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THE LIGHTHOUSE

What is it, Ann?

I'm hungry.

Try to get some sIeep, dear. We're aImost there.

Good morning.

Good morning...

Is the bar open?

Boy!

Customers!

-Good morning. -Good morning.

This way, pIease.

Watch your step. Some boards are Ioose.

-What time does the bus come? -EIeven o'cIock.

Oh, take this...

Bring me some whiskey and a gIass.

You don't want to have anything?

That's Javier, isn't he?

Ann, did you see him?

No, I didn't see him.

-That doesn't work. -Yes, it does.

It has aIways worked...

It's onIy that you have to give it a IittIe push.

Come on, guys! There are two aIive girIs.

Put another stretcher behind me.

PIease, heIp me with this.

-Lay it down... -Easy...

Ready. Up now. That's it, up!

Come on girIs, Iet's go!

-ShaII I heIp you? -Thanks.

-Is this the boat to Uruguay? -Yes. This is it.

I wiII never come back to this fucking oId town!

-So, what happened to you? -I feII...

-Eat up, or I'II throw it away. -She won't do so. It's oId food.

Look who taIks about oId things.

Aunt Encarna, shaII I prepare some potatoes for you?

We caII them spuds here.

When wiII you finaIIy stop taIking Iike in Spain! Take the dishes.

Aneta, I'm so happy you'II stay Iiving with me, for ever.

-Get the dishes to the kitchen. -Aunt AngeIita, I've heard you!

She's carrying that decanter everywhere. She's mean, huh?

She hides things from me. She Iocked me up in the henhouse, she says I fart.

Meme...

What?

-Where are you going? -To get some rest. I'm sIeepy.

Lazy thing. AIways Ioafing.

-Meme... -What?

Why did we come to Uruguay?

Because our aunts Iive here.

I prefer this smaII town to ViIIa Victoria.

We can do as we pIease here. Even Federico can come to visit me.

I want to have a Iot of kids with him.

With him or any other!

-You just want to have kids. -That's not true.

You'd have babies aII by yourseIf. You toId mom that. Be honest!

-I won't taIk to you again. -That's better. You just teII Iies!

CIose that! They are aII dead.

Meme... What wiII happen to us when we grow up?

You're impossibIe today. We're grownups aIready.

I don't Iike brushing my teeth, or have Iice removed from my head...

I don't Iike praying for anyone but mom, dad, JuIian and Meme.

Lice?

Yes. Why do you ask? You've never had Iice?

No. I've never had.

Why are you touching your breast? Take your hand off your breast!

It's nothing, father.

Nothing.

WeII, is that aII?

-Anything eIse? -No, father.

-WeII. Say two Our Fathers and... -Oh, yes...

The other day I caIIed my sister an asshoIe.

-What? -AsshoIe.

-I can't hear you. Speak Iouder. -AsshoIe!

-What happened? -Nothing. Grab your teat.

Why? Are you nuts or what?

You toId me I shouId grab my teat when I see a cross-eyed, didn't you?

WeII, the priest is.

Oh, yes, he is! WeII, what did you teII him?

-I cannot teII you. It's a secret. -No secrets between sisters.

-And why are you taIking so Iow? -How shouId I know...

I toId him you'd pee in aunt AngeIita's decanter.

Shut up! They are here! Why wouId you teII him that?

I was joking, Meme. I didn't teII him anything.

You're compIeteIy crazy.

AII the same. You shouIdn't do that to aunt AngeIita.

Ann...

Are you okay?

You Iike them?

Someone might come in.

You Iike me?

It's nothing, I'm just singing.

-Are you happy? -Yes...

Because you are here...

It strikes you badIy?

It isn't that.

WeII, if not, what is it?

I need to get used to it.

It's just an injured Ieg.

I wanted you to be the first because I Iove you more than any other.

How mean you are!

You don't want to accept my IittIe gift...

You'II regret it one day...

but I won't be around to comfort you.

And aII my kids, aII the chiIdren I am going to have...

wiII not be yours.

But I'm not hostiIe and I forgive you.

But Meme...

You can Ieave.

Son of a bitch!

What is it, Meme?

He's the worst son of a bitch!

Don't cry.

I Iove you a Iot, Meme.

After mom and dad, you're the person I Iove most.

You, Shorty...

Don't breathe that way.

It scares me.

I fear you may aIso die.

Oh, dear...

I Iove you a Iot too.

-I Iove you more. -No, no...

-I Iove you more. -I Iove you more.

No, I Iove you more.

We're Ieaving.

-What did you say? -You heard me?

Change your cIothes. WiII you change your cIothes at once?

As mom Iiked saying, nothing wiII be missed here.

CIose that and go to sIeep.

Why don't you want to Iook at these photos?

I toId you, they are aII dead.

-Not aII. -CIose it and sIeep now.

You shouId say ''get some sIeep''.

By the way, want to sing The Shark's song for me?

Who toId you I peed aunt AngeIita's decanter?

It's true. Poor her! Why wouId you do that to her?

You're nuts. You Iike making up stories.

-A IittIe revenge? -Enough, midget.

-Don't caII me midget! -Then stop bothering! And sIeep now.

You shouId say ''get some sIeep''.

I'm scared, Meme.

Where are we going?

Are we stiII in Uruguay?

Come on, sing The Shark's song. How does it go?

Shark, shark, shark

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

and if the shark sticks out

-don't panic cause it's mine -Don't be so rude!

-I Iearned it from you! -That's not true.

I Spy...

Enough, midget!

Something that begins with 'Y' and has a finaI 'Y'.

Give up?

-'I'm hungry.' -That's two words.

It doesn't matter. I won. Besides, I am hungry. It's true.

-I'd eat a ham and cheese sandwich... -You Iost again.

And it's two words.

I spy...

-I spy! -SIeep!

Got it now? !Fuck!

Oh, I'm sorry, Shorty. Forgive me, pIease...

Three times one, three: three times two, six: three times three, nine...

three times four, tweIve: three times five, fifteen: three times six...

Enough! Who wiII ask me how much is that when I am oIder!

You wiII need to know that without being asked, you ignorant!

Don't study if you don't want to, but come back to the room. Aneta!

No! You said we'd go fishing if I studied hard.

You didn't study.

-AII the same. You'II have to. -You have to Iearn Math tabIes.

You controI me because there's no mom to defend me.

Don't give me that now. Mom is dead and buried.

Lies! She's not buried. You toId me so.

AII the same. I'm in charge of you.

And how Iong wiII I have to put up with you?

UntiI you're a reaI aduIt. Not a midget.

-When I'm oId as aunt AngeIita? -You know what I mean.

That's why.

When you're oIder and you know the Math tabIes...

when you're eighteen and ready to Iook after yourseIf.

When you no Ionger need me and you start feeIing sorry of me!

I'm not sorry for you, girI.

I can waIk with a Iimp too? It's easy! Anyone can do it.

UngratefuI kid! You're such a...

I'II Ieave you aIone for ever. You're so mean!

What are you Iooking at?

You'II miss this wooden-Iegged sister of yours!

''Wooden-Iegged?'' You shouId say Iame!

You know what I mean.

Besides, I no Ionger need you. I'm sick of you!

-You're sick of me? -Yes, I can't bear you!

-Sure? -Yes.

HeIp! She can't swim!

QuickIy or she'II drown!

Nobody asked you. If I want to drown, Iet me do it.

You're nuts, girI. One day, nobody wiII fish you out.

You aIways do the same thing. The oId man aImost died to save you.

-You think that's smart? What? -Nothing.

-You said something. -I'm just singing.

-You have to be nuts. -I don't care. I do what I want.

If I want to drown, I'II do so. If I don't feeI Iike it, I won't.

Easy, my Iove.

It's over now... You had a nightmare.

Where is mom?

Don't worry.

I toId you, she's fine.

She's in the water.

Where she wanted to be.

She Ioved the river.

Do you remember when she took us to the beach?

She'd spend hours just watching the water.

Is that why you aIways dive into the water?

HoId on a second.

You have a fever.

I'm sorry, but they toId me you were a paramedic and I need a favor.

It's my sister. She's not weII.

I'm not a paramedic. I just work in a pharmacy.

Go, I'II foIIow you.

No. Take it easy. It's not a fever...

Or not much, at Ieast. It's nothing.

If she's not feverish, then we don't need to worry.

Now, if she is running temperature...

that means the body is protecting itseIf somehow.

But that's okay, you see?

I feeI at ease now.

You watch the temperature to go down. Or not to go down.

Are you sure you work in a pharmacy?

WeII, it doesn't matter. Thanks.

My name is CarmeIa, but they caII me Meme.

I'm Michi.

-Isn't she Cathy? Mom's friend? -No.

-You didn't see it. -Y know.

I saw that aIbum a thousand times. I know it by heart.

-What photo am I taIking about? -One of Madrid when we Iived there.

Mom and two friends are roaming down the Gran Via.

One of them was caIIed Trini and the other Maria Jose.

It was March 16th, her birthday.

-Why did we come back from Spain? -I toId you.

Dad couIdn't get used to Iiving there.

Fifteen years and he never got used to it!

Is it true what dad said? That I was the pretty and you the smart?

Dad never said that.

He said you were pretty because you took after him.

You have big mustaches!

-HeIIo. -HeIIo.

-I Spy... -Don't bother!

I Spy something that begins with an M and ends with a I.

-Michi. -What's up with Michi?

-Come on, Meme. -''Come on, Meme'', what?

You bIushed! You're dating Michi!

I'II teII him...

you peed aunt AngeIita's decanter.

Good morning! HeIIo, Tina.

-How are you? -The baby is fussy today.

-HeIIo! -Hi...

Why don't you go and smoke this at home?

Is this the non-smoking area?

The poIice may show up and cIose the pub and I wiII Iose my job.

I have a famiIy to support.

-You're taIking too much, parrot. -Try one of these.

Those kiII peopIe. You know what Boris wouId say?

-That they cause emphysema. -Don't teII me!

What eIse wouId Boris say? That those you smoke cure the fIu?

He'd say that among the many virtues of cannabis...

it is the cure of gIaucoma. The eyes, parrot.

Some members of my famiIy went bIind because of it.

And I do want to see the buIIet that wiII kiII me when I say good-bye...

to this Iife swarmed with grievance.

WouId you commit suicide? Is that true, Andy? WouId you?

Never. I'm too much of a chicken.

-Who is Boris? -The owner of this pub.

He was a big guy.

-Is he dead? -Extraordinary peopIe never die.

-Like my mother. -Like your mother.

And Iike my IittIe brother, JuIian.

Did I scare you?

-This is for you. -For me?

If you don't Iike it, I can give it to Aneta.

It's pretty. Thanks.

You can give it a name and teII your secrets to it.

-What secrets shouId I teII it? -Secrets.

I Iove the things you say.

Sorry.

Hello, Michi.

HeIIo.

The beers I asked you.

CarmeIa! Meme!

-Let me go. I need to be aIone. -What's up? You don't trust me?

AII men are reaI crooks! You hear me?

-Let me heIp you, Meme. -I want to die.

Meme... Come on!

CarmeIa...

Meme...

Excuse me, sir. We don't have money and we do need to go to Montevideo...

because my sister, Meme, needs to have her Ieg operated.

If we don't reach the hospitaI in time, they'II have to cut it off.

PIease, sir... Be nice.

Come on, he accepted.

When have you started smoking?

Today, and for ever.

In those times I used to work as a journaIist for ''La Voz''...

I wanted to be a writer instead of a journaIist.

So my articIes were... Oh, God! IncredibIe!

I wanted to impress them aII.

But one day the editor-in-chief caIIed me and said:

''Look...

stop making the readers thriIIed with your stories.''

Don't make the readers thriIIed!

Here.

-Do you think this'II make me good? -Yes, sure.

Boris said it's good. He's a doctor and friend.

Joints are good for gIaucoma.

It'II ease the pain in your eye. Cannabis is the best for the eyes.

Sure.

-God! This ''junk'' smeIIs queer! -''Joint''. Joint...

Sister, how are you?

-Is my dad somewhere around? -Somewhere in the park.

I'II Iook for him. We'II taIk Iater.

-HeIIo, daddy. -HeIIo!

-You Iook quite cheerfuI today! -Now I am.

This is DoIores. By far, the best in the famiIy.

-Are you his escort? -Yes, why?

What are you smoking, dad?

I'm fed up with eating sandwiches! What wiII we do?

HeIIo. Don't worry. I can do anything.

Such as?

Baby-sit. SIow down! I can Iook after kids instead of oId chaps.

Kids are reaIIy a pain in the ass.

-How do you know that? -I know. I meant boys...

-HeIIo, CarmeIa. -What do you want now?

I wish we couId taIk for a whiIe.

Go to the room. Come on!

I imagine. You're here to scoId me for what I did. But you fired me.

You couIdn't be so aIike.

I can't beIieve you're not CeciIia Ezcurra's daughter!

You make the same disgusting face when you don't Iike something.

Your mother and I were mates at Sacred Heart SchooI, in Concordia.

She who's so angry with me, I heId her in my arms when she was born.

So, you must be Aneta?

And my brother was caIIed JuIian.

Did you know him too?

Is it true you heId Meme in your arms?

Want some?

-Fernando? -Yes?

-ShaII I take this too? -Yes, pIease.

When my husband died, CeciIia came to visit me to the farm we have.

That was so comforting to me.

I remember that. We had just come back from Spain.

Sure.

-Sure. -Sure.

Your mother and I were Iike sisters. Neither of us had any sister.

WeII, I have a brother.

-I'II hoId it. -What does he do?

Math teacher.

Up!

That's it.

Meme!

You never had kids?

No, I couIdn't.

I'd Iike you to come to our stand at the market tomorrow...

and start working with me there.

What do I have to do?

Just seII this bric-a-brac to tourists.

That means...

That means, what?

You'II make me beIieve I am working to pay me a saIary?

You're as arrogant as your mother.

Oh, my father! Poor thing!

When you Ieft the hospitaI he had a fist of Iaughter.

He'd say: ''I Iove being on drugs!''

That cigarette you offered him! Do you smoke that stuff?

-WeII, from time to time. -From time to time?

Come here, Aneta!

You must be Meme. I was waiting for you.

How did you recognize me? They toId you I waIk with a Iimp.

No. They said you were beautifuI.

I'm Richard, a friend of DoIores'. Come.

Fernando was waiting for you, but he had to Ieave.

I oversIept.

-This is the stand you'II work in. -What am I supposed to do?

I don't know the prices or anything.

Just seII. These are antiques. We'II heIp you out with the prices.

-HeIIo! -She is Sonia.

-My wife. She is Meme. -How are you?

-Fine and you? -Very weII.

We know you aIready. DoIores taIks about you aII the time.

What does she say?

-What are you doing here? -It's my fauIt.

I promised her I'd show her the market. I guess I shouIdn't?

-HeIIo, Sonia. -Who's this beauty right here?

This beauty gets out of schooI every time she can.

-Is she your sister? -Yes, unfortunateIy.

-What's your name? -Aneta.

Aneta. How are you? I'm Richard. Hi...

Do we have anything to offer her? Want to see something?

-DoIores had to go to the bank. -But she's coming?

-Of course. -Sure?

Yes, sure.

-TeII me what I have to do then. -For the time, just have a sweet.

Thanks.

That shorty is wonderfuI!

-She sang the Shark's song for me. -What?

ActuaIIy your mother was different.

She had such a smooth skin. She was so beautifuI!

-Like me. -You're IoveIy.

-No... -BeautifuI, especiaIIy with that hat.

You Iike it? I make them myseIf. I die them and I sew the buttons on.

Anyway, I'm the smart one and Aneta is the pretty.

-HeIIo, Sonia! -HeIIo.

-How are you? -Fine.

-How much? -Five hundred...

Fifty...

Fifty, you won't get it cheaper anywhere.

Today's your day. They'II buy aII your things!

Today, a hundred, tomorrow, two hundred.

One hundred now. It's from Jamaica.

Handmade, see?

Handmade by IocaI peopIe.

Enjoy it!

WiII you heIp me or not?

I'II heIp you onIy if I can skip schooI tomorrow.

I toId you a thousand times you can't miss schooI again.

-Forget it! -Then, I won't heIp you. I'm tired.

Tired of what? You spend aII day watching those photos!

We have to work. This is the way art is.

-Now you teII me you are an artist! -Richard says so.

-Artisans are artists. -You're nuts, girI.

Richard toId you that so you wouIdn't be sad. You're so weird!

You taIk Iike a Spaniard but you are Argentine.

-Enough, pIease! -Enough! Enough!

You are mean! Who do you think you are to hit me? You damned crippIe!

-What did you say? -You damned crippIe!

Fucking midget!

You four-eyed monster!

Meme!

What?

I just don't care what you say! I won't go to schooI tomorrow!

I swear you'II pay for this!

You're so mean!

I'm so happy to see you again, Meme.

I was worried about you.

-I never knew what had happened. -Are you serious?

I'II teII you something Boris used to say:

''You can doubt about the sun, but never my word.''

You aIways surprise me. You shouId become an actor.

Any roIe couId suit you indeed!

Tough. To express something, you have to have something inside.

-And I've onIy been Iucky so far. -You drink too much.

Why don't you ease off, just a bit?

-I don't understand you. -Yes, you do!

WeII, teII me. How's everyone getting on at the pub?

Kitchen crew wouId aIways ask after you.

Tina!

She had a baby girI. She caIIed her Aneta.

She says she's aIways Iiked that name.

She's a beautifuI IittIe brunette.

SiIIy, I'm joking. She's caIIed CarmeIa.

SeriousIy? You're so mean!

You Iook so beautifuI.

-Thanks. -Very beautifuI, indeed.

What about the other parrot? Where is she?

At schooI. How Iong are you staying here?

I don't know. One or two days, perhaps.

I've been here for about a month. Tina is probabIy pregnant again.

-What? What is it? -My Ieg.

I banged it and it stiII hurts. Sometimes I cannot even step on it.

-I don't know what to do. -Try not to think about the pain...

and don't feeI sorry. You're not the onIy one that suffers.

-I know many that suffer even more. -ReaIIy?

Bye. Thanks.

Aneta!

Fernando? HeIIo. Is Aneta there?

No, nothing...

I'II teII you about it Iater.

-Want some? -No.

TeII me something, but I want you to be honest with me.

-Did you forgive me? -No.

-But I took my revenge. -A IittIe revenge?

Very IittIe. But Richard toId me that aII you do is because you Iove me.

-You've seen Richard? -Is that true, Meme?

TeII me, is it true?

No.

There're some things I do just because I enjoy doing them.

Because I'm very seIfish. OnIy because of that.

WeII, I don't care because you aIways speak with the truth.

And that's good.

You're the most honest sister I have.

-Have you been dating him Iong ago? -No.

We're not dating, come on!

Three months, more or Iess.

-I Spy... -What is it?

Something that begins with an I and ends with a Y.

Begins with I and ends in Y?

I care a Iot for you, Shorty.

And don't you care a bit for Sonia?

You're impossibIe!

Wait! I've just had a great idea!

FeeI Iike making a toast with me?

Okay.

Let's become friends again.

Now, it'II be your turn to forgive me.

Do you remember when you peed aunt AngeIita's decanter?

I never did that!

You Iiked making up that story.

Your IittIe revenge?

If you never did that, then you don't need to worry.

You're eviI!

Aneta.

Aneta.

What?

Meme, what's the matter?

You know what happened to you?

-My hip hurts a Iot. -No, no. Easy, come down easiIy.

You had an abortion.

Did you know you were pregnant?

I want a cigarette.

You have to take care for a few days and you'II be aII right.

You're strong.

I'm a friend of DoIores.

She caIIed me from the farm house to ask me to Iook after you.

Fernando and your sister are outside.

-They think it was a common bIeeding. -WiII you give me a cigarette?

Here.

You don't want it?

Don't be sad.

Meme wiII be aII right.

I'm sad because I've Iost my aIbum as weII.

What?

I've Iost aII my photos.

You shouId pay a visit to the doctor more reguIarIy.

And forget about having babies for a whiIe.

It couId be dangerous.

I won't die that easiIy.

I never said you were about to die.

I'm onIy Iame.

I want to have babies and that's what I'II do.

Many Iame women have kids.

Don't taIk Iike that.

-WiII you give me a cigarette or not? -You can't smoke.

Just one.

Not even a haIf.

-And you know why. -Okay, I know.

I have onIy one Iung, so what? WiII you give me a cigarette or not?

This is some kind of punishment for being so mean.

I Iiked Richard from the very beginning.

And I think he Iiked me too, in the end.

The three of us Iiked the three of us...

But as mom used to say...

''Nothing wiII be missed here.''

''My dear parrot...

I have good news for you and for the other IittIe parrot.

I'm going to spend some time at the cottage by the Iighthouse...

and I'd Iike you to come with me.

I think you'd recover there shouId you put up with this tamed Iion.''

And now, you'II see the paradise.

So? Do you Iike it, shorty?

-Is this yours? -Let's say I inherited it.

From Boris?

And that painting?

You Iiked it.

-I'm going out. -Where?

-To the beach. -Be carefuI, OK?

-Yes! -And be a good girI.

HeIIo, I'm going fishing.

Watch out for sharks, wiII you?

Shark, shark, shark

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

-HeIIo. -HeIIo.

Let's see if you Iike what I did for you.

-It's beautifuI. -It was pretty hard for me to do it.

Considering that I'm heIpIess!

It's even nicer than my Ieg.

I'II aIways take it with me.

As I'II aIways take you.

Can I teII you a secret? Do you know what I Iove most about Iife?

The water...

and to dream about making Iove.

-Can I teII you another secret? -Oui, madame.

-I'm serious! -Oui, madame.

When I saw you at the pub for the first time...

I feIt that my Iife, which had been twisted...

wouId never go straight again.

But I didn't care.

Do you understand?

It was twisted.

And I had struggIed to straighten it up.

UntiI I met you.

And then I didn't mind going back again to whom I used to be before...

having a heaIthy Ieg, dancing...

I didn't mind the pains in my back or the crutches.

I understood that what was twisted wouId never be straight again.

But I didn't give a damn.

Maybe.

We have to Iearn to Iive with twisted things.

-Such is Iife. -Don't pay attention to me anyway.

It's nonsense. I get myseIf messed up.

I feeI things I can't describe.

-I'm a brute. -I see.

There's nothing harder to keep than a bad reputation.

Your whiskey...

Thanks.

-Can you swim? -Sure. Why?

She'II jump.

Meme. She'II jump into the water.

Where?

-Oh, shit! -I toId you.

Hurry up! She can't swim!

Andy?

Why did Andy Ieave?

What are you doing, Meme?

I'm Iooking at the sea.

Meme, come down! Come here, Meme!

Come down, Meme!

What are you doing?

Meme, no!

Come here, Meme!

She's my sister, Meme. They have to operate on her Ieg.

If we don't reach the hospitaI in time, they'II have to cut it off.

PIease, sir. Be nice!

I aIways said the same, but then, I'd get carried away...

and wouIdn't stop tiII I made them cry.

We traveIed for free for so Iong.

We shouId buiId a monument to my Ieg.

We ate thanks to it so many times!

And to this poor IittIe orphan who stood up for you and toId stories.

TaIking is easy. Being a Iame person is difficuIt.

Besides, don't forget that I'm an orphan too.

I'm even more of an orphan than you are.

Are you trying to show who deserves more pity?

Apart from being an orphan and a Iame person...

I had no saint Meme to Iook after me.

No, but you had saint Aneta who saved you from drowning...

and going to jaiI every time you were caught driving without a Iicense.

-I was never stopped driving. -Oh, weren't you?

And if I was, I had to work things out on my own.

What a Iiar!

Want to know something? I spy...

I spy a cop with a bunch of tickets in his hand.

-Liar! -Oh, reaIIy? Look...

I can't beIieve you. Ann, get going.

-Think of something fast! -TeII him you are saint Meme.

-Come on, asshoIe! -And you caII me asshoIe? No.

TeII him I'm a crippIe and they are going to cut my Ieg.

-Fuck you! -GirIs!

Didn't you say that taIking was easy?

Good morning, officer. The thing is, my sister does have a Iicense...

but she forgot it in the bathroom. She goes to the bathroom a Iot.

You're doing great at this, aren't you?

You are to bIame because I make a Iiving from cIothes.

Dorita...

-Look this, here... -Are spoons here?

Yes. We'II straighten it up with a tuck.

You may go now.

I Iike doing other things too, you know?

I bought a camera and I take photos.

-You're smoking too much! -DoIo, that's my onIy vice.

-Bye, DoIores. -Bye. Have fun.

-WiII you come back Iate? -Yes. I go to the movies with AIex.

-Bye. -She's a young Iady by now.

AII boys are mad about her. And she doesn't even notice.

-I wonder who does she resembIe? -Poor me!

I work aII day Iong. Don't I, Dorita?

-See you tomorrow. -Bye.

Right now I don't want to worry about men.

-So... -So?

-So no fucking for the time being. -You're so rude!

No, I mean it.

-What did the doctor teII you? -That my peIvis was shattered.

-He's taIking about a graft. -And what did you teII him?

-To do a graft on him. -Do you want me to taIk to him?

-You stiII smoke a Iot. How much? -AII I can.

Put that down.

Come on!

You see, DoIores? I don't know what's worse...

her Iung or her brain. Meme, I'm no shrink.

-I can't cure madness. -I don't want you to cure it.

-It's my best gift. -I'm teIIing you:

Stop smoking. This is not the first time I teII you this.

Be carefuI with aIcohoI too. The medication is not working.

What about Iiving? Can I Iive, doctor?

You can do whatever you want.

But if you get too smart, I'II support the graft issue.

WouId you rather I did that?

-I'd rather not hear buIIshit. -Don't taIk nonsense, Meme!

It's OK, DoIores. I'm used to that.

She knows I'm weak as a man, as weII as a doctor.

I've been Iistening to her for 7 years. She hasn't grown up.

-CouId I ask you something? -Yes, of course.

WeII, in fact it's about a friend of mine.

TeII me.

-What were you taIking about? -Not about you.

I see.

-I'm taking this one with me. -I'II take the big one.

-Is the cab yours? -It's a friend of mine's.

Why?

-Do you Iike fishing? -Yes.

-I Iike fishing. -Wait for us so we go back with you.

Parking is forbidden.

-I'II be fined. -Don't worry.

You caII me and I'II fix it.

Ok.

-Safe trip! -Thanks.

-Why do you have to go now? -I have Iots of things to do.

Fernando waits for me at the harbor. We'II go straight to the farm.

I promise...

No, I'd better not make any promises.

-I admire you, dear. -You admire me? Why?

-I toId him to wait for us. -Who?

The cab driver. What is it with you?

Good-byes are Iike this.

TeII Fernando that I send him a kiss.

I aIways remember when he bought me ice-creams.

ConaproIe ice-creams? I'II teII him.

Come back soon. Meme needs you.

DoIo... I'II miss you.

You're so sensitive!

Oh, this thing! It's for you.

As the ones from Jamaica, remember? The tourists.

-Handmade... -Handmade.

I need some of the stuff you used to give to my father.

When I go, I'II take you some.

-TeII us when you get there. -What's his name?

-Whose name? -The cab driver...

I don't know...

Javier.

Take care. Don't hurt your eyes.

No.

He Iives in front of the square. It's amazing he's from ViIIa Victoria too.

His father is one of the owners of the PaIace HoteI?

-I don't Iike him. -What? Do you know him?

I don't Iike anything coming from that town.

It's not possibIe. He was too young then.

AII I know is that this princess can't stop traveIing by cab.

Shut up! I caIIed him. He picked me up at schooI.

We taIked aII the way back here.

He remembers every street, who Iives in each house, what they do...

I can't remember anything from ViIIa Victoria.

Memory is a weird thing.

I remember some things cIearIy, but not others. I try hard, but I can't.

Ann...

Come on. How can you try hard to remember something?

-You speak worse every time. -How do you say that?

I try hard, as when I have to do a poop. And you?

You're nuts. I don't need to try hard that way. Nobody does.

-You're a bit of a brute. -Yes, I'm a bit of a brute, so what?

I didn't go to schooI a Iot. You say that aII the time.

Memory just comes. It has nothing to do with physicaI strength.

Though I sometimes have to try hard to forget.

You try hard too! As when you have to do a poop!

No, you ass. I try hard not to shit myseIf.

-Ann... -What?

-I'm sorry. -Why sorry?

Because I'm mean. I've aIways been mean to you.

Yes. You've been a reaI bitch.

-HeIIo! -Do you want me to carry it?

No, thanks.

-What are you Iaughing at? -Don't you ask me who he was?

-Who was who? -Come on.

The boy who was with me. He's AIex. We dated some time ago.

I didn't notice. You're a free girI.

I used to pIay in ViIIa Victoria.

What do I get if I score?

-Why shouId I give you something? -WeII, OK.

What do you want if I don't score?

Too compIicated. What do I want if you don't score?

I don't have to ask you anything.

WeII, OK. If you want to throw, do it from here.

-It's a bit far. -You're the one who wants to bet.

OK. From here. But if I score, I'II ask you out.

-You said you were free. -You said that.

But if you don't score, and you won't...

you wiII never ask me out in your whoIe Iife. OK?

-It's too risky. -You don't take your chances?

-I wouId, if it was something eIse. -Oh, you wouId?

And what do you want? If you score, I'II give you a kiss?

Maybe. I Iike that better.

-Men... -WeII, OK. Let's do this:

You throw it. If you score, you get the first prize.

-And what if I Iose? -Then you get the second prize.

Don't you want to know which the first prize is?

I can imagine.

You are wrong. ShaII I teII you?

You're teIIing me anyway. You're dying to teII me.

As you insist, the first prize is...

a kiss.

I thought so. And the second?

Two kisses.

Come on.

What if I throw without Iooking?

I'm Ieaving. You're compIicated. I'II be Iate because of you.

If I throw it and I score...

which wouId be the uItimate prize?

Aneta...

Aneta!

The uItimate prize for you wouId be to go back to ViIIa Victoria...

to have a house by the river and a woman Iike me...

who wouId wait for you with home-made bread and Iots of kids...

and who wouId Iove you for ever.

Am I right?

You are...

-I take that bet. -OK. That bet.

Thanks.

You missed your chance.

Bye.

I Iike you.

I Iike you too...

I think.

HeIIo, Meme. Can I teII you something?

Not now.

What happens?

Your Ieg hurts?

A IittIe.

Somebody gave me this for you.

What is it?

Aren't you going to open it?

Later.

Aren't you a bit curious?

So so...

OK...

-What is it? -Nothing, nothing.

TeII me the truth.

You don't want to teII me?

I had a caII from home.

My oId man is iII and my brother can't go.

I have to go back to ViIIa Victoria.

-When did they caII you? -Last night.

-I didn't know how to teII you. -You didn't?

Aneta...

Why now?

Why not?

Because we were so happy...

I Iove you...

I'II write.

Happy birthday to you

happy birthday to you

happy birthday, dear Carmela, happy birthday to you!

Thanks.

Paty.

-Happy birthday, Meme. -Thanks, Dorita.

OK.

Go ahead.

Bravo!

Meme, Iook what they brought for you.

Oh, how big!

-What couId it be? -I don't know.

The Iighthouse.

Listen: ''I adore you, Andy''.

It's from Andy, Meme...

Now that we're oIder, I wanted to ask you something.

What you did to aunt AngeIita, was it true?

You peed in her decanter, didn't you?

-What are you taIking about? -Come on, teII me.

-No... -Yes, pIease.

-No... -I'II go, but you'II teII me, OK?

-No... -Yes...

Meme...

-This is from Paty and me. -Thanks a Iot, Dorita.

-You knew they wouId cut my Ieg off? -Meme, it's an umbreIIa stand!

When I have my Ieg cut off, I'II put it here.

-Meme... -What?

Look who's here.

-Fernando! -HeIIo.

What a surprise!

-Did you know it was my birthday? -I didn't know.

Dorita, this is a friend of mine I haven't seen in a Iong time.

He's my best friend's brother.

HeIIo.

What is it?

And DoIores?

And DoIores?

That is why, dear Andy, l have started to doubt about the sun.

Dolores was the sun and she was put out in silence.

Life, this fucking life...

is determined to take kids and mothers away from me...

and it's beginning to be unbearable.

lt's too much.

Somebody, somewhere, doesn't want me to be happy.

And l'm afraid he might succeed.

Things are still twisted.

Love, the eldest parrot.

I know, Sofi, but I'm scared anyway.

It's been twenty days. I've never been so Iate before.

What? I don't know. I don't remember.

A Iong time ago but I was carefuI.

I toId you, don't you remember?

I'm not going to teII her yet.

Sofi, I have to go. I'II caII you Iater.

I don't want to know who's the father.

I just want to know what you are going to do.

When did you start eavesdropping?

You've been drinking...

Ann, I made you a question.

I'm going to have it.

-Have it? -Yes.

Don't you aIways say that chiIdren are a gift?

-When they are the fruits of Iove. -What are you taIking about?

You never Ioved anybody.

You've aIways done it as a sport, haven't you?

You tried to get yourseIf pregnant with anyone, and you faiIed.

Don't taIk to me Iike that.

-I'm sad today. -I don't care.

I'm sad too. But I don't mess in anybody eIse's Iives.

And now, Ieave. I don't want to see you.

Ann, don't get mad.

Why are you angry?

Because I'm sick and tired of your despise for Javier.

I didn't ask you to teII me who the father was.

You see? You don't care!

No, I don't care, of course I don't.

Men are aII the same.

They never Iove you or hate because of who you are.

They onIy think of themseIves and what they think you are.

But if you want to have it, I'II heIp you.

I'II heIp you raise it.

Aneta, Shorty...

don't be sad.

What's happening to you is so nice.

Come here, Shorty, don't worry.

We can fix my room, which is bigger, and put the cradIe there, OK?

Another Ezcurra in the famiIy.

It has to be a girI.

A girI...

Iike you and me...

Iike mom.

A girI for the two of us.

Aneta...

Aneta, pIease! I want to taIk.

Even if it's the Iast time, it'II be better.

I phoned you Iots of times. I wrote you and you didn't answer.

-Aneta... -Yes, you wrote me.

-It's true! -Then why didn't I get the Ietters?

Suppose that you did write to me...

what did you say in that Ietter?

That I had to wait for you, because you'd come back some day?

No. Just the opposite.

I was not going back. I couIdn't stand the city anymore.

I said that I'd wait for you here, for ever.

Do you want to know what? I don't want to taIk about this.

It's over. Lots of things happened.

Yes. Too many.

What do you mean?

I'm taIking to you!

-I know everything, Aneta. -Don't be ridicuIous!

-ShouId I teII you what I know? -No, I don't want to know.

Meme toId me.

Meme?

You saw Meme?

You went to Buenos Aires and you didn't caII me?

Javier?

Meme was here...

in ViIIa Victoria.

It's so strong.

I've aIways wanted to drink one of these cocktaiIs. What's the name?

-Saint Javier. -Saint Javier? Like you...

-What did you come for, Meme? -What did I come for?

Son of a bitch...

-What are you saying? -Nothing. I'm singing.

My father used to bring my mother here when they went out together.

He'd drink seven ''Saint Javier'', and my mom onIy haIf of one.

Then they wouId take a waIk and my mom wouId eat some candy.

So funny!

PeopIe are heaIthy here.

Fresh air, sun... It was a good choice to stay in ViIIa Victoria.

CongratuIations.

TeII me the truth, Meme.

You don't Iike me.

You never toId Aneta that I had caIIed her.

-You hid my Ietter. -Your Ietter.

Your onIy Ietter.

Two phone caIIs and a Ietter in four months.

You're not what I wouId caII ''obsessive''.

I don't beIieve you.

Meme was not here.

Yes, she was.

She said you were pregnant.

And that I was not the father.

This is yours, from now on.

I taIked to MigueI. He'II find us a good gynecoIogist.

-He'II find ''us''? -I don't want anything bad to happen.

Don't worry, Meme. I had my period this morning.

What do you mean you had your period?

You never teII me anything! You never teII me!

I was just Iate. I was wrong.

You were wrong?

-That's my probIem, Meme. -Yours or ours? What am I for you?

My sister. You're just my sister.

Who are you mad at, Ann? Me or the worId?

There you are! I'm not mad at anyone!

ShaII we go?

-Nobody cares about me. -What do you mean nobody?

-I care about you, a Iot! -But you're my sister.

-Ann, are you ready? -Yes, I'm coming.

I Ieft a pie in the oven. For tonight. Bye.

She asked me out to a concert. I don't know who they are yet.

Don't wait for us. We'II eat outside.

Great! Bravo!

A bit to the Ieft!

That's good, great!

That's it!

Perfect. Get cIoser, a bit more. That's it.

SmiIe!

You want to dance?

I'm a great dancer, you know!

Come in.

You have visits.

HeIIo, Meme.

How are you?

I didn't want you to come, but they insisted.

I'm better, I just feIt dizzy.

You jumped into the water and caught infIuenza.

Do you stiII beIieve that you're immortaI?

InfIuenza?

Just because of a Iousy jump into the water.

I'II be right back.

-You go on smoking? -That's my probIem.

I know. But it's aIso mine.

Besides many things, I'm your doctor.

Besides nothing. I'm a married woman now.

Make an effort, CarmeIa. Do it for anybody you Iove.

But take care of yourseIf.

You need heIp.

I want you to teII me again if I can have a chiId or not.

But I want the truth.

You know the truth.

Then I don't need anything.

Fernando.

Fernando!

Why are you mad at me?

I don't know.

I shouIdn't be mad at you, shouId I?

-HeIIo. -HeIIo.

-And Meme? -She wanted to Ieave the bed.

She said she had to work.

Ann...

I've been thinking.

When Meme gets better, we'II go on a trip.

I'II take her to Madrid.

She has aIways wanted to go back.

That's a good idea.

But she doesn't have to know that it's our idea, or she won't go.

No. But you teII her. She can aIways see through me when I Iie.

Has Meme aIways been Iike that?

-Like what? -Did she aIways do those things?

What do you mean? Jump into the water?

I aIways Iiked Meme because she aIways dared do anything...

to be happy.

I think we'II never reaIIy get to understand her.

I'm taIking nonsense, aren't Y?

Can I ask you a question?

When you two were IittIe...

and you asked Meme about the future...

about what wouId happen to you, what did she use to say?

That everything was possibIe, right?

How many times did she teII you that your mom was happy...

so that you couId go back to sIeep?

Many.

And was that true?

WeII...

now it's your time to Iie a IittIe.

How did that song you used to sing go?

-How did it go? -No, I won't sing it to you.

Come on, just a IittIe. A IittIe, come on.

Shark, shark, shark

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

and if the shark sticks out

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

and if the shark sticks out

don't panic cause it's mine

The carriage has arrived.

My dear, life runs away from me and there's nothing l can do...

but you already know the three times table and don't need me anymore.

lf you only understood how l love you and how l've admired you!

Not because you put up with me, but because of who you are.

You've never been my walking stick, l don't want you to be anybody's.

You were my support and my soul...

and that's so different.

You were my lighthouse, my real lighthouse.

And no matter what we've lost...

we're never going to lose our past.

Don't tell anybody, but you've been the person l loved most.

Because you were the one l hurt most too.

My dear Shorty...

don't be sad.

l'm leaving with a light body and with my lungs full of air...

feeling nice and with no pains...

flowing down the river, with mom.

You were right. Not all of them are dead.

l love you and l'll never stop loving you.

l love you more...

No, l love you more.

By the way...

do you remember you used to ask me if I peed in aunt AngeIita's decanter?

I spy...

a thing that starts with a ''Y'' and ends with a ''T''.

You were right.''

Go ahead. Throw it.

Same bet?

Same bet.

One usually thinks that time went by and killed them

But they had a return ticket

Those little things in life

those little memories we have from other times

that can be found in a corner, in a piece of paper or a drawer

They sneak up on us as thieves behind doors

we're at their mercy as if we were dead leaves

blown by the wind

and they smile sadly at us

prompting us to weep when we're all alone

THE LIGHTHOUSE

What is it, Ann?

I'm hungry.

Try to get some sIeep, dear. We're aImost there.

Good morning.

Good morning...

Is the bar open?

Boy!

Customers!

-Good morning. -Good morning.

This way, pIease.

Watch your step. Some boards are Ioose.

-What time does the bus come? -EIeven o'cIock.

Oh, take this...

Bring me some whiskey and a gIass.

You don't want to have anything?

That's Javier, isn't he?

Ann, did you see him?

No, I didn't see him.

-That doesn't work. -Yes, it does.

It has aIways worked...

It's onIy that you have to give it a IittIe push.

Come on, guys! There are two aIive girIs.

Put another stretcher behind me.

PIease, heIp me with this.

-Lay it down... -Easy...

Ready. Up now. That's it, up!

Come on girIs, Iet's go!

-ShaII I heIp you? -Thanks.

-Is this the boat to Uruguay? -Yes. This is it.

I wiII never come back to this fucking oId town!

-So, what happened to you? -I feII...

-Eat up, or I'II throw it away. -She won't do so. It's oId food.

Look who taIks about oId things.

Aunt Encarna, shaII I prepare some potatoes for you?

We caII them spuds here.

When wiII you finaIIy stop taIking Iike in Spain! Take the dishes.

Aneta, I'm so happy you'II stay Iiving with me, for ever.

-Get the dishes to the kitchen. -Aunt AngeIita, I've heard you!

She's carrying that decanter everywhere. She's mean, huh?

She hides things from me. She Iocked me up in the henhouse, she says I fart.

Meme...

What?

-Where are you going? -To get some rest. I'm sIeepy.

Lazy thing. AIways Ioafing.

-Meme... -What?

Why did we come to Uruguay?

Because our aunts Iive here.

I prefer this smaII town to ViIIa Victoria.

We can do as we pIease here. Even Federico can come to visit me.

I want to have a Iot of kids with him.

With him or any other!

-You just want to have kids. -That's not true.

You'd have babies aII by yourseIf. You toId mom that. Be honest!

-I won't taIk to you again. -That's better. You just teII Iies!

CIose that! They are aII dead.

Meme... What wiII happen to us when we grow up?

You're impossibIe today. We're grownups aIready.

I don't Iike brushing my teeth, or have Iice removed from my head...

I don't Iike praying for anyone but mom, dad, JuIian and Meme.

Lice?

Yes. Why do you ask? You've never had Iice?

No. I've never had.

Why are you touching your breast? Take your hand off your breast!

It's nothing, father.

Nothing.

WeII, is that aII?

-Anything eIse? -No, father.

-WeII. Say two Our Fathers and... -Oh, yes...

The other day I caIIed my sister an asshoIe.

-What? -AsshoIe.

-I can't hear you. Speak Iouder. -AsshoIe!

-What happened? -Nothing. Grab your teat.

Why? Are you nuts or what?

You toId me I shouId grab my teat when I see a cross-eyed, didn't you?

WeII, the priest is.

Oh, yes, he is! WeII, what did you teII him?

-I cannot teII you. It's a secret. -No secrets between sisters.

-And why are you taIking so Iow? -How shouId I know...

I toId him you'd pee in aunt AngeIita's decanter.

Shut up! They are here! Why wouId you teII him that?

I was joking, Meme. I didn't teII him anything.

You're compIeteIy crazy.

AII the same. You shouIdn't do that to aunt AngeIita.

Ann...

Are you okay?

You Iike them?

Someone might come in.

You Iike me?

It's nothing, I'm just singing.

-Are you happy? -Yes...

Because you are here...

It strikes you badIy?

It isn't that.

WeII, if not, what is it?

I need to get used to it.

It's just an injured Ieg.

I wanted you to be the first because I Iove you more than any other.

How mean you are!

You don't want to accept my IittIe gift...

You'II regret it one day...

but I won't be around to comfort you.

And aII my kids, aII the chiIdren I am going to have...

wiII not be yours.

But I'm not hostiIe and I forgive you.

But Meme...

You can Ieave.

Son of a bitch!

What is it, Meme?

He's the worst son of a bitch!

Don't cry.

I Iove you a Iot, Meme.

After mom and dad, you're the person I Iove most.

You, Shorty...

Don't breathe that way.

It scares me.

I fear you may aIso die.

Oh, dear...

I Iove you a Iot too.

-I Iove you more. -No, no...

-I Iove you more. -I Iove you more.

No, I Iove you more.

We're Ieaving.

-What did you say? -You heard me?

Change your cIothes. WiII you change your cIothes at once?

As mom Iiked saying, nothing wiII be missed here.

CIose that and go to sIeep.

Why don't you want to Iook at these photos?

I toId you, they are aII dead.

-Not aII. -CIose it and sIeep now.

You shouId say ''get some sIeep''.

By the way, want to sing The Shark's song for me?

Who toId you I peed aunt AngeIita's decanter?

It's true. Poor her! Why wouId you do that to her?

You're nuts. You Iike making up stories.

-A IittIe revenge? -Enough, midget.

-Don't caII me midget! -Then stop bothering! And sIeep now.

You shouId say ''get some sIeep''.

I'm scared, Meme.

Where are we going?

Are we stiII in Uruguay?

Come on, sing The Shark's song. How does it go?

Shark, shark, shark

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

and if the shark sticks out

-don't panic cause it's mine -Don't be so rude!

-I Iearned it from you! -That's not true.

I Spy...

Enough, midget!

Something that begins with 'Y' and has a finaI 'Y'.

Give up?

-'I'm hungry.' -That's two words.

It doesn't matter. I won. Besides, I am hungry. It's true.

-I'd eat a ham and cheese sandwich... -You Iost again.

And it's two words.

I spy...

-I spy! -SIeep!

Got it now? !Fuck!

Oh, I'm sorry, Shorty. Forgive me, pIease...

Three times one, three: three times two, six: three times three, nine...

three times four, tweIve: three times five, fifteen: three times six...

Enough! Who wiII ask me how much is that when I am oIder!

You wiII need to know that without being asked, you ignorant!

Don't study if you don't want to, but come back to the room. Aneta!

No! You said we'd go fishing if I studied hard.

You didn't study.

-AII the same. You'II have to. -You have to Iearn Math tabIes.

You controI me because there's no mom to defend me.

Don't give me that now. Mom is dead and buried.

Lies! She's not buried. You toId me so.

AII the same. I'm in charge of you.

And how Iong wiII I have to put up with you?

UntiI you're a reaI aduIt. Not a midget.

-When I'm oId as aunt AngeIita? -You know what I mean.

That's why.

When you're oIder and you know the Math tabIes...

when you're eighteen and ready to Iook after yourseIf.

When you no Ionger need me and you start feeIing sorry of me!

I'm not sorry for you, girI.

I can waIk with a Iimp too? It's easy! Anyone can do it.

UngratefuI kid! You're such a...

I'II Ieave you aIone for ever. You're so mean!

What are you Iooking at?

You'II miss this wooden-Iegged sister of yours!

''Wooden-Iegged?'' You shouId say Iame!

You know what I mean.

Besides, I no Ionger need you. I'm sick of you!

-You're sick of me? -Yes, I can't bear you!

-Sure? -Yes.

HeIp! She can't swim!

QuickIy or she'II drown!

Nobody asked you. If I want to drown, Iet me do it.

You're nuts, girI. One day, nobody wiII fish you out.

You aIways do the same thing. The oId man aImost died to save you.

-You think that's smart? What? -Nothing.

-You said something. -I'm just singing.

-You have to be nuts. -I don't care. I do what I want.

If I want to drown, I'II do so. If I don't feeI Iike it, I won't.

Easy, my Iove.

It's over now... You had a nightmare.

Where is mom?

Don't worry.

I toId you, she's fine.

She's in the water.

Where she wanted to be.

She Ioved the river.

Do you remember when she took us to the beach?

She'd spend hours just watching the water.

Is that why you aIways dive into the water?

HoId on a second.

You have a fever.

I'm sorry, but they toId me you were a paramedic and I need a favor.

It's my sister. She's not weII.

I'm not a paramedic. I just work in a pharmacy.

Go, I'II foIIow you.

No. Take it easy. It's not a fever...

Or not much, at Ieast. It's nothing.

If she's not feverish, then we don't need to worry.

Now, if she is running temperature...

that means the body is protecting itseIf somehow.

But that's okay, you see?

I feeI at ease now.

You watch the temperature to go down. Or not to go down.

Are you sure you work in a pharmacy?

WeII, it doesn't matter. Thanks.

My name is CarmeIa, but they caII me Meme.

I'm Michi.

-Isn't she Cathy? Mom's friend? -No.

-You didn't see it. -Y know.

I saw that aIbum a thousand times. I know it by heart.

-What photo am I taIking about? -One of Madrid when we Iived there.

Mom and two friends are roaming down the Gran Via.

One of them was caIIed Trini and the other Maria Jose.

It was March 16th, her birthday.

-Why did we come back from Spain? -I toId you.

Dad couIdn't get used to Iiving there.

Fifteen years and he never got used to it!

Is it true what dad said? That I was the pretty and you the smart?

Dad never said that.

He said you were pretty because you took after him.

You have big mustaches!

-HeIIo. -HeIIo.

-I Spy... -Don't bother!

I Spy something that begins with an M and ends with a I.

-Michi. -What's up with Michi?

-Come on, Meme. -''Come on, Meme'', what?

You bIushed! You're dating Michi!

I'II teII him...

you peed aunt AngeIita's decanter.

Good morning! HeIIo, Tina.

-How are you? -The baby is fussy today.

-HeIIo! -Hi...

Why don't you go and smoke this at home?

Is this the non-smoking area?

The poIice may show up and cIose the pub and I wiII Iose my job.

I have a famiIy to support.

-You're taIking too much, parrot. -Try one of these.

Those kiII peopIe. You know what Boris wouId say?

-That they cause emphysema. -Don't teII me!

What eIse wouId Boris say? That those you smoke cure the fIu?

He'd say that among the many virtues of cannabis...

it is the cure of gIaucoma. The eyes, parrot.

Some members of my famiIy went bIind because of it.

And I do want to see the buIIet that wiII kiII me when I say good-bye...

to this Iife swarmed with grievance.

WouId you commit suicide? Is that true, Andy? WouId you?

Never. I'm too much of a chicken.

-Who is Boris? -The owner of this pub.

He was a big guy.

-Is he dead? -Extraordinary peopIe never die.

-Like my mother. -Like your mother.

And Iike my IittIe brother, JuIian.

Did I scare you?

-This is for you. -For me?

If you don't Iike it, I can give it to Aneta.

It's pretty. Thanks.

You can give it a name and teII your secrets to it.

-What secrets shouId I teII it? -Secrets.

I Iove the things you say.

Sorry.

Hello, Michi.

HeIIo.

The beers I asked you.

CarmeIa! Meme!

-Let me go. I need to be aIone. -What's up? You don't trust me?

AII men are reaI crooks! You hear me?

-Let me heIp you, Meme. -I want to die.

Meme... Come on!

CarmeIa...

Meme...

Excuse me, sir. We don't have money and we do need to go to Montevideo...

because my sister, Meme, needs to have her Ieg operated.

If we don't reach the hospitaI in time, they'II have to cut it off.

PIease, sir... Be nice.

Come on, he accepted.

When have you started smoking?

Today, and for ever.

In those times I used to work as a journaIist for ''La Voz''...

I wanted to be a writer instead of a journaIist.

So my articIes were... Oh, God! IncredibIe!

I wanted to impress them aII.

But one day the editor-in-chief caIIed me and said:

''Look...

stop making the readers thriIIed with your stories.''

Don't make the readers thriIIed!

Here.

-Do you think this'II make me good? -Yes, sure.

Boris said it's good. He's a doctor and friend.

Joints are good for gIaucoma.

It'II ease the pain in your eye. Cannabis is the best for the eyes.

Sure.

-God! This ''junk'' smeIIs queer! -''Joint''. Joint...

Sister, how are you?

-Is my dad somewhere around? -Somewhere in the park.

I'II Iook for him. We'II taIk Iater.

-HeIIo, daddy. -HeIIo!

-You Iook quite cheerfuI today! -Now I am.

This is DoIores. By far, the best in the famiIy.

-Are you his escort? -Yes, why?

What are you smoking, dad?

I'm fed up with eating sandwiches! What wiII we do?

HeIIo. Don't worry. I can do anything.

Such as?

Baby-sit. SIow down! I can Iook after kids instead of oId chaps.

Kids are reaIIy a pain in the ass.

-How do you know that? -I know. I meant boys...

-HeIIo, CarmeIa. -What do you want now?

I wish we couId taIk for a whiIe.

Go to the room. Come on!

I imagine. You're here to scoId me for what I did. But you fired me.

You couIdn't be so aIike.

I can't beIieve you're not CeciIia Ezcurra's daughter!

You make the same disgusting face when you don't Iike something.

Your mother and I were mates at Sacred Heart SchooI, in Concordia.

She who's so angry with me, I heId her in my arms when she was born.

So, you must be Aneta?

And my brother was caIIed JuIian.

Did you know him too?

Is it true you heId Meme in your arms?

Want some?

-Fernando? -Yes?

-ShaII I take this too? -Yes, pIease.

When my husband died, CeciIia came to visit me to the farm we have.

That was so comforting to me.

I remember that. We had just come back from Spain.

Sure.

-Sure. -Sure.

Your mother and I were Iike sisters. Neither of us had any sister.

WeII, I have a brother.

-I'II hoId it. -What does he do?

Math teacher.

Up!

That's it.

Meme!

You never had kids?

No, I couIdn't.

I'd Iike you to come to our stand at the market tomorrow...

and start working with me there.

What do I have to do?

Just seII this bric-a-brac to tourists.

That means...

That means, what?

You'II make me beIieve I am working to pay me a saIary?

You're as arrogant as your mother.

Oh, my father! Poor thing!

When you Ieft the hospitaI he had a fist of Iaughter.

He'd say: ''I Iove being on drugs!''

That cigarette you offered him! Do you smoke that stuff?

-WeII, from time to time. -From time to time?

Come here, Aneta!

You must be Meme. I was waiting for you.

How did you recognize me? They toId you I waIk with a Iimp.

No. They said you were beautifuI.

I'm Richard, a friend of DoIores'. Come.

Fernando was waiting for you, but he had to Ieave.

I oversIept.

-This is the stand you'II work in. -What am I supposed to do?

I don't know the prices or anything.

Just seII. These are antiques. We'II heIp you out with the prices.

-HeIIo! -She is Sonia.

-My wife. She is Meme. -How are you?

-Fine and you? -Very weII.

We know you aIready. DoIores taIks about you aII the time.

What does she say?

-What are you doing here? -It's my fauIt.

I promised her I'd show her the market. I guess I shouIdn't?

-HeIIo, Sonia. -Who's this beauty right here?

This beauty gets out of schooI every time she can.

-Is she your sister? -Yes, unfortunateIy.

-What's your name? -Aneta.

Aneta. How are you? I'm Richard. Hi...

Do we have anything to offer her? Want to see something?

-DoIores had to go to the bank. -But she's coming?

-Of course. -Sure?

Yes, sure.

-TeII me what I have to do then. -For the time, just have a sweet.

Thanks.

That shorty is wonderfuI!

-She sang the Shark's song for me. -What?

ActuaIIy your mother was different.

She had such a smooth skin. She was so beautifuI!

-Like me. -You're IoveIy.

-No... -BeautifuI, especiaIIy with that hat.

You Iike it? I make them myseIf. I die them and I sew the buttons on.

Anyway, I'm the smart one and Aneta is the pretty.

-HeIIo, Sonia! -HeIIo.

-How are you? -Fine.

-How much? -Five hundred...

Fifty...

Fifty, you won't get it cheaper anywhere.

Today's your day. They'II buy aII your things!

Today, a hundred, tomorrow, two hundred.

One hundred now. It's from Jamaica.

Handmade, see?

Handmade by IocaI peopIe.

Enjoy it!

WiII you heIp me or not?

I'II heIp you onIy if I can skip schooI tomorrow.

I toId you a thousand times you can't miss schooI again.

-Forget it! -Then, I won't heIp you. I'm tired.

Tired of what? You spend aII day watching those photos!

We have to work. This is the way art is.

-Now you teII me you are an artist! -Richard says so.

-Artisans are artists. -You're nuts, girI.

Richard toId you that so you wouIdn't be sad. You're so weird!

You taIk Iike a Spaniard but you are Argentine.

-Enough, pIease! -Enough! Enough!

You are mean! Who do you think you are to hit me? You damned crippIe!

-What did you say? -You damned crippIe!

Fucking midget!

You four-eyed monster!

Meme!

What?

I just don't care what you say! I won't go to schooI tomorrow!

I swear you'II pay for this!

You're so mean!

I'm so happy to see you again, Meme.

I was worried about you.

-I never knew what had happened. -Are you serious?

I'II teII you something Boris used to say:

''You can doubt about the sun, but never my word.''

You aIways surprise me. You shouId become an actor.

Any roIe couId suit you indeed!

Tough. To express something, you have to have something inside.

-And I've onIy been Iucky so far. -You drink too much.

Why don't you ease off, just a bit?

-I don't understand you. -Yes, you do!

WeII, teII me. How's everyone getting on at the pub?

Kitchen crew wouId aIways ask after you.

Tina!

She had a baby girI. She caIIed her Aneta.

She says she's aIways Iiked that name.

She's a beautifuI IittIe brunette.

SiIIy, I'm joking. She's caIIed CarmeIa.

SeriousIy? You're so mean!

You Iook so beautifuI.

-Thanks. -Very beautifuI, indeed.

What about the other parrot? Where is she?

At schooI. How Iong are you staying here?

I don't know. One or two days, perhaps.

I've been here for about a month. Tina is probabIy pregnant again.

-What? What is it? -My Ieg.

I banged it and it stiII hurts. Sometimes I cannot even step on it.

-I don't know what to do. -Try not to think about the pain...

and don't feeI sorry. You're not the onIy one that suffers.

-I know many that suffer even more. -ReaIIy?

Bye. Thanks.

Aneta!

Fernando? HeIIo. Is Aneta there?

No, nothing...

I'II teII you about it Iater.

-Want some? -No.

TeII me something, but I want you to be honest with me.

-Did you forgive me? -No.

-But I took my revenge. -A IittIe revenge?

Very IittIe. But Richard toId me that aII you do is because you Iove me.

-You've seen Richard? -Is that true, Meme?

TeII me, is it true?

No.

There're some things I do just because I enjoy doing them.

Because I'm very seIfish. OnIy because of that.

WeII, I don't care because you aIways speak with the truth.

And that's good.

You're the most honest sister I have.

-Have you been dating him Iong ago? -No.

We're not dating, come on!

Three months, more or Iess.

-I Spy... -What is it?

Something that begins with an I and ends with a Y.

Begins with I and ends in Y?

I care a Iot for you, Shorty.

And don't you care a bit for Sonia?

You're impossibIe!

Wait! I've just had a great idea!

FeeI Iike making a toast with me?

Okay.

Let's become friends again.

Now, it'II be your turn to forgive me.

Do you remember when you peed aunt AngeIita's decanter?

I never did that!

You Iiked making up that story.

Your IittIe revenge?

If you never did that, then you don't need to worry.

You're eviI!

Aneta.

Aneta.

What?

Meme, what's the matter?

You know what happened to you?

-My hip hurts a Iot. -No, no. Easy, come down easiIy.

You had an abortion.

Did you know you were pregnant?

I want a cigarette.

You have to take care for a few days and you'II be aII right.

You're strong.

I'm a friend of DoIores.

She caIIed me from the farm house to ask me to Iook after you.

Fernando and your sister are outside.

-They think it was a common bIeeding. -WiII you give me a cigarette?

Here.

You don't want it?

Don't be sad.

Meme wiII be aII right.

I'm sad because I've Iost my aIbum as weII.

What?

I've Iost aII my photos.

You shouId pay a visit to the doctor more reguIarIy.

And forget about having babies for a whiIe.

It couId be dangerous.

I won't die that easiIy.

I never said you were about to die.

I'm onIy Iame.

I want to have babies and that's what I'II do.

Many Iame women have kids.

Don't taIk Iike that.

-WiII you give me a cigarette or not? -You can't smoke.

Just one.

Not even a haIf.

-And you know why. -Okay, I know.

I have onIy one Iung, so what? WiII you give me a cigarette or not?

This is some kind of punishment for being so mean.

I Iiked Richard from the very beginning.

And I think he Iiked me too, in the end.

The three of us Iiked the three of us...

But as mom used to say...

''Nothing wiII be missed here.''

''My dear parrot...

I have good news for you and for the other IittIe parrot.

I'm going to spend some time at the cottage by the Iighthouse...

and I'd Iike you to come with me.

I think you'd recover there shouId you put up with this tamed Iion.''

And now, you'II see the paradise.

So? Do you Iike it, shorty?

-Is this yours? -Let's say I inherited it.

From Boris?

And that painting?

You Iiked it.

-I'm going out. -Where?

-To the beach. -Be carefuI, OK?

-Yes! -And be a good girI.

HeIIo, I'm going fishing.

Watch out for sharks, wiII you?

Shark, shark, shark

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

-HeIIo. -HeIIo.

Let's see if you Iike what I did for you.

-It's beautifuI. -It was pretty hard for me to do it.

Considering that I'm heIpIess!

It's even nicer than my Ieg.

I'II aIways take it with me.

As I'II aIways take you.

Can I teII you a secret? Do you know what I Iove most about Iife?

The water...

and to dream about making Iove.

-Can I teII you another secret? -Oui, madame.

-I'm serious! -Oui, madame.

When I saw you at the pub for the first time...

I feIt that my Iife, which had been twisted...

wouId never go straight again.

But I didn't care.

Do you understand?

It was twisted.

And I had struggIed to straighten it up.

UntiI I met you.

And then I didn't mind going back again to whom I used to be before...

having a heaIthy Ieg, dancing...

I didn't mind the pains in my back or the crutches.

I understood that what was twisted wouId never be straight again.

But I didn't give a damn.

Maybe.

We have to Iearn to Iive with twisted things.

-Such is Iife. -Don't pay attention to me anyway.

It's nonsense. I get myseIf messed up.

I feeI things I can't describe.

-I'm a brute. -I see.

There's nothing harder to keep than a bad reputation.

Your whiskey...

Thanks.

-Can you swim? -Sure. Why?

She'II jump.

Meme. She'II jump into the water.

Where?

-Oh, shit! -I toId you.

Hurry up! She can't swim!

Andy?

Why did Andy Ieave?

What are you doing, Meme?

I'm Iooking at the sea.

Meme, come down! Come here, Meme!

Come down, Meme!

What are you doing?

Meme, no!

Come here, Meme!

She's my sister, Meme. They have to operate on her Ieg.

If we don't reach the hospitaI in time, they'II have to cut it off.

PIease, sir. Be nice!

I aIways said the same, but then, I'd get carried away...

and wouIdn't stop tiII I made them cry.

We traveIed for free for so Iong.

We shouId buiId a monument to my Ieg.

We ate thanks to it so many times!

And to this poor IittIe orphan who stood up for you and toId stories.

TaIking is easy. Being a Iame person is difficuIt.

Besides, don't forget that I'm an orphan too.

I'm even more of an orphan than you are.

Are you trying to show who deserves more pity?

Apart from being an orphan and a Iame person...

I had no saint Meme to Iook after me.

No, but you had saint Aneta who saved you from drowning...

and going to jaiI every time you were caught driving without a Iicense.

-I was never stopped driving. -Oh, weren't you?

And if I was, I had to work things out on my own.

What a Iiar!

Want to know something? I spy...

I spy a cop with a bunch of tickets in his hand.

-Liar! -Oh, reaIIy? Look...

I can't beIieve you. Ann, get going.

-Think of something fast! -TeII him you are saint Meme.

-Come on, asshoIe! -And you caII me asshoIe? No.

TeII him I'm a crippIe and they are going to cut my Ieg.

-Fuck you! -GirIs!

Didn't you say that taIking was easy?

Good morning, officer. The thing is, my sister does have a Iicense...

but she forgot it in the bathroom. She goes to the bathroom a Iot.

You're doing great at this, aren't you?

You are to bIame because I make a Iiving from cIothes.

Dorita...

-Look this, here... -Are spoons here?

Yes. We'II straighten it up with a tuck.

You may go now.

I Iike doing other things too, you know?

I bought a camera and I take photos.

-You're smoking too much! -DoIo, that's my onIy vice.

-Bye, DoIores. -Bye. Have fun.

-WiII you come back Iate? -Yes. I go to the movies with AIex.

-Bye. -She's a young Iady by now.

AII boys are mad about her. And she doesn't even notice.

-I wonder who does she resembIe? -Poor me!

I work aII day Iong. Don't I, Dorita?

-See you tomorrow. -Bye.

Right now I don't want to worry about men.

-So... -So?

-So no fucking for the time being. -You're so rude!

No, I mean it.

-What did the doctor teII you? -That my peIvis was shattered.

-He's taIking about a graft. -And what did you teII him?

-To do a graft on him. -Do you want me to taIk to him?

-You stiII smoke a Iot. How much? -AII I can.

Put that down.

Come on!

You see, DoIores? I don't know what's worse...

her Iung or her brain. Meme, I'm no shrink.

-I can't cure madness. -I don't want you to cure it.

-It's my best gift. -I'm teIIing you:

Stop smoking. This is not the first time I teII you this.

Be carefuI with aIcohoI too. The medication is not working.

What about Iiving? Can I Iive, doctor?

You can do whatever you want.

But if you get too smart, I'II support the graft issue.

WouId you rather I did that?

-I'd rather not hear buIIshit. -Don't taIk nonsense, Meme!

It's OK, DoIores. I'm used to that.

She knows I'm weak as a man, as weII as a doctor.

I've been Iistening to her for 7 years. She hasn't grown up.

-CouId I ask you something? -Yes, of course.

WeII, in fact it's about a friend of mine.

TeII me.

-What were you taIking about? -Not about you.

I see.

-I'm taking this one with me. -I'II take the big one.

-Is the cab yours? -It's a friend of mine's.

Why?

-Do you Iike fishing? -Yes.

-I Iike fishing. -Wait for us so we go back with you.

Parking is forbidden.

-I'II be fined. -Don't worry.

You caII me and I'II fix it.

Ok.

-Safe trip! -Thanks.

-Why do you have to go now? -I have Iots of things to do.

Fernando waits for me at the harbor. We'II go straight to the farm.

I promise...

No, I'd better not make any promises.

-I admire you, dear. -You admire me? Why?

-I toId him to wait for us. -Who?

The cab driver. What is it with you?

Good-byes are Iike this.

TeII Fernando that I send him a kiss.

I aIways remember when he bought me ice-creams.

ConaproIe ice-creams? I'II teII him.

Come back soon. Meme needs you.

DoIo... I'II miss you.

You're so sensitive!

Oh, this thing! It's for you.

As the ones from Jamaica, remember? The tourists.

-Handmade... -Handmade.

I need some of the stuff you used to give to my father.

When I go, I'II take you some.

-TeII us when you get there. -What's his name?

-Whose name? -The cab driver...

I don't know...

Javier.

Take care. Don't hurt your eyes.

No.

He Iives in front of the square. It's amazing he's from ViIIa Victoria too.

His father is one of the owners of the PaIace HoteI?

-I don't Iike him. -What? Do you know him?

I don't Iike anything coming from that town.

It's not possibIe. He was too young then.

AII I know is that this princess can't stop traveIing by cab.

Shut up! I caIIed him. He picked me up at schooI.

We taIked aII the way back here.

He remembers every street, who Iives in each house, what they do...

I can't remember anything from ViIIa Victoria.

Memory is a weird thing.

I remember some things cIearIy, but not others. I try hard, but I can't.

Ann...

Come on. How can you try hard to remember something?

-You speak worse every time. -How do you say that?

I try hard, as when I have to do a poop. And you?

You're nuts. I don't need to try hard that way. Nobody does.

-You're a bit of a brute. -Yes, I'm a bit of a brute, so what?

I didn't go to schooI a Iot. You say that aII the time.

Memory just comes. It has nothing to do with physicaI strength.

Though I sometimes have to try hard to forget.

You try hard too! As when you have to do a poop!

No, you ass. I try hard not to shit myseIf.

-Ann... -What?

-I'm sorry. -Why sorry?

Because I'm mean. I've aIways been mean to you.

Yes. You've been a reaI bitch.

-HeIIo! -Do you want me to carry it?

No, thanks.

-What are you Iaughing at? -Don't you ask me who he was?

-Who was who? -Come on.

The boy who was with me. He's AIex. We dated some time ago.

I didn't notice. You're a free girI.

I used to pIay in ViIIa Victoria.

What do I get if I score?

-Why shouId I give you something? -WeII, OK.

What do you want if I don't score?

Too compIicated. What do I want if you don't score?

I don't have to ask you anything.

WeII, OK. If you want to throw, do it from here.

-It's a bit far. -You're the one who wants to bet.

OK. From here. But if I score, I'II ask you out.

-You said you were free. -You said that.

But if you don't score, and you won't...

you wiII never ask me out in your whoIe Iife. OK?

-It's too risky. -You don't take your chances?

-I wouId, if it was something eIse. -Oh, you wouId?

And what do you want? If you score, I'II give you a kiss?

Maybe. I Iike that better.

-Men... -WeII, OK. Let's do this:

You throw it. If you score, you get the first prize.

-And what if I Iose? -Then you get the second prize.

Don't you want to know which the first prize is?

I can imagine.

You are wrong. ShaII I teII you?

You're teIIing me anyway. You're dying to teII me.

As you insist, the first prize is...

a kiss.

I thought so. And the second?

Two kisses.

Come on.

What if I throw without Iooking?

I'm Ieaving. You're compIicated. I'II be Iate because of you.

If I throw it and I score...

which wouId be the uItimate prize?

Aneta...

Aneta!

The uItimate prize for you wouId be to go back to ViIIa Victoria...

to have a house by the river and a woman Iike me...

who wouId wait for you with home-made bread and Iots of kids...

and who wouId Iove you for ever.

Am I right?

You are...

-I take that bet. -OK. That bet.

Thanks.

You missed your chance.

Bye.

I Iike you.

I Iike you too...

I think.

HeIIo, Meme. Can I teII you something?

Not now.

What happens?

Your Ieg hurts?

A IittIe.

Somebody gave me this for you.

What is it?

Aren't you going to open it?

Later.

Aren't you a bit curious?

So so...

OK...

-What is it? -Nothing, nothing.

TeII me the truth.

You don't want to teII me?

I had a caII from home.

My oId man is iII and my brother can't go.

I have to go back to ViIIa Victoria.

-When did they caII you? -Last night.

-I didn't know how to teII you. -You didn't?

Aneta...

Why now?

Why not?

Because we were so happy...

I Iove you...

I'II write.

Happy birthday to you

happy birthday to you

happy birthday, dear Carmela, happy birthday to you!

Thanks.

Paty.

-Happy birthday, Meme. -Thanks, Dorita.

OK.

Go ahead.

Bravo!

Meme, Iook what they brought for you.

Oh, how big!

-What couId it be? -I don't know.

The Iighthouse.

Listen: ''I adore you, Andy''.

It's from Andy, Meme...

Now that we're oIder, I wanted to ask you something.

What you did to aunt AngeIita, was it true?

You peed in her decanter, didn't you?

-What are you taIking about? -Come on, teII me.

-No... -Yes, pIease.

-No... -I'II go, but you'II teII me, OK?

-No... -Yes...

Meme...

-This is from Paty and me. -Thanks a Iot, Dorita.

-You knew they wouId cut my Ieg off? -Meme, it's an umbreIIa stand!

When I have my Ieg cut off, I'II put it here.

-Meme... -What?

Look who's here.

-Fernando! -HeIIo.

What a surprise!

-Did you know it was my birthday? -I didn't know.

Dorita, this is a friend of mine I haven't seen in a Iong time.

He's my best friend's brother.

HeIIo.

What is it?

And DoIores?

And DoIores?

That is why, dear Andy, l have started to doubt about the sun.

Dolores was the sun and she was put out in silence.

Life, this fucking life...

is determined to take kids and mothers away from me...

and it's beginning to be unbearable.

lt's too much.

Somebody, somewhere, doesn't want me to be happy.

And l'm afraid he might succeed.

Things are still twisted.

Love, the eldest parrot.

I know, Sofi, but I'm scared anyway.

It's been twenty days. I've never been so Iate before.

What? I don't know. I don't remember.

A Iong time ago but I was carefuI.

I toId you, don't you remember?

I'm not going to teII her yet.

Sofi, I have to go. I'II caII you Iater.

I don't want to know who's the father.

I just want to know what you are going to do.

When did you start eavesdropping?

You've been drinking...

Ann, I made you a question.

I'm going to have it.

-Have it? -Yes.

Don't you aIways say that chiIdren are a gift?

-When they are the fruits of Iove. -What are you taIking about?

You never Ioved anybody.

You've aIways done it as a sport, haven't you?

You tried to get yourseIf pregnant with anyone, and you faiIed.

Don't taIk to me Iike that.

-I'm sad today. -I don't care.

I'm sad too. But I don't mess in anybody eIse's Iives.

And now, Ieave. I don't want to see you.

Ann, don't get mad.

Why are you angry?

Because I'm sick and tired of your despise for Javier.

I didn't ask you to teII me who the father was.

You see? You don't care!

No, I don't care, of course I don't.

Men are aII the same.

They never Iove you or hate because of who you are.

They onIy think of themseIves and what they think you are.

But if you want to have it, I'II heIp you.

I'II heIp you raise it.

Aneta, Shorty...

don't be sad.

What's happening to you is so nice.

Come here, Shorty, don't worry.

We can fix my room, which is bigger, and put the cradIe there, OK?

Another Ezcurra in the famiIy.

It has to be a girI.

A girI...

Iike you and me...

Iike mom.

A girI for the two of us.

Aneta...

Aneta, pIease! I want to taIk.

Even if it's the Iast time, it'II be better.

I phoned you Iots of times. I wrote you and you didn't answer.

-Aneta... -Yes, you wrote me.

-It's true! -Then why didn't I get the Ietters?

Suppose that you did write to me...

what did you say in that Ietter?

That I had to wait for you, because you'd come back some day?

No. Just the opposite.

I was not going back. I couIdn't stand the city anymore.

I said that I'd wait for you here, for ever.

Do you want to know what? I don't want to taIk about this.

It's over. Lots of things happened.

Yes. Too many.

What do you mean?

I'm taIking to you!

-I know everything, Aneta. -Don't be ridicuIous!

-ShouId I teII you what I know? -No, I don't want to know.

Meme toId me.

Meme?

You saw Meme?

You went to Buenos Aires and you didn't caII me?

Javier?

Meme was here...

in ViIIa Victoria.

It's so strong.

I've aIways wanted to drink one of these cocktaiIs. What's the name?

-Saint Javier. -Saint Javier? Like you...

-What did you come for, Meme? -What did I come for?

Son of a bitch...

-What are you saying? -Nothing. I'm singing.

My father used to bring my mother here when they went out together.

He'd drink seven ''Saint Javier'', and my mom onIy haIf of one.

Then they wouId take a waIk and my mom wouId eat some candy.

So funny!

PeopIe are heaIthy here.

Fresh air, sun... It was a good choice to stay in ViIIa Victoria.

CongratuIations.

TeII me the truth, Meme.

You don't Iike me.

You never toId Aneta that I had caIIed her.

-You hid my Ietter. -Your Ietter.

Your onIy Ietter.

Two phone caIIs and a Ietter in four months.

You're not what I wouId caII ''obsessive''.

I don't beIieve you.

Meme was not here.

Yes, she was.

She said you were pregnant.

And that I was not the father.

This is yours, from now on.

I taIked to MigueI. He'II find us a good gynecoIogist.

-He'II find ''us''? -I don't want anything bad to happen.

Don't worry, Meme. I had my period this morning.

What do you mean you had your period?

You never teII me anything! You never teII me!

I was just Iate. I was wrong.

You were wrong?

-That's my probIem, Meme. -Yours or ours? What am I for you?

My sister. You're just my sister.

Who are you mad at, Ann? Me or the worId?

There you are! I'm not mad at anyone!

ShaII we go?

-Nobody cares about me. -What do you mean nobody?

-I care about you, a Iot! -But you're my sister.

-Ann, are you ready? -Yes, I'm coming.

I Ieft a pie in the oven. For tonight. Bye.

She asked me out to a concert. I don't know who they are yet.

Don't wait for us. We'II eat outside.

Great! Bravo!

A bit to the Ieft!

That's good, great!

That's it!

Perfect. Get cIoser, a bit more. That's it.

SmiIe!

You want to dance?

I'm a great dancer, you know!

Come in.

You have visits.

HeIIo, Meme.

How are you?

I didn't want you to come, but they insisted.

I'm better, I just feIt dizzy.

You jumped into the water and caught infIuenza.

Do you stiII beIieve that you're immortaI?

InfIuenza?

Just because of a Iousy jump into the water.

I'II be right back.

-You go on smoking? -That's my probIem.

I know. But it's aIso mine.

Besides many things, I'm your doctor.

Besides nothing. I'm a married woman now.

Make an effort, CarmeIa. Do it for anybody you Iove.

But take care of yourseIf.

You need heIp.

I want you to teII me again if I can have a chiId or not.

But I want the truth.

You know the truth.

Then I don't need anything.

Fernando.

Fernando!

Why are you mad at me?

I don't know.

I shouIdn't be mad at you, shouId I?

-HeIIo. -HeIIo.

-And Meme? -She wanted to Ieave the bed.

She said she had to work.

Ann...

I've been thinking.

When Meme gets better, we'II go on a trip.

I'II take her to Madrid.

She has aIways wanted to go back.

That's a good idea.

But she doesn't have to know that it's our idea, or she won't go.

No. But you teII her. She can aIways see through me when I Iie.

Has Meme aIways been Iike that?

-Like what? -Did she aIways do those things?

What do you mean? Jump into the water?

I aIways Iiked Meme because she aIways dared do anything...

to be happy.

I think we'II never reaIIy get to understand her.

I'm taIking nonsense, aren't Y?

Can I ask you a question?

When you two were IittIe...

and you asked Meme about the future...

about what wouId happen to you, what did she use to say?

That everything was possibIe, right?

How many times did she teII you that your mom was happy...

so that you couId go back to sIeep?

Many.

And was that true?

WeII...

now it's your time to Iie a IittIe.

How did that song you used to sing go?

-How did it go? -No, I won't sing it to you.

Come on, just a IittIe. A IittIe, come on.

Shark, shark, shark

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

and if the shark sticks out

unzip my fly

until you see my trunks

and if the shark sticks out

don't panic cause it's mine

The carriage has arrived.

My dear, life runs away from me and there's nothing l can do...

but you already know the three times table and don't need me anymore.

lf you only understood how l love you and how l've admired you!

Not because you put up with me, but because of who you are.

You've never been my walking stick, l don't want you to be anybody's.

You were my support and my soul...

and that's so different.

You were my lighthouse, my real lighthouse.

And no matter what we've lost...

we're never going to lose our past.

Don't tell anybody, but you've been the person l loved most.

Because you were the one l hurt most too.

My dear Shorty...

don't be sad.

l'm leaving with a light body and with my lungs full of air...

feeling nice and with no pains...

flowing down the river, with mom.

You were right. Not all of them are dead.

l love you and l'll never stop loving you.

l love you more...

No, l love you more.

By the way...

do you remember you used to ask me if I peed in aunt AngeIita's decanter?

I spy...

a thing that starts with a ''Y'' and ends with a ''T''.

You were right.''

Go ahead. Throw it.

Same bet?

Same bet.

One usually thinks that time went by and killed them

But they had a return ticket

Those little things in life

those little memories we have from other times

that can be found in a corner, in a piece of paper or a drawer

They sneak up on us as thieves behind doors

we're at their mercy as if we were dead leaves

blown by the wind

and they smile sadly at us

prompting us to weep when we're all alone