God of all souls.

Fear not.

For my will be done, I've heard your prayers.

I have a mission for your children.

They must go out into the world,

just as I did.

And prove that they are not corrupted by sin.

To this end, they won't relate to anyone other than their family.

They won't share their mission

nor of my daughter Sol's locutions.

If you do as I order,

soon all this will be over and I will fill you with joy.

No one will separate you from my immaculate heart.

If they fail in their mission,

terrible things will happen.

This is an ordeal you will have to endure."

Thy will be done.

My stuffed animal.

Go on, close the door first and then get the stuff.

Come on, carry it in.

Here.

Go ahead, take it all.

They're things for school.

- Let's go. - Isaías, lend me a hand.

This one is mine!

- This... - A backpack for each.

- Is this one yours? - I think so, may I have it?

- Look, Aina! - Whoa! It looks great on you.

Across the bridge is the workshop, understood?

Yes.

Come on, hurry up.

You're late.

Open up!

- You must go to school. - I don't want to!

I don't want to go!

I'll be waiting for you here at five o'clock.

- No! - Understood?

Excuse me, are you all right?

Yes, sorry.

I saw you and I don't know, were you crying?

No... I'm just late.

But you were standing.

- I was looking at the... - The cathedral?

Yes.

- It's beautiful, isn't it? - Yes. Well, sorry.

No, no, don't worry.

My name is Álex.

- And yours? - Thank you.

Álex.

- Please, more! - Hello.

- Holy shit, what a scare. - Dammit.

Close the door.

Hello.

- Hello. - Hello.

Do you like it?

No.

No?

What do you mean?

You're the new guy, aren't you?

Yes.

He's the guy with the recluse sisters. From the news.

I'm Quim.

What are you doing?

What are you doing? Relax.

What are you doing?

- Stop. - What the hell are you doing?

What's going on here?

This nutcase is carrying a knife.

Okay, take it easy.

Hand it over.

Easy, give it to me.

Give it to him.

What are you doing?

What the hell are you doing? What is this?

Isaías, right?

This is the Red Cross, Isaías.

And you're a conscientious objector.

If you feel like killing someone, enlist for the Congo war.

But not here.

Do you follow?

We're here to help people.

Got it?

- Got it? - Yes.

- The knife is mine. - The knife? We'll see.

741 to central.

Accident in Sant Andreu de Llavaneras.

We're on our way. Come on, let's go, let's go!

You, come with me.

You, turn that thing off.

Stay beside me and do as I say.

- Let's go! - Let's go!

Answer what you know.

- What? - Answer what you know.

I'm outside.

What is this?

I don't know.

It's here.

Nineteen.

- Thank you. - Do you study here?

Yes.

Is it your first day?

Yes.

- Well... - What's your name?

Thank you.

- Hello. - Hi, I'm here for the sewing school.

Mezzanine, door number two.

- Okay. Thank you, good day. - You're welcome, bye.

When you measure the chest circumference,

add a little more, otherwise it will be too tight

and it will look vulgar and show the bra and that's ugly.

How do we do it? Will you take our chest measurements?

Oh, Carme, do I have to measure your chest?

Do it yourself, or ask your partner... Hey!

You're late, aren't you? You're late.

- I got lost. - You got lost?

Well, we're in the center of the city,

not in the middle of the jungle.

Sit down, I won't let you in next time, sit there.

What? What's your name?

- Resurrección. - Resurrección.

Do you understand Catalan?

Yes? Very good.

What level are you at, girl?

- I don't know. - You don't know?

Well, we'll start with a basic pattern.

Okay, girls?

That will serve as a review for you, because, lately

you've been doing some terrible things.

Come on, let's go, quick, go!

Blanket!

Move!

- Toni! - Coming!

He isn't moving! Look at him!

- Look at him! - Press hard here.

Here, hold this.

- Okay. - Put the blanket on him.

Red.

Stretcher, go. A stretcher, stat!

Weak pulse, we're losing him. Bring the defibrillator.

- What? - The defibrillator, dammit!

Holy shit!

Okay, go ahead, start CPR. Go!

Last rites.

Last rites.

Last rites. Last rites.

What?

Last rites.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

let all virtue of the devil in you be extinguished

by laying our hands

and by calling on all the saints,

angels, archangels, patriarchs, apostles,

martyrs, virgins, and all the saints,

Amen.

What the hell are you doing? Out of the way, scram!

Dammit!

- Pulse. - There's no pulse.

Okay.

Okay, charge.

A hundred!

Out!

So, you're locked up at home

and this is the first time in history that you have seen the sun?

- Aren't you the kids on the paper? - Yes, they are. How embarrassing!

They say your mother's crazy.

Haven't you ever left the house?

I'm sure you can't even write your name.

Do you know what chewing gum is?

You're a crazy family!

Nothing. Give him 200.

Charge!

Out!

- Nothing, Toni. - Fuck.

Charge at 300.

Out!

Unsuccessful CPR attempt.

Time of death: 12:05 p.m.

What do you mean, death?

Cover him.

Hello.

Hello, pretty girl, are you here for the choir?

Yes, yes. I'm talking to you.

Are you here to sing?

Are you new?

Oh, come on, come along.

We'll wait for you, we're about to start.

Come on, hurry!

Did you do this?

- Yes. - Let's see?

I asked for a basic pattern.

I don't know what a pattern is.

How did you do it?

I don't know, sewing.

If you don't know how to make a basic pattern,

what can you do? Because this...

I sew.

Where did you learn?

Looking at the dresses in the movies.

Very good.

All right, class dismissed, girls.

Enric has found them.

Have you spoken to him?

I'm very happy, Irene.

What are you going to do?

- I don't know. - Will you report it?

I don't know, I wanted to have all the information and decide.

It's been so long that sometimes I wonder if...

if it really happened or I made it up, I don't know.

It happened and it's happening, Irene.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Good luck to you.

Girl, girl, girl. Someone left this for you.

What?

You have an admirer. You have an admirer, honey.

It's you.

- The drawing is very cool. - Yes.

I spent many years blaming myself

for the way things turned out.

- Good day. - Goodbye.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

But one day your brother ran away from that house

and another day, years later, you phoned.

In life you don't always get what you want, but...

if you try, you can make something change inside.

Even if it changes just a little.

It's not easy to report my mother, Rosa.

Your mother needs as much help as your sisters.

You can achieve something very important, honey.

What?

Let those girls who are in there know that the people outside...

haven't forgotten them.

Cecilia, you're going to get cold!

Come on, let's set the table!

Cecilia!

- Hello. - Hello.

Hello, good evening.

Hello.

Want a bag?

And a bottle of whiskey.

- Thank you, Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.

Goodbye.

- Hello. - Hello.

What?

I won't ask you where you were.

Or what's going on.

I don't want to be that kind of person.

But something is up with you.

I don't know if it's about me or... I haven't got a clue.

If you don't want to share

or you don't want me to be part of your life...

Please come with me to a police station.

What?

I need you to come with me to the police.

Please.

- Get this, don't run off. - I'm coming.

I'm coming, I'm coming. Easy, easy.

- Want to catch a movie? - What?

A movie, do you want to watch a movie?

Of course, yes.

Cool, let's go.

Bye, beautiful, see you tomorrow.

- Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.

Do you like it?

A lot.

I'm the king of the world!

This is intolerable, Montserrat.

We've built something very pure.

Very beautiful.

And now they want to destroy it.

The outside has infected them, like a virus.

If this carries on, they will win.

We must do something, Montserrat.

Everything all right, Mom?

How could I be all right?

My children have been taken away from me.

They're what I love most in this world.

But we're here.

Today, I spoke to God.

Do you know what He told me?

He told me that one of you has betrayed us.

Just imagine the look on my face

when God Himself tells me

that one of my children has betrayed our mission.

Who is Álex?

- Who is Álex? - A boy.

Do you like him?

You want to sleep with him?

- You're a prostitute. - No.

Why do you have his number then?

Resurrección.

I understand you, daughter.

I was your age too,

I also liked men.

But you're not normal, my child.

Nobody will love you like that

because our mission is different.

- Mom, stop it. - Oh, you want me to stop?

Now I'm the one doing things wrong?

Cecilia also disobeyed today.

Did she really? What did she do?

She has sung in the choir and made friends.

The choir, huh?

Do you like the choir, Cecilia?

Why do you want to join the choir?

You already have a band with your sisters.

Do you want to be better than the rest?

Sing.

Come on.

- Delight us with your talent. - Mom, stop it.

Shut up, Isaías.

Sing.

Sing. Sing, sing.

Sing!

Why do you think you're in the back?

Mom!

- Because you sing terribly. - That's not true, Cecilia.

- Right? She sings terribly. - You sing very well, Cecilia.

- Yes, yes. - It's true. Cut it out now!

Don't you dare raise your voice to me, Zogo!

I've given you life.

I've kept you from evil.

I've shielded you from the world!

I gave you a mission and you pay me back like this!

There's no mission.

God doesn't speak to you.

We don't have to save the world, Mom.

The world is out there and we have to live in it.

You had that opportunity.

But we don't.

You've stolen it from us.

- What are you saying? - You must admit you got it wrong.

- What did you say? - The truth.

I won't stay locked up in this house again.

You like the world out there, don't you?

You like it very much.

Do you think the world will love you

as your family loves you?

Like God loves you?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Do you think your boyfriend will love you

if he knows all about you?

Mom.

What are you doing?

Irene Puig Baró?

Yes, it's me.

- Hello. - Hello.

- Shall we? - Hello.

- I'm her attorney. - Hi, nice to meet you.

Do you want me to come too?

Yes.

Yes.

I didn't have a normal childhood.

When I was eight years old,

my mother decided to lock my brother and me

in an isolated house in the mountains.

I grew up there with my brother, Enric, and my sisters.

Enric and I had known the outside world, but they had not.

For them, the world, of course, is a terrible place

and bad, because...

That's what my mother told them.

And then...

My mother began to say that God was speaking to her...

That we had a mission: to save the world...

And this only made things worse because...

She started to scare the hell out of us.

And she started to control everything we did through...

God.

And...

Of course, we were very small and we believed her.

So, when you got out of there...

Then, when I finally managed to get out of there,

I met Ricardo.

My mother had led me to believe that if I said

where I came from, they'd never love me, so that's why...

I decided not to tell him anything and I clammed up and...

But, in spite of that, he saved my life.

Because, when I got out of there...

I was so lost.

Fearful.

Very insecure.

Feeling...

very different from the rest.

Thanks to him and thanks to my job, little by little I learned to...

to communicate better...

to make my own decisions, to stop...

feeling so different.

It has been very hard for me.

That's why I'm here, I'm doing this for my sisters.

Because I want them to have the right to education.

So that they can get to know the outside world.

And so that they can make their own decisions without coercion.

So they may have a life, so that...

So they can think for themselves, so they can...

They can have access to all those things that I didn't...

Before it's too late.

Thank you very much, Irene.

Do you think your sisters could be in danger?

Yes.

Revelation chapter 12:

Now a great sign appeared in heaven at the end of the world:

a woman clothed with the sun,

with the moon under her feet,

and on her head a garland of twelve stars.

Then being with child.

She cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.

How do I look?

You look very pretty, Mom.

You look very pretty.

And another sign appeared in heaven:

behold, a great, fiery red dragon

having seven heads and ten horns,

and seven diadems on his heads.

What are you doing there?

What's wrong with him?

- Is he okay? - Did you find them?

Hey!

Are you okay?

He's drunk.

Where are you going?

I'm going to see my mother.

Where did you say you're going?

- Where? - To see his mother.

I'm going to see my mother!

Let's get out of here.

To see my mother!

The dragon's tail drew

a third of the stars of heaven

and threw them to the earth.

Mom!

And the dragon stood before the woman,

to devour her children.

Mom!

She bore a male Child

who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.

Open up!

It's me.

I'm Isaías. Isaías!

But that son was snatched away from God by the devil.

Isaías.

The devil!

Zogo!

Mom, what are you doing?

- Let me in. - Get out.

- Let me in. - Weren't you leaving?

- Let me in. - Leave. Go away!

I'm coming in!

And war broke out in heaven:

Michael and his angels fought with the dragon.

They're here!

They cannot leave.

Let me in! Pep, what's going on?

- Get out of here! - Let me in!

- Get the out of here! - Pep!

Let me in now. What's going on?

Zogo.

Calm down, Isaías!

- He's gone mad! Montserrat. - Dad?

- Dad? - It's daddy!

Montserrat, your son has gone mad!

Stay away, hide!

Hide!

- Why? - Dad...

- Dad! - Dad...

He wants to kill me!

Get out of here!

Get out!

Get out!

Get out! Get out!

- Go away. - Go away, go away!

Go away!

Go away!

Go away, go away!

Go away!

- Resu... - Go away!

But the dragon did not prevail.

So the great dragon was cast out,

that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan,

who deceives the whole world.

He was cast to the earth,

and his angels were cast out with him.

Mom!

You failed to comply with God's will.

You have failed in your mission.

And that has brought about the apocalypse.

But we can still save the world.

This requires self-sacrifice.

Blow out the candles.

Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,

"Now salvation has come,

and the power and the kingdom of our Messiah...

for the accuser of our brethren,

who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down."

And we overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,

and we did not love our lives to the death.

We have defeated evil

thanks to the word and the testimony we gave.

Irene, sorry.

This will take time, be patient.

- Okay, thank you. - Thank you.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

We have overcome evil by sacrificing our lives.

What?

Are you sure?

The sacrifice has worked.

God knows that we obey and respect Him.

And He won't destroy the world.

It's not my home!

It's not!

Enric!

It's okay, I'm here.

I'm here, can you hear me?

You will return!