Original subtitles

[ Bird Chirping ]

[ Crow Squawks ]

[ Crow Squawking In Distance ]

[ Bird Chirping In Distance ]

[ Crows Squawking ]

[ Thunder RumbIing ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Thunder RumbIing ]

[ In K'iche' ] Arturo, do we meet tonight?

Tonight at the oId hacienda.

- [ In Spanish ] Good-bye. - [ In Spanish ] Good-bye.

[ Turkey CIucks, GobbIes ]

[ Woman ] RosaI

[ In K'iche' ] Get away from that house!

Yes, Mama. I'm coming.

[ In K'iche' ] Don't bother those oId sisters. Just Ieave them aIone.

The door was open. I thought I might see them.

You onIy see them when you don't expect it.

Now heIp me. Your father and brother wiII be home soon.

[ Squawking ]

[ Man, In Spanish ] You see, you're a smart man.

You know that Arturo Xuncax isn't your friend.

None of them are your friends.

They don't respect oId customs.

They'II Just ruin you.

It's horribIe.

Think of your famiIy.

Now Iet's stop wasting time. TeII me where they're meeting.

♪ [ ChiIdren Singing, Faint ]

[ In K'iche' ] At the oId hacienda -- tonight.

[ BeIIs JingIe ]

[ Dogs Barking ]

♪ [ FoIk ]

[ Dog Barking ]

♪♪ [ Continues ]

[ In Spanish ] It's Don Goyo. I Iove his music.

Come, sit down.

♪ [ Continues ]

Are Pedro and Josefita coming?

Yes, they'II be here soon.

Arturo...

are you reaIIy going out tonight?

Yes, probabIy.

♪ [ Continues ]

- [ Chattering ] - ♪♪ [ Continues ]

- [ No AudibIe DiaIogue ] - ♪ [ Continues ]

[ ChiId Cries ]

[ Insects Chirping ]

[ Dog Barking ]

[ In Spanish ] That's it -- the oId hacienda.

We'II go on foot from here.

Then we'II spread out.

[ Laughing ]

In the U.S., even the poorest peopIe have toiIets...

just Iike Don Rodrigo's!

You fIush it and everything vanishes instantIy!

You can reaIIy pee in styIe there!

[ Man Shouts ]

It's aIways ''the north'' with you! Can't you taIk about anything eIse?

I Iove hearing about the north.

Good. [ In K'iche' ] We hear about it enough!

[ In Spanish ] But it's true. There's a Iot of money there.

I've heard from my friends -- aII the peopIe that have Ieft.

And you can see on TV how it is up there.

That's right.

Even the poor peopIe have their own cars.

So, how do you know so much about the north?

For ten years, Don Rodrigo's cook has been giving me...

aII of her oId Good Housekeeping magazines.

Ah.

Ten years I've been reading them.

I know pIenty.

- ♪ [ Continues ] - [ Crowd Chattering ]

[ Knocking ]

Excuse me.

Go ahead.

Sweethearts?

ReaIIy? How romanticI

How are you, Rosita?

I'm fine, Luis.

I brought you this cinnamon candy.

Oh, thank you. I Iove it.

- [ Insects Chirping ] - [ AnimaI Hooting ]

[ Dog Barking In Distance ]

[ AnimaI Hooting ]

[ Chattering ]

WeII, excuse me, but I'm going out for a whiIe.

- Stay and enJoy yourseIves. - [ Man Speaks Spanish ]

Stay here, pIease.

It's so Iate.

I have to go.

- [ Crowd Chattering ] - ♪ [ Continues ]

Lupe.

Don't worry. He can take care of himseIf.

Comadre.

Come on. Sit down with us.

- Good night, Rosita. - Good night.

Papá.

Mama is afraid.

Do you have to go out tonight?

Your mother knows how things are here.

She doesn't want troubIe.

And that's fine, but...

we can't go on this way anymore.

I'm afraid as weII.

So am I.

But sometimes you have to fight for your Iand.

There is no choice.

The rich came here. They're not from here.

They came Iooking for good Iand.

No one fights over bad Iand.

That's why they took our Iand.

Because this is good Iand!

I'II teII you something, Enrique...

that my Iife has taught me.

I've worked in Mexico.

I've worked on pIantations at the coast.

I've worked in many pIaces...

and everywhere it's the same.

For the rich, the peasant is just a pair of arms.

That's aII. We are just arms to do their work.

They treat their animaIs better than us.

For many years we've been trying to make the rich understand...

that the poor have hearts and souIs.

That we feeI. That we are peopIe, and we're aII equaI.

Papá.

Let me go with you.

No, Enrique.

The time wiII come soon...

but not yet.

Go home.

TeII your mother not to worry.

I'II be home soon.

♪ [ Continues ]

[ Crowd Chattering ]

[ BeII JingIing ]

[ Man ] But where can we get guns?

[ Arturo ] We can run them through Chiapas, just Iike other contraband.

The guerriIIas on the coast wiII heIp us.

- Yes, he's right! - No, wait --

[ Chattering ]

- ♪ [ Continues ] - [ Crowd Chattering ]

[ In K'iche' ] Protect him, Virgin Mother.

[ Men Chattering ]

Arturo's right. It's impossibIe to be neutraI anymore.

- [ Gun Cocks ] - [ Chattering Continues ]

Run!

- [ Baby Crying ] - [ Machine Gun Fire ]

[ Machine Gun Fire Continues ]

Let's go.

[ Gunshot ]

- That Indian bastard kiIIed the Puma. - [ Man Speaks, Indistinct ]

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Sighs ]

♪ [ Drum Beating ]

♪ [ Men Singing In K'iche']

♪ [ Singing Stops ]

♪ [ Drum Beating ]

♪ [ Singing Resumes ]

[ Coughs ]

[ Woman Sobs ]

[ In K'iche' ] ♪ It is not true ♪

♪ That we come here to Iive ♪

♪ We come onIy to sIeep, to dream ♪

♪ AII things are Ient to us ♪

♪ We are onIy on Earth in passing ♪

♪ Tomorrow or the next day ♪

♪ As you desire, giver of Iife ♪

♪ We shaII go home to you ♪♪

[ Thunder RumbIes ]

[ Crow Squawks ]

[ Rooster Crows ]

[ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Baby Crying ]

- [ Ringing Continues ] - [ Crying Continues ]

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

- [ Woman Chanting In K'iche'] - [ Baby Crying ]

[ Chanting In K'iche' ]

- [ Tarp RustIes ] - [ Man Groans ]

[ Chanting Continues ]

[ Man, In Spanish ] Okay. Take this shit away.

[ Gunshot ]

- [ BeII Ringing ] - [ Machine Gun Fire ]

My mother. Where's my mother?

[ Chattering In Spanish ]

- We'II take care of you. You'II stay here with us. - We'II protect you.

Forget about your mother. The army's taken her away.

No! My mother, no! [ In K'iche' ] It's not true!

- [ Spanish ] And Enrique! - We don't know anything about him.

The soIdiers are coming! They're coming!

[ Spanish ]

Quick! We've got to hide her!

[ Spanish ]

They're IeavingI PapaI They're IeavingI

[ Continues In Spanish ]

[ In Spanish ] Mama! Papa! The soIdiers are Ieaving!

[ Birds Chirping ]

[ Enrique ] Rosa.

[ In Spanish ] I thought they had taken you.

I was hiding in the canyon. They didn't see me.

I was so afraid. I kept hearing the guns.

[ In K'iche' ] Mother --

Mother --

[ In Spanish ] They took her.

Yes, I know.

The soIdiers wiII be back, Enrique.

I'm afraid.

PeopIe are Ieaving the viIIage.

I have to Ieave too.

As Iong as I'm here, I put aII of you in danger.

You're going?

But where?

To the north.

EI norte.

But I need money.

Ask our godmother.

See if she can heIp me.

Meet me tomorrow night in our house.

Be carefuI.

- [ Crickets Chirping ] - [ AnimaI Hoots ]

[ Rooster Crows ]

[ Rooster Crowing ]

[ Chickens CIucking ]

Don Ramón!

Don Ramón!

So you're stiII aIive. I'm amazed.

I hid in the canyon.

Okay, Iet's taIk.

[ Enrique ] You know a Iot about what goes on.

I need heIp.

Right now your Iife isn't worth five cents.

They'II be back for you.

Today, tomorrow...

the next day.

They'II hunt you down and find you.

You can't escape. It's a fantasy.

Yes, I can. I'm going to go north.

That's why I came here.

You've been there before. You can heIp meI

It's a Iong journey.

You need money, and a Iot more Iuck than you've had up to now.

You need big baIIs...

and the protection of God and aII the saints.

But I guess you have to go.

Because if you stay here...

the onIy way you can hide from the army is by turning into a fIea.

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

[ CIock Ticking ]

[ Birds Chirping ]

[ CIock Ticking ]

Rosita, what can we do?

Enrique's Iife is in danger here.

Enrique is Ieaving.

He's going north.

And I'm going with him.

To the north?

Is everything arranged?

We don't have money, Godmother.

HeIp us, pIease.

Of course I'II heIp you.

Wait.

Rosita...

I've aIways wanted to go north...

ever since I was a IittIe girI.

But I'II never go. I'm too oId now.

Entonces.

These are my savings.

Now go to the north for me.

Remember. You have to pretend to be Mexican.

Otherwise, if you're caught, they'II send you right back here...

and that's your death.

It's hard to pretend to be Mexican.

Use your head before they cut it off.

Okay, say something Iike a Mexican.

TeII me it's a hot day.

[ ChuckIes NervousIy ] It's a -- No.

It's a hot day.

Oh, God!

You won't get a miIe past the border!

Say it's a ''fucking'' hot day.

Mexicans are aIways saying ''fuck.''

''Fuck'' here, ''fuck'' there.

If you don't say ''fuck'' aII the time...

they'II know you're not Mexican!

And if they ask where you're from...

say Oaxaca, Mexico.

Most peopIe can't teII the difference.

They think aII Indians Iook aIike.

Do you know a good coyote?

Yes. A good one.

Without him, you won't get across.

And remember...

that the border between Mexico and the United States...

is Iike a war zone.

Remember.

[ Spanish ]

[ Cricket Chirping ]

[ Door Opens ]

Rosa.

What are you doing?

I'm going with you.

With things the way they are now?

And you're a woman.

And you're a man.

They kiII them both the same here.

But it's so dangerous.

Ramón says it's Iike a war.

I probabIy won't make it.

And with you --

[ In K'iche' ] My sister's crazy. Everyone is crazy.

[ In Spanish ] There's no other way, Enrique.

When the soIdiers come back, they'II take me.

I'm afraid.

I'm so afraid.

But the money? We don't have enough.

And your sweetheart?

The past is gone forever, Enrique.

[ In K'iche' ] I've Iost my father... and my mother.

And when I thought you were gone...

I never feIt so aIone.

I won't Iet you Ieave me.

We have to stay together, whether we Iive or die.

You're my whoIe famiIy now.

[ In K'iche' ] Yes. You're right, Rosita.

We have to stay together.

[ In Spanish ] But we're not going to die.

We're going to Iive!

And in the north, we won't be treated this way.

We'II make a Iot of money.

We'II have everything we want.

And we'II return one day.

We'II have good Iuck now.

I'm sure of it!

[ Dog HowIs, Barks In Distance ]

Wait. There's something I must do.

- What? - I must do it aIone.

- Wait for me at the edge of town. - AII right. But hurry.

I wiII.

♪ [ Women Singing In Spanish ]

[ Match Lights ]

[ In K'iche' ] For my father.

For my mother.

And for my viIIage.

♪ [ Continues ]

♪ [ Singing Ends ]

[ Dog Barking ]

[ AnimaI Screeches ]

[ Woman ] Rosa.

Rosa.

[ In K'iche' ] Where are you going, Rosa?

Rosa, where are you going?

Rosa, are you aII right?

Rosa. Rosa.

Rosa.

[ Wind Gusts ]

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Dog Barking ]

[ In Spanish ] What's the matter? Are you aII right?

No, no. I'm fine. Let's hurry.

- Let's go... to the north. - [ ChuckIes ]

♪ [ Women Singing In Spanish ]

[ Insects Chirping ]

- ♪ [ Continues ] - [ Dog Barking, HowIing ]

♪ [ Singing Ends ]

[ Bird Chirping ]

[ Tire Pops ]

[ In Spanish ] Motherfucking tire!

Goddamn tire! Fucking son of a bitch!

Piece of shit.

[ Mutters ]

What the heII?

What the fuck are you doing there?

Cat got your tongue?

LittIe tramps.

Where are you going? What direction?

Same way you're going.

Same way? Where are you from?

- Oaxaca, Mexico. - Oaxaca?

[ Mutters In Spanish ]

So you're from Oaxaca, eh?

You're reaIIy fucked-up.

You're coming from where we're going to!

Idiots!

Oaxaca is 300 kiIometers ahead!

[ Spanish ]

GuatemaIans, aren't you?

Got youI [ Laughs ]

Just heIp me fix this damn tire...

and then I'II give you a mother of a ride.

How did you get across the border?

They've got fuckIoads of soIdiers there, so when you try to cross -- [ Raspberry ]

Yes, but Enrique knows the mountain paths.

Bueno. [ ChuckIes ]

Done some smuggIing, huh?

You Iike Mexican music?

Yes, I Iike it.

It's the best!

- [ CIicks ] - ♪ [ Men Singing In Spanish ]

Hey, motherfuckerI

Move your ass!

That's why God gave you one!

[ Horn Honking ]

[ Cries ]

[ No AudibIe DiaIogue ]

[ Crying Continues ]

[ Baby Crying ]

[ Baby Crying ]

- [ Crying Continues ] - [ Woman Speaking Spanish ]

I can't stand drafts! Can't you understand?

Goddamn Indians! You shouId die for this!

OId fart. [ ChuckIes ]

[ Coyote HowIing ]

[ Man Speaking, Faint ] Enrique Xuncax.

[ Engine IdIing ]

Enrique Xuncax.

[ Passenger Snoring ]

[ Coyote HowIing In Distance ]

You can't escape me this time, you bastard!

[ Groans ]

- [ Baby Crying ] - We're here -- Tijuana.

The shit-hoIe of the worId.

[ Chattering ]

[ Chattering ]

Come on. I'm a good coyote.

Hey, onIy $300 to the north!

I'm the one! Come on.

I'm boId. I'II take you there on the wings of destiny!

Don't be Ieft behind!

Come on, miss. I'II take you to the north.

Come here! Don't miss out!

Let's cross the border! Don't be Ieft behind!

I'II take you for $300 eachI

It's the uItimate for the poor! Let's go, ''IittIe chicks'' -- north!

You won't have to sIeep on the fIoor.

Not Iike here, where you're dying of hunger.

It's the Iand of money...

where you'II find beautifuI houses, big cars.

It's the most beautifuI thing in IifeI

Come with me, to the northI

[ Men Laughing, Chattering ]

What a pair of dummies.

Don't know their ass from a hoIe in the ground.

- [ Laughing ] - Dumb as animaIs.

[ Laughing Continues ]

What's going on here?

Jaime, these donkeys just arrived.

They're Iooking for their coyote, but they don't have his address. [ Laughs ]

They think they're in their IittIe viIIage, the jerks! [ Laughs ]

What a coupIe of turkeysI

Yeah, too bad they're not smart Iike aII of you geniuses, huh?

If you're so briIIiant, what are you doing here in Tijuana, barefoot?

Come on! Get out of here! Leave them aIone!

[ Both Speaking Spanish ]

Don't mind those idiots.

Just arrived?

- Where are you from? - We're from Oaxaca.

I'm from Zacatecas.

- My name is Jaime. - I'm Enrique.

- This is my sister, Rosa. - It's a pIeasure.

Who are you Iooking for?

Raimundo Gutierrez.

A friend of someone in our viIIage.

- Do you have his address? - Yes --

We had it.

But he doesn't Iive here anymore.

I see.

Do you have any money?

WeII, yes.

A Iot?

Yes... I think so.

Let me give you some advice.

Don't give it to anybody.

You'II need it when you get to the north, understand?

And about finding your friend...

I'd heIp you, but...

I'm crossing tonight.

Maybe you want to stay and Iook for your friend.

But if you want to cross, you can try your Iuck with me.

♪ [ Radio.; Mexican ]

Yes, we'd Iike to!

It's not that hard, beIieve me.

Do you want a pIace to stay untiI we Ieave?

If we're going tonight, yes.

- Here, stay in here. - No.

What if the owner comes back?

Rosa, Iook around you.

This is a ''Iost city''-- peopIe come and go.

No one knows or cares how many peopIe are here.

And no one owns anything here.

At dusk, I'II come for you, and we'II cross.

- AII right? - [ Both ] AII right.

- See you Iater. -[ Enrique ] UntiI tonight.

I toId you we'd be Iucky!

Imagine, meeting someone Iike him on our first day here.

You're easiIy impressed.

Oh. And you can't appreciate good Iuck, even if it comes up and bites you.

It's so hot and dusty.

It's not Iike San Pedro.

What are you saying?

Are you homesick? WouId you rather be in San Pedro?

I just said it was hot, that's aII.

I'm not homesick.

I don't want to be in San Pedro. I'm not thinking about that.

If you think about things Iike that, you'II go crazy.

Okay, forget it. We won't taIk about it anymore.

Go to sIeep, because tonight you won't be abIe to.

[ Baby Crying ]

-[ Horn Honking ] -[ Baby Crying ]

- Rosa. - Mmm.

Do you suppose aII these peopIe...

are trying to go north Iike us?

Yes, I think they are.

That's a Iot of peopIe.

Go to sIeep. If you worry about that...

you'II go crazy even faster than if you think about San Pedro.

You're so practicaI, Rosa.

- Go to sIeep. - Oh!

[ Horn Honking ]

This is the hoIe. CarefuI. Be as quiet as cats.

- [ Man On Radio ] 101 to 303. - [ Man #2 On Radio ] Go ahead.

[ OwI Hooting ]

I'II be right back. Wait here.

[ OwI Hooting ]

[ Dog Barking ]

He's just peeing.

[ Enrique Groans ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Groans, Coughs ]

[ Screams ]

[ Groans ]

Robbing you is a pain in the ass!

You're a mean motherfucker!

How much dough do you have anyway?

Dough?

Money, idiot! Can't you speak Spanish?

Ah?

- Twenty doIIars. - What?

I'II be fucked!

You said you had a Iot!

- That is a Iot. - Go to heIII

Now I've had my baIIs busted for a Iousy 20 bucks!

Motherfucker.

- [ Chatter On PoIice Radio ] - [ Twig Snaps ]

[ Man ] Don't moveI

[ In EngIish ] Looks Iike we got us a coupIe of wets there, man.

[ Man #2 ] Oh, Iook at that. They're Just kids.

[ Enrique ] Oaxaca, Mexico.

- [ Phone Rings ] - [ Typing ]

[ In Spanish ] Yes, Oaxaca aIso.

[ In EngIish ] I think these kids might not be from Mexico.

I think they might be from CentraI America.

How do we find out, genius?

I've got a system.

First we ask them if they can read and write.

Yeah.

Then we'II ask them to sing the Mexican nationaI anthem.

Yeah?

WeII, if they can't sing it, then we know they didn't Iearn to read or write in Mexican schooIs.

[ In Spanish ] Do you know how to read and write?

[ In K'iche' ] Why does he want to know that?

[ In K'iche' ] I don't know...

but I think it's a trick.

We'd better Iie.

- What are they saying? - I don't know.

They're not speaking Spanish. They must be speaking some kind of Indian Ianguage.

- WeII, what the fuck good are you? - [ Enrique ] No.

[ In Spanish ] We can't read or write.

- They don't know how to read and write. - WeII, that's some great system you got there.

Okay.

[ In Spanish ] Show me exactIy where you are from.

[ In Spanish ] What the fuck?

What's this fucking thing you're showing me?

What the fuck are you taIking about?

- I don't know. He sounds Iike a Mexican to me. - Oh, heII. I can't pin 'em down.

Send 'em back to Tijuana. Who cares?

Oh, hey, man. You gotta Iearn to Iose.

Grow up.

[ Baby Crying ]

[ Baby Crying ]

[ Woman Speaking Spanish ]

[ In Spanish ] Come and get your sweet roIIs!

Hot tamaIes! How many do you want?

[ Spanish ]

Hey! Thief! Goddamn thief!

PoIiceI

- Lazy bastards! What are you Iaughing at? - [ Baby Crying ]

♪ [ Speakers.; Mexican ]

♪♪ [ Continues ]

I'm Iooking for Raimundo Gutierrez.

- Raimundo. - [ Cash Register BeII Dings ]

I'm Raimundo.

- I want to go north. - You're wasting your time, kid.

I stopped being a coyote a whiIe ago.

It's too dangerous.

I don't take anyone across. No oneI

Wait. I'm a friend of Ramón Muñoz.

He gave me your name.

♪ [ Continues ]

Seems Iike you haven't eaten in a week.

♪ [ Jukebox.; Man Singing In Spanish ]

But you're Iucky. You're aIive.

Can you heIp us?

Ramón is a good friend of mine.

I owe him some favors.

I guess I'II have to heIp you.

I suppose you don't have much money.

I won't charge you much. I'm doing it for Ramón.

But you have to give me something.

- There's a Iot of expenses. - How much?

About $100.

There's gas, food, hoteI.

Don't worry.

We'II get the money.

Your sister. Is she strong?

I think she's stronger than both of us together.

Good.

Because I'm not going to take you through the mountains.

Too risky.

There's one other way.

The tunneIs.

And it's horribIe.

The oId sewer tunneIs that connect Tijuana with the other side.

They haven't been used for years...

so they're empty.

The safest ones are the smaIIest.

But you have to crawI on your hands and knees for miIes.

It's safer than the mountains...

but it's reaIIy heII.

You can't hear anything.

You can't see.

And the stink--

It's safer.

But most peopIe wouId rather go through the mountains...

and risk getting robbed or shot!

[ Cat YowIing ]

[ Dog Barking ]

Rosa.

Look what I have for you.

- Some fruit and a sweet roII. - [ Enrique Speaks Spanish ]

I brought something for you too.

- A steak! - Enrique.

Where did you get that?

I had a big Iunch...

with Raimundo Gutierrez!

- You found him! - [ Laughs ] Yes!

And he's going to take us north!

There's just one thing.

We have to get $100.

This is pure siIver.

This wiII get us the money.

Mother's neckIaces?

No.

No, we can't seII them.

Enrique.

If we want to go north...

there's no other way.

[ FIy Buzzing ]

[ SeaguII Squawks ]

It wiII seem Iike you'II never get out.

But I want you to keep going.

And when you get to the other end, I'II be there waiting.

I promise.

[ SeaguII Squawking ]

[ Spanish ]

May the Virgin take care of you.

[ Spanish ]

[ Screams ]

What's that?

I think it's a dead cat.

Come on.

- [ Soft RumbIing ] - [ High-pitched Screeching, Faint ]

- [ RumbIing Stops ] - [ Screeching Stops ]

[ Both Panting ]

[ High-pitched Screeching ]

[ Squeaking ]

[ Screams, Sobs ]

[ Screaming, Crying ]

[ Gasping ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Groaning ]

- [ Squeaking ] - [ Enrique Groans ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Screams, Groans ]

[ Screaming Continues ]

[ Screams ]

[ Both Screaming ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Rosa Whimpering ]

[ Gasps ]

Rosa, are you aII right?

[ Whimpering ]

Yes, Enrique.

Let's go. We have to keep going.

I can see the end!

[ Panting ]

[ HeIicopter Departs ]

[ Enrique Laughing ]

[ Panting Continues ]

It's me.

- Raimundo. - Of course.

I said I'd be here, and here I am.

Just Iike I promised.

I brought you some sandwiches.

You've got a first-cIass coyote!

[ ChuckIes, Speaks Spanish ]

Rosita, come here!

That's San Diego.

Pretty, isn't it?

From here, it's easy.

Tomorrow we'II be in Los AngeIes.

♪ [ Ranchera ]

[ Dog Barking ]

[ Raimundo, In EngIish ] How about these two, eh?

-[ Man, In EngIish ] They married? - No. They're brother and sister.

Son de GuatemaIa.

[ In EngIish ] GuatemaIa? Big deaI!

I get 'em from GuatemaIa, SaIvador, Nicaragua.

They coming in from aII South America.

Us Mexicans are beginning to be a reguIar minority around here.

Give you 75 bucks for the girI, nothing for the guy.

- Hey, Monty, wait a minute. What the heII's going on here? - No Iie, 'mano.

Things have changed since your Iast time here. I got men coming out of my ears.

Every morning they Iine up for day Iabor, huh?

Now, don't get me wrong.

He can stay and take his chances with the rest of the men...

as Iong as he pays his rent.

But I can't pay you for the guy.

Monty, I brought them across as a favor to an oId friend.

I didn't charge them a dime.

So you got a good heart, huh?

You sIeep good tonight. That's your reward.

Seventy-five bucks for the girI, or take 'em back.

[ Radio.; Man Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

Good.

Raimundo.

You and me, we're pubIic servants, huh?

The whoIe goddamn economy wouId coIIapse Iike that...

if it wasn't for the cheap Iabor we bring in, huh?

I suppose so, man.

- I suppose so. - Good.

[ Monty Patting Raimundo's Back ]

-♪ [ Ranchera ] -[ Nearby Residents Chattering ]

Nice, huh?

Stove.

Good refrigerator.

Huh?

Mira, I know.

[ In Spanish ] Very simpIe...

but very comfortabIe and very safe!

Muy seguro, huh?

Rosa, I'II come for you in the morning. [ EngIish ] Okay?

- [ Spanish ] Yes. - [ EngIish ] Good.

Good night.

- [ Spanish ] Good night. - [ Spanish ] Good night.

[ EngIish ] Yeah. Good night.

[ Laughs ]

[ Radio.; Man Continues In Spanish ]

-[ PIane Passing Overhead ] -[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Baby Fussing ]

[ FIushing ]

[ In Spanish ] Josefita was right.

We have a fIush toiIet.

And we have eIectric Iight.

Now aII we need to do is to buy a new car without money.

[ ChuckIes ]

[ Laughing ]

Ay.

Josefita and her crazy stories.

[ Chattering In Spanish ]

[ In EngIish ] Come on, Iet's go. Let's go. Let's go, Iet's go.

[ Sewing Machines Humming ]

[ Man, In EngIish ] She's a new girI. You teach.

Show iron.

- Iron. - Ah, you want that I shouId show to her.

Ah, okay. Sí.

Same as you.

Sí, don't worry about nothing. Sí, sí, sí. Okay, okay. [ Spanish ]

- AII the same. - Sí, sí. Okay, okay, Mr. Chung.

- [ In Spanish ] What's your name? - Rosa.

I'm Nacha.

Look, when you get a bundIe to iron...

find the ticket that says ''pressing.''

Ah.

Tear it out and keep it.

Look.

They'II pay you 30 cents -- American money --

for each piece.

- Understand? - Mm-hmm.

And be carefuI. This is steam.

[ Chattering In Spanish ]

[ ChiIdren SqueaIing, Chattering ]

[ In EngIish ] Hey, you. You. Are you Iooking for work?

- You! - ¿ Yo?

Out of the 50 guys who are standing around here, I want you.

[ Sighs ] Just what I'm in the mood for -- a game of charades.

You work? Work?

Work! Work!

Work. Work!

Yes! Yes. Sí. Work.

- Yes! Yes! - [ Laughing ] AII right! AII right!

- We're making some progress. - Sí. Sí.

Hey, wait a minute. How much?

How much?

Look.

One day. One day.

- Right? - Yes! Yes!

[ Laughing ] Okay, kid, Iet's get going!

You Iook great. Just great.

Christian Dior couIdn't make you Iook better.

CarIos.

[ Woman Laughs ]

[ No AudibIe DiaIogue ]

[ In Spanish ] LookI LookI

What?

Look at those Iadies. They're Iike something in a magazine!

[ In EngIish ] These are too Ioose. This is no good.

- Yes, but these are good. - No.

[ In Spanish ] And I don't Iook Iike a modeI?

- No. - Iron.

Because you Iook normaI.

[ Woman, In EngIish ] It has to be done over, done tighter.

[ Chung ] We do good Job aIways.

- [ Man Shouting ] Immigration! - [ Women Screaming ]

- [ In Spanish ] Run! - [ Screaming Continues ]

♪♪ [ WhistIing ]

- [ Phone Ringing ] - Shit.

Montezuma, they are taking away everybody!

Jesus Christ.

Montezuma, I Iose ''everythings''!

Yeah? WeII, who gives a goddamn pinche fuck about your business?

What am I gonna do with aII the babies they Ieft behind here?

- [ Babies Crying ] - Yeah.

Good! Good. Good.

[ In Spanish ] What's this?

It's a croissant.

It doesn't fiII you up Iike a tortiIIa, but it's good. Eat it.

Where are you from?

- From Oaxaca. - I'm from Chihuahua.

It's nice to have another Mexican here.

He's Mexican too, isn't he?

Him? No, he's a ''pocho.'' The dummy can't even speak Spanish.

Hey, CarIos. CarIos. Is it true you have testicIes for eyes?

[ In EngIish ] That's reaI funny, George.

Why don't you try your Spanish on some of these dishes, huh?

[ In Spanish ] Suck my sweet potato, asshoIe.

[ Both Laughing ]

What's a ''pocho''?

A Chicano.

What's a Chicano?

WeII, he's an American citizen, but he comes from a Mexican famiIy.

That's why he has to do the same shit work we do.

[ In Spanish ] I aIways check out a pIace before I take a job.

If I can't find a good escape route, screw the job.

Sit down. My treat.

Hey, sweetie!

Give me two burritos with green chiIi and two coffees.

Nacha.

Where are aII the gringos?

Look at this street. It's just Iike Mexico City.

Oh, Lord. You don't think gringos want to Iive with Mexicans, do you?

They Iive out there in their own neighborhoods.

Listen, I've been thinking.

I think I'II go back to cIeaning houses.

It's safer, and with my contacts --

Listen, maybe we'II be Iucky and get some big houses to cIean.

What do you say? You want to team up?

- Yes. - Okay. It's a deaI.

But you have to Iearn some EngIish.

Yes, I want to Iearn EngIish.

And I know where you can do it. In the pubIic schooIs it's free.

The government? Isn't it dangerous?

No, it's the safest. They never ask questions.

Why?

Ay, mi hiJa.

If you try to figure out gringos, you'II just get a giant headache.

They're cuckoo.

You know, you Iook Iike an Indian.

That is... a IittIe change of cIothes wouIdn't hurt, eh?

- Have you ever heard of Sears? - No.

Rosa, what happened to you?

Nothing.

Nothing! What do you mean, nothing?

Everybody's taIking about the ''migra'' raid!

I didn't know what happened to you, if I wouId ever see you again.

I'm sorry. I escaped.

I met a smart woman. I was Iucky.

Rosa, no one escaped but you!

I've been crazy with worry.

And just Iook at you!

What's wrong with the way I Iook?

Nothing, but...

you Iook Iike a cIown.

No, I Iook Iike an American.

And I'm going to work with Nacha, cIeaning houses!

What are you taIking about? Who's Nacha?

Enrique, we have to Iearn EngIish.

- Rosa, don't change the subject. - It's a good idea, don't you think?

I guess so.

But what circus did you escape from?

- [ Laughing ] - Oh!

[ In EngIish ] My name is FIorence. How do you do?

[ In EngIish ] My name is Enrique.

I am very gIad to meet you.

Good.

Hi. I'm FIorence.

[ In EngIish ] HeIIo.

My name is Rosa. I am very happy to meet you.

Good!

My name is FIorence. How do you do?

[ In EngIish ] Fine. My name is Crispin, and I am --

I am very -- I am very -- I -- ¡;Ay, qué Ia chingadaI

[ Laughs ]

[ In EngIish ] My name is Rosa. I am very happy to meet you.

You speak EngIish. That's wonderfuI!

[ ChuckIes ] Just a IittIe. I am Iearning.

How nice.

WeII, I'II show you the house, I'II teII you what I'd Iike you to do.

Let's start in the kitchen and the Iaundry room. Okay?

- Okay. - Come on.

Now, this is the washing machine, and it's reaIIy very simpIe.

First you fIip this to ''on''...

and then you have eight seconds to put your program in or eIse it wiII go to the defauIt setting.

Now, I usuaIIy Ieave the water IeveI at extra-high reset...

because you can't move it from one IeveI to another anyway without going to the restart first.

And I generaIIy Ieave 'perm press''here because that works for aImost everything...

unIess, of course, I'm using an extra-heavy Ioad of toweIs...

and then I use the ''toweIs'' setting.

That's reaIIy aII there is to it.

I don't bother with any of the other options.

Oh, except for Chris's T-shirts and socks, and then I use the extra rinse.

Okay?

- Okay? - Uh, okay, Mrs., uh, Rogers.

Um, don't worry about nothing.

Oh, good. Nacha, wouId you pIease caII me HeIen?

- Okay, HeIen. - Good.

Now, this is the hoId function. If you press this, the machine goes off.

But it's not off reaIIy, you see, because if it was you'd have to start over again.

And then you have the restart here. So you can see how simpIe it is.

Now, the dryer is reaIIy easy.

Again, you press the start Iever here...

and then you have eight seconds.

Now, you can choose any of these fabric types.

And if you want to adjust it, you either press more or Iess or whatever down here.

UnIess, of course, you want a fixed drying time.

Then you set it for however many minutes you want...

and when it shuts itseIf off it wiII beep a few times to Iet you know.

Oh, unIess you press the wrinkIe guard here.

Then it wiII beep a few times and shut itseIf off.

And five minutes Iater it wiII turn itseIf on again. Okay?

Okay, Mrs. Rogers.

You no worry about nothing. We do good job.

I know you wiII.

- But pIease caII me HeIen. - Okay.

Now, we'II go into the kitchen and I wiII show you the trash compactor...

and the convection oven, okay?

Nacha...

[ In Spanish ] do you understand how this works?

Sure. Anyway, we'II figure it out.

The important thing is, whatever they say, just smiIe and say yes.

[ In EngIish ] Rosa, is it this smoggy aII the time?

- [ In EngIish ] Yes, it's this smoggy very often. - Good.

Enrique, how is the weather in Los AngeIes?

It is usuaIIy very smoggy.

[ Laughing ]

[ Beeping ]

[ Machine Starts, Stops ]

[ Beeping, Machine Starts ]

[ Buzzer Buzzing ]

[ Machine Stops ]

[ Machine Buzzes, Starts, Stops ]

[ Sighs ]

But, Rosa, Nacha --

I mean, doesn't she know how to use the machine? What's going on here?

[ In Spanish ] Can you operate the machine?

[ In Spanish ] Yes, a IittIe.

It's very compIicated.

[ In EngIish ] She says that she can operate the machine... sort of.

Then why? I don't understand why.

[ In Spanish ] Rosita, why did you wash the cIothes Iike that?

[ In Spanish ] I don't know.

No, I don't know.

[ In EngIish ] She don't know.

- ¿Es qué-- - [ In Spanish ] What?

What difference does it make how I do it?

The cIothes are cIean, right?

[ In EngIish ] She says, what difference does it make how she does it...

as Iong as she does it?

But by hand? Oh, no. I mean it.

I just couIdn't Iet her do aII that washing by hand. It's too much work.

I mean, I can't stand the thought of her in here... scrubbing.

[ In Spanish ] Rosita, it does matter how you do it.

You have to do it in the machine.

That's how it is done in the north. You aIways use machines.

[ In EngIish ] Okay.

[ Chattering ]

- CouId I have some more coffee, pIease? - Yes, of course.

- Thank you. - You're weIcome.

Which one shouId we have next?

''More coffee, pIease.'' ''Yes, of course.''

''Thank you.'' ''You are weIcome.''

- ''More coffee, pIease.'' ''Yes -- '' - That's good, Ricky. That's good.

''Is it aIways this smoggy?'' ''Yes, it usuaIIy is.''

Oh, yeah! [ GiggIes ]

[ Car Horn Honks ]

[ Car Departs ]

♪ [ CIassicaI ]

♪ [ Continues ]

♪ [ WhistIing ]

[ Gasps ] Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no.

Let me guess. You don't Iike it.

WeII, Thanksgiving is a IoveIy hoIiday. But gourds? Gourds are not haute.

Why don't you do something simpIe with reeds and orchids?

Why don't you shit in your bed and roII over in it?

Len, my ears are not garbage cans.

Here, I finished the Thanksgiving menu.

Len, Freddie's quitting. He says he has to study fuII time for the bar exam.

- The bar exam? - I had a martini he mixed once. Let him study.

Len, we have to find someone.

I've been thinking, why don't we promote Ricky, the Mexican service boy?

He's been doing great. He's earned a break. He knows enough to move to assistant.

- How's his EngIish? - Pretty good.

Let's face it -- you don't have to be Shakespeare to heIp the waiter.

That's true. You don't even have to be NeiI Simon.

EspeciaIIy here, where the whoIe menu is in French.

Right. Hey, Ricky! Ricky, come over here for a second.

Oysters, goIden cav-- Eighty doIIars, prix fixed.

Len, at this price you can afford some orchids. Good Iuck.

Ricky, Ricky, I wanna move you up. You're gonna be waiter's assistant.

Más dinero.

[ In Spanish ] Rosa! Look at me!

What happened?

- [ Laughing ] - You Iook wonderfuI.

I've been promoted!

See? I'm becoming somebody important!

- [ In EngIish ] WouId you Iike to see the menu? - [ In EngIish ] Oh, yes!

- More wine? - Yes, pIease.

- Okay. - [ Both Laughing ]

[ In Spanish ] I'm very proud of you, Enrique.

- Very proud. - Rosa...

I want to teII you something that Papa toId me before --

before he was kiIIed.

He toId me that...

for the rich...

aII peasants are just a pair of arms to do their work.

But he wanted something more for me.

He wanted peopIe to know...

that I'm a man with a heart and a souI.

Look at me now!

PeopIe wiII see me and respect me.

In this country you work hard...

but you can get somewhere.

I toId you, Rosa...

things wouId change for us.

We've had hard times...

but Iook.

Nothing can stop us now.

Nothing.

- [ Knocking ] - Come in.

- Don MocteI - [ In EngIish ] Enrique, can I see you for a minute?

-[ TV.; Crowd Cheering, Announcer Speaking ] - Come on in.

Enrique, this is AIice Harper.

AIice, this is Enrique, the man I was teIIing you about.

- Nice to meet you. - [ In EngIish ] I am very happy to meet you.

So, Enrique, how's your EngIish coming aIong?

It's okay. Like your Spanish. [ Laughs ]

[ CIears Throat ] Enrique, AIice has a factory in Chicago.

Now, most of the men she hires usuaIIy doJust reguIar factory work.

But now she's Iooking for a foreman.

- ''Foreman''? - Um, eI jefe.

She's Iooking for someone smart.

Someone who knows Spanish and EngIish and gets aIong good with everybody.

So, what do you think? I'm setting you up to be a foreman.

- Foreman? - It's a good job.

Pays good money -- 225 a week.

And she pays your way to Chicago.

- Chicago? - Uh, Chi --

[ In Spanish ] Big city, far away.

- [ In Spanish ] Far? - [ In Spanish ] Very far away.

[ In EngIish ] I don't know.

I have to taIk to Rosa.

- And if -- - Oh, no. No famiIy. No famiIia.

No, we can't aIIow any famiIies. It just gets too compIicated.

So Rosa has to stay here. Okay?

It's a good job.

No.

I can't do it, Don Mocte.

It's nice of you, but...

I can't do it.

It's impossibIe.

I cannot Ieave Rosa aIone.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

It is very nice to meet you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Don Mocte.

[ In Spanish ] Excuse me.

What'd I teII you, AIice? He's perfect, but he won't do it.

That's just the way these peopIe are.

He wouId be perfect. He's bright, and he's very seIf-assured, isn't he?

Too much, if you ask me.

But don't worry. I got a miIIion of 'em.

[ ChuckIes ]

[ Both Speaking Spanish ]

- Let me see it. - [ Enrique Laughing ]

Let's go ceIebrate, okay?

I'd Iike to, but I have to go home.

- Why? - I have to go see my sister.

Oh, fuck! It's aIways your sister!

She's a woman. You're a man. You can do what you want!

What do you say? Let's ceIebrate.

- AII right. - Good. Let's go.

[ FIorence, In EngIish ] Are you feeIing weII, Rosa?

Hmm?

Yes.

I'm just a IittIe tired.

Where is Enrique today?

I don't know.

He didn't come home today.

I think he have to work Iate.

Jovencia, do you Iike Iiving in a big city?

♪ [ Jukebox.; Ranchera ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

Here you are with your napkin.

[ In EngIish ] ''Oh, do you want some coffee, pIease?'' ''Yes. Thank you very much.''

You asshoIe. [ Laughing ]

[ Chattering ]

- [ In Spanish ] Who's there? - RosaI

Come in.

- What's the matter? - I was better, but now I'm much worse.

You have the fever of heII. It's very bad.

[ Chattering In Spanish ]

- [ Bones Cracking ] - [ Screaming ]

[ Whimpering ]

Ow!

[ Groaning ]

- Enrique. - ¡;HoIa, Don MocteI

[ In EngIish ] I spoke to that gabacha from Chicago Iast night.

She's stiII interested in you.

For what reasons I don't know.

She says she can get you a green card.

That's right.

You work for her one year or two, and you can be IegaI.

- I can be IegaI? - That's rightI

I'II go caII her right now. Come on.

StiII thinking about Rosa, huh?

Wake up, 'mano.

The train onIy comes by once, and this is it for you.

Enrique, you can be IegaI.

This is the opportunity of your Iife.

Come on.

What's the big goddamn deaI, eh?

You go to Chicago and Rosa stays here.

She won't starve to death.

What's so goddamn important, huh?

You think you're the onIy one that has to Ieave famiIy behind?

It happens aII the time.

I get babies Ieft here...

when their mothers get picked up by ''Ia migra.''

I have to take them to the orphanages.

Who knows what happens to 'em, huh?

We are taIking about survivaI.

You understand, kid?

SurvivaI.

I know how to ''survivaI,'' Don Mocte...

and I want to be IegaI...

but --

- But you won't take the Job, eh? - No.

I can't.

Okay.

I can't force you to take the opportunity of your goddamn Iife.

Buy 'em a book, send 'em to schooI, for what?

[ Scoffs ] These peopIe.

[ Squawking ]

Good morning, CarIos.

Good morning, Ma.

Uh, is this the, uh, Department of Immigration?

[ In K'iche' ] Mother?

[ In K'iche' ] Good morning. Hurry up now.

You have to go to work.

But, Mother --

[ In Spanish ] It's so hard to make tortiIIas on this stove.

[ ChuckIes ] If onIy I had my comaI.

But what can we do?

Life here is so hard.

You have to buy food, pay rent --

It's aII so expensiveI

They toId us that in the north you couId make a Iot of money...

but they never toId us you had to spend so much.

[ Man ] RositaI

It's your father.

Go see what he wants.

[ Rosa ] iPapá!

[ In Spanish ] Look, Rosita. I cut these for you.

[ HeIicopter Whirring Overhead ]

[ Vacuum CIeaner Whirring ]

¡;RositaI ¡;Ay, RositaI

[ In Spanish ] What's the matter?

What happened?

- What happened? - [ In K'iche' ] Mother.

♪ [ Man Singing In Spanish ]

Thank you.

♪♪ [ Singing Continues ]

[ In Spanish ] Jorge! Immigration!

HoIy shit! Run!

♪ [ Continues ]

[ In Spanish ] No, no. They'II send me back! I can't go to the hospitaI.

They'II send me back, and I'II be murdered! No!

They'II send me back!

Enrique!

[ Siren WaiIing ]

[ In EngIish ] Okay, I need a SociaI Security number.

- She don't have one. - Okay.

I need some form of I.D. -- a driver's Iicense maybe?

How about a green card?

Uh, she don't have one.

Okay, I'II have to refer this to the doctor and he'II decide whether or not to take it.

Have a seat over there and the doctor wiII be with you just as soon as he can.

But, miss, she's very sick. PIease.

The doctor wiII be with you just as soon as he can.

Vámonos. Come on.

You've got to get someone in there to heIp me. They're getting ants in their Gucci pants.

Is it my fauIt those two guys suddenIy vanished?

It may not be your fauIt, dear, but it's your probIem.

Hey, CarIos! Bruce needs some heIp. Get a vest.

- Vest? - Yeah, a vest. On the doubIe.

Get the Iead out of your ass. You've been promoted.

[ Chattering ]

Okay. This is the one, right?

- Yes, this is the one. - Hi.

Let me get in here.

- Nurse, did you take this woman's temperature? - No.

Do you have a rash?

A rash. Does she have a rash?

[ Speaking Spanish ]

Let me have a Iook.

It's okay. It's okay.

AII right. Nurse, get this woman to isoIation, stat.

Let's go. You come with me. Let's go.

♪ [ Jukebox.; Ranchera ]

[ In Spanish ] At Ieast we got away.

Let's drink to that.

Yeah, but we don't have any work.

We're reaIIy fucked.

We'II find something eIse.

It's not so easy. Being out of work up here is the worst.

There are so many peopIe now and not so much work as there used to be.

It was that ''pocho'' who turned us in.

The ''pocho''?

How do you know?

Easy.

The ''migra'' doesn't show up just because their baIIs itch.

Someone has to caII.

He's been pissed off ever since you got promoted.

That's the way it is here.

You've got to Iook out for yourseIf, or you're fucked.

You do whatever you have to do to survive.

That's what the ''pocho'' did.

That's the way it is.

That's the way it is -- reaIity.

None of this wouId happen if onIy we had those damned papers!

- [ Siren WaiIing In Distance ] - [ CIock Ticking ]

[ Woman On P.A. ] Attention, pIease. Paging Dr. Cameron.

- Dr. Murphy. - Yeah?

- Here's the Iab report you wanted. - Oh, thanks.

It's a faIse aIarm. She's not contagious.

It's not epidemic typhus. It's murine typhus.

Murine typhus? How do you get that?

From rats.

Oh, Jesus.

AII right, thanks a Iot.

¡;HoIa, Don MocteI

[ In EngIish ] Hi, kid.

[ In EngIish ] Don Mocte, I was thinking about what you said.

You know -- [ ChuckIes ]

about that job in Chicago --

I think you are right.

I mean, I was wrong and you are right.

I want to take the job for that Iady.

I want to go to Chicago.

So you've come to your senses, eh?

Too Iate, though. I think she has someone eIse in mind.

They don't want you anymore.

Don Mocte...

I -- I got to have the work.

I need it. I don't have more work.

You shouId have Iistened to me when I was taIking to you.

Now it's too Iate. I toId you, she's Ieaving.

Se va.

Uh, Iisten...

pIease... Iet me taIk to her.

She Iiked me.

Just teII me where she is.

Give me a chance to taIk to her. Okay?

[ EIevator BeII Dings ]

[ In EngIish ] Doctor, how is she?

She's gonna be aII right?

Is she gonna die?

She's got a good chance of puIIing through.

I'm not gonna give you any faIse hopes.

It's pretty far aIong, and there's not a Iot we can do at this stage.

If you couId find her brother for me it wouId be a big heIp.

- Enrique? - Yes.

Yes, Doctor, I find him for you.

I swear I wiII. I'II find him.

I find him.

- [ Weeping ] - [ Sighs ]

The drummer was terribIe. The singer was terribIe.

The band was terribIe. The soIoists were terribIe.

The sound was terribIe.

[ Chattering ]

[ Car Door CIoses ]

Hey.

Do you remember me? I am Ricky.

Oh. Yes. I remember you.

But you didn't want the job.

I think about it. I want it.

- Did Monty send you here? - No.

He said you hire someone eIse.

But I said I must taIk to you.

I do a better job than anyone eIse.

You won't be sorry.

Yes?

You're a IittIe more aggressive than I thought.

You have some famiIy, don't you? Wasn't that the probIem?

No, it's no probIem.

My sister, she has a good job.

- She wiII be aII right here. - Yes, I'm sure she wiII be.

A-And I -- I go to Chicago, yes?

WeII, I think you wouId do a good job, Ricky.

You have a good attitude, and I do need someone.

But it's aIready after 7:00 and we have to Ieave tonight at a quarter to 12:00.

- I don't see how you can be ready. - I can be ready!

I can go tonight.

It's coId in Chicago this time of year. Do you have any warm cIothes?

Yes. Yes, I can be ready.

AII right. I'II make the arrangements for the tickets. That's no probIem.

- Do you have enough money to take a cab to the airport? - Yes.

You shouId be there no Iater than 10:45.

It's fIight 138, gate 42.

Wait, Iet me write that aII down for you.

Don't Iose this.

And don't be Iate.

I'II have the tickets at the gate.

[ ChuckIes ] I suppose if you can find your way to Los AngeIes from your viIIage in Mexico...

you can find your way to the right gate at the airport.

[ Woman On P.A. ] Dr. ReiIIy. Dr. DonaId ReiIIy.

Dr. Hernandez. Dr. David Hernandez.

[ CIock Ticking ]

[ CIock Ticking ]

[ Enrique ] Nacha?

[ In Spanish ] Thank God I found you. You've got to come with me immediateIy.

- What's going on? - Rosa is in the hospitaI.

- What's wrong? - I don't know.

She got sick this morning. The doctor said I had to get you.

But I can't go right now.

Why?

I've got to Ieave.

I'm going to Chicago... tonight.

What are you saying? Are you crazy?

Rosa is in the hospitaI!

You take care of her, Nacha. She'II get better.

I know it. I'II caII when I arrive.

Nacha, I must goI

I don't have a job!

I don't have much time. I must go now.

Nacha, take care of her, pIease.

I can't beIieve it.

The doctor toId me to find you.

Rosa couId die!

Listen to me! She couId die!

Leave me aIone! Leave me!

AII right.

Rosa may be dying...

but you...

are aIready dead.

[ Door Opens, CIoses ]

[ ExhaIes ]

[ Woman On P.A. ] Last caII for passengers...

on fIight 89 to San Francisco...

now boarding at gate 16.

Last caII for passengers...

on fIight 89 to San Francisco...

now boarding at gate 16.

[ Labored Breathing ]

[ Labored Breathing ]

[ Gasps ]

Enrique.

[ Sobbing ]

- [ In K'iche' ] Are you feeIing better, Rosa? - [ In Spanish ] Yes.

In my dreams, I feIt afraid.

I feIt Iike that day in San Pedro...

when I thought you wouId never come back.

But when I woke up...

you were here...

with me.

Of course.

You're the onIy famiIy I have.

We have to stay together.

Life here is very hard, Enrique.

We're not free.

Isn't it true that we're not free?

Yes, Iife is difficuIt here.

It's true.

You have to work very hard.

In our own Iand...

we have no home.

They want to kiII us.

There's no home for us there.

In Mexico there is onIy poverty.

We can't make a home there either.

And here in the north...

we aren't accepted.

When wiII we find a home, Enrique?

Maybe when we die we'II find a home.

Don't say that, Rosita.

It's hard...

but we're going to have Iuck.

And we'II get everything we want.

And we'II make a Iot of money.

And we'II return to our viIIage.

And when we waIk down the streets peopIe wiII Iook at us with envy.

Things are changing.

Yes, we'II have a Iot of Iuck now.

I'm sure of it.

The onIy thing is to not Iose faith.

That's it.

The important thing is not to Iose faith.

Rosita?

Rosa?

Rosa?

Rosa! Rosa, no!

[ Weeping ]

[ Birds Twittering ]

[ Tweeting ]

[ Chattering In Spanish ]

- [ Chattering Continues ] - [ Horn Honks ]

- [ Chattering Continues ] - [ ChiIdren Laughing, Chattering ]

Yo!

[ In Spanish ] Okay, come on. I need men with strong arms to work.

- Me! Take me! - I'm strong! I can work!

[ AII Shouting In Spanish ]

Me! Take me! I have strong arms!

[ Shouting Continues ]

- [ Crow Squawking ] - [ Bird Chirping ]

♪ [ Man Singing In K'iche']

♪ [ Ends ]

♪ [ Women Singing In Spanish ]

[ BeII ToIIing In Distance ]

♪ [ Ends ]