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This is the police.

Help! Help, please!

MADRID JUNE 15TH, 1991

01:35 A.M.

It's okay.

Please, calm down so I can understand you.

- What happened? - Please, you have to come!

He's inside! He's inside!

Please, calm down. Tell me what you're seeing.

Is there someone in your house?

Hello!

Detective!

That's the building there, 3C.

He's here.

Mom! Mom!

Detective!

We're going to send someone right away. I need your address.

8 Gerardo Núñez Street.

Are you still there?

Hello?

Calling all units, we have a 402 at 8 Gerardo Núñez Street.

Any available cars please respond.

I repeat, 8 Gerardo Núñez Street.

EARLY MORNING, JUNE 15TH, 1991,

MADRID POLICE STATION 02-12 RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL.

THIS STORY IS BASED ON THE POLICE REPORT...

...FILED BY THE DETECTIVE IN CHARGE OF THE CASE.

It's confirmed.

There are four kids, two more are upstairs.

THREE DAYS EARLIER

THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH, 1991

Irene, you get the bathroom first.

Lucia, let's go!

Get up.

Don't make any noise.

Come on, buddy, get up.

Let's go to school.

I want to go to school.

You want to go to school?

Great.

- You wet the bed again?! - Yeah.

Come here.

Tell Irene to clean you up in the bathroom.

Vero!

- What's wrong? - Irene won't let me in.

- I'm taking a shower! - Stop yelling!

He peed himself again. Clean him up, you're older than him.

Fine.

I heard you. I'm older, I came out first.

- Did you heat the milk? - No.

Quite the older sister you are.

Lucia! Pay attention, please!

The teacher said to bring pictures to look at the eclipse.

- Pictures? - Yeah.

Your turn. Not pictures. Negatives, to shield our eyes.

Gross! The towel smells like chicken.

You smell like wet chicken.

- Stop it! Vero! - Lucia, leave Irene alone.

Take one of the towels hanging outside.

Your shoes are untied.

You could have told me about the pictures last night.

- Me, me, me. - Fine, you do it.

- Everything OK? - Yeah.

We had a birthday party and closed at 2 AM last night.

I'm exhausted.

I came to get a picture for a class project.

You rest.

I'm going to sleep some more.

I'll see you later.

I heard it was night.

It's all magic.

And a spirit invited you to dream.

I know that lately,

I've barely stopped.

I feel like I'm rambling...

Dawn breaks so early,

and I'm so alone,

and I'm not sorry for yesterday.

If the stars light you,

today they're your guide.

You feel so strong, you think,

no one can touch you...

- What's up? - I won't wet the bed tomorrow.

- What? - I won't wet the bed tomorrow!

Good! OK, go inside.

- How are you? - Fine.

- You have fun? - Yeah.

You know the earth always revolves around its own axis.

It also revolves around the sun.

But the moon, which is a satellite,

revolves around the earth.

When the moon goes between the sun and the earth,

an astronomical phenomenon occurs, and we call this a solar eclipse.

The moon's shadow is cast on the earth's surface.

It's interesting, because it's subjective.

It depends on the subject looking at it.

What we see here today in Madrid...

...is not what they see in Barcelona, or in Paris.

Next slide, please.

We can clearly see two different areas:

the shadow, or umbra area,

and the penumbra area.

The umbra has no light,

in total darkness.

Do YOU HAVE IT?

The penumbra is the fragile shadow area.

Superstition has given many explanations for eclipses.

Next slide, please.

Primitive cultures believed...

...that the sky reflected what happened on earth.

So they believed that during eclipses...

...darkness reigned over light.

In many cultures, they thought that eclipses...

...were a good time for sacrifices.

Next slide, please.

Even human sacrifices.

In fact, they'll explain it better in History class, but...

...the Maya believed that human blood was...

Well, we're out of time.

We have to go see the eclipse,

but when we come back, we'll talk about the different kinds.

Sara, help me with the window, please.

If you don't have a picture, take it from the box over there, OK?

OK.

And remember not to look at the sun, only look through the negative.

- Wait a minute. - No, let's go.

- Just a second. - Girls, upstairs!

- Rosa, turn the projector off. - OK.

Wait...

What's wrong?

We have to wait for Diana.

The one who got held back?

Yeah, I told her what we were doing

and she wants to come.

Rosa, it was supposed to be between the two of us.

Well, now it's between us, and Diana.

She's really nice, anyway.

Besides...

Remember Manolo? With the spiked hair?

The one who died in a motorcycle wreck!

- He was her boyfriend. - Why'd you have to tell her?

Sorry, it just slipped out.

But everybody knows it works better with odd numbers.

Everyone's upstairs. The coast is clear now.

Begoña, what is this junk?

Not with these!

Girls!

Get in place, it's about to start.

Come on, over here.

Look, the negatives and the...

Gross!

Stay together.

It's this way!

Hey, wait for me!

Here.

This is disgusting. Have you guys done this before?

Yeah, in my village. You said you have too, right?

Yeah, but with paper cut-outs, you know?

Never with an official board.

THE GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE OCCULT

They're dead, but that doesn't mean they know everything, right?

What did you bring?

A picture.

What is that?

You need a personal item of the person you want to contact.

A picture isn't a personal item!

Of course it is!

It's personal if it belongs to the person in the picture.

I didn't bring any of Manolo's stuff.

Can you see it? The moon is going between.

See the ring? See it? Look, it's the solar ring.

I can't believe it!

Always look through... Look at it with this, OK?

It's so beautiful!

It says to put your index finger on the glass.

- Close your eyes. - Why?

Because you make contact faster.

Is anyone with us?

Is there anyone here with us?

It wasn't me, I swear!

Who are you?

You want to talk to one of us?

Are you...?

Are you Veronica's Dad?

Do you want to talk to Veronica?

S...

P...

Y...

I spy.

- What do you spy? - With my little eye...

- What are you, a dumbass? - You're the dumbass!

I know you're moving it.

Vero, did you move it?

Who are you?

It burns!

Vero, are you OK? What's happening?

Vero!

No!

Vero!

Please, Vero, let's go!

Please, Vero!

Find the flashlight!

Diana, the flashlight!

- Where is it? - Over there!

- Rosa, I can't see! - Fuck!

Here it is!

I've got it, I've got it here.

I've got it.

Fuck!

The board is broken.

Where's Veronica?

Veronica?

Veronica!

- Diana, go get help now! - We're gonna get in trouble.

Just go! Shut up!

Veronica.

Veronica!

What's wrong?

What are you saying?

Veronica.

Can you hear me?

What happened to me?

You fainted.

Follow my finger.

We tried to call your Mom, but we couldn't get ahold of her.

She's working.

Have you ever fainted like this before?

No.

Did you eat breakfast?

Yes.

Are you diabetic?

Veronica!

Would you listen to me?

Are you diabetic?

I don't know.

Blood sugar, any problems?

I don't know.

Family history with diabetes?

I don't think so.

Did you take any drugs?

- Pot, pills...? - No, no.

- You sure? - I'm sure.

Are you on your period?

- Veronica, how old are you? - Fifteen.

And you haven't had your period?

It's probably low blood pressure.

You might have an iron deficiency.

If you can, I recommend eating red meat today.