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Eastern Province, Cuba 1943

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Trees have a secret life
that is only revealed

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to those who are willing
to climb them.

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I do not remember
when I was born.

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But, when I was three
months old,

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my mother returned
to my grandparents' home

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with me as the proof
of her failure.

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The splendour of my childhood
was unique,

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because of its absolute poverty,
and absolute freedom...

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out in the open,

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surrounded by trees,
animals, and people

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who were indifferent
toward me.

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Grandmother: Reinaldo!

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Reinaldo!

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Come on, hurry up, bring me the water!
I have to do everything in this house!

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My early life was surrounded
by a room full of unhappy women

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who were all bossed around
by my grandmother,

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the heart of the house,

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the only woman I ever saw
who peed standing up

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and talked to God
at the same time.

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My mother was a very beautiful
and very lonely woman.

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She had only known one man,
my father,

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and had enjoyed the pleasures
of love for only a few months

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and then, gave that all up
for the rest of her life,

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creating in her
a great sense of frustration.

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Her chastity was worse
than that of a virgin.

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Motherfucker!

28
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Outta here!

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Animal!

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Motherfucker!

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Bastard!

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The most extraordinary
event of my childhood

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was provided by the heavens.

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Water rushed down gutters,

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reverberating over
the zinc roof like gunfire

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a massive army marching
across the trees,

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overflowing, cascading,
thundering into barrels,

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a concert of drums,

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water falling on water,

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drenched and whistling
and out of control,

41
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and under the spell of violence,

42
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let loose that would sweep away
almost everything in its path.

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Trees, stones,
animals, houses.

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It was the mystery
of destruction.

45
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The law of life.

46
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As I saw it,

47
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the currents were
roaring my name.

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Flowers have
reproductive organs.

49
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Class, can anyone
tell us what the male

50
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reproductive organ is called?

51
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Reinaldo?

52
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Reinaldo?

53
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A dick.
A long, skinny dick.

54
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Don't ask her where
she comes from.

55
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Can't you see she
is from the garden

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and the most beautiful
flower of them all?

57
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Good evening,
excuse me...

58
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Señor Fuentes, I didn't mean
to disturb your dinner.

59
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What did he do?

60
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No, he didn't do
anything wrong.

61
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I came here to tell you that
Reinaldo has a special gift.

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What special gift?

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He has a sensitivity
for poetry.

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After that, my grandfather
sold the farm

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and moved the family
to Holguín,

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opened a grocery store,

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and refused to speak
to any of us.

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Holguín was a town
of 200,000 people

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and one garbage truck.

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The rebels are in Velasco.

71
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We can walk it in a day.

72
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Okay.

73
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We'll leave tonight.

74
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Very well.

75
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You think you can
do it with her?

76
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My name is Reinaldo.
What is yours?

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Loly.

78
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- Would you like to dance?
- Sure.

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What do you want?
You are very young.

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( radio announcer )
Join the fight.

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Radio Rebelde, broadcasting
from the mountains of East,

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from the Sierra Maestra,

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free territory of Cuba.

84
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Radio Rebelde here.

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Where are you going, kid?

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- Up the road.
- Up the road where?

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Velasco.

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Velasco?
You are not from Velasco.

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I am from Velasco.
Why do you go to Velasco for?

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Ah, the rebels
are in Velasco.

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You going to join
the rebels?

92
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Your mamá know you are
going to join the rebels?

93
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No.

94
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No.

95
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Where she is?

96
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She's in Miami, working.

97
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Would you like to see?

98
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It's upside down.

99
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Nice.

100
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You want to hit things?

101
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Sometimes I like
to hit things.

102
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My mother, she has
a store in Velasco.

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Before that it was my
grandmother's store,

104
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and before that,
it was her mother's store.

105
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I have six brothers.

106
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They all want
to join the rebels.

107
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The second one,
he joined the rebels.

108
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I'm the middle one,
I don't join the rebels.

109
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( car horn honking )

110
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Get that for me.

111
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Go home.

112
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The rebels are no more
in Velasco.

113
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Go on, get off.

114
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Get off!

115
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What?
What?

116
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Long live Fidel!

117
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Viva Fidel!

118
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Cuba libre!

119
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And so I am, pants rolled up,
stuck in the creek,

120
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thinking,
and when I hear the gunshot

121
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I leave the cans and start running
through the savannah for the Camino Real.

122
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They told me at the entrance
to the farm that Batista died.

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We went through the four paths,

124
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where we found the
first group of rebels.

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They come on foot from Velasco,
shooting into the air and shouting

126
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Long live Cuba, balls!
And thousands of other things.

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You are among them

128
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I scream your name at the top of my lungs
and when you see me, you leave the group,

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You run up to me, put your arms
around my shoulders and start talking.

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<i>Flags and more flags,
front and back,</i>

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up and down, in arcades that
suddenly improvised in the streets,

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on the telegraph
poles of first avenue,

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hung from the arches of the
doors and windows of all the houses,

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scattered on the floor,
tied to threads of string,

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shaken by the wind.

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Flags, thousands of them,

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hung urgently in the
most insignificant places,

138
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red and black rags,
colorful papers and more papers,

139
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rags,
because we are already entering Holguín,

140
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all of us under the flags,
shouting, cheering, singing,

141
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the front of flags
tied to broomsticks,

142
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to the mops,
to everything that the wind shakes.

143
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<i>And the cars honking nonstop</i>

144
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and the frail ones on
the hills watching us pass.

145
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Someone yells,
It's the rebels! Look at the rebels!

146
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And everyone surrounds you,
whores surround you without shame,

147
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one of them touches your face,

148
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"But how young you are,"
he says. "You don't have a beard yet."

149
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And you look at them and you laugh.

150
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Flags, flags...

151
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These are the six aspects

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in which we must
concentrate all our efforts.

153
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Translator: It's all for today.

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( together )
Spaziva!

155
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As my mother smacked me,
she cursed

156
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and yelled, "Maldito!
Bad seed!"

157
00:16:08,736 --> 00:16:11,257
She shouted at the sky,
"I want to get out of here."

158
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But I really wasn't sure
that's what she wanted.

159
00:16:19,967 --> 00:16:23,399
But now standing over me

160
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she looked like
a huge tree trunk.

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And if it didn't hurt so much,
I'd get down on my knees,

162
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and ask her to smack me again,
even harder.

163
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Then she became beautiful.

164
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How pretty she is in her skirt
made out of a sack

165
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and the blouse she stole
from her sister.

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I wanted to get up and beg
her forgiveness.

167
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I wanted to say,
"Mom, how pretty you are today.

168
00:16:51,930 --> 00:16:53,590
You look like
one of those women

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that you can only see
on Christmas cards,"

170
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but I said nothing because
of the knot in my throat.

171
00:17:03,428 --> 00:17:06,451
That was very nice.
What's your name?

172
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Reinaldo Arenas.

173
00:17:08,061 --> 00:17:09,651
Who wrote this?

174
00:17:09,727 --> 00:17:12,158
I did, it's my own--
from my novel.

175
00:17:12,195 --> 00:17:13,886
What do you call this novel?

176
00:17:13,927 --> 00:17:15,586
"Singing from the Well."

177
00:17:15,626 --> 00:17:17,150
Are you a student?

178
00:17:17,194 --> 00:17:20,750
Yes, I'm an agricultural
accountant.

179
00:17:25,992 --> 00:17:28,549
Tell me, do you think
you'd feel at home

180
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working in the national library?

181
00:17:30,425 --> 00:17:32,392
The pay won't be very much.

182
00:17:32,425 --> 00:17:35,254
But I can promise you
that you'll have all the books

183
00:17:35,292 --> 00:17:37,085
you could ever hope to read.

184
00:17:37,124 --> 00:17:38,986
I would like that
very much.

185
00:17:39,024 --> 00:17:40,422
Thank you very much.

186
00:17:44,423 --> 00:17:44,889
Thank you.

187
00:18:00,422 --> 00:18:03,580
Oye, need a lift?

188
00:18:03,621 --> 00:18:05,144
I want to go down
to Guayanos.

189
00:18:05,186 --> 00:18:07,209
Get in.

190
00:18:09,353 --> 00:18:10,819
Hello.

191
00:18:15,919 --> 00:18:17,680
Driver: You like it, right?

192
00:18:18,185 --> 00:18:21,152
It used to belong
to Errol Flynn.

193
00:18:22,718 --> 00:18:24,081
You don't believe me?

194
00:18:24,118 --> 00:18:25,605
Look in the glove
compartment.

195
00:18:30,750 --> 00:18:33,080
Be careful, huh?

196
00:18:34,784 --> 00:18:37,113
Do you want to go
to the movies with me?

197
00:18:37,151 --> 00:18:38,275
What?

198
00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:39,941
Do you want to go
to the movies with me?

199
00:18:39,982 --> 00:18:42,504
- I'll get out here!
- Oh, Hell!

200
00:18:46,782 --> 00:18:49,179
You got a flat ass anyway!

201
00:18:49,616 --> 00:18:51,477
Come on boy!

202
00:18:51,516 --> 00:18:53,911
You'll see him tomorrow.

203
00:18:53,948 --> 00:18:55,845
Get out!

204
00:19:02,414 --> 00:19:04,039
Stupid!

205
00:19:07,478 --> 00:19:10,308
...last Saturday night
I made 100 pesos

206
00:19:10,346 --> 00:19:13,140
for letting 10 members
of the National Ballet

207
00:19:13,178 --> 00:19:14,372
suck me off.

208
00:19:15,544 --> 00:19:17,568
Doesn't that make you a fag?

209
00:19:17,611 --> 00:19:19,804
If you do it for money,
you're not a fag.

210
00:19:56,074 --> 00:19:58,369
You know him?

211
00:19:58,406 --> 00:19:59,395
No.

212
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,171
Hello.

213
00:20:06,204 --> 00:20:07,568
I'm sorry about the other day.

214
00:20:07,605 --> 00:20:08,663
No, don't worry.
Forget it.

215
00:20:08,705 --> 00:20:10,693
- I am Reinaldo.
- I am Pepe.

216
00:20:10,738 --> 00:20:12,727
- How about some ice cream?
- Yes!

217
00:20:12,771 --> 00:20:14,794
Today they have only vanilla.

218
00:20:15,836 --> 00:20:19,030
Bring him a banana split
with pistachio.

219
00:20:19,071 --> 00:20:20,831
One ice cream!

220
00:20:21,403 --> 00:20:22,164
Go.

221
00:20:23,170 --> 00:20:25,964
So where you from,
Reinaldo?

222
00:20:26,003 --> 00:20:28,160
I am a guajiro,
from Oriente.

223
00:20:28,202 --> 00:20:30,168
- Does it matter where I'm from?
- No.

224
00:20:30,202 --> 00:20:31,598
What do you do?

225
00:20:31,669 --> 00:20:34,396
I just got a job now
in the National Library,

226
00:20:34,435 --> 00:20:37,094
but I would like to be
a writer.

227
00:20:38,834 --> 00:20:41,493
You poor thing.

228
00:20:41,534 --> 00:20:44,055
A country boy in Havana
to serve the Revolution.

229
00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:03,361
- Where's your mother?
- En la bodega.

230
00:21:03,398 --> 00:21:05,296
Give me the key.

231
00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:07,057
Chau.

232
00:21:07,097 --> 00:21:08,028
Vamos!

233
00:21:23,129 --> 00:21:25,118
She says it works,

234
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,321
just one key is a little off.

235
00:21:27,361 --> 00:21:29,554
How can I thank you?

236
00:21:34,094 --> 00:21:35,422
What are you doing?

237
00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:36,789
Who is the man?

238
00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,086
Who's the man?

239
00:21:40,127 --> 00:21:42,819
You, because you are
the judo expert.

240
00:21:48,058 --> 00:21:50,581
You don't kiss
on the lips?

241
00:21:50,659 --> 00:21:53,124
Only when I'm in love.

242
00:21:56,791 --> 00:22:00,518
Patricio Lamumba Beach is only
a 10 minute walk from here--

243
00:22:00,557 --> 00:22:03,579
La Concha is about a mile...

244
00:22:03,657 --> 00:22:05,590
This is perfect for you.

245
00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:09,679
You'll have to share
the bathroom with her.

246
00:22:09,722 --> 00:22:12,120
Bedsheets are changed
every two weeks

247
00:22:12,155 --> 00:22:15,122
and you are responsible
for your own towel.

248
00:22:15,555 --> 00:22:17,349
It is perfect, I'll take it.

249
00:22:17,389 --> 00:22:19,910
Don't you want to know
how much?

250
00:22:19,955 --> 00:22:21,921
It doesn't matter,
I can not afford it anyway.

251
00:22:21,955 --> 00:22:24,351
30 pesos a month--

252
00:22:25,654 --> 00:22:28,711
and no visitors...

253
00:22:28,754 --> 00:22:30,777
nor music after 10:00pm.

254
00:22:31,586 --> 00:22:32,779
30.

255
00:22:41,285 --> 00:22:43,251
Thank you.

256
00:23:05,649 --> 00:23:07,581
National Book Award Contest.

257
00:23:12,649 --> 00:23:14,239
Hello.

258
00:23:14,279 --> 00:23:15,939
I would like
to submit this please.

259
00:23:15,981 --> 00:23:17,310
Put it in the box.

260
00:26:30,290 --> 00:26:32,482
Hey, you want a smoke?

261
00:26:32,522 --> 00:26:33,680
No, thank you.

262
00:26:46,321 --> 00:26:49,286
What are you reading?

263
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,616
This is "El Lazarillo
de Tormes."

264
00:26:51,653 --> 00:26:53,084
Who wrote it?

265
00:26:56,319 --> 00:26:57,682
No author,
he's anonymous.

266
00:26:59,852 --> 00:27:03,806
No writer?
That's impossible.

267
00:27:03,852 --> 00:27:05,340
No, no, no,
I didn't say no writer.

268
00:27:05,384 --> 00:27:07,044
I said we don't know
who the author is.

269
00:27:08,718 --> 00:27:12,706
Okay.
Do you have any other books?

270
00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:14,717
Yes, I have many.

271
00:27:16,982 --> 00:27:19,881
I usually read out here
so I can be alone.

272
00:27:19,917 --> 00:27:22,542
I like it here.

273
00:27:22,617 --> 00:27:24,775
Sorry to bother you.
I'll leave.

274
00:27:24,816 --> 00:27:26,974
It's okay.
I'm going home anyway.

275
00:27:35,015 --> 00:27:36,674
You live around here?

276
00:27:36,715 --> 00:27:39,203
Not far.

277
00:27:40,014 --> 00:27:42,242
You want to come over
and hear some music?

278
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,905
What?

279
00:27:44,946 --> 00:27:46,605
I have some
French records.

280
00:27:46,646 --> 00:27:47,634
Maybe you like...

281
00:27:50,511 --> 00:27:54,171
Edith Piaf,
and Jacques Brel.

282
00:27:57,411 --> 00:27:58,968
Stupid idiot!

283
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:01,443
Are you out of your mind?

284
00:28:01,477 --> 00:28:02,739
Take the book with you.

285
00:28:04,125 --> 00:28:06,192
Fuck your dick, faggot!

286
00:28:06,210 --> 00:28:08,334
Stupid!
Pussy.

287
00:28:12,209 --> 00:28:13,869
And so, ladies and gentlemen,

288
00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:17,941
we have arrived at this
auspicious moment.

289
00:28:17,942 --> 00:28:21,965
We are happy to announce
that the first prize goes to,

290
00:28:22,008 --> 00:28:25,838
"Living in Candonga"
by Ezequiel Vieta.

291
00:28:38,806 --> 00:28:43,534
And the honourable mention
goes to Reinaldo Arenas

292
00:28:43,606 --> 00:28:45,697
for "Celestino Antes de Alba."

293
00:28:54,671 --> 00:28:56,000
Thank you.
Gracias.

294
00:28:57,338 --> 00:28:59,428
Thank you for coming
ladies and gentlemen,

295
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:02,458
and another round of applause
for our contestants.

296
00:29:11,935 --> 00:29:13,026
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

297
00:29:13,069 --> 00:29:14,830
You're invited to
Lezama Lima's house.

298
00:29:26,233 --> 00:29:27,698
Hello.

299
00:29:53,164 --> 00:29:56,925
He left after his brother
made the film "P.M."

300
00:29:56,964 --> 00:29:58,360
You've heard about it.

301
00:29:58,397 --> 00:30:01,055
The brother had to leave, too.

302
00:30:01,096 --> 00:30:02,721
Simple film.

303
00:30:05,628 --> 00:30:08,855
Just a group of people
dancing and getting drunk.

304
00:30:10,628 --> 00:30:13,389
It made no judgments.

305
00:30:14,794 --> 00:30:16,726
It made no judgments.

306
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,915
People that make art are
dangerous to any dictatorship.

307
00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:28,454
They create beauty.

308
00:30:29,992 --> 00:30:32,514
And beauty is the enemy.

309
00:30:33,058 --> 00:30:35,786
Artists are escapists.

310
00:30:36,457 --> 00:30:38,923
Artists are counter-
revolutionary,

311
00:30:38,958 --> 00:30:43,582
and so you are a counter-
revolutionary, Reinaldo Arenas,

312
00:30:43,624 --> 00:30:45,089
and you know why?

313
00:30:47,090 --> 00:30:51,578
Because there's a man
that cannot govern

314
00:30:51,623 --> 00:30:54,590
the terrain called beauty,
so he wants to eliminate it.

315
00:30:54,622 --> 00:30:58,110
So, here we are, 400 years
of Cuban culture

316
00:30:58,155 --> 00:31:01,714
about to become extinct
and everybody applauds.

317
00:31:01,754 --> 00:31:03,220
And what happened to your lip?

318
00:31:04,188 --> 00:31:07,177
I found somebody who doesn't
like French music, that's all.

319
00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:09,208
Be careful.
Be careful.

320
00:31:09,253 --> 00:31:11,684
No, no, no.
Keep it--

321
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,618
He would love for you
to have it.

322
00:31:15,054 --> 00:31:18,713
There are 150 books that
contain everything

323
00:31:18,752 --> 00:31:20,718
that literature has to offer.

324
00:31:20,751 --> 00:31:23,377
You read them and you don't have
to read anything else.

325
00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:25,214
So which book would
be the first?

326
00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:27,843
"The Bible."
You have to read the Bible.

327
00:31:27,885 --> 00:31:30,476
Oh, croquettes.
Ooh, María Luisa.

328
00:31:35,217 --> 00:31:39,648
These croquettes don't stick
to the roof of your mouth.

329
00:31:42,182 --> 00:31:43,773
They are delicious.

330
00:31:43,816 --> 00:31:44,839
What kind are they?

331
00:31:44,883 --> 00:31:46,211
In this country, you don't
ask that question.

332
00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:48,646
We're all being placed
on an international diet.

333
00:31:48,682 --> 00:31:49,773
Let's go back
to the Bible,

334
00:31:49,815 --> 00:31:51,973
it's far
more interesting.

335
00:31:52,015 --> 00:31:55,139
Now, I don't mean
to convert you.

336
00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:56,703
Just read it like a novel.

337
00:31:56,747 --> 00:32:00,179
I tell you what, I'm going
to give you five books--

338
00:32:00,213 --> 00:32:03,145
Correction, I'm going to lend
you five books.

339
00:32:03,179 --> 00:32:06,304
You return them,
then I'll give you five more.

340
00:32:06,347 --> 00:32:08,471
"Moby Dick," Melville,

341
00:32:08,513 --> 00:32:11,376
Robert Lewis Stevenson's
"Treasure Island,"

342
00:32:11,413 --> 00:32:13,901
Proust's,
"Remembrance of Things Past"

343
00:32:13,946 --> 00:32:16,241
Kafka's "Metamorphosis,"

344
00:32:16,278 --> 00:32:18,573
Flaubert's,
"Sentimental Education."

345
00:32:19,411 --> 00:32:21,400
María Luisa,
coffee please.

346
00:32:22,877 --> 00:32:24,775
One, two, three--

347
00:32:24,811 --> 00:32:27,970
four, five.

348
00:32:28,009 --> 00:32:31,101
Reinaldo, I don't mean
to be presumptuous,

349
00:32:31,143 --> 00:32:32,769
but we've read your book.

350
00:32:32,810 --> 00:32:35,241
We both think
it's far superior

351
00:32:35,275 --> 00:32:36,969
to the one
that won first prize.

352
00:32:37,008 --> 00:32:38,941
They robbed you
of the first prize.

353
00:32:38,975 --> 00:32:40,600
But, to be frank,

354
00:32:40,642 --> 00:32:42,971
there's always room
for improvement.

355
00:32:44,442 --> 00:32:46,067
If you'll allow,

356
00:32:46,107 --> 00:32:49,096
Virgilio would like
to help you clean it up.

357
00:32:49,141 --> 00:32:51,300
Right now it's good,

358
00:32:51,341 --> 00:32:53,806
but it's too good
not to be great.

359
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,135
Let's fix it.

360
00:32:55,174 --> 00:32:57,764
Second prize
gets published too.

361
00:32:57,807 --> 00:32:59,363
That's the real prize.

362
00:32:59,406 --> 00:33:02,202
We both think that
you were born to write.

363
00:33:06,972 --> 00:33:08,835
( police radio )

364
00:33:15,338 --> 00:33:17,235
You can't be too careful.

365
00:33:17,271 --> 00:33:21,101
This is the only possession
that you really need.

366
00:33:21,936 --> 00:33:24,232
...of life.

367
00:33:34,801 --> 00:33:36,927
The lizards are very large
here.

368
00:33:36,968 --> 00:33:38,433
If you saw them!
Lizards ...

369
00:33:38,468 --> 00:33:40,831
come in various types...

370
00:33:59,732 --> 00:34:01,526
Where's Pepe?

371
00:34:01,566 --> 00:34:02,895
He's getting supplies.

372
00:34:04,431 --> 00:34:05,954
I don't have to work today.

373
00:34:05,997 --> 00:34:08,190
Let's pick up
Nicolas and Juan.

374
00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:10,197
Okay.

375
00:34:10,230 --> 00:34:13,594
Look, look, Tomás.
"Celestino Antes de Alba."

376
00:34:13,629 --> 00:34:14,595
Now, you are really a writer.

377
00:34:14,629 --> 00:34:16,493
- You like that cover?
- I like it, it's beautiful.

378
00:34:18,463 --> 00:34:20,621
I thank Virgilio
for this book.

379
00:34:20,664 --> 00:34:23,391
He gave me a lesson
in literature and editing.

380
00:34:23,763 --> 00:34:25,853
...my brothers Juan
and Nicholas are writers too.

381
00:34:25,895 --> 00:34:27,190
Oh, come on.

382
00:34:27,228 --> 00:34:29,593
Pepe, we've got the Bronte
sisters in the back-seat.

383
00:34:29,627 --> 00:34:30,788
Look at them.

384
00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:41,451
Lezama is a Catholic;
Virgilio is an atheist.

385
00:34:42,494 --> 00:34:44,584
So what do they
have in common

386
00:34:44,625 --> 00:34:46,024
besides being faggots?

387
00:34:46,058 --> 00:34:48,354
Lezama doesn't type,
he writes everything by hand.

388
00:34:48,393 --> 00:34:50,702
Something you
wouldn't understand

389
00:34:50,703 --> 00:34:53,014
It's called
intellectual honesty.

390
00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:55,492
I don't understand!

391
00:34:55,492 --> 00:34:58,082
Well, if you took the time
to actually read their books,

392
00:34:58,125 --> 00:35:00,385
maybe you'd have something
intelligent to say about it.

393
00:35:03,456 --> 00:35:04,616
Oye,
look at this.

394
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,186
Give him the cigarettes.

395
00:35:14,326 --> 00:35:16,019
Hey, handsome!

396
00:35:31,392 --> 00:35:32,517
Maricones!

397
00:35:43,522 --> 00:35:45,919
Mariquita! ¡Mariquita!

398
00:35:45,956 --> 00:35:48,320
Make him eat
pillar of the horse!

399
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:58,611
( gunshots )

400
00:35:59,321 --> 00:36:02,014
Pussy! What is that?

401
00:36:02,054 --> 00:36:02,916
What happens now?

402
00:36:02,942 --> 00:36:04,692
Welcome to the picnic, mate.

403
00:36:04,750 --> 00:36:06,083
Stay still, don't move.

404
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,477
- What do you want?
- Shut up.

405
00:36:12,486 --> 00:36:13,679
What do I want?

406
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,641
I want Carlos first
to frisk this guy.

407
00:36:16,685 --> 00:36:17,672
Why him?

408
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,049
See if he's got a weapon.

409
00:36:19,084 --> 00:36:20,550
He's not even dressed.

410
00:36:22,384 --> 00:36:24,146
What's your name?

411
00:36:25,318 --> 00:36:26,748
My name?

412
00:36:28,117 --> 00:36:29,946
Franz Kafka.

413
00:36:29,982 --> 00:36:32,040
Franz Kafka.

414
00:36:32,083 --> 00:36:33,606
You're funny.

415
00:36:33,649 --> 00:36:35,640
You think I'm ignorant?

416
00:36:37,616 --> 00:36:39,080
Let's see how
ignorant you are.

417
00:36:39,116 --> 00:36:43,048
Ever heard of a summer camp
called La Isla de la Juventud?

418
00:36:44,981 --> 00:36:49,879
No, then maybe
you can tell me...

419
00:36:50,814 --> 00:36:55,644
when was the last time
you took it up your ass?

420
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,008
The last time?

421
00:36:58,047 --> 00:36:59,444
Oh, I don't remember.

422
00:36:59,714 --> 00:37:02,373
You don't remember?

423
00:37:03,446 --> 00:37:05,413
But, I remember
the last time you did.

424
00:37:05,446 --> 00:37:08,969
When was that?

425
00:37:09,011 --> 00:37:10,841
Maybe the last time
you bent over

426
00:37:10,878 --> 00:37:12,275
to tie your boots?

427
00:37:29,108 --> 00:37:32,338
Okay,
you see, does not?

428
00:37:38,841 --> 00:37:40,102
Okay, okay.

429
00:37:43,773 --> 00:37:44,966
Do you have a cigarette?

430
00:37:45,007 --> 00:37:48,598
Yes, I have a cigarette.

431
00:37:58,305 --> 00:38:00,327
There was also a sexual
revolution going on

432
00:38:00,373 --> 00:38:04,031
that came along with excitement
of the official revolution--

433
00:38:06,770 --> 00:38:11,134
but the drums of militarism
were still trying to beat down

434
00:38:11,171 --> 00:38:14,135
the rhythm of poetry and life.

435
00:38:16,202 --> 00:38:18,600
When I wasn't at my job
at the library,

436
00:38:18,636 --> 00:38:21,932
or guard duty,
or attending rallies,

437
00:38:23,103 --> 00:38:24,328
there were three
wonderful things

438
00:38:24,370 --> 00:38:26,494
that I enjoyed
in the 60's:

439
00:38:27,002 --> 00:38:31,330
my typewriter, at which I sat
like a dedicated performer

440
00:38:31,369 --> 00:38:33,028
sitting at his piano;

441
00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:35,967
the youth of those days,

442
00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:38,522
when everyone was ready
to break free;

443
00:38:39,168 --> 00:38:43,099
and lastly, the full discovery
of the sea.

444
00:40:20,353 --> 00:40:23,048
Did you ever notice there
are four categories of gays?

445
00:40:23,086 --> 00:40:25,279
Really?

446
00:40:25,321 --> 00:40:25,844
Really.

447
00:40:25,886 --> 00:40:27,444
Which are they?

448
00:40:27,486 --> 00:40:30,940
Well, the first one
is the dog collar gay--

449
00:40:30,985 --> 00:40:32,008
He's loud,

450
00:40:32,053 --> 00:40:34,984
shows off that
he's gay,

451
00:40:35,019 --> 00:40:37,315
there's no limit
to his sexual voracity,

452
00:40:37,351 --> 00:40:40,114
therefore he's constantly
being arrested.

453
00:40:40,152 --> 00:40:42,481
The system has created
a permanent collar

454
00:40:42,519 --> 00:40:43,711
around his neck,

455
00:40:43,751 --> 00:40:44,978
so they can
hook him up

456
00:40:45,018 --> 00:40:46,506
and take him to
a rehabilitation camp

457
00:40:46,551 --> 00:40:47,880
like a Valparaíso.

458
00:40:48,183 --> 00:40:50,411
Two is the common gay.

459
00:40:50,449 --> 00:40:52,881
He's made his commitments
with other gays,

460
00:40:52,917 --> 00:40:55,144
has a job, film clubs,

461
00:40:55,182 --> 00:40:57,375
likes to sip tea
with his friends,

462
00:40:57,417 --> 00:40:58,905
writes a poem
now and then,

463
00:40:58,949 --> 00:41:00,880
only has relations
with other gays,

464
00:41:00,915 --> 00:41:02,347
never takes a risk,

465
00:41:02,382 --> 00:41:04,472
and never gets
to know a real man.

466
00:41:04,848 --> 00:41:06,938
The third one,

467
00:41:06,982 --> 00:41:08,243
the closet gay,
okay,

468
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:09,542
nobody knows
he is gay.

469
00:41:09,581 --> 00:41:11,909
He's married,
has children,

470
00:41:11,947 --> 00:41:13,970
hides on his way
to the bathroom,

471
00:41:14,014 --> 00:41:16,808
still wearing the ring
that his wife gave him.

472
00:41:16,847 --> 00:41:19,676
They're hard to spot,
but I've got one here.

473
00:41:23,746 --> 00:41:26,268
Most of the time they're
the ones who censor other gays.

474
00:41:34,644 --> 00:41:35,610
And fourth, the royal gay,

475
00:41:35,644 --> 00:41:37,338
a unique product
of our country,

476
00:41:37,376 --> 00:41:38,502
a communist country.

477
00:41:38,544 --> 00:41:42,943
Because of his closeness
to our Maximum Leader

478
00:41:42,977 --> 00:41:45,000
or special work with
the State Security,

479
00:41:45,044 --> 00:41:48,169
he can afford
to be openly gay,

480
00:41:48,244 --> 00:41:51,141
travel freely in this
country and abroad,

481
00:41:51,176 --> 00:41:53,869
cover himself
with jewels, clothes...

482
00:41:53,908 --> 00:41:57,704
Coño, he even has
a private chauffeur.

483
00:42:04,242 --> 00:42:07,173
Hey, hey.
Stop!

484
00:42:07,241 --> 00:42:08,831
Reinaldo!

485
00:42:08,874 --> 00:42:10,533
Hey, Reinaldo!

486
00:42:10,573 --> 00:42:13,129
Come on.
We'll give you a ride.

487
00:42:17,973 --> 00:42:19,802
Where are you going?

488
00:42:19,838 --> 00:42:20,860
Don't worry.
Take a seat.

489
00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:24,704
Hello.

490
00:42:24,705 --> 00:42:25,796
How are you?

491
00:42:30,704 --> 00:42:34,796
Now, we're going to take
a little shortcut

492
00:42:34,836 --> 00:42:37,065
and show you a beautiful
part of Havana

493
00:42:37,103 --> 00:42:39,693
that not many
visitors get to see.

494
00:44:01,226 --> 00:44:03,885
The crackdown began in earnest.

495
00:44:03,925 --> 00:44:06,948
The horror and ugliness
advanced day by day

496
00:44:06,992 --> 00:44:09,048
at an ever increasing pace,

497
00:44:09,092 --> 00:44:13,217
but the oppression only
acted as a stimulus

498
00:44:13,891 --> 00:44:16,220
and sex became a way
of fighting it...

499
00:44:16,291 --> 00:44:19,155
a weapon to use
against the regimen.

500
00:45:47,708 --> 00:45:50,208
With the Revolution, everything!

501
00:45:50,875 --> 00:45:53,917
Against the Revolution, nothing!

502
00:45:56,578 --> 00:45:57,975
Needless to say,

503
00:45:58,011 --> 00:46:00,602
the Revolution wasn't
for everybody.

504
00:46:00,645 --> 00:46:04,406
Mr. Heberto Zorrilla Ochoa,

505
00:46:04,443 --> 00:46:09,466
are you aware of Article 243
in the Penal Code?

506
00:46:09,509 --> 00:46:10,441
Yes.

507
00:46:11,243 --> 00:46:15,435
And what does Article 243
of the Penal Code state?

508
00:46:15,476 --> 00:46:19,804
It states that no assembly
of over three people is allowed.

509
00:46:19,842 --> 00:46:24,330
And yet, you had an assembly
of over 20 people at your home

510
00:46:24,375 --> 00:46:26,000
on the night of July 10th.

511
00:46:26,041 --> 00:46:27,903
What were you doing?

512
00:46:27,941 --> 00:46:30,099
It was a poetry reading.

513
00:46:30,140 --> 00:46:32,300
Whose poetry?

514
00:46:32,340 --> 00:46:35,203
My own--
others.

515
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:38,865
And are you sure that
this was a poetry reading

516
00:46:38,905 --> 00:46:40,996
and not just an
opportunity to recite

517
00:46:41,039 --> 00:46:43,300
counterrevolutionary
propaganda?

518
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:45,726
Yes, I'm sure.

519
00:46:45,772 --> 00:46:50,363
Mr. Correa, is poetry
ever propaganda?

520
00:46:51,638 --> 00:46:53,899
I suppose it could be.

521
00:46:53,938 --> 00:46:56,666
But not your poetry.

522
00:46:56,703 --> 00:46:58,828
No.

523
00:46:59,236 --> 00:47:03,032
Mr. Correa, who else
was present

524
00:47:03,069 --> 00:47:05,432
at this so-called
poetry reading?

525
00:47:07,435 --> 00:47:10,559
Some friends,
other writers.

526
00:47:10,601 --> 00:47:15,932
Tell me, does the name
José Lezama Lima ring a bell?

527
00:47:15,968 --> 00:47:18,330
Virgilio Piñera?

528
00:47:18,368 --> 00:47:20,629
Your wife, Fina?

529
00:47:21,367 --> 00:47:22,526
Yes.

530
00:47:22,568 --> 00:47:23,863
Were they there?

531
00:47:23,899 --> 00:47:25,957
Yes, they were there.

532
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,329
Are you aware
that Lezama Lima

533
00:47:29,367 --> 00:47:32,299
and Virgilio Piñera
are homosexuals?

534
00:47:33,331 --> 00:47:34,991
Yes.

535
00:47:46,298 --> 00:47:48,490
I am aware of my errors.

536
00:47:52,863 --> 00:47:54,761
that are unpardonable,

537
00:47:55,929 --> 00:47:58,985
errors that demand
to be severely punished.

538
00:48:00,661 --> 00:48:03,890
But I must confess
that I see before me

539
00:48:03,928 --> 00:48:05,757
in this room,

540
00:48:05,794 --> 00:48:09,327
the faces of many comrades
who like me,

541
00:48:09,328 --> 00:48:11,623
have lost their way,

542
00:48:11,660 --> 00:48:15,422
whose ideology has wavered,

543
00:48:15,460 --> 00:48:18,255
who have committed
similar errors...

544
00:48:18,293 --> 00:48:26,350
errors that also demand
to be severely punished.

545
00:48:56,388 --> 00:48:58,047
( crowd screams )

546
00:49:16,085 --> 00:49:18,608
I'm sorry.
I'm late.

547
00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:21,517
We got a call about
an hour ago.

548
00:49:21,551 --> 00:49:23,642
They said they would be
at the Hotel Nacional

549
00:49:23,685 --> 00:49:25,911
and they're leaving
today at 4:00 p.m.

550
00:49:25,951 --> 00:49:27,542
That's all they said?

551
00:49:27,583 --> 00:49:29,674
They're friends of
Lezama Lima.

552
00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:33,416
- Reinaldo?
- Yes.

553
00:49:33,450 --> 00:49:35,041
I'm Jorge Camacho.

554
00:49:35,083 --> 00:49:38,015
- This is my wife, Margarita.
- Hi.

555
00:49:38,049 --> 00:49:39,413
Have a seat.

556
00:49:41,982 --> 00:49:43,380
We live in Paris.

557
00:49:43,415 --> 00:49:45,643
Jorge is in a show
at the Salón De Mayo.

558
00:49:45,681 --> 00:49:46,942
He's a painter.

559
00:49:46,982 --> 00:49:48,811
We are big fans
of your work.

560
00:49:48,848 --> 00:49:50,643
My work?

561
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:52,805
We bought your book
in a bookstore

562
00:49:52,847 --> 00:49:55,108
and Jorge stayed up
all night reading it.

563
00:49:55,180 --> 00:49:57,238
He said it was
the greatest novel

564
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:58,746
he ever read
about childhood.

565
00:49:59,679 --> 00:50:01,908
Would you put
the book away, please.

566
00:50:01,946 --> 00:50:03,309
Yes, of course.

567
00:50:05,333 --> 00:50:06,792
Do they speak French?

568
00:50:08,179 --> 00:50:09,474
Of course.

569
00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:13,833
We follow the process of
Zorilla through the newspapers

570
00:50:15,250 --> 00:50:20,125
and we know of the existence
of Mira Flor and the Isle of Youth.

571
00:50:20,625 --> 00:50:24,958
They are pretty names
that remind flowers,

572
00:50:26,042 --> 00:50:29,667
but they are concentration camps

573
00:50:30,375 --> 00:50:35,125
for homosexuals,
for political dissidents...

574
00:50:39,833 --> 00:50:42,625
For those who use...

575
00:50:44,833 --> 00:50:46,833
pants too tight.

576
00:50:49,542 --> 00:50:52,833
How can we help you?

577
00:50:54,083 --> 00:50:58,125
My last manuscript was banned,
take it with you.

578
00:50:59,125 --> 00:51:02,125
We leave in two hours...

579
00:51:07,208 --> 00:51:09,750
He has to come visit us in Paris.

580
00:51:10,917 --> 00:51:15,792
I don't think I travel much at the moment,
but thanks.

581
00:51:16,917 --> 00:51:20,167
One day I'll go, even if it's swimming.

582
00:52:39,027 --> 00:52:40,184
Reinaldo!

583
00:52:42,659 --> 00:52:44,090
Margarita went ahead.

584
00:52:44,158 --> 00:52:45,181
I thought you
were gone.

585
00:52:45,226 --> 00:52:46,919
I went to the hotel--
I didn't know.

586
00:52:46,958 --> 00:52:49,152
But, I knew you
were here.

587
00:52:53,191 --> 00:52:55,156
This is a friend
of ours,

588
00:52:55,191 --> 00:52:57,589
who works at
the French Embassy.

589
00:52:57,624 --> 00:52:59,291
If you ever
need anything

590
00:52:59,292 --> 00:53:00,957
you can give
her a call.

591
00:53:00,990 --> 00:53:03,956
She'll get in
touch with us.

592
00:53:03,990 --> 00:53:06,513
It's a small present
from Margarita and me.

593
00:53:06,989 --> 00:53:08,750
Thank you
very much, Jorge.

594
00:53:08,789 --> 00:53:10,721
You have to go.

595
00:53:10,756 --> 00:53:12,016
What do your
paintings look like?

596
00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:13,954
Because I didn't
ask you before.

597
00:53:13,989 --> 00:53:16,251
You'll have to
see them in person.

598
00:53:16,288 --> 00:53:17,015
Sure.

599
00:53:17,055 --> 00:53:18,248
Who knows?

600
00:53:18,288 --> 00:53:20,378
Maybe you could
write something

601
00:53:20,422 --> 00:53:21,909
about them someday.

602
00:54:00,848 --> 00:54:04,338
Hey Mister,
can I have my kite, please?

603
00:54:04,381 --> 00:54:05,472
Get lost.

604
00:54:05,516 --> 00:54:06,845
You almost killed me.

605
00:54:06,949 --> 00:54:09,006
Come on,
give him the kite.

606
00:54:09,049 --> 00:54:11,174
You want to give
him the kite?

607
00:54:11,216 --> 00:54:12,305
Give him the kite?

608
00:54:12,348 --> 00:54:13,335
Forget it!

609
00:54:15,914 --> 00:54:17,777
Come on,
give him the kite!

610
00:54:17,814 --> 00:54:19,246
Oye!

611
00:54:19,279 --> 00:54:20,643
You want to give
him back the kite?

612
00:54:20,681 --> 00:54:22,271
Okay, I'll give
him the kite.

613
00:54:24,446 --> 00:54:25,741
What are you doing, Pepe?

614
00:54:30,213 --> 00:54:32,076
What are you doing, Pepe?

615
00:54:32,779 --> 00:54:34,300
Get out of here!

616
00:54:48,777 --> 00:54:51,607
Get away from here!

617
00:54:58,641 --> 00:55:00,231
Here.

618
00:55:10,274 --> 00:55:11,329
Excuse me.
Excuse me.

619
00:55:11,373 --> 00:55:13,635
I was on the beach
and these boys

620
00:55:13,673 --> 00:55:17,003
stole my flippers
and my clothes.

621
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:18,839
Could you identify them?

622
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:21,805
No, but it's okay.

623
00:55:21,838 --> 00:55:23,963
Get in the car.

624
00:55:24,972 --> 00:55:26,370
No, it's okay.

625
00:55:26,404 --> 00:55:28,836
Get in the car.

626
00:55:35,204 --> 00:55:37,000
There!
That's them!

627
00:55:42,903 --> 00:55:44,630
Come over here.

628
00:55:46,035 --> 00:55:48,558
You have something
belonging to this man?

629
00:55:48,935 --> 00:55:49,992
Look at him.

630
00:55:53,002 --> 00:55:55,159
Give me your ID cards.

631
00:56:04,533 --> 00:56:07,364
I was going to return this
stuff to the police station.

632
00:56:07,399 --> 00:56:10,524
That faggot and his friend,
tried to touch our pricks.

633
00:56:10,567 --> 00:56:12,192
Yeah, we beat them up
and they ran off,

634
00:56:12,232 --> 00:56:14,527
so, we were going to bring
this to the station.

635
00:56:14,567 --> 00:56:15,930
They molested us.

636
00:56:15,965 --> 00:56:17,431
- They molested you?
- Yeah.

637
00:56:17,465 --> 00:56:19,157
- You're sure?
- Yes.

638
00:56:20,165 --> 00:56:21,596
You're under arrest.

639
00:56:21,631 --> 00:56:22,721
Why!

640
00:56:22,764 --> 00:56:24,924
Because I said so.

641
00:56:35,496 --> 00:56:36,757
Lugando Barnes!

642
00:58:48,413 --> 00:58:49,844
What are you doing here?

643
00:58:49,879 --> 00:58:51,275
I live right over here.

644
00:58:51,313 --> 00:58:54,244
I need a towel, t-shirt,
anything you have.

645
00:58:54,278 --> 00:58:55,438
Please.

646
00:58:56,878 --> 00:58:57,605
Thank you.

647
00:58:57,644 --> 00:58:58,736
I need a place to hide.

648
00:58:58,778 --> 00:59:00,902
I don't know,
I have to get out of here.

649
00:59:00,945 --> 00:59:02,342
Why, what did you do?

650
00:59:02,377 --> 00:59:04,275
They said I
molested these kids.

651
00:59:04,310 --> 00:59:06,539
You should see these kids.

652
00:59:06,577 --> 00:59:08,066
They were all bigger
than me.

653
00:59:08,144 --> 00:59:09,575
Have you heard from Tomás?

654
00:59:09,609 --> 00:59:13,007
I was told that he was
in a work camp in Oriente

655
00:59:13,043 --> 00:59:15,441
and he was killed
while trying to escape.

656
00:59:15,476 --> 00:59:16,340
I've heard you've
had some trouble

657
00:59:16,375 --> 00:59:17,501
with the police.

658
00:59:17,543 --> 00:59:18,872
No, it was a mistake,

659
00:59:18,909 --> 00:59:21,102
they had me mixed up
with somebody else.

660
00:59:22,608 --> 00:59:25,300
The way I see it,
you have two choices:

661
00:59:25,341 --> 00:59:29,467
You can try to make it
to the U.S. Navy Base

662
00:59:29,507 --> 00:59:30,632
in Guantánamo;

663
00:59:30,674 --> 00:59:32,764
or you can try to float
your way to Florida.

664
00:59:32,806 --> 00:59:35,295
It's about 90 miles.

665
00:59:35,340 --> 00:59:38,498
You can make it in a few
days if the current is good.

666
00:59:38,540 --> 00:59:41,028
I have an inner tube
I was saving.

667
00:59:41,105 --> 00:59:42,663
It's yours.

668
01:00:10,002 --> 01:00:11,332
( knocking on door )

669
01:00:16,501 --> 01:00:17,813
Who is it?

670
01:00:17,814 --> 01:00:19,126
It's me, Pepe.

671
01:00:19,168 --> 01:00:20,600
I'm sorry about today.

672
01:00:22,967 --> 01:00:24,297
What do you want now?

673
01:00:24,333 --> 01:00:25,299
Where are you going?

674
01:00:25,333 --> 01:00:27,390
I don't know.

675
01:00:27,433 --> 01:00:28,659
Huh, where have you been?

676
01:00:28,699 --> 01:00:29,563
I'm leaving right now.

677
01:00:30,833 --> 01:00:31,560
How?

678
01:00:31,966 --> 01:00:33,329
How?
Inner tube.

679
01:00:33,367 --> 01:00:34,729
You're crazy,
you're going to drown.

680
01:00:35,999 --> 01:00:37,465
Listen, do you want
to help me?

681
01:00:37,499 --> 01:00:38,896
Yes, I want to help you.

682
01:00:38,932 --> 01:00:40,921
Then give me all the
money you have on you.

683
01:00:43,665 --> 01:00:45,459
You can have
the gold, clothes...

684
01:00:45,498 --> 01:00:46,827
you can sell
it everywhere.

685
01:00:46,863 --> 01:00:48,885
Please, give me all
the money you have on you.

686
01:00:48,930 --> 01:00:49,953
You have money in here?

687
01:00:49,997 --> 01:00:52,464
Give me the money.
Give me the money!

688
01:00:52,465 --> 01:00:53,191
You can take--

689
01:00:53,230 --> 01:00:54,251
you can take everything,

690
01:00:54,297 --> 01:00:55,490
You can stay here
if you want.

691
01:00:55,530 --> 01:00:59,461
Reinaldo, I have
some friends

692
01:00:59,495 --> 01:01:00,461
that can solve
this problem.

693
01:01:00,463 --> 01:01:01,588
What kind of friends
do you have?

694
01:01:01,629 --> 01:01:03,151
You know what
kind of friends.

695
01:01:03,196 --> 01:01:04,627
Why kind of friends
do you have?

696
01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:05,593
Don't go away.

697
01:01:05,629 --> 01:01:07,891
- Reinaldo.
- I'm leaving.

698
01:01:07,928 --> 01:01:09,121
I'm leaving...

699
01:01:09,161 --> 01:01:10,752
I-I'll keep in touch
with you, alright?

700
01:01:10,794 --> 01:01:11,851
Bye.

701
01:03:59,073 --> 01:04:00,504
Reinaldo--

702
01:04:00,592 --> 01:04:02,967
Would you be sad if I died?

703
01:04:48,833 --> 01:04:52,708
"Havana, Lenin Park,
November 15, 1974."

704
01:04:53,833 --> 01:04:56,958
The International Red
Cross and UNESCO.

705
01:04:57,458 --> 01:04:58,875
I've been a victim for a long time

706
01:04:59,292 --> 01:05:02,258
of a sinister persecution
by the Cuban system.

707
01:05:02,265 --> 01:05:04,164
I have to hide
you somewhere,

708
01:05:04,165 --> 01:05:06,221
because we are
surrounded by police.

709
01:05:06,542 --> 01:05:08,458
All my friends were questioned

710
01:05:08,750 --> 01:05:11,292
and sometimes forced
by violence and blackmail

711
01:05:11,625 --> 01:05:13,917
to report on myself.

712
01:05:14,375 --> 01:05:16,833
My correspondence
has been intercepted,

713
01:05:17,167 --> 01:05:19,458
my room reviewed
hundreds of times,

714
01:05:19,875 --> 01:05:22,208
my work confiscated by the police.

715
01:05:22,583 --> 01:05:25,875
And right now my own
life is in immediate danger,

716
01:05:26,542 --> 01:05:31,250
the system uses all the methods
at its disposal to annihilate me,

717
01:05:32,042 --> 01:05:35,958
they have come to fabricate against
me a complaint for rape of minors,

718
01:05:36,292 --> 01:05:39,167
for corruption,
and publication of my novels abroad.

719
01:05:42,159 --> 01:05:43,819
...a photo of you

720
01:05:43,860 --> 01:05:45,883
just in case you forget
what you look like,

721
01:05:47,226 --> 01:05:49,488
and last,
"La Iliada."

722
01:05:49,525 --> 01:05:51,014
"La Ilíada," Juan,
"La Ilíada."

723
01:05:52,892 --> 01:05:54,448
Here are the pills
you asked for.

724
01:05:54,493 --> 01:05:55,479
What are they?

725
01:05:55,525 --> 01:05:58,888
I don't know,
but they make you happy.

726
01:05:58,924 --> 01:06:01,389
Will they kill me?

727
01:06:01,424 --> 01:06:03,516
I suppose if you
took enough of them.

728
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:09,875
Before being transferred
to another prison

729
01:06:10,250 --> 01:06:11,958
I was miraculously able to escape.

730
01:06:12,375 --> 01:06:15,083
My situation, therefore,
is completely hopeless,

731
01:06:15,333 --> 01:06:17,458
I clandestinely
direct these lines.

732
01:06:17,833 --> 01:06:21,208
<i>I already affirm that
what I write is the truth,</i>

733
01:06:21,625 --> 01:06:25,375
knowing that later they will
force me to say otherwise.

734
01:06:53,859 --> 01:06:54,438
Hello.

735
01:06:54,439 --> 01:06:55,018
Hello.

736
01:06:55,058 --> 01:06:57,150
Can I have two
croquetas, please?

737
01:06:57,191 --> 01:06:58,157
Two?

738
01:06:58,191 --> 01:06:59,316
Yes, and a drink.

739
01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:37,884
Do you have a light?

740
01:07:40,686 --> 01:07:42,743
Yes.
Sure.

741
01:07:44,219 --> 01:07:45,911
Do you have
a cigarette?

742
01:07:55,784 --> 01:07:57,148
What is your name?

743
01:07:58,083 --> 01:08:00,310
Adriano Faustino Sotolongo.

744
01:08:02,716 --> 01:08:04,681
When did you get
that name, Reinaldo?

745
01:08:04,716 --> 01:08:07,306
You are Reinaldo Arenas,
aren't you?

746
01:08:17,249 --> 01:08:18,645
Good job.

747
01:08:20,981 --> 01:08:22,641
Officer: We need to look
this package.

748
01:09:00,417 --> 01:09:03,792
This bird that we found in
the park is Reinaldo Arenas.

749
01:09:06,675 --> 01:09:09,039
Dale! Dale!

750
01:09:09,075 --> 01:09:11,063
Dale, coño!
Dale!

751
01:09:12,141 --> 01:09:13,902
And you will see
what is good.

752
01:09:13,941 --> 01:09:16,271
You see what is good
there.

753
01:09:33,072 --> 01:09:36,594
I arrived at El Morro not
as a political prisoner

754
01:09:36,639 --> 01:09:37,797
or writer,

755
01:09:37,838 --> 01:09:41,736
but with an infamous
reputation as a rapist,

756
01:09:41,770 --> 01:09:44,497
a murderer,
and a CIA agent.

757
01:09:50,602 --> 01:09:52,535
a supernatural air
of nonchalance

758
01:09:52,569 --> 01:09:55,660
and gave me an aura
of danger and respectability

759
01:09:55,701 --> 01:09:58,132
among the real murderers,

760
01:09:58,202 --> 01:09:59,758
real rapists,

761
01:09:59,801 --> 01:10:02,002
and common criminals
who would kill each other

762
01:10:02,003 --> 01:10:03,366
for the slightest reason.

763
01:10:23,566 --> 01:10:26,656
Skies lit by bolts
of lightning

764
01:10:26,697 --> 01:10:28,788
were replaced
by electric lights

765
01:10:28,832 --> 01:10:31,559
that blinked on and off
with regularity,

766
01:10:31,597 --> 01:10:34,824
killing the possibility
or chance that I might dream

767
01:10:34,864 --> 01:10:36,490
or forget where I was.

768
01:10:38,465 --> 01:10:40,622
I thought here
I could go unnoticed.

769
01:10:40,664 --> 01:10:44,424
But prisoners are those
beings that know everything,

770
01:10:44,464 --> 01:10:46,758
especially about
other prisoners.

771
01:10:58,360 --> 01:11:01,088
Soon they knew,
maybe from the guards,

772
01:11:01,127 --> 01:11:04,422
or the warden himself,
or a killer named Torre,

773
01:11:04,460 --> 01:11:05,949
that I was a writer.

774
01:11:05,993 --> 01:11:09,857
Say, you think you could
write a letter for me?

775
01:11:09,892 --> 01:11:11,119
What?

776
01:11:11,193 --> 01:11:12,318
Not for nothing,

777
01:11:13,425 --> 01:11:15,415
I give you two cigarettes.

778
01:11:15,891 --> 01:11:17,119
Carlota--

779
01:11:17,193 --> 01:11:21,555
tell her that I miss
her so much.

780
01:11:21,592 --> 01:11:23,217
Your words or mine?

781
01:11:25,624 --> 01:11:28,055
I'm sorry.

782
01:11:38,888 --> 01:11:42,285
My fame as "The Writer"
spread all over the prison.

783
01:11:43,554 --> 01:11:44,613
María...

784
01:11:44,655 --> 01:11:48,246
From the 17 cells of El Morro,

785
01:11:48,289 --> 01:11:51,118
and for those who couldn't
see me directly,

786
01:11:51,188 --> 01:11:54,641
petitions came in the form
of hundreds of balls of soap,

787
01:11:54,688 --> 01:11:56,415
tied to long strings,

788
01:11:56,453 --> 01:11:59,215
that the prisoners
could pass on to my cell.

789
01:12:00,020 --> 01:12:01,679
It was called "The Mail."

790
01:12:03,085 --> 01:12:04,881
I never wrote so much.

791
01:12:06,285 --> 01:12:09,546
I accumulated a small
fortune of cigarettes

792
01:12:09,585 --> 01:12:12,573
that provided me with
enough paper and pencils

793
01:12:12,618 --> 01:12:14,106
for my own novel,

794
01:12:14,184 --> 01:12:15,707
which I wrote in the middle,

795
01:12:15,751 --> 01:12:18,477
of all the screaming
and crying.

796
01:12:18,517 --> 01:12:22,244
Cubans are defined by noise,
it's their nature.

797
01:12:22,283 --> 01:12:24,545
They need to bother others.

798
01:12:24,583 --> 01:12:27,844
They can neither enjoy,
nor suffer in silence.

799
01:12:30,833 --> 01:12:32,765
Even the sun was rationed,

800
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:35,392
but once a month
the gay inmates

801
01:12:35,433 --> 01:12:37,558
turned El Morro
into a nightclub.

802
01:12:38,767 --> 01:12:40,892
Leonardo da Vinci
was homosexual,

803
01:12:40,933 --> 01:12:45,695
so was Michelangelo,
Socrates, Shakespeare,

804
01:12:45,733 --> 01:12:47,892
and almost every other
figure that has formed

805
01:12:47,933 --> 01:12:50,524
what we have come
to understand as beauty.

806
01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:54,157
Bon Bon, the heartthrob
of El Morro,

807
01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:56,029
was no different.

808
01:12:56,068 --> 01:12:59,193
She was so glamorous,
that when she walked by,

809
01:12:59,233 --> 01:13:02,256
she made everybody feel
like they were in the movies.

810
01:13:04,434 --> 01:13:07,331
Bon Bon was also famous
for another quality.

811
01:13:07,368 --> 01:13:10,128
He was one
of those transporters,

812
01:13:10,168 --> 01:13:12,428
who by the grace
of countless activity,

813
01:13:12,467 --> 01:13:15,491
could carry unfathomable
quantities in the deepness

814
01:13:15,534 --> 01:13:20,227
of his rectum, even if given
a thorough ass check.

815
01:13:37,434 --> 01:13:38,366
Excuse me,

816
01:13:39,834 --> 01:13:42,300
I heard that you can get
things in and out of here.

817
01:13:44,968 --> 01:13:47,933
Could you carry
a package for me?

818
01:13:47,968 --> 01:13:49,366
Of course,
he denied it.

819
01:13:51,768 --> 01:13:54,427
I don't know what
you're talking about.

820
01:14:00,434 --> 01:14:02,957
But every ass
has his price.

821
01:14:04,701 --> 01:14:07,167
It took me a thousand
cigarettes and Bon Bon

822
01:14:07,168 --> 01:14:11,191
five trips to smuggle my novel
to the other side of El Morro.

823
01:15:33,735 --> 01:15:34,758
Please!

824
01:15:35,735 --> 01:15:38,792
- Please do not put me there!
- Walk!

825
01:15:38,835 --> 01:15:42,324
Please!
Why?

826
01:15:42,369 --> 01:15:44,335
I did not do
anything to anyone, man!

827
01:15:44,369 --> 01:15:45,892
Please!

828
01:15:46,402 --> 01:15:47,800
Open the door!

829
01:15:47,835 --> 01:15:49,665
Open the door, my God!
It's me!

830
01:15:49,702 --> 01:15:50,929
Open the door!

831
01:15:57,417 --> 01:15:59,167
Why do you do this to me?

832
01:16:03,669 --> 01:16:05,828
Okay ...
okay.

833
01:16:14,042 --> 01:16:16,967
For God's sake, open the door!

834
01:16:17,035 --> 01:16:19,003
Open the door!

835
01:16:45,417 --> 01:16:46,792
Let's go out.

836
01:16:52,336 --> 01:16:54,598
Wait, my God, wait!

837
01:16:59,302 --> 01:17:03,201
I felt an indescribable
sadness to see my mother

838
01:17:03,236 --> 01:17:06,600
with that white shirt,
demanding that I come home

839
01:17:06,636 --> 01:17:09,967
and telling me that
I had no other choice.

840
01:17:10,003 --> 01:17:11,697
I gathered all
the strength I had.

841
01:17:11,736 --> 01:17:13,031
After two years
of prison,

842
01:17:13,070 --> 01:17:15,298
you think my only choice
is to go home with you?!

843
01:17:16,636 --> 01:17:18,829
I turned my back on my mother
and ran away.

844
01:17:20,417 --> 01:17:23,667
You have no other way out,
look how your friends ended up.

845
01:17:23,703 --> 01:17:27,226
I will always remember
her standing there like that.

846
01:17:27,270 --> 01:17:29,997
I wanted to go back
and hug her.

847
01:17:30,704 --> 01:17:32,294
But instead,

848
01:17:32,338 --> 01:17:36,702
I ran towards these gigantic
black men playing volleyball.

849
01:17:50,500 --> 01:17:52,708
...IS my lover the sea,

850
01:17:54,083 --> 01:17:57,708
will also wake me from this dream

851
01:17:58,750 --> 01:18:01,792
which is also a nightmare.

852
01:18:03,404 --> 01:18:05,166
what a nightmare...

853
01:18:07,375 --> 01:18:09,500
It's gone, it's gone...

854
01:18:33,904 --> 01:18:35,193
Come on out!

855
01:18:35,292 --> 01:18:36,833
Come on, get out.

856
01:18:42,138 --> 01:18:47,434
The truth is that there
is no possibility

857
01:18:47,471 --> 01:18:50,800
of rehabilitating a faggot.

858
01:18:54,204 --> 01:18:56,796
How many times have
we confiscated this...

859
01:18:56,836 --> 01:18:59,269
counterrevolutionary poop?

860
01:19:01,239 --> 01:19:03,261
Don't you realize...

861
01:19:03,304 --> 01:19:05,532
that this can cost
you your life?

862
01:19:07,071 --> 01:19:10,060
We can make
you disappear,

863
01:19:10,872 --> 01:19:13,702
or you could
be free tomorrow.

864
01:19:13,738 --> 01:19:15,966
It's up to you.

865
01:19:16,938 --> 01:19:19,870
But, if you keep
writing this,

866
01:19:19,904 --> 01:19:23,269
you're not going
to get very far.

867
01:19:24,672 --> 01:19:28,866
I'm going to give you five
minutes to make up your mind.

868
01:19:36,872 --> 01:19:39,338
It might take a queer
more than five minutes

869
01:19:39,372 --> 01:19:41,735
to make up his mind
while watching this handsome

870
01:19:41,772 --> 01:19:44,636
lieutenant stroke his
magnificent organ.

871
01:19:55,405 --> 01:19:57,497
What do you say?

872
01:19:59,939 --> 01:20:02,029
Can I have some
paper and a pen?

873
01:20:20,673 --> 01:20:29,961
All the work I've done
until now is garbage.

874
01:20:30,105 --> 01:20:32,970
I quickly accused myself
of being a villain,

875
01:20:33,005 --> 01:20:36,529
a traitor, a depraved
counter revolutionary,

876
01:20:36,606 --> 01:20:39,401
and while fixating on his
generous projectile,

877
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:41,997
I thanked the government
for the largeness,

878
01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:44,471
and about the grandness
of Lt. Victor.

879
01:20:44,506 --> 01:20:50,927
I deny my homosexual condition.

880
01:20:52,939 --> 01:20:57,496
And I am converted into a man
illuminated by this Revolution.

881
01:21:03,406 --> 01:21:04,872
Good.

882
01:21:05,873 --> 01:21:07,702
Very good.

883
01:21:14,472 --> 01:21:16,870
This is how a man behaves.

884
01:21:18,706 --> 01:21:22,139
I almost fainted when I felt
his member near my face.

885
01:21:22,673 --> 01:21:25,605
Your five minutes is up.

886
01:21:30,406 --> 01:21:32,531
You got a lot
of publicity,

887
01:21:32,606 --> 01:21:35,038
but friends,

888
01:21:35,073 --> 01:21:38,301
where are they now?

889
01:21:38,340 --> 01:21:42,897
Pepe Malas is your friend?

890
01:21:42,940 --> 01:21:44,802
He's someone you can trust?

891
01:21:47,773 --> 01:21:49,705
Why isn't he here with you?

892
01:22:01,041 --> 01:22:03,631
You recognize this
book, Reinaldo?

893
01:22:03,674 --> 01:22:07,435
That book was the only
proof to me that I was alive.

894
01:22:07,473 --> 01:22:10,065
No.
I've never seen it.

895
01:22:13,874 --> 01:22:17,670
This book was
published in France

896
01:22:17,706 --> 01:22:22,105
without permission
of the Writer's Union.

897
01:22:22,141 --> 01:22:27,698
Therefore, you must have had
someone to smuggle it out.

898
01:22:29,707 --> 01:22:31,866
You didn't go
to France did you?

899
01:22:32,807 --> 01:22:34,636
Maybe I should be
discussing this book

900
01:22:34,674 --> 01:22:37,834
with the Writer's Union
and not here in State Security.

901
01:22:41,774 --> 01:22:43,003
Open your mouth.

902
01:22:43,042 --> 01:22:44,500
Mouth...

903
01:22:50,607 --> 01:22:52,573
Mouth...

904
01:22:52,641 --> 01:22:53,731
Mouth!!

905
01:22:56,974 --> 01:22:58,769
Así...

906
01:22:58,807 --> 01:23:00,432
Así, Reinaldo...

907
01:23:00,475 --> 01:23:02,083
Shut up.

908
01:23:32,007 --> 01:23:36,167
I will close my eyes now
and you will be gone.

909
01:23:41,841 --> 01:23:43,829
You're gone.

910
01:23:46,675 --> 01:23:50,267
The revolution will find
a way to use your talent.

911
01:23:50,307 --> 01:23:53,000
We could fit you in somewhere,

912
01:23:53,042 --> 01:23:57,474
some speeches, a letter
to your friends, publisher,

913
01:23:57,508 --> 01:24:02,202
telling them how well
you're being treated

914
01:24:02,242 --> 01:24:03,832
and that's a good beginning.

915
01:24:14,574 --> 01:24:17,006
You thought it was me
who turned you in.

916
01:24:17,042 --> 01:24:18,667
I thought it was...

917
01:24:18,709 --> 01:24:20,674
Pepe.

918
01:24:21,909 --> 01:24:23,466
Can you really
blame him?

919
01:24:23,508 --> 01:24:25,100
Yes, I can.

920
01:24:25,275 --> 01:24:31,605
And, I will blame him
for the rest of my life.

921
01:24:31,642 --> 01:24:33,436
Look at this.

922
01:24:45,408 --> 01:24:49,739
This book...

923
01:24:49,775 --> 01:24:53,105
won best foreign
novel in France...

924
01:24:55,709 --> 01:24:58,606
and I don't even have
a place to live.

925
01:25:04,242 --> 01:25:06,038
What am I going to do?

926
01:25:08,343 --> 01:25:10,831
What are you
going to do?

927
01:25:10,875 --> 01:25:12,364
You're in luck.

928
01:25:12,409 --> 01:25:14,398
I'm in luck?

929
01:25:14,443 --> 01:25:17,466
Remember Blanca Romero,
the painter?

930
01:25:17,509 --> 01:25:21,169
She lives in the Hotel Clarita,

931
01:25:21,208 --> 01:25:24,106
next to the convent
of Santa Clara.

932
01:25:27,809 --> 01:25:31,640
Hey, Blanca wanted
a window.

933
01:25:36,375 --> 01:25:38,307
We thought it went
to the street.

934
01:25:45,977 --> 01:25:48,498
We're selling this stuff
on the black market.

935
01:25:48,543 --> 01:25:51,271
So, this is the surprise.

936
01:25:52,444 --> 01:25:54,874
Something else...

937
01:25:54,909 --> 01:25:58,468
making a fortune.

938
01:25:58,509 --> 01:26:00,771
We got a hold
of these parachutes

939
01:26:00,810 --> 01:26:02,672
and we're going
to sail them to Miami.

940
01:26:02,710 --> 01:26:04,176
You're kidding, right?

941
01:26:04,208 --> 01:26:05,606
No, I'm not kidding.

942
01:26:05,643 --> 01:26:06,869
This is my friend, Armando

943
01:26:06,909 --> 01:26:07,875
He's an expert with
the blowtorch.

944
01:26:07,909 --> 01:26:09,001
He can fix anything,

945
01:26:09,043 --> 01:26:10,976
even steal electricity
from the street.

946
01:26:11,009 --> 01:26:12,133
He's an engineer.

947
01:26:12,244 --> 01:26:16,403
I knew him in jail.

948
01:26:16,444 --> 01:26:18,841
We figure that the balloon
will take three passengers.

949
01:26:18,876 --> 01:26:21,639
So, we are going to draw
lots to see who goes.

950
01:26:21,676 --> 01:26:22,938
I'm definitely going.

951
01:26:22,977 --> 01:26:24,374
Blanca's definitely going.

952
01:26:24,409 --> 01:26:26,172
You are not going to be
on a diet now.

953
01:26:30,083 --> 01:26:32,933
And the others to luck,
have boobs or not.

954
01:26:33,009 --> 01:26:34,908
We need some help,
there's only six of us.

955
01:26:34,943 --> 01:26:36,739
I can help.

956
01:26:57,476 --> 01:26:59,443
- Who's the guy?
- Reinaldo.

957
01:27:00,109 --> 01:27:01,804
Someone is here.

958
01:27:02,810 --> 01:27:04,275
Someone is here.

959
01:27:50,778 --> 01:27:52,267
She's such a bitch.

960
01:27:53,943 --> 01:27:56,274
She hates me just
like my mother.

961
01:27:59,277 --> 01:28:01,333
Why do you think
your mother hates you?

962
01:28:01,377 --> 01:28:06,332
She put me in an asylum
so she didn't have to feed me.

963
01:28:07,078 --> 01:28:08,043
What?

964
01:28:09,178 --> 01:28:12,144
She put me in Mazorra so she
wouldn't have to feed me.

965
01:28:20,910 --> 01:28:22,275
Her own son.

966
01:28:29,377 --> 01:28:31,139
She's just like her.

967
01:28:36,377 --> 01:28:39,003
You can sleep here
anytime you want.

968
01:28:39,046 --> 01:28:42,306
Just friends, okay,
just friends.

969
01:28:42,345 --> 01:28:45,504
A pillow, you have
a blanket...

970
01:28:45,544 --> 01:28:49,374
and I don't have anything
to offer you...

971
01:28:49,413 --> 01:28:51,810
but a book...

972
01:28:51,844 --> 01:28:53,503
that you asked me for
a long time ago,

973
01:28:53,544 --> 01:28:55,032
you remember that?

974
01:28:59,979 --> 01:29:02,877
It's your--
It's your book?

975
01:29:03,277 --> 01:29:06,301
Yes, it's my book,
now it's yours.

976
01:29:09,277 --> 01:29:10,402
Thanks.

977
01:29:40,545 --> 01:29:42,341
Why do you write?

978
01:29:46,046 --> 01:29:48,136
Revenge.

979
01:29:55,779 --> 01:29:58,041
Could you teach me
how to write?

980
01:29:58,079 --> 01:30:02,444
I don't know, Lázaro.
I don't know.

981
01:30:07,000 --> 01:30:08,833
How beautiful is the sky.

982
01:30:10,645 --> 01:30:13,304
I want to die
at the end of the day,

983
01:30:13,346 --> 01:30:15,402
in the high seas,

984
01:30:15,446 --> 01:30:18,003
with my face
towards the sky

985
01:30:18,047 --> 01:30:21,842
when it seems like
agony is just a dream

986
01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:26,471
and the soul, a bird
ascending in flight.

987
01:30:26,514 --> 01:30:28,706
Who is that?

988
01:30:28,745 --> 01:30:31,836
Manuel Guitérrez Nájera.
Mexicano.

989
01:30:44,845 --> 01:30:47,369
I mean, you're a writer
even if you don't write.

990
01:30:47,414 --> 01:30:48,742
You know what I mean?

991
01:30:48,780 --> 01:30:49,905
Yeah, I know what
you mean.

992
01:30:49,946 --> 01:30:51,501
- Hey.
- Hello. How are you?

993
01:30:57,111 --> 01:30:58,476
You know what I mean?

994
01:31:00,478 --> 01:31:02,173
iCoño!
But look...

995
01:31:13,147 --> 01:31:14,942
...and if you need
anything else,

996
01:31:14,980 --> 01:31:17,673
just let me know.
I can find it for you.

997
01:31:27,780 --> 01:31:30,007
What is this pig
doing here?

998
01:31:30,047 --> 01:31:33,843
He's the one who
got the propane.

999
01:31:33,880 --> 01:31:36,039
Grab his leg,
come on.

1000
01:33:40,715 --> 01:33:42,113
Psst, psst!

1001
01:33:53,015 --> 01:33:54,981
Oh, no, no, no.

1002
01:33:54,982 --> 01:33:57,073
If you let me out
of here,

1003
01:33:57,115 --> 01:33:59,047
it's yours.

1004
01:34:09,782 --> 01:34:11,043
Untie the ropes,

1005
01:34:11,081 --> 01:34:13,707
and I'll bring you
to Miami with me.

1006
01:34:33,948 --> 01:34:39,848
Come! Come!
Wake up!

1007
01:34:41,849 --> 01:34:44,145
The balloon goes!
Low!

1008
01:34:47,516 --> 01:34:51,346
See you in Times Square,
faggots!

1009
01:37:26,184 --> 01:37:30,241
Lázaro, take this, sell it
and try to get me some lemons,

1010
01:37:32,018 --> 01:37:34,210
and tea...

1011
01:37:36,284 --> 01:37:37,874
and some paper, please.

1012
01:37:37,918 --> 01:37:39,247
Sure.

1013
01:37:42,784 --> 01:37:44,478
That's all you need?

1014
01:37:44,518 --> 01:37:46,541
Yes, and whatever you want.

1015
01:37:56,751 --> 01:37:58,614
- Have you seen Lázaro?
- No.

1016
01:37:58,651 --> 01:38:00,515
He hasn't come home
in two weeks.

1017
01:38:00,551 --> 01:38:02,040
He's probably in the
Peruvian Embassy.

1018
01:38:02,084 --> 01:38:03,846
You heard about the bus
crashing through the gate?

1019
01:38:03,885 --> 01:38:05,544
Yes, of course I've
heard about that.

1020
01:38:05,618 --> 01:38:09,311
Fidel said that anybody
who wants to leave can.

1021
01:38:09,351 --> 01:38:11,215
There's 10,000 people there.

1022
01:38:11,251 --> 01:38:12,808
Now, he's mixing
the dissidents

1023
01:38:12,851 --> 01:38:15,613
with the criminals,
homosexuals, and mentally ill.

1024
01:38:15,651 --> 01:38:16,947
That's a great idea.

1025
01:38:16,984 --> 01:38:19,576
All you have to do is go
to the local police station

1026
01:38:19,651 --> 01:38:20,776
for your exit permit.

1027
01:38:20,818 --> 01:38:22,875
You tell them that you
have a criminal record

1028
01:38:22,918 --> 01:38:24,281
or that you're a homosexual,

1029
01:38:24,318 --> 01:38:26,251
or that you're mentally ill.

1030
01:38:26,284 --> 01:38:27,409
I don't believe that.

1031
01:38:27,451 --> 01:38:28,349
It's a trap.

1032
01:38:28,384 --> 01:38:29,715
Maybe.

1033
01:38:40,519 --> 01:38:41,848
Next.

1034
01:38:47,551 --> 01:38:48,449
What's your name?

1035
01:38:48,484 --> 01:38:50,144
Reinaldo Arenas.

1036
01:38:50,185 --> 01:38:53,208
State your reason
for wanting to leave.

1037
01:38:53,252 --> 01:38:56,082
I am homosexual.

1038
01:38:57,118 --> 01:38:59,380
Where do you go
to pick up men.

1039
01:39:03,919 --> 01:39:06,509
At the Plaza Hotel,
"El Prado" in "La Sortija".

1040
01:39:07,452 --> 01:39:09,281
What position do
you like in bed?

1041
01:39:12,985 --> 01:39:15,780
I like it from behind,
and on my knees.

1042
01:39:16,519 --> 01:39:17,711
Walk!

1043
01:39:25,552 --> 01:39:26,779
- Walk! Walk!
- Walk.

1044
01:39:36,352 --> 01:39:38,443
Report to Abreu Fontan.

1045
01:40:20,421 --> 01:40:21,885
What are they doing?

1046
01:40:21,919 --> 01:40:23,851
They got a list
of everyone

1047
01:40:23,886 --> 01:40:25,352
they don't want
to let out.

1048
01:40:29,153 --> 01:40:30,177
Like who?

1049
01:40:30,219 --> 01:40:31,344
I don't know.

1050
01:40:35,353 --> 01:40:37,979
- Do you have a pen?
- No.

1051
01:40:41,253 --> 01:40:42,913
- Do you have a pen?
- No, sir.

1052
01:41:05,286 --> 01:41:07,014
Move, move,
move!

1053
01:44:00,322 --> 01:44:02,082
I don't care where I sleep.

1054
01:44:02,122 --> 01:44:06,349
Just promise me you won't
bring any of your friends here.

1055
01:44:06,390 --> 01:44:08,116
I can cook.
It's no problem.

1056
01:44:08,155 --> 01:44:09,883
How much is it?

1057
01:44:09,922 --> 01:44:12,285
$350 per month,
plus utilities.

1058
01:44:12,322 --> 01:44:14,082
The difference between
the communist system,

1059
01:44:14,123 --> 01:44:15,382
and the capitalist system,

1060
01:44:15,422 --> 01:44:18,151
is that when they give
you a kick in the ass

1061
01:44:18,189 --> 01:44:20,781
in the communist system,
you have to applaud;

1062
01:44:20,822 --> 01:44:23,549
in the capitalist system,
you can scream.

1063
01:44:25,917 --> 01:44:28,292
My name is Reinaldo Arenas,

1064
01:44:28,583 --> 01:44:32,083
I am a Cuban writer,
exiled, living in New York,

1065
01:44:32,333 --> 01:44:35,167
I dedicate myself to writing and surviving,

1066
01:44:35,500 --> 01:44:39,167
and the Department of Justice
classified me as "stateless"

1067
01:44:39,500 --> 01:44:42,167
which means that from a
legal point of view, I don't exist,

1068
01:44:42,542 --> 01:44:44,542
I live in the air,
I don't belong to any country.

1069
01:44:44,833 --> 01:44:47,542
I'm not religious, I'm homosexual,

1070
01:44:47,833 --> 01:44:49,167
and now anti Castro,

1071
01:44:49,500 --> 01:44:53,458
I therefore meet all the conditions so
that they never publish a book of mine,

1072
01:44:53,750 --> 01:44:57,292
to live apart from all societies
and places in the world.

1073
01:44:57,917 --> 01:45:01,917
This is my life, therefore...
No, it is quite long.

1074
01:45:02,250 --> 01:45:05,333
This hat reminds
me of my peasant life,

1075
01:45:05,625 --> 01:45:08,667
It is a story that I always tell,
from when I was a farmer...

1076
01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:11,042
Well, I continue to be that.

1077
01:45:11,458 --> 01:45:14,208
My mother and I were
on the banks of a stream

1078
01:45:14,542 --> 01:45:17,208
and a handsome man appeared,
with a hat.

1079
01:45:17,500 --> 01:45:19,917
He had curly, curly hair,
he was a beautiful man...

1080
01:45:20,208 --> 01:45:23,375
And my mother got angry,
and told her everything,

1081
01:45:23,750 --> 01:45:26,625
"Son of a bitch, you bastard,
get out of here, you animal!"

1082
01:45:26,833 --> 01:45:28,542
And she threw stones at him.

1083
01:45:28,917 --> 01:45:32,292
Despite the rain of stones,
the man leaned towards me

1084
01:45:32,625 --> 01:45:35,208
and gave me two pesos,
which, at that time,

1085
01:45:35,542 --> 01:45:38,208
it was a fortune for
a peasant like me;

1086
01:45:38,583 --> 01:45:40,875
We are talking about the year 1948...

1087
01:45:41,417 --> 01:45:44,292
Then I realized that
the man was my father.

1088
01:45:44,750 --> 01:45:46,792
Well, this is what I eat.

1089
01:45:47,917 --> 01:45:50,958
Avocado, spinach, fennel...

1090
01:45:51,792 --> 01:45:54,875
This is papaya,
I can only stand it in compote.

1091
01:45:55,875 --> 01:45:58,958
It will be because I never
lost my childish nature,

1092
01:45:59,250 --> 01:46:01,083
I'm still a child

1093
01:46:01,333 --> 01:46:03,667
I like games,
the children's world...

1094
01:46:04,333 --> 01:46:08,458
It is much more practical
for people to eat baby food

1095
01:46:08,750 --> 01:46:10,958
because, for example,
if I'm typing,

1096
01:46:11,250 --> 01:46:13,833
I open a can of what is
called "baby food" here

1097
01:46:14,125 --> 01:46:16,250
and it's ready in two or three minutes.

1098
01:46:23,333 --> 01:46:25,042
I protect myself from bad looks.

1099
01:46:25,625 --> 01:46:27,792
Did you publish much in Cuba?

1100
01:46:28,292 --> 01:46:32,333
I wrote 7 or 8 novels,
but only one was published in Cuba;

1101
01:46:32,667 --> 01:46:35,833
all the others were
published abroad.

1102
01:46:39,257 --> 01:46:43,418
- Hello, Mr. Greenberg.
- Thanks.

1103
01:46:43,456 --> 01:46:44,423
Happy holiday.

1104
01:46:44,456 --> 01:46:46,719
Thank you.
Here let me help you.

1105
01:47:00,791 --> 01:47:03,223
The doorman...

1106
01:47:03,257 --> 01:47:05,746
Hey, let's go.
I've got a break.

1107
01:47:06,658 --> 01:47:09,249
You're writing a novel!

1108
01:47:52,925 --> 01:47:54,355
Laz.

1109
01:48:52,459 --> 01:48:54,185
What happened?

1110
01:48:54,225 --> 01:48:57,093
- Oh, I broke a glass.
- Hey, you're bleeding.

1111
01:48:57,094 --> 01:48:58,648
Leave it alone.
Laz! Laz!

1112
01:48:59,158 --> 01:49:00,386
I'm trying to help.

1113
01:49:03,158 --> 01:49:05,126
What's the matter, Rey?

1114
01:49:07,158 --> 01:49:11,854
You are like a milk cow
that gives milk

1115
01:49:11,892 --> 01:49:14,291
all the time and then
kicks over the bucket.

1116
01:49:18,325 --> 01:49:20,189
There's the door, doorman.

1117
01:49:24,726 --> 01:49:27,022
Walk through it.
Walk through it.

1118
01:49:27,059 --> 01:49:28,252
I don't want to
see you again.

1119
01:49:28,293 --> 01:49:30,059
I'm tired of living
with a moron.

1120
01:49:30,060 --> 01:49:32,492
You are a moron, Laz.

1121
01:49:32,525 --> 01:49:34,822
Please, leave the keys
on the table.

1122
01:50:17,894 --> 01:50:21,791
The moon bathes Death
in a light

1123
01:50:21,827 --> 01:50:24,725
that makes him look
like a white star

1124
01:50:24,759 --> 01:50:28,248
twinkling in the middle
of the backyard.

1125
01:50:32,627 --> 01:50:34,785
That used to be my bicycle.

1126
01:50:59,027 --> 01:51:00,152
( knocking on the door )

1127
01:51:00,194 --> 01:51:01,454
Rey!

1128
01:51:02,727 --> 01:51:03,920
Open the door!

1129
01:51:08,226 --> 01:51:09,453
Rey!

1130
01:51:24,061 --> 01:51:25,788
Reinaldo.
Hey, Reinaldo.

1131
01:51:26,428 --> 01:51:28,325
How ya doing?
Come on, get up.

1132
01:51:28,360 --> 01:51:29,089
It's time to go.

1133
01:51:29,127 --> 01:51:31,093
Where?

1134
01:51:31,127 --> 01:51:32,457
It's time to go home.

1135
01:51:32,494 --> 01:51:33,982
Cuba?

1136
01:51:34,027 --> 01:51:37,017
No, I think you should go
to your apartment first.

1137
01:51:37,061 --> 01:51:38,856
Come on, I'll give
you a hand.

1138
01:51:40,528 --> 01:51:41,925
Here we go.

1139
01:51:45,560 --> 01:51:47,118
Are these your
things here?

1140
01:51:47,161 --> 01:51:50,321
How are you feeling?
You feeling alright?

1141
01:51:53,127 --> 01:51:54,956
I can't believe they're
sending you home.

1142
01:51:59,895 --> 01:52:01,918
Do you have any insurance?

1143
01:52:01,959 --> 01:52:04,324
- Yes, I do.
- I don't.

1144
01:52:04,860 --> 01:52:07,419
- Don't forget the plant.
- I won't.

1145
01:52:48,684 --> 01:52:51,202
Ballad for crossing the roads

1146
01:52:51,558 --> 01:52:54,267
which sink in
under the weight of rain drops

1147
01:52:54,267 --> 01:52:56,422
Buildings we avoid

1148
01:52:56,641 --> 01:52:59,245
out of fear
that they collapse

1149
01:52:59,765 --> 01:53:03,047
Faces that you value
and condemn

1150
01:53:03,931 --> 01:53:05,589
Shops closed

1151
01:53:06,014 --> 01:53:07,576
markets closed

1152
01:53:07,596 --> 01:53:08,804
cinemas closed

1153
01:53:08,804 --> 01:53:10,179
parks closed

1154
01:53:10,179 --> 01:53:11,742
cafés closed

1155
01:53:11,971 --> 01:53:16,922
sometimes with dusty plates,
justifications:

1156
01:53:18,094 --> 01:53:20,176
"Closed due to renovation work"

1157
01:53:20,176 --> 01:53:22,176
"Closed due to repair work"

1158
01:53:22,176 --> 01:53:23,966
Which repair work?

1159
01:53:24,634 --> 01:53:27,883
When will the "renovation"
be completed?

1160
01:53:27,883 --> 01:53:30,141
When will they even start?

1161
01:53:31,091 --> 01:53:34,823
Closed, closed, closed
Everything is closed

1162
01:53:35,174 --> 01:53:38,299
I arrive, I open
a thousand padlocks

1163
01:53:38,422 --> 01:53:40,766
and go up
stairs of fortune

1164
01:53:41,630 --> 01:53:43,714
And there, who awaits me

1165
01:53:44,629 --> 01:53:46,868
I take off the lid

1166
01:53:47,086 --> 01:53:50,420
and stare at its
cold and dusty sillhouette

1167
01:53:50,420 --> 01:53:52,456
I dust it, the caress

1168
01:53:54,460 --> 01:53:58,834
With tender hands, I dry
its back, the basis and the sides

1169
01:53:58,834 --> 01:54:01,458
Hopelessly happy
to be with her

1170
01:54:01,458 --> 01:54:04,063
My hands surround
the keyboard

1171
01:54:04,417 --> 01:54:07,541
and suddenly,
everything snaps into place

1172
01:54:07,541 --> 01:54:12,789
Between hammering and tinkling,
music rises, slowly, and then

1173
01:54:12,789 --> 01:54:14,351
she speeds up...

1174
01:54:14,830 --> 01:54:18,910
Walls, trees, roads,
cathedrals, faces, beaches

1175
01:54:19,913 --> 01:54:22,068
cells, small and big

1176
01:54:22,745 --> 01:54:26,044
starry nights, naked feet,
pine-trees,

1177
01:54:26,120 --> 01:54:28,577
thousands of clouds,
a million parrots

1178
01:54:28,577 --> 01:54:30,226
a stool, a vineyard

1179
01:54:31,743 --> 01:54:34,361
They all respond to my call

1180
01:54:36,033 --> 01:54:40,032
The walls retreat, the roof vanishes,
and I float naturally

1181
01:54:40,032 --> 01:54:42,636
I float, deracinated, detached

1182
01:54:42,949 --> 01:54:44,773
elevated, transported

1183
01:54:44,990 --> 01:54:47,313
immortalized, saved

1184
01:54:47,739 --> 01:54:51,322
Thanks to that rhythm,
subtle and continuing

1185
01:54:51,322 --> 01:54:55,480
that music,
that jabbing tap-tap

1186
01:57:11,898 --> 01:57:13,865
Hello.

1187
01:57:13,898 --> 01:57:15,489
You got everything?

1188
01:57:15,531 --> 01:57:17,360
Yes.

1189
01:57:17,398 --> 01:57:19,829
Give me a glass...

1190
01:57:22,231 --> 01:57:24,129
and a straw.

1191
01:57:40,498 --> 01:57:42,055
Where is the straw?

1192
01:57:42,098 --> 01:57:44,757
- What?
- Where is the straw?

1193
01:57:44,799 --> 01:57:46,424
The straw, yeah.

1194
01:58:00,831 --> 01:58:02,422
You do it.

1195
01:58:23,532 --> 01:58:26,226
Laz...

1196
01:58:26,266 --> 01:58:29,993
I have something
to show you.

1197
01:58:30,032 --> 01:58:32,521
Look.

1198
01:58:38,732 --> 01:58:41,130
Here's "The Doorman."

1199
01:58:50,132 --> 01:58:52,496
"For Lazaro, his novel."

1200
01:58:55,632 --> 01:58:57,189
It just came out.

1201
01:58:57,232 --> 01:58:59,289
You can have
all the money.

1202
01:58:59,332 --> 01:59:00,299
The money?

1203
01:59:02,300 --> 01:59:04,664
It's my book, Rey,

1204
01:59:04,699 --> 01:59:07,257
you took it and now
you're going to insult me

1205
01:59:07,300 --> 01:59:08,664
by paying me for it?

1206
01:59:15,332 --> 01:59:18,526
Okay, sorry.
Thanks.

1207
01:59:18,567 --> 01:59:21,157
- Don't say nothing.
- Okay.

1208
01:59:22,866 --> 01:59:26,195
Give me a glass
with a...

1209
01:59:55,866 --> 01:59:59,856
This bag
is important, Laz.

1210
01:59:59,900 --> 02:00:01,128
You can take it.

1211
02:00:01,167 --> 02:00:03,468
You're going to need
it more than me.

1212
02:00:03,469 --> 02:00:05,056
Take it.

1213
02:00:07,368 --> 02:00:10,391
I want you to promise
me something, Lázaro.

1214
02:00:15,767 --> 02:00:18,994
I don't want to wake up
in the hospital.

1215
02:00:20,133 --> 02:00:21,395
Promise me.

1216
02:00:23,568 --> 02:00:25,555
I promise.

1217
02:00:27,033 --> 02:00:29,932
Sure?

1218
02:00:29,966 --> 02:00:31,159
Yeah.

1219
02:00:33,900 --> 02:00:35,663
Sure?

1220
02:00:39,001 --> 02:00:40,660
Hmmm?

1221
02:00:57,801 --> 02:00:59,392
I'm sorry.

1222
02:01:09,967 --> 02:01:11,366
Yes.

1223
02:01:40,767 --> 02:01:42,666
Give me the glass, please.

1224
02:01:54,034 --> 02:01:56,431
I want you to mail these.

1225
02:01:58,202 --> 02:02:00,894
This is for---

1226
02:02:02,233 --> 02:02:04,224
This is for my mother.

1227
02:02:06,535 --> 02:02:09,261
This is for
"The New York Times,"

1228
02:02:11,333 --> 02:02:13,698
Margarita and Jorge Camacho.

1229
02:02:16,369 --> 02:02:19,061
"Miami Herald."

1230
02:02:20,668 --> 02:02:25,896
And, this is for you,
but, don't open it.

1231
02:02:25,934 --> 02:02:29,560
Mail this to yourself,

1232
02:02:29,635 --> 02:02:31,465
and then you open
in your house.

1233
02:02:39,202 --> 02:02:49,534
I have never met a boy
as authentic as you, Lázaro.

1234
02:02:51,070 --> 02:02:52,159
Never.

1235
02:03:06,034 --> 02:03:07,967
Read me something.

1236
02:03:31,042 --> 02:03:32,233
"My Lover, the Sea."

1237
02:03:32,234 --> 02:03:33,997
Oh, not that one.

1238
02:03:34,035 --> 02:03:36,002
Not that one,
where's the glass?

1239
02:03:39,170 --> 02:03:40,896
Not that one.

1240
02:03:47,500 --> 02:03:48,875
"I am...

1241
02:03:51,750 --> 02:03:55,583
That boy, round and dirty face,

1242
02:03:57,208 --> 02:04:00,458
that in every corner
annoys us with that...

1243
02:04:00,958 --> 02:04:03,125
Can you give me a handout?

1244
02:04:08,958 --> 02:04:12,042
I am that child,

1245
02:04:13,667 --> 02:04:17,625
dirty-faced, undoubtedly inopportune,

1246
02:04:19,458 --> 02:04:22,833
who from afar contemplates the carriages,

1247
02:04:24,000 --> 02:04:26,417
among which

1248
02:04:26,917 --> 02:04:31,917
other children go laughing
and jumping with enthusiasm....

1249
02:04:38,336 --> 02:04:41,233
Rey.
Rey.

1250
02:06:00,500 --> 02:06:04,500
I am that unpleasant child
and undoubtedly inopportune,

1251
02:06:04,833 --> 02:06:08,083
with a round and dirty face,
in front of the candlesticks of the streets

1252
02:06:08,417 --> 02:06:11,417
Beneath great
ladies so well lit,

1253
02:06:11,667 --> 02:06:13,708
or in front of girls
who seem to levitate,

1254
02:06:14,417 --> 02:06:17,542
He throws the insult
from his round dirty face.