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If you have a baby, I can come to babysit in the morning

at your house.

I'll remember this.

No, follow me.

- What's happening? What did I say? - Come, dammit.

Monica likes Joan.

Period.

Is it bad? Yes.

Yes, but be a bit stoic and assume that Monica is not the only girl in the world.

Have fun. Jesus! Enjoy.

I'm leaving now.

Now? If you're free, why don't you have dinner with us?

Pau would like it.

What a boring conversation, son!

Marc, am I stupid?

- You still like him? - No way.

Sure?

Are you looking for a remedial teacher for your brother?

Yes.

If you want, I can...

Well, thank you.

If you need me to work for the weekends, I'm okay with it.

You can change in the kitchen, if you want.

Ah, sorry.

What if you or I have a sexual history with someone else?

You're proposing an open relationship?

Well, open. Perhaps, not everything.

Let's say with a closed door.

We have been like this for a week.

We hardly talk.

Since the infamous dinner in which you felt attacked by me.

- No, I'm not up for lectures, mom. - No, you have to listen to me.

You have been living here for months.

You said it was temporary. But it seems that we have different concepts about temporality.

I have been indirectly told you for weeks.

Since you don't react, I'll tell you this: "I want you to leave now."

Well, I don't now if...

If what?

If it is a good time.

It's never a good time.

I ask you to wait. Just that.

No, son. What's wrong?

- You need time to make plans with Gina? - Don't you start!

Not that.

It's...

Nothing. I'll look for a house. I don't care.

What's going on? Speak. Tell me.

Just between us. I don't want Bruno to know.

- You promise? - Yes!

I'm... I'm waiting for some tests.

Tests?

Yes, tests, dammit, tests! Medical ones.

What do you have?

I don't know yet.

I hope it's nothing.

I'll know soon.

Where do you hurt?

- It would be a nuisance if you tell Bruno and Gina. - I won't say anything! I'm your mother and I have to know.

I had an upset stomach.

- The doctor told me a long time ago to have it checked... - And you didn't do it.

You know that I don't like hospitals.

But in the end, I gave up.

The doctor wants to underline one...

You know what. It doesn't matter.

I'll have the result soon.

You should have told me before.

I'm going to class.

It's the only thing that can help me not to think.

Mom, please, don't make the worried face. Please.

I'm trying to focus on other things... and seeing you with that face...

Bye.

Silence!

Peripatetics! Silence!

Silence!

Today, we'll talk about lies,

and how they can be useful in daily life.

Immanuel Kant...

Merlí is talking about a philosophy in the book.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

So lovely.

Uri, since you've spoken, I'll ask you this:

Imagine that a man is hiding in your house,

fleeing from someone who wants to kill him.

When the murderer arrives, he asks you if there's a man hiding in your house.

Will you lie to him?

Yes. To save that man.

Then, Kant said that even in those situations, you can't lie.

It's weird.

Don't be alarmed. Relax.

Kant says that you mustn't lie even when we think it's justified.

The question is: Is a moral order feasible in a society that allows lies?

Merlí, this is fine, but sometimes it is necessary to lie, right?

Yes, it's true. In fact, politicians constantly do it.

But if they listened to Kant, do you think it would be better?

It's impossible not to lie.

We all lie.

When we were small, they told us: "Ah, girl, don't tell lies." But after that, they are saying that there are kings who are from the East.

Good example, Tania! Good example.

More things: there are couples who survive on lies.

I guess you don't mean you and my mother, right?

Did you hear that I say "I guess you don't mean you and my mother"?

Well, Gerard,

let's focus on Kant.

His ethics say that the moral act has value in itself,

not in its consequences.

This can be summarized in the Kantian formulation of Categorical imperative that says:

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that should become a universal law.

An example to understand would be:

You don't want for others what you don't want for you.

Marc, your mother is a nurse, right?

Yes.

Very good. Imagine that she has to save the life of a pederast

knowing who he is,

And the day after being cured, the man abuses a minor.

Should she have cured him?

My mother wouldn't cure him. I'm sure.

Kant would say that she should.

He believed that from the moral point of view,

It is not viable a world where people are saved depending on whether they are good or bad.

One thing, I'm a bit stuck with that murderer thing.

This guy must have no friends, right?

On the contrary, he had friends and took good care of them.

Listen, dad.

I can call you "dad", right? Since you're dating my mother...

What, my son?

No, just...

Sometimes, we lies to ourselves, you know?

That's deep, Geri!

Very good, Gerard.

Dad, at last, someone smart in the family.

Stop, man. Holy shit!

Inhaler, inhaler, Geri.

Cutie!

Jesus! I'm not used to being called "cutie".

My mom calls me that but I don't like it.

Yeah? You and I, what?

What is what?

We have been talking through WhatsApp for days but nothing happens.

You mean you want to be with me?

Is it weird?

Don't imitate me. It's just that...

I mean... The girls who I have been with were more complicated. You know?

I'm different.

I like you, and I want to be with you.

Okay. Awesome.

- Where can we meet? - My house is impossible.

We can go to a bar, if you want?

Or go straight to my house.

My mother comes home late from work. We can stay there.

I have a very cute dog.

I'm not interested in your dog.

Of course not.

Fuck the dog.

Come in.

Hello.

- I come to hand in the research work. - Very good.

It's only the first part for now.

Yeah.

I'll have a look and I'll tell you later.

Thank you.

- I close the door? - Yes, please.

- Bye, Toni. - Bye.

Ah, Vilaseca!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for your grandmother.

What about my mother?

Your grandmother has died.

My grandmother has died?

Your brother has just told me...

Right, right.

It was the excuse for not handing in the writing.

- He told you that my grandmother had died to not hand in some homework? - I don't think it's funny. I'll fail him.

- No, please, Eugeni. I'll talk to him and he'll hand it in.. - After having lied to me? No. - He told you that my grandmother had died to not hand in some homework? - I don't think it's funny. I'll fail him.

- No, please, Eugeni. I'll talk to him and he'll hand it in.. - After having lied to me? No.

- I know that my brother is difficult. - Just difficult?

- He annoys the class, doesn't hand in homework. And I can't take it because he makes many misspellings.

- I know. I'll do anything I can to have him handed it in time. - He annoys the class, doesn't hand in homework. And I can't take it because he makes many misspellings.

- I know. I'll do anything I can to have him handed it in time.

Right.

I'll talk to him and in your next class, he'll surely hand it to you.

Please.

The day after tomorrow.

- It has to be there. - Okay, thank you.

And thank you for giving me encouragement for my grandmother's death.

Excuse me.

I hate makeup tests.

- It won't be long. - It's already late.

You came very early today.

I should have my own makeup. Just like Bette Davis.

But I already know the monologue.

Kid, get me something to drink. Don't you see that I'm nervous?

What do you want?

Gas.

Any drink that has E-331.

Never...

Never have you seen things from my point of view.

I was sure that you would become admirable beings.

As time goes by, what have you become?

Riego proclaimed the restoration of the Cadiz Constitution,

which, as I have explained, was in the year ...

Anyone know which year?

A minute to find it.

What is it that I like most of the mountain?

The silence it has.

I hope that during the lesson, you'll make me feel calm like I'm in the calm and placid meadow of Cerdagne.

You know Cerdagne, right?

It's near Europe.

I know you are able to be quiet.

Look how beautiful you all look.

Now, anyone knows?

Roberta!

The date of the...

The date of the Cadiz Constitution?

I can't find it.

You can't find it or you didn't note it down?

Anyone know?

Who knows the date of the Cadiz Constitution?

Bruno.

You know the date?

Eh, no.

1812.

I think you will all get a Titanic on the test.

Do you know what the passengers on Titanic did when they were drowning?

They held on a float.

This is the grade that you'll get.

Bruno!

Can you tell me why you know the date of the Cadiz Constitution but kept quiet?

I didn't know it.

I saw you take note of it.

Why did you say nothing?

I'll tell you.

It's bad to become a jerk along with Coralina - the witch.

OK, yes.

I did something that makes them treat me like a jerk.

So, I didn't say anything.

If you act to please others, you'll never be pleased yourself.

You have to be selfish in life.

Yes, I know.

The more selfish you are, the happier you will be.

If in the exam, you can get good grade, don't act like an insufficient student.

"Basuraca"?

"Basuraca"?

- I liked it when I was 13. - Shut up. What are you saying?

It's like the rock that has padlocks on. There are people who hang padlocks on bridges to show their love.

That's amazing.

They are idiots. The other day, I flipped through a book that had this phrase:

"Love has imprisoned me in you.

I want to be locked in the prison of your heart."

"Basuraca"!

See you tomorrow.

Hey, dude.

He likes Coralina.

Bruno is too much!

Why didn't you say anything to that woman?

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

My mind went blank.

I would like to tell her that she's a bitch.

How is your job at the bar?

Alright. Great.

At least my father doesn't bother me.

And Ivan's mother is very nice.

Man!

Good, the job is good.

She doesn't pay much.

You really are beautiful.

Pol ...

What?

We are always the same, right?

Yes then no.

Better not.

Yes, yes, no problem.

Do you think I'm an easy girl?

No.

Why did you say that?

You told your mother that you were sick? Really?

With my mother, you have to have a dramatic plan.

It's really good!

- But she must be worried. - Yes, whatever you say but she wanted me to fuck off.

- This way, I can stay. - No, if she knows the truth, she'll have more reasons to kick you out.

Don't say this to anyone. Bruno doesn't know.

No, I won't say anything. I won't fail you.

I'm your only friend.

What? Wait a minute. What did you say?

My "only friend"?

What's wrong?

- A friend. - Eh, listen. The work that you did with me is done.

I got you back to school. That's it. Now don't give me the cartoon that we're pals.

Especially, not that you're only friend I have. How the fuck do you know that I don't have friends?

Besides, do you think I need a friend your age?

Jesus, I don't know what the fuck I am doing walking with a brat.

With a "brat"?

Well, fuck off, kid.

Well, if I'm a "brat" to you, then I'll skip your fucking class!

Moron!

Hi.

Have you seen Pau's room?

Pau, don't go out until you clean up. Understand?

- Fuck! - Mom!

Really?

You don't have to put it like that. It's okay.

You don't come in his room a lot anyway.

What do you mean?

You're not home much.

And when you are, you sleep.

Listen, do you think I like working at nights?

No, but in the afternoon, you can spend some time with Pau.

Compare the times that I'm with him with the ones with his father.

- Zero! - Okay.

You always bring dad out.

I know that he ignores us.

He has promised me the pension for months, but I haven't seen a dime.

I don't have to go to the hospital in two hours, but I'll go buy clothes because I've never brought myself a gift.

Any inconvenience?

No.

Perfect.

Goodbye, Pau!

You. How dare you tell Eugeni that our grandmother died?

You told me you didn't have homework.

No, shut up.

You have two days to finish the writing.

I don't want to do it.

What are you saying?

You have to do it.

What topic is that?

"Write without misspellings,

about members of your family. "

Well, it's okay. It's easy.

Talk about cousins, uncles, about me.

For that matter, talk about granny, yeah?

Has your grandmother come home?

No. She's rehearsing, I think.

If you eat all my fuet (a kind of sausage), you'll have to go buy more.

Jesus, dad. So selfish, right?

What? Coralina? Has she fucked you up yet?

I do the research work with her.

No shit?

Jesus! Eat. You need energy.

- Now, eat, eat. - Dad, stop.

- Eat! - Dad, stop it!

- What are those screams? - Bruno, please, I beg you. Go to your room.

I don't want to argue.

Go to your room.

Please.

Are you okay?

Didn't you hear?

Go!

The last thing I need.

- How are you feeling? - Good, good.

- I shouldn't have said anything. Jesus! - Yes. I want to know.

No, listen. In any case, I think that you're right. I'll look for a house and that's it.

- I don't want us to live with this sad atmosphere. - Stop talking nonsense.

Don't move out. Understand? Understand?

- I'll go get some air. - Okay.

Damn, man.

Look, look.

This is where Merlí and my mother hook up.

Really?

So sexy, right?

Well... Sexy and my mother... No.

Do you know that you're fucking funny?

Yeah.

All the girls I've been with laughed a lot.

You've had a lot of sex?

Yes, a lot.

Yes. I was with a girl from Girona.

With one from Berga whom I met on the internet. And...

You were in Berga?

Well, in Manresa, which is halfway.

Yeah.

How do you like the kisses?

What?

How do you like the kisses?

You like long, short, soft ...?

I don't know. How do you like them?

I don't know. What a question. I don't know.

I don't know.

Do you like them like this?

Or do you prefer...?

Well, I guess the latter is cooler.

- How is the prettiest waitress in Barcelona? - Merlí!

Oh, up close, you're even prettier.

Come on, Merlí, we know each other. How are you?

Fine.

The daily routine. School, classes...

And me with the bar routine.

And Ivan? How is he doing in class?

Ivan?

Very bright.

- Want a drink? My treat. - A beer.

Okay.

I have wanted to see you for days.

And today, I decided.

Suddenly, I missed you.

You know... The teacher's loneliness and...

Merlí, don't start.

We won't be back.

You're with Gerard's mother.

And since when is that an impediment?

Come on, Merlí, please.

Miriam, where can I put these boxes.

Man, Merlí!

Damn.

Ivan hasn't told you that Pol's working here?

No. And we're friends.

Only the evenings and Saturdays.

Great.

- Leave them here. Bring the others, please. - Okay.

If you want to have an intimate talk, call me.

He'll teach you philosophy.

He's really good.

But I'm better, eh?

- Amazing, girl, amazing. - The first time is amazing, yes.

- No, not the first time. - Shut up, silly.

I know that you have fucked before.

And I like it.

Okay. Sorry.

Good morning.

How are you?

Fine.

I'm leaving.

Great. Bye.

Bye.

- Really? He said that your grandmother had died? - Yes, really, unbelievable.

- Pau is clever, huh. - Right.

Well, perhaps, if you can teach him...

- But if you don't want to, then it's okay, really. - No, of course not. No problem.

Perfect. Because he has an essay.

- If you want, I can stay with him in the canteen, in the library or at your house. - Cool.

In the canteen.

- Okay. - In the canteen. I'll tell him. Thank you so much.

- Okay. Relax. - Okay. - In the canteen. I'll tell him. Thank you so much.

- Okay. - In the canteen. I'll tell him. Thank you so much.

It's "too much", man.

I'm so in love.

You fucked Oksana.

Congratulations, dude! It was time!

- Thank you. - Now, forget Monica.

Monica?

Monica who?

You can relax now.

Gerard won't bother you anymore.

Did you guy hook up?

Yes.

It was fucking great.

How are you with Joan?

Good. Really good.

Is Joan big, too?

Sit down, bipeds!

Silence!

Merlí, I have a question about Kant.

Hey, attention! Pol has a question!

No.

I have been thinking about the murderer thing, and about whether we should tell the truth when someone hides in our house.

And Kant said that we have a moral duty not to lie.

Yes.

Okay.

Is the moral duty more important than saving a life?

Good question.

But to Kant, the truth is above the physical safety of any person.

According to him, if we all have the right to lie, we could hardly trust each other.

And if there's no trust, no society can be created.

Wait a minute, where is Ivan?

Nobody knows?

Oliver, where is he?

I don't know.

I have a polygraph.

If I were you, I would listen to Kant's Categorical Imperative, and tell everyone what I know.

He is at the bar under here. Playing truant.

Wait for me here. I'm going.

No shit. He's looking for him at the bar.

You want me to do imitations or something?

Yes, yes, yes!

Do Eugeni.

You!

To class!

Bullshit.

Because of you, I left your classmates without the privilege of having me explaining Immanuel Kant.

You told me that.

I have the right to play truant, right?

I won't return to class until you come with me.

Yesterday, you treated me badly.

Maybe I'm not your friend, but I don't deserve to be treated like that.

Forget about us being friends. I'm your teacher and I want you in class. Now!

You're shameless!

- You know I've been thinking about what you told your mom. - Don't meddle in personal matters.

Then you shouldn't have told me.

I feel bad that you make her suffer with such a serious thing.

An illness!

- You show very little maturity. - Yeah! Said a 17-year-old kid.

I'm more mature than you.

At least I don't tell my mom that I'm dying!

It's cruel, it's pathetic, and it's from a bad person.

Oh yeah? Then why do you want to have me as your friend when you think I'm a bad person?

Anyone know the name of the author of "Tirant the White"?

He talks just like Eugeni Bosch. It's cool!

Nobody know his name?

He nailed it, right?

You have problem, little Bergeron?

Pol Rubio, want to get expelled?

Come in.

Bravo!

Truant player.

- Ivan, I'm sorry, - You'd better.

He forced me to tell him.

We continue with Kant.

Some authors told him that the truth didn't have to be kept at any cost.

What do you think?

I think that lies are necessary.

Don't say that to Merlí, Tania. He never lies.

Ivan, let your friend talk.

If we don't lie, we will argue every now and then.

Lying is necessary.

It comes in advance to not look for troubles, right?

To win votes, too.

- If those politicians don't tell lies, no one will vote for them. - I don't listen to them.

They treat us like jerks.

They are a gang of hypocrites who just want our votes.

You want my vote?

Bullshit!

Just like my grandmother say: "Climb up here and you can see the Canterbury."

Your mother must be great, eh, Merlí.

Say hello to her for me.

I'll do that for you, Ivan.

Continue!

Perfect, Toni.

Yes, yes.

See you at school this afternoon.

Great. I gotta go. See you later. Bye.

Carmina.

Do you have limoncello?

Yes. Come in.

Oh, Gina.

I can't take it anymore.

What's wrong with you?

Not me.

It's Merlí.

Merlí!

Your mother has come to see me.

Jesus. Gina, don't be sad.

No, it's not true that I'm sick.

I made that up.

What? Explain to me. What?

I did that for her to shut up.

She didn't stop telling me to move out.

I told her that I'm waiting for some tests' result. That's it.

Are you nuts?

- How could you do that to your mother? Your own mother! - Please, Gina. Don't you understand?

I'll soon tell her that the tests have gone well,

that I'm totally healthy,

- And she would have the mother instinct and wouldn't want me to move out. - Mother instinct?

- I'm shocked. - I admit that she had a rather baroque expression.

How dare you do such a thing? Your mother is so scared and so am I!

Jesus. I thought that you had cancer!

- I'm sorry. - No, you have played with a very delicate matter.

I know. I won't do it anymore.

"I won't do it anymore"? Are you a kid?

You're an adult!

- Go see your mother now. Stop making her suffer. - Okay.

I'll tell her that I'm fine. That's it.

No, tell her the truth! Because that's an excuse for you to stay with her. Yes or no?

Yes.

Is it that hard for you to say what you think?

What you feel?

Merlí, I'm fine with you, but you scare me.

- Hey, Gina... - No!

How do you want me to stay calm after this? You lied to me about the vacation.

Merlí, go tell her the truth. Or else, you and I are done.

They are too small for me!

We have to try another, kid.

Enough.

I'm 40 and I can't put up with you calling me "kid".

I can be jobless. But don't call me "kid" again.

It is clear?

I like you now.

Leave.

You already have the results?

Yes. They're good. I'm fine.

You sure?

Yes.

I didn't do the tests.

Well, I have...

I have...

I have made it up.

Made up?

You wanted to kick me out,

so I made up an illness so I can stay.

I know it's not right.

- Motherfucker! - I know that I'm such a jerk to tell you something like that.

But I didn't know how to make you understand that...

dammit, that I want to live with you.

Today, you sleep in a hotel!

Mom, please, can you be quiet for a moment?

Let me explain.

I know I'm very independent,

but I'm used to living with you and Bruno.

And I like it.

I like it. I don't know.

I like to come home and enjoy you talk shit about your job and fucking recite Shakespeare when I least expect.

I don't know.

And those drinks that we have while talking.

I have fun with you.

And thank to you, my relationship with Bruno has gone well.

Whenever we argued, you make peace between us.

I'm still learning to be a father. You get me?

And with you beside me, I'm doing better.

What would happen if Bruno and I go live alone together?

Now that things have been better for us, I don't want it to spoil.

Can we continue living together?

Please.

Don't you think about what you would do from now on?

No, mom.

I'm not the one that says those things...

I'm overwhelmed, dammit. You know me.

Yes. I've made a mistake of lying about such a delicate matter.

Yes, you screwed up completely.

Idiot!

So you want to live with me ...

Vouchsafe, defused infection of a man, For these known evils, but to give me leave.

"Richard III".

I don't know where you got that from.

Your father wasn't like this.

You should pay attention to the mistakes.

Or else, Eugeni will fail you.

"Vaig" (go) isn't written like that.

Ah, with the "b"?

No, I mean it doesn't have "x". It ends with "g".

Okay.

Oh, Pau, don't be sad. You can do it.

The most important thing is that you remember how to write after this.

That's all.

Are you and Marc dating?

No.

Come on.

No, we're just friends.

Let's continue with the writing.

Marc never talks about any girl. Only you.

Of course. because I'm helping you and such.

What does he say about me?

He gets along well with you.

He's always in good mood when talking about you.

So I thought you were dating.

Well, we aren't.

Marc. I'm hungry. Do you have money?

Don't tell me no.

- You promised to give me if I do the homework. - Okay. But I know you took 2 euros on the nightstand.

Me?

Don't lie to me.

- I needed a pen. - Come on, leave.

Why are you smiling?

Nothing. We haven't finished with the writing.

Well, it's okay.

He doesn't like the topic very much.

Yeah.

Marc...

Pau will make it.

You will see.

It's lucky that you help him.

I'm still getting the idea that you deceived me.

Mama, please.

If your father had seen what you did to me...

I don't even remember dad.

I do.

He's miles better than you.

He would never have done anything like this to me.

It's just an excuse so I can live with you.

You get me?

When dad died, I became very independent, but now with you, I feel accompanied again.

Like when we lived together in Paris.

Paris...

I have not dared to return.

It must have changed a lot.

We should go on vacation, right?

Back to where I was born.

Be born...

You know I met your father when I was going on tour around Spain.

Yes, and you got pregnant. Then you came back to Paris and I was born.

Shut up.

Since you told me that you're living well with me,

now my turn.

When the tour finished, your father and I decided to go to Paris,

but I wasn't pregnant.

We argued. Your father told me he would never lie to me,

that he would always be honest with me. But he had to tell me that...

A few months before that...

He had an affair with a woman.

A...

A young woman from Pigalle.

And that woman...

was pregnant.

Dad had another child?

Don't you understand what I mean, Merlí?

That woman didn't want to take care of the child.

She wanted money.

And your father gave her a lot of money for her to give us the child,

to forget about us...

and about you.

But, Jesus! What are you talking about, dammit? What are you telling me?

Don't be mad, please.

But how can you expect me not to be mad?

- You're telling me you're not my mother? - I'm not joking.

Since the moment I held you in my arm, you have always been my son.

And I have always shown you that. Yes or no?

Yes, you have. But you lied to me, dammit!

You were afraid of traumatizing me?

Merlí, I couldn't tell you that your mother was a whore.

Jesus!

A 16-year-old whore!

What are you saying? Fuck!

Fuck!

Fucking fuck!

Damn!

It's a lie.

You made that up?

You're sick!

Climb up here and you'll see Canterbury.

Okay. Yes. I'll talk with the department and I'll tell you later.

Sorry.

Come in.

Yes. Okay. We'll stay like that. Bye.

How are you, Gina?

I'm fine.

The AMPA meeting has just finished. You didn't come.

No. I had things to do.

Ah, I was surprised because you called me to summon the meeting

and you didn't show up.

Yeah, but I was busy with other things.

Take this. This is the list of the parents who ask about the dining hall.

Okay, thank you.

Are you okay, Toni?

Yes, I am.

I'm a little overwhelmed by classes ...

Something's wrong or...?

No, no. Stuffs...

If you're not in hurry, shall we have coffee and...?

Well, you couldn't the other day...

Now?

What do you mean, Toni?

Me? No, nothing. Nothing.

Nothing? You sure?

Sorry, maybe I'm wrong, but you give me the impression that you want to stay with me in a more personal way.

What are you saying? No.

No, not now.

I'm not like Merlí.

What do you mean by this?

No, I don't have such confidence in myself.

I mean...

Do you think if I wanted to do something with you, would I tell you this like he does?

No, I'm more discreet.

Sorry.

Thanks for the list.

Toni, I don't want any tension between us.

No, Gina, please.

No tension.

None.

I'm leaving. See you soon.

Gina!

- Have you talked with Toni? - Yes.

If you want to find Merlí, I don't know where he is.

No, I think he has gone somewhere.

And you, Gloria? How are you?

Well, I'm still living the widowhood.

It's hard to look at that room with no Santi.

Yeah. No wonder.

The work helps me overcome it.

This is what he would have wanted.

Yes, surely.

How are you with Merlí?

Good.

I admit, when he first came here, I was taken aback a lot.

But over time, I've come to like him.

I think I've learned things from him.

Really?

Not to keep quiet about what I think.

Merlí will be the one you want, but he has this:

He's honest, frankly speaking. And he says things to your face.

Yes. For those who are close to him, I don't know if he's that good.

Ah, this is something else.

It's true that he is sure of himself.

I mean if someone has a problem with Merlí,

he knows that there will always be others who will be fascinated with him.

Look at the students.

Yes.

I don't want to mess with where I'm not asked for.

You're a good match.

Thank you.

Bye.

You maybe think that you're discreet. But it shows.

What?

You seek me, Toni.

Gina, please ...

You're with Merlí.

And how do you know the kind of relationship we have?

Let's go to my house.

Yeah.

Two euro tip.

It doesn't happen very often.

Your eyes are red.

The smoke extractor in the kitchen isn't working.

Again? It breaks every now and then.

I have eye drops.

You haven't told me how your day was.

Ivan didn't tell you?

What?

Nothing. Just nonsense.

No, tell me now.

No, it doesn't matter. Some nonsense.

Nothing. Just that Ivan skipped the philosophy class and Merlí went to look for him at the bar.

Oh yeah?

Yes. He said he didn't want to teach without him. But later they came back together and we continued the class as usual.

So Ivan played truant?

Yes, but don't tell him that.

Relax.

There, apply the eye drops.

Wait.

I'll do it.

Sit here.

Look at the ceiling.

It's has been so long since some one puts me the eye drops.

Now, the other.

Thank you.

I also played truant.

So many years ago.

Not so many.

You really should come to class.

Miriam...

What?

You doubt that?

I'm the school's bad boy.

I don't know what more to write.

What is it?

Your essay.

You did it?

Pau, if you want to pass, we have to be practical.

Cool.

I know this is not allowed, but I want you to pass.

But you have to promise me to turn in the homework the next day. You will have to do it from the start.

I swear.

I made some mistakes so it can't be noticed.

I've tried to write with your words.

Look. Read.

"I live in Barcelona with my parents and my brother Marc."

Good.

"My mother is the one who makes sandwich every morning."

"And when I was small, she took me to school."

"But now I'm in secondary, I go by myself."

You read it.

"My father is very friendly, always making jokes.

And on Saturdays, he bring us to cine and sometimes plays basketball or soccer."

Look at this.

"In Christmas, we always eat canneloni and my mother makes it really well."

"They give me many things."

"In summer, we go to Mallorca."

Mallorca?

"To Mallorca to dive."

"My parents are happy to go on vacations together."

"My father spends Sundays reading newspapers and my mom listening to music."

"And in the afternoons, we'll have snack together."

That's it.

What?

Cool.

Do you like it?

Yes.

But all of this are lies.

So what?

Are you sure you're not sleeping?

No. I was talking on Skype.

With your boyfriend?

I'll leave if you want.

No. We've talked for an hour.

What about you?

Me?

I like a woman.

She's a MILF.

She's 40.

No shit. Really?

She's so hot, Bruno. She has a mouth...

Who?

It's a woman who works in the supermarket under my house.

Right.

Supermarket.

She must not be Ivan's mother?

No, man, no. What are you saying?

Pol.

I know you're working with her.

I don't buy that supermarket woman.

Fuck.

What?

Nothing, man. She turns me on.

But it's impossible.

Pol, watch out.

If she wasn't Ivan's mother... But...

Yeah, yeah.

It's impossible.

You'll have to endure.

Just like me because I have a boyfriend in Rome.

Why don't you go see him?

I'll go in Christmas.

My mother is there anyway.

And in the meantime...

I don't know.

Go flirting, right?

Bruno ...

What?

We're both horny.

Damn, you've become so confident.

Yes. I'm out of the closet.

Does your boyfriend know that you're up to no good?

Who tells everything to their other half?

Better not, Bruno.

I don't want to play with you.

Too bad.

Because I want to play.

Damn, a Christmas tree.

Your mother told me you're up here.

Since I've made the effort...

will you let me sit?

This tree must have been here for a long time.

Was it yours?

We don't make crib or any shit like that.

But you love these traditions.

Yes, and I go to church and confess my sins.

I figured you're an atheist.

Atheists spend all day talking about God.

Well, I would like to believe in God.

I do that in advance.

You don't have to be afraid of death.

If someone in your family dies, then think that it's because God wants it that way.

And don't you find it cruel that an almighty God wants these things?

I don't know. What kind of divinity that decides to take small creatures, for example?

You know what Kant said?

It is necessary to believe in the existence of God,

but it is not necessary to show that He exists.

I don't know why you came, if I'm not your friend.

Because...

You were right, Ivan.

What I did to my mother is cruel.

And I listened to you.

I told her the truth.

And now she lets me live with her.

I came to tell you this, because...

besides being my pupil,

You also...

I consider you a friend.

I realized that I was fooling myself.

This sounds deep, doesn't it?

Fooling oneself is a very human lie.

Do you know what happens?

To reach a target, we often make many turns.

We lie as easily as we breathe.

And we do that instinctively, Ivan.

We need to hide, not to show, to lie.

In other cases, therefore, lying is pure survival.

Yes, it sounds radical,

but for many people, a lie that makes you happy is better

than a truth that hurts our lives.

I don't know. For example,

What would happen if we didn't hide the infidelity?

The lies protect the couples.

Lies come first,

because if we told the truth and only the truth wherever we go,

there would still be more wars there.

Look at this.

Don't you think that Christmas is a big lie?

Since he didn't give me the programming,

I called the Education Inspectors and they're coming today.

What?

I hope you'll have the work tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

Didn't you say you had it almost done?

I want an only-girl party.

Yes. Okay!

I'm going to an only-girl party today.

Wouldn't we meet?

Today, the girls have party.

Ah, cool.

But If I were to decide, you know. We can leave the party anytime.

Read, Roberta.

Seriously.

Her name is Berta.

Berta.

It's easy to say, right?

Ber-ta.

Girls! We also have a crazy party tonight.

Who?

Us.

Who asked you?

I'm incorrigible, you know that.

I misbehave and I have duty.

It's time to talk about guys.

Well, Tania, you're virgin, right?

Listen, do you want me to take the shirt home?

I'll have it washed. It's dirty.

No, leave it there.

I'll wash it.