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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:11,585 --> 00:00:15,101 THE PRIEST 2 00:02:23,463 --> 00:02:25,796 NATIONAL REFERENDUM YES TO FRANCO 3 00:03:15,056 --> 00:03:18,262 - Good morning, Father Miguel. - Good morning, Vicente. 4 00:03:37,355 --> 00:03:40,300 Have they told you what Father Luis said during yesterday's homily? 5 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:44,022 Yes. Sometimes, Father Luis forgets that the altar... 6 00:03:44,047 --> 00:03:46,936 is a place from which to spread the word of God, 7 00:03:46,936 --> 00:03:49,364 not his own personal opinions. 8 00:03:49,364 --> 00:03:52,688 Imagine! Saying those things the day before the referendum! 9 00:03:52,712 --> 00:03:57,466 One of these days, they'll fine him like they did the parson of St. Gil. 10 00:04:11,865 --> 00:04:14,528 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 11 00:04:14,647 --> 00:04:19,381 May the grace of our Lord Jesus and the love of our father be with you. 12 00:04:19,381 --> 00:04:21,249 And with your spirit. 13 00:04:21,974 --> 00:04:25,678 Before proceeding with the celebration, let us acknowledge our sins. 14 00:04:27,807 --> 00:04:29,077 Behave yourself. 15 00:04:48,025 --> 00:04:49,634 The body of Christ. 16 00:04:55,118 --> 00:04:56,397 The body of Christ. 17 00:05:03,267 --> 00:05:04,378 The body of... 18 00:05:08,029 --> 00:05:09,296 The body of Christ. 19 00:05:27,061 --> 00:05:28,328 The body of Christ. 20 00:05:28,879 --> 00:05:32,345 What happened to you this morning during communion? 21 00:05:32,578 --> 00:05:33,578 Nothing. 22 00:05:33,619 --> 00:05:37,915 The behavior of a minister of the Lord must always be above reproach. 23 00:05:38,239 --> 00:05:41,032 Otherwise, what would our parishioners think of us? 24 00:05:41,081 --> 00:05:42,493 I was nervous... 25 00:05:42,493 --> 00:05:46,734 There's no excuse for a priest to drop a wafer to the ground. 26 00:05:46,798 --> 00:05:49,664 Especially when done through an oversight. 27 00:05:49,931 --> 00:05:51,785 Don't you agree? 28 00:05:53,973 --> 00:05:56,232 Don't you have anything to say? 29 00:05:56,536 --> 00:05:57,536 Yes. 30 00:05:58,068 --> 00:06:00,468 You know the reason for my behavior. 31 00:06:00,711 --> 00:06:02,568 We've spoken about it before. 32 00:06:02,592 --> 00:06:06,544 But, son, you still haven't put an end to that problem? 33 00:06:07,036 --> 00:06:08,814 No, Father... I can't. 34 00:06:09,637 --> 00:06:11,504 It just keeps getting worse. 35 00:06:11,859 --> 00:06:14,326 The church is filled with temptation. 36 00:06:15,495 --> 00:06:18,286 They come to me to confess and I... 37 00:06:18,286 --> 00:06:19,286 Silence! 38 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:23,894 This is the third time I tell you, you have to be strong! 39 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:24,950 I can't. 40 00:06:25,014 --> 00:06:27,853 You must try by all means, my son. 41 00:06:28,347 --> 00:06:30,029 Take me, for example. 42 00:06:30,410 --> 00:06:32,624 If something should tempt me... 43 00:06:32,712 --> 00:06:34,506 I immediately reject it. 44 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:37,915 I go for a walk, take my mind of things. 45 00:06:38,101 --> 00:06:41,845 I dine at some Christian couple's home. 46 00:06:42,490 --> 00:06:44,547 Fill my belly! 47 00:06:44,768 --> 00:06:47,301 In any case, my only sin is gluttony... 48 00:06:47,458 --> 00:06:49,934 which is certainly more innocent... 49 00:06:50,117 --> 00:06:53,194 and definitely much more chaste. 50 00:06:54,292 --> 00:06:55,292 I know. 51 00:06:55,887 --> 00:06:58,696 It's just that eating is not enough for me. 52 00:06:58,744 --> 00:07:01,522 Let's see what that rabble has to say about us now. 53 00:07:01,570 --> 00:07:03,878 Didn't they want us to vote? 54 00:07:03,878 --> 00:07:06,529 Well, here are the results. 55 00:07:06,673 --> 00:07:09,416 99% percent of the voters said "yes" to Franco. 56 00:07:09,550 --> 00:07:11,636 What will they accuse us of now? 57 00:07:11,994 --> 00:07:15,352 His success was greater than the one obtained by DeGaulle in France... 58 00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:18,352 even though they call themselves Democrats. 59 00:07:28,985 --> 00:07:31,496 - Hi, Comrades. - Comrades? 60 00:07:31,699 --> 00:07:34,445 What kind of greeting is that, Father Luis? 61 00:07:34,517 --> 00:07:37,135 My apologies, Father Alfonso. It's just that I wrote this... 62 00:07:37,167 --> 00:07:39,434 and I like to know what you think. 63 00:07:39,484 --> 00:07:41,659 Go ahead and read it, son. 64 00:07:43,532 --> 00:07:47,182 "When that boy grows from a child into an adult... 65 00:07:47,278 --> 00:07:50,119 "surrounded by children and adults... 66 00:07:50,119 --> 00:07:52,373 "whose family backgrounds differ from his own... 67 00:07:52,452 --> 00:07:54,976 "he idealizes the image of the father he never knew. 68 00:07:54,976 --> 00:07:59,111 "This is a trauma capable of causing different types of reactions. 69 00:07:59,161 --> 00:08:02,676 "For example, the irrational assimilation of the concept of God." 70 00:08:02,717 --> 00:08:06,287 The essence of my book is summarized in this paragraph. 71 00:08:06,337 --> 00:08:10,638 Forgive me, but I don't remember what your book is about. 72 00:08:10,718 --> 00:08:12,259 Unwed mothers. 73 00:08:12,631 --> 00:08:14,845 Unwed mothers... 74 00:08:15,035 --> 00:08:18,790 What can a priest possibly have to say about unwed mothers? 75 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:20,869 What anyone else would say. 76 00:08:21,068 --> 00:08:24,314 They are shunned by society and their children become maladjusted. 77 00:08:24,364 --> 00:08:28,201 Oh, yes? Are you the child of an unwed woman? 78 00:08:29,713 --> 00:08:31,142 No, I'm not. 79 00:08:31,531 --> 00:08:35,895 But you don't need to be a Judge's son either to have a sense of justice... 80 00:08:35,991 --> 00:08:38,657 or of an idiot to talk nonsense. 81 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:41,239 Let's not stray from the subject. 82 00:08:41,412 --> 00:08:44,856 I'm also intrigued by that book, Luis. 83 00:08:44,906 --> 00:08:47,173 What is it you're trying to prove? 84 00:08:47,213 --> 00:08:49,348 I'm not trying to prove anything. 85 00:08:49,388 --> 00:08:53,163 I propose a very simple thesis: Some children from unwed mothers... 86 00:08:53,163 --> 00:08:57,763 have shown a zeal for spiritual self-improvement far above the norm. 87 00:08:57,893 --> 00:08:59,830 What do you base this on? 88 00:09:00,163 --> 00:09:04,673 In those cases where the child doesn’t know of his father's personality... 89 00:09:04,673 --> 00:09:08,441 or at least knows that it's not the man married to his mother. 90 00:09:08,441 --> 00:09:10,347 Leonardo da Vinci, for example. 91 00:09:10,435 --> 00:09:13,836 I heard about that. Also, that the Gioconda's smile... 92 00:09:13,836 --> 00:09:17,044 was that of his mother, repudiated for being an adulteress. 93 00:09:17,044 --> 00:09:19,540 And there are other examples. 94 00:09:19,703 --> 00:09:20,826 Such as? 95 00:09:21,345 --> 00:09:22,345 Well... 96 00:09:22,584 --> 00:09:24,558 The case of Moses and... 97 00:09:25,092 --> 00:09:26,490 Jesus Christ. 98 00:09:31,709 --> 00:09:33,523 Father Luis! 99 00:09:33,931 --> 00:09:35,998 How can you talk such nonsense? 100 00:09:36,023 --> 00:09:39,034 That's not nonsense, that's blasphemy! 101 00:09:39,396 --> 00:09:42,158 Not from a historical or scientific point of view. 102 00:09:42,158 --> 00:09:44,626 You're a priest! A Catholic priest! 103 00:09:45,867 --> 00:09:48,940 How can you say that and call yourself a priest? 104 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:50,960 What I say doesn't matter. 105 00:09:51,010 --> 00:09:54,192 Faith shouldn't exclude science, it should complement it. 106 00:09:54,248 --> 00:09:56,867 - Shut up! - Take it easy, Miguel! 107 00:10:25,429 --> 00:10:30,135 How is it possible, my child, that a lady such as yourself... 108 00:10:30,286 --> 00:10:32,086 should go to such extremes? 109 00:10:32,429 --> 00:10:35,389 I know, Father... but it's my husband. 110 00:10:35,389 --> 00:10:39,277 Not even your husband has the right to strip you of your dignity! 111 00:10:39,327 --> 00:10:44,671 A decent, Christian woman should know how to say no to her husband! 112 00:10:44,671 --> 00:10:47,726 - My marital duties... - We're not talking marital duties here! 113 00:10:47,798 --> 00:10:50,679 This is unnatural! Forgive me but... 114 00:10:50,845 --> 00:10:56,540 your husband's attitude says very little about his manhood. 115 00:10:56,540 --> 00:11:01,588 Only sodomites and homosexuals engage in acts such as these! 116 00:11:01,905 --> 00:11:04,342 No, Father... he's not like that. 117 00:11:04,866 --> 00:11:07,733 We do it that way because we don't want... 118 00:11:07,937 --> 00:11:11,056 better yet, we can't have any more children. 119 00:11:11,176 --> 00:11:12,818 But you're a Catholic! 120 00:11:12,818 --> 00:11:14,551 That's precisely the point. 121 00:11:15,136 --> 00:11:18,669 Some of my friends suggested I take one of those pills... 122 00:11:18,890 --> 00:11:21,290 but I'm not capable of such a thing. 123 00:11:21,340 --> 00:11:23,371 That's as bad as an abortion. 124 00:11:23,467 --> 00:11:27,176 Of course! But what you're doing is just as bad! 125 00:11:27,176 --> 00:11:29,897 Then... what do you suggest, Father? 126 00:11:29,897 --> 00:11:32,230 Have as many children as God wants! 127 00:11:32,271 --> 00:11:36,381 If you don't want to have any, then you must abstain! 128 00:11:36,501 --> 00:11:38,064 To be lawful... 129 00:11:38,453 --> 00:11:41,572 marriage must meet a certain condition, my child. 130 00:11:41,612 --> 00:11:45,901 It is your inescapable duty to procreate, to be fruitful. 131 00:11:46,223 --> 00:11:48,069 The rest is plain lust! 132 00:11:48,525 --> 00:11:50,739 And allow me to add that... 133 00:11:50,866 --> 00:11:53,818 by satisfying your husband's sexual urges... 134 00:11:53,818 --> 00:11:57,977 you're behaving like a prostitute and not a Christian wife! 135 00:12:02,399 --> 00:12:04,912 A CARESS FOR YOUR SKIN 136 00:12:10,339 --> 00:12:14,992 Dear brothers... before I bless this union... 137 00:12:15,284 --> 00:12:17,371 I want to add a few words. 138 00:12:17,514 --> 00:12:19,935 When celebrating the sacrament of matrimony... 139 00:12:19,935 --> 00:12:25,186 remember your moral obligation within the Christian community. 140 00:12:25,808 --> 00:12:29,741 Christ established this sacrament in the nuptials of Cana. 141 00:12:29,824 --> 00:12:33,557 Before that, God our Father had mandated it as such... 142 00:12:33,607 --> 00:12:38,022 when he said, "Be truthful and multiply." 143 00:13:14,239 --> 00:13:16,982 "Be truthful and multiply." 144 00:13:17,707 --> 00:13:19,774 That is the divine judgment... 145 00:13:20,208 --> 00:13:22,408 upon which everything is based... 146 00:13:22,675 --> 00:13:24,890 since the beginning of time. 147 00:14:22,424 --> 00:14:24,758 Do you think he's sick? 148 00:14:24,808 --> 00:14:27,388 In that case, we find another priest. 149 00:14:27,413 --> 00:14:30,946 We're not leaving until they're married, understood? 150 00:14:38,523 --> 00:14:39,769 Have a seat. 151 00:14:46,294 --> 00:14:48,079 It's been a long time, Alfonso. 152 00:14:48,127 --> 00:14:50,900 True. The Bishop and I... 153 00:14:51,159 --> 00:14:54,722 were friends at the seminary, and look where he is now. 154 00:14:54,837 --> 00:14:57,047 Where the Lord wanted me to be. 155 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:00,803 You're father Miguel? 156 00:15:00,882 --> 00:15:02,057 Yes, Bishop. 157 00:15:02,057 --> 00:15:04,485 Well, I know about your problem. 158 00:15:05,065 --> 00:15:08,065 My good friend Alfonso wrote to me about it. 159 00:15:08,181 --> 00:15:13,048 This is not the first time they've come to me with a problem like yours. 160 00:15:13,371 --> 00:15:14,554 How old are you? 161 00:15:14,887 --> 00:15:16,826 I'll be 36 in June. 162 00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:18,681 A crucial moment. 163 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:22,554 That is why you must fight like never before... 164 00:15:23,054 --> 00:15:24,459 against temptation. 165 00:15:24,768 --> 00:15:28,625 I am tempted, Bishop, by the world that surrounds me. 166 00:15:29,006 --> 00:15:33,473 It is our own parishioners that constantly remind me of temptation. 167 00:15:34,837 --> 00:15:37,970 My constant contact with them weakens my will. 168 00:15:38,305 --> 00:15:40,638 You should've known your strengths. 169 00:15:40,956 --> 00:15:43,422 If this simple contact weakens you... 170 00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:48,222 why didn't you become a monk, a Carthusian, a Trappist? 171 00:15:48,317 --> 00:15:50,920 A life of contemplation is not my calling. 172 00:15:50,970 --> 00:15:53,063 I became a Priest to help others. 173 00:15:53,088 --> 00:15:55,270 A beautiful answer, Father Miguel. 174 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,732 Above all, you have a good heart. 175 00:15:57,732 --> 00:16:00,413 Of course! It's just a pity that... 176 00:16:00,438 --> 00:16:03,367 How many are you at your parish? 177 00:16:03,417 --> 00:16:04,504 There's seven of us. 178 00:16:04,504 --> 00:16:07,638 I don't imagine you're overburdened with work. 179 00:16:09,187 --> 00:16:11,528 It would be wise to keep father Miguel... 180 00:16:11,543 --> 00:16:14,020 away from specific duties. 181 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:19,039 For example, let him take care of the children's apostolate. 182 00:16:19,226 --> 00:16:22,528 Next month we begin with First Communions. 183 00:16:23,036 --> 00:16:25,903 Very well. Don't you agree, Father Miguel? 184 00:16:26,996 --> 00:16:30,594 I believe so. Besides, there's a lot I can do. 185 00:16:30,594 --> 00:16:34,994 I'm used to dealing with children. Mornings, I teach at a school. 186 00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:40,187 A few years ago we would have had enough pull to have that... 187 00:16:40,187 --> 00:16:43,187 - removed from our parish. - Good afternoon, Father. 188 00:16:43,552 --> 00:16:45,240 Look at that hair! 189 00:16:45,859 --> 00:16:48,293 You should visit the barber shop. 190 00:16:48,404 --> 00:16:52,086 - You look like a hippie. - Don't be so old fashioned, Father. 191 00:16:52,258 --> 00:16:55,678 What do you think of your new neighbor? You're not complaining, are you? 192 00:16:55,971 --> 00:16:58,437 Silence. You're becoming a scoundrel. 193 00:16:58,487 --> 00:17:02,204 Instead of taking pictures at weddings and baptisms... 194 00:17:02,204 --> 00:17:05,434 I'm going to try and start taking pictures like that one. 195 00:17:05,482 --> 00:17:09,330 I'm going to have to have a talk with your father. 196 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:13,457 They want you to come by the house on Sunday. They're cooking Fabada. 197 00:17:13,501 --> 00:17:16,182 Believe me, I wouldn't miss it! 198 00:17:16,263 --> 00:17:18,095 I never doubted that. 199 00:17:20,197 --> 00:17:23,217 I baptize you in the name of the Father... 200 00:17:23,848 --> 00:17:26,184 the Son and the Holy spirit. 201 00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:41,535 Let us pray for the newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ. 202 00:17:42,012 --> 00:17:46,187 May the baptismal water upon which the Church was born be free of sin. 203 00:17:46,187 --> 00:17:48,631 - Let us pray. - We pray to You. 204 00:17:48,631 --> 00:17:53,312 Pray that all men share in the life that flows from the baptism. 205 00:17:53,312 --> 00:17:54,875 PARISH RESIDENCE 206 00:17:54,875 --> 00:17:56,262 Father Miguel. 207 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:58,478 What are you doing here? 208 00:17:58,478 --> 00:18:00,878 Looking for you. I wanted to confess. 209 00:18:01,463 --> 00:18:05,463 The Bishop has temporarily exempted me from certain duties. 210 00:18:05,505 --> 00:18:07,045 Including taking my confession? 211 00:18:07,101 --> 00:18:11,297 For the time being. I'll only handle the children's spiritual guidance. 212 00:18:11,339 --> 00:18:14,695 Therefore, I can't make an exception with you or anybody else. 213 00:18:14,855 --> 00:18:18,685 I'm so used to you. Besides, you know about me... 214 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:20,543 you know my problems. 215 00:18:21,114 --> 00:18:23,540 Of course I know your problems. 216 00:18:23,844 --> 00:18:26,777 But they won't go away just because of me! 217 00:18:26,898 --> 00:18:30,342 What you need, above else, is to make amendments... 218 00:18:30,525 --> 00:18:32,855 and to learn to say no... 219 00:18:32,855 --> 00:18:35,191 to your husband's abnormal behavior! 220 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:38,485 Shouldn't we address this inside the confessional? 221 00:18:38,549 --> 00:18:41,342 I've already told you no. Find someone else. 222 00:18:41,429 --> 00:18:44,421 That way you'll have to suffer the shame and mortification... 223 00:18:44,437 --> 00:18:46,692 of confessing to someone else. 224 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:48,359 You're not a good priest. 225 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:50,597 You have no heart. 226 00:18:50,676 --> 00:18:53,025 The Bishop was right in doing what he did. 227 00:18:53,097 --> 00:18:54,891 Watch what you're saying, ma'am! 228 00:18:54,891 --> 00:18:57,824 You think you have the right to insult me? 229 00:18:58,002 --> 00:19:00,216 I never insulted you. I'm your confessor. 230 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,773 You're no longer my confessor! You said so yourself. 231 00:19:04,391 --> 00:19:05,780 You're right. 232 00:19:05,851 --> 00:19:08,251 So there's no reason for us to talk. 233 00:19:08,391 --> 00:19:10,057 Not now or ever again. 234 00:19:10,804 --> 00:19:12,105 Forgive me, Father. 235 00:19:12,574 --> 00:19:14,575 Perhaps I'm a bit nervous. 236 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:17,327 The truth is I needed to confess... 237 00:19:18,002 --> 00:19:20,494 and give vent to my feelings but... 238 00:19:21,555 --> 00:19:22,796 if you can't... 239 00:19:23,034 --> 00:19:24,948 I'm sorry. I really am. 240 00:19:26,018 --> 00:19:27,343 It's not possible. 241 00:19:28,589 --> 00:19:29,931 But I will pray. 242 00:19:30,748 --> 00:19:33,281 I'll pray that God gives you strength. 243 00:19:34,804 --> 00:19:37,004 That he gives strength to us all. 244 00:19:46,350 --> 00:19:50,183 The beam of light from the projector can be a beam of God... 245 00:19:50,183 --> 00:19:52,144 or even a beam of the devil. 246 00:19:52,683 --> 00:19:55,142 Like those disgraceful tours... 247 00:19:55,254 --> 00:19:58,987 organized near the French border to view immoral films. 248 00:19:59,184 --> 00:20:02,787 Imagine if there was an accident during the return trip, 249 00:20:02,819 --> 00:20:06,714 how many souls would be condemned for merely assisting to such a show? 250 00:20:07,882 --> 00:20:10,976 It's alarming to read in some papers... 251 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:15,349 about the efforts by some to do away with censorship. 252 00:20:18,011 --> 00:20:19,590 We're done for today. 253 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:24,127 Next time we'll have a written test on the following subject... 254 00:20:25,169 --> 00:20:29,728 "The detrimental influence of the media on society's morals." 255 00:20:41,568 --> 00:20:43,547 That's all for today, boys. 256 00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:48,448 - Done with your class? - Yes, I'm returning to the parish. 257 00:20:48,496 --> 00:20:50,877 - I'll go with you. - You'll have to change. 258 00:20:50,877 --> 00:20:52,512 I'll change when I get there. 259 00:20:52,826 --> 00:20:54,881 - You're going like this? - Why not? 260 00:20:54,931 --> 00:20:58,807 What about you? Priests your age don't go around dressed like that. 261 00:20:58,807 --> 00:21:02,545 - Manual also dresses like this. - Yeah, but you know Manuel. 262 00:21:02,555 --> 00:21:07,134 I'd never say anything to him or to don Alfonso, but you? 263 00:21:07,404 --> 00:21:10,336 Maybe I'm not so different from them. 264 00:21:10,656 --> 00:21:11,656 I know you are. 265 00:21:11,706 --> 00:21:15,402 Despite your problem, you're different from them. 266 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,942 Maybe that's why you have problems. 267 00:21:18,347 --> 00:21:20,934 Maybe I just like to wear a cassock. 268 00:21:20,984 --> 00:21:25,650 It's much more elegant than those clergyman clothes you like to wear. 269 00:23:55,089 --> 00:23:59,556 - Hey, look at what they did. - Must've been one of those hippies. 270 00:23:59,661 --> 00:24:02,794 We'll have to inform them down at the station. 271 00:24:06,963 --> 00:24:09,795 - Are the children ready? - Yes. 272 00:24:10,137 --> 00:24:12,400 Fathers Carlos and Manual are with them. 273 00:24:12,416 --> 00:24:14,908 I want Father Luis to address them. 274 00:24:16,226 --> 00:24:19,955 - I thought I was taking care of them. - Yes, of course. 275 00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:22,630 You're in charge of the communion itself... 276 00:24:22,686 --> 00:24:28,897 but Father Luis knows all about the latest updates from The Vatican. 277 00:24:29,965 --> 00:24:34,576 In other parishes, new methods are being used with children. 278 00:24:34,703 --> 00:24:36,996 New methods? What new methods? 279 00:24:37,163 --> 00:24:41,736 We can no longer talk to children about hell and sins. 280 00:24:41,736 --> 00:24:43,138 What then? 281 00:24:43,265 --> 00:24:46,034 We talk to them about the world around them. 282 00:24:46,082 --> 00:24:49,852 Jesus not only wants you to adore and respect him. 283 00:24:50,233 --> 00:24:54,296 He wants to bring joy to you. He wants you to be who you are. 284 00:24:54,352 --> 00:24:56,018 He wants you to be free. 285 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,915 Sometimes, when your parents don't want you to do something... 286 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:02,348 they will evoke the name of God. 287 00:25:02,646 --> 00:25:07,627 Bit it's time you understood what you must do in the name of God... 288 00:25:07,627 --> 00:25:11,515 and what is expected of you as a member of our society. 289 00:25:11,706 --> 00:25:14,932 I'll give you an example so you understand what I'm saying. 290 00:25:14,988 --> 00:25:16,829 For example, what is blasphemy? 291 00:25:16,877 --> 00:25:20,296 To offend God with words or thoughts. 292 00:25:20,296 --> 00:25:23,324 But what are those words that really offend God? 293 00:25:23,357 --> 00:25:26,722 Sometimes you yourselves, but especially your grown-up friends, 294 00:25:26,722 --> 00:25:31,087 when they get upset with someone, they'll call him a moron, 295 00:25:31,150 --> 00:25:33,246 a fag or a son of a bitch. 296 00:25:33,507 --> 00:25:37,314 I'm telling you now, these words are not a sin. 297 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:40,690 They shouldn't be said because they might offend... 298 00:25:40,747 --> 00:25:43,071 those people they are being said to. 299 00:25:43,127 --> 00:25:47,493 However, if instead you say things like... 300 00:25:47,493 --> 00:25:49,949 Jesus "fucking" Chris... 301 00:25:50,186 --> 00:25:53,223 then that is truly a sin. 302 00:26:03,191 --> 00:26:05,391 No, I'm not trying to offend you. 303 00:26:05,890 --> 00:26:08,699 I've uttered these words, these blasphemies, 304 00:26:08,747 --> 00:26:11,151 because we hear them on the street... 305 00:26:11,201 --> 00:26:14,734 and there's no reason we can't hear them in church. 306 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,557 God is not only in this altar. He is everywhere. 307 00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:21,770 He hears and sees everything... 308 00:26:21,866 --> 00:26:26,333 yet He doesn't send a bolt of lightning down on whoever says this. 309 00:26:26,369 --> 00:26:28,969 God is not an executioner, my children. 310 00:26:29,019 --> 00:26:33,286 God doesn't issues tickets or put in jail those who insult him. 311 00:26:33,630 --> 00:26:38,030 God created the heavens and the earth because, above all else... 312 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:39,506 He is merciful. 313 00:26:39,797 --> 00:26:41,669 These are the new methods? 314 00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:45,328 This is the renewal of the Church? Not even a Communist... 315 00:26:45,378 --> 00:26:47,576 would dare say what you said! 316 00:26:47,688 --> 00:26:49,743 What do you think I should have said? 317 00:26:49,799 --> 00:26:54,108 Should I just talk to them about hell and punishment? 318 00:26:54,291 --> 00:26:59,247 Should I say that God is incapable of understanding human frailty? 319 00:26:59,272 --> 00:27:02,069 What has the Church accomplished after centuries of... 320 00:27:02,093 --> 00:27:04,974 threatening people with eternal damnation... 321 00:27:05,014 --> 00:27:07,387 other than to keep people away? 322 00:27:07,437 --> 00:27:10,937 If this is what brings them back, let them go! 323 00:27:10,937 --> 00:27:12,079 Enough! 324 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:16,408 Please... I beg you to stop arguing! 325 00:27:21,324 --> 00:27:23,768 You must assert your authority! 326 00:27:23,871 --> 00:27:26,522 You can't allow things like that to be said! 327 00:27:26,572 --> 00:27:28,016 This is intolerable! 328 00:27:28,056 --> 00:27:32,087 I'm as shocked as you are by what he said to the children. 329 00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:34,976 But I dare not criticize him. 330 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:39,230 Father Luis is undoubtedly an intelligent, educated man... 331 00:27:39,278 --> 00:27:43,094 - with a theological background... - That doesn't mean... 332 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,183 Listen to me, Father Miguel! 333 00:27:46,722 --> 00:27:50,009 I don't quite understand these changes... 334 00:27:50,009 --> 00:27:52,142 that the Church is going through. 335 00:27:52,548 --> 00:27:54,936 All my live I've obeyed my superiors... 336 00:27:54,977 --> 00:27:57,222 and never screwed things up. 337 00:27:57,492 --> 00:28:01,492 I don't want the Bishop to say I'm an old-fashioned priest. 338 00:28:01,627 --> 00:28:03,494 Listen to what I'm saying. 339 00:28:03,659 --> 00:28:05,833 The way things are going... 340 00:28:06,175 --> 00:28:09,151 I wouldn't be surprised it they said Luis was right. 341 00:28:09,207 --> 00:28:12,984 Anyway, I've been invited to dinner by don Esteban. 342 00:28:13,064 --> 00:28:15,197 and I wouldn't want to be late. 343 00:28:23,792 --> 00:28:27,197 That is the tone. Now, sing with me. 344 00:28:27,260 --> 00:28:28,728 One more time. 345 00:28:35,408 --> 00:28:37,923 One row at a time. You go first. 346 00:28:39,090 --> 00:28:41,490 Come now, with spiritual absorption. 347 00:28:41,709 --> 00:28:42,867 Come on... 348 00:28:43,979 --> 00:28:45,957 Come, the girls, too. 349 00:28:48,167 --> 00:28:49,242 That's it. 350 00:29:26,649 --> 00:29:27,808 Let's go. 351 00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:37,939 - The Virgin Mary. - Of the Immaculate Conception. 352 00:29:38,516 --> 00:29:41,091 What are your sins, my son? 353 00:29:41,315 --> 00:29:46,355 I disobeyed my parents. My mom sent me out to buy salt... 354 00:29:46,355 --> 00:29:50,202 and instead I went to play with my friends. 355 00:29:50,202 --> 00:29:53,030 And in school I took someone's pen... 356 00:29:58,033 --> 00:30:01,375 That is shameful! How dare you say such a thing? 357 00:30:01,487 --> 00:30:04,014 What you need is a psychiatrist! 358 00:30:04,249 --> 00:30:06,241 I... It's the first time... 359 00:30:06,241 --> 00:30:09,278 You think it's normal for a priest... 360 00:30:09,512 --> 00:30:12,629 to get excited looking at an eight your old's legs? 361 00:30:12,654 --> 00:30:14,655 What are you, a degenerate? 362 00:30:14,782 --> 00:30:17,116 - This is disgusting! - I'm sorry. 363 00:30:17,276 --> 00:30:19,143 You're sorry? You know what? 364 00:30:19,338 --> 00:30:22,103 You should go to bed with a woman! 365 00:30:22,568 --> 00:30:24,568 At least that would be normal! 366 00:30:25,370 --> 00:30:27,528 I don't even know what I'm saying! 367 00:30:27,568 --> 00:30:30,656 We're both going to end up insane! 368 00:31:07,345 --> 00:31:09,900 The ceremony is simply wonderful. 369 00:31:09,940 --> 00:31:14,521 Well, you can forget it. The Vatican is promoting austerity. 370 00:31:14,521 --> 00:31:19,968 In some parishes, children are taking their Communion in street clothes. 371 00:31:20,243 --> 00:31:21,819 That's a shame. 372 00:31:32,864 --> 00:31:34,269 You may sit down. 373 00:31:37,097 --> 00:31:39,710 Before you leave, my dear children... 374 00:31:40,163 --> 00:31:44,392 I want to remind you that today is the happiest day of your life. 375 00:31:44,567 --> 00:31:48,633 From this day forward, you have joined in Christ's legion... 376 00:31:48,678 --> 00:31:51,478 whom you have received for the first time. 377 00:31:52,281 --> 00:31:54,215 I'd like to tell you a story. 378 00:31:54,985 --> 00:31:57,183 A simple, yet beautiful story. 379 00:31:58,937 --> 00:32:02,397 Many years ago, when Spain was in chaos... 380 00:32:02,556 --> 00:32:05,756 and Christ's enemies were advancing, 381 00:32:05,858 --> 00:32:06,858 one boy, 382 00:32:06,905 --> 00:32:10,738 having taken his First Communion and as a promise to his mother.. 383 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,262 put his tie away. 384 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:15,363 The same tie he wore that very day. 385 00:32:16,456 --> 00:32:18,345 He would wear it to school. 386 00:32:18,663 --> 00:32:20,884 He wore it to the University. 387 00:32:20,917 --> 00:32:23,472 I don't think Luis is going to like this. 388 00:32:23,599 --> 00:32:25,107 But it's beautiful. 389 00:32:27,115 --> 00:32:30,352 And during the time of our glorious national crusade... 390 00:32:30,385 --> 00:32:34,384 the boy went to the battlefield and fought valiantly. 391 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:38,313 But a bullet, fired by the enemy, found his body. 392 00:32:38,377 --> 00:32:41,512 As he lay dying in the Chaplain's arms... 393 00:32:41,942 --> 00:32:45,426 the boy reached into his jacket and handed him the tie... 394 00:32:45,458 --> 00:32:47,958 so that his mother would know... 395 00:32:48,053 --> 00:32:52,084 he had never forgotten that day. 396 00:32:53,395 --> 00:32:56,847 The day... of his First Communion. 397 00:33:23,140 --> 00:33:24,235 Father Miguel. 398 00:33:26,108 --> 00:33:28,957 - I'd like you to meet my husband. - Pleased to meet you. 399 00:33:30,251 --> 00:33:32,769 - How are you? - His first Communion. 400 00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:36,914 My son told me he never finished his confession. 401 00:33:37,537 --> 00:33:40,616 I got dizzy and had to leave. 402 00:33:40,616 --> 00:33:42,885 I'm not surprised, Dealing with all these kids. 403 00:33:42,918 --> 00:33:46,051 - You'll join us for lunch? - Lunch? 404 00:33:46,076 --> 00:33:50,273 Several families have gotten together. The parson is also coming. 405 00:34:20,818 --> 00:34:23,493 Come on, Paco! Sing us a song! 406 00:34:25,728 --> 00:34:27,644 Come on, man! 407 00:34:34,401 --> 00:34:37,599 Okay, this was written by Juanito Valderrama. 408 00:34:37,678 --> 00:34:41,374 It's the perfect song for a day like today. 409 00:34:41,416 --> 00:34:42,883 It goes like this. 410 00:36:45,852 --> 00:36:48,185 - You're not feeling well? - No... 411 00:36:48,217 --> 00:36:50,243 But you look pale. 412 00:36:50,243 --> 00:36:52,843 It's the wine, it didn't agree with me. 413 00:37:04,659 --> 00:37:07,132 Why did you get up so early? 414 00:37:07,524 --> 00:37:09,420 I couldn't sleep a wink. 415 00:37:09,992 --> 00:37:10,992 Problems? 416 00:37:11,042 --> 00:37:15,374 I imagine I'm the last person you want to share your problems with. 417 00:37:15,414 --> 00:37:16,938 but if I can be of help. 418 00:37:16,986 --> 00:37:19,053 I've come to see you because... 419 00:37:19,137 --> 00:37:21,137 I'd like to ask you something. 420 00:37:23,533 --> 00:37:27,248 It's... a very delicate question. 421 00:37:28,216 --> 00:37:29,858 What is the question? 422 00:37:31,470 --> 00:37:33,603 Have you ever been with a woman? 423 00:37:34,938 --> 00:37:36,549 That's some question. 424 00:37:36,867 --> 00:37:40,067 Forgive me. I know I shouldn't have asked you. 425 00:37:40,327 --> 00:37:43,343 That's something that's not correct, not allowed. 426 00:37:43,399 --> 00:37:44,640 It's not that. 427 00:37:45,951 --> 00:37:47,618 What exactly do you mean? 428 00:37:48,618 --> 00:37:50,014 What do I mean? 429 00:37:50,657 --> 00:37:52,991 If I ever went to bed with a woman? 430 00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:55,788 Yes, I have. 431 00:37:56,733 --> 00:37:57,900 I thought so. 432 00:37:58,661 --> 00:38:00,749 How could you do something like that? 433 00:38:00,781 --> 00:38:02,923 It's the simplest thing in the world. 434 00:38:02,987 --> 00:38:04,638 I'm not proud of it. 435 00:38:04,892 --> 00:38:07,771 I'm well aware that it's wrong for a priest to do that. 436 00:38:08,145 --> 00:38:10,278 But I've done it more than once. 437 00:38:13,573 --> 00:38:15,640 You've never been with a woman? 438 00:38:19,397 --> 00:38:21,730 Not even before becoming a priest? 439 00:38:23,012 --> 00:38:25,412 I was 14 when I joined the Seminary. 440 00:38:26,039 --> 00:38:28,439 I always behaved myself accordingly. 441 00:38:29,285 --> 00:38:32,018 You can behave and still have weaknesses. 442 00:38:32,126 --> 00:38:33,832 We're not machines. 443 00:38:35,570 --> 00:38:38,689 Until recently, I didn't know what a weakness was. 444 00:38:39,697 --> 00:38:41,851 Time for mass, Father Luis. 445 00:38:42,063 --> 00:38:43,483 I'm ready, Vicente. 446 00:38:47,283 --> 00:38:50,132 We can continue this conversation later, if you wish. 447 00:38:50,180 --> 00:38:52,847 I'd rather we never bring this up again. 448 00:38:52,981 --> 00:38:55,315 Please forgive me for having asked. 449 00:38:56,069 --> 00:38:57,935 Forget I ever said anything. 450 00:38:59,251 --> 00:39:00,347 Fine. 451 00:39:30,467 --> 00:39:32,481 What brings you here, handsome? 452 00:39:32,706 --> 00:39:34,158 Treat me to a drink? 453 00:39:34,690 --> 00:39:37,586 - Shall we sit at the bar? - Let's sit here. 454 00:39:37,634 --> 00:39:42,576 The show's a piece of shit but this is a nice table. 455 00:39:47,210 --> 00:39:48,877 How about some champagne? 456 00:39:48,927 --> 00:39:51,071 I'd rather have some whiskey. 457 00:39:51,769 --> 00:39:55,375 - Bring us a bottle. - Just a shot for me. 458 00:39:57,366 --> 00:39:58,576 Oh, joy. 459 00:39:59,888 --> 00:40:01,110 Two whiskeys. 460 00:40:08,616 --> 00:40:12,676 My name's Vicenta, but everyone calls me Fanny. What is your name? 461 00:40:12,875 --> 00:40:13,875 Miguel. 462 00:40:14,581 --> 00:40:16,106 You're very handsome. 463 00:40:18,845 --> 00:40:23,111 Boy, you sure are shy! What can I say that won't embarrass you? 464 00:40:54,570 --> 00:40:55,705 You like her? 465 00:40:56,618 --> 00:40:58,551 She's very pretty, isn't she? 466 00:40:58,808 --> 00:41:01,675 I'm in better shape and she's got no tits. 467 00:41:01,804 --> 00:41:02,804 Look at these.... 468 00:41:08,609 --> 00:41:11,045 -Water, sir? - Yes, please. 469 00:41:11,387 --> 00:41:13,042 Bring me another one. 470 00:41:13,813 --> 00:41:15,574 You don't mind, do you? 471 00:41:19,003 --> 00:41:20,241 I like you. 472 00:41:26,853 --> 00:41:28,519 Don't close your mouth! 473 00:41:41,502 --> 00:41:42,986 Did you like that? 474 00:41:45,367 --> 00:41:46,967 You look like a priest. 475 00:41:51,067 --> 00:41:52,837 Don't get so excited! 476 00:41:53,027 --> 00:41:55,630 Besides, you wouldn't be my first. 477 00:41:57,061 --> 00:42:00,664 - Priests come here? - Not wearing church cloths. 478 00:42:00,721 --> 00:42:02,799 But dressed like this, many. 479 00:42:06,030 --> 00:42:08,539 Don't get upset. I'm just kidding. 480 00:42:11,763 --> 00:42:13,963 Boy, are you hard! 481 00:42:14,692 --> 00:42:16,414 And it's big, too! 482 00:42:17,699 --> 00:42:18,853 What's wrong? 483 00:42:19,687 --> 00:42:23,242 - I'm going to the restroom. - Wait, I'll take care of it at home. 484 00:42:23,306 --> 00:42:25,171 No, I'm going to urinate. 485 00:42:28,831 --> 00:42:30,259 These priests... 486 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:45,767 What's wrong with you? 487 00:44:04,118 --> 00:44:06,458 Father Miguel isn't joining us? 488 00:44:07,665 --> 00:44:11,522 - He's not feeling well. - You can't live without food. 489 00:44:11,816 --> 00:44:15,611 Adelina, take some food up to Father Miguel's room. 490 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,554 Right away, don Alfonso. 491 00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:23,568 Miguel has reached the age where he's questioning his goal in life. 492 00:44:23,592 --> 00:44:25,897 What are you trying to tell us? 493 00:44:26,036 --> 00:44:28,687 Being a priest is not enough. 494 00:44:28,917 --> 00:44:32,641 Personally, if I didn't have other activities, I'd go insane. 495 00:44:32,674 --> 00:44:36,189 - That must be what he's going through. - We both teach. 496 00:44:36,221 --> 00:44:40,046 What's that for a man like Miguel? Teaching National Catholicism... 497 00:44:40,102 --> 00:44:45,158 a ridiculous subject used by the government! An instrument... 498 00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:46,833 An instrument of what? 499 00:44:46,927 --> 00:44:49,452 What else? The power, the regime! 500 00:44:49,524 --> 00:44:53,365 You know I don't like to talk about politics! 501 00:44:53,415 --> 00:44:57,860 Yes, I know. But what do you think you've been doing all your life? 502 00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:02,733 Especially when you attend the feasts given by those pious parishioners? 503 00:45:02,730 --> 00:45:06,867 You shouldn't allow him to treat you like this in front of everyone! 504 00:45:06,917 --> 00:45:11,667 I appreciate your concern over my authority, Father Manual. 505 00:45:11,795 --> 00:45:14,062 I know how to take care of myself. 506 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:18,384 I don't need anyone telling me when I'm being insulted! 507 00:45:34,432 --> 00:45:37,391 - I like this one, too. - Here's another one. 508 00:45:37,814 --> 00:45:38,814 Look. 509 00:45:40,679 --> 00:45:44,138 I need to find an activity I enjoy doing. 510 00:45:44,274 --> 00:45:47,074 I thought maybe I could learn photography. 511 00:45:47,124 --> 00:45:49,191 I think it's a beautiful hobby. 512 00:45:49,229 --> 00:45:52,656 - I can teach you, if you want. - Really? 513 00:45:53,073 --> 00:45:55,930 Thanks. I'd really appreciate that. 514 00:45:56,155 --> 00:45:58,621 I have lots of free time on my hands. 515 00:46:37,410 --> 00:46:41,524 You can stop by the Studio, and I'll tell you... 516 00:46:41,524 --> 00:46:44,842 how to work the camera and the developer. 517 00:46:44,842 --> 00:46:49,575 Also, I could bring you some books. Although theory is pretty useless. 518 00:46:49,629 --> 00:46:51,351 You just have to do it. 519 00:47:02,936 --> 00:47:04,452 What's wrong with him? 520 00:47:06,627 --> 00:47:10,707 - That guy’s a little crazy. - Don't say that. 521 00:47:10,707 --> 00:47:13,640 He's nuts and getting worse by the minute! 522 00:47:13,690 --> 00:47:18,515 He knows me since I was a boy. Yet lately, he doesn't even say hi. 523 00:47:18,611 --> 00:47:22,544 - What did I do to him? - He's going through a rough time. 524 00:49:16,616 --> 00:49:20,997 Father Miguel... what are we going to do with you? 525 00:49:21,790 --> 00:49:25,990 I'm beginning to wonder if the Bishop made the right decision. 526 00:49:26,559 --> 00:49:30,492 Perhaps we shouldn't have taken you away from your duties. 527 00:49:30,655 --> 00:49:33,313 Having nothing to do is bad for you. 528 00:49:34,552 --> 00:49:38,250 My mind has room for only one thing now... sex. 529 00:49:38,393 --> 00:49:39,837 Come now, Miguel! 530 00:49:39,988 --> 00:49:45,345 A few nights ago, I went looking for a prostitute to go to bed with. 531 00:49:45,425 --> 00:49:46,838 What are you saying? 532 00:49:46,838 --> 00:49:49,155 And that's the normal part of it. 533 00:49:49,663 --> 00:49:53,250 The worse part are those horrible images that follow me everywhere. 534 00:49:53,298 --> 00:49:57,274 For me, sex is not something concrete, it's everywhere. 535 00:49:58,314 --> 00:50:02,933 You were shocked when I told you I got excited looking at the boy. 536 00:50:05,679 --> 00:50:09,666 Now... you'd be even more shocked if I told you... 537 00:50:09,936 --> 00:50:13,383 - the things that excite me. - Enough! 538 00:50:13,535 --> 00:50:15,268 Your brain is not working! 539 00:50:15,487 --> 00:50:20,719 Although I'm starting to wonder if perhaps you don't want it to! 540 00:50:20,965 --> 00:50:23,604 A priest, a man of the truth... 541 00:50:24,393 --> 00:50:27,014 knows what the limits are! 542 00:50:27,123 --> 00:50:31,266 He knows where fantasy ends and reality begins! 543 00:50:31,798 --> 00:50:34,198 But you have to be willing to fight! 544 00:50:34,758 --> 00:50:36,552 Not give up like you have! 545 00:50:36,917 --> 00:50:41,584 You think I've given up? That I haven't fought all the way? 546 00:50:41,584 --> 00:50:44,877 You are weak! Just like all sinners! 547 00:50:44,877 --> 00:50:46,417 Well, you're wrong. 548 00:50:47,432 --> 00:50:49,446 You're always wrong! 549 00:50:49,798 --> 00:50:53,132 You think someone capable of doing this is weak? 550 00:50:56,456 --> 00:50:57,456 But... 551 00:50:57,506 --> 00:51:00,901 How could you commit such an atrocity, son? 552 00:51:03,635 --> 00:51:04,936 What is it? 553 00:51:07,397 --> 00:51:09,864 It's not true that the flesh is weak. 554 00:51:10,207 --> 00:51:11,746 Flesh is strong. 555 00:51:12,341 --> 00:51:15,741 When it controls you, the spirit cannot resist it. 556 00:51:16,707 --> 00:51:18,158 It's not true. 557 00:51:19,152 --> 00:51:21,152 It's not true, Father Alfonso. 558 00:51:21,858 --> 00:51:25,406 What is truly weak... is the spirit. 559 00:51:34,911 --> 00:51:37,930 - How's the patient? - Doing very well. 560 00:51:37,930 --> 00:51:39,887 The fever's completely gone. 561 00:51:40,078 --> 00:51:41,641 How are you feeling? 562 00:51:41,990 --> 00:51:43,196 A lot better. 563 00:51:43,729 --> 00:51:46,236 I'll be on my feet in a few days. 564 00:51:46,324 --> 00:51:49,744 What you need is a good vacation. 565 00:51:50,070 --> 00:51:53,077 That's what I told him. He should visit his old town. 566 00:51:53,117 --> 00:51:55,213 Do you have any family there? 567 00:51:55,213 --> 00:51:56,578 Yes, my mother. 568 00:51:56,895 --> 00:51:58,762 Haven't seen her in a while. 569 00:51:59,062 --> 00:52:02,129 Poor thing. She's always asking me to visit. 570 00:52:04,423 --> 00:52:07,986 I'm too old to take care of the store. 571 00:52:08,193 --> 00:52:10,995 Besides, the town is half empty. 572 00:52:11,193 --> 00:52:14,059 Some moved to Madrid, others to Germany... 573 00:52:14,336 --> 00:52:17,423 The only ones left are the old people. 574 00:52:17,851 --> 00:52:21,811 You should come to Madrid with me, We could rent an apartment. 575 00:52:21,859 --> 00:52:24,811 Come now Miguel. What would I do there? 576 00:52:25,399 --> 00:52:28,932 - You wouldn't be as lonely. - That's not important. 577 00:52:29,621 --> 00:52:33,385 My dream has come true. My son's a priest. 578 00:52:34,312 --> 00:52:36,300 Remember your father? 579 00:52:36,542 --> 00:52:39,209 He wanted you to take care of the store. 580 00:52:39,685 --> 00:52:41,885 Thought there was a future in it. 581 00:52:45,685 --> 00:52:48,066 It's not my fault you're over-pious! 582 00:52:48,502 --> 00:52:51,627 My son a priest! That's ridiculous. 583 00:52:52,722 --> 00:52:54,706 And who'll manage the store? 584 00:52:54,786 --> 00:52:57,252 That's his calling. Don't be selfish. 585 00:52:57,357 --> 00:52:58,357 His calling! 586 00:52:58,484 --> 00:53:03,357 You've convinced him of that! You're the selfish one here! 587 00:53:03,452 --> 00:53:04,452 That's... 588 00:53:05,206 --> 00:53:07,984 I don't want him to rot in this town. 589 00:53:08,111 --> 00:53:11,777 You'd rather he rot inside a church surrounded by candles? 590 00:53:11,841 --> 00:53:13,595 Is that what you want? 591 00:53:19,310 --> 00:53:21,126 Turn that off, Miguelin. 592 00:53:39,140 --> 00:53:40,418 Is it broken? 593 00:53:40,466 --> 00:53:43,537 It broke a long time ago. 594 00:53:43,974 --> 00:53:46,394 Why don't you buy yourself a TV? 595 00:53:47,593 --> 00:53:49,593 Why would I want one of those? 596 00:53:49,807 --> 00:53:53,007 What I need is for you to visit me more often. 597 00:53:53,101 --> 00:53:56,659 It's just that we're very busy at the parish. 598 00:53:56,659 --> 00:54:00,104 I know, son. I'll bring you dessert. 599 00:54:00,397 --> 00:54:03,064 I prepared your favorite, cream custard. 600 00:55:34,168 --> 00:55:36,284 Hey, guys, I found one! 601 00:56:34,246 --> 00:56:35,646 I'll leave this here. 602 00:56:36,310 --> 00:56:38,710 I really don't feel like it, Mother. 603 00:56:38,921 --> 00:56:42,987 Just leave it there. Maybe you get thirsty during the night. 604 00:56:44,151 --> 00:56:45,151 Thanks. 605 00:56:46,620 --> 00:56:50,420 - Go to bed, it's late. - See you tomorrow, God willing. 606 00:56:50,874 --> 00:56:52,191 Sleep well. 607 00:56:57,599 --> 00:57:01,266 Your light was on till very late last night. 608 00:57:01,766 --> 00:57:04,417 What happened, you couldn't fall asleep? 609 00:57:05,152 --> 00:57:08,069 No, I just read a lot. 610 00:57:08,271 --> 00:57:12,460 Go to sleep. You always have trouble to get up. 611 00:57:13,001 --> 00:57:14,935 I'll fall asleep immediately. 612 00:57:17,113 --> 00:57:21,330 You should try to sleep. You've come here to rest. 613 00:57:38,422 --> 00:57:41,573 To you, that child can do no wrong! 614 00:57:41,573 --> 00:57:44,652 I know what he did was wrong. Talk to him tomorrow. 615 00:57:44,684 --> 00:57:49,613 Talk? The store was packed and the fucking kid didn't show up! 616 00:57:49,850 --> 00:57:53,001 - What do you think? - You're right but let him sleep. 617 00:57:53,049 --> 00:57:57,900 I'll let him sleep alright! But not before he gets it! 618 00:57:57,900 --> 00:57:59,900 What I'm gonna do? You'll see! 619 00:58:02,494 --> 00:58:04,241 You've heard, haven't you? 620 00:59:01,766 --> 00:59:04,261 Hey, Miguel's got a huge dick! 621 00:59:04,813 --> 00:59:08,607 - Yeah, but mine's bigger. - Not fair! You're older! 622 00:59:09,099 --> 00:59:11,607 - Let's have a contest? - Of what? 623 00:59:11,853 --> 00:59:16,858 - To see whose is the biggest. - No, you'll beat us all. 624 00:59:16,858 --> 00:59:18,791 All right, I'll be the judge. 625 00:59:23,817 --> 00:59:25,841 You don't even have hair! 626 00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:28,380 It's okay. 627 00:59:32,019 --> 00:59:33,613 Not bad, Juan. 628 00:59:34,787 --> 00:59:36,720 Now that's what I call small! 629 00:59:38,972 --> 00:59:40,523 Not bad a all. 630 00:59:41,646 --> 00:59:45,598 Damn! Yours is the biggest. That's some dick. 631 00:59:46,488 --> 00:59:48,479 Do you masturbate a lot? 632 00:59:49,964 --> 00:59:52,964 They say if you masturbate, it grows a lot. 633 01:00:11,553 --> 01:00:13,724 No, I'm next! 634 01:01:33,116 --> 01:01:37,116 You'll have him back in 3 months for the holidays, Teresa. 635 01:01:37,166 --> 01:01:39,432 Write to me as soon as you arrive. 636 01:01:39,441 --> 01:01:42,274 And let me know if they're not feeding you well. 637 01:01:42,306 --> 01:01:44,187 The bus is waiting for us. 638 01:01:47,818 --> 01:01:51,737 Don't forget to write... and behave yourself. 639 01:01:52,159 --> 01:01:54,615 Write use soon, Miguel. 640 01:02:38,185 --> 01:02:39,677 And please, Miguel... 641 01:02:40,241 --> 01:02:42,967 try and visit me more often. 642 01:02:43,527 --> 01:02:46,312 I know you're very busy at the parish... 643 01:02:46,677 --> 01:02:48,677 but remember every so often... 644 01:02:49,146 --> 01:02:50,574 that I'm all alone. 645 01:02:50,812 --> 01:02:53,543 I'll come see you as soon as I can. 646 01:02:55,384 --> 01:02:56,804 Take care, son. 647 01:02:58,281 --> 01:02:59,494 Take care. 648 01:03:41,207 --> 01:03:44,683 Father Miguel, how long has it been? 649 01:03:44,683 --> 01:03:47,261 I just got back from a trip. 650 01:03:47,421 --> 01:03:51,365 Excellent. You've come to order another cassock? 651 01:03:51,365 --> 01:03:54,798 No, I would like to order a clergyman suit. 652 01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:59,671 Perfect. We've just received top quality fabrics. 653 01:03:59,774 --> 01:04:04,782 The "Rerum Novarum" encyclical stated the Church's concern... 654 01:04:05,004 --> 01:04:07,567 with social problems of the times. 655 01:04:07,742 --> 01:04:11,821 It coincided with a moment in history where all social concerns... 656 01:04:11,861 --> 01:04:14,179 were in the hands of atheists. 657 01:04:16,020 --> 01:04:20,387 - How are you? - It's wonderful to feel normal again. 658 01:04:20,780 --> 01:04:24,757 I told you that's what you needed. Did you exercise a lot? 659 01:04:24,830 --> 01:04:28,900 Not really. I spent my time walking, thinking and remembering. 660 01:04:28,948 --> 01:04:32,615 Well, you look wonderful. New clothes, a happy face... 661 01:04:33,063 --> 01:04:36,138 Memories are sometimes the best therapy. 662 01:04:36,397 --> 01:04:38,079 Let's go to the parish. 663 01:04:41,559 --> 01:04:42,916 The body of Christ. 664 01:05:00,892 --> 01:05:02,145 The body of Christ. 665 01:05:06,990 --> 01:05:11,123 It says here that Che Guevara was killed by his own people... 666 01:05:11,189 --> 01:05:15,589 - under orders from Fidel Castro. - I heard the Americans did it. 667 01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:20,364 Americans, Jews, Communists, they're all the same thing. 668 01:05:20,673 --> 01:05:25,340 Have you seen the latest fashion? And it's really comfortable too! 669 01:05:25,904 --> 01:05:27,872 Where did you get that? 670 01:05:27,872 --> 01:05:30,646 They just brought it in this morning. 671 01:05:30,646 --> 01:05:34,179 - Has father Alfonso seen it? - He seemed to like it. 672 01:05:34,419 --> 01:05:36,732 And what about the chasuble? 673 01:05:36,884 --> 01:05:39,709 The alb and the chasuble are one piece. 674 01:05:39,836 --> 01:05:43,103 The chasuble reminds us of our Lord's suffering. 675 01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:47,027 - It's wrong to do away with it. - I like it, and you? 676 01:05:47,455 --> 01:05:51,129 - Well, I don't know. - I think we should buy it. 677 01:05:51,305 --> 01:05:54,709 - Our clothes are too old fashioned. - I won't wear that. 678 01:05:54,781 --> 01:05:58,984 - I will. - You'll wear anything that's new. 679 01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:03,693 Luis convinced you that if we don't evolve, the Church will die. 680 01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:07,640 If we continue, the Church will no longer be the Church. 681 01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:12,800 My mom sends you a message, Father Miguel. 682 01:06:12,975 --> 01:06:17,055 She's very ill and needs to see you immediately. 683 01:06:17,524 --> 01:06:18,524 Okay. 684 01:06:28,184 --> 01:06:31,120 - It looks beautiful. - And I'm not done yet. 685 01:06:31,170 --> 01:06:36,166 But I have to wait till my father returns to put the lights. 686 01:06:37,034 --> 01:06:39,034 Good afternoon, Father Miguel. 687 01:06:40,224 --> 01:06:41,692 Thanks for coming, 688 01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:44,922 You shouldn't be out of bed. How are you feeling? 689 01:06:44,986 --> 01:06:48,712 A lot better. Grandma is waiting for you, Pedrito. 690 01:06:48,712 --> 01:06:52,712 I don't want to go! I want to finish the Nativity. 691 01:06:52,712 --> 01:06:57,112 If you don't behave, the Three Wise Men will only bring you coal. 692 01:06:57,364 --> 01:07:01,173 Great, I have to deal with Grandma all afternoon. 693 01:07:04,438 --> 01:07:05,801 Have a seat. 694 01:07:06,397 --> 01:07:11,317 I was worried. From what the boy said, I thought you were really sick. 695 01:07:12,182 --> 01:07:16,049 - Would you like a drink? - No, thank you. I don't drink. 696 01:07:24,384 --> 01:07:26,487 I'm really not feeling well. 697 01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:28,827 But it's not physical. 698 01:07:29,210 --> 01:07:30,479 What do you mean? 699 01:07:31,184 --> 01:07:33,517 You still can't take my confession? 700 01:07:34,097 --> 01:07:38,407 It's not that I can't. I'm fulfilling all my pastoral duties. 701 01:07:39,070 --> 01:07:42,998 But after all this time, you've probably found someone else. 702 01:07:43,038 --> 01:07:45,403 It's better you continue with him. 703 01:07:45,586 --> 01:07:49,719 It was my new spiritual guide that suggested I speak with you. 704 01:07:50,222 --> 01:07:51,888 I still don't understand. 705 01:07:52,198 --> 01:07:56,665 During these last few months, I've been confessing to Father Luis. 706 01:07:57,618 --> 01:08:01,885 I explained everything to him and he suggested I spoke with you. 707 01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,013 I need to confess myself to you. 708 01:08:06,229 --> 01:08:07,229 Right. 709 01:08:07,253 --> 01:08:10,653 If you feel up to it, come by the parish tomorrow... 710 01:08:10,729 --> 01:08:12,141 and I'll be there. 711 01:08:13,269 --> 01:08:15,069 You still don't understand. 712 01:08:16,110 --> 01:08:19,793 I don't want to talk to you in a confessional. 713 01:08:21,321 --> 01:08:23,521 It's not that kind of confession. 714 01:08:24,108 --> 01:08:25,108 What then? 715 01:08:27,472 --> 01:08:29,672 It's something that affects me... 716 01:08:31,170 --> 01:08:32,704 in relationship to you. 717 01:08:34,528 --> 01:08:36,994 My communions have been sacrilegious... 718 01:08:38,131 --> 01:08:41,131 because when I confessed, there was a sin... 719 01:08:41,543 --> 01:08:45,536 - that I never mentioned. - Sacrilegious communions you say? 720 01:08:45,576 --> 01:08:47,163 What were you hiding? 721 01:08:52,939 --> 01:08:54,574 The fact that I... 722 01:08:56,082 --> 01:08:57,613 am in love with you. 723 01:09:15,832 --> 01:09:16,935 Excuse me. 724 01:09:21,803 --> 01:09:25,723 It's snowing and I don't want to go to Grandma's house. 725 01:09:37,071 --> 01:09:38,269 Good afternoon. 726 01:09:52,743 --> 01:09:55,410 - What will it be? - Coffee with cream. 727 01:10:02,043 --> 01:10:03,976 That priest is looking at us. 728 01:10:10,990 --> 01:10:12,990 - Hi Miguel. - What a surprise. 729 01:10:13,546 --> 01:10:17,045 I'm having a drink with Mari Carmen. I'll introduce you. 730 01:10:17,077 --> 01:10:19,736 - A family member? - No, a friend. 731 01:10:21,442 --> 01:10:22,594 A friend? 732 01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:25,974 Yes, we've been seeing each other for months. 733 01:10:26,261 --> 01:10:27,903 What are you saying? 734 01:10:28,086 --> 01:10:30,856 Exactly what you're thinking. It's simple... 735 01:10:30,906 --> 01:10:34,326 she loves me and I love her. I want you to meet her. 736 01:10:34,374 --> 01:10:36,556 No! How much do I owe you? 737 01:10:37,335 --> 01:10:38,469 Ten pesetas. 738 01:10:39,914 --> 01:10:42,771 I gotta go. We'll talk about this later. 739 01:10:49,472 --> 01:10:52,027 - Who was that? - That friend I told you about? 740 01:10:52,052 --> 01:10:54,574 - Which one? - The one with major problems. 741 01:11:13,034 --> 01:11:14,034 Yes? 742 01:11:15,764 --> 01:11:18,065 Father Miguel... what a surprise. 743 01:11:19,407 --> 01:11:21,383 I was hoping you would call. 744 01:11:23,905 --> 01:11:24,929 All right. 745 01:11:26,488 --> 01:11:29,087 Yes, we should find a quiet place. 746 01:11:36,305 --> 01:11:38,606 Do you realize what this means? 747 01:11:39,654 --> 01:11:42,027 You're married and I'm a priest. 748 01:11:43,678 --> 01:11:46,411 You can't fight against certain feelings. 749 01:11:46,884 --> 01:11:50,284 And you husband, doesn't he mean anything to you? 750 01:11:50,702 --> 01:11:54,769 The last thing I expected from you was to defend my husband. 751 01:11:54,916 --> 01:11:58,098 After all you've said about him during confession. 752 01:11:58,154 --> 01:12:00,455 I'm not trying to defend him. 753 01:12:00,964 --> 01:12:04,662 I still think he's a degenerate, but he is your husband. 754 01:12:06,107 --> 01:12:07,907 He doesn't love me anymore. 755 01:12:08,273 --> 01:12:10,473 You know why he did those things? 756 01:12:11,765 --> 01:12:14,305 Yes, he didn't want to have children. 757 01:12:15,924 --> 01:12:17,574 That's only part of it. 758 01:12:18,464 --> 01:12:20,464 He was tired of being with me. 759 01:12:20,972 --> 01:12:25,572 Tired of making love. He searched for new ways to satisfy his needs. 760 01:12:25,622 --> 01:12:28,822 He was concerned with his needs, not with mine. 761 01:12:30,146 --> 01:12:32,613 He's going to bed with another woman. 762 01:12:32,876 --> 01:12:34,743 With one of my best friends. 763 01:12:35,337 --> 01:12:37,003 But I don't care anymore. 764 01:12:37,574 --> 01:12:39,374 You could say I'm relieved. 765 01:12:39,630 --> 01:12:42,162 But you're a Catholic woman. 766 01:12:42,805 --> 01:12:44,543 How can you say that? 767 01:12:46,234 --> 01:12:49,100 Because it's my intention to cheat on him. 768 01:12:51,924 --> 01:12:55,551 Have you lost your morals? Have you no faith? 769 01:12:55,670 --> 01:12:58,535 No... I still believe in God. 770 01:12:59,646 --> 01:13:02,113 But I need something else in my life. 771 01:13:02,551 --> 01:13:06,084 I need to love someone, and that someone to love me. 772 01:13:07,011 --> 01:13:09,741 There's your son, what about him? 773 01:13:10,067 --> 01:13:13,587 I'm not forgetting my son. I love him dearly. 774 01:13:15,228 --> 01:13:16,736 But do you think... 775 01:13:17,911 --> 01:13:20,640 that a woman is content with simply being a mother? 776 01:13:20,720 --> 01:13:23,187 Don't you need someone who loves you? 777 01:13:23,831 --> 01:13:26,450 Don't you ever long for someone... 778 01:13:26,641 --> 01:13:30,172 to share your feelings, your worries, your life? 779 01:13:31,220 --> 01:13:33,442 No... I have the Church. 780 01:13:34,188 --> 01:13:36,505 And above all, I have God's love. 781 01:13:37,387 --> 01:13:39,654 I knew you were going to say that. 782 01:13:40,855 --> 01:13:42,569 But I know it's a lie. 783 01:15:29,751 --> 01:15:32,775 Christmas Lottery! Buy your lucky ticket! 784 01:16:11,138 --> 01:16:14,139 Where were you? You're late. 785 01:16:14,661 --> 01:16:18,195 Give us a hand. We've only three days till Christmas. 786 01:16:18,241 --> 01:16:20,950 What do you think? I just bought it. 787 01:16:21,257 --> 01:16:24,161 The other one was too old. 788 01:16:24,281 --> 01:16:28,027 - It's too classic. - It's okay. It matches the others. 789 01:16:28,146 --> 01:16:31,679 Would you hold it for me? I'm going to the sacristy. 790 01:16:54,112 --> 01:16:55,906 It looks delicious! 791 01:16:55,906 --> 01:17:00,009 - Want me to help you carve it? - You stay put. 792 01:17:00,223 --> 01:17:03,227 Relax. It's Christmas Eve... 793 01:17:03,227 --> 01:17:05,288 and you are dining with us. 794 01:17:05,424 --> 01:17:07,224 You're not moving a muscle. 795 01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:10,493 That's right, Adelina. You're dining with us. 796 01:17:33,940 --> 01:17:34,940 Lord... 797 01:17:35,479 --> 01:17:36,946 I've tried everything. 798 01:17:38,212 --> 01:17:40,751 You know I didn't give up easily... 799 01:17:41,593 --> 01:17:43,127 but now it's different. 800 01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:47,293 I'm no longer fighting ghosts, I'm fighting reality. 801 01:17:47,609 --> 01:17:51,276 She's no hallucination, she's made of flesh and blood. 802 01:17:52,403 --> 01:17:54,469 Hallucinations can disappear... 803 01:17:54,736 --> 01:17:55,966 but she won't. 804 01:17:57,284 --> 01:18:00,750 Eventually, I'll commit sacrilege and adultery again. 805 01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:05,360 As long as sex controls me, there's nothing I can do. 806 01:18:05,815 --> 01:18:08,939 That is why I must defeat sex once and for all. 807 01:18:09,003 --> 01:18:12,066 I'm determined to win this battle no matter the cost. 808 01:18:12,146 --> 01:18:16,279 I will not allow her to become an adulteress, nor I a sinner. 809 01:18:16,483 --> 01:18:19,673 So I must sacrifice the flesh so that the spirit may prevail... 810 01:18:19,729 --> 01:18:21,450 I'm willing to do it. 811 01:21:28,706 --> 01:21:32,439 - Is it almost over? - Yes, the people are coming out. 812 01:21:38,086 --> 01:21:39,308 Merry Christmas. 813 01:21:43,177 --> 01:21:47,899 Tell the parson we'd love to have him over tomorrow for a drink. 814 01:21:47,924 --> 01:21:49,248 I'll tell him. 815 01:21:49,964 --> 01:21:51,304 Merry Christmas. 816 01:21:55,354 --> 01:21:58,191 - Where's Miguel? - I saw him leave during mass. 817 01:21:58,207 --> 01:21:59,899 He didn't look right. 818 01:21:59,899 --> 01:22:03,432 He hasn't been the same since he dropped the figure. 819 01:22:03,716 --> 01:22:07,366 I think he's had a relapse. The look in his face... 820 01:22:07,557 --> 01:22:10,890 left me feeling uneasy. He seemed to be hallucinating. 821 01:22:10,978 --> 01:22:12,378 Let's go to his room. 822 01:22:25,200 --> 01:22:26,969 Are you there, Miguel? 823 01:22:28,414 --> 01:22:30,049 Are you there, Miguel? 824 01:22:31,525 --> 01:22:33,628 It's locked from the inside. Miguel! 825 01:22:34,351 --> 01:22:37,618 We want to know if you're okay. Can you hear us? 826 01:22:37,843 --> 01:22:39,243 Maybe he fell asleep. 827 01:22:41,366 --> 01:22:44,300 Something's wrong. We must open this door. 828 01:22:58,504 --> 01:23:01,432 My colleagues' report is very comforting. 829 01:23:01,631 --> 01:23:04,164 He's recuperating slowly but steadily. 830 01:23:04,885 --> 01:23:06,471 The wound is healing. 831 01:23:07,115 --> 01:23:12,126 The artificial system to drain urine is working well. 832 01:23:12,511 --> 01:23:17,504 Bottom line is, in a few weeks he'll be able to rejoin society. 833 01:23:18,154 --> 01:23:23,555 What I don't understand is why he was sent here, to a psychiatric ward. 834 01:23:23,622 --> 01:23:26,455 After everything that happened, Doctor... 835 01:23:26,559 --> 01:23:30,292 Father Miguel is incapable of resuming his daily duties. 836 01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:32,784 The diocese had to get involved... 837 01:23:32,784 --> 01:23:36,164 despite our efforts to keep things under wraps. 838 01:23:39,516 --> 01:23:43,035 Father! Father, absolve me! 839 01:23:44,175 --> 01:23:47,352 I've committed a horrible sin! 840 01:23:47,548 --> 01:23:51,682 Not again! Last week I absolved you of raping Sarita Montiel! 841 01:23:52,595 --> 01:23:56,696 Oh, no... this is much... much worse! 842 01:23:57,151 --> 01:23:58,756 I've murdered. 843 01:23:59,469 --> 01:24:05,241 I killed Generalissimo Franco and his wife, Carmen. 844 01:24:06,627 --> 01:24:09,166 It was a horrible crime, Father! 845 01:24:09,476 --> 01:24:12,122 I've committed a horrible crime! 846 01:24:12,579 --> 01:24:15,729 I've killed the great leader! 847 01:24:15,880 --> 01:24:18,420 The savior of our country! 848 01:24:18,420 --> 01:24:21,562 Absolve me, Father! Please! 849 01:24:21,657 --> 01:24:23,628 Please absolve me! 850 01:24:24,602 --> 01:24:27,229 I'll accept whatever punishment you see fit! 851 01:24:27,301 --> 01:24:31,391 My pilgrimage will take me to Satriago! 852 01:24:31,391 --> 01:24:33,524 I swear to you! I'll go to Rome! 853 01:24:33,799 --> 01:24:39,664 To the Holy Land! I'll join the Civil Guard! 854 01:24:39,973 --> 01:24:43,678 But absolve me! You can’t refuse me! 855 01:24:43,774 --> 01:24:46,736 You must absolve me! Please! 856 01:24:47,648 --> 01:24:52,969 Father, you have to absolve me! Father! 857 01:24:59,133 --> 01:25:00,823 They're waiting for you. 858 01:25:00,903 --> 01:25:04,403 Yes, I'm getting married in 15 days. 859 01:25:04,585 --> 01:25:06,569 Was it that easy for you? 860 01:25:06,832 --> 01:25:09,844 Not really, but I was decided to do it. 861 01:25:09,998 --> 01:25:12,465 I was determined to leave the Church. 862 01:25:12,752 --> 01:25:14,831 Besides, we're having a baby. 863 01:25:15,617 --> 01:25:17,817 Don't you think that's a big step? 864 01:25:18,466 --> 01:25:21,739 I believe this is only the first step. 865 01:25:21,739 --> 01:25:25,119 The first step? And what is the final step? 866 01:25:27,580 --> 01:25:30,647 Doing something as horrible as what you did. 867 01:25:32,651 --> 01:25:35,451 Forgive me. I'm not here to reproach you. 868 01:25:35,477 --> 01:25:38,953 Don't worry. I've already taken care of that. 869 01:25:39,564 --> 01:25:42,031 Living surrounded by insane people... 870 01:25:42,056 --> 01:25:44,691 can give you a clearer view on things. 871 01:25:46,199 --> 01:25:49,873 We spend our lives seeing woman as an object of desire... 872 01:25:49,905 --> 01:25:54,460 and sex as an enemy, instead of seeing them as something natural. 873 01:25:55,198 --> 01:25:57,761 Sometimes it's so easy to reason... 874 01:25:58,175 --> 01:26:00,175 and sometimes it's impossible. 875 01:26:01,571 --> 01:26:03,627 I think I was crazy when I did that. 876 01:26:04,714 --> 01:26:06,837 But now you're not. 877 01:26:07,032 --> 01:26:09,698 You have to leave this place at once. 878 01:26:10,675 --> 01:26:12,408 You'll come to my wedding. 879 01:26:12,476 --> 01:26:14,063 I'd love to, but... 880 01:26:14,691 --> 01:26:16,634 They won't let you out? 881 01:26:16,634 --> 01:26:19,990 The Director said I can leave whenever I want. 882 01:26:20,253 --> 01:26:23,403 This is not a prison. It's my decision. 883 01:26:23,738 --> 01:26:27,182 What are you waiting for? You have to get on with your life. 884 01:26:30,470 --> 01:26:32,470 My life. 885 01:26:35,867 --> 01:26:37,667 What can I do with my life? 886 01:26:51,748 --> 01:26:52,989 Look! 887 01:26:54,434 --> 01:26:57,291 - Miguel! What a surprise! - How are you? 888 01:26:57,339 --> 01:27:00,029 - Fine, and you? - Longing to see you! 889 01:27:00,235 --> 01:27:03,102 - Have you seen Father Alfonso? - Not yet. 890 01:27:03,298 --> 01:27:06,568 - Have a seat. - Don't treat him like he's visiting. 891 01:27:06,727 --> 01:27:08,068 This is his home. 892 01:27:08,441 --> 01:27:10,877 No... it's just that I think he's probably tired. 893 01:27:10,918 --> 01:27:12,854 Yes, I'm tired. 894 01:27:14,044 --> 01:27:15,615 Very tired. 895 01:27:16,537 --> 01:27:20,719 Although... all I've been doing these last months is resting. 896 01:27:24,030 --> 01:27:25,030 Good man! 897 01:27:27,419 --> 01:27:29,006 How do you feel? 898 01:27:29,364 --> 01:27:31,612 I guess I'm fine. 899 01:27:31,911 --> 01:27:34,665 - How are you doing? - A lot has happened. 900 01:27:34,713 --> 01:27:37,313 - I heard about Angel. - There's more. 901 01:27:37,697 --> 01:27:40,942 - Luis and Manuel have left. - Don't tell me they're getting married. 902 01:27:40,983 --> 01:27:42,839 I can't imagine Manuel married. 903 01:27:42,889 --> 01:27:47,689 Manuel took a job with a religious publication called "Hispanic Cross." 904 01:27:47,802 --> 01:27:51,244 - Where did Luis go? - To the ghetto down in Orcasitas. 905 01:27:51,293 --> 01:27:55,205 He's founded a parish there. Although it doesn't look like one. 906 01:27:55,277 --> 01:27:59,498 They say he holds subversive meetings there every day. 907 01:28:00,435 --> 01:28:03,767 It seems like in this parish, except for you two... 908 01:28:03,831 --> 01:28:07,831 and don Alfonso, the rest of us turned out to be pretty special. 909 01:28:07,895 --> 01:28:11,879 You should hear what they say about other parishes. 910 01:28:12,189 --> 01:28:14,910 What about you? Will you stay with us? 911 01:28:15,435 --> 01:28:16,783 I don't know. 912 01:28:17,887 --> 01:28:19,687 I must talk to don Alfonso. 913 01:28:19,736 --> 01:28:23,752 Believe me, it hurts me not to be able to have you with us. 914 01:28:23,800 --> 01:28:27,333 Despite everything that's happened, I'm truly sorry. 915 01:28:28,062 --> 01:28:30,307 As you know, Father Angel... 916 01:28:30,538 --> 01:28:33,138 has left the priesthood to get married. 917 01:28:33,522 --> 01:28:36,434 Father Luis and Father Manuel both left... 918 01:28:36,474 --> 01:28:38,474 each one down different paths. 919 01:28:38,514 --> 01:28:41,767 All I have left is Father Alberto and his music... 920 01:28:41,823 --> 01:28:44,223 and Father Carlos and his innocence. 921 01:28:44,816 --> 01:28:47,282 One of these days they'll leave, too. 922 01:28:47,649 --> 01:28:51,224 I'll be left alone, sad and old. 923 01:28:51,887 --> 01:28:55,420 But what really worries me is that the loneliness... 924 01:28:55,593 --> 01:28:57,704 the sadness and the old age... 925 01:28:58,371 --> 01:29:00,339 are not just my problems. 926 01:29:01,133 --> 01:29:03,386 They affect the Church itself. 927 01:29:03,712 --> 01:29:05,982 I never took you for a pessimist. 928 01:29:06,887 --> 01:29:09,244 Maybe... but not all the time. 929 01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:13,387 Sometimes I read the letter Father Luis wrote to me... 930 01:29:13,530 --> 01:29:14,730 and I feel better. 931 01:29:15,054 --> 01:29:16,474 What does it say? 932 01:29:16,792 --> 01:29:18,045 Listen. 933 01:29:18,490 --> 01:29:20,965 I'll just read you the ending. 934 01:29:25,296 --> 01:29:29,163 "...and that is why I've made this decision, don Alfonso. 935 01:29:29,860 --> 01:29:34,201 "I believe that God's word is directed to mankind. 936 01:29:34,819 --> 01:29:39,374 "I am convinced that salvation has to begin here... 937 01:29:39,907 --> 01:29:42,430 "now... in this world... 938 01:29:43,605 --> 01:29:45,097 "in this life." 939 01:29:46,375 --> 01:29:47,621 Look at me! 940 01:29:47,867 --> 01:29:50,692 I've spent my life worrying about food... 941 01:29:51,018 --> 01:29:54,041 and now I read this and look at me. 942 01:29:55,415 --> 01:29:56,922 It moves me. 943 01:29:58,137 --> 01:29:59,937 That's what I say to you... 944 01:30:00,121 --> 01:30:02,160 not everything is pessimism. 945 01:30:35,554 --> 01:30:39,621 We separated a few months ago. It was the right thing to do. 946 01:30:40,356 --> 01:30:43,423 He's living with that woman I told you about. 947 01:30:44,023 --> 01:30:46,895 Every month, he sends money for me and the boy. 948 01:30:46,959 --> 01:30:49,744 Are you happier since you separated? 949 01:30:51,761 --> 01:30:52,761 Yes. 950 01:30:54,285 --> 01:30:57,998 I met another man. I have sex with him. 951 01:31:00,332 --> 01:31:01,673 Why the face? 952 01:31:02,864 --> 01:31:05,797 Are you going to talk to me about morality? 953 01:31:06,991 --> 01:31:08,554 No, it's not that. 954 01:31:15,710 --> 01:31:18,844 Ever since that afternoon we were together... 955 01:31:19,228 --> 01:31:21,361 I never stopped waiting for you. 956 01:31:22,630 --> 01:31:24,971 I was sure that you'd come back. 957 01:31:25,804 --> 01:31:28,455 Every time the phone rang, my heart pounded. 958 01:31:28,503 --> 01:31:31,820 But you never called that day, or the next. 959 01:31:32,677 --> 01:31:34,477 Then I heard rumors that... 960 01:31:35,995 --> 01:31:37,994 that you were in an asylum. 961 01:31:38,685 --> 01:31:41,152 That you had tried to commit suicide. 962 01:31:41,923 --> 01:31:43,463 I felt responsible. 963 01:31:47,447 --> 01:31:50,193 No, Irene... you're not to blame. 964 01:31:55,447 --> 01:31:57,780 I haven’t gone to church in months. 965 01:31:58,447 --> 01:32:00,780 Even though I still believe in God. 966 01:32:00,947 --> 01:32:03,153 Well... I don't. 967 01:32:06,972 --> 01:32:08,591 Don't think I'm the only one. 968 01:32:09,607 --> 01:32:12,345 Many priests, when they reach a certain age... 969 01:32:12,409 --> 01:32:13,845 once they mature... 970 01:32:14,543 --> 01:32:17,143 they realize they don't believe in God. 971 01:32:17,591 --> 01:32:19,924 Some even dare to leave the Church. 972 01:32:21,551 --> 01:32:24,618 Some do like Father Luis, they don't leave... 973 01:32:24,742 --> 01:32:28,813 but instead of believing in God, they start believing in mankind. 974 01:32:28,863 --> 01:32:33,730 Others, like Father Manuel, make people believe by force, if necessary. 975 01:32:33,926 --> 01:32:37,355 And you? Where do you fit in? 976 01:32:38,982 --> 01:32:40,259 Nowhere. 977 01:32:47,883 --> 01:32:49,732 I still love you. 978 01:32:50,653 --> 01:32:52,653 There's still time. 979 01:32:53,788 --> 01:32:56,176 - Not anymore. - Why not? 980 01:32:57,399 --> 01:32:59,605 You don't have to worry anymore. 981 01:33:00,407 --> 01:33:02,899 There's nothing stopping you now. 982 01:33:03,590 --> 01:33:04,946 And I love you. 983 01:33:13,924 --> 01:33:15,185 Too late. 984 01:33:16,035 --> 01:33:17,535 It's too late for me. 985 01:33:22,360 --> 01:33:23,725 But not for you. 986 01:33:24,043 --> 01:33:25,510 You can still make it. 987 01:33:26,757 --> 01:33:29,424 It's hard to be free in this country.... 988 01:33:30,440 --> 01:33:34,177 but you have to try. Above else, find your freedom. 989 01:33:43,573 --> 01:33:46,080 And please, forget about me. 990 01:34:03,466 --> 01:34:06,466 It's so hard to pray when you have no faith. 991 01:34:07,577 --> 01:34:09,977 But I want to do it one last time... 992 01:34:10,291 --> 01:34:12,100 and celebrate my last mass. 993 01:34:15,051 --> 01:34:18,851 What are you doing there, crucified all these centuries? 994 01:34:19,147 --> 01:34:20,456 What good is it? 995 01:34:21,702 --> 01:34:24,036 Who benefits from your sacrifice... 996 01:34:24,155 --> 01:34:26,321 your pain and your suffering? 997 01:34:27,766 --> 01:34:28,766 Why? 998 01:34:32,345 --> 01:34:33,448 For what? 999 01:34:35,813 --> 01:34:38,613 They always display you grimacing in pain. 1000 01:34:39,383 --> 01:34:43,463 Your crown of thorns, nails in your hands and feet... 1001 01:34:47,038 --> 01:34:49,080 yet they cover your genitals. 1002 01:34:51,922 --> 01:34:54,855 Perhaps the same thing has happened to you. 1003 01:34:57,009 --> 01:34:59,809 You've also been castrated by the Church. 1004 01:35:45,315 --> 01:35:50,140 Timings and editing by Subransu 78034

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