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THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS.

It's good to be back.

Papa, come. Papa.

It's good to be back.

Our memory is fragile.

A lifetime is very brief.

Every things happens so fast that we
do not have time to understand...

the relationship between events.

This is what my mother wrote in her diaries
in notbooks in order to keep track of time.

What is it, Papa?

Do you want to lie down?

I miss Clara.

Papa

I think that Mama is with us right now.

Come and lie down.

My mother always talked
about love as a miracle.

Ever since she was a child she
wrote everything in her diaries...

in order to see things in their true dimension.

It's was the first time she saw my father.

Even though my father had come to
propose to my mother's old sister, Rosa,

my mother knew she was in love with him.

Clara, dear, we can't hear what we're saying.

- So, Esteban as Rosa wants it too.
- What's important to us is...

not only Rosa should be happy but also...

I've decided that...

if I work hard every day.

I'm convinced that,

if I work hard every day,

then one day I will be rich enough to.

No, Clara, No!

Then one day,

I will be rich enough to lead Rosa to the altar.

Clara, No!

After 2 years, my father found the
gold to bring him back to Rosa.

Love had driven him deep into
the mine, but hard work...

and waiting only made his longing greater.

Finally he succeeded and he would
soon return to lead Rosa to the altar.

People had come to celebrate
my grandfather's nomination...

as a candidate for the liberal party.

Although my grandparents tried to keep
my mother's supernatural power as secret,

everyone knew about them.

People clandestinely came
to my mother for advice.

I just wanted to know if Clara could
tell me. I've run up a great debt.

Being a politician, It's a scandal.
You know. I don't know what to do.

- My family...
- "Black Devil" will win on Sunday.

- What?
- In the third race.

Well, I really must thank you.

I promise never to ask for your
help again. Thank you, Clara.

- Thank you.
- It's my fiancé and I... I'm so unhappy.

So I thought maybe Clara could help.

Maybe give me a hint of how
to make him love me again.

Your fiancé can't stand the smell of lavender.

So if you stop smearing
yourself with lavender oil,

he might start wanting you again.

Clara?

What is it?

Clara?

You should be ashamed of yourselves,
upsetting Clara like this.

Rosa, what is she saying?

She says there will soon
be a death in our family.

But it will happen by accident.

The Conservative Party has been in
power as long as I can remember.

There are the party of greed,
corruption, intolerance and old ideas.

We, the Liberal Party, have to fight them.

Thank you, dear friends, for
your support. Thank you.

No, you must drink the toast.

The one who carves the pig.
That's tradition. Come on!

Clara.

Clara.

There is enough poison in
that brandy to kill an ox. But,

just to be certain that's what killed Rosa,

I'll have to do an autopsy.
I'll have to examine her.

Do you mean...

you have to cut her up?

Clara,

it's isn't your fault.

You can't provoke events.

Darling.

You just sense them a little...

before they happen.

So, Rosa had to die instead of me.

No, I don't need revenge.

Revenge doesn't do anybody any good.

Revenge...

won't bring Rosa back.

Why did I get involved in
politics in this country?

It's nothing but murderers and bandits.

My mother was convinced that it
was her fault that Rosa has died.

She believe if she ever spoke
again, it could cause new accidents.

Tormented by grief and
guilt, she remained silent.

She decided not to utter
a word to anyone anymore.

Is it true, Clara?

Couldn't you have waited for me, Rosa?

Why didn't you wait for me?

If I'd known you had a too
short time on this earth,

I would have stolen the
money I needed to marry you.

I would've made you happy, Rosa.

After my mother stopped speaking,
she lived in a world of her own,

wrapped in her fantasies.

A world where logic and physics
couldn't always be applied.

Surrounded by spirits of the
air and water and earth...

making it unnecessary for her to
utter a word for many many years.

- I'm not going back to the mine.
- You have to work at something, Esteban.

- Mother's medicines are expensive.
- I'm finished.

I'm finished.

Do you realize how many years of my life
I've spend taking care of our mother?

"The path to Jesus is through
devotion and suffering."

That's what you always taught me as a child.

I'm leaving. I hate this city.

Why don't you say is because
you hate this house?

It's that too.

I'd have liked to have been born a man,

- so I could leave too.
- I'm glad I was never born a woman.

I've bought an old farm with
the money from the mine.

We'll miss you.

Write if mother gets worse.

Hey there!

Would you carry me to Tres Marias?

- What's your name?
- Segundo.

I'm the patron here now.

Anyone who doesn't like
it can leave immediately.

Those who stay, won't lack food,
but will have to work good and hard.

You understand?

We understand, Patron.
We have no place to go.

Push, push. push. push.

Look out! You'll break the wheel.

Come on. I'll count. One, two, three!

Over the next 20 years, my father
succeeded and builting up Tres Marias

to be one of the most productive
haciendas in the country.

He worked hard from early
morning to lated night.

And was constantly in conflict
with his discontented farmworkers.

They want me to pay them wages? What
is this? That's the way they thanking me?

I'm know I'm severe, but always fair.

In spite of the toil and conflict, my
father fully enjoyed the awareness that

everything he owned was
the fruit of his own hard work.

How much?

If you'd lend me some
money instead, Patron?

- You've got a nerve.
- 50 pesos, Patron.

You're the mightiest and richest man in town.

I wouldn't ask anybody else.

- Why you come in so much?
- A train ticket to town,

a red dress,

a pair of high-heeled shoes, a bottle
of perfume, and a permanent.

I want to be rich and famous.

- What if I know I never see you again?
- We'll see each other again.

I know.

Trust me.

- What's your name?
- Transito.

You've got a deal, Transito!
I like ambitious people.

- Will that be all?
- That will do.

Very well.

Telegram for you, Patron.

Do you remember when we were children?

I used to cook for you,

get you off to school.

I could take care of you again, you know.

I should do what mother asked me to do.
They could accept me as a son-in-law once.

- Oh not her, Esteban.
- They can do it again.

She's not well.

Her sister Rosa was something special.

At least she was healthy and normal, but.

Clara is too strange.

- You'll never be happy with her.
- You're just get jealous.

You've never been in love yourself.

It's nothing left for you but
a home for old spinsters.

She'll never be able to love you
the way you need to be loved.

Clara is too strange. Esteban.

You need a woman to take care of you.

- Somebody to worship you and obey you.
- That's enough, Ferula!

She seems to spends most of her time
in another world, since Rosa's death.

- I know.
- Not because she can't speak.

She, she just never wanted to.

I know.

Well, as long as she can bearing healthy
children into the world, that's all no matters.

Maybe we protected her too much.

It's not possible to give
anyone too much affection.

Maybe I could meet her now?

Don't make any hasty decisions.

Wait to meet her. And we must also
consider Clara's wishes. Don't you think so?

Papa! Papa!

You've come to ask me
to marry you, haven't you.

Oh, Clara, don't be impertinent!

Oh, Mama, I want to know.
I don't want to waste time!

- I also like things to be direct, yes, Clara.
- She said something!

That's why I came.

- She spoke!
- She said, she said something!

- Clara.
- She said something

You said something!

She spoke! She speaks!

She speaks!

Thank you, Clara. You've made me very happy.

Good Bye.

Everything all right?

Good afternoon, Ferula.

I'm so sorry, I'm late.

I suddenly, couldn't remember...
couldn't remember if it was, today.

I owe you an explanation for

asking you to come here.

Oh, I hope I haven't...

- kept you here sitting for a long while.
- Not at all. I'm so glad you could come.

Normally, I don't come to places like this.

As matter of fact, I've never been here before.

Good... good?

Ferula, I wanted to talk to you about...

Oh, you don't have to worry.

You're going to come, and live with me
and Esteban, after we'll be married.

Two of us, we'll going to be just like sisters.

And our friendship will last
for the rest of our lives.

Don't have to worry about
Esteban. I'll talk to him about it.

And we won't even tell him we met.

Will we?

Forgive me. I'm sorry. I don't
no... I don't usually cry.

It's just, I'm not used to
anyone touching me. I'm sorry.

I'm not used to anyone being nice to me.

No one has ever shown me any tenderness.

Forgive me. It's just...

I'm so...

confused and so... relieved.

Thank you,

dear Clara.

Dear sister Ferula.

Sister.

Wilt thou,

Esteban Trueba,

take Clara del Valle,

to be your lawful wedded wife,

to have and to hold,

in sickness and in health,

for richer or poorer,
till death do you part?

I will.

And wilt thou, Clara del Valle,

take Esteban Trueba, to be
your lawful wedded husband,

to have and to hold, in sickness and
in health, for richer and for poorer,

till death do you part?

I will.

Yes, I will.

Oh, it's beautiful.

- Oh, it's beautiful!
- Welcome to Tres marias.

- Congratulations.
- Remember my sister, Ferula?

- Ferula.
- How tired you must be.

Coming inside and I'll
make you hot chocolate.

- No, I'm not tired.
- Was it a good trip?

She's not a child, Ferula. You
don't have to treat her like one.

My dear Esteban!

Bless me, Father. I have sinned.
It's a week since my last confession.

Father,

- I think I've committed a terrible sin.
- Of the flesh?

My flesh is withered, but not my spirit.

- The devil is tormenting me.
- The mercy of The Lord is infinite.

You don't know the thoughts that run
through the mind of a lonely women, Father.

A virgin, who has never been with a man.

Not for lack of opportunity, but because,

God sent my mother a practical
illness and I had to be her nurse.

That sacrifice is recorded
in heaven, my child.

Even if I've sinned in my thoughts, Father?

Well, it depends on your thoughts.

Sometimes,

at night,

I can't sleep.

I feel as if I'm choking.

To calm down, I get up,
walk around the house.

I go to my sister-in-law's room
and put my ear to her door.

Sometimes, I...

...tiptoe in and watch her
while she's sleeping.

I used to think she was stupid
and incompetent but...

Now I know she's of another world.

Maybe her time on Earth is...

just a small part of her.

She might be closer to God
than we are, Father Antonio.

She looks like the Angel of Light.

I want to climb into her bed,

and feel...

the warmth of her skin,

and her gentle breathing.

Pray, my child.

Prayers help.

Wait, I'm not finished.

When my brother sometimes sleeps with her,

it's even worse.

My... my prayers are useless.

I can't sleep.

I sweat. My whole body shakes.

Finally, I get up and I walk
through the dark house.

I glide down the corridor, very
carefully, so the floor won't squeak.

I listen to them,

through their bedroom door.

And once I even saw them,

because their door was ajar.

What I saw,

I can't tell you Father. It's too big a sin.

It's not Clara's fault.

She's as innocent a child.
My brother lead her into it.

He desires more than her body.

He wants to own the most secret
thing she holds inside her.

He's eternally damned.

Only God can judge, and damn, my child.

But,

what were they doing?

You used to be a gifted narrator.

Well,

I couldn't see very well, but...

what I sensed was incredible.

The... trembling movements,

the abundance of juices,

The words whispered in her ear.

The strange secret smells.

A veritable miracle.

It's a little girl.

And her name will be Blanca.

Isn't she beautiful, Esteban?

Sometimes I wish mother could've seen this.

She would've been proud
of you. And to think...

a little girl, like a hardy wedge.

I don't like the way she
walks around so much.

The doctor distincly told her to rest a lot.

He also said she shouldn't
sleep with you anymore.

He said what?

He said it wasn't good for Clara if you slept
together during the rest of her pregnancy.

- He didn't mention of any about that to me.
- Well, I'm just telling you what he said.

But I think he means...

you been too heavy on the
baby, or Clara's frail body.

Anyhow, I don't think it's good for
Clara, with too much excitement.

It's seems to me, Ferula,
you're interfering in matters...

- ...that don't concern you.
- Good Morning, Clara.

- Is always kissing really necessary?
- Oh, yes. It is.

Feel her kicking?

I think she wants to come out
and say hello to her grandparents.

- Her grandparents?
- They're coming today, remember?

- Well, then we must go for your bath.
- Oh, yes.

That would feel good.

- God.
- The doctor gave me a lovely almond oil,

to rub on your stomach, to
prevent the skin stretching.

I'm terribly sorry.

I told them to take the train, but Papa
insisted on driving in that... oldest old car.

There's something we have to tell you.

- It's terrible.
- Tell me.

You see, because of this
violent collision with the train,

your parents were hurled from the car.

Your mother's head was
severed from her body, and the...

- ...terrible thing is...
- But, yes, I know where it is!

- Clara don't, stop this...
- No, I tell you... I know where it is!

Clara, the police have
looked everywhere for it.

I'm sorry, my wife's a
little... It's the pregnancy.

Sister Ferula, will you help
me? Will you help me? Come.

- It's here.
- Clara.

But Clara, we're too far
away from the accident.

It's here. I know. I tell you, it's here.

señor, could you do me a favour, just...

crawl in and hand me the woman's
head you'll find in there? And hurry up.

Hurry up, señor.

I think my time has come.

Hurry up, señor.

- Push.
- Yes, yes, that's right. that's right, relax.

Push, push.

- It's all right.
- Push.

Come on.

It's coming.

Welcome to the world, little Blanca.

- Hold it flat, Blanca.
- Concentrate, Blanca.

- We will show Blanca is the champion, yap.
- You hit it back to Aunt Ferula!

Oh, come on, Ferula, hit it harder.

Do you have to play in a hat?

We'll win this.

Ferula, if you keep it on the court...

Keep it in here. Don't hit it so far out!

Come on, Ferula. Stop fooling around.

Come on, Ferula.

Almost got it!

You're supposed to teach
Clara the game, come on.

I think we won, little one.
Blanca's the champion!

Sometimes I wish mother were still
alive, so I could send you back to her.

Clara, let's go and have a
cool drink, just the two of us.

Aunt Ferula, would you come play with me?

Aunt Ferula, please, could you play?

Here my dear.

Who the hell is that?

What the hell are you doing? Get out of here.

- The boy, we need money for food.
- Then get out and earn some! Come on!

Get out!

Don't you remember me, Esteban?

Down by the river?

This is your son.

Look at him.

I named him after you.

I don't know what're you talking about?

Take this and get out! Go on, take it!

If I ever see you on my property
again, I'll set the dogs on you both.

You'll never get rid of us, Esteban!

You'll never get rid of your son!

Have you stopped playing?
Were you beating her?

- Who are you?
- Esteban Garcia.

My mother and father are not in.

I know.

What do you want?

- To see your house.
- You're not allowed to be here.

Strangers are not allowed to
walk to our home just like that.

I know.

Then why don't you leave?

I'll leave soon.

Come here.

- Come.
- Why?

I just want to smell you.

You smell good.

It's bay rum. My mother
bathes me every morning.

What a nice dress you've got there.

Come in, sit with me so I can feel it.

It's my Aunt Ferula who has made it.

Imagine. We have the same blood.

I don't understand what you saying.

Blanca, your chocolate is ready.

Blanca!

And know at last thing,

I'd like to ask Pedro to stand up and tell
us his story about the hens and the fox.

Once upon a time, there was a henhouse,

and every night a fox forced its way into
it, to steal eggs and eat baby chickens.

And this made the hens very angry.

People are glad for the way
you teach them, señora Clara.

- Blanca!
- Blanca!

Blanca!

Clara, why you don't use your
telepathic abilities useful for change,

and tell me where these children are?

I can't contact anyone who
doesn't want to be found.

If you hadn't started this damn school,
non of this wouldn't have happened.

- Pedro!
- Blanca!

Clara, he found them.

Segundo found them by the river.

- Are they all right?
- Yes.

This is your fault, Segundo!

I don't want ever to see, your son
with Blanca again! Understood?

Understood, Patron.

Pedro!

I'll close down the school tomorrow and
send Blanca away to boarding school!

- No, Esteban, no, you can't do that!
- Oh yes, I can!

I not gonna watch my daughter turn native.

She's my first and blood and it's my duty...

to provide her with a proper life
among decent people of her own class.

- But Esteban, there's no need...
- Shut up, Ferula!

And don't ever interfere in my family affairs.

- Pedro!
- Blanca! Blanca!

Pedro! Pedro!

Pedro!

School was over.

The only thing which made my life
at the boarding school bearable...

was the awareness of the wonderful
summer vacations to ahead of me.

- Congratulations on your exam.
- Such a long time.

We're very proud of you.

- So, no more school.
- Thank God.

- I'm so glad you're home.
- Your mother and I missed you.

Every year, Pedro and I met
secretly down by the river.

And now that I'd graduated,
we could be together forever.

I missed you so much.

I thought I gonna die at school.
I'm never going back there.

From now on, it's just you and me.

What is it?

You know,

- it's not only you and me.
- Yes, it is.

I don't care what my family thinks.

I love you and you love me.
And that's what's important.

They say you've, started
making political speeches.

The peasants here are,
suppressed by your father.

They're afraid of him.

- They all hate him.
- Pedro.

Promise me to be careful.
Nothing must ever happen to you.

- I love you.
- I love you.

I love you too.

Welcome, Mr. Trueba!

The Conservatives have to ask
me to make you a proposition.

- I'm not a politician.
- You're a powerful man, Esteban.

A man of honour. You're just
the kind of senator we need.

The country is changing.

Things aren't the way
they were, unfortunately.

People are getting crazy
ideas at the their heads.

Peasants from your district, workers
in the cities, talk about uniting.

If we don't make a stand now...

- I'll think about it.
- Do.

After all, you're a family man and
a happy family is worth protecting.

We got to protect our values.

- Who's over there, that?
- Oh, that's Count Jean de Satigny.

He hasn't been in this country long.

I understand he's very
rich but still a bachelor.

Maybe your daughter would enjoy
adding a coat of arms to her card.

Let me know what you decide
about the party, Esteban.

Excuse me, excuse me.

May I join you?

I've been hearing a great
deal about you, Mr. Trueba

People say your hacienda is the
most beautiful property for miles.

And the most efficient, I've heard.

I hope to see it someday, I would
like to study your methods.

- And, you see, I admire...
- You're welcome to...

Let's get out!

The earthquake!

- Clara!
- Come on.

- Did you feel it here? Anything happen?
- Everything's all right, patron.

Clara!

Clara!

Clara!

Clara asked me to come, and lie
beside her till she fell asleep.

She was so terrified during the
earthquake. That's all it was.

It's over, Ferula.

You've spoiled my family life long enough.

I want you to leave this house at once.

I never want to see you again,

and I forbid you ever to
be in touch with my wife,

or my daughter.

I'll send you money each
month through Father Antonio.

You'll have enough to live
decently, while I live.

But if I ever catch you
bothering my family again,

I'll kill you.

I swear,

on the soul of our mother,

I'll kill you.

I curse you, Esteban.

You'll always be lonely.

Your body and soul will shrink.

And you'll die afraid,

- and with a guilty conscience.
- Get out.

For Clara's sake,

I want you to know it's never been
the way you imagined between us.

Never!

Clara.

Clara!

Clara!

Clara!

I'd like to talk to you, Clara.

How could you do this?

- How could you send her away?
- Nobody is standing between us anymore.

But, she was never between us.

I love you, Clara.

I want to make you happy!

I want us to have a happy family!

But, she's part of our family too.

- She's your sister.
- I don't care about Ferula.

I care about you, I care
about you and I. Our love.

Show me you love me.

Show me I'm your husband.

Love me.

Love me.

Do you hear? Love me!

Help me, Clara.

Tell me what I got to do... to...

let us have a happy
life as husband and wife.

Just give me some time, Esteban.

Just give me some time.

It's a long time, Transito.

- You're looking good.
- So, how did you find me, Patron?

Just asked for the best place in town.

Now I can pay you back the 50 pesos...

with interest.

I'd rather have you owe me the favour.

Just wait a little, Transito.

Just show me...

a little tenderness.

Pretend to care for me.

- That's all I need.
- But I do care for you.

Very much.

Come.

Come here with me.

I feel so good with you, Transito.

It's like coming home.

You're the best, Esteban.

You're a strong man.

Very, very strong.

A man of the soil.

There's one thing I don't
understand, Monsieur Tassigny.

- Satigny, mama.
- And that is...

- what are you doing in our barbaric country?
- Well...

I'm in the very fortunate position
that I don't have to work for a living.

Only to pass the time. But
a wealthy life, is boring.

You get restless.

My vineyards in Liechtenstein
and on the Riviera...

But...

this country...

- it is a challenge to me.
- Yes, but "monsieur" Tassigny...

- Satigny.
- I think...

I think, it's still very strange,

because I've done it once again
and I can't find you, in my cards.

Neither your family, nor your age, nor...

where you're come from.

Perhaps your cards just can't
see across the Atlantic, Clara.

It's that for me?

- Oui.
- Thank you.

It's beautiful. Thank you.

500 tons a year in two croppings.

With our advantage over
those north of the Equator,

we do produce ripe fruit at the time of year...

- when they cannot concidering...
- The will of God say...

we all have a right to fight for justice
and earn it . It isn't the will of God,

should just down and wait
for a reward in Heaven. Now...

Jesus Christ was a revolutionary himself. We
have a right to demand wages for our work.

Revolutionary? Yes, of course!

We have a right to rest on Sundays.

We have a right to vote.
We have a right to...

That's enough!

Go back to work.

I said, go back to work!

- Tell them to go back to work.
- Please,

go back to work.

Come here.

Segundo, you never teach your son
not to look his patron in the face?

Take your shirt off.

Isn't... eh...

- T...Tassigny joining us for dinner?
- Satigny.

Count Satigny. He's out
studying the corn crop.

- He shows a great interest in agriculture.
- Yes and in knowing how much you own.

I had to get rid of Pedro Segundo today.

Told him, he's never to show
his face in Tres Marias again.

- Why?
- Oh, why I just find him trying to turn...

the farm workers against me.

Preaching revolution! If not been for his
father, I'd have shot him down at spot.

Oh, Good God!

I've spent my life trying to...

trying to help these people.
I gave them everything.

Now this bastard Pedro turns up
and talks to them about their rights.

- I know them, they need looking after.
- They need justice, Papa, not charity.

Blanca, these people are like children.

They need a strong hand. It's
a language they understand.

You can't stop this world
from changing, Estaban.

No, but I can try.

I've decided to...eh... to run as a
Conservative candidate for the Senate.

What do you think about that?

Politicians are just...

bandit and criminals.

Can't we close one of the windows?

- Aunt Ferula!
- No.

Ferula is dead.

But it's impossible! I saw her,

- just 2 days ago, and she was perfectly well.
- It's true, I know it's true.

Please,

Leave me alone with her.

Oh, Ferula.

If only you knew how much we miss you,

Blanca and I.

Talk about you almost every day.

You'd be so proud of Blanca.

Esteban has sent her lover away,

but they meet secretly by the river.

She is do brave, and, strong,

true to her feelings.

I'll always remember you.

Till we meet again.

All of you!

You have a right to speak
up and make demands!

You have a right to stand up
against your oppressors!

The landowners depend you, because you
are the ones who make the wheel spin around.

You're the ones who do the work.

You make it possible for
them to live in comfort!

You've a right to join unions!

That's why you should make demands,
and stand unions and organize yourself!

If you stop working, there
will be no more patrons!

If I set eyes on you again, I'll blow
your brains out? Do you hear that?

Do you hear that?

- Come.
- Excuse me for...

I was... eh...

I was down by the river and I
couldn't sleep because of heat.

I went for a walk by the river,

and... there I saw them.

I saw my future bride lying naked.

- Naked in the arms of...
- Who? Tell me! Who was it?

Tell me!

The Indian.

The revolutionary.

I'll kill him! I'll kill that bastard!

Where is he?

You tell me where he is? Bastard. You tell me
where he is now! I'll kill you, where is he?

I'll never tell you!

Never!

I'll kill him!

You tell me where he is!

Open up these gates!

This is your fault! You're the one who
brought her up without any senses of morals,

without a religion, without principles.
She has no idea who she is!

She's my daughter.

If she did this with someone from a decent
family, maybe, maybe I could understand.

But with that scumbag, that sneaky,
dirty son-of-a-bitch! I'll kill him!

I swear on my mother's soul,
when I find him, he'll wish...

- he's never been...
- Pedro's done nothing you haven't done...

yourself. You've also slept with
women not of your own class.

But he did it for love, and so did Blanca...

Clara, my angel.

Come on.

- Come.
- No!

Come on.

I'll never speak to you again.

Never!

We should soon be moving back
to my parent's house in town.

We'll all gonna to miss you, señora Clara.

I shall miss you,

miss you too.

I'm leaving, Patron.

Why?

I don't want to be here when
you catch up with my son.

Have you found him?

Not yet, patron, but we're still searching.

I want him myself. I'll offer a
reward, I don't care how much.

- Why do you take it so personally, patron?
- Because it is personal!

- I want to warn you,
- I know the laws of this country.

What the hell are you doing,
here? Can't see you I'm eating!

I know where Pedro is hiding.

How do you know?

Will you give me the reward,

Patron?

How do you know?

Everybody knows where he's hiding,

except you.

- You show me, so I know you're not lying.
- You'll give me the reward, Patron?

Take care of the horses.

A telegram for you, señor.

The reward, patron.

Squealers don't get rewards.

- You're gonna marrying my daughter.
- What you mean?

I mean exactly what I say. I want a Whisky.

I had a telegram, to say she was pregnant.

- So you're marrying her.
- But, it's not me, it's that Indian.

- It's that revolutionary.
- I don't know what are you talking about?

It must be something you dreamt.

- There's must be a misunderstanding.
- No, you fool count.

I know what exactly the sort
of man you are. I'm not a fool.

So, you and I gonna to make a deal.

I'm offering you what you've
always been after. My money.

Just so my grandchild can
bear your idiotic name!

You understand?

- Where's your mother?
- She doesn't want to see you.

- I found you a husband for you.
- I'm not getting married.

- And a father for your bastard.
- I'm not getting married,

- papa.
- Oh, yes, you are. You'll marry him.

I'm going to be a senator now. I don't want
people to know I've a bastard in the family.

I thought we already had several.

Besides, I'm in love with someone else.

Blanca, you should know
Pedro Segundo is dead.

I killed him myself.

So it would be best if you
forget about him right away.

Would you please ask my husband and
his friend to leave my house immediately?

Sir, I'm afraid I have to ask
you to leave the house.

God, how I hate Papa.

No.

No, don't cry my love.

Too many tears will hurt the baby...

and make her unhappy.

- I could kill him.
- No.

You should never seek revenge,
it does no one any good.

Besides...

Pedro is still alive.

How do you know?

I dreamed it.

You won't see him now, for a very long time...

because he has to hide.

He can't come out until
the world has changed.

I'm so...

proud of you for not getting married.

- Why did you marry Papa?
- Because I loved him.

Oh, I did.

I was fascinated by him.

He was strong,

and courageous.

He's just been fighting all of his life.

But you must know...

nothing your Papa does comes from malice.

He just has too much energy.

And still love him.

I do.

He is my life...

just like you are.

To uphold those values...

that all right-thinking people embrace...

- You don't want to go to the hotel?
- No.

- Would you rather go home to Tres Marias?
- No.

Just... drive around for a while.

I'll tell you.

Clara.

I'm sorry.

The door was open. I...

Forgive me, Clara.

Forgive me for...

everything I've done to you.

Forgive me for what I've done to Blanca.

Forgive me, Clara.

I'd like to stay here with you
for a while, if you don't mind.

I don't want to go back to Tres Marias.

I miss you so.

I miss our family.

You don't have to talk to me.

Just let me stay here with you.

It occurred to me...

I'm a grandfather.

And I've never seen my granddaughter.

Come on, Alba, sweetheart. Blow them all
out in one breath, one big breath, go, go.

One candle left, Alba.

- So you have a secret sweetheart.
- Well, Alba.

Are you going to tell us who it is? Tell Mommy.

It's, Grandpa!

Let's not make Grandma jealous. You
gonna sit down and we'll eat the cake.

Have you heard the results
of latest of opinion polls?

Oh, I wouldn't worry about them.

It's always like that.

I think we'll have the best results ever.

Good for the Country.

We must be careful to not
underestimate the opposition.

I don't know how anyone can
take the opposition seriously.

- Dreamers, romantics.
- Eat up your cake, sweetheart.

I mean, when did the Left ever
win a democratic election?

Never! And even a child could see...

that the Left are the enemies of democracy.

Look at history.

When were revolutionaries
ever freely elected to power?

- It's so easy for you.
- I know what I'm talking about.

I know what this country needs.

If it was up to you Papa, nothing
would ever change, nothing.

You see things only in black or
white, the survival of the fittest.

- That's the law of nature.
- It's the law of the jungle.

God, you are so primitive.

Your world is so small, so infinitely small.

Blanca, my dear, you're a true Utopian.

- You put your face to the world doesn't exist.
- Would you kindly...

ask my husband to respect the fact
it's my granddaughter's birthday today?

Yes, señora.

- I'm to ask the senator...
- I'm sorry, Clara.

Would you ask my husband to make
sure our guests have something...

- to drink?
- Sir, I have to ask you...

Would you like a little cognac... liquor?

- Blanca, liqueur?
- Cognac, please. I'll see who it is.

- Who are you?
- I want to see Senator Trueba.

The Senator is busy.

Are you Blanca?

Yes, I am.

Haven't I seen you somewhere before?

Yes.

- Who are you?
- I'm a relative of the Senator.

Wait here.

Excuse me.

What all this about you
being a relative of mine?

Don't you remember me...

Patron?

What do you want?

Come on, hurry up, I have visitors, here.

I want to join the army and I
need money for my education.

You should've stayed in
the country side. Well...

- You still owe me that reward.
- Yes, I know.

I'll call the Military Academy in the morning.

I know the people there.

They'll give you a scholarship.

Get out.

And don't come bother me again.

S. Trueba, it been the count almost complete,
it looks people had voted differently this time.

Do you think the Conservative
Party has lost this election?

Not at all!

We shall win. The country
will win, no doubt about that.

- I believe in people's common sense.
- Nevertheless, senator...

- the tide seems to have turned against you.
- We are the defenders of our democracy.

We will always won.

- We'll win again.
- Papa, you stubborn old fool!

...just wait for the results, shall
we. Then we can all celebrate.

I think...

I believe, we now have the final results.

While we wait... while we wait for the results...

Gentlemen, they are still
counting the last votes.

The opposition, the People's Front,
has won an overwhelming victory.

- We won! We won!
- Oh, Mama, Mama, we won!

We won!

After being in power for
a more than a generations,

the Conservatives have been beaten,

rejected by voters, up
and down of the country.

This, is a sensational victory
for the People's Front.

People, who once called subversives,
revolutionaries, enemies of the state,

are openly celebrating tonight.

Hello.

Just a moment. Blanca, telephone.

Who is it?

Where are you?

Alba, this is a very good friend of mine.

- Say hello nicely.
- Hello.

Let's sit down.

Do you want to come with Mommy?

Ok.

Great.

Once they have a rabbit.

These are my old angels wings,
my mother made me, yes.

Take around here.

No food, no clothes, shoes,

no spare parts, nothing.

You're just a bad loser, Papa.You know
quite well who's behind the strikes.

- Everybody knows. It's sabotage.
- They're gonna take Tres Marias off me.

Everything I've been worked for,

they'll give it away...

give it away to the people.

- My property!
- We'll be all rights.

Something must be done.

- And quickly.
- Ok. So, here we go again,

- back to the solution to our problems.
- You just don't understand, Blanca.

- Law order, more police, more mad generals.
- Why do you say they're mad generals?

They just care about their
country, same as I do.

They wanna put little
order back to this place.

Grandma!

Alba!

I... think I need to lie down...

in my calm, blue sea of silk.

Are you very ill, Grandma?

I think I'm beginning to
leave this world, my love.

But you mustn't never
be afraid of death, Alba.

Dying is just a change, like being born.

You know I've always been in touch
with the spirits on the other side.

And when I get there,

I'll be in touch with you,

and all the others.

Do you understand, love?

So, please, give these to your mama.

They will help her...

reclaim the past.

Perhaps they'll...

help her, to... see...

the relationship between events more clearly.

And some day she may need these...

for something... other than adornment.

Tell Grandpa...

Tell Grandpa I promise I will come back...

and fetch him.

- Darling!
- Grandma is dead.

- What's happend?
- Grandmother is dead.

- What, what?
- Grandma is dead.

Papa!

It's very difficult to survey the situation.

Events are developing in great speed.

The new democratically-elected
government is under attack by our military.

The armed units of our country,

and now are under the command
of officers sympathetic to the coup.

Rumor says the Conservative Party,
supertises and stands behind the coup.

And they will take control as soon as the
military has brought order back to country.

It is now a fact that the country is
controlled by the armed forces.

To the country!

Shit!

Let's go! Let's go! Come on, come on!

Push, push, push!

You cover the back, we'll
gonna stay here, front.

Senator!

What's going on?

We'd like to see your daughter.

My daughter?

She's under suspecion
of subversive activities,

and we have a warrant for her arrest.

Are you completely mad?

It's just a mistake! Let me see the warrant.

Everything will be all right, my
darling. I'll maybe back soon.

Come with me, come with me.

This... this is a mistake.

I'm Senator Trueba. Don't you recognize me?

- For God's sake, man!
- Shut up!

In my own house!

- In my own h...
- Just shut up!

You old fool!

Don't you know, your daughter is going
with a revolutionary called Pedro Segundo?

My father is a very old man.

May I have a moment alone with him,

just to say goodbye?

Please?

Papa.

Papa, Papa, listen to me.

Pedro is here.

- He's hiding in the cellar.
- No! No!

Papa.

If they find him, they'll kill him. Do you
understand, Papa? These men are dangerous.

They can kill me, the can kill
you. They can kill all of us.

No.

You know what love is like.

And I love Pedro the way you loved Mama.

- No.
- He's my entire life, Papa.

And he's Alba's father.

You have influential friends.
Help him if you can, Papa.

Help him get out of the country.

- No.
- Don't make your grandchild fatherless, Papa.

Do you hear me? I beg you...

Let Alba keep her father.

She needs him, she needs him.

They won't touch you.

Don't be afraid, my love. I'll go to
see the Minister in the morning.

Everything is just a mistake.

Don't be afraid!

Keep your hands still!

Come on.

You, hold up there!

Where are you going?

Where are you taking her?

Good evening, Blanca.

Blanca.

We would like you to tell
us where your lover is.

I want to go to the toilet.

It'd be wise to cooperate.

I want to go to the toilet.

Stop there.

- May I see your papers.
- Trueba, I'm here to see the Minister.

Very well, carry on.

You there!

What, you...? Leave me alone!

Get out of the way!

- Stand clear!
- I'm Senator Trueba!

I demand to see the Minister.

Sit down!

Now!

Sit down!

You're going, now.

I demand an explenation. where is my
daughter? Why she was arrested last night?

Answer me! Where is my daughter?

Let me have your car keys.

Congress has been shut down and your
congressional privileges impounded.

You're all out of your minds.

Who give, you think was, established
contact with your generals,

Who you do think forged
the link with the Americans,

whose money and reputation...

guaranteed you, weapons?

Do you know who I am?

And then you arrest my daughter...

and want to confiscate my car.

Let me speak to the Minister.

You'll deal with me.

- I insist, I must speak to the Minister!
- There is no Minister, anymore!

You deal with me now.

Understand?

You want to find out where your
daughter is? Fill in the forms.

You and your friends still have economic
power. But we run the country.

Now...

give me the car keys.

Low Blanca.

Who are you?

You'd better start talking to me, Blanca.

I know your voice.

Who are you?

I want to use the toilet.

Now, you'll start talking, you hear me?

- I've nothing to tell you, bastard!
- Talk to me now.

- You talking to me now.
- I've nothing to tell you, you bastard!

Who are you?

You want to know who I am?

You want to know who I am?

You smell good.

Can you imagine, we have
the same blood in our veins.

Nobody.

I can't find anybody who...

can or... or will...

help me find my daughter.

You're an important person now, Transito.

You know everybody.

Sooner or later, they all come here.

For old time's sake, Transito,

please help me,

help me find my daughter.

I still owe you a favour, Patron.

...cannot judge what is good
for himself or for others.

- This man will desecrate...
- You should eat something, Grandpa.

the past of our beloved people.
Erode our proud traditions.

Like mites and parasites, these evil fo...

Will Mommy be back soon?

How could I be so wrong?

How could I be so wrong?

This is Esteban Trueba. I'd like
to speak to the Ambassador.

John!

No, not well, John.

Not anybody feel well these days. It's
terrible what's happening in this country.

I feel...

personally ashamed.

I feel everything is my fault.

But I didn't call to gain your sympathy.
I called because I need your help.

For old time's sake.

I realize what I'm about to ask is
beyond what diplomacy permits.

And I know, it's dangerous,
it's very dangerous, but...

is somebody I need to help.

I've come to take you out of here.

Why?

Because you're not safe here.

Go to hell!

Please, come with me.

Please.

Senator Trueba to see the Ambassador.

Can I see your papers, sir?

Search the trunk!

Open the trunk!

Please, step out of the car.

We need to search it.

Step out of the car!

Get out of the car!

Stay where you are,

you old civilist fool.

It's clean.

You can open it.

- Open!
- Open the gate!

She doesn't respond anymore.

You must not wish for death, my child.

That's not what's important.

Death will come no matter what.

You must fight to live...

for life is a miracle.

And Alba needs you.

She's waiting for you.

Who's this?

Yes.

You did?

Thank you, Transito.

Thank you.

Remember the curfew. Don't move till sunrise.

What have they done to you, my child?

I thought I'd never see you again.

I thought I'd die alone and miserable,

- Like Ferula said I would...
- Papa.

Is Pedro...?

Safe.

Safe.

He's waiting for you in Canada.

Let's hope he's a better father than I was.

You did your best, Papa.

I was once very angry with you.

I even hated you.

You know about that.

While I was in prison, I
thought only of revenge,

not on you but, I was obsessed
by thoughts of revenge.

I would avenge all those
who should be avenged.

But now I'm not so sure
of my hatred anymore.

I've begun to realize there must be...

a relationship between
events, like Mama always said.

It's good to be back.

What is it, Papa?

I miss Clara.

Come on. Come and lie down.

Thank you, Blanca dear.

There.

That's better now.

Go now, Blanca.

Go to Alba.

Clara.

My dearest.

My angel.

My mother wrote everything
down to keep track of time.

What she wrote in her diaries has
helped me overcome my terrors.

And today I ask myself if I want to...

contribute to the endless story
of hatred, blood and revenge.

But I can't find a reason for that anymore.

To me, life is...

my daughter,

Pedro,

the light, the day,

this very moment,

the memories,

the future.

To me, life itself has become
the most important thing.