All language subtitles for Historias Extraordinarias 2008 DVDRip Part 3

From this point on
the end begins

The stories become more vague,

but also head towards
some sort of conclusion

However, there are still events
waiting to happen

There's still a long way to go

X has to leave the hotel
and come across Salamone

Z has to meet two sisters
and spend some time

in the old man's farm.

H and Cesar must lose their way
and get arrested

at a military base

The end is beginning,

but there's still
some more road ahead

CHAPTER XIII GOING ADRIFT

At this point in the trip,
H can hardly stand Cesar.

Cesar is arrogant
a compulsive liar

in love with himself, annoying.
complete chatterbox.

and a non-stop joker.

Nothing no tiny event,
escapes his comments or irony.

Any little thing
triggers an anecdote in him.

It seems like he's lived
all possible lives and..

each of his stories

he talks about himself
as a hero, as some author..

of admirable deeds.

However each time is finally..

on the verge of denouncing
his insanity or idiocy,

when he is reaching
his breaking point,

Cesar surprises him

He always has an ace
up his sleeve.

He says something funny or smart

or exhibits
a new ability or trick.

Ironically these small
moments of triumph

are the most annoying to H.
They are the worst

Suddenly. Cesar begins
to act strangely

He is worried and silent
like never before.

He stares at the horizon
for a long moment

Then he begins
speaking in German

which H can't understand.

There's no time for monoliths.

We have to get out of here now,

because it's going to pour ram

We need to find shelter, now1

Let's go now*

H doesn't understand

It's a sunny day
not a cloud in the sky.

There's no breeze.

But there's something
in Cesar's attitude...

that commands him
not to protest

Strangely, H believes him

Cesar doesn't talk all day

He is silent, concentrating.

He doesn't tell jokes
anecdotes nothing

They pass by several monoliths.

Cesar doesn't even look at them

He watches the sky and worries

Around five in the afternoon,

clouds begin to gather
on the horizon

At sunset, when the first
lashes of lightning..

can be seen. Cesar
decides to pull the boat over

The spot looks like any other

but he seems so confident

that H obeys

They walk through the field
for a few minutes

Suddenly a little wood house
appears out of nowhere

Cesar kicks the door in
without hesitating and enters.

From some sort of a big
annoying child

Cesar has become
the authority figure

H trusts everything
he says and does

Now he is the child.

H has a tough night.

It rams outside
like never before

He dreams of storms.

He dreams someone hires him
to guard a fort

on the edge of the desert

There's going to be an invasion
and he must watch the horizon

The fortress is hard to define,

but some of its turrets
remind him

of the river monoliths

He hears explosions from afar.

He thinks. "The invasion"

but then it's a hurricane.
not an invasion he awaits

He finds the rest have left him
alone at the fortress and fled

He begins to explore
and realizes.

He is only familiar..

with the side
facing the desert.

but the other side
faces the sea

He sits next to Cesar.

who is suddenly
in the dream too..

and they both
contemplate the sea

The last image of his dream
of the two of them..

watching the horizon
over the sea

Then he wakes up

It is sunny outside

The storm has passed
There's not a cloud in the sky.

But the river
is not there anymore

An hour later. Cesar
and H are off traveling again

H is sure he knows the way
but after yesterday

Cesar's authority
is hard to refute

An hour later what Cesar
predicted hasn't happened.

The river bed
is lost completely...

under an immense mass of water.

Two hours later; it's clear
they are going the wrong way.

But Cesar isn't talked out of it
and goes on

Three hours later, Cesar's
argument begins to show

the first signs of weakness

He won't admit it yet
ut it's clear.

he's not as sure as before

Four hours later almost sunset

it's clear Cesar is wrong.

Eight hours later,

their propeller gets stuck
in a wire fence

and the engine goes out

They walk in the dark
through rushes in water.

up to their necks
until they reach dry land.

For two hours, they walk
without seeing anything.

guided by a fence in the middle
of a cloud of fog

At midnight they find
a locked cabin.

Though H doesn't like the idea.
Cesar kicks the padlock open

While Cesar sleeps soundly

H thinks. 'Something
strange is going on'.

There's something don 11 ike..

Something wrong..."

All clear.

Cleared shotgun

Remington brand shotgun Used

Case without false bottom

Fishing gear

A detonating device

Defused.

Some kind
of distinctive marking

Male, arrested
or carrying weapons

Ten hours later
and Cesar are arrested.

for entering a military base
without authorization...

in the middle of the night,
carrying explosives and arms

and forcing entry
into a storage unit

where war weapons
are usually stored

As they are being taken
to their cell,

Cesar stealthily gets lose to H

and whispers in his ear

Don't worry It's okay
They ll let us go right away

Trust me"

Back to Z's story. Finally

Z wakes up with no idea
of where he is.

He's on a farm
two or three plots away

from the Pyrenees Horse Farm

Z will live there for a while.

Saponara the farm owner
also Z's savior

and he will play a key role
the events that befall Z

upon leaving the farm.

But let's not get
ahead of ourselves

For now, the only
necessary information

is that after his adventure.
Z wakes up at Saponara's farm

Saponara is a half Italian man
ho lives with his nephew..

and two daughters

CHAPTER XIV THE TWO SISTERS

In a few minutes
Saponara explains to Z..

how events had unfold

Saponara was working
on his tractor

in the middle of the fields
on the night of the fire

First, he says he saw
ow the fire spread

to all the buildings
of the horse farm

Then he saw a truck leave.

He assumed why he wouldn't say)

the fire was intentional.

He decided not to get involved
and continue working

At one point, he said
He found a big long animal..

strewn out
in the middle of the grove

It was Z, who had passed out
smelling of smoke and chlorine

Saponara manages
to revive him a little.

helps him walk to the tractor
and hides him.

in a storage shed
on the other side of the farm.

where no one
in his family ever went

Saponara says,
I know about these things.

I don't ask questions

I don't get involved
where I am not invited

I never wanted to know
that happened.

at the horse farm
It wasn't my business

They were always good people
to me and that is enough.

Here I am when I'm needed.
That's how I am"

The next day the police
had shown up asking questions

But, he had known
how to scare them off

He kept repeating
the same phrase

No one's gonna
teach me about this

I know all the tricks"

Intrigued he had looked
around the horse farm

In one of the old entrances
that no one used anymore,

he had found Z's car
with the keys inside.

He had waited
until the night fell...

and had hidden it

He didn't even want
to tell Z where it was.

Saponara insists
on playing the wise one

He insists
in making it clear to Z.

that it's not the first time.

he deals
with this kind of situation.

One thing is clear

he is ecstatic
bout the situation...

and happy to intervene

Z wonders.
Who must he think I am?

What must he think is going on?

Look, I don't want
to know anything

The less I know, the better.

If anything, I'm discreet.

But if you ask me,
he best thing you can do.

is stay here
for a couple of days

That car was outside
or a long time.

and they may arrive
when you are trying to leave

No one will look for you here.

I already spoke to the girls.

I told them you were
the son of a buddy of mine,

that you had had an accident,
that you had to get better

Who knows what I told them1

I don't know
if they believed me,

but they won't ask questions

They're like me that way.
Neither will my nephew

Nobody else needs to know
what you and I know

That stays between us

Incredibly, Z discovers
that the old man is right

Who knows
what he thinks of me?" he says.

But if he thinks it.
anyone could

The police, the people
from the horse farm, anyone"

They did ask me your name.
Since I didn't know,

I told them
your name was "Raul"

It was the first
that came to mind.

So if they ask you,
remember your name is "Raul"

What a name to think of: Raul!

Aside from
Saponara's imagination

the idea of spending
few days on the farm

isn't an unpleasant one.

In any case " he thinks
if I tell him the truth

He ll never believe me."

So he resigns himself
to being Raul for a few days

Raul'

Raul'

Z fits into the life
on the farm immediately

A repetitive
and methodical life

like a play in a theater.

Chicho! Time to get up, Chicho.

Each person
plays his or her role

Each one does
what they have to do..

and what is expected of them

Chicho, prepare the liquid!

Chicho,
did you load up the boxes7

When are you going
to Cangallo�s?

Right now. I have to leave now.

That gives me no time
to do anything else, does it?

To finish this.

Maria Luisa,
the younger sister.

cares for the house the orchard

the birds and the dogs,
makes the marmalade...

and the butter
and does the cooking

She is patient, methodical,

and nothing seems
to ever upset her

Did you tie the crates
to the truck9

I have to leave
right now Do it now.

How are you Chicho?

How many jars are you taking?

What are you doing?
I'm tying the crates'

Alicia, the other sister.

takes the place
of the older brother.

She leaves early in the truck
to do the deliveries..

and pick up supplies.

he mends broken fences

and does all the carpentry
and mechanical repairs

Do you want to finish it now?

No. I will take it
to them during the week.

She is the only one
in the house..

that gets around on horseback

There is a lot of complicity
between the two girls.

It's as if they knew
that they ran the house,

not the men

Pepa remember the route
First, Pedahno.

Then. Cangallo Last the lady.

Please write the route down.

Pedahno, Cangallo.
and the lady.

Pepa!

Pepa Pepa

Did you grab the pots
of honey for Pedalmo7

Please, take the pots

Gerardo only
takes care of the bees

He's a bit of a clown
and a little ridiculous,

and the solemnity
He wears his uniform with.

reminds you of a child
playing make-believe

Here, sharpen this for me

He is just as old
as the sisters

but no one takes him seriously

The only one who takes him
seriously is himself

Pepa, when are you going
to mend this?

I mended it this morning.

Can you go outside to do that?

You have to check it again
OK. Father Bye

Pepa are you not
carrying this with you?

Did you see where
my gardening scissors are9

They were over here

Pepa. Look
what you are forgetting

Was she forgetting the eggs?

Saponara acts like a king
ho wanders around

from one end of his domain
to another.

without having too much to do.

Each day he sets out
to do a new activity,

but he quickly gets tired.

The rest of the time he drinks
Paraguayan tea reads,

listens to the radio
and watches from his chair

how everyone else
does their work

and gives them orders.

Throughout time, He has realized

that he must exercise
his authority gently

eventually letting people
laugh at him or ignore him.

He is an aristocrat A good,
peaceful and harmless king.

The two sisters
are very different.

Alicia, the elder,
is hard and defiant

with a sharp, cutting gaze
like that of a Soviet

or of a Partisan

She stares for long moments
asks many questions

is opinionated, stares off
into space thinking,

thinking and smoking

However, she is not masculine

She is full of energy

but not the rough violent
energy of a man

She is simply strong

Sometimes she seems
like a bird of prey

like an expectant eagle,
poised to attack

She becomes beautiful
and stunning then

Maria Luisa is the opposite.
She is silent

It is hard for her to look
people in the eye

She is awkward with people.
naive and she blushes easily

However.
after the first impression

she slowly shows
to be witty and perceptive.

She is amusing.
with a sense of humor..

that she advances slowly...

but ends up
captivating everyone

Behind the shyness,

she hides an unsettling
and surprising grace

She has a secret
kind of beauty,

elusive belated and sudden.

With Z's arrival, this closed.
autonomous world.

begins to change

Z rediscovers
he is a sociable guy

capable of starting
a conversation,

even able to be interesting,
and able to make people laugh.

During the first meals,

Saponara dominates
over everyone else.

Z's arrival is something
like a party to him.

Finally he can retell
is stories

as though for the first time

He can speak
with impunity for hours

exaggerate and invent

knowing that they won't deny
what he says or shut him up.

At one point
Z's revelation occurs

Z somehow interrupts Saponara
and says something funny

He makes them all laugh
for a lon time.

At the next meal

Z notices everyone
expect him to do it again

The situation is new to him too

but he finds he can pull it
through effortlessly

that the character
hey expect from him is..

as amusing to him
as it is to them

Z understands that living
with a man their age..

is completely new to them

Their world has changed
with his arrival

The first times
they have lunch together

Maria Luisa practically
doesn't look at him

as though he didn't exist

Alicia, on the other hand.
makes advances on him.

She advances in a carefree
manner like a tank

As Z becomes
the center of every meal.

he begins to discover
that Alicia's invulnerability...

disappears
in any funny situation.

When he says something funny,
Alicia who seems stone cold,

turns into a little girl

She drops her defenses.

Z discovers he is flattered
by this reaction

He feels like it is a triumph
he likes to make her laugh

Maria Luisa, on the other hand
hardly says a word.

When Z starts joking

she laughs a lot but looks down
timidly, barely looking at him.

The next day
while he is talking.

she interrupts him
with a witty remark

She blushes immediately

There's a brief silence.

Then, everyone
bursts out laughing

As days pass, this duel
between them goes on

Clearly she likes it

She anxiously waits
for that moment of the day

Z begins to note signs
of flirtation in her

a vague but evident change
in how she cares for her looks

She also begins to act
strangely and unpredictably

Every once in a while,
she acts cold and offended.

Sometimes she doesn�t speak
to him for the whole meal.

Suddenly, the storm louds clear

and she becomes fun again.
and looks for his complicity

To the man who has lived
a long time without them

the mere proximity of
women is a blessing

Z resigns himself
to their eccentricities...

and enjoys them

Then there is Gerardo,

who distrusts Z
from the beginning.

Upon saying his name
(his assumed name., 'Raul').

Z notices Gerardo
repeats it strangely.

uttering each letter oddly.

During the meal
when Z makes them all laugh.

Gerardo laughs as well.

But Z notices he laughs
in spite of himself,

that he would prefer
not to laugh

For him laughing is in a way
a sign of weakness

a capitulation.

Z notes Gerardo's hostility
towards him is growing.

He feels he is
under continual observation

After each funny
comment Z makes,

Gerardo glances at Maria Luisa.

as though he wanted to crack
the code of her reactions.

If the funny one
is Maria Luisa,

he looks at Z
or at both of them.

Z also notices Gerardo hangs...

on Maria Luisa's
smallest gesture

that he passes the time
secretly surrounding her...

looking after anything
ny unnecessary activity.

just to be near her
and see her.

Once the relationships are set
things go along calmly.

without too much novelty

One day Z accompanies Alicia
on the afternoon deliveries

He doesn't stop telling jokes
and she laughs all the time..

and she even falls asleep
on his shoulder.

on the way home.

Z has a restless night.
ut by the next day

everything has gone back
to normal..

and it's as if that afternoon
had never happened

One day Z offers to help
Gerardo with the wood

At first he refuses and tries
to show how superior he is...

and how good he does things

Z realizes he is
taking revenge on him

However, when they finish
Gerardo begins to talk

They talk for hours

They talk.
without volunteering names..

of their experience
with women life, destiny

They philosophize

Z implicitly understands
that he has conquered him,

that they are friends now

One rainy afternoon,
while they all take a nap,

Z spends time in the kitchen
with Maria Luisa.

They don't joke as much
as usual, they barely speak.

Z simply watches
her knead and fry

Z sees a subtle
craftswoman in her

A meticulous
and delicate person.

He finds he also
kind of likes her

Another day, Z finds
he sisters walking together

at dusk below the evergreens
deep in a long conversation,

laughing and playful.

What could they
be talking about?

'Me?'. Z asks himself.

Z soon finds himself thinking
of the sisters all the time.

trying to escape Gerardo
and his jealousy

and fleeing from Saponara
his stories and his favors.

He finds that the world
and those people.

who he didn't even know
a little over a week ago.

re becoming natural to him.

as though this
had always been his life.

Listen to me for a second.

I want to tell you something.

It's nothing bad..

Every five months.

I have to go to the hospital
for a check-up

Don't worry, it's no big deal,
a hospital near Bertran,

about 200 km from here

And the thing is.. You know

I'm fine now, but the doctors
insist on my check-up,

The thing is I don't want
to tell the girls.

They won't understand.

There's no need to go telling
them these things

And I always go alone,

for years
I have been going alone.

without a problem.

But. Do you understand?

If you would

It will be two nights,
ne night at the hospital

and one night to sleep

I always stay
at this little hotel...

at the joint of route 74

It's not expensive,
it's calm, and you'll like it.

Can't be much worse than here

Anyway.
we'll talk it over later.

doesn't say anything.

but inwardly
he accepts immediately.

On the road again " he thinks.

That night,
or the first time in weeks

he opens Cuevas' map again

When he sees
he name of the hotel.

where he will stay
with Saponara

he finds out that place
has a cross,

one of Cuevas' crosses

Next to it is the name
Axel Andres Alexanders

That was one
of the places on the map

he hadn't visited,

one of the loose ends
on Cuevas� route

Axel Andres Alexanders."
Z thinks with a smile

I had forgotten about Cuevas'
sense of humor"

CHAPTER XV THE SON OF THE DEVIL

Francisco Salamone
is born in Catania. Sicily...

at the end of the 19th Century.

Before turning 10, his family
moves to Cordoba Argentina

He begins college at 18

and at 20 has already graduated
as an architect..

and as a civil engineer.

The same year, he submits
couple of projects

at the Milan and Barcelona
trade fairs,

and wins a gold medal at both

Since childhood Salamone
as been aware.

he is cut
to construct buildings

In his brief time at college,

he begins to realize

At 24 he clearly understands
that he is a genius,

someone for whom action
and invention has no limits.

During the same period,

he becomes interested
in astrology.

An astrologist
at some point, tells him

You are meant for big things

You are
the greatest at what you do.

You will change history

You will be a turning point
in your business

Don�t worry. Glory awaits you"

He asks, "What must I do9"

Nothing Just wait
When the time comes

you will realize."

He waits for almost ten years
He doesn't build a thing.

He just studies, designs,
ends designs..

under fake names to trade
fairs around the world

He observes the work of others.

listens to the praise
hey receive..

and sees the prizes they win

They will soon hear from me.
They will know who I am"

Finally the time comes.

The governor of the province
of Buenos Aires

calls on various architects.

to modernize the public
buildings in the province

The most famous architect
chooses to devote himself.

to the monuments
of the Argentine resort towns.

In Mar del Plata, he builds
He immense 'Casino'..

and 'Provincial' buildings

Too easy, too predictable,
too many people,

too much activity,"
thinks Salamone

He asks to be in charge

of the projects
rejected by the others

The smaller forgotten towns
in the province

scattered throughout the map

lingering
on the infinite plains

I like this," thinks Salamone,
like a wolf sniffing its prey

For two years,
he works restlessly

He hardly sleeps
he works on Saturdays,

on Sundays, on holidays
and even at Christmas

He plans, draws, personally
supervises the building sites

He doesn't hesitate.

He thinks. Here
in these miserable villages.

lost at the end of the world

I will plant the most amazing
buildings ever built.

These towers and porticos
will be famous

as famous
as the Chartres cathedral

They will come from all over,

they will cross the deserted
grasslands to see them

In each one of them.
will tell them.

Here I am This is Salamone

He designs cemeteries,
public offices

slaughterhouses, town halls.
town squares and dock towers

He designs the benches
the furniture, the streetlamps.

and the sidewalks.

He always asks for more.
bigger, taller, even taller.

more display of resources,
more excess more fury,

more violence

More glory1" he once screamed.
More glory1"

The projects are done
in practically no time.

In May they finish
the Gonzalez Chavez Town Hall

the Guammi slaughterhouse
and the Salhquelo cemetery

In June they finish
the Balcarce slaughterhouse

the town square
and the schoolhouse,

as well as the Rauch / own Hall.

In August the Guammi

and the Carhue
Town Hall's towers

the Tres Lomas
and the Azul slaughterhouses,

and the Azul and the Coronet
Pringles town squares

In September
the Laprida Town Hall

and the slaughterhouse,
the Tornquist. Pellegrini,

Puan. Pirovano and Urdampilleta
Town Halls were all finished

In October
one of the masterpieces

the giant wheel
that served as a portico

to the Saldungaray cemetery
above the Sauce Grande stream

In January.
the second masterpiece.

the giant cross
in the Laprida cemetery

A few months later in November,

the ultimate masterpiece.

the massive portico
in the Azul municipal cemetery.

Legend has it that Salamone
and the mayor of the town

spoke on the day of the opening

It seems to be
something bad and dark,"

the mayor had told him

horrified as the rest
of the town people was

like something
built by the devil."

Don't be naive, doctor."
Salamone is said..

to have replied
with a satanic cackle.

The devil would never
have gone so far"

At some point, however.
Salamone's trail dries up

His projects are canceled,
their architects take on

his unfinished work.

and the towns resume
their dull slow rhythm.

Time goes by
and no one remembers him

There's no testimony
to his volcanic journey

through there except
for his excessive towers.

rising up alone in the middle
of the horizontal landscape

Slowly, the townspeople.
ho used to look at them

in astonishment
and even with hatred.

end up becoming accustomed
to those eccentric skyscrapers.

which erupt violently
into the scenery..

of those turn-of the-century
low houses and buildings

Ten forty, seventy years pass
Salamone's name is forgotten

At some point during some dark
rehab project for the province

a bureaucrat notices
Salamone's name

all over the blueprints
or more than 200 buildings...

in over twenty districts.

This bureaucrat asks
the deputy�s consultant

who asks
the planning consultant

who asks the undersecretary
of cultural heritage.

They hesitate They are afraid

Demolition is put off

for an uncertain period of time

They decide to retain
he services of a surveyor

to write up an expert's report

on the condition
of the buildings..

to go along with the submission
of the project

The company retained
to draft the report

which has had a long history..

with the provincial government
decides to act cautiously

and to avoid associating
heir name...

with any kind of project

with the remodeling
of public works,

and decides to turn once again
to some expert.

to handle the work
and the on-site check-up.

granting him total freedom
of time, order, priority

and work methodology.

This independent expert
precisely the man

who arrives at the hotel
early one winter morning

with a four night reservation

and whose stay is prolonged
mysteriously

for more than five months

One morning, believe it
or not the phone rings

The caller is an employee
of the company..

that has retained X.

The reason for the call
purely bureaucratic

(his license number
as to be included.

in some pre-report
or something like that)

but the employee hints
at the effort it has taken

to find him saying he tried
to track him down

at over ten hotels
before finding him

Considering the list of places
X had to visit;

he says he expected
to find him..

at a more advanced
stage of the trip

He says, jokingly,
that at one point.

he was about to report him
missing and notify the police

X makes up an excuse.

but when he hangs up the phone
he realizes how sensitive

absurd and inconvenient
his situation is.

He suddenly understands

that irregular and abnormal
situations are suspicious.

On the other hand
that which is in place...

and works as expected
is actually invisible.

He has to leave.

There is no better disguise

than doing
what is expected of him

Finishing his work,
being where he should be

returning to his routine.

Two hours later five
months later than scheduled

he crosses the town square
in the opposite direction.

However the routine
doesn't come back to him

Something has changed

X arrives at some town,
stays at some hotel

as he has done
hundreds of times before.

but now things feel charged
with a different energy.

as though in each
of those grey, everyday places

wonderful things
could he in store for him

X understands, after several
months of confinement

that the province
will never be the same

He can't help feeling
like a sailor.

moving
from one miracle to the next.

from one fabulous
city to the other

He visits cemeteries, porticos,
abandoned slaughterhouses..

minarets which seem
to have cropped up

from diabolical mosques

His journey becomes
almost an allegory,

almost a mystic experience.

He rarely thinks about
what happened at the hotel

Every once in a while.

while reading local newspaper..

he runs into one
of the many names

he found
during his investigation

The Armases. Oyarzun
he Mill Massacre...

the complicated gallery
of characters he lived with...

for such a long time

One morning he wakes up
thinking about Ardiles

the Chilean unjustly accused
of the crime at the mill.

and he tells himself that.
like himself

Ardiles must be living
in some dream-like state

not understanding the path
his life has taken

I must do something
for him," he thinks

A few days later, he goes
into some little post office.

looks for the address
of a court of law

and says goodbye
to the dossier.

like someone who throws
a bottle out to the sea

CHAPTER XVI THE TREASURE

Z's trip with Saponara ends up
lasting three or four days

The day
they are supposed to arrive

Maria Luisa makes sure
to finish her work before noon

She is nervous and distracted

In the meantime
Gerardo has asked her

an inordinate
number of questions

He watches her every
movement and cracks jokes

I wonder what's wrong with you.

Do you miss someone?
Are you in love?'1

and that kind of things

Alicia tries
to be the head of the family

but looks somehow weak

Neither her
nor her sister says it.

but it's clear they both miss
the men of the house

For long periods,
Alicia feels melancholic,

thinking about things
she never did before

She constantly tells herself,
How silly1 How silly!'1

When the sun begins to set
hey walk to the gate

and stand watching
the path for a long time

They talk about anything

They somehow try
not to appear impatient

They arrive late after twelve.

The two sisters have had
a bath and are well dressed.

So is Alicia.

Saponara spends
he whole night..

telling each detail
of every little thing they did

He tells every event
of the trip.

Z is surprisingly quiet,
and hardly speaks

Finally, Saponara
says hes tired..

and the after dinner
chat is over

Only Z and Maria Luisa
are still in the kitchen.

It's odd, you went to eat
at the Fishing Club!

That place is very old1

I don't know..

from the Stone Age1

And that German waiter there,
or Russian..

all he's missing is the club...

anyway. I wonder

There must have been
something special in the food.

because somebody
I know is acting different

By the next morning Z's gone.

What happened
why did he leave so suddenly9

The truth is Z knew
All night long...

that by the next morning
he'd be gone.

it was something..

he had decided
several days earlier.

For some reason,

on the trip with Saponara

Z has a strange impulse
to share his story with him.

While he was alone. I was easy

to keep his adventures a secret

ike something that was his.

and nobody else
could understand.

But now he has travel companion

and he knows
that at some point..

Cuevas awaits him

He feels disloyal
if he doesn't talk,

an imposter

Who knows what he thinks

He spends hours explaining
every detail to Saponara,

the complicated search
or the treasure

in which he has been
involved for months

But something happens here

Z tells the story with shame,
as if to say

Look at the stupid situation
got myself into.."

as though he fears Saponara
will think he is crazy

Saponara, on the other hand,
listens to him seriously,

asks questions and
requests clarifications

He is fascinated by the story.

When Z is done
Saponara is thrilled

He interrogates him for miles
asks questions

he has already asked.
speaks with satisfaction

For a long stretch, however,
Saponara is silent.

Finally, very seriously.
he says.

listen to me carefully.
That money will be ours."

When they finally
get to the hotel.

Saponara
can't stand the anxiety.

He is crazy, like a little boy
ho wants to know..

the end of the story

What does Z find?

Four or five letters
from an African country,

written in English.

The usual Letters
of no interest except for one

There's no need to worry
about what the letter says

Besides, Zs translation
is not to be trusted

His English can't be that great

what is important is that...

he sender, a Cassidy guy..

seems to know Cuevas
and his business

more than anyone else
in the course of the story

The tone of the letter
is relaxed and confident,

even affectionate

They seem
to have known each other..

for many years.
and although the letter

talks mostly about money

it is clear that they
are partners and old friends.

As he reads it Z finally
discovers something new

Cassidy is the missing
link in Cuevas1 story,

the only one
who understands it all,

the other half
of the treasure map

Listen carefully.

You have to go
to Ensenada in three days.

Ask for this person,
who already knows everything

He will tell you whom
you need to speak with

There won't be any problems.

The "Sugar Loaf
leaves this week.

Otherwise there are other boats

It won't be longer
than this week

In twenty days
you will be there

Z interrupts Saponara

He says he doesn't know
what he is talking about

and that in any case,
it's a crazy stunt

That he's not willing to waste
more time on Cuevas' story

That thanks, but Saponara's
proposition is insane.

That he's sick and tired
of walking around the world...

and getting involved
where he doesn't belong to

That is enough
there is always a limit

It's over.

A week later

Z boards the merchant
ship 'Sugar Loaf.'

It flies a Peruvian flag

and the final
destination is Bombay,

stopping at Cape Town, Durban,
Mombasa, and Karachi

A few weeks later,
the ship reaches destination.

However, once there Z finds out
Cassidy has died..

of a rare illness
a month or two earlier.

He can't find much information.

Apparently Cassidy as retired..

and had worked
or the government...

his whole life, in customs.

His daughter
had never heard of Cuevas.

Z as she tells him,
was the first South American.

she had ever seen.

and it was hard for her
to believe..

that he was not European

Finally, she suddenly
remembers something

She runs inside and comes
back with an envelope.

This came days before his death

I think it is
from South America."

The return address
no the envelope.

reads "Axel Andres Alexanders"

Inside Z finally finds Cuevas

Dear Derek.

You don't know ow sorry I am

that your health
is not improving

It's hard to imagine you sick.

There are people we tend
to think of as invulnerable,

as though nothing
could ever happen to them

When you are a child, you think
of your parents that way.

I have always thought
of you that way

I remember seeing
ne of the films

I loved as a child, so long ago

A woman wanted to avenge
her husband�s murder,

and she looked
for the criminals to kill them

All of them even the strongest
and smartest,

ended up dying by her gun.

The same
is happening to us, Derek.

Even the strongest
and the smartest

Even you Derek, even me

You know what7

A few days ago
something strange happened

I turned sixty.
When I woke up, surprised,

I felt as I had
never felt before,

that nothing bad
could happen to me

I don't know
if you will understand,

but I felt I had won the game

I felt I had dealt
my cards so well

that I was completely safe

Safe from any harm
and any problem

I had won the game You know7

That night I cried
myself asleep.

I haven't done anything
but think ever since

I don't want this
to be my life anymore. Derek

Is it too late to start over?

I remember a story
someone told me once.

A man is born
into an enormous fortune.

He is handsome,
seductive, and athletic

He lives on the fast lane.

He gets married over and over
to beautiful women

but he cheats on them
His marriages fall apart

His debts build up,
he swindles.

and gives in to drink
and gambling

One day he finds he is
alone and unlucky

and decides to kill himself

As he is about to jump,
God speaks to him.

What is wrong with you?
What a waste

I gave you everything
and you threw it away

It's a shame.
You will begin again.

and you will do things
right this time.'!

The man comes back to life,

but this time he's thrifty
and prudent.

He makes a lot of money
but he is careful with it

He avoids surrounding himself.

with people
that can lead him astray.

He is cautious in love

and lets no one
deter him from his path.

He never makes a mistake,
never does anything wrong

But one day he finds..

he's as lonely
and unlucky as before,

or even more

When he is about to jump,
he hears God's voice again.

Jump1" God tells him

You are hopeless.

You are an idiot"

What about me. Derek9

I hope your health
improves soon.

I will write again
about business

Affectionately, Eugenio

So that was Cuevas " Z thinks
after he finishes reading

And for the first time,
he feels his journey is over

Third story H and Cesar,

the third day locked up
at the military base

Now, I remember
a really good story

It's really good

Hey, grumpy

Don't you want to hear \P

It's really good.

You don't know
what you're missing

Don't you want to hear \P

I'll tell it anyway1

CHAPTER XVII
THE "JOLLY GOODFELLOWS

For hours, while H sleeps,

Cesar sets out
in what seems to be.

the story of his childhood.
during the war

He speaks of his father
for the first time

He describes
his life as a child in detail.

Going from one place
to the next

arrested once and again.

Hund, can you read that map or not?

Chief, I told you I am not
good at reading maps.

We have already
walked this path

Let's walk on.

What do you make of it?

Too risky

You go first.

Do you see anything?

Something moving.

But I'm not sure

Let's go, Vayan.

This changes
the whole situation

Jolly Goodfellows.

It's late. We have to carry on.

Let�s go on Walk on!

Do not fall behind.
We must walk on

Just like this?

Grab his gun.

Chicken!

David Smile,

Johnnie Short,

Jack "The Pakh",

Blind Pew" Moran

Charlie London.

Cesars story ends
with the improbable image...

of himself alongside
the Englishmen

happily singing that magic song

If H had listened to
or understood the story

he might think it was
another of Cesar's fables

But Cesar's world,
here English soldiers.

laugh and sing,
where victory is celebrated..

with heroic songs,
it's much more than H

or anyone, can tolerate
at this point

In any case when H awakes
Cesar is already gone

CHAPTER XVIII THE LUCKY SONG

And now, more music
on FM Etoile

A possible end for Xs story

X reads in the newspaper,

at one of the many gas stations

on one of his trips

about the latest news
on the Mill incident

t�s too loud...

You can't smoke in here,
but who cares

There's no one here anyway.

There's never anybody

The same people always come by

truckers.

Then the five o'clock bus

Be careful

How long have you not smoked?

A long time.

Smoking does you good

You're on a trip, right7

Always on the road.

Always on the road.

Nice

According to the newspaper,

the Chilean had returned
to his country.

and had refused to comment

However a court clerk said

We cannot give the details
of his release from jail

The only thing we can say
is that this man was lucky

You could almost say
He had a God of his own"

So it seems X's dossier..

had fallen into the right hands

The whole adventure had served
a purpose in the end

Days, or perhaps weeks later;
after some light paperwork

H is freed.

The petty officer
charge of taking him...

to the nearest road tells him.
It took a while for you.

Things got complicated.
There was no way around it

Your roommate, instead,
he got out at once,

and he was a foreigner

So you see, it's all about luck"

Meanwhile on another road,
fairly close to or far...

from the other an old foreigner

returning who knows where to,
remembers a song he learned

when he was a child

It's a song that's meant
to be sung

after accomplishing
some great feat

after surviving danger
and arriving safe and sound.

Or after returning
from a long journey