1 00:00:01,669 --> 00:00:05,172 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:16,934 --> 00:00:20,061 So I'm trying to understand Buenos Aires, 3 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:22,356 but I've only got a week. 4 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:25,776 ♪ ♪ 5 00:00:51,969 --> 00:00:55,096 ♪ I took a walk through this ♪ 6 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:58,141 ♪ Beautiful world ♪ 7 00:00:58,183 --> 00:01:00,101 ♪ Felt the cool rain ♪ 8 00:01:00,143 --> 00:01:03,271 ♪ On my shoulder ♪ 9 00:01:03,313 --> 00:01:05,190 ♪ Found something good ♪ 10 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:09,277 ♪ In this beautiful world ♪ 11 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:14,616 ♪ I felt the rain getting colder ♪ 12 00:01:16,035 --> 00:01:18,620 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la ♪ 13 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:21,999 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la ♪ 14 00:01:22,041 --> 00:01:25,044 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la ♪ 15 00:01:25,084 --> 00:01:29,631 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la ♪ 16 00:01:32,175 --> 00:01:35,637 ♪ ♪ 17 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:06,085 Kind of amazing they work, you know? 18 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:09,004 I'm still, like, I look at a plane and I'm figuring... 19 00:02:09,046 --> 00:02:11,339 I understand scientifically how they fly, 20 00:02:11,381 --> 00:02:13,467 but it doesn't look like it should work. 21 00:02:13,508 --> 00:02:14,760 No, it doesn't. 22 00:02:14,761 --> 00:02:16,011 That's a big hunk of metal. 23 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:17,763 Yeah. 24 00:02:17,805 --> 00:02:19,556 And who are these people? 25 00:02:19,598 --> 00:02:21,217 They're waiting for friends to arrive or no? 26 00:02:21,224 --> 00:02:22,260 They're just here looking at planes. 27 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:24,185 Yes, it's popular. 28 00:02:24,227 --> 00:02:27,982 You come here, and you watch a couple of planes come and go. 29 00:02:28,023 --> 00:02:29,295 The whole family. 30 00:02:29,296 --> 00:02:30,567 Yeah. 31 00:02:30,609 --> 00:02:34,195 ♪ ♪ 32 00:02:34,237 --> 00:02:38,199 Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, 33 00:02:38,241 --> 00:02:40,995 second largest country in South America. 34 00:02:41,036 --> 00:02:44,581 It's got a quirky, unique character all its own. 35 00:02:50,295 --> 00:02:55,216 It looks like no other place, and it feels unlike any other. 36 00:02:55,258 --> 00:02:58,637 ♪ ♪ 37 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:09,064 Oh, silence. 38 00:03:09,106 --> 00:03:10,565 Yeah, right? 39 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:15,236 It's very pretty here. 40 00:03:15,278 --> 00:03:16,356 I mean, it's really beautiful. 41 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:18,239 I'm glad I came in the summer. 42 00:03:18,281 --> 00:03:19,741 It's really quiet. 43 00:03:19,783 --> 00:03:22,119 It's got sort of a mournful, sad, 44 00:03:22,161 --> 00:03:24,121 sweet quality that I like. 45 00:03:24,163 --> 00:03:26,456 Fits with the architecture. 46 00:03:26,498 --> 00:03:29,793 ♪ ♪ 47 00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:02,325 Where does everybody go? 48 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:05,286 Like now, where is everybody? 49 00:04:05,328 --> 00:04:06,517 The city's empty. 50 00:04:06,518 --> 00:04:12,002 The month of January, everyone's gone for the holidays. 51 00:04:12,044 --> 00:04:14,295 January and February are the hottest months here, 52 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:16,527 middle of summer and most Porteños 53 00:04:16,528 --> 00:04:20,552 who can afford it get out of town to cooler climes. 54 00:04:20,594 --> 00:04:22,971 They go to Uruguay or Mar del Plata, 55 00:04:23,013 --> 00:04:27,809 which our beach, or to Patagonia or to the north. 56 00:04:30,353 --> 00:04:32,189 - I have a home in Patagonia. - Uh-huh. 57 00:04:32,231 --> 00:04:33,523 Far away from any restaurant. 58 00:04:33,565 --> 00:04:36,317 It has no internet, no electricity, no phone. 59 00:04:36,359 --> 00:04:38,779 I mean, it's a little anti-social, for a guy 60 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:41,156 who's a communicator... You're all over television. 61 00:04:41,198 --> 00:04:45,326 Yeah, I... I'm not very social. 62 00:04:45,368 --> 00:04:47,328 Chef-Restaurateur Francis Mallmann 63 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:49,915 is one of the biggest and most influential figures 64 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:53,334 in Latin American gastronomy, a TV star, 65 00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:56,755 head of a restaurant empire, and now in middle age, 66 00:04:56,797 --> 00:05:00,341 gives delightfully few shits about anything unimportant. 67 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:01,718 This is a restaurant I love. 68 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,366 Carlitos. 69 00:05:03,367 --> 00:05:04,972 He serves you whatever he has. 70 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:06,514 There's no menu. 71 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:10,435 ♪ ♪ 72 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:13,147 Of all the places in the world 73 00:05:13,188 --> 00:05:15,356 that Francis Mallmann can eat and has eaten, 74 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:18,359 it's this place he wanted to take me to, 75 00:05:18,401 --> 00:05:20,737 Bodegón Don Carlitos. 76 00:05:20,779 --> 00:05:22,572 It's him and his wife in the kitchen 77 00:05:22,614 --> 00:05:23,824 with the two daughters. 78 00:05:23,825 --> 00:05:26,952 There's nobody else, and they've been open for 45 years. 79 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:29,288 An unassuming family-run joint 80 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,664 across from the soccer stadium. 81 00:05:30,705 --> 00:05:32,624 So who are the customers ordinarily? 82 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:34,542 You... you know, he doesn't have prices. 83 00:05:34,584 --> 00:05:36,670 It's fun because you see very simple people, 84 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:39,047 and if you look sort of wealthy and elegant, 85 00:05:39,089 --> 00:05:42,259 you will get a big check, and if not, 86 00:05:40,423 --> 00:05:42,259 you will get a small check. 87 00:05:42,301 --> 00:05:43,260 That's the way it works. 88 00:05:43,302 --> 00:05:44,462 - Ah, this is Carlitos. - Carlitos. 89 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:45,283 How do you do, sir? 90 00:05:45,284 --> 00:05:46,096 How are you? 91 00:05:46,138 --> 00:05:47,264 Welcome. 92 00:05:47,265 --> 00:05:48,389 Thank you. 93 00:05:48,431 --> 00:05:50,058 Oh, beautiful. 94 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:53,394 I will have this guy. 95 00:05:53,436 --> 00:05:56,397 There are gods here besides tango and football, 96 00:05:56,439 --> 00:05:57,920 or soccer, as we call it. 97 00:05:57,921 --> 00:05:59,400 There is beef. 98 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:03,113 Porteños, as residents of Buenos Aires are called, 99 00:06:03,155 --> 00:06:07,408 like beef and meat in general, but particularly beef. 100 00:06:07,450 --> 00:06:08,994 That's fantastic. 101 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:10,329 Man, I love this place already. 102 00:06:10,369 --> 00:06:11,412 Yes, I love meat. 103 00:06:11,454 --> 00:06:13,665 I eat meat every day. 104 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:14,562 The morcilla. 105 00:06:14,563 --> 00:06:15,416 Now that's exciting. 106 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:17,294 This is one of my favorite things on Earth. 107 00:06:17,336 --> 00:06:18,420 Boudin. 108 00:06:18,421 --> 00:06:19,504 Love it. 109 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:21,422 ♪ ♪ 110 00:06:21,464 --> 00:06:23,424 Now, it's a proud country. 111 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:25,970 I mean, one of the stereotypes is that Argentines 112 00:06:25,971 --> 00:06:28,596 are too proud, that they're... and full of themselves. 113 00:06:28,638 --> 00:06:30,307 Vain, proud. 114 00:06:30,349 --> 00:06:33,476 If this is so, why is psychotherapy 115 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:35,436 so huge in this country? 116 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:38,439 I mean, this is the kingdom of doubt. 117 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:40,441 You know, my kids have been to the shrink 118 00:06:40,483 --> 00:06:43,153 since they're eight for a year or two 119 00:06:43,195 --> 00:06:44,654 because, you know, go to the shrink 120 00:06:44,696 --> 00:06:47,448 and talk to someone who you don't know. 121 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:49,659 With whom you can say whatever you want. 122 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:52,453 I did it myself a couple of years when I was 30. 123 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:53,955 I mean, it's an extraordinary thing 124 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:56,457 because in many cultures to confess that you need 125 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:59,336 to even confide in someone is seen as a sign of weakness. 126 00:06:59,378 --> 00:07:01,880 Here everybody does it and in no way frown upon it. 127 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:03,464 Mm-hmm. 128 00:07:03,506 --> 00:07:05,863 It's kind of cool, 'cause I could... I really, 129 00:07:05,864 --> 00:07:08,345 I could use somebody that I... I need somebody to talk to. 130 00:07:08,387 --> 00:07:09,888 Have you ever done it? 131 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:11,848 Um... 132 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:16,958 I was a teenager and my parents 133 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:19,689 caught me with drugs and as part of the deal 134 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:24,403 to stay out of, uh... Stay out of trouble, 135 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,364 I saw a therapist briefly. 136 00:07:27,406 --> 00:07:29,490 Mm-hmm. 137 00:07:29,532 --> 00:07:33,494 Meet Marianna, my therapist. 138 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:36,081 Argentina has the distinction of being home 139 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:39,814 to more headshrinkers per capita than anywhere else 140 00:07:39,815 --> 00:07:41,169 in the world. 141 00:07:41,211 --> 00:07:42,587 So, Tony, what brought you here? 142 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:44,089 What brought me here? 143 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:48,218 Well, things have been happening, like I will find myself 144 00:07:48,260 --> 00:07:51,388 in an airport, for instance, and I'll order 145 00:07:51,389 --> 00:07:52,764 an airport hamburger. 146 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,182 It's an insignificant thing. 147 00:07:54,224 --> 00:07:54,975 It's a small thing. 148 00:07:54,976 --> 00:07:55,725 It's a hamburger. 149 00:07:55,767 --> 00:07:57,518 - Yeah. - But it's not a good one. 150 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:58,812 Suddenly I look at the hamburger, 151 00:07:58,853 --> 00:08:01,689 and I find myself in a spiral of depression. 152 00:08:01,731 --> 00:08:03,525 Yes. 153 00:08:03,526 --> 00:08:05,319 That can last for days. 154 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,322 George Orwell said something that really upset me 155 00:08:08,363 --> 00:08:09,906 because he talked about human beings 156 00:08:09,948 --> 00:08:13,701 are essentially tubes into which we shove food. 157 00:08:13,743 --> 00:08:14,599 Mm-hmm. 158 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,454 And this is my job. 159 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,538 I travel around the world with these people, 160 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:20,250 and... and they turn on the cameras, 161 00:08:20,292 --> 00:08:22,543 and then for a certain period of time, 162 00:08:22,585 --> 00:08:26,547 my job is to shove food into my face. 163 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:31,011 And... And what's wrong with that? 164 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:36,557 Um... You have to eat. 165 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,104 ♪ ♪ 166 00:08:44,983 --> 00:08:47,568 Wow, look at that. 167 00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:49,570 They don't just mess around here, right? 168 00:08:49,612 --> 00:08:51,281 It's beautiful. 169 00:08:51,282 --> 00:08:53,616 Something... It's perfect food. 170 00:08:58,621 --> 00:09:03,418 Wow. I mean, it's really unnecessarily delicious. 171 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:04,628 What kind of food is this? 172 00:09:04,629 --> 00:09:05,795 Where is it rooted? 173 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:07,629 Between Italy and Spain, and then a bit 174 00:09:07,630 --> 00:09:10,591 of the gaucho too, with the meat and the way he cooks it. 175 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:14,304 'Cause La Boca, this neighborhood, is very Italian. 176 00:09:14,346 --> 00:09:16,848 They say that this is where tango was born, 177 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:19,726 in this little street, two blocks away here 178 00:09:19,727 --> 00:09:21,102 called Caminito. 179 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:24,605 ♪ ♪ 180 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:30,611 And where does that come from emotionally? 181 00:09:30,653 --> 00:09:31,842 The need for tango. 182 00:09:31,843 --> 00:09:33,031 Why here? 183 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:36,034 Tango is extremely sad. 184 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,786 It's about love, about despair. 185 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:41,789 It's about poverty, and the dance, I think, 186 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:44,543 is one of the most elegant dances in the world. 187 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:50,048 You know, they barely move, and... and suddenly, they stop. 188 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:53,552 When they stop, you know, you tremble because you feel 189 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:58,014 that the man is sort of... inside of her almost, 190 00:09:58,056 --> 00:09:59,640 and then he goes on. 191 00:09:59,682 --> 00:10:03,103 ♪ ♪ 192 00:10:34,008 --> 00:10:37,554 ♪ ♪ 193 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:45,061 It's crushingly lonely. 194 00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:47,730 I travel over 200 days a year. 195 00:10:47,772 --> 00:10:51,234 ♪ ♪ 196 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,457 So I had this dream again that I've had as long 197 00:11:05,458 --> 00:11:07,167 as I can remember. 198 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:11,712 I'm stuck in a vast, old Victorian hotel 199 00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:13,965 with endless rooms and hallways, 200 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:17,760 trying to check out but I can't. 201 00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:21,222 ♪ ♪ 202 00:11:21,264 --> 00:11:25,623 I spend a lot of time in hotels, but this one is menacing 203 00:11:25,624 --> 00:11:27,646 because I just can't leave it. 204 00:11:27,686 --> 00:11:31,024 ♪ ♪ 205 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:42,410 And then there's another part to this dream always, 206 00:11:42,452 --> 00:11:44,162 where I'm trying to go home, 207 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:48,333 but I can't quite remember where that is. 208 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:51,127 Hm, are you alone? 209 00:11:51,169 --> 00:11:54,755 I'm alone in this dream, yes. 210 00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:58,259 ♪ ♪ 211 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:09,396 In my heart, what I like of Buenos Aires 212 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:12,837 and Argentina is that we take time to sit down 213 00:12:12,838 --> 00:12:14,275 and have lunch every day. 214 00:12:14,317 --> 00:12:15,047 Tony. 215 00:12:15,048 --> 00:12:15,776 Hungry? 216 00:12:15,818 --> 00:12:17,778 Yeah, I'm always hungry. 217 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:19,780 And we finish lunch, and we stay at the table 218 00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:21,491 for one hour more with our friends. 219 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:23,784 And then they go to work or they have a siesta. 220 00:12:23,826 --> 00:12:24,723 Then nap. 221 00:12:24,724 --> 00:12:25,620 And then a nap. 222 00:12:25,662 --> 00:12:26,622 Very important. 223 00:12:26,623 --> 00:12:28,789 Totally, I'm on board with that. 224 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:31,376 ♪ ♪ 225 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:34,795 On the outskirts of town in the roaring summer heat, 226 00:12:34,837 --> 00:12:36,590 the fires still burn hot. 227 00:12:36,631 --> 00:12:40,635 The tempting miasma of meat fills the mid-afternoon air. 228 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:44,389 On the parrilla, many parts of once-living things sizzle 229 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:46,849 and char for the pleasure of those Porteños 230 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:51,812 who remain in town, like Marianna, my new therapist. 231 00:12:51,854 --> 00:12:52,834 Wow, what? 232 00:12:52,835 --> 00:12:53,814 Wow. 233 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:55,087 Wow. 234 00:12:55,088 --> 00:12:56,317 I don't think that's enough. 235 00:12:56,359 --> 00:13:00,843 Meat is king, and fire, and we shall go hard 236 00:13:00,844 --> 00:13:02,323 in honoring the flame. 237 00:13:02,365 --> 00:13:04,451 My God, I don't know where to attack this first. 238 00:13:04,492 --> 00:13:06,745 All of this, we call it achuras. 239 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:07,912 Achuras. 240 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:09,539 - Kidney... - Right. 241 00:13:09,581 --> 00:13:12,813 ...sausage, which is chorizo, black sausage, 242 00:13:12,814 --> 00:13:14,252 which is morcilla here. 243 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:15,545 Mmm. 244 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:18,047 And this is the famous intestine, right? 245 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:19,257 Yes. 246 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,968 After a week or two here, even confirmed 247 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:24,845 carnivores like myself will fall to their knees 248 00:13:24,887 --> 00:13:27,348 praying for a vegetable. 249 00:13:28,099 --> 00:13:31,686 So is this normal, like, lunch for people? 250 00:13:31,728 --> 00:13:33,521 Yes. Uh-hmm. 251 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:38,859 Tell me, what did you do during your time in Buenos Aires? 252 00:13:38,901 --> 00:13:39,881 Ate a lot of meat. 253 00:13:39,882 --> 00:13:40,861 Yes. 254 00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:42,774 Do you have any vegetables in this country at all? 255 00:13:42,781 --> 00:13:45,533 You know, there are a lot of vegetarian people here. 256 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:46,972 Yeah right. 257 00:13:46,973 --> 00:13:48,369 And they are famished. 258 00:13:48,411 --> 00:13:50,871 Chicken. 259 00:13:50,913 --> 00:13:53,249 Chicken is a vegetable, isn't it? 260 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:57,337 Why is therapy so big in Argentina? 261 00:13:57,378 --> 00:14:00,881 Because, I mean, the country also has this gaucho tradition, 262 00:14:00,923 --> 00:14:02,342 a very macho tradition. 263 00:14:02,383 --> 00:14:04,051 Yes, but that's what therapy is for. 264 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:05,762 They can do it there. 265 00:14:05,804 --> 00:14:07,347 They can? So it's okay? 266 00:14:07,348 --> 00:14:08,889 Yeah, it is okay. 267 00:14:08,931 --> 00:14:10,933 See, as New Yorkers, we tell each other every... 268 00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:13,060 You tell strangers all of your problems. 269 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,688 We overshare. 270 00:14:14,729 --> 00:14:16,939 Well, people here don't overshare. 271 00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:18,316 No. 272 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:22,237 I feel like Quasimodo, -the Hunchback of Notre Dame. 273 00:14:22,238 --> 00:14:23,154 Yeah? 274 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:26,948 If he stayed in nice hotel suites with high 275 00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:31,329 thread-count sheets, that would be me. 276 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:36,584 I feel kind of like a freak, and I feel very isolated. 277 00:14:36,626 --> 00:14:38,795 I communicate for a living, but I'm terrible 278 00:14:38,796 --> 00:14:41,130 at communicating with people I care about. 279 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:42,923 I'm good with my daughter. 280 00:14:42,965 --> 00:14:44,925 An eight-year-old is about my level 281 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:48,137 of communication skills, so that works out. 282 00:14:48,179 --> 00:14:50,181 Oh, my God. 283 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:51,932 That was just the vegetable course. 284 00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:52,975 Yes. 285 00:14:53,017 --> 00:14:54,728 Later, I'm gonna have a nap. 286 00:14:54,769 --> 00:14:56,979 That would be a Porteño thing to do? Like after... 287 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:58,857 A nap? It's more... It's much more... 288 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:01,984 It's more like people from the provinces... 289 00:15:02,026 --> 00:15:03,528 - From the... - Right. Well, that's me. 290 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:04,897 I'm a country... no, I'm not really... 291 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:05,981 I'm not a country boy actually. 292 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:06,968 No, you're a city boy. 293 00:15:06,969 --> 00:15:09,743 I'm a city boy, but I do like naps. 294 00:15:14,664 --> 00:15:16,957 So regular people, all summer long 295 00:15:16,999 --> 00:15:20,336 you're stuck in Buenos Aires, what do you do? 296 00:15:20,378 --> 00:15:22,088 Go for a barbecue. 297 00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:23,798 Go out for dinner. 298 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:24,340 ♪ ♪ 299 00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:31,972 We have a lot of shows and concerts and music. 300 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:37,144 ♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ 301 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:40,147 So what's the best season, the best time of year for you? 302 00:15:40,189 --> 00:15:41,900 The best money, the best business. 303 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,150 Hot season in the summer. 304 00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:44,985 - In the summer? - In the summer, yeah, yeah. 305 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:46,237 - Now? - Now, yeah, yeah, yeah. 306 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:47,864 'Cause it's tourists. 307 00:15:47,906 --> 00:15:51,701 European people of the north, from the States, Canada. 308 00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:52,869 It's cold now. 309 00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:53,994 They come into the summer. 310 00:15:54,036 --> 00:15:54,995 Right. 311 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:58,249 All hail the waiter, the career-server, 312 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:01,294 that great disappearing species of proud, 313 00:16:01,335 --> 00:16:03,003 well-trained specialists. 314 00:16:03,045 --> 00:16:05,924 Members of the service industry who trace their roots back 315 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:11,805 to the great hotels of Europe and beyond into history. 316 00:16:11,846 --> 00:16:15,683 Those who remain like this man, Mario, we salute you. 317 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:17,894 So how many years in the dining room? 318 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:19,104 A lot? 319 00:16:19,105 --> 00:16:21,794 Yeah. I start in... When I was 17-years-old 320 00:16:21,795 --> 00:16:23,274 in a restaurant. 321 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:24,254 Seventeen? 322 00:16:24,255 --> 00:16:25,192 Seventeen, yes. 323 00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:28,112 The people who work in a kitchen one type of personality. 324 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,907 The people in the dining room, you need 325 00:16:30,908 --> 00:16:31,741 to be more sociable. 326 00:16:31,783 --> 00:16:34,034 I like very much to speak with all people 327 00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:35,411 - -from the whole world. - Uh-hmm. 328 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:38,873 And I speak a little English, German. 329 00:16:38,915 --> 00:16:41,292 I speak German very well, Italian, Portuguese. 330 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,210 A friend of mine who's worked in the business 331 00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:45,859 a long time, he tells me whenever a man comes 332 00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:49,049 into the restaurant with a woman, they never say, 333 00:16:49,091 --> 00:16:51,427 "Oh, mister, so good to see you again." 334 00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:52,658 No, no, no. 335 00:16:52,659 --> 00:16:53,847 No, no, no, no. 336 00:16:53,888 --> 00:16:55,890 You don't know if the woman is his wife 337 00:16:55,932 --> 00:16:59,059 or someone else, and if you say, "Ah", 338 00:16:57,099 --> 00:16:59,059 so good to see you again," 339 00:16:59,101 --> 00:17:00,346 they say "What do you mean again?" 340 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:03,105 I thought you said I've never... You've never been here." 341 00:17:03,147 --> 00:17:06,755 I remember when I was 18-years-old, I was in a 342 00:17:06,756 --> 00:17:08,110 restaurant working. 343 00:17:08,152 --> 00:17:11,531 Comes in a man with his wife and say, 344 00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:15,242 "Oh, how are you, Dr. Rodriguez?" 345 00:17:15,284 --> 00:17:16,243 Right. 346 00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:18,454 Always the road the nightclub. 347 00:17:18,496 --> 00:17:19,747 Ooh. 348 00:17:19,789 --> 00:17:21,749 Shit. 349 00:17:21,791 --> 00:17:23,125 Woman want to kill him. 350 00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:24,064 Right. 351 00:17:24,065 --> 00:17:24,961 Big problem now. 352 00:17:25,003 --> 00:17:26,086 No, of course. 353 00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:28,548 No, never must... never must say anything. 354 00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:30,675 If you're a cheap tipper, by the way, 355 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:33,093 or rude to your server, you are dead to me. 356 00:17:33,135 --> 00:17:36,305 You are lower than whale feces. 357 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:45,356 Twenty, thirty years ago, waiting was a profession. 358 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:46,941 Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah. 359 00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:49,109 Everybody learned certain skills. 360 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:52,030 If you need to take... Bone out a fish, 361 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,032 serve the fish at the tableside. 362 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,409 I make everything. 363 00:17:56,450 --> 00:17:57,243 Right. 364 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:58,036 So a steak flambé. 365 00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:58,745 Yeah. 366 00:17:58,746 --> 00:17:59,412 No problem. 367 00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:00,614 - No problem at all. - Right. Crepe suzette? 368 00:18:00,621 --> 00:18:02,122 Crepe suzette, of course. 369 00:18:02,164 --> 00:18:03,583 Every these things I do it, yeah. 370 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:04,751 All of this, of course. 371 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:05,835 How to fold the napkins. 372 00:18:05,877 --> 00:18:07,127 Yeah, yeah, all that thing. 373 00:18:07,169 --> 00:18:07,669 ♪ ♪ 374 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:13,509 I remember when I started in the dining room, 375 00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:17,137 it was five captains, six waiters, 376 00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:21,141 five assistant waiter, sommelier, assistant sommelier. 377 00:18:21,183 --> 00:18:22,142 It was quite different. 378 00:18:22,184 --> 00:18:23,227 Nowadays it's more simple. 379 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:25,145 All come in dish, they put them in here. 380 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:26,313 Right. 381 00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:28,066 In France no more, you don't see it. 382 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:29,191 No more, no? 383 00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:30,770 No, in the Michelin restaurants, you don't see it. 384 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,987 Nowadays, the people are more simple, yeah. 385 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:34,447 - -'Cause they're easy. - Yeah, yeah. 386 00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:36,616 - Easy, very easy. - They say, "Give me red wine." 387 00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:38,409 Give me white wine. 388 00:18:38,410 --> 00:18:40,160 "No problem which one." 389 00:18:40,202 --> 00:18:45,165 This work what I do as a waiter, slowly melting away. 390 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:50,129 I suppose 15 years or 20 years more, it's finished. 391 00:18:55,259 --> 00:18:56,970 To the old style. 392 00:18:57,011 --> 00:18:58,325 Cheers. 393 00:18:58,326 --> 00:18:59,639 Cheers. 394 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,142 ♪ ♪ 395 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:19,158 ♪ ♪ 396 00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:24,831 Who do Porteños see themselves as? 397 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:27,125 I mean, do they say "Well, I'm Argentine. 398 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,208 I'm from Argentina," 399 00:19:28,209 --> 00:19:30,210 or do they say, "Well, my people came from Italy" 400 00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:31,288 or my people came from..." 401 00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:33,213 We are from Spain. 402 00:19:33,255 --> 00:19:36,425 The Porteño itself they think there is a... 403 00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:38,469 From another planet. 404 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:39,596 Now I'm Porteño. 405 00:19:39,597 --> 00:19:40,680 I'm from Buenos Aires. 406 00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:45,309 I tell stories for a living. 407 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:47,603 I write books. 408 00:19:47,645 --> 00:19:49,438 I make television. 409 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,921 A reasonable person does not believe that you 410 00:19:52,922 --> 00:19:54,757 are so interesting that people will watch 411 00:19:54,758 --> 00:19:55,820 you on television. 412 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:58,280 I think this is evidence of a narcissistic personality 413 00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:00,282 disorder to start with. 414 00:20:00,324 --> 00:20:03,077 Do you think you had a narcissistic personality 415 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,245 before you start to be in a... 416 00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:09,750 Like, a public person, or after that? 417 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:11,251 Before. I think before, probably. 418 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:12,329 - Okay. - Yeah, I think always. 419 00:20:12,336 --> 00:20:16,256 - So... - So nothing to be done. 420 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:19,719 ♪ I know that the morning after ♪ 421 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,972 ♪ You become a monster that creeps me out ♪ 422 00:20:23,014 --> 00:20:24,974 ♪ And things about to blow ♪ 423 00:20:25,016 --> 00:20:26,266 ♪ A monster ♪ 424 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:29,937 ♪ Monster, monster ♪ 425 00:20:31,022 --> 00:20:34,274 ♪ Monster, monster ♪ 426 00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:36,569 ♪ ♪ 427 00:20:47,621 --> 00:20:51,584 ♪ ♪ 428 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:54,670 It's a spread of so many thoughts in Buenos Aires. 429 00:20:54,671 --> 00:20:56,652 You have, you know, the life of the musicians, 430 00:20:56,653 --> 00:20:58,988 which is very important, you know, the tango, 431 00:20:58,989 --> 00:21:00,218 all the artists. 432 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,720 Then you have sort of the corporate world, 433 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:04,222 which is always boring. 434 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:07,079 It... and on the other edge, you have the very 435 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,143 poor neighborhoods of these hundreds 436 00:21:09,144 --> 00:21:11,520 of thousands of children that run behind the ball, 437 00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:13,981 and they want to be soccer players. 438 00:21:14,023 --> 00:21:15,983 And they have a dream, it's all they have, 439 00:21:16,025 --> 00:21:17,985 and they know the faster they run, 440 00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:19,319 the harder they hit that ball, 441 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:22,698 the better they move around it, maybe they will get it. 442 00:21:27,161 --> 00:21:30,539 ♪ ♪ 443 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:35,211 ♪ Monster, monster ♪ 444 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:41,968 Chef, you do this all the time? 445 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:44,220 Like once a week. 446 00:21:44,262 --> 00:21:45,304 This late at night? 447 00:21:45,305 --> 00:21:46,346 Yes. 448 00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:48,641 It's way too late for me. 449 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:53,146 Restaurant subculture, depending on where you are, 450 00:21:53,187 --> 00:21:55,397 can revolve around a number of activities, 451 00:21:55,439 --> 00:21:58,358 not all of them wholesome, in my experience. 452 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,237 The business is hard, the hours are long, 453 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,614 the camaraderie intense. 454 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,574 After a long day and night of work, 455 00:22:05,616 --> 00:22:08,619 the mind turns... to soccer? 456 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:10,997 Okay, this is a distinguishing feature 457 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,373 I was frankly unprepared for. 458 00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:14,667 So everyone here work for you? 459 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:16,627 Well, we have, like, two teams, you know? 460 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,024 He's the chef of Le Grill. 461 00:22:18,025 --> 00:22:19,379 It's a parrilla. 462 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:21,361 Yes. 463 00:22:21,362 --> 00:22:23,301 And close, like two blocks, we have Chila, 464 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:24,503 - And I'm the chef. - Of course. 465 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:27,305 And we have the two teams. 466 00:22:27,345 --> 00:22:29,265 Right. 467 00:22:29,307 --> 00:22:32,392 Chef Soledad Nardelli, along with her husband 468 00:22:32,393 --> 00:22:34,103 and business partner owns and operates 469 00:22:34,104 --> 00:22:38,232 Chila restaurant, where she still works the line. 470 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:41,027 We, as a country, we are ignorant 471 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:42,987 of our culture, traditions. 472 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:47,033 We have a lot of products, not only meat. 473 00:22:49,451 --> 00:22:52,121 It's 1:00 A.M., and tonight it's a blood match 474 00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:53,413 between the crews of Chila 475 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:55,582 and its sister restaurant, Le Grill. 476 00:22:55,624 --> 00:22:58,669 We share a lot of products with Peru, Bolivia, 477 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,087 Brazil, Paraguay. 478 00:23:00,129 --> 00:23:02,089 We have the big influence of immigrants, 479 00:23:02,131 --> 00:23:04,633 like Germans, Swiss people, Netherlands. 480 00:23:04,675 --> 00:23:07,887 So that is... that is our identity. 481 00:23:07,928 --> 00:23:10,430 So many rich traditions. 482 00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:11,870 Yeah. 483 00:23:11,871 --> 00:23:13,267 Oh! 484 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:14,331 Do you want a drink? 485 00:23:14,332 --> 00:23:15,353 What do you have? 486 00:23:15,393 --> 00:23:16,061 We have Fernet. 487 00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:16,729 Fernet. 488 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,231 We've been drinking a little bit. 489 00:23:18,272 --> 00:23:19,523 Oh, good. 490 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,359 We are used to drink aperitifs. 491 00:23:21,399 --> 00:23:22,234 Right. 492 00:23:22,235 --> 00:23:23,069 The digestives. 493 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:25,112 It's good for your stomach. 494 00:23:25,154 --> 00:23:26,488 - Right. - You know? You know? 495 00:23:26,530 --> 00:23:27,969 So it's healthy. 496 00:23:27,970 --> 00:23:29,407 Yes. 497 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:34,454 I ain't playing no soccer. 498 00:23:34,496 --> 00:23:36,665 Alcohol and meat in tube form, however, 499 00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:38,042 are more familiar to me. 500 00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:39,459 The chorizos are homemade. 501 00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:42,462 Forty percent pork, forty percent cow 502 00:23:42,504 --> 00:23:45,506 and all the cuts are dry-aged, so... -Sweet. 503 00:23:45,507 --> 00:23:46,884 So it's got some funk. 504 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:47,760 Yeah. 505 00:23:47,801 --> 00:23:50,679 ♪ ♪ 506 00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:53,724 Bravo. 507 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:55,726 I don't know whether it's the television 508 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:58,145 or the 30 years in the restaurant business, 509 00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:02,482 I just... I never understood how normal people lived. 510 00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:04,484 You know, when I was a chef, I worked all day, 511 00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:06,362 I hung out all night with other cooks 512 00:24:06,404 --> 00:24:07,654 other restaurant people. 513 00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:09,949 You know, like, I really love, like, barbequing 514 00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:11,075 on vacation in the backyard. 515 00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,492 I love cooking for my daughter. 516 00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:15,913 I like doing these really normal, mundane things 517 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:18,332 because I never got to do them before. 518 00:24:18,374 --> 00:24:20,542 So you've been in the restaurant business a long time? 519 00:24:20,584 --> 00:24:22,502 I started here in Buenos Aires. 520 00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:23,503 Right. 521 00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:24,713 Eighteen years ago. 522 00:24:24,714 --> 00:24:25,881 Right, but wait a minute. 523 00:24:25,923 --> 00:24:27,507 Cooking was not your original plan. 524 00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:30,511 What was the... the original plan was... -Laws. 525 00:24:30,512 --> 00:24:31,095 Law? 526 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:32,117 Yes. 527 00:24:32,118 --> 00:24:34,140 But why would you do such a foolish thing? 528 00:24:34,141 --> 00:24:36,934 I mean, there's no money in cooking most of the time. 529 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:41,563 Back then it was a business dominated entirely by men. 530 00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:44,524 I was... I was not feeling good with myself, you know? 531 00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:47,277 And I said, "Maybe I will... I'm going" 532 00:24:47,278 --> 00:24:51,928 to be a really good lawyer, but I'm not going to be 533 00:24:51,929 --> 00:24:53,491 happy in my life. 534 00:24:55,286 --> 00:24:57,163 So right away you said, "Okay, I'm gonna cook," 535 00:24:57,204 --> 00:24:58,789 and you went to Bocuse? 536 00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:00,374 To Institut Paul Bocuse? 537 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:01,708 Yes -I've been. 538 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:02,960 Yes. 539 00:25:02,961 --> 00:25:04,170 Yes. It's a tough school. 540 00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:05,212 Yeah. 541 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:06,213 Very, very traditional. 542 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:09,049 For me, the experience of France was really hard. 543 00:25:09,091 --> 00:25:11,551 Oh, I can only imagine. 544 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:16,140 You know, Latin American woman from Argentina 545 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:19,935 speaking the... few French. 546 00:25:19,977 --> 00:25:21,770 I cry all night. 547 00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:25,983 Call my mom and she... She told me like, 548 00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:28,568 "Sole, go on. Keep going. 549 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:29,945 Keep going. Keep going." 550 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:33,491 And I always said when... When I have the opportunity 551 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:37,577 of running my own kitchen I'm not going to repeat 552 00:25:37,619 --> 00:25:42,582 any of the things that they did to me. 553 00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:50,090 So till now, I... I did it okay, you know? 554 00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:53,593 Good for you. You know, all these tough guys, 555 00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:53,593 they're all big babies anyway. 556 00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:55,513 Like, the first women who came in the kitchens 557 00:25:55,553 --> 00:25:57,890 when I started, back when it was all men. 558 00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:00,350 One woman would come in, and pretty soon 559 00:26:00,351 --> 00:26:02,623 all the guys are, like, going crying to them 560 00:26:02,624 --> 00:26:03,603 with their problems. 561 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:06,023 It's like, you know, "Please, be my mommy," you know? 562 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,608 "Don't be... you know, tell me what to do," you know? 563 00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:10,610 What to do. 564 00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:21,288 I think we're ready for chorizo 565 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:25,667 The delicious, delicious choripán 566 00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:28,628 is an iconic street food around here for reasons 567 00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:32,425 that are immediately obvious once you bite into one. 568 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:33,884 Oh, that's good. 569 00:26:33,885 --> 00:26:35,302 I needed this badly. 570 00:26:36,887 --> 00:26:40,558 ♪ ♪ 571 00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:47,940 This is Argentinean style. 572 00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:49,649 It's beer with Coke. 573 00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:51,693 Beer... no, that's wrong, man. 574 00:26:51,735 --> 00:26:53,446 No. 575 00:26:53,487 --> 00:26:57,324 ♪ ♪ 576 00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:12,089 I'm old for this. 577 00:27:17,719 --> 00:27:21,348 ♪ ♪ 578 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:26,603 Who's here? 579 00:27:26,604 --> 00:27:27,687 It's summer, right? 580 00:27:27,729 --> 00:27:30,899 Well, that's a very interesting question. 581 00:27:30,941 --> 00:27:31,441 ♪ ♪ 582 00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:38,865 There's people that cannot go out for a holiday. 583 00:27:38,907 --> 00:27:39,658 Right. 584 00:27:39,659 --> 00:27:42,411 They stay here and then make the party happen 585 00:27:42,453 --> 00:27:43,703 in their own neighborhood. 586 00:27:43,745 --> 00:27:47,207 ♪ ♪ 587 00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:11,940 Now how long is Carnival season here? 588 00:28:11,982 --> 00:28:13,733 It goes on every weekend for a month. 589 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:14,672 A month? 590 00:28:14,673 --> 00:28:15,569 Yeah. 591 00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:19,906 Carnival is different in Argentina, decidedly different. 592 00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:21,659 In every barrio in Buenos Aires 593 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:24,537 there are celebrations with over a hundred murgas, 594 00:28:24,578 --> 00:28:26,664 as they're called, taking to the streets, 595 00:28:26,704 --> 00:28:30,750 traveling from barrio to barrio by bus doing their thing. 596 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:32,836 So they're like neighborhood teams? 597 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:36,382 Yes, every neighborhood has one or two of these murgas. 598 00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:38,217 And they start in one neighborhood 599 00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:40,760 and then go to another, and then go to another. 600 00:28:40,802 --> 00:28:43,972 It's healthy competition between every neighborhood. 601 00:28:44,014 --> 00:28:47,685 ♪ ♪ 602 00:28:50,521 --> 00:28:54,274 These guys are Murga Los Amantes. 603 00:28:56,276 --> 00:28:58,195 They're from La Boca, which according 604 00:28:58,196 --> 00:29:00,656 to the guidebook is an old industrial neighborhood 605 00:29:00,698 --> 00:29:03,242 in the port district known for historic buildings 606 00:29:03,283 --> 00:29:05,494 and no small amount of crime. 607 00:29:05,536 --> 00:29:08,872 ♪ ♪ 608 00:29:10,708 --> 00:29:11,834 Is it like a parade? 609 00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:12,959 A block party? 610 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:14,670 It's a little bit of it. 611 00:29:14,712 --> 00:29:16,796 - This is not like Rio Carnival. - Right. 612 00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:19,799 Where you have a few parades with lots of money. 613 00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:20,842 Right. 614 00:29:20,884 --> 00:29:21,384 ♪ ♪ 615 00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:46,910 You know, we do a lot of different scenes, 616 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:50,080 most of the meals or I drive sports cars, 617 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:51,831 I jump out of planes. 618 00:29:51,873 --> 00:29:53,626 ♪ ♪ 619 00:29:53,667 --> 00:29:55,835 But there are few things that terrify me. 620 00:29:55,877 --> 00:29:59,256 Carnivals, I'm not a... I'm afraid of clowns. 621 00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:02,676 ♪ ♪ 622 00:30:04,386 --> 00:30:05,845 Ho-horrified. 623 00:30:05,887 --> 00:30:08,724 People dancing, crowds. 624 00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:12,137 You know, I've lived a long life without ever going 625 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:14,730 to Carnival in Rio or Mardi Gras. 626 00:30:14,772 --> 00:30:18,442 I... I don't like it. 627 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:22,362 ♪ ♪ 628 00:30:22,404 --> 00:30:24,281 There's something frightening about crowds too. 629 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:26,700 I mean, what if they all decide to do one thing 630 00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:27,867 at the same time? 631 00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:31,163 It starts as a party. 632 00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:33,457 Five minutes later, it's like Nazi Germany. 633 00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:34,958 Yeah. 634 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:39,879 ♪ ♪ 635 00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:41,799 Well, it's a pity that you... 636 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,385 You couldn't show the old Carnival stuff. 637 00:30:45,427 --> 00:30:46,657 Eh, I'm okay. 638 00:30:46,658 --> 00:30:47,887 This is perfect for me. 639 00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:48,868 I'm sitting down. 640 00:30:48,869 --> 00:30:49,807 I'm drinking beer. 641 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,392 What is... It's all right, honestly. 642 00:30:52,434 --> 00:30:56,021 ♪ ♪ 643 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:04,571 It has common roots with Brazilian Carnival 644 00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:08,950 and Uruguay Carnival but in each place two different way. 645 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:11,620 In Brazil, it was more for the spectacle 646 00:31:11,662 --> 00:31:15,436 and the lights, and here it's more 647 00:31:15,437 --> 00:31:18,918 about the pride of, you know, of the neighborhood. 648 00:31:26,802 --> 00:31:28,470 Anything for that? 649 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,113 ♪ ♪ 650 00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:39,999 ♪ ♪ 651 00:32:49,092 --> 00:32:55,056 This romanticism, this sadness, this love of sadness. 652 00:32:55,098 --> 00:32:57,309 What was it about the history of Argentina 653 00:32:57,350 --> 00:33:00,312 that allowed this to take root? 654 00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:03,690 ♪ ♪ 655 00:33:05,901 --> 00:33:07,736 From a difficult life. 656 00:33:07,778 --> 00:33:11,740 From a life, you know, living in a little room 657 00:33:11,782 --> 00:33:13,199 but always with the glory 658 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:17,077 and the dream of a night out, of the man who 659 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:21,416 has his beautiful hat for Saturday night. 660 00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:25,295 ♪ ♪ 661 00:33:30,592 --> 00:33:36,264 And then next morning, you know, reality is back. 662 00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:45,941 Who's left in the city? Who else stays? 663 00:33:45,983 --> 00:33:47,560 - Who else stays? - Well, construction workers. 664 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,068 Construction workers. 665 00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:51,070 This building, it's a big one. 666 00:33:51,112 --> 00:33:52,030 It's 18 stories. 667 00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:52,948 Right. 668 00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:54,533 It's in the middle of Capital Federal, 669 00:33:54,574 --> 00:33:56,242 from the center of Buenos Aires. 670 00:33:56,284 --> 00:33:58,077 So it's gonna be an expensive building. 671 00:33:58,119 --> 00:33:59,579 So who's gonna live here? 672 00:33:59,621 --> 00:34:00,831 I don't know. 673 00:34:00,832 --> 00:34:02,040 People with money. 674 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,084 I mean, you know, how's the economy? 675 00:34:05,126 --> 00:34:08,881 The economy, it's crazy. It's, uh... Some people doing good. 676 00:34:08,922 --> 00:34:10,124 - Some people not doing so good. - Yeah. 677 00:34:10,131 --> 00:34:13,092 The middle-class has been disappearing. 678 00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:15,721 They tell me that everybody in Argentina 679 00:34:15,762 --> 00:34:17,931 sees a psychologist or a psychiatrist. 680 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:19,098 Is this true? 681 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:19,808 - It's true, there's... - Everybody? 682 00:34:19,809 --> 00:34:20,475 Yeah. 683 00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:21,518 Well, not everybody. 684 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,271 People that can afford it, but... Right. 685 00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:29,108 So let's go back to the first question I asked. 686 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,820 What brought you here? 687 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:34,113 I'd like to be happy. 688 00:34:34,155 --> 00:34:36,157 I'd like to be happier. 689 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:37,158 I should be happy. 690 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:38,973 I have, you know, incredible luck. 691 00:34:38,974 --> 00:34:39,786 Mm-hmm. 692 00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:41,955 I'd like to be able to, you know, 693 00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:44,750 look out the window and say, "Hey, life is good." 694 00:34:44,791 --> 00:34:45,918 And you don't? 695 00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:47,293 No. 696 00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:50,923 I'm not gonna get a lot of sympathy from people, frankly. 697 00:34:50,964 --> 00:34:52,375 I mean, I have the best job in the world. 698 00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:53,592 Let's face it. 699 00:34:53,593 --> 00:34:54,801 I go anywhere I want. 700 00:34:54,843 --> 00:34:56,011 I do what I want. 701 00:34:56,053 --> 00:34:59,138 Look, that guy over there loading sausages onto the grill? 702 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:00,160 That's... that's work. 703 00:35:00,161 --> 00:35:01,140 This is not so bad. 704 00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:01,892 It's all right. 705 00:35:01,893 --> 00:35:02,601 It's not so bad. 706 00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:03,226 I'll make it. 707 00:35:03,227 --> 00:35:03,810 Yeah. 708 00:35:03,852 --> 00:35:07,146 ♪ ♪ 709 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:14,654 ♪ The clouds turn grey ♪ 710 00:35:14,696 --> 00:35:17,991 ♪ They come and go ♪ 711 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:19,743 If people work hard like they do 712 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:21,327 in construction it is expected 713 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:23,872 that they be well-fed, and in Buenos Aires, 714 00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:27,834 well-fed means... yeah, you guessed it. 715 00:35:27,876 --> 00:35:29,168 How often do they do this? 716 00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:31,170 Once a week, on Fridays. 717 00:35:31,212 --> 00:35:32,464 They used to do it every day, 718 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:34,382 but economic... you know, the meat. 719 00:35:34,424 --> 00:35:35,550 Right. 720 00:35:35,551 --> 00:35:36,676 Meat is really expensive. 721 00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:37,677 It's expensive now. 722 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,139 ♪ She ♪ 723 00:35:42,099 --> 00:35:44,225 ♪ Glooms in the sky ♪ 724 00:35:44,267 --> 00:35:45,685 I always remember, you know, 725 00:35:45,727 --> 00:35:47,687 walking down the street, and you smell the... 726 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:49,606 You smell it from the construction sites. 727 00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:50,753 Yes, yeah. 728 00:35:50,754 --> 00:35:53,360 - So most construction - sites they do like this? 729 00:35:53,361 --> 00:35:54,820 Mm-hmm. Everyone. 730 00:35:54,861 --> 00:35:58,239 ♪ ♪ 731 00:35:59,908 --> 00:36:03,202 Nico, lead singer of Octafonic. 732 00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:07,061 Like nearly every Porteño... Sweet. 733 00:36:07,062 --> 00:36:08,875 He knows good beef and where to find it. 734 00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:11,210 Mm. It's good. 735 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:14,255 You word hard and eat a big hunk of meat. 736 00:36:14,297 --> 00:36:18,217 It's, you know, from the low chain of the meat. 737 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:21,220 But it really has a lot of fat, and it's... 738 00:36:21,262 --> 00:36:22,305 Right. Good for you. 739 00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:24,724 Yeah. 740 00:36:24,766 --> 00:36:28,061 He says that we need some wine, red wine. 741 00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,228 Yeah, right? 742 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:32,107 I saw some construction sites that they have it. 743 00:36:32,149 --> 00:36:33,129 They... they serve wine? 744 00:36:33,130 --> 00:36:34,109 Yeah. Yeah. 745 00:36:34,151 --> 00:36:37,236 - Man. - I guess the owners of this construction 746 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:39,238 Especially are strict about it. 747 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,240 - I'd be a little nervous. - Yeah, of course. 748 00:36:41,282 --> 00:36:44,243 - Guys up on the top floor... - Fifty meters... yeah. 749 00:36:44,285 --> 00:36:46,287 So where are most of these guys from? 750 00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,838 We... we got one from Paraguay here. 751 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,006 Another from Argentina. 752 00:36:56,007 --> 00:36:58,299 From Buenos Aires or from outside of Buenos Aires? 753 00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:00,886 Usually from inside, from the provinces. 754 00:37:00,927 --> 00:37:02,470 And how long has the job lasted? 755 00:37:02,512 --> 00:37:03,889 I was asking. 756 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:05,849 It started one year and a half ago. 757 00:37:05,891 --> 00:37:06,538 Wow. 758 00:37:06,539 --> 00:37:07,184 Yeah. 759 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:08,643 - That's a long time. - Mm-hmm. 760 00:37:08,685 --> 00:37:10,854 How much work is there? A lot? A little? 761 00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:12,647 I mean, after this, another job? 762 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:19,946 Yeah, I guess they jump from construction to construction. 763 00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:21,531 So they're working regular always? 764 00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:22,741 Yeah. Mm-hmm. 765 00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:33,001 It's hard to get back to work after having a... 766 00:37:33,043 --> 00:37:34,586 Yeah, I just wanna go home and sleep. 767 00:37:34,627 --> 00:37:35,545 Mm-hmm. 768 00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:39,132 ♪ ♪ 769 00:37:52,645 --> 00:37:56,191 ♪ ♪ 770 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:12,207 I'm flying out, you know, in just a few hours. 771 00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:16,044 And you're going now next to Rome? 772 00:38:16,086 --> 00:38:17,080 It's a... such a beautiful city. 773 00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:19,422 No, next Brazil. 774 00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:21,716 Then to Japan. 775 00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:22,926 Nashville. 776 00:38:22,968 --> 00:38:24,052 Vietnam. 777 00:38:24,094 --> 00:38:26,345 Houston. 778 00:38:26,387 --> 00:38:29,474 ♪ ♪ 779 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,394 You know, like, there's the evil cheeseburger 780 00:38:33,436 --> 00:38:34,437 that sets me off. 781 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:35,334 Yeah. 782 00:38:35,335 --> 00:38:36,189 The evil hamburger. 783 00:38:36,231 --> 00:38:39,234 Suddenly I'm super depressed for days. 784 00:38:39,276 --> 00:38:40,561 It's like that with the good stuff too. 785 00:38:40,568 --> 00:38:43,362 I have a couple of happy minutes there 786 00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:46,407 where I'm thinking, "Ah, life is pretty good." 787 00:38:46,449 --> 00:38:49,995 ♪ ♪ 788 00:39:05,135 --> 00:39:05,907 This is cool. 789 00:39:05,908 --> 00:39:06,678 I'm enjoying this. 790 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,764 Yeah. It's like the movies, but cheaper. 791 00:39:09,806 --> 00:39:11,474 Yeah, right? 792 00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:15,394 The pilot of the airplane saying hi to the kids. 793 00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,147 Wow. 794 00:39:19,941 --> 00:39:21,435 - What's in the box, man? - What's in there? 795 00:39:21,442 --> 00:39:25,238 Oh, here we have amaro Don Bairo, which is like 796 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:26,405 workman's bitter. 797 00:39:26,447 --> 00:39:27,553 Uh-huh. 798 00:39:27,554 --> 00:39:28,658 It's a kind of vermouth. 799 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:30,869 Yeah, I'll have some of that. 800 00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:46,801 So how did you do in therapy? 801 00:39:46,843 --> 00:39:47,865 My therapy? 802 00:39:47,866 --> 00:39:48,887 Oh, I feel all better now. 803 00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:50,179 Yeah? 804 00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:51,430 All better. 805 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:52,452 What do you think? 806 00:39:52,453 --> 00:39:55,434 How... how... how... I mean, is there hope for me? 807 00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:57,103 Uh, wow. 808 00:39:57,104 --> 00:39:58,730 Ooh, boy. 809 00:39:58,771 --> 00:40:00,439 Oh, that doesn't sound promising. 810 00:40:00,481 --> 00:40:03,609 I think what is good is that you start thinking... 811 00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:07,739 Or keep thinking about what's wrong in your life. 812 00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:09,448 What do you want to change? 813 00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:13,619 And especially what do you feel you can't change. 814 00:40:13,661 --> 00:40:15,914 I was kind of hoping for a prescription 815 00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:17,707 for, like, morphine. 816 00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:21,336 Was this an unreasonable You should tell me before. 817 00:40:22,921 --> 00:40:27,466 I think you should... you should keep doing therapy, Tony. 818 00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:29,719 Yeah, me too. I... You're probably right. 819 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:30,678 Yes. Yes. 820 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:33,472 ♪ ♪ 821 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:36,768 I love staying in Buenos Aires in summer 822 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:39,437 when the streets are empty. 823 00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:43,858 I love this city. 824 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,986 I was born here this cute metropolis 825 00:40:47,028 --> 00:40:49,572 where a lot of cultures melt. 826 00:40:49,614 --> 00:40:53,013 People from all Latin America, people from Asia, 827 00:40:53,014 --> 00:40:54,493 people from Europe. 828 00:40:54,535 --> 00:40:57,163 The personality of Buenos Aires is made 829 00:40:57,205 --> 00:41:00,541 from the melt of cultures. 830 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:02,501 When I get back to New York, I'll tell you, 831 00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:04,963 when I get off that plane I'm gonna make myself 832 00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:06,423 a big [...] salad. 833 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,967 Excuse me, kid, but... Sorry for the language. 834 00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:12,971 ♪ ♪ 835 00:41:14,555 --> 00:41:16,766 All right, what do you say we get some sausages? 836 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:18,310 Yeah. 837 00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:21,479 ♪ ♪