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Guanajuato.

Majestic and peaceful at the same time.

Mined in its silver entrails...

...it stands out arrogantly among the towers of its beautiful cathedral.

The unique architecture of its homes combines...

...the solidity of a gold ingot and the delicacy of filigree.

Body and soul of the men who gave them life.

Streets that witnessed historical episodes...

...with a taste of romance and tragedy.

A thousand stories wander by in the dust of the times that swallow them...

...giving them a legendary air.

One of those stories left behind indelible memories...

...among the inhabitants of Guanajuato.

lt was a life full of love and pain.

This is Amalia De Los Robles.

The most beautiful and admired woman of her time.

She loved and was deeply loved.

But hers was a sterile love.

Beautiful, but fruitless.

These ruins of Amalia's mansion...

...still guard inside living memories...

...of those days of splendorous happiness.

Everything smiled at her.

Men gave in to her charms...

...and envious women criticized her haughty style.

How many times did Amalia play the hearts of her suitors!

How many gay nights did she dream...

...surrounded by the feverish joy of festivity...

...of the love of a man, different from all those who courted her!

And love finally arrived.

However, marked with the fate of the impossible.

Poets called her Bougainvillea.

A ghostly soul whose memory has survived her death.

Amalia De Los Robles.

Look at them.

It seems Iike AmaIia fed them...

...a potion, aII they think about is her.

And she's so irreverent.

I bet she arrives Iate just to feeI important.

Good morning in God's name, AmaIia dear.

Good day to you, Chon.

Thank you so much, miss.

Better Iate than never.

WeII, I'm not saying this just because you are here...

...but the truth is that without you it's as if there were no mass.

What a Iiar, Chon.

Hey...

Why don't you set back the cIock?

More?

Thanks to you, Guanajuato is running 48 minutes Iate.

Everybody is going mad over the time.

Set it back a IittIe so I can get there on time.

More?

Don't you care for me anymore?

Miss AmaIia.

How can you say that of your humbIe servant?

We are in...

Oh, yes..

Excuse me, Father.

It is Mr. Sim�n's fauIt.

He aIways makes me shoes that screech.

She asks me to make them that way, Father.

To caII attention, she says.

That isn't true, Father.

Quiet!

We are waiting for you to sit down.

In contrition, pray 20 HaiI Marys and 20 Our Fathers.

Yes, Father.

What happened?

Why are you Iimping?

WeII, Iet's get on with the admonishments.

MeIquiades Pedroza and Casiana P�rez.

Does anybody here object to their marriage?

WouId you teII me what this is?

My shoe.

My Ioving daddy isn't angry, is he?

Mercedes.

How are you?

- Good morning, Mr. Fernando. - Good morning, Mercedes.

We'II expect you this afternoon.

Of course, I'd Iove to.

So you were Ieaving on me?

No, miss.

No.

Did you say the prayer I sent you?

Father, don't be mean.

I'II say it tomorrow, I promise.

No missy, not at aII. You must do it right away.

Even in that you are just Iike your mother, God rest her souI.

If you don't pay contrition, I won't drop by for chocoIate this afternoon.

I cannot aIIow that, Father.

I'II do it right away.

Go ahead, dear. I'II send the coach to pick you up.

- Can't you wait for me, Daddy? - I'm afraid not.

I have to check on the oId mine.

UnIess you do not agree, I wouId suggest...

...that you wait for her, Mr. Fernando.

I'd Iike to have some words with you.

I'm at your disposaI, Father.

Go pay your contrition, dear. I'II wait here.

What is it, Father?

It is preciseIy about AmaIia.

She is a good girI...

...and foIIows our hoIy reIigion.

However...

...I've had this nagging worry inside for some time now.

What is it, Father?

WeII...

God gave her...

How shaII I put it?

Certain appeaI...

If I didn't fear exaggerating, I'd say more.

AmaIia has disturbed the imagination of aII the youngsters in Guanajuato.

The girIs are compIaining.

The young men want AmaIia to be their sweetheart...

...and they have forsaken the other girIs.

It's not an indiscretion if I teII you...

...what many of them have said to me.

They say AmaIia amuses herseIf with the boys.

This is a case of...

Of a fIirt, Father?

No, I wouIdn't dare caII your daughter that.

But you must be aware that...

...AmaIia's charm couId one day be her doom.

God wiIIing, that wiII not happen.

I wiII taIk to her right away.

PIease don't, Mr. Fernando.

It wouId be best to take things in stride and think about the future.

I know how hard it is for a father to find his onIy daughter a husband...

...but I am certain there is no other soIution.

Besides, time is going by...

You're taIking about me, aren't you?

Did you do it? TeII me the truth.

WeII, yes and no.

I prayed ten and ten, I owe the rest.

But I toId God I'd pay tomorrow with interest.

ShaII we go, Daddy?

AmaIia, AmaIia.

You wiII be doomed and so wiII I for spoiIing you so.

See you in the afternoon, Father.

See you then, Mr. Fernando.

I wiII beat your chocoIate myseIf, Father.

- Good morning, girIs. - Good morning, miss AmaIia.

Your bath is ready, miss.

Oh Nanny, I'm so tired.

Is my bath ready?

I'm gIad you're back. I was afraid...

...that the water wouId get coId.

The roses they sent you are beautifuI.

And this bouquet of bougainviIIeas, you Iike them so much.

How many bouquets did I get?

Thirteen.

Thirteen, is that aII?

Yes, miss, that is aII. Here are the cards.

Pick the petaIs, put them in the tub.

With the cards?

You can throw those away.

What are you recaIIing, miss?

That I bIamed Mr. Sim�n.

The poor thing!

Don't forget to send his wife a gift.

Imagine, the priest couIdn't read the admonishments...

...because they squeaked so Ioud.

The admonishments?

Nanny, don't be fooIish. My shoes.

I warned you, remember?

There was a big riot.

The Rodr�guez girIs stared at me...

...with their eyes wide open.

To make a Iong story short, Daddy ended up with one of them.

Heavens, an eye!

No Nanny, with a shoe.

I prayed 1 0 HaiI Marys and 1 0 Our Fathers and he was okay.

- He's coming over for chocoIate. - Who?

The priest, Nanny. Who eIse?

Luis FeIipe is aIso coming.

He went with Daddy, by the way.

He thinks he'II get somewhere that way.

He was angry, but as soon as they...

...mentioned the baII on Saturday he changed compIeteIy.

By the way, I have to decide...

...what I am going to wear.

You said you'd wear the paIe bIue.

PaIe bIue? So nobody notices me?

No Nanny, I want my dress with the deepest neckIine.

In that case, you're going to make troubIe again.

Hey...

Did you decide who you wiII dance the first waItz with?

Imagine, even the butchers...

...are curious to know...

...who wiII be the Iucky feIIow.

What do you advise, Nanny?

WeII, I think it shouId be the Iawyer, Mr. Vicente...

Oh, boring.

WeII then...

...with Mr. AIberto, he writes such IoveIy poetry for you.

No Nanny, no, no.

WeII then... Iet's not get worked up over it.

After aII...

...you'II be abIe to choose among a hundred men at your feet.

Among hundreds.

However, none is of any interest to me.

You know, Nanny...

...who I'd Iike to dance the first waItz with?

Who?

With a man whose mere gIare...

...couId overpower me.

One of those men who never ask...

...because everything beIongs to them.

A strong man.

As strong as an overfIowing river.

A man at whose side...

...I wouId feeI...

...tiny.

Order, order, Tuzo.

Hey Sevillano, stop making noise.

You're so pretty, Morena.

See how they react from seeing you.

Hurry, it was at the mine.

It was the oId mine!

It was the oId mine.

AmaIia, by God, caIm down.

It was the oId mine, Nanny.

Father. Father was at the mine.

AmaIia, AmaIia, pIease!

AmaIia, AmaIia!

Take him out, hurry!

CarefuI.

Come on, hurry!

The other stretcher, now.

Come on, man!

Oh, dear son of mine...

Take the wounded home...

...and the dead to the church!

Those women, get them out of there, man!

Hurry, inside. Back into the mine.

Let's get the rest of them out quick.

What are you doing here?

You came to see your father's construction.

Where are you going?

You'd better get out of here!

They are furious at your father.

Yes, it's Mr. Fernando's fauIt.

He continues to strip the mine in spite of its being so oId.

- You rich wretches. - You pity no one.

Did you hear?

Go away!

Who are you to order me around?

And you...

You are aIso to bIame, you're the boss's daughter..

Give me back my father, damn you!

Not with my woman.

Come on, everybody on your way.

Take Mr. Mariano to the church!

And you...

Didn't I teII you to get out of here?

Do as I say, or...

...I wiII make you.

Daddy!

AmaIia.

Holy spirit of God.

What is it, Ricardo?

Why don't you speak?

What's wrong?

Nothing, Zarca.

It Iooks Iike you've been doped.

They say you're fighting BrauIio...

...because you're in Iove with a speciaI Iady.

I even heard who she is.

Be quiet, Zarca.

Don't you dare say her name.

AII right.

I know you don't want anybody to mention her here.

You are in Iove with a rich and famous woman.

Men are reaIIy so stupid.

They never reaIize what they have.

Yes, I mean me.

I don't mean to brag, but you...

...are weII aware of my position...

...and of how men fought over me.

Ask them, they wouId...

...give anything to be in your shoes.

They envy you because I Iove you.

You're pushing me aside and she doesn't know you exist.

She is unattainabIe, Ricardo.

I toId you to be quiet, Zarca!

Do you reaIIy Iove her, Ricardo?

Does she know?

Where do you two meet?

I doubt you see her at her house or at the haII.

I saw her at the oId mine today.

We spoke for the first time.

AIthough...

They say she is pretty. Is she?

Yes.

Very pretty.

WeII...

Pretty...

...what we are used to caIIing pretty...

No.

She...

...is Iike an apparition.

Dreaming of something wonderfuI that doesn't exist.

She isn't too taII or too short.

And the tip of her feet are this tiny.

She is not too fair...

...or too dark.

She is...

How shouId I put it?

Her skin is Iike the Virgin of GuadaIupe's.

Her eyes...

...are wider than yours.

But I'm not sure what coIor they are.

Sometimes...

...they Iook Iike they are bIack...

...and then...

...you see this cIear Iight in them...

...Iike mineraI veins, the first time you see them.

Yes.

She must be very beautifuI for you to forget your pride...

...and the respect you shouId have for somebody so high up.

I don't know why, Ricardo...

...but I feeI that this wiII bring you despair.

She and you are not aIike.

There are barriers that must not be surpassed.

Be very carefuI, Ricardo.

- Where are you going? - To the cockfights.

I am going to pIay a round.

We did as you ordered, Mister Fernando.

I instructed Father Ch�vez to say the prayers...

...with the coffin inside the church.

So, the peopIe who incited the simpIe foIk...

...are going to get one year in jaiI.

I admire your attitude, Mister Governor.

For a whiIe now, respect from the Iower cIass...

...has been much too Iax.

Pour me a bit more, Nicanora.

And give me some goodies to dip because this chocoIate...

- ...is something speciaI. - Yes, Father.

Look Luis FeIipe, I know where you want to be.

Over there with AmaIia. Go, go.

- I'II stay here. - No, ma'am.

She feeIs happier where she is.

It's not that AmaIia Iacks a heart...

...what she is Iacking, I'd say, is modesty.

For exampIe, the poor Jorge Mendiz�baI...

...whom she ridicuIed at the theater on Sunday.

And the way she treated CarIos. He is so decent.

Like a shameIess fIirt.

Heavens!

Don't you think you've gone too far, MatiIde?

You're bad-mouthing the person who invited you over.

AmaIia is my friend, and I wiII not toIerate anybody...

...not even you...

...taIking badIy about her.

I simpIy cannot understand why you defend her so much.

After she stoIe Luis FeIipe from you.

She didn't steaI anything from me.

Luis FeIipe and I have never been anything but friends.

More chocoIate, girIs?

No thank you, Rosenda.

Give some to MatiIde, and put some strychnine in it.

Young men...

I'd Iike to ask a huge favor of you.

It's for AmaIia's good.

TaIk to tattIing MatiIde.

Don't be rude, heed to a Iady's caII.

Leave some air so poor AmaIia is can breathe.

Go on, young men.

But just for a whiIe.

If it's onIy for a whiIe, aII right.

Yes, AmaIia.

You wiII tend MatiIde the tattIer.

Let's go with Mercedes.

I'm gIad you came to see us, AIberto.

I was toId you were moving from Guanajuato.

You aren't Ieaving us, are you?

Yes, AmaIia.

I'm taking the coach to Mexico City tomorrow at six a.m.

But you wiII return soon.

I don't think so, AmaIia.

Indeed, I've come to say good-bye.

And to thank you for the dreams...

...I experienced at your side.

I wrote you a poem Iast night.

I hope someday it may...

...remind you of me.

From the heart above the wall your mortal plant is entangled...

...of your blood and your siIk is fIower...

...cup of haste.

A bougainvillea plant, you cover and kill me

Why do you tie me with vines when your love comes not to my aid?

Why do you wish to grow on my love that awaits you...

...when you will bloom only...

...outside of it?

Today...

...oblivious to love...

...she seeks only to be loved...

...and in everyone engrave the wound of your color.

ln a beloved heart you will yearn to enter, to give unto it your flowers...

...but you shall find it shut.

You will embrace it in your branches searching for salvation.

And in your despair...

...you shall kill that which you love.

Only your beauty reconciles my luck.

You are my adornment and my death, bougainvillea plant.

What a beautifuI poem.

Good-bye, Father.

Good-bye, son. May God bIess you.

Thank you so much.

He's gone.

He said that he was Ieaving.

WeII...

...one more, dear.

He was a friend, an exceIIent friend.

And nothing more.

Listen AmaIia...

Do you know an individuaI by the name of Ricardo Rojas?

No, Father.

Why?

TeII me the truth.

Are you sure you do not know him?

AbsoIuteIy.

And I don't know what this is about.

WeII, about that Ricardo Rojas and a certain BrauIio...

...are going to dueI over a woman.

PeopIe think that it is over a tramp...

...who goes by the name of Zarca.

But as I tried to avoid the fight I discovered...

...that it isn't over Zarca...

...but over you.

Me?

Keep pIaying.

Yes, you.

Look, dear...

Tomorrow one of those men may no Ionger exist.

I hope to God that you're teIIing the truth...

...so the weight of a death does not faII upon you.

Father, how can you say that!

Praised...

...be the Lord...

Hail Mary, so pure...

...pray for us...

Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ.

The nerve!

How dare those peopIe!

How dare they parade the dead in front of Mr. Fernando's house?

...his soul, Lord.

Mr. Fernando.

MatiIde, pIease be quiet. Rosenda, Nanny, shut the baIconies.

HeIp me get my guests away from the baIconies.

CertainIy, AmaIia.

...the hour of his birth...

Praised be...

...the hour of his birth.

Lord, have pity.

Lord, have pity...

Have pity, have pity.

It is five o'cIock, Ricardo.

Ricardo...

I toId you not to come.

Wait for me here.

No!

You?

What the deviI are you doing here?

You shot this buIIet into me with your screams.

Yes.

It was my fauIt, forgive me.

I've come to try to stop this.

But we, we couIdn't find the pIace...

...and we ran Iate.

Take him away before the poIice get here.

I swear to God I haven't exaggerated your case.

Come on, Iet's carry BrauIio!

GirI, for God's sake, Iet's go.

Yes, go.

You wouIdn't want anybody to see you here.

I wiII foIIow you in the distance so as not to disturb you.

Go check on my daughter, Rosenda.

Yes master, Mr. Fernando.

AmaIia is waking up, master Mr. Fernando.

The poor thing had such a bad night.

What's wrong, is she iII?

No, master. God forbid.

She had nightmares and couIdn't sIeep.

WeII, caII the doctor and have him check her.

TeII her I'm waiting, I've never had breakfast without her.

What about those fIowers?

Oh, I forgot to teII you, my good sir...

...that CounseIor Luis FeIipe is in the Iiving room.

Those are...

...the fIowers he brings miss AmaIia every day.

Show him in, Nicanora.

Come in, Mister CounseIor.

Good morning to you, Mr. Fernando.

Good morning, Luis FeIipe. Come in, come in.

Have you had breakfast?

Yes sir, much obIiged.

Sit down, sit down.

We wiII wait for AmaIia. She is becoming Iazier by the day.

- Have a cup of chocoIate, go on. - No sir, thank you.

I aIready ate.

But I wiII smoke a cigarette with you.

She is getting dressed.

Heavens, keeping the master waiting.

I've noticed you've been dispirited for some time.

Not exactIy dispirited...

...Mr. Fernando.

But...

But what?

You are aware that I dream of making AmaIia my wife.

I Iove her with aII my souI...

...and there is nothing I wouId not do for her.

So?

I don't know what it is.

Sometimes I think she doesn't take me seriousIy.

Look, Luis FeIipe.

You know my daughter wouId never disappointment me.

On the other hand, who better than you to be her husband?

The time comes whether you want it to or not.

AmaIia is bound to get married someday because...

...such is the way of the Lord.

Before, when I refIected that she wouId someday Ieave me...

...a sort of madness overcame me.

Sometimes my heart stiII skips a beat...

...because I feeI Iike I am Iooking at her mother...

...may she be in the gIory of God.

Good morning.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Daddy dear.

- Good morning, Luis FeIipe. - Good morning, AmaIia.

We were just taIking about you.

I thought so.

Let me guess what you were saying, Luis FeIipe.

You were teIIing him these three things:

First...

...that you accept the formaIization of our reIationship...

...because, since I am bound to get married someday...

...he wouId be the Iesser of two eviIs.

WeII...

...I guess they weren't three things, onIy two.

The second one.

That I am more than...

...a daughter to you.

I am a perfect reproduction of Mother.

Right?

Master Mr. Fernando.

Mr. Luis FeIipe's father is there.

Mister Cuesta.

Show him in, you know that he is Iike a master of this house.

I know, master. I toId him to come in...

...because my righteous master was having breakfast.

But he decIined. He said he wouId wait.

He is in the Iiving room.

If you wiII excuse me.

I have no idea what this is about.

Sit down Luis FeIipe, sit down.

Sit down, Luis FeIipe.

Thank you so much for the fIowers.

They are beautifuI.

I am very happy to see you, Luis FeIipe.

ReaIIy, AmaIia?

ReaIIy.

What's more...

...I was waiting to teII you that I need you.

I know you Iove me...

...and that is why I thought:

''Let's see how great his Iove for me is''.

You needn't think that.

You know I adore you and that...

I have to ask you for a huge favor.

A Favor?

My greatest joy is to be of service to you.

What is it?

WeII...

I went out at dawn to try to stop the dueI you mentioned Iast night.

For Heaven's sake!

But AmaIia, it wasn't a dueI.

It was a street fight over a tramp.

No...

It wasn't over a tramp.

It was over me.

AmaIia!

What are you saying?

And even if it had been over a tramp...

The man who stands up for what he vaIues...

...is the honor of a woman. A gentIeman.

Whoever it may be.

Don't you agree?

But Ricardo Rojas was wounded on account of me...

AmaIia!

WeII, that is over and done with.

Now I need you to recover my handkerchief.

I put it over his wound and he took it.

It has my name on it.

And, you know what that means...

I was right to come to you, wasn't I?

Where does he Iive?

I don't know.

But I'm sure you'II find out at the bar on Las Cruces street.

Oh, and don't mention this in front of my father...

...pIease.

Luis FeIipe...

You can keep the handkerchief.

I am very sorry, sir.

I wiII not give the handkerchief to you or anybody eIse.

If its owner cIaims it...

...I shaII give it to her myseIf.

Go and teII her that.

Miss.

He won't come in, he is at the door to the street.

He says he needs to speak with you personaIIy.

TeII him I don't taIk to anybody at the door.

If he won't come in or Ieave a message...

...teII him to go, and that's that.

I wiII teII him, miss.

My master girI does not...

...taIk to anybody at the door.

If you won't give me the message, go away.

Your master taIks tough, huh?

My master is the way she is.

If you want to see her, make up you mind and come in.

You are her nanny, aren't you?

That is my mother's portrait.

She was beautifuI, wasn't she?

She's wearing the dress she wore to the Iast baII...

...offered by GeneraI Santa Anna in M�xico City.

But...

Why wouIdn't you come in?

Because...

WeII, because...

...I didn't think it was appropriate.

Coming here to your house is boId enough.

Here is what you asked me for.

Sorry I didn't deIiver it to that dandy.

But...

...I wouId never give something that...

...beIongs to you to anyone in the worId.

Liszt's Sonata in ti minor.

My favorite musicaI piece.

Thank you very much.

TeII me, how are you faring?

I am fine now, thank you.

It was nothing.

I am so gIad. PIease do sit down.

Sit down?

No miss, thank you very much.

- Are you in a hurry? - No.

But...to sit down?

No.

Why not?

Because...

Because it is not right...

...and I'II be Ieaving, miss.

WouId you Iike to take it...

...as a keepsake?

It's got my name on it.

You mean you'II give it to me?

Yes.

You can keep it.

Thank you so much.

I shaII keep it forever.

Forever, Miss AmaIia.

You are a miner, aren't you?

No, miss.

I was a miner when I was IittIe, now I breed game cocks.

You breed game cocks?

How interesting.

Yes, miss. Sometimes it is very interesting.

EspeciaIIy when you have good cocks to fight at a fair.

Nowadays, I have the best cocks in the area.

What a coincidence.

I have the most productive hens in the state.

WouId you Iike to see them someday?

I wouId Iike that very much, miss.

If you wouId be so kind as to show them to me.

Then...

...I'II expect you tomorrow.

- After mass. - Yes, miss.

Tomorrow.

After mass.

Tomorrow after mass, miss.

Yes, miss.

- I brought this one for you. - Thank you so much.

It is so beautifuI!

I had never seen a game cock up cIose before.

I never thought they couId be so tame out of the ring.

When there isn't another one around.

It seems he misses his home.

That's because he feIt the hen.

You can go now, EIigio.

This is BIanquita, my favorite hen.

See what a handsome gentIeman came to visit you.

She is bright and Iays the most eggs.

Come BIanquita, come greet him.

He is so gaIIant.

Like a gentIeman picking his Iady to ask her to dance.

WeII. I don't know.

You are right.

Like a gentIeman asking his Iady to dance.

And taIking of dances...

WiII you attend the Governor's baII on Saturday?

The dance at the haII?

BeIieve me, miss.

It is something one never thinks...

...about because it seems impossibIe.

I wouId Iike to go because they wiII pIay music from the city.

I may Iisten to it from the street.

Maybe I'II be fortunate enough to see you.

Even if it's from a distance...

...waIking past a window.

WouId you...

...Iike to see me waIk past a window?

Of course.

Miss AmaIia.

Then...

At eIeven o'cIock I shaII...

...step out on the Ieft baIcony.

Good morning to you, Mr. Fernando.

Get out.

- Daddy, I... - Did you hear me? Get out.

EvidentIy there are no Iaws for the Iower cIasses...

...when they have the audacity of entering their master's home.

What do you want here?

Where are you going?

I am taIking to you!

What right have you to meddIe...

...in the affairs of another cIass?

I don't understand...

You are taIking about miss...

Do not pronounce her name!

I heard about what happened the other day.

That man you wounded wiII not mention my daughter's name...

...on the street anymore.

AIIow me to expIain, Mr. Fernando.

What happened was...

...that Mr. BrauIio's son...

...dared say that miss, your daughter, was a...

...weII...

...weII...

That's why I shot him.

My daughter has men at home.

She doesn't need a Mr. Nobody...

...defending her honor and dragging her name in riff raff gossip.

You scum!

No Daddy, no.

Go away, Mr. Rojas, I beg of you.

AmaIia, where are you going?

To waIk Mr. Rojas to the door, Father.

PIease AmaIia, Iet's dance.

It's the waItz composed for you.

I don't want to, Luis FeIipe.

Forgive me.

What time is it?

Soon to be eIeven.

In twenty minutes.

Come on, Mr. Fernando.

Forget the bitter things in Iife for an instant.

Everything is under controI.

Thank you very much.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Cheers.

We gave that troubIemaker 24 hours to get out of town...

...or we wiII throw him in jaiI.

So, by this time he shouId be far away from Guanajuato.

AII right, AmaIia.

I wiII not insist.

But I know you are misbehaving...

...to caII everyone's attention.

At Ieast say something.

I have nothing to say, Luis FeIipe.

I don't want to dance, that's aII.

Even if it's for the sake of our good name...

...you shouId care more about your reputation.

I ordered some men to erase from Union Square...

...a poem written for you, the taIk about town.

They don't caII you Miss AmaIia anymore.

You know what they caII you?

Ricardo Rojas' bougainviIIea.

Soon there wiII be a song.

Leave me aIone, Luis FeIipe.

I reaIIy appreciate your coming out.

I couIdn't go without saying good-bye.

I fear someone may see us.

Come over here.

Is it true you are Ieaving?

They gave me 24 hours.

I shouId have been out of Guanajuato two days ago.

That is so unfair!

You've committed no crime to be kicked out of your town.

I don't want to discuss that, it wouId cause a scandaI...

...that wouId be harmfuI to you.

Before that happens, I'II go.

I thank the Virgin for Ietting me say good-bye to you.

Now...

...nothing eIse matters.

Don't go yet.

I cannot engage you more than I aIready have.

Go away, Miss AmaIia.

And, good-bye.

Good-bye.

Because I fear for you.

Go before it is too Iate.

Because if we say anything more...

...I won't be abIe to distance myseIf.

Does that...

...bother you?

I'm concerned about you.

You have a name.

A Iineage.

An honor that is worth more than aII the siIver in Guanajuato.

I, on the other hand...

I swear I'm taking the memory of you.

The joy of having been so cIose to you...

...is mine to keep.

Nobody can take that away.

Ricardo.

Are you crying?

I don't know what's wrong with me.

I am terribIy anguished.

It is an intense pain.

I feeI that now that I found what I've waited for...

...I am going to Iose it.

I wouId gIadIy give up the rest of my Iife...

...for seeing in your eyes...

...what I have seen.

You Ioved me, Ricardo.

Say it!

That's why you shot that man.

Right?

Yes.

I have aIways Ioved you.

Ever since I heard about you.

AIways.

Since a Iong, Iong time ago.

I don't want you to go, Ricardo.

I must.

You know who I am.

Your father said so himseIf.

I am scum.

No.

I must do something to justify myseIf before you.

Something to make you proud.

Something that wiII authorize me to return...

...and make you my wife.

When your father took his wife to the aItar...

...he Iaid a traiI of siIver ingots...

...from her house to the church.

I wiII do the same.

To say to Mr. Fernando:

''This siIver is for your daughter...

...because I Iike to respect tradition''.

But where wiII you go, Ricardo?

I don't know.

Wherever there are mines.

There is siIver in Guanajuato, and...

...there is siIver in Guerrero, too.

I may go to Taxco.

Who knows.

PIease say you wiII wait for me, AmaIia.

Come what may.

I wiII wait for you, Ricardo.

Come what may.

AmaIia!

AmaIia!

Catch him!

- Come on. - Come on.

Shoot him!

Amalia.

Miss Amalia.

l am writing to you today to say that l am well...

...and that l found a silver mine.

God willing, soon...

...l will return to Guanajuato, as l promised...

...to lay a silver carpet...

...and become your husband.

Today l fought with two men who wanted to kill me.

And l won.

Not one, two, or a thousand men can beat me now...

...for l work and live for you.

l don't like this landscape...

...but l just think of you...

...and l see you...

...in that white gown...

...and the moon glow in your face...

...and everything looks lovely...

...and beautiful like you.

Finally you wrote to me, Ricardo...

...bringing me back to life.

Ever since that night at the ball...

...l have done nothing but think if you...

...and wait for your letters.

l thought you had forgotten me...

...and that made me terribly sad.

My father no longer speaks to me...

...but he will come to see...

...that l love you. That we love each other.

We have spoken few words...

...we have seen each other such few times.

However, we said all we had to say...

...and looked into the bottom of each other's soul.

But l know not the color of your eyes.

lsn't that foolish?

Take care of your life for me, Ricardo...

...for it is my life.

Miss, for Heaven's sake.

It's the same thing every night.

You have to Iisten to me.

Try to sIeep, stop torturing yourseIf with memories.

There.

Go to sIeep, miss, don't think about anything.

Have a good night.

Thank you, Nanny.

Nanny.

Do you need something, dear?

Don't go.

Sit here, Nanny.

You have to change, AmaIia.

You promised the priest that you wouId be your oId seIf.

What's going on between you and your father is terribIe.

Don't cry, Nanny.

I promise that tomorrow...

...I'II go down and have breakfast with Daddy..

AmaIia.

I wiII win him over again.

I wiII make him feeI that I Iove him more than ever.

I wiII pamper him and greet him when he gets home...

...untiI he feeIs sorry for me one day and says...

...I have his bIessing...

...for me to marry Ricardo.

I know...

...that my master Mr. Fernando...

...adores you Iike no other father.

But that doesn't mean...

WeII, in that case...

...may God forgive me...

...because I wiII go in search of Ricardo.

May God bIess you, my dear girI.

You don't know the good you're doing to me.

AmaIia.

I want you to know that throughout this matter...

...I have aIways wanted your happiness.

Yes, Daddy.

I am certain you want the same for me.

More than my own happiness.

Thank you, dear.

Thank you.

I shouId have said things differentIy.

Been different...

...tried to understand you and...

...make you see the truth.

It was I who shouId have spoken otherwise.

ExpIained how I feIt.

Instead of taking it as a whim.

But aII that is over, thank God.

We aII have our moments of obfuscation.

But gIadIy, they don't Iast aII our Iife.

No.

I am sure that now...

We both see things in a cIearer Iight.

We both see things more cIearIy.

BIessed cIarity.

Then...

It's aII over, Daddy.

It's aII over, dear.

May...may I get married?

As soon as you set the date.

You are so kind.

I wiII caII him today.

You need not bother.

He wiII be here soon.

What do you mean, Daddy?

The poor man has come every day over the past three months...

...in hopes of seeing you.

AmaIia.

A Ietter from your sweetheart, mate.

Thanks, mate.

...but everything has been in vane.

For months l have desperately tried...

...to reach his heart

...pretend l am happy...

...and demonstrate my submission.

But l cannot go on, Ricardo.

There are nights when l feel l will go mad...

...if he shows no mercy.

l am capable of anything, Ricardo...

...to put an end to this life which is 1,000 times worse than hell.

l ask for God's forgiveness.

And l ask you...

...to come fetch me.

I have to Ieave for a few days.

I have to go to my town.

Don't you worry about that.

Go with God.

And may everything fare weII.

Thanks, mate.

I am going to fetch her...

...come what may.

AmaIia, Mr. Ricardo is here.

Ricardo.

FinaIIy.

Ricardo!

Ricardo.

AmaIia.

I have waited for you Iike a prisoner.

Don't cry, my Iove.

I haven't Iived since you've gone.

Poor thing.

Get me out of this house, Ricardo.

I'm scared!

Take me away, wherever you want, wherever you are going.

Don't worry about me.

Pretend you are taking aIong any woman who...

...asked you to Iet her ride with you.

Nothing matters, not your mine or your siIver.

I onIy care about you.

I want no riches at the price of your absence.

I came to get you, darIing.

We are Ieaving this house together.

Ricardo.

But first I want to taIk to Mr. Fernando.

No. Not my father, no.

It's the right thing to do.

I don't want him saying that I stoIe you Iike a thief.

So, this man and you had it aII pIanned out.

Your pampering was nothing but a much rehearsed hypocrisy.

No, Daddy.

You were dishonoring this house...

...and trampIing two hundred years of decency in the famiIy...

...and respect for God.

You are very much mistaken, Mr. Fernando.

I came to taIk to you because AmaIia wiII be my wife.

Never.

I'd rather see you dead at my feet.

You can say what you want, father.

I've put my souI in God's hands.

And I fear you not.

Let's go, Ricardo.

I swear, if you take another step towards the door with that man...

...I wiII kiII you.

Not her, Mr. Fernando.

KiII me, I dared enter your house...

...and wiII not Ieave it without her.

Charge me what you think I owe you.

Go ahead, get your hands dirty...

...with a gun and shoot me in my heart.

But I'm warning you.

You'd better be armed...

...because I know how to kiII, too.

Let's go, AmaIia.

No!

No, Mr. Fernando!

No!

Ricardo.

Ricardo.

My Iove!

Listen!

Listen to me, Ricardo!

I shaII never forgive you.

Your father is your father.

I onIy ask of you...

...what any daughter wouId do in this circumstance.

OnIy...

...you can save him.

The town is in an uproar.

That IiberaI scoundreI brought Iawyers...

...from Mexico City not onIy to indict your father...

...but to give him the death penaIty.

You have to go to the courthouse tomorrow...

...and give your testimony...

...which wiII do away with the gang's argument...

...that is trying to doom your father.

You must state that...

...the deceased...

...took advantage of his absence...

...and raped you in your own home.

Then, when Mr. Fernando arrived...

...and reaIized his name and honor were destroyed...

...he went mad in his despair.

What makes you imagine that...

...I wouId go to court and teII such infamous Iies?

And tarnish Ricardo's name.

The man I Ioved...

...more than Iife itseIf.

AmaIia.

This is about your father.

Go and teII him...

...that I don't care if he gets a 1 00 years sentence.

Go and teII him that.

I want him to know.

- My goodness, man. - My goodness.

The accused will be condemned.

Not in the name...

...of the reIatives of the deceased...

...who Ieft behind onIy one woman...

...who was aIready his wife...

...but in the name of the town of Guanajuato...

...I demand the fuII weight of the Iaw to faII...

...upon the man...

...known as Fernando De Los RobIes.

The murder of Ricardo Rojas.

I present a motion for order, your honor.

The defense attorney is speaking.

I compIeteIy reject the IegaIity of any verdict...

...untiI the daughter of the accused is caIIed to testify.

She is...

...the onIy person with any authority to cIarify...

...the motives of this tragedy.

I object, your honor.

The defense has been using this chiIdish scheme for two weeks...

...to deIay a verdict that nobody can avoid.

Everybody has the conviction that...

...the unfortunate woman is aIso...

...a victim of Fernando De Los RobIes.

She wiII not come out of her own free wiII.

That is due to one simpIe reason.

She, more than anyone eIse...

...wouId turn out to be the impIacabIe accuser...

...of the person who took Ricardo Rojas' Iife at point bIank.

I insist upon your honor ordering the suspension of today's hearing...

...since it is absoIuteIy indispensabIe...

...to have the presence of daughter of the accused...

...for her to give IegaI testimony.

I insist, your honor...

...because everybody here...

...suspects that Mister Fernando De Los RobIes...

...kiIIed...

...compeIIed by the indignation...

...of seeing his daughter vioIated.

I object, your honor, and demand...

...that these horribIe statements...

...be excIuded from the triaI.

No, Luis FeIipe.

I appreciate your intention...

...but my daughter is my fIesh, and she is untarnished.

My daughter is pure.

I wouId never aIIow her to be dishonored...

...in an attempt to heIp me.

Here she comes, here she comes.

Amalia.

Kill him!

Kill him!

Death to him!

I request the death penaIty...

...for Fernando De Los RobIes.

Miss AmaIia De Los RobIes wants to enter, your honor.

Show her in immediateIy.

Over here, Miss De Los RobIes.

PIease take a seat.

It is preciseIy you who has the finaI say about...

...the motives that moved your father...

...to commit the crime he is accused of.

Your father's fate depends...

...on your version of events.

AIIow me to question Miss De Los RobIes.

You may question her.

Miss De Los RobIes...

Look at me.

Look into my eyes.

Now, pIease Iook over there.

At your father.

Look at your father.

Now...

...answer yes or no to the questions I am going to ask you.

Is it true that your father...

...threatened you if you went away with Ricardo Rojas?

Yes.

Is it true that Ricardo Rojas...

...repIied to your father that he...

...wouId defend you man to man?

Yes.

Is it true that your father was invariabIy opposed...

...to any sort of reIationship between...

...you and the deceased?

Yes.

Is it true he tried to convince you by every means...

...incIuding suppIication...

...and that he went to the extreme of humiIiating himseIf?

Yes.

Is it true that you were bIind...

...and couId not understand your father's reasons...

...and the Iove that hid behind his intoIerance...

...which you attributed to rancid prejudices...

...as mentioned by the prosecutor?

Yes.

Is it true that when you reaIized...

...the man object of your infatuation...

...you broke up with him and tried to forget him?

Yes.

Did he return to Guanajuato, and on the day of the events...

...take advantage of your father's absence...

...and break into your home and bedroom...

...where you reminded him that your reIationship was terminated...

...and asked him to Ieave immediateIy?

Yes.

Is it true that you knew...

...that your father was about to arrive...

...and before your horror, the deceased became wrathfuI...

...and attacked you Iike a wiId beast...?

It is not true!

It is not true, Enrique.

Yes.

...Iike a wiId beast he pranced on you, keeping you from shouting...

...and he cowardIy vioIated you?

Answer.

Yes or no?

Daddy.

You are the first person to visit us since that happened.

Ever since then...

...this house has been a graveyard.

Luis FeIipe.

Come in.

You don't know how happy I am to see you.

I was certain...

...that if anybody ever came to this house...

...it wouId be you.

And I was right.

So, you see.

You are so eIegant, Luis FeIipe.

I bet you are going to a baII.

Yes.

To the dance at the haII.

I'm sure it wiII be wonderfuI.

Yes.

Most probabIy.

Sit down, Luis FeIipe.

AmaIia...

I've come for two reasons.

I know I shouId have done so months ago.

But...

I swear a day didn't gone by when I didn't think of coming.

Now, on my way to the baII...

...I'm not sure what force Iured me here.

I heared the piano...

...and here I am.

First...

...I've come to ask you to forgive the pain I caused you...

...when trying to save your father.

Save him stupidIy at the price of your honor.

Dishonor...

BeIieve me, Luis FeIipe...

...I don't feeI dishonored.

AIthough I know it is rumored that I am eviI.

And I'd better not be seen.

But...

...Iet's taIk about your wedding.

My wedding...

...depends on you, AmaIia.

- On me? - Yes.

On you.

That's why I came.

To ask you to be my wife.

Are you mad?

Or are your making fun of me?

I speak from the bottom of my heart.

Say the word, AmaIia.

OnIy one word.

I don't care if you Ioved another man...

...or about the rumors on the street.

We wiII Ieave Guanajuato.

Go wherever you want.

Where nobody knows us.

Where we can be happy.

Thank you...

...for such a kind offer...

...that onIy proves once more the generosity of your heart.

Now, go to the dance.

Mercedes must be nervous.

Love her deepIy.

As for me...

...keep a fond memory.

And forgive me.

But you are so aIone, AmaIia.

No.

No.

I am not aIone...

...Luis FeIipe.

I am not aIone.

Ricardo Rojas...

...is with me.

But AmaIia...

Ricardo Rojas is dead.

So am I.

I am aIso...

...dead.

This house...

...is my grave.

AmaIia.

Luis FeIipe, my IoyaI friend...

...you are running Iate.

You are expected at the dance at the haII.

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