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PEOPLE AWARE OF THE GOALS THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE

ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO SACRIFICE". SALVADOR ALLENDE

[woman crying]

[gunshot]

[wind]

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

[cattle]

What are you going to do today?

I have to go to Tierra Negra.

Will you come back early?

Yeah.

-See you later. -Aren't you having breakfast?

No, I have to go.

Remember to pick up the corn, it's paid for. See you, baby.

Take care.

[music from radio]

What do you have for me now, man?

The usual. A week's load.

I'll be damned...

-How many? -What you asked for. Ten sacks.

Fine, then.

-I'll ask the boys to help you. -Okay.

Come with me.

Chapulín!

Unload those sacks from the pick up.

Come on.

Wait here.

-There you go, boy. -Thank you.

I'll be seeing you. I'll probably need more next Monday.

Thank you, boss.

Hurry up!

[heavy breaths]

I'll hang this with a hanger. I mean, with clothespins.

Let's see.

Another one.

-Another one? -Right. Another clothespin.

We'll hang this with a hanger, honey.

Let's see.

That's right.

We have to pay the electricity bill tomorrow.

We're four months behind.

Take it from your savings.

I have no money now.

We need to pay Adriana's school fee, too.

The little money I have left...

What the fuck is this? Time to collect?

Do whatever you have to do...

but don't talk to me about money.

[music]

Finish your meal, baby.

Eat.

Yes?

Yes, hold on a second.

What is it, Estela?

-It's ready. Can you sign it? -Sure. Give it to me.

Yes. No.

This fucker, right?

Well, that.

Tell him to stop playing dumb and to go and sign.

What's the problem?

Right. Okay.

You're on. Okay.

Thank you.

Estela.

Is everything fine?

Fine, sir.

What can I do for you?

Can you take some documents to this address?

Can you?

It's okay if you can't. I can send someone else.

-Sure, sir, I'll do it. -Here.

Give them to Mr. Camacho.

He's on the second floor.

Tell him I'll give him the rest next Monday.

Yes, sir.

Estela.

I'll see you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow, sir.

Teacher!

Where's Adriana?

Your husband picked her up.

No, please, don't tell me that!

I'm sorry. The girl waited for you for almost an hour.

I had to call your husband.

Oh, no, please...

Adriana: And I'll color this one brown.

-Which one is this? -Venus.

No, purple.

-What's the blue one? -Earth.

Where were you?

I had to go downtown to deliver some documents.

Since when are you their courier?

Huh?

You idiot.

Please, don't.

Please, not in front of the girl, Javier.

Do you want a private lesson, then?

Answer me.

[grunts]

Listen, who do you think you are?

Do you think I'm your fucking nanny?

Get in there!

Don't!

[slap] [scream]

[music]

Thank you.

Yeah, I never considered anything else, I always...

What is it, baby?

How are you?

Fine, at work.

-Is everything okay? -Yeah.

More or less.

Oh, you know, same as usual.

I need to see you.

I can't take this anymore, Sofi.

I know.

You have to do something.

Is Adriana okay?

Yes, she's here with me.

She's sleeping.

I love you very much.

And I love you.

I'll do everything I can to go and see you.

Don't worry, Sofi.

Why don't you go visit Mom for a few days?

You haven't seen her in a long time.

I'm afraid that he might hurt us.

He won't.

Sofi...

I really miss you.

-And I miss you. -Thank you.

I'll call you after work.

[cattle]

[music]

[dog barking]

Sometimes...

I think we could have a better life...

somewhere else.

What do you mean?

Leave this place...

the three of us.

We're fine here.

-I know these are hard times... -We can't live like this, China.

My father taught me one thing...

that dignity comes from the country and the people.

The people and the country change, Ponce.

This is no longer my town.

Fucking injustice is eating it up.

I love you.

I'll be back later.

Get me the wire.

This is my last roll and I need to tie the sacks.

[moans]

How's work, Sergeant?

I'm on duty, as usual.

What?

Do you think you're a hero?

It's just the call of duty.

How many fuckers have you whacked this week?

I have to go.

I'll go to the city next weekend.

I'll catch you there.

Lili.

Lili.

Get in, now.

My darlings...

How did it go?

Fine.

Traffic was a little heavy.

I ran into a roadblock.

There was a shooting.

Where?

Just outside Sabinal.

-The wire is here. -Thank you.

You had dinner, right?

I cooked an egg for her. I was waiting for you.

Brush your teeth and go to bed.

Come on, honey.

This country is getting worse.

We have to leave, China.

What do you want to do?

Where do you want to go?

We're in the North.

It's getting ugly here.

There's been three shootings in less than two weeks.

As long as you're not involved in anything bad...

nothing will happen to you.

Tell me where.

Far away.

Nothing's going to happen.

Look, Mom!

What are you doing?

I'm going to go visit my mom.

Your mom?

Since when are you so fond of her?

I'm taking Adriana with me.

When are you coming back?

Sunday.

You're taking the bus.

I have very little money for tickets and...

I don't give a damn. I need the car.

I'm not asking, I'm telling you you're taking the bus.

This is not it.

That one?

This one, I think... right.

I want the window seat, Mom.

That's fine, baby.

Here, baby, give me your backpack.

Let me put it up there, you'll be more comfortable.

[gunshots]

Adriana, baby. Wake up.

Adriana?

Adriana?

[gunshots]

My daughter!

My daughter, please!

Please, someone help me!

My daughter!

My daughter! A doctor, please!

The girl!

Help!

Oh, God!

Baby, what is this?

Don't touch her, you asshole!

Are you happy now?

Are you happy with your fucking war?

Baby!

-Let's go! -Come on! Get up, fucker!

Come on!

Get on!

Hurry up! Get on!

Where to, Sergeant?

Straight ahead.

You told me that you have two children, right?

Yes, Sergeant, a girl and a boy.

And you also told me you have not been doing this for long.

Almost three years, Sergeant.

Times change.

Things change.

It's not the same anymore.

Why do you say so, Sergeant?

You are a good soldier, Santo, one of the best I've had...

and this is not for everyone.

This war we're fighting against these bastards...

is for us people who have nothing.

This world is full of shit, Santo.

Well, we must clean all that shit up, Sergeant.

-Get down. -To the ground!

Let's see, who are you?

Gerardo.

Answer!

Beto.

Rigo.

Okay, Gerardo, Beto, Rigo...

what were you doing around here?

We are not going to turn you in...

but we are going to do you a little favor.

Gerardo, tell me, where were you heading to?

Answer, fucker!

We had...

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[music]

Let's go.

[music]

[dog barking]

Hey! Get over here.

Who's there?

It's Ponce, boss, I brought what you ordered.

Come in.

-How many did you bring, man? -Ten, like you asked.

Good. Good.

Come in, come in.

Take a seat.

Everything okay with you?

Yes, boss.

Look, Ponce, I won't be able to pay you the usual anymore.

Those fuckers threatened me yesterday.

They want me to give them a monthly share, otherwise...

well, you know.

To protect me and my family...

I took 200 pesos from each supplier...

to pay those sons-of-bitches.

Well...

here's the money for the ten sacks.

I took a little from you, too.

I hope you understand, boy.

Well, yes, boss.

Okay, I'll see you around.

I'll be waiting for you next week.

Thank you.

[music]

Estela...

I'm really sorry.

Thank you.

Estela.

Estela.

If...

you feel that you need to, you can...

take some time off work, until...

you are back on your feet, until...

you feel better.

Take all the time you want, just tell me and...

Thank you, Luis.

If you need any money...

don't worry...

-...just tell me. -Okay.

Wait.

What are you doing here?

Go back in.

Honey, I'm leaving.

Okay.

Are you going to be alright?

Yes.

I can stay with you today.

Don't worry.

Sit down.

Talk to me.

Okay.

How are your kids?

Fine.

All grown up, both of them.

They play football on Saturdays.

They are scorers...

Yeah.

Well, Chano is the goal keeper and Héctor is the scorer.

And how are you?

I'm good.

Struggling, now and then.

I didn't get to see Mom.

She doesn't know any of this yet.

And what do you plan to do?

I'll go visit her in a few days.

Sofi, I don't know how all of this happened.

The day we were going to visit Mom...

I still remember Adriana's face.

Happy because she was going to see her grandma.

At some point I saw her eyes...

and the last words I heard from her...

were "Thank you".

And look at me now.

I don't know if I'm crying because I don't have her anymore...

I don't know if I'm crying because this is my fault.

-I don't know if I'm crying... -It's okay, it's okay.

Calm down, calm down.

I know she was the love of your life...

and that's what you are to me.

I will not leave you alone.

It's my fault.

It's not your fault, Estela.

Look at me.

Estela, look at me.

It's not your fault.

Everything has been taken from me.

Eight years old, Sofi.

She was eight fucking years old! [crying]

Lili!

-Hi, Dad. -What are you doing here?

Playing.

Get in. Let's go.

It's late, you know?

Dad, what is that?

Wait here.

Help!

Help! Someone ran over my boy!

Help!

My boy!

My boy!

He did it!

-Get him! -He ran over the boy!

-Where are you going? -My boy!

[screams]

[screams]

My daughter!

My daughter!

Lili!

Dad!

No! Let go of me!

Let go of me! Lili!

Kill him!

Where's Dad?

No! Ponce!

Ponce!

-Kill him! -Murderer!

Ponce! No!

Let him go!

Let him go!

Murderer!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Tie him!

Hold him still!

-Murderer! -Murderer!

Tie him up!

Kill him!

-Catch him! -Get him!

Don't let him go!

Carlos...

Did you call me?

I need your help, please.

What happened?

They're trying to lynch my husband.

Who?

Townspeople.

Apparently, he ran someone over.

Where is he?

I don't know.

He ran towards the desert.

Where to?

Away from town, towards the desert.

Help me, please.

Vero... Vero!

[crying]

people: Police!

You were trying to lynch a man, right?

Hey!

Get over here.

Who's there?

Who's there? Come out or I'll shoot.

Who are you? What do you want here?

I need help.

Help me.

Where are you from?

Zaragoza.

What are you doing here? It's not a good time to mess with bad people.

Do you have a family?

My wife and a daughter.

You can spend the night here.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Are you the owner of this house?

Yes, sir.

Do you live alone?

Yes, sir.

I don't know if you heard.

I don't think news reach you.

They don't get this far.

Last night a fucker escaped from Zaragoza.

He was very drunk and he ran over a boy. Do you know anything?

No, sir, nothing happens around here.

Not even water comes around.

Nothing, boss. There's nothing here. Have a nice day.

Thank you.

Get up!

Please, don't shoot.

Sit up.

What did you do?

It was an accident.

There are no accidents here. Who did you kill?

I don't know if I killed him.

I just ran because they were trying to lynch me.

I didn't run because I was afraid of having killed someone.

If I did kill him, they should send me to jail, but not kill me.

Especially not like that.

I swear it was an accident.

You told me you have a daughter.

She's ten years old.

What do you do for a living, boy?

I...

sell corn to the Quinteros' barn.

My son is a farmer.

He left to work at the United States 15 years ago.

I'd rather he never came back...

than to learn that he was killed in a shooting.

-What are you doing? -I'm tying you up.

Please...

don't turn me in, they're going to kill me.

No one is going to kill you, you will choose your own path.

Please, help me.

There's no injustice in this house.

Move! Get over there.

Tomorrow I won't give you any food.

What will you do with me?

[music]

To the bus station.

Quickly. I'm in a hurry.

Don't move, asshole!

-Easy, man! Easy! -Taking a ride, faggot?

Easy, fucker.

Where were you going, faggot?

[tires squealing]

Where were you going, fag? On a vacation?

Come on! I was going nowhere.

Nowhere... with a suitcase.

Don't try to play the wise guy, fucker.

-You screwed up, motherfucker. -Come on, man!

We told you to pay.

-Where is the fucking money? -I was going to give it to...

Where is the money?

Let me go, man.

He wants us to let him go. Can you believe this fucker?

You're a smart-ass, motherfucker.

Go straight ahead, man.

I was going to get the money, man! I swear! I was going to get it!

Man...

we're friends, let me give you the money.

Come on, man!

Man, wait.

Come on, man...

Man...

Please, man.

Give me a break, man!

Come on, man...

Man...

No, man...

Let me go, man.

Come on, man... Come on!

Don't shoot, man! Don't! Don't!

[gunshot]

Get up, you faggot.

Get up, fucker.

What do you want, man?

What do you want, man?

Look...

since you screwed up with us we're going after your wife.

No, man! No, no, no, man!

Hello?

Estela?

Baby...

I've just been kidnapped.

Do as they say.

Help me...

please.

No, man! Don't!

Hi, Estelita.

How are you?

-Who is this? -It doesn't matter.

Listen to me.

Look...

your idiot husband stole money from us...

so now you have to come and pay.

Not only what he stole, now you'll give us twice as much.

But don't worry.

You have two hours to get it.

But if I don't have it within two hours...

I will have to go and find you.

Sixty thousand pesos.

I'll call you in an hour and a half to give you a location.

Hello?

Hello?!

Luis?

Luis: How much do you need?

They want sixty thousand pesos.

By when?

Within an hour and a half.

Follow me to the bank.

Park your car next to mine.

Do not get off the car. Wait for me there.

Here.

Don't mention my name.

I'll call you later.

Okay.

Be careful.

Thank you, Luis.

-Go now. -Okay.

Thank you.

[music]

[cell phone vibrating]

Hello?

Estelita?

Your husband wants to see you.

Tell me where.

Drive towards the outskirts of the city.

There's a detour by the first sign on kilometer 42.

Take it and call me on Javier's phone.

[horn]

Excuse me.

In those apartments.

Thank you.

[knocking on door]

What do you want?

I'm here to see Tapón.

And who are you?

I'm Javier's wife.

Tapón and my husband work together.

Oh, I see...

Come in.

Someone's here to see you.

Don't get up.

How are you?

Well, working.

I heard about your daughter.

I haven't seen Javier in a while.

He called me earlier today, but he got disconnected.

What brings you here?

I'm here to ask for a favor on behalf of my husband.

Fuck! What did I do to him that he can't come and ask himself?

He's on a trip.

Well, have him call me when he's back.

Yes, sure.

Well, what's the favor?

I know my husband has bought guns from you several times.

And I'll tell you the truth...

the favor is for me.

No...

That's fucking tough, Estelita.

The way things are now, they'll come after me.

And, if I may ask...

what do you want a gun for?

I'm not only buying a gun from you...

I'm also buying your silence.

Please, don't ask what I want it for.

Gee!

So you're a tough bitch, aren't you?

Do you have money?

I have whatever you ask for.

It's loaded.

How much?

Fifteen thousand.

I said fifteen, you are giving me fifteen more.

That's for you to keep your mouth shut, you asshole.

Good luck.

[door opens and closes]

Get busy, damn it!

[music]

Get up, boy.

[music continues]

[crying and screaming]

Sit there.

This is as far as I'll get.

What will you do to me?

Let you go.

-Here? -Yes.

I'm going to die here.

This is the best I can do.

I can't...

Your feet own this weather.

They'll fuck me over there.

Look, boy, your life does not belong to me...

but if I have to shoot this gun once, I will.

[gunshot]

[crying]

Help me, Miss.

Help me, please.

I just want to get home.

Please...

Please, help me.

What the fuck do you want? [heavy breaths]

Don't shoot, please... [crying]

-Look, I also have... -What are you doing?

I'm not going to hurt you, please.

I just want to... [gunshot]

[music]

[rain]

Now what?

The same as usual.

They found this guy with a bullet in the head.

They found another guy 300 feet away.

-Another one? -Yes, Sergeant.

Were they linked?

Apparently, this car belonged to the other dead man.

He had a note stuck to his back with a knife.

They found an envelope with 30,000 pesos in the car.

May I?

What were their names?

That man was Javier Ortiz. We don't have an ID on this one yet.

Good afternoon. I gather that you are here to ID this person.

-Are you related to him? -He's my husband.

I'm going to show you his face.

Please look at him closely to confirm his identity.

-It is him. -Okay.

Verónica.

I need you to tell me something.

What?

Did you know what Ponce was mixed up in?

What are you talking about?

-Apparently, he was linked to... -What do you mean?

They found him in a car...

with a bullet in the head and an envelope with 30,000 pesos.

Verónica...

if you know something, tell me, so that we can track those people...

and keep them from harming you.

You killed him.

What?

You killed him, son of a bitch.

I didn't kill him, Verónica.

Why did you do that, motherfucker?

-Verónica, calm down. -Why did you kill him?

Calm down! Verónica, calm down!

-Calm down. -Why did you kill him?

Calm down, Verónica.

Verónica!

Why?

Why?

-What happened, Vero? -Where is Lili?

Here, in the living room, with the girls.

Let's go, baby.

Where, Mom?

Home.

Are you okay, Vero?

Yes, thank you.

If there's anything you need, let me know.

Thank you.

-Bye, Lili. -Bye.

Good evening.

[music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

How are you this morning, Mom?

Fine.

Do you want some coffee?

No.

Did you have some already?

I'm not going to have coffee today.

You're not having coffee?

Why not?

This day feels different.

The wind...

the sun...

the people.

Only you notice those things.

Last night I dreamt Adriana came.

She was all grown.

Eighteen, she was.

I was there, sitting in the living room.

You saw her and danced with her.

There was some music.

I never knew what song it was.

I don't know what it means...

but it was good to dream about Adriana growing up to be 18.

Dreams are comforting when you're old.

Look at me.

Almost 70.

All wrinkled on the outside...

but they keep me alive.

This country has become an endless graveyard.

I see the horizon...

and the end seems so far away.

Times have changed, Estela.

Look around you.

People are not walking anymore.

They don't sing anymore.

They don't defend themselves.

They don't work.

Many people say what we need is a second revolution...

and all I see...

is a civil war with every dawn.

We keep on living like slaves.

Rights and duties...

have long been lost.

The simple things in life...

are our only comfort.

We have to keep on dreaming.

[music]