All language subtitles for Ninas Mal (2007) 380p extsubs.eng

Charm School

Advice number one:

There's never a second chance
to give a first impression.

That first image that we leave

in our interlocutor's mind
is very important.

Call me to confirm, okay?
It's urgent.

What?

It's the costume for...
The performance is today, remember?

Are you going?

Oh, the thing is...

You promised.

Yes, yes, but I have
an appointment with
Van der Linde.

The fucking capitalist,
fascist exploiter.

Multimillionaire,
owner of half of Mexico.

But anyway, I swear I'll go
to the next presentation.

Per-for-mance.

[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

[ALL CHEERING AND SHOUTING]

Who the hell took my bra?

It can't be. I told that fucker
again and again. What am I
going to wear now?

Shit, this can't be happening.

It doesn't fit. It doesn't fit.

Fuck!

Hey, help me, please.

[PIANO PLAYING]

MAN:
Waiter.

Thanks, eh?

So, Enrique,
can I count on your support?

You know how
important it is for me.

Look, Martin.
Uh-huh.

I like you a lot
as a candidate.

But you need to take care
of your family profile,

because it's not exactly
the most appropriate, right?

I mean, Martin,
you're a widower.

And with the rumours
about your daughter, l...

MARTIN:
Adela is coming out
of her adolescent years.

She's a great girl, with a lot
of character, very honest.

I assure you,
you don't need to worry.

Mr. Van der Linde.
Mm-hm.

Senator.

The press is here.

I'm sorry.
The press is here.

I'm sorry. Julio Mera,
our campaign advisor.

Nice to meet you.
How do you do?

Go ahead and see what you can do.
Sure, all right.

CUCHO:
Wow.

[CUCHO IMITATES GUNSHOTS]

Cucho, stop it, man.

Very galactic, man.

I lost my bra. Just wait until I find
the one who took it, you'll see.

It's very hard.

Come on, stop it,
both of you.

Stop it. You're wasted,
and it's only 8.

Ready? Now the lights.

Look, Martin, I'm not comfortable
about your daughter.

We can't give tools
to the opposition, man.

You have my word,
you don't need to worry.

Well...

[SINGING]

[SCREAMING]

Patience, please.
The senator is here now.

Senator Le�n,
Senator Le�n.

Does this mean that
the private sector will
endorse your candidacy?

We haven't even
announced my candidacy.

But it's important for you to know
that as soon as it is announced,

the private sector will be willing
to fight along with the senator.

WOMAN: Mr. Van der Linde.
ENRIQUE: Yes, miss?

Does the senator have the
conservative profile that you want?

Martin is not only
an excellent friend...

Senator, do you have any comments
regarding your daughter's arrest?

Adela was arrested?

Guys, a picture, please.

Excuse me, excuse me.

I have a question...

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

A little smile, dear, please.

Come, put this on.

Dad...
Go, go sit down.

The charges are for arson,

indecent exposure
and sexual assault.

Sexual assault?
It wasn't like that, eh?

Really?
How was it then?

Fucking Angel tried
to put out the fire with the wings.

Like this.

Adela, look.
Isn't that your bra?

Yes.

Your shirt.
What?

It has air conditioning.

That's my bra.
You stole it from me.

Buy yourself another one,
asshole.

Aren't you Senator Le�n's
little daughter?

You'll see how the senator's daughter
cracks your head, asshole.

[CROWD CHEERING
AND SHOUTING]

Let me go!

Don't hit me.

Miss, please get off her.

Come on.

You're...
I got it!

And you still want to press charges
because she stole your bra?

No! You can't lock me up
like this, Dad!

Did you hear me? You're a...
A fucking Nazi, oppressor, chauvinist.

That's why they call you
extreme conservative.

What did you say?
What do you call this oppression?

It's kidnapping.

You ruined my appointment
with Van der Linde.

I spent months
trying to arrange it.

This could cost me
my candidacy.

I'm up to here with your
little actress routines.

I'm an actress, Dad.

And I'm going to study
in London. Same as Gael.

Uh-huh. With what money?

Are you threatening me?
No, no, no. I'm making a point.

So forget about your parties
and your scandals,

because I won't
take it anymore.

Better now, before you go
to the town square in panties.

Go. Go there.

[###]

[KNOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Adela, if your mom were alive...

she'd be very sad

seeing us this way.

And we're always like this, Dad.

You're very difficult to talk to.

No. You're very difficult to talk to.
You never have time.

Don't exaggerate.

But every time I see your

four tattoos...
Five.

Where did you do
the other one?

At Cucho's.

But where in your body?

I can't tell you.

Where?

Oh, Adela!

It's not even finished, is it?

[###]

Cucho. Cucho!

No, it's a very detailed job
and the artist needs to get inspired.

This can't go on like this.

You're going to stay
in your room all day tomorrow.

Maybe that way you'll think
about what you want to do.

If you think I'm going to stay here,
you don't know your daughter!

[###]

"I locked her up."

Keep dreaming, Dad.

Sir, sir.

No!

Unh!

MERA:
Basically,

unless Van der Linde changes
his mind, the party won't support you.

This just got here.
Thanks, Gaby.

Oh, no.
MARTIN: What?

Look at it.

[###]

MARTIN:
Perfect.

Van der Linde is playing golf
with the enemy.

Do we have a plan B?

I mean, to see what we're going
to do in the next six years.

MERA:
I know, Martin.

What we need to do is convince him
that you are a family man.

And convince him that Adela can
perform the duties of a first lady.

MONSIGNOR:
God help us.

MERA:
Not God.

Do you remember your dear friend,
Macarena Rivera?

Maca... Yes.

Well, we put Adela in her school.

We arrange a dinner,
we invite him,

and we make Adela look
just like a first lady.

Completely changed.

Adela?

Well...

Oh, no, I'm falling down,
I'm falling!

I'm falling down!

[ADELA SCREAMING]

I'm fine.

Dad!
Daughter!

You? That's how I fall.

What's up, Monsignor?

Wasn't Mexico a nation
with freedom of religion, Dad?

Yes, Adela.

It's nothing personal against
the Holy Spirit, Your Highness,

but Buddhists
also have their rights.

And the Hare Krishna, what?

I interrupted your breakfast,
I'm leaving now.

No, no, no, no.
You're going upstairs!

No, no!
Go to your room now.

ADELA: No!
MARTIN: What do you mean...?

Let's go upstairs.

[DOOR SLAMS]

Why don't we hire
another daughter for him?

If some candidates change
their names and make up degrees,

why not have a rented daughter?

I agree.

[###]

[###]

Dad...
Shh, shh.

[DRILL WHIRRING]

Well, girls, we got
to the end of this course.

I'm very happy, you were
an amazing group of students.

Thalia, please,

never lose your
sense of humour.

And you, Patty, please always...
Dona.

Fina, I've told you not to
interrupt me when I'm in class.

Monsi needs you.
Who?

Monsignor wants to talk to you.

Tell him I'll call him back.

FINA:
What call?

He's in flesh and blood,
come on.

He's waiting for you
in your office.

Okay. Tell him I'll come
in a minute.

[###]

Well, I want us

to give ourselves
a big round of applause

for finishing this course.
Come on.

[GARAGE DOORS OPEN]

Engineer.
You have two minutes, no more.

Thank you very much,
you're very generous.

The incident with Senator Le�n's
daughter was a misunderstanding,

and it's fixed already.
It's not the first time

that Miss Adela was involved
in some sort of scandal.

Mr. Van der Linde, with all due
respect, she's not who you think.

No, no, you're right about that.
She's much worse.

Senator Le�n
wants to invite you for dinner

to show you that Adela
can be a first lady.

Impossible. I have a business trip
and I'm coming back in three weeks.

Perfect. Give me a month
and everything will be ready.

Tell Senator Le�n I accept
his invitation because I believe him.

But tell him also that if I hear
about another scandal from her,

you'll never again
hear from me.

Understood?
And now, if you excuse me.

Let's go, Mauricio.
Thanks a lot, engineer.

I'll give your answer
to the senator.

These are the last students
of the regular course, Father.

Nobody else applied.

I'm even having trouble opening the
summer course. I'm missing some.

Excuse me, do you use sugar?
Yes, please.

I brought what was missing.
MACA: Fina,

these cups are broken.
FINA: Yes, I know.

But those are the only ones we have.
Have tequila instead.

Oh, Fina.
FINA: What? Don't drink it.

Father, do you want
some holy poison?

Yes, Fina, give me one, please.

Well, let's go straight
to the point, Maca.

Do you know who Adela Le�n is?

Senator Martin Le�n's daughter.

How can we not know who she is?

The other day, when we were
watching the soap opera,

they interrupted it
to show one of her scandals.

Well, the fact is that
the senator is desperate,

and he needs
to change his daughter

so businessman Van der Linde
will endorse his candidacy.

Well, he'll have to change her for
another one, because she's hopeless.

Well... Let's say, to tame her.

And in exchange,
he's offering a generous amount.

Oh, my God.

We'll pay the debts with this, Dona,
and we can even buy a silver tea set.

I'm in trouble, Father,
but I have principles.

I have no right to charge the senator
more than anybody else.

Tell him to register her
in the course and we'll see.

But did you see the amount, Dona?

Yes, I saw it.

Tell her something, Father.
Tell her something, that's your job

to advise the infidels.

Fina!
What?

What this society needs,
Father, is some order.

In the middle of the chaos,
we need

a peaceful backwater,
and that you can get at home.

I don't do it just for the money,
Monsignor. I believe in this.

You don't need to offer me that much
to accept Adela in the academy.

It's not for you
to accept her, Maca.

It's for you not
to throw her out.

I'm sure that won't be necessary.

Peaceful backwater.

My flat ass.

I'm sorry, Father. She's impossible.

Cheers, daughter.

Pack your things.
No.

Pack.
Dad,

if what you want
is to get rid of me

send me to London.

It's not that. You know that's not true.
You have to change, Adela.

That's it, period.
Exactly, Dad.

I promise I'll behave,
I promise...

No, no, no, I'm tired of you
promising things that you don't do.

You can't make me,
I'm 18 now.

I can't make you, I can't make you.

I can't make you.

You need money
to go to London.

I can get a scholarship!

A scholarship, with your grades.

You'll go for four weeks, that's what
we have to prepare for the dinner.

Adela!

If you don't go to Maca Rivera's
academy, you won't see a cent.

No. No!

I won't go to a ladies' school,
I'm not even a lady, Dad!

I don't even want to know.

Look.

You need me to go,

so let's make a deal.

You go to this academy
and I...

I send you to London.

And if they
throw me out?

[###]

MACA:
Girls, I want to give you
the warmest welcome

to the intensive femininity course.

In four weeks, we'll study
the scope of the integral woman

to become a better version
of ourselves.

The poor men can't
take care of themselves,

and they need us
to always be there, capable.

So we'll start with a big round
of applause for yourselves

for having decided
to take this step.

Okay, these are the aprons

we'll eventually use. And these
are the folders for the course.

We'll fill them as an album

with everything we learn.
Please pass them on.

We'll work straight

with just one weekend off
between both fortnights.

Any questions?

Me! Miss Maca,

what kind of nice things
are we going to learn?

Everything. From sewing on
a button to embroidery,

from cooking a hard-boiled egg
to making truffles.

And something very important:

To organise our time
to be with him.

One day in Barbie
and Ken's life.

No, one day in Barbie's
life and his.

- the plumber... Oh, and something
very important as well:

Eat cyanide.
Bake the cat.

Drown the kids,
take the gun to wait for him.

MACA: All right. Let's start
by introducing each other.

Who wants to start?
Me, me!

I'm Maribel
and I'm here because...

MARIBEL: Mom, I was
making caramel and it burned.

I tried to wash it, but it was
so stuck that I put it to boil.

And then the soap opera
started and I forgot about it.

[###]

I tried to move
the pot from the burner,

but the dishcloth caught fire and
I put it out with the Chantilly cream.

Move, move!

[DOG WHIMPERING]

Chicharo ate all the Chantilly cream
that spilled and now he has diarrhoea.

Will you let me
take the course, Ma?

Well, that's why I'm here.

MACA:
Very well.

Let's see.

Hi. I'm Heidi,

I'm a Virgo
and I'm very friendly.

Oh, and very authentic.

I met my boyfriend, Kike Van der
Linde, in the Geological Museum.

We're getting married
in a month.

Finally! Because
I'm 25 already and...

ADELA:
Kike Van der Linde?

You're the future daughter-in-law
of the fascist exploiter...

MACA:
Adela.

A lady never expresses
her political opinions in public.

You can continue, Heidi.
Thanks.

Well, Kike and I are
going to live in Brussels

because, well,
he got a scholarship.

He's very studious.

Anyway, I'm here because...

Black cod in
sweet miso sauce,

especially for you,
Mr. Van der Linde.

Thank you.

Please, enjoy.
ENRIQUE: Thank you.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Hello? It's Lorena, my assistant.

Ah. Honey, why don't you
find a male assistant instead?

ENRIQUE:
What's wrong, Heidi?

Work goes first.

Nobody has taught you that?

Ahem.

Well, now that
we're here together,

the Van der Lindes and I
want to give you a present.

Thank you very much.

MOTHER:
It's the place where you will study

to become the perfect wife
that a Van der Linde needs.

It's amazing, no, honey?

I want to learn how
to be the best wife for Kike.

MACA:
Valentina.

Valentina.

I'm sorry.
MACA: Tell us why you are here.

Someone else go.
Come on, tell us.

No, no, no, really,
someone else go.

MACA: Come on.
Leave her if she doesn't want to.

Why don't you introduce yourself
if you want to speak so badly?

Sure.

I'm Adela,
I like sunflowers,

I'm a Leo, I like pink,
vodka, weed and oral sex.

How stupid.

It's good that you like
jokes, Adela. How cute.

You need a great
sense of humour.

He will always prefer to be
with a fun woman.

Thank you.

And the caramel?

The wrapper is more beautiful now
that it lost its purpose in this world.

What did you do
to fall in this dump?

It's a long story.

PIA:
Mom!

Mom!

Okay, if you generate flow
in one sector,

the consumption goes up.

It's obvious.

[CLATTERING]

Ma?

Ma?

Ma!

Honey, you don't
say anything when you come in.

I did say something!
Gross, cover up!

Honey, it's time for you to know that
your mommy also has a sexual life.

Mom, but in the pantry?

Again?

Gross! And who's this?

Well, he's Nando.
Nando, Pia. Nando.

Honey...

Honey, honey.

Nando is the Spanish guy that I told
you I wanted to introduce to you.

The spinning instructor.
You would look so cute together.

Ugh. Ma...

You could have at least
said something nice to him.

I don't know,
compliment his tan.

His tan?

It looks as if he got it
in the cheapest drugstore.

He seemed stupid anyway.

Baby, not everybody has to be
a genius of economics like you.

If you don't like that one,
you could date his friend.

He's also a trainer
at the gym.

Mom, what am I going to talk about
with that guy, about Pilates?

Pia, he's Argentinean
and he's very hot.

I won't go out with a peace of meat
just because it's imported.

Pia, it's not
because of that.

You've never had a boyfriend
and you won't have one with
that attitude.

You don't know how to
treat men and you'll end up
alone with your books.

And, well,

I don't want you to end up
like me, do you understand?

So we agreed that if I took
this course she would
leave me alone forever.

Wow.

Come see! Come!

What?

No!

[###]

MACA:
The beginning is the most
important part of a project.

So we always must
start with energy.

MACA:
And when we take the last stitch,

we have impeccable embroidery.

I learned in Guadalajara,
with Dona Ximena Sataray.

She was amazing
doing embroidery.

And those buttons,
Maribel?

They're eyes. Look:

Ooh! Ooh!

Ooh! Ooh! Ah!

What are you doing,
Valentina?

It's humanity's heart.

It's black, but it can be healed.

Well, we'll use it
for something.

Very pretty, Heidi,
very pretty.

And you, Adela?

Is this okay?

Hey, what's wrong
with you, fool?

Maca, look at her.

Give it to me, Adela.
Fina!

[###]

You put too many yolks.

Maribel.

Rule number one: You must have
your work area clean, girl.

MARIBEL:
Should I put?

[MACA AND MARIBEL
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[MOUTHS]
No, no!

[HEIDI SCREAMS]

Maca, look at her!

No, look at your stupid panties.
Who do you think you are,
Victoria Secret?

What's wrong with them?

MACA:
Fina!

The iron has
to be hot enough

so you don't pass it too much
and make the fabric shiny,

so check it, please.

Valentina, here,
on the shirt.

Now check your iron.

[WHISPERING]
No, Adela, no.

MACA:
Iron.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[ALL SCREAMING]

MACA:
Fina? Fina?

FINA: She ruined it.
MACA: Fina!

FINA:
I can't see anything,
holy Mother! Aah!

[THUMP]

ADELA:
Wait.

[FINA MOANS]

MACA:
Fina?

[FINA GRUNTING]

Ah! You see?

For making me wear
those starched skirts.

Dona Josefina, you'll stay in bed
at least three weeks.

Oh, man.
I don't hear anything.

Don't worry, doctor.
I'll make sure of that.

Listen to me,
obstinate woman.

You'll stay in bed.

And we won't
call anybody.

Well, I already called him
and he's on his way.

What did you do?
Dona Maca...

I called him and he's on his way.
And yes, you shut up.

PIA:
I never would've thought of anything
like that to end the ironing class.

If you don't take risks,
life can be very boring.

What?

You can't smoke here, girl.

It wasn't enough to leave
Fina disabled, right?

You still want to
contaminate us all.

Let's see,
she's not disabled,

and it wasn't my fault. And who
do you think you are, Eco-Barbie?

I won't let you keep interrupting my
classes with your nonsense, okay?

I have something
to finish here.

Finish what?

Finish to learn how
to be the wife Kike needs.

Do you know what Kike really needs?
What?

That you read a book to learn
how to give a good blowjob.

[GIRLS SNICKERING]

ALL:
Ooh!

We'll have to call someone
to do what Fina used to do
around the house.

But those were
men's things.

We'll remain in the dark.

And everything
thanks to Adela.

It would be good for you to think
about your actions, no, Adela?

Bravo, Adelita. Bravo.

Thank you. And I don't have
anything to think about.

[###]

[###]

MACA:
In the ik ebana philosophy,
each flower represents one element.

Some elements
are stronger than others.

Just as in a couple, there's always
one stronger than the other one.

The monochrome is good,
Maribel, but not submerged.
It's not a fish tank.

Good use of the ikebana technique,
Heidi. Congratulations.

Thanks, Maca.

What are you doing, Vale?
I'm immortalizing beauty.

[ALL GASP]

Girl!

Wow!

Adela,

you're not thinking
of your father's dinner?

We need to pick a theme.

Or your strategy to bother me
is simply not do anything?

No. I did an arrangement.

Would you be so nice
as to show it to us?

Mm-hm.

It's the minimalist ikebana bikini.

And I used
the monochrome technique.

The same flower in front

and in the back.

Monochrome is the use of the same
colour in different elements.

And those flowers are never used
in a minimalist arrangement.

Adela, you didn't
understand anything.

Very good, Pia.

Very good use of repetition.

Ladies, this is Emiliano.

He'll do everything Fina used
to do while she gets better.

Can you fix the back garden,
as we spoke about?

You dropped this.

MACA:
The back garden, boy.

Stop it.

Stop, stop.

[MARIBEL SINGING]

Maribel, you're going
to deafen us!

I'm practising
the second voice.

VALENTINA: Oh.
What?

Wow, hottie...

Come and see!

My king,

I'll put sunscreen on you,
so you won't get wrinkles.

I don't think his
is too wrinkled.

Testosterone vs. ultraviolet.

[###]

Two-one in favour
of testosterone.

[WHISTLES]

PIA: Stop it! Are you going
to lose all your dignity because
of a couple of biceps?

Oh, but what biceps.
My God...

He's so... He's so hot that it seems
like there's caramel coming

out of his stitches.

Come on, I thought
he was hotter.

[BOTH GROAN]

Vale!

Come and see him.

Come and see him, quick!
You don't see this very often.

VALE: Yes, he's okay.
Vale, okay?

Look at him,
he's super hot.

Okay, he's super hot.

[TOOLS WHIRRING]

ADELA:
Look how...

No, yes, he's super hot.

For that hormone trip,
it's just an ass.

But what an ass.

MARIBEL:
Heidi, come here.

HEIDl: I saw him already.
No, come, look.

What is it?
What's going on?

[ALL SCREAMING]

[###]

What's that?

It's my lucky garter belt.

I mean, I wear it in case I get lucky.

MACA:
Each one has her own colour,
and each colour its v oice, its identity.

Valentina is... let's see.

Okay, girls, find your colour.

Experiment, play with your tones.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

I'll be back soon.

Hello?
Hi, honey. Yes.

Well, why does
she have to go?

No, Kike. I can't stand her.

No. No, she's too pretentious.

"Yes, Kike, no, Kike."

Why doesn't she call you
Mr. Van der Linde, like any assistant?

Kike, I don't care
if you have another... Kike!

ADELA: What, did you have
a fight with your honey?

What do you care?
I just wanted to help.

Help, you? Yeah, right.

You only came here to ruin
all our lives. But you know what?

I'll make sure that
Mr. Van der Linde, my father-in-law,

finds out about
the type of rascal you are.

Over my dead body, asshole.
Adela, don't threaten me.

I'm gay!

Well, I think so.

[###]

Stop it, we have to finish the song.

GIRL:
Okay.

[KNOCKING]

Vale?

Mom.

VALE:
So my uncle, the priest,
told her about this course.

And she registered me

to see if I get "cured,"

and also to
forget Ana.

Ana?

Being gay is not an illness.

Tell that to my mother.

Why hadn't you told us
you were gay?

Does it really matter
that much?

[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

Heidi, stop it.

Are you going to tell me that you
haven't thought of all the times

we've touched each other?

Don't be stupid, Heidi. I mean,
no more than usual, okay?

Not all of us have to live
in your little world of appearances.

And Ana is your girlfriend?
Ana and I

make music together.

How romantic.

[###]

[###]

MACA:
We all have defects and strengths.

The important thing is to know them
and acknowledge them.

Not to hide them.

What are you
doing here, Adela?

The same as you,
don't pretend.

Come here, sit down.

ADELA:
What, you've never seen a tattoo?

I have more.

MACA:
Look.

Don't look at me like that.

It was the '60s, girl.

I wasn't as moderate then
as I am now.

Luckily my father registered me in
L�onora Lerdo de Tejada's academy.

It's the best thing
that has happened to me.

VALE:
Our vacation is in two days,
it's not worth it to escape today.

And London?

[SIGHS]

I'd rather live without London
than become the domestic goddess.

Maca used to be exactly like me.

Bye, Maribel.
Oh, goodbye.

[###]

You're the bravest
of all of us.

Pia,

don't think so much, okay?

Bye.

Oh, no.

A little bit more, a little bit more.
I'll come down soon.

Let me guess.

You climbed up,
and now you're scared
to come down, right?

No. I climbed
to enjoy the view.

Wow. Your view
sucks, eh?

Sorry.

Do you have
a problem with airplanes?

No. I'm aviation engineer.

And I'm doing a master's degree
in materials aerodynamics.

How's that?

And in your free time, you work
for Mrs. Witch for nothing.

And you? What?

I'm an actress.

My name is Adela.

EMILIANO:
And that?

As if I hadn't seen that one
and all the others, the day
of the sunflowers.

Do you want me
to tell you?

[###]

ADELA:
So since I never found it,

I had it tattooed,
so I wouldn't forget it.

Why are you in
a ladies' academy?

Because I want to take
acting classes in London
and I made a pact.

And why are
you leaving?

I don't know.

I think I got
scared of...

Whatever.

Don't go.

I mean, you're about
to go on vacation,

and you only have
two weeks left.

And what do you care?

Well, I have to stay
for two weeks,

and it would be much easier
for me if you were here.

[###]

MARIBEL: Vale,
VALE: Mm?

how does it feel
to touch other girls' titties?

Maribel, I want to sleep.

Too good to be true.

Well, I changed my mind, okay?

What happened?

I grabbed his ass.

What? Whose ass did you grab?

Sorry, you forgot this.

[GIRLS WHOOPING
AND LAUGHING]

Thanks.

What are you doing
in this room?

Sorry, Maca, I... I forgot...
No. It was me, I'm sorry.

It won't happen again.
I hope so.

It's too late. You should all
be asleep, don't pretend.

And that goes for you
as well, Adela.

I don't want to see you
again with...

With anybody. Okay?

Yes.
Good night.

What else did you grab?
Nothing.

And what did he grab?

Nothing.

You weren't lucky.

Maribel!
What now?

[GIRLS LAUGHING
AND CHATTERING]

MACA:
The domestic goddess
also needs to rest.

Lik e the week end
you go out every fortnight, girls.

But the most important thing
is not to lose the style.

MARIBEL:
Mom!

Mommy!

Bye.
Bye.

HEIDl: Kike, honey.
Beautiful, how are you, baby?

KIKE: How are you, eh?
HEIDl: Good, I missed you.

I would love it if you came
to scare away the idiot that
my mom got me.

My cab is here.

Listen, do exactly
the opposite of what you
would normally do, okay?

Okay.

ADELA: I'm sick and tired of it!
You didn't even come to pick me up!

The heroes of the nation!
No, Adela.

No, no! Not the statue.
Let it go, let go.

Let it go.

My God!

The dinner is in two weeks.
You're supposed to be different.

You want me to change and be
different, but no, Dad. This is me!

But can't you be the same,
but nice?

Life is very hard out there, honey.

You must learn to negotiate, to be
nice. If you don't, I'm afraid for you.

But this is me, Dad.

Feisty, impulsive.
But I believe in what I want
to do, I believe in who I am.

Why don't you
believe, why?

[KNOCKING]

What?
The report, senator.

Come in, come in.

I'm doing worse than Sodi.

Adela! It's just a dinner,
can't you pretend for one dinner?

Unh!

Cuauht�moc, your legs, man.

HEIDl:
This one is gorgeous, Kike.

Hello? Perfect, come to the store,
I'll wait for you here.

Yes, bring me the documents.

It's perfect, honey, I love it.

Did you miss me?
Yes, honey.

I missed you more.
WOMAN: Enrique?

What, honey?

What, Heidi?
What, honey?

I can't believe that you
can't even do this without her.

Honey, it's just some signatures.

Oh, yeah? And she
dressed that way for that?
She'll catch a cold.

Kike, are you there?

Kike.

The Women's Department
is in the first floor, dear. I mean,

just in case you want to buy
something with more fabric,

or class.

Sorry.

[###]

MARIBEL:
It's a surprise.

One,

two and three!

Ah!

How pretty!

MOTHER:
Pia, honey, Julio has been
waiting for you for half an hour.

Pia.

Pia!

What happened to you?
Don't you like it?

A domestic goddess should
never make her man feel less.

That's why I dressed like this.
I'm sure he'll love it, no?

Baby, baby,
wait, please. Pia!

You look like me after a party.

Baby, wait, Pia!

MOTHER:
Pia!

Hi, I'm Pia.

[###]

Julio?
Uh-huh.

Julio Mera?
Uh-huh.

Master's degree in economics
summa cum laude from Harvard?

Nice to meet you.

I actually have something to do.

Mom!
You like economics, right?

Mom!
No, no. Shh!

Julio Mera, Mom? Mera?

Baby, honey,
I tried to tell you, but, well,

it's too late.

Don't go.

Julio, dear,
excuse my daughter.

She's just a little...

Shy?
No, stupid.

Fucking Adela, fucking Adela.

MERA: And you really think
your daughter needs my help?

Because I would think
in other priorities.

Like what?
Like...

To me, the economic tendency
of Senator Le�n is Keynesian.

What do you think?

[DOORBELL RINGS]

I'll get the door.

Well...

Well, we've always known
that the problem with the city is...

It doesn't produce,
it only consumes.

Pia, where's the idiot that your
mom wants you to go out with?

Adela?
Mera.

Come on, Pia,
you should've told me.

Julio doesn't need to be scared away,
he never paid attention to me.

Pia, tell him the truth.

The truth is that
I don't need help with
my economics classes.

I have the highest GPA.

How was I supposed
to know?

My girl,

if not even this one worked out,

now you're definitely screwed.

And if now you're going to
end up like me, drink up, baby.

[GIRL WHISTLES]

[###]

Cheers.
Cheers.

To Mera's epic ass.
Oh, it was like this, look.

Tight like this.

And to...
Whose ass?

Come on. Whose ass?

A very pretty ass.

Let's go and get it.

Let's go and get it.
Let's go and get it.

[INSTRUMENTS PLAYING
AND ADELA SINGING]

Stop it, man!
That thing doesn't work.

Stop it.
It's the only music that comes out.

It's not funny, it's not funny.

Come on, play one
that you know, man.

I know, I know!

[BOTH SINGING]

Just what we needed!
Go scream at your house!

What is it?

Soup, drink it.

Why?

Because a rich soup always helps.

No, no. Why do you insist?

Nobody cares anymore about
being the queen of the house.

There are more
important things.

Like studying a career
and working.

Be whoever you are
and let everybody go to hell.

I think the outside world is a mess.

But here, at home,

you can have
a harmonious, nice atmosphere.

I don't see a woman
trying to change it all by herself.

But I do see a woman
keeping a certain order.

I can guide her,

and that's my way
of changing the world.

[###]

[PIANO PLAYING]

I wanted to return
the favour.

The serenade.

I didn't know you played
the piano.

Maca taught me.

MACA:
The mind is lik e an old record.

And the needle
always tak es the same path...

[###]

until it finds a scratch
on the record.

An accident that mak es you
change the track.

GIRL:
Just this one.

MACA:
I'm cutting these.

Adela.

Get to work.

Me too.

Once, I knocked Paola's tooth out,
because the dumb girl

made fun of me when I laughed and
apple juice came through my nose.

With a booger.
Hasn't that happened to you?

No.
MACA: Adela.

They're all working,
except for you.

You have a dinner
to plan for your father.

I'm coming, Maca.

I'll see you later.

Come here.

Not with the students.

Okay.

You're a virgin?

I haven't been lucky.

I can't believe it, I'm sick of it!

His voicemail again.

We're about to get married and you
can't even answer the fucking phone.

Heidi, come on, can you
try to calm down, man?

Yes? And how do you think
I can calm down, eh?

If I'm locked up in here with
a drug addict, a mentally retarded,

a geek, and to top it all,
with a lesbian.

Don't worry,
you're not my type.

ADELA:
Come on, come on, stupid.

I'm not a drug addict
and you won't talk like that to us.

You know what?
I talk to you however I feel like it.

You should shut up your little lesbian
friend, who only talks about sex.

How disgusting!

At least Valentina tried it
and she knows what she likes.

And she doesn't play dumb,
like you.

In your world of appearances,
you think Kike is the only thing.

You think you're the only thing
for Kike? Then why are you so
jealous of his assistant?

Adela.
Shut up.

Low-level politician's daughter
without principles or family.

Okay, fucking...

GIRL 1: Hey! Adela!
GIRL 2: Adela, stop!

HEIDl: Let me go!
PIA: Adela, let her go!

Let her go!
Don't you mess

with my family, asshole!
Let her go!

MARIBEL: Adela, stop it!
Don't you mess with me!

Get out! Get out,
motherfucker, get out!

Now, nothing
happened, now.

I can't stand her.

I can't stand her.

Listen to this.

[MUSIC PLAYING
OVER HEADPHONES]

It's great.

It's the last song
I made with Ana.

I wish I were as brave as you.

Well, there's
your chance.

[###]

ADELA:
What's that?

EMILIANO:
A seagull.

It has two tails.

There are other ways
of seeing things.

EMILIANO:
And this one?

ADELA:
This one,

it's waiting to have its story.

ADELA:
I like the stars.

MACA:
Intimacy is always a delicate subject.

It can hurt many feelings.

I'll do this in the most
delicate way I can.

We'll talk about something
very magical and beautiful.

The intimacy
that you'll share with him.

We're going to talk about sex.

Do you care to tell me
who this belongs to?

Where did you find it, Miss Maca?
I was looking for it.

The neighbour came
and brought it, Maribel.

What?

No.
Oh, Maribel.

MARIBEL:
But it wasn't me.

MACA:
Order, please!

Girls, intimacy
is something very special

that you share
with one person.

And that person has to be
the centre of our lives.

[###]

MACA: There's nothing harder
than changing the way you think

when you've thought for years
that there's one way of doing things.

Adela, dear.

Sugar?
Sweetener, thanks.

And a knife to cut my veins.

[MOCK LAUGHTER]

Can you take the tray?
Put your cups there, please.

Yes.

ADELA:
You spilled a little bit.

Excuse me.

Oh, oh!

Oh, thanks.

You're welcome.

MACA:
And suddenly we learn that
we can think in a different way.

That we have changed
without knowing.

What's wrong?

Why don't you
go back to class?

I hate tea. It's just
hot water with herbs.

Look, Adela.

I used to hate tea as well.

When I was your age,
I used to pretend to be tough.

I was afraid to feel.

To acknowledge that I was
starting to care about people.

I felt alone.

I don't feel alone.

Until I discovered
that a cup of tea

is the excuse to share
with a girlfriend.

What do you care?

You only care about the money
they pay you for us.

That's not true.

Adela, you and I
can be friends.

[###]

It's cold. And it needs sugar.

MACA:
Every seed gives its fruit.

And every period ends.

And that's when we realise

that our efforts always pay off.

Not even the morality...
Yes, yes, yes.

ENRIQUE
That's the subject
that occupies us.

The thing is...
Thank you.

Look, Martin,
the last polls show it.

People want to go back
to a Mexico with principles

where things are as they should be
and everybody has a place...

I'm sorry, I was a little late
preparing everything.

[###]

You look beautiful.

Will you introduce me, Dad?
Yes, yes, sure, come.

Adela,
Enrique Van der Linde.

Nice to meet you.

Very nice to meet you.

It was also a pleasure to meet Heidi
in the course, she's... great.

Thank you.
Ladies, good evening.

Monsignor.

Mera.
Adela.

Well, I'm going to see how
everything is in the kitchen.

Excuse me.

Beautiful table, Adela.
Congratulations.

Thank you.
Well, thanks to teacher Maca.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Start, please.
Thanks.

Go ahead.
Thanks.

Yes.

If you'll excuse me.
Of course.

[MARTIN LAUGHS]

Cheers.

WOMAN: Cheers.
Cheers.

I'm going to
smoke a cigar.

Anybody else?
I'll go with you, Monsignor.

Let's go.
MARTIN: Enrique,

you know what
your support means to me.

I hope to have
your confidence.

Especially now that all your doubts
about Adela are in the past.

Don't worry.

You have a charming girl.

MARTIN: Thank you.
Excuse me.

This is one of the few
pleasures that I have left.

Maca is more effective
than I thought.

MONSIGNOR: I told you,
she's a complete lady.

I can picture her face
when she was offered all
that money to keep Adela.

MONSIGNOR:
Well...

MERA:
You were saying?

MONSIGNOR:
Excellent. She's wonderful.

[###]

Really, Maca. Congratulations.

MARTIN:
Yes. You tamed my little wild girl.
That deserves a toast, no?

I want to
propose a toast.

No, no, no, I also
want to propose a toast.

To our new candidate
for the city government.

MARTIN: Cheers, cheers.
ENRIQUE: Cheers.

Cheers, cheers.
MERA: Cheers, cheers.

MARTIN:
Cheers, eh? Cheers.

And to Maca Rivera.

Teacher extraordinaire
and friend.

Dearest.

Cheers.
ALL: Cheers.

Cheers.

And to my dad...

And to my dad, who was smart
enough to send me to the course

after my arrest
for sexual harassment.

What? It was necessary,
wasn't it, Dad? Cheers!

And now that we're toasting,

this one is to
Mr. Van der Linde,

who only endorses politicians
who go to his same country club

and who have daughters
like Heidi.

But nobody knows you,
right, Heidi?

And you know what?
It's not your fault, man.

Because in this little, pretty world
of yours, nobody knows anybody.

Or they pretend
to know each other.

For example, Mr. Van der Linde,
listen carefully.

She, I and all of us
know that Kike here

is cheating with his assistant.
Adela!

What? That's why you don't answer
the phone to your girlfriend.

Don't worry, Kike.

Because Heidi here... She already
had sex with the neighbour.

Or are you going
to tell me that it wasn't you?

Is that true, Heidi?

Heidi?

I couldn't do it.

But how I would've liked it.

Whore.
Move.

And enjoy Brussels.

Come here, come here, Heidi!
No, no, no.

Where are you going?
Excuse me.

ADELA: Stay.
Heidi!

That way you don't spend
your money on useless things.

Like my dad.
Who spent all his money

paying Dona Maca so she wouldn't
throw me out of her school.

MARTIN: Adela, l...
Because that's all she cares about.

Money, nothing more.
No, no, it wasn't like that, Adela.

It doesn't matter, Dad.
It doesn't matter.

Of course it matters.

Dona Maca didn't want
to accept the money.

Adela, I see I was
wrong about you.

You're much worse
than I imagined.

Wait a minute.

I won't let you talk
to my daughter like that.

You should be ashamed.

I'm very sorry...
ENRIQUE: No, no, no, Martin.

I'm the one who's sorry.
Very, very sorry.

And it's evident, Maca,
that you manage your academy

perfectly well.

You can be sure
that everybody will find out

about the true quality
of your teachings.

Enrique!

Monsignor.
Margarita, let's go.

Kike.

[###]

MARTIN:
When your mom died,

I didn't know what
to do with you.

I didn't know what
to do with myself.

I couldn't bear
looking in your eyes,

because I was afraid of hurting you.
And I distanced myself.

I think I hurt you more.

The truth is that

I didn't want you to leave.

Forgive me.

What you need
for your trip to London is there.

Dad, I...
No, no.

Leave me alone, okay?

[ADELA SNIFFLES]

PIA:
Well, look at the bright side.
You have what you wanted, no?

Almost.

What do you want, Adela?

I don't know.

I don't know, but it doesn't happen
because I ruin everybody's life.

I'd love to fix things
for my dad.

And what are you
waiting for?

Come on, Pia, how?

Start by thinking
before acting.

ADELA:
Good afternoon, Maca.

I came because I think
we can fix things.

[###]

You and I are
very similar, Adela.

Why are you leaving?

Because since the day
of the dinner,

Mr. Van der Linde has been
discrediting this stupid school,

and now they even
want to close us down.

That's why I told her to accept the big
cheque they offered her to keep you.

Fina.

I thought you did
everything for the money.

So what?
It doesn't matter anymore.

Maca...

forgive me.

I didn't want to hurt you
or your son.

Emiliano is my son.

I came here pregnant,
and when the baby was born,

she gave him her name

and she's been breaking her back
for 20 years in this stupid school

to help us.

That one, this one,
is Dona Maca Rivera, girl.

And Emiliano?

Emiliano...
Emiliano went back to school.

And we have to
continue here.

We need to take
all these boxes.

No way, she's really closing it?

I have to think of something
to please Van der Linde.

There's only one thing
you can do.

Fix Heidi's wedding.

That's really hard.

And your dad's candidacy.

That's even harder.
That's even harder.

ADELA:
Heidi,

I feel really bad
about what happened.

I wasn't thinking and...

I never think.

What an asshole
you are, Adela.

You know what I wanted?

To marry Kike.

Build a family. Is that wrong?

So I'm wrong if I'm not like you?

The thing is,
we're not different, Heidi.

Don't you see?

Excuse me.

Heidi,

if you love him,
you can't let him go.

Kike is leaving the day
after tomorrow. And I think
he doesn't want to see me.

You know what?
I don't want to either.

No, you do want to see him.

We have to try.

You think?
Of course.

No, no, no. You really
think we're the same?

Identical.

[###]

See you at ten a.m.
at the geology museum

Done.

And if he doesn't go?

That's not going to happen.

Vale, I wanted to tell you
that it's not true...

Don't worry.

I already told you,
you're not my type.

I love love stories.

What's up, Heidi?

If you're gonna say
something, say it now,
because I have to pack.

How nice.

First you tell me to come here,
to the place we met,

and now I'm the one
who has to talk?

I got a message from
your cell phone, so you
were the one who called.

That's strange.

Because I also got a message
from your cell phone.

Well, then it was a mistake.

If you don't have anything
to tell me, I'm going.

You don't have anything to say?

No.

Kike.

[CLEARS THROAT]

It was a charity gala,
like any other.

[SYNTHESIZER PLAYING]

And Heidi... Maribel!

Bored with the tiring
social bustle,

decided to take
a walk around the museum.

Oh! I'm so bored
with the tiring social bustle.

I'd better look
at these cavemen.

What big eyes you have!
What big eyes you have!

The better to...

The better to see
the diplodocus.

And what...

What big hands you have!
What big hands you have!

The better to...

To better catch
the mammoths.

No! It wasn't like that!

Look, that day, I was looking
for my cousin Katita, so...

So...

Heidi met the perfect
homo sap.

"Sapiens." Sapiens.

And Maribel?

There weren't any more
diplodocus in the cave age.

Ah.

Okay, can we go on now?

Well, if you want to
do it wrong,

do it wrong.

No, it's not that.
That day, I was

wasted.
Oh, oh.

Oh, yes.

So I saw him, and I said

I have to touch him
because he looks so real.

Touch whatever you want.

Little shepherdess of the Alps.

KIKE: No, no, no. It wasn't
like that. Move, move, move.

She touched my face.
Oh, Kike,

I'm sorry. With the neighbour,

nothing happened.
I just didn't want you

to go with that bitch.

Honey.
I was very angry.

I was nervous about the trip,
but nothing happened.

Oh, Kike.

ADELA:
Bravo!

That's it. Now we need to get you
married and everything's fine.

But what are we going to do?
I cancelled everything,

and I have to leave
early tomorrow.

Don't worry.
We can do it tonight.

You call the guests
and I...

Hello? He...

Demostenes,
turn that thing off!

Mera.
Mera?

Adela. I need you to get...
Mera?

the catering service.
Yes, it's him.

Yes, please.
Give it to me.

Okay, thanks.
Give it to me.

Pia, you have to find Monsignor
so he can marry them.

Me?
I can bring Monsignor.

He's my uncle, the priest.

ADELA:
Kike?

I'm going to have to talk
to your dad.

Could you find out
where he'll be today?

KIKE:
Yes, yes, sure.

[###]

But...
Forgive me for interrupting.

It's very important
that I tell you this.

Look, look.
No more!

Heidi didn't really
cheat with the neighbour, sir.

What's wrong with you?
Let me go!

Mr. Van der Linde!

Mr. Van der Linde!

What, asshole?

Thank you.

Mrs. Van der Linde.
It's you again.

Please, ma'am, you really
have to listen to me.

It's Kike, ma'am.

He's getting married today
at the National History Museum.

And if you don't help me
to convince your husband,
he'll go to Belgium

without having fixed this.

Think about it.

[DOOR CLOSES]

HEIDl: Honey?
KIKE: What, baby?

Do you have Camila's
mom's number?

No, but call Paco
at his office.

Paco? I don't think so, eh?

Sir, sir, the cake is that way.
Who told you?

Young man, the chair
goes there. Please, the canap�s.

No more, no. Not now, Maribel.

Too much! No, the lights
don't go like that! Let me see.

They go like this.

Like this?

More or less.

But if you want,
I'll show you how.

Yes?

[TYRES SCREECH]

Move from there, right now.

I won't move.

Move!

I won't move until I talk to you.

Don't you understand that I don't
ever want to see you again?

Enrique, get in the car!

[###]

Where were you?
Where's Adela?

I don't know.

We have a problem.
What?

Monsignor won't hear about the
wedding because of what happened.

I know what we can do.
What, what?

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

Yes, but quickly,
I'm watching my soap opera.

What? Now?

Right away.

Dona Maca!

[CROWD APPLAUDING]
[ORCHESTRA PLAYING]

My girl.
Mom.

Kike.
The bride and groom!

Okay. Monsignor didn't want
to come to marry you guys.

But I have a rabbi and a Hare Krishna.
Which one do you prefer?

Or a shaman?

[###]

MOTHER: What a place to get married!
HEIDl: What's wrong with it?

Besides, Mr. Van der Linde
is nowhere to be found.

And there's no priest,
there's... nothing.

Mom. This is the wedding I want.

Then you will be
very happy.

Thanks, Mom, thanks.

I love you.

Dad.

Dad.

Well, here we are, aren't we?

Pia invited us.

Thanks.

KIKE:
Honey.

My parents haven't
arrived yet.

And I don't think
they'll come.

No, they will come, Kike.
Don't get sad.

Can we congratulate
the bride and groom?

Look!
How are you, son?

My dear boy.
I told you he would come.

And where are the bride and groom
that I have to marry?

Oh, honey.

Thank you.

Only one person was able
to convince me to come.

Convince us.

Convince us.

In the name of the Father,
and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.

ALL:
Amen.

Let happiness
be with you forever.

You may kiss the bride.

[ORCHESTRA PLAYING]

[ALL CHEERING]

[MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Two, one...
No.

Okay.

Yale, Harvard,

Cambridge, Oxford.

That thing about changing
your personality suits you very well.

Do you want
to know a secret?

I'm still the same one.

MOTHER:
Wow, baby.

I think I finally found you
a good guy, no?

Mom!
Baby.

Look, you don't need
to worry about this one.

Come here, my senator.

MARTIN:
Let's go over there.

Mr. Van der Linde,
I have to tell you two things.

I'm a blockhead
and it's not my dad's fault.

He did everything
he could.

You're completely right, Adela.

You're a blockhead.

MARTIN: Excuse me,
may I dance with my daughter?

Thanks.

But, well, Adela, if all this
was done thanks to you,

it must have been because
of your father's education.

So I'm willing to give him
all my support.

Well, thank you very much.

But the support I need
the most is from a woman
who is going to London.

To be a great actress.

Thank you very much
for everything, Maca.

She's an excellent student.

Okay, okay, cheers.
Cheers.

Excuse me.

Good evening, Mexico!

I want to tell you
that I'm very happy

and I want you to meet a woman,

a star.

I give you, Valentina!

[CROWD CHEERING]

Hello.

Well, we want to
dedicate this song

to love...

[CROWD CHEERS]

because at the end,

it's all that matters.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[SINGING]

Pia and Mera live at Harvard...

She's doing her PhD
while he takes Pilates classes.

Kike and Heidi live happily.
Kike finally has a male assistant!

Maribel is the queen of banquets...
Soon she will open her own academy.

Valentina and her band
recorded their first record...

They're touring the world.

Senator Le�n ran for governor...
He lost.

Emiliano finished his master's
in aerodynamics... He hates to fly

I love you.
Don't let them tame you!

Adela went to London...
She's filming a movie with Gael.

[CROWD CHEERING]

There's nothing
like classical things.

But if what you like is the
shining things, then shine!

You are who you are,
enjoy it. In any colour.

Cut!

Good!

Good, good, very good.

Thanks.
You were splendid.

Thanks a lot.
Congratulations.

Let's take five minutes.
Thanks, guys.

Hot mama,
I mean, hot daddy.

You can tell he
knows how to grab it.

Fina!
What?

Fina? My Chanel.

What Chanel?

Move, you're ruining
my bouquet.

You put a little bit.

Little nothing.
besides, I caught you

flirting with that guy, eh?

You're crazy.

Well, maybe a little. So?

Macarena Rivera.

Don't give him the chance
to put his hand there.

I wish.

I wish, please.