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سینماتک www.30tk.ir My grandfather told me when I was a kid

he could listen to the coyotes howling at night.

He could see the herd of buffaloes pass by.

He was taught that the gods were the thunder,

the sun and the rain.

That the land was for everyone.

But when the white men arrived,

this became a disaster.

My mother was a Chiricaguan Indian

and that's where my nickname came from.

Chiricahua.

My dad was a missionary who came to Santa Fe

in New Mexico

supposedly to turn the Indians into Christians.

And to make the matters worse,

my father had the bad idea

of knocking up the Chief's daughter, my mom.

My grandpa did not take long turn him into a martyr.

No! No!

No, don't kill me, I beg you!

No!

No, don't kill me!

Being half Indian and half Mexican

has its advantages.

With the Apaches, I'm okay.

I get them some things, like guns, and they respect us,

to me and the Mexican family with whom I work as a cowboy.

But the Indians are more violent than ever.

Wagons full of pale faces keep arriving from far east.

Now, I just heard that we are not Mexicans anymore.

That the Yankees already own half of Mexico.

Now the situation is getting rough.

Calm down.

It would've been easier if you had sold.

If you had moved.

Hang him up.

Rope him up!

Jacinto,

check how many cows went down to the water.

Yeah, pa.

Chiricahua.

Morning, Don Joaquin.

How many did you get?

Not too much.

Most of the cowboys are heading west, boss.

They say here's a lot of gold over there.

If we can not get anymore cowboys,

we're gonna have to go and do it ourselves.

But that cattle has to be in Kansas this month.

It's dangerous, Don Joaquin.

There's a lot of cow snatchers over there.

And the Indians are very upset.

That's why we're taking you with us, Chiricahua.

Okay, Don Joaquin.

With the Apaches on this side of Texas, we have no problems.

They are friends.

But the Comanches beyond the north,

they're very cruel.

Even hate their mothers.

Hey, Papa, I need to go to town.

Who can take me right now?

You, Chiricahua, you can take her.

Of course, Don Joaquin.

Anything you say.

Hey, wait, I'm going with you.

Jacinto, we're not done here yet.

Come on, Dad, I need to buy some things.

All right.

You're such a pain in the ass.

Don't worry, Don Joaquin,

we'll be back very soon.

All right, take care.

Be right back, I'm going with Don Pancho.

I'm going for some things.

Okay, I'll wait for you here.

Good morning, Don Pancho, how are you?

Juanita, how you been?

You look very nice today.

What do you need?

This is the list, I hope you can read my writing.

Oh, it'll be ready in a minute, yeah.

That's fine.

This county of San Marcos

has always been a very quiet place.

I remember when my grandpa told me

that the wind not always blow in the same direction

and now I get it.

You can start to feel an air of tragedy.

Come on.

Hi, my name is Jacinto.

Hi, my name is Ellie.

Are you a newcomer?

- Yes. - I had not seen you before.

My family and I recently arrived here.

Where do you come from?

From New York.

Wow!

That's not very similar to this.

I don't know.

Hey, would you like to have a soda with me?

I'm sorry but my brothers are waiting for me.

But, I...

It's Don Laureano.

Son of bitch.

They killed Don Laureano.

This will be like a kick in the balls to Don Joaquin.

He was his compadre and his best friend.

Here you go, Juanita.

Thank you, Don Pancho.

Please put it on my tab. I will, of course.

This little pretty Mexican girl,

she's not bad at all.

What's your name, precious?

Where you from?

Hey, I'm talking to you!

Will you please take your hands off of me?

Hey, it's okay.

We just want to know you, pretty.

They say Mexican girls kiss pretty well.

Let's see.

Hey, you leave her alone.

You keep out of this, old man,

or we'll burn your fucking store down.

No!

We don't want any problems.

Just leave her.

Get out of here.

This fucker has big balls.

He surely is the boyfriend of this mamacita.

It's your boyfriend, mamacita?

What you need is a real man.

No!

Chiricahu, no, don't do it!

Mamacita saved you.

Jacinto, where the fuck is Jacinto?

What happened?

We'll explain later, move it!

Yah! Yah!

Fuck!

It's so painful what happened with Laureano.

They say he was killed for assaulting them.

Nobody knows that yet.

Let's see,

if they had wanted to assault him,

they would've shot him right then and there.

Why did they hang him?

For Christ sake,

this is not an appropriate topic for the dinner table.

I have heard that Texans

want to get all Mexicans out of the state.

Maybe it could've been that.

Can they do that, Dad?

Of course not, son, but we must be very careful.

All kinds of people are coming to this state.

By the way,

what happened yesterday in the store of Don Pancho?

What happened?

Nothing, Papa.

Just two gringos that were getting aggressive

but Chiricahua knew how to control them.

Nothing happened.

Who we should help is Marta and her daughters.

Martha.

Martha, you're gonna need help at the farm.

I can recommend a good foreman.

I really don't know what's going to happen.

Without Laureano, things are going to be very difficult.

There is already someone

who has made us an offer for the ranch.

What do you mean an offer?

When?

Some days ago.

They talked to Laureano.

How strange.

He didn't tell me anything.

He did not want to talk about it.

You know, when I tried to talk about it even he got upset.

Good morning, Ramon.

We're dismayed because of the death

of my compadre, Laureano.

Man, I know.

It was a terrible thing.

Do you know something?

Who could have done it and why?

Nothing, Don Joaquin.

Maybe it was a robbery.

Laureano was very appreciated all over the county.

Everyone loved him

and if they killed him, it wasn't for stealing,

at least by no on from here.

I agree with you, Don Joaquin,

and by the way they did it,

I'm sure there were many of them, not just one.

May I?

I have something to say.

The day they brought Don Laureano's body back,

I saw something, something strange.

His boots and his clothes were muddy.

There has been no rain these days.

What was Don Laureano doing in the mud?

I think someone was chasing, chasing him in the mud.

Something else I noticed.

He had a stain on his brand new white shirt

but it was different from the others.

It was like a coffee stain but it wasn't coffee.

It was tobacco.

Don Laureano didn't use chewing tobacco.

Hey, Ellie, how are you?

Jacinto, right?

You remember me.

Do you live nearby?

Yes, behind those hills.

And you?

Over there, on that side.

Can I ride with you?

Of course.

Even though you're from New York,

you don't ride that badly.

And you, despite being Mexican, you're very civilized.

Excuse me?

What do you mean, "civilized?"

How do you see us in New York?

I'm sorry, that was very rude.

But there, the idea of Mexican is a rustler,

a bandit, a robber.

I'm sorry, I am.

I didn't want to tell you

but the reason I approached you was just for that,

to get you!

Oh yeah?

But you must catch me first.

Yah, go, yah!

Be calm, Ellie.

No, you be calm.

Those are my brothers.

Where were you, Ellie?

Father was looking for you.

Just went out for a ride, brother.

Who is he?

Just a...

Just a friend.

A friend?

Fuck!

Bill, what are you doing?!

He was with the Indian that day they attacked us!

Jacinto.

Jacinto!

Don Joaquin!

Don Joaquin!

Jacinto!

Jacinto!

Whoa.

Whoa.

Easy.

Jacinto.

Help me get him in the house, come on.

The bullet just passed through his shoulder.

He's going to be all right, don't worry.

Who could have done this to him?

I don't know but they're going to pay for it.

What's happening here?

This was a quiet place.

Father, could you please tell your crazy son over here

not to shoot people for no reason?!

My sister, we are in the wild, wild west

and that little friend of yours I shot,

together with a damned Indian and a Mexican bitch,

tried to kill us.

Right, brother?

That's right, Dad.

We didn't do nothing'.

Just like her mother.

And you two, pair of leaches.

Your sister was right.

I won't allow anymore bullshit like this right here!

We have big business to realize

and I won't permit nothin' that will muck it all up!

That goes for you two.

Tomorrow I will visit Iturralde's widow.

What if she doesn't sell?

The bitch will sell.

Mmmm.

Don't move, my son.

Jacinto,

tell me what happened.

I was riding, then I found Ellie

on the road to Santa Lucia.

Ellie?

Who's Ellie?

She's a friend I met in town.

We had to stop.

Some guys were blocking the middle of the road.

They were her brothers.

What?

Ellie told them not to shoot.

That's all I remember.

But why did they shoot you?

I don't know.

Maybe they were confused.

Howdy, half brother.

Howdy, Filthy.

What're you doing down here?

You surely have a problem, that's why you came down here.

That's right.

You know why we came here.

Now the army's getting in our way.

Things are getting much worse.

Jeronimo, Colchis and Indian Victoria have reunited.

They will create a tribes union.

We need more weapons.

Okay, I'm going to look for the smuggler.

I will bring them to you.

Do you have cash?

Of course we do.

We have a whole lot of buffalo furs as well

and gold we stole from miners in California.

Okay.

Say hello to La Raza.

Okay.

We will see you soon.

Miss Iturralde.

Good morning, I'm Charles McKenzie.

I'm real sorry what happened to your husband.

I'm sure he was a great man and a loving father.

Thank you, Mr. McKenzie.

Are you the person interested in buying the ranch?

Indeed, ma'am.

You husband and I, we had a conversation about it.

Unfortunately, we had a disagreement on it.

Will you please come in?

Indeed, ma'am.

Something to drink, sir?

Thank you, ma'am, but I'm fine.

I wonder if your husband told you

something about the proposal.

We talked about it a full afternoon, we did.

He told me something about it.

But tell me, Mr. McKenzie,

why are you so interested in buying the ranch?

We have a very big company, all right?

The headquarters are in New York City

and we are now in an expansion process

and incorporation of Texas to the U.S.,

well that gives us opportunities.

We wanna join the Pacific with the Atlantic by the railroad.

Does any of this make any sense?

This zone is very important to us

and your place is not the only property

we are wishing to buy.

There are more, all right?

My grandparents are buried in this place.

My parents.

My husband's parents

and now he is buried here as well.

Here are all my roots.

Here I have all my history.

Now I have no place else to go.

Just think about it, ma'am.

We made a good proposal.

Your daughters and you could move to a better

and more peaceful place.

I'm talking about the rest of your lives.

I will think about it, Mr. McKenzie.

Well, I have to thank you, ma'am.

Excuse me, have a nice day.

Well.

Huh?

There must be some other way to convince that widow.

Good morning.

Is this the Villarreal's ranch?

Yes it is, señorita.

How may I help you?

Sorry, I'm Ellie.

I'm a good friend of Jacinto.

Just came to see how he was

and brought him some cookies.

Sure, may I help you down?

You have a visitor?

Visit?

From who?

Oh shit.

Oh, hey!

What?

What're you doing? I'm combing you.

Can't you see that?

Your hair looks like crap. Stop it.

Please!

Hey.

You need to listen to me

and listen to me well.

The sister of the guys

with whom I had a fight with at the store,

she's right outside.

Be careful,

okay?

Okay.

Okay.

May I?

Ellie.

Good to see you, come in.

How are you?

Please, sit down.

Jacinto,

I'm really sorry about what happened with my brothers.

It was a misunderstanding.

They didn't want to do it, so...

Relax, it's okay.

Fortunately, your brother is a bad shot.

Besides, being from New York, you don't ride that badly.

Mmmmm.

You can't go in.

Excuse me?

What?

Jacinto has company.

Company from who?

From a girlfriend.

Girlfriend?

Jacinto doesn't have a girlfriend.

Yes he does.

Her name is Ellie.

And she brought cookies.

Come on, girls, I don't want you to stay here alone.

Why are we going to town, Mama?

Your father left unfinished business

and I have to send a telegram to Chicago.

Let's go.

We hate this place, Mama.

I understand, sweetie.

I feel like everybody hates us just because we're Mexican.

That's true.

Now some workers believe that they're the bosses now.

I don't know why that is.

One worker told me, "Now that you live in my country,

"you do it this way now."

Don't worry.

You will get used to it.

I wanna live somewhere else.

But where?

I don't know where.

Like Boston,

Philadelphia, somewhere with more people.

Here, this is what I wanna dedicate to.

Fashion designer, right here.

This is what I want to do.

I don't want to stay here husking corn or making cheeses.

What about you, Elena?

What do you want to do?

Me, I want to marry a rich millionaire.

To never work again a day in my life.

Okay, if that is what you want.

We're moving to the east.

We're going to sell everything and start a whole new life.

Uh huh.

There I will meet my prince charming.

Yah! Yah!

We will have to have a farewell party for us.

We will invite the whole town.

We are still in mourning, dears, don't forget.

Yes, Mama.

No!

Help me, please!

I...

Must...

Mama!

Elena!

No!

No, no, no!

Oh God.

Oh my God.

Wait here.

Senora Iturralde, it's me, Ramon.

Come in.

Senora,

I'm so very sorry.

What did we do to deserve this?

Whoever done it,

we're going to catch them.

Because, you see, I'm a man of my word.

You see their faces?

Indians.

They were Indians.

Collin!

Wake up, let's go!

What?

Oh yes, oh sorry, boss.

Hello there.

Miss Villarreal.

At your service.

Hola.

Martha, what happened?

Anna.

I want to die.

Don't say that.

Accord to Miss Iturralde,

there were four or five Indians who attacked them.

This happened just after leaving the ranch

on their way to town.

They must be near.

Let's go find them and hang them.

Ain't that what we're here for?

I'm sure they're trying to escape

through the mountain range.

I need volunteers to go up there and drag them out.

You count me in.

I'm going too.

Me too.

Don't you think all this is very strange?

Indians have never attacked our women before.

They have always respected the agreement.

But now the Indians are really pissed off.

The whites are stealing their lands.

You think it's Chiricahua?

We're losing time.

The longer we take, the further they're gonna get away.

Let's go get 'em.

I hope you're not going to commit an injustice, Ramon.

Yah!

Chiricahua, what're you doing here?

What did you do after I saw you yesterday?

What are you talking about?

We were with the buyers.

We sold them a lot of quality furs.

What is it?

They're coming for you.

Why are they coming for us?

Three white women were raped yesterday.

They say they were Indians.

And there are no more Indians around here but you.

You better get the hell out of here right now!

Too late, they are coming now!

Look!

You stay here.

I'll go talk with them.

Chiricahua, what the fuck are you doing here?

He done told them that we were coming from him.

Just remember, he's an Indian too.

They didn't do it!

And how the fuck do you know that?

Because they were with me yesterday.

Oh yeah, so you could've been with them

when they attacked the women.

Don't say shit, Samuel.

We know each other.

An Indian is an Indian.

He always will be.

You tell them to give up.

Only if you give them your word you won't hurt them.

Okay.

Samuel, what the hell was that?!

Go get them.

You better drop them guns.

Let's kill 'em here, once and for all.

No!

Why not?!

They did it!

I'm sure of it!

You shoot them and you'll die.

We're going to take them to town

and they're going to have a fair trial.

Good afternoon, Don Joaquin.

Good afternoon, Ramon.

How can you be so sure that they did it?

They were in the same areas where the crime accord.

Oh yeah?

That doesn't mean anything.

They came to visit me yesterday.

You know people want revenge, Ramon.

I hope you don't do something stupid.

We must find the Indians who did this.

I'll go to where they were attacked.

Until then, I'll visit the Iturralde's.

That fucking Indian owes me one.

Cool it, brother.

Remember what father told us.

No scandals.

Okay.

Okay.

Everything's gonna be perfect, little brother.

As soon as they lock up those Indians, it's all over.

That's right.

It gets even better.

I heard they won't even wait for a trial.

They'll hang 'em before that.

God loves us, little brother.

Amen.

But listen,

after this, the widow will surely sell.

Yeah and before they leave,

I'd like to give another surprise to the daughter.

Me, the other one.

Marta, they caught some Indians and imprisoned them.

The people want to lynch them.

But we can't let another injustice take place.

I know this is a nightmare for you

but we need you to identify them.

All the tragedy that's happening in our community,

in particular with the Iturralde family,

it's because we have strayed from the path of God.

Much like a lamb leaves the flock,

we have let the devil inside our house like a plague.

Those Indians

really are

innocents.

It's Satan using them as instruments

and the only way

to free this family from the curse

is to get closer to the church.

Sharing their wealth to make the church greater

and God will be

grateful.

Well.

What's going on?