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[emergency siren wailing]

[indistinct chatter over police radio]

["La Bien Querida" playing]

[sirens wails]

[officer] Move along, please.

I don't know, I think antidepressants and benzodiazepines.

- That's definitely what caused this? - [Da] Yes, yes.

[Irene] Cocaine, I think, too.

[cell phone camera clicks]

[car horns honking]

- Can I ride with him? - [Da] Julio!

[officer 1] Come on.

[officer 2] Let's go.

[sobbing] Da!

[siren blares]

[keys clacking]

IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN

CHAPTER 4 I FORGOT I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU

[music fades out]

- [faint medical monitor noises] - [siren wailing]

[Irene sniffling]

- Did another bomb go off? - No.

Just another case of bad critics.

[sighs]

There goes the job of my life.

I don't know why I can't accept that I'm just another pretty face.

Who told me to try directing? It really should've been you.

Tell me the truth.

Is it that bad?

Even if it's great, is it worth ending up like this?

I'm done with you.

Then you shouldn't have invited me to your premiere.

We were good when we weren't in each other's lives.

I don't need your celebrity bullshit.

[Julio] Can you get rid of her?

You don't mean that.

Don't be stupid.

Know what any of us would give to be in your shoes?

Then you can have them!

- Do I look like I'm having a good time? - [rapid beeping]

The talent I've been blessed with is nothing but a curse!

- [scoffs] - Everything handed to me!

Do you hear yourself right now?

Actors really shouldn't be allowed to talk without a script,

because... they say some real stupid shit.

Okay, take it easy on me, would you?

[beeping continues]

- Forget it. - Okay.

[medic] Mask, please.

[sighs] Put this on.

[Julio breathes deeply]

[sorrowful music playing]

I'm glad you're here.

I really hate you.

I wish we'd done things differently.

Don't say that.

When did it all get so fucked up?

[heavy breathing]

[Irene gasps]

Why are you doing this?

[wind gusting]

[man] How are you?

- [Irene] Well... - [music fades]

...to be honest, it's still pretty blurry.

[man] That's just the dilating drops. Don't worry.

You'll be back to normal in a day, at most.

APRIL 28, 2004

You're recovering well from those two surgeries.

but the vision in that eye won't come back, unfortunately.

If all goes well, we can try a contact lens in your good eye.

And what if everything doesn't go well?

Let's stay positive, okay?

- [somber music playing] - [window blind creaks]

[sighs]

- [groans] - [woman] Is everything okay, dear?

I'm fine.

Thanks.

[traffic light signal beeping]

[woman] A watermarked script,

in case anyone is tempted to make photocopies or pass it around.

You have three scenes, which isn't a lot, but they're very important.

- [phones ringing] - Thanks, Maca.

And this is your actor contract.

[door shuts]

- Mm. This is your first contract, right? - Yes.

Are you really going to hire me?

- [chuckles] - My audition was terrible.

Mm, he must've seen something he liked.

I have to sign it now?

Take it with you and have your agent look over it.

If there's anything they need fixed they need to hurry.

We want to finalize by the end of the week.

- Sure, we'll look over it. - Mm.

I'm sorry, Sandra.

- Are you guys done? - Mm, yeah.

Julio, sweetheart, follow me.

Romano wants to try a few looks on you before we leave here.

- [Polaroid camera clicks] - [Romano] Ah, that's it.

There you go, handsome. Rocking that Gucci, huh?

Show us a smile.

Come on.

Nah. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, Gucci doesn't work.

Looks good.

Yeah, sure, but "good" isn't really what we're going for.

- Come on. - Toñi?

Hold it, there, there, there, there.

Much better, way better. Turn around for me.

- That's it. Look at me. - [shutter clicks]

Make love to the camera, Julio.

Bravo, bravo. Karma, take this one, save it, would you?

Keep it up. Yes, you're amazing.

["I Could Get Used to This" playing]

♪ Yeah, 24/7 drip ♪

♪ I could get used to this ♪

♪ I could get used to this I could get used to this ♪

♪ Yeah, 24/7 drip ♪

♪ I could get used to this ♪

♪ I could get used to this ♪

Keep this one. Keep this one.

This one, no. This one, yes. This one, no.

I want to see him in all of these. What do you think?

I'm only in three scenes, so...

Well, we'll have to fix that, huh? How about, hm, 12 or 13?

I think your role just got bigger. Good?

- Are you serious? - Mm-hm.

Between you and me, I haven't been able to sleep

thinking about how lame this script is and how we can fix it.

I don't want you to worry too much about this version of the script, okay?

Does that sound good or too much?

- I guess not. - [chuckles]

It's actually refreshing that you're so unimpressed with all of this.

[chuckles] You're good.

[Karma] Well done, sweetheart.

You've made it to the big leagues, hmm?

You can thank those beautiful big eyes and that fit little body you've got there.

But do me a favor.

Uh, you should try not to strip too much,

otherwise this guy will keep changing the script.

[chuckling] Careful, 'kay?

You okay?

You look upset. What's wrong?

Nothing, it's just, there's someone I usually share this with,

but not anymore.

Oh, did they pass away?

No.

I just messed things up.

[snoring]

[Da] She's in a bad way.

She's totally obsessed with this.

Look, look.

"I feel like a soldier who falls in love

in the middle of a war,

but pretends he isn't happy because everyone around him

is living through a nightmare,

yet it's all euphoric."

It's written over and over like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

- Uh, "Da Shrina"? What is that? - Sh!

Seriously, you're really going to have to step up your movie knowledge

now that you live together with us.

So, now what?

Guess we get her to focus on the short

or something to help her get her mind off of him.

Why is she so messed up?

She just left one boyfriend to find another one?

Well, Jimena, what you want is one thing and what you get is sometimes another.

I can hear both of you. [sighs]

Did you hear all of it?

Just since Jack Nicholson and all that.

The Shining, Matt.

- Oh, I got it. - [Irene] Mm.

- That's wild. - [Irene] Yeah, that's wild. Mm.

Honey, stop opening and closing your eye like that.

- It's stressing me... - I know.

- It's because of the dilating eye drops. - Okay, okay, okay, okay.

- [Jimena] It was her eye... - [Irene] Everything's still blurry. Okay.

Uh...

You know how I wanted to write about the bombings

- but I didn't know how to? - Uh-huh.

It's right here.

This is the story.

Two... Two people fall in love when the bomb explodes

and the whole city is in tears, but they're so ecstatic.

So this is the story I need to tell. Not the crappy short I wrote.

- Well, we start shooting next week. - [Irene] Yeah, but...

He's right. Everything is in order. We can't just scrap the project.

Why shouldn't we? That one isn't good.

- Put this away. - What...?

[singing in Spanish] ♪ So cold, deceitful and introverted ♪

♪ Like she wants to get up and dance If she knew how to get you to react ♪

[rock music playing]

[Irene] This is the best idea you've ever had.

My god, if it weren't for alcohol, how would we ever get by, right?

Idiot. Let's go.

- Why aren't we drunk all the time? - Uh, mm-mm.

It puts everything into, like, perspective.

It's like, when I'm drunk, I have more confidence in myself, you know?

Like I can do anything.

- [Da] Girl! - Anything?

- [Irene] Yeah. - [Jimena] Well, let's see.

[Irene] Come on.

[Jimena] Whoa!

[music continues playing]

Holler at him. [chuckles]

I think that one's all you.

[Jimena] Or both of us?

- I don't want any orgies at our place. - Well...

No, not "Well"! Not "Well," not "Well."

I'm from Castellón and we don't do any of that where I'm from.

Look, I'm going to go hit on him, on him...

[Irene] And him. With the nose.

- Right. My standards drop when I'm drunk. - Yeah.

- Whoo! - They're not low when you're not drunk.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

It's like there's a big slut and a romantic inside me, you know?

And I like them both. I want the whole fucking rom-com.

And also... to fuck all the hot guys in Madrid.

I'm fucked up.

Yeah, well, we all are.

Listen, Disney and society have programmed us

to love one person and one person only.

However, advertising

and third-wave feminism

is all about not leaving any desire unfulfilled.

It's a lifelong contradiction we live with.

She's really smart, smart.

- Or I'm just drunk. - [Jimena] No.

No, I'm just smart.

Why don't you go over?

[Irene] I'm good.

Then you two can stay over here. I won't let you bring me down.

[Irene giggles]

- Hey. My name's Da. - [cell phone beeps]

MESSAGE RECEIVED

[new pop song plays]

We're going to make the best fucking short in history!

- Of course, we are, girl. - Mm-hmm.

- We're gonna take over the fucking world. - Yeah.

This all belongs to us.

What the fuck am I saying, "The world"? That's way too small for us.

- It's miniscule. - That's right.

Listen, let's bail and go to... to Julio's.

- We'll go there and tell him to fuck off. - [Jimena groans]

Julio doesn't exist. Now say it.

Doesn't exist.

You need to focus on the future, right?

Girl, our fucking short is going to kill.

They're going to tell stories about us!

Like the Movida, girl, like the Amenàbar generation!

- [Irene] To the Irene generation! Cheers! - [Jimena] Come on.

Uh, uh... To the three, the three musketeers.

- Yeah, the musketbitches! - Musketbitches!

[chuckling]

Look at him! Look at him!

- He's so fucking hot. - [Jimena chuckles]

- [Matt] Hey. - Why are you laughing?

- I think he's hot. Or am I that drunk? - Irene, that's Matt.

I don't remember.

Is there a rule in the handbook that says we can't hook up with our roommates?

Mm, nope. No.

- No? - Nope.

Well, okay then.

[both laugh]

[Matt moans passionately]

[stammers] This is bad. This is so bad.

Oh, my God. God, this is bad.

I guess if you look at it through this eye, it's fine.

It's fine. It's fine, right? It'll be fine.

Oh, oh, oh, stop! Stop!

- No, no. No stop. - Mm.

- Don't hold back, okay? - Hold back?

- Matt, take me. I want you to ravage me. - [Matt mutters indistinctly]

[both moan]

- [Matt] Irene. - [Irene] Come on, come on!

[panting]

- Perfect. Hurry! - [Matt] Quick. Ready?

[moaning continues]

- [Irene] Yes! - [Matt] Irene!

[Irene] Oh, Matt, don't stop!

[Irene laughs]

["Yo Te Diré" plays over headphones]

[music playing louder]

[passionate moaning]

[groaning]

Drop the camera and join us.

[chuckles]

It's just that this doesn't happen to me ever.

Laura, give me strength.

[giggling]

You're both gorgeous.

[panting]

[ecstatic moaning]

[faintly] Oh, Madrid.

[groans]

- [music continues] - [bed thuds]

[cell phone beeps]

[exhales deeply]

Seriously?

[exhales deeply]

- [music continues] - [bed thudding continues]

[buzzing]

[Irene] Yes!

[person gasps ecstatically]

[passionate shouting]

- [Irene] Matt, keep going! Keep going! - [vibrator motor stopping]

- [Jimena groans] Fucking batteries! - [Da] Fuck!

[Matt] What a night.

- [music fades out] - [snoring]

Everyone get your asses up!

Get moving! We have a meeting about the short in an hour!

This place isn't a goddamn sex dungeon...

Just a moment, okay?

Goddammit, let's go!

- We're going to be late! - [Irene gasps]

Oh, motherfucker!

I fucking hate alcohol.

[groans]

[Matt continues snoring]

Irene.

What a night, huh?

Yeah.

I'm a fucking idiot. Dumb idiot.

- [inhales and exhales deeply] - [people chuckling]

- Allow me to introduce, Mr. Tracking Shot. - Oh!

- You're such a nutcase, Adriana. - Uh, what's this?

Is this what you're going to use as a dolly?

This wheelchair was my grandpa's. He spent the best days of his life in it.

And he died having sex in it.

- [Jimena chuckles] - Oh, how gross!

Do you know how much it costs to get dolly tracks?

With our budget, we're lucky to have a wheelchair.

I like the way you think. Check it. This is guerilla shit.

This will be an amazing part of our biography:

"With nothing, they made fucking history."

[Adri] What's the shot?

I haven't really been able to plan anything out quite yet.

I can't visualize it.

It's because I have another story in my head.

- No time for new things. - [Irene] It's true!

No, if anything was bouncing around up there, Matt... [clicks tongue]

...sounds like he got rid of it last night.

- Uh... - Don't look at her.

Everyone in the building could hear you. You should be ashamed.

[screaming on TV]

[groaning]

Well? What'd I say?

Fine, it's not perfect, but with a few more rehearsals, I think we've got it.

- Am I right? - That's right, honey.

[screaming continues]

That girl really has a set of lungs on her.

- [chuckles] - It's pretty good, right?

[screaming continues]

It's amazing.

Fucking amazing!

Like a small ship in the middle of a storm.

Really, it's quite breathtaking.

[Da, Irene and Matt laugh]

Damn, I think I sound too good.

[chuckles softly]

Hey. Nothing. I'm not trying to be a pain in your ass.

I just wanted you to know, I haven't thought of Irene in, like, three days.

Well, obviously I'm thinking about her now because I just said that, you know?

Either way, she's on my mind less and less everyday.

This city's huge.

- I'll never run into her. I wanted to ask... - [chatter and music on TV]

Uh... How is she?

Is she getting prepared, or is she nervous, or...

Anyway, uh, I don't...

I don't want you to think that you're spying on her for me, or...

In all honesty, I'm getting used to chatting with you.

I don't know. It's, uh...

a way to maintain some kind of...

[groans faintly]

...weird communication.

So, what's the name of that bar you been work at?

[music continues on TV in background]

Well, who's to say?

It sounds like it's all pretty straightforward

and the money they offered seems good.

Right, Gon?

Don't call him Gon. His name is Gonzalo.

I think now it'll be even more. They're making my role bigger.

That's great.

I tried on some clothes but I really don't know why.

They added more scenes but I'm naked in most of them.

- [Pablo chuckles] - [Gonza] Genius.

Your son's going to be a movie star.

- Aaaah. - A real movie star.

- Hey, not so fast! - You hear that?

Stop! Stop! Let's not count our chickens before they hatch.

- All right? - Come on.

Get back. Stop hugging me before you get any ideas.

Oh, like you never get ideas.

Please, can we not have this conversation right now in front of Gonzalo?

Fine.

So?

Sign it?

- Sign it. Sign it. - No, no, hold on, hold on.

No, I'm not sure, Gon. I don't know.

Don't you know anyone in the industry who could possibly help you with that?

This clause and this clause here, this one needs to be revised.

If this is how much they'll pay for three scenes they need to change it to four.

- By four? But... - Sh.

[whispering] That's a lot of money.

That's only 5% more than what the standard rate is.

It's not even really that much.

Do you know how much the standard rate is?

She's a genius, huh?

You ever considered going to law school? You're good at this.

I found it on the internet. It's free.

Why do you need me to look over your contract anyways?

You really need an actual lawyer to look over this kind of stuff.

Besides, I don't know why I should even help you.

Why wouldn't you?

No. Not going there.

[inhales and exhales deeply]

She told her.

Oh, yeah.

I was just unsure.

Hey, Julio, you don't need to explain anything to us.

- Please, explain. - [Gonza] No.

No, explain. For real.

Jimena.

Listen, it was just too much to deal with.

I didn't want her to see how insignificant I was.

I know I made things worse.

She's still mad?

So, now that you're acting in a big-time movie,

you're not so insecure?

No longer insignificant? Right.

- [sighs] - [Gonza] Hey.

Uh, try not to be so hard on him.

Listen, wanna know the problem?

He has those big doe eyes of his?

I'm not falling for it for a second.

Let's go, come on.

Yeah, well, uh, I have to meet up with those guys from last night.

Both of them.

And what a night.

Something that you law students wouldn't get.

[inhales and exhales deeply]

[pop music playing]

[Fer] So, how is she doing?

Is she happy? Is she sad?

- Is sh... Mm. - Maybe you should ask her yourself.

Well, I don't want her to think I'm stalking her.

Instead, you're stalking me, huh?

No, no, no. Not stalking.

Neither one of you.

Okay, so, why did you decide to move to Madrid?

Because it's not the only city in the world.

I came because I was offered the job of a lifetime as a programmer.

[Jimena mutters]

Do I turn it down because my ex lives in Madrid?

Well, no, I took it.

You took it.

You took it, you moved here

and now you're hanging out with your ex's roommate.

Makes total sense.

I came because I don't know anyone in Madrid.

Uh-huh.

And because the beers are free.

Or are you going to end up charging me anyways? Like those guys?

Three euros a drink. Do I look like a chump, or what?

You're right. You are right.

Looks like you're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.

[Irene] So, I take this

and put it over here.

[Adri] No. Put the camera there, and you cross the 180 line.

Oh, fuck! Who cares?

Crossing the 180-degree line is something they made up in film school.

I don't get it. It makes no sense.

[Adri] I'll break it down. This here is the line.

- Okay? - [Irene] Yeah.

[Adri] So, if you have the camera pointed on this guy,

you can't cross the line to point it at this guy.

Otherwise, they won't be looking at each other on screen.

[car horn honks in distance]

Make sense?

[exasperated] It's just...

They are looking at each other. Right?

- Okay, one more time. - One more time.

- ["Extraña Calabaza del Amor" playing] - [Irene] Not this either.

If you ask me, Julio would have nailed it.

I don't know about this new guy.

How's he doing with, with Romano?

Honestly, I think everything is a bit overwhelming for him right now.

Can we try and stay focused here?

Yeah, okay.

Uh, let's cut the first one too.

Gone.

[music continues]

[man on TV] That's all for today.

Thanks for all...

Look. Do you see that?

Mm-hm. I see now.

Let's watch it again.

MAY 2004

SHOOTING STARTS DAY 1

[music ends]

FEMALE DIRECTOR

- Hey. - Like the attitude.

[Da] Hey. What's up?

We're gonna nail this, right?

- Hurry up, we're running behind. - What? Already?

- Hey, good luck. - Hey, beautiful. You're gonna be great.

Hey, there, it's you. I have complete faith in you, okay? I'll see you in there.

[Jimena] Quiet on set!

Picture.

Sound. Camera speeds.

[Adri] Speeding.

Sequence six, scene one, take one.

Framing.

[Adri] Frame.

Action!

- Renata, wait! - [actress] I can't!

[actor] How 'bout we just skip our classes

and do something beautiful that we'll remember forever?

- Ah, cut. Let's stop. - [actor] It doesn't...

Stop! Thank you. Let's, let's go again.

Um, we're all a little nervous, but that's okay.

- Just loosen up, relax. - [panting] Yeah.

- Do you need to see your lines? Lines... - No, no. I'm fine.

- [Irene] You sure? - Yes.

- Yes. - So you... Remember to relax. Um...

Don't let the camera intimidate you, okay? You... Just go with what feels natural.

- Great advice. - Okay?

- Yeah. - Right. Again.

- [actress] Let's go. - Hey, you got this. You got this.

[chuckles]

Back to one!

[man] Sequence six, scene one, take eight.

["Al Amanecer" playing]

[Irene] And...

Action!

Renata, wait!

- [actor grunts] - [loud thud]

- Hey! - Oh! Is he okay?

I'm fine, I'm fine!

- You sure? - Let's go!

- Shot one, Take nine. - Action!

- [mouthing] - Go! Action! Action!

Me?

We're running three hours behind. Three hours!

- We're going to be just fine. Don't worry. - Okay. Okay.

Take ten. Eleven.

[slate clapping]

- Take 23. - [loud clap]

[both] Action!

[music continues]

Cut! Fucking cut!

No. What now? Why?

- I can't! - [actor] What's wrong?

Irene! Irene, we're running behind!

What'd I say?

[music stops]

PROPS ROOM NO ENTRY

[heavy breathing]

[frustrated panting]

- Oh, shit. - [door opens and closes]

- [tapping on door] - [Da] Irene.

Please listen to me.

Listen, just take a deep breath, okay?

One of those takes has to be good. If not... the magic of editing.

It's a single sequence. It can't be edited.

So, no problem. We can still fix this, right?

All we have to do is jump cuts.

You know, every good director knows they have to overcome obstacles.

Yeah, but this is more than an obstacle.

These are all signs that I shouldn't be doing this short in the first place.

Like, holy shit, this actor could screw up playing a dead body!

Whoa! Well, you're a shit director! You know that?

- Fuck your little short film! - Oh!

[door bangs]

Did it ever occur to you to tell me that he was in here?

He just came...

- [lock clicks] - [Jimena exhales deeply]

- I'll get him. - Yeah, thank you.

Sweetie?

- [photographer] That's it, handsome. - [pop music playing]

Give me face. Give me face.

That's great. Hold that.

- [camera clicks] - Excellent.

- We're gonna grab a drink with Romano. - [photographer] Wonderful. Hold that.

You in?

[photographer] Let's have Romano with the leads now.

This is looking great. Fuck me, this is looking amazing!

- You look great, guys, like seriously. - [cell phone rings]

Check him out, yes sir.

- What's up, Da? - [camera clicks]

[photographer] Excellent. Now Romano on his own, guys.

What?

- [photographer] Great. That's it, Romano. - Ready to get out of here?

[photographer] Face, pose, attitude.

[Jimena, chuckling] Irene, I was able to get Manu to come back.

He's here with me now.

Remember you wanted to apologize? Listen to this.

As long as this apology is the best ever.

Your friend told me you're a little stressed out, but don't take it out on me.

I'm... sorry for yelling.

You hear that?

[bathroom door opens]

[Julio] How about we skip class and do something we'll remember

for the rest of our lives?

Nothing too crazy, we don't need to end up in a prison cell.

What's he doing here?

[Julio] But it has to be something we can tell our kids.

- So let's blow their minds. - [heartfelt music playing]

The fuck is this?

What's happening right now? Do you guys even know who this is?

Look, I don't think we need you anymore.

- What? No. I'm going to report you to... - Do whatever you like.

- Thanks for your hard work. - [Manu] This doesn't end here!

[Da] Come on. Take a lunch on your way out.

[door slams]

Do you really want the part?

Only if it's still available.

[sighs softly]

Um...

What about Romano's movie?

He'll be fine without me.

I hope so.

I don't know. It's just, uh...

Only if, uh...

- Are you guys okay with this? - Yes!

Yes.

[softly] Yes.

Uh, why would you wanna do this shitty little short film

when you can do this huge movie?

Because Da told me that you gave my audition tape to Romano.

I owe you. And I want to be there for you.

If you need me.

All right!

Give me a moment with the director, please. Go.

[Irene] Uh...

[chuckles]

Okay, here.

Thanks, man.

- What's this? - I'll show you.

Stay focused, okay?

Use him to make your movie, that's it. And nothing else.

You don't need him and you never did.

If you want to find someone to screw, you can find anyone else in this big city.

Less Disney, more of the third-wave.

- Less Disney, more of the third-wave. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Julio's just an actor.

Mm, mm-hmm.

- I don't even really like actors. - Uh-uh.

Of course, you don't. Because they're all morons. Okay?

- Huh. Okay. - Okay.

I believe in you.

- Wait! - I can't now.

How about we skip class and do something we'll remember for the rest of our lives?

[Julio] Nothing too crazy, we don't need to end up in a prison cell,

but it has to be something we can tell our kids.

- So, let's blow their minds. Or not. - [slow, contemplative music]

Maybe as the years go by, it'll just remind us of when we met.

Cut.

Irene?

Irene, say "Cut."

Yeah, cut!

Cut. [soft chuckle]

Perfect.

- Yes! - [Irene] That was perfect.

I can't believe we finished on time.

First day is in the can.

Amazingly, it turned out great.

- Yeah, right? - I told you that you could do it.

And so, let's go celebrate, Ms. Director.

- Right now? - Yeah, sure.

But we're all exhausted, right?

I was going to walk Julio to the bus stop then go to bed.

No. No, no, no, no, no. We earned a celebration.

- We're not shooting tomorrow. Let's go. - Fine.

Okay, then.

- [Jimena] Thank you. - [rock music playing]

All of you are awesome.

And Adri? Best cinematographer ever.

That instinct to move the camera

- exactly when it needs to. - [Adri] Enough.

And Julio knew exactly when she was going to move and then he did.

- [Jimena] Mm-hm. - [chuckling]

You were just perfect.

[Jimena] Take these! Only for the best.

I don't want to speak too soon,

but we're going to make history.

They're going to name a street after us in Huesca and Castellón!

Hey! Hose me down, baby! Don't be shy!

Come get me.

[indistinct chatter and laughter]

How is Romano? Hmm?

- Don't know. - No?

I haven't been too focused lately.

And why's that?

Every time he'd give me a note, I'd think about how you would do it.

I see.

[Jimena] Hey-uh.

Hm. We're going in here. You coming?

- [Irene] Okay. - Mm?

Sorry, we're closing, guys.

- No! - [all groan]

- [Irene] Good. [chuckling] - That sucks.

Now what?

I don't know, but I have an early day tomorrow.

Ah-ha.

- Want to share a taxi? - Why don't we go to your place?

Yeah, we'll stop at the store, grab a bottle. It'll be fun.

I would, but I'm sort of going the other way.

- Mm. Okay. - Mm.

Good night.

- Good night then. - Good night, guys.

[Da] Later.

- Well played. - Mm.

- Real good. I'm so proud of you. - Yeah.

Jimena, look at this chair!

- [Jimena] What about it? - [Da] Look!

[Jimena] What am I looking at?

[Irene shouting] Wait!

Hey, slow down!

- Stop, stop, stop, stop. - Hey! Hey.

Hey. What's going on?

Whoo!

I just wanted to say good night again.

[both chuckle]

And tell you that...

you were great today.

[exhales]

And not that it really matters or anything,

but I wanted to say I'm really happy that you were with us today.

[exhales deeply]

I know it's weird between us.

At least I think it is.

But I wish it wasn't.

I just think...

I just don't want to make things confusing.

Well, I think I know how to fix that.

[chuckles]

Yeah. Do you?

I missed you.

- [slow, contemplative music] - [sighs]

[chuckles softly] Me too.

No! Better not.

Because... No. Ah, maybe when we finish shooting.

[both chuckle]

I have to work for it?

Mm.

- [chuckles] - See you in two days.

And learn your lines, okay?

I promise I'm going to kiss you before this film is over.

[chuckling]

Kid, we going or what?

- [driver groans] - [alert tone over radio]

[voice over radio] Anyone for Castellana 47?

[taxi door shuts]

[engine starts]

["Do You See Me (Banjo Version)" playing]

[thunderclap]

[thunderclap]

[music continues faintly]

[tapping on keyboard]

[cell phone beeps]

I CAN'T SLEEP

[tapping on keyboard]

[cell phone beeps]

[thunder rumbling]

[music resumes more loudly]

CALL YOU?

[cell phone rings]

[chuckling]

Actors shouldn't be calling their director at this time of night.

Then the director shouldn't pick up their phone.

[chuckling]

[music continues faintly]

Jimena?

[keys jangle]

Da?

[music fades out]

Jime?

[Jimena] Coming!

[humming]

[door opens]

[Irene] I almost kissed him.

But I didn't give in.

I held back and I'm glad I did because I'm on cloud nine,

but I can't promise I'll be that strong next time.

But it's not going to affect our film. Promise.

Okay.

You're not angry?

I know it was dumb, but...

- [sighs] - No.

At some point we all mess up,

but we still have to be there for our friends, right?

Why be friends if you can't mess up sometimes?

Mm. Thank you.

- I'm going back to bed. - Okay.

Love you.

[door closes]

- [exhales deeply] - Whoa.

That was close.

[somber music]

[sighs]

Fucking Madrid.

[sighs deeply]

Jesus.

Fucking Madrid.

- [distant car horn honks] - [yawns]

No!

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

- [music fades out] - [brakes screech]

[Karma] We've been waiting for you all fucking morning!

- Sorry, sorry. - You're an hour and a half late!

Go straight to the dressing room before you get me in trouble.

Run!

So you're gonna say exactly what I tell you to say.

That the time you were told was the wrong one, that's all.

- [woman] Romano to the dressing room. - Be convincing.

No, no. I don't want to get anyone in trouble.

Sweetheart, Romano hates it when you're late, especially on your first day.

For the love of God, let's go over it again. Why are you late?

- Uh... - Oh, Jesus. Don't hesitate.

- If you hesitate I'm going to kill you. - [Romano] Julio!

- Oh, no, no, no! - [pounding]

- [Romano] Open up, Julio! - They're waiting for you. Don't screw up.

Óscar, forgive me, I was just apologizing to the actor.

We made a huge mistake on our end. Julio was told the wrong time by someone.

I'm so sorry about this.

There are no mistakes on our end. Who fucked this up for me?

What do I even pay you people for?

- I'm sorry. This won't happen... - What the hell happened?

This is about responsibility, Karma! I want someone fired!

There's no need...

Actually, the person responsible, I can safely say, has already been let go.

It was Maribel. She's already got her severance.

- Who's Maribel? - The old one.

- Old one? - You can't miss her.

I guess you don't notice old people, that might be it.

They're gross but fair enough.

That's beside the point. Why is he looking at me?

- Get him downstairs! - He needs a few minutes. I'm so sorry.

- No excuses! Get his ass down there, now! - So sorry, Óscar.

You really fired someone?

Maribel doesn't exist,

but if I ever have to fire someone who exists because of you,

I promise you'll be doing commercials in Alaska selling cat food!

You hear me?

[exhales deeply]

[door slams]

Here's your schedule for the next week. Shooting days and times.

And I promise you now, I won't cover for you twice.

No, no, no, this doesn't work for me. I can't.

- I have another shoot, a short film. - [pop music playing]

What?

I'm booked on these days and there's no way I can make it.

[chuckling] Let's see those beautiful, big eyes when I explain how this works.

Right now, Romano is still in the fascination phase with you,

and with Romano, that is a great place to be in.

But once he moves into the "I don't give a shit about you" phase,

your life will be hell.

So if you would kindly repeat after me:

"All if have is one commitment at this point in my life,

and that's to our dear director."

Okay? Say it back to me!

I only have one commitment at this point in my life and it's to our dear director.

Tattoo it on your hands if you forget it.

Are we good?

[Julio] Mm.

[clapper loader] Scene five, shot four, take eight.

- [clap] - [Jimena] Frame?

[Adri] And... Set.

Action!

What I liked the most about her, is how she looked at... [sighs]

That's a cut.

- [Irene] You okay? - Yes, yes.

Sorry. I don't mean to hold up everyone.

No, no. It's fine. We can just do another one.

It's... It's not fine.

So, what can we do?

Okay, look, how's this?

We tell the other production that you'll split you're time between the two of us.

Think they'll listen?

Okay.

Do you really think that Romano is gonna risk his big budget movie

over our shitty little student film?

Well, he'll have to if we shoot around his dates.

Excuse me, were you born yesterday?

The school gave us these exact dates.

Okay, then what do we do?

[Julio] I can just tell the people on the other movie

that if they can't change the dates, then I'm out.

No way. No. That's stupid.

No, you can't do that because you're not an imbecile

and you can't pass up an opportunity of a lifetime.

There's no other way, is there? Well, I guess you're fired.

Do you seriously want me to leave?

I mean, what else can we... It's okay.

At the end of the day, it's just a stupid little short film, it's not important.

The other thing's important, and this may be nothing.

And it may be the best opportunity you have at catching your big break.

It could lead to a thousand more movies.

You won't walk, so that's why I'm firing you.

Okay, everyone, let's break for lunch.

NEVER, EVER, FOREVER JULIO MERA

[exhales deeply]

[indistinct background chatter]

[exhales sharply]

Irene.

Mm.

I can do the movie and the short.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Even if I have to work late hours to do it, okay?

- Are you sure? - Mm-hmm.

[Jimena] I'm not so sure.

If he's not able to do both, he'll drag us down.

Irene, listen to me, we still have time

to find another actor and reshoot his scenes.

[Julio] I can do it.

I promise.

[sighs]

Do you trust me?

[soft groan]

["Do You See Me (Banjo Version)" playing]

[Irene chuckles]

♪ One, two... ♪

- [Jimena] Oh, fuck me. - ♪ Three ♪

- [Jimena] We're so fucked. - ♪ Tell me what you see ♪

♪ Do you see... ♪

[music continues]

[exhales deeply]

- [music continues faintly] - [water sloshing]

- [Irene] Hey! - Hey, there!

You surprised me.

I thought you were coming in the morning.

[Irene] No, plans changed.

Did you know three people gifted us the same panini press?

Hope you like sandwiches. [chuckles]

Told you, we should have put together a gift registry.

But you didn't listen. Now look at us.

Yeah, and miss out on the fun of selling them on Wallapop?

[both chuckle]

- You got me wet. Mm. - Yes.

How'd the fitting go today?

It went real good.

- But I want it to be a surprise. - Of course.

Of course.

[both chuckle]

I'll be the prettiest bride in Castellón.

[Fer] Mm.

Mm. Hold on, the prosthesis has been bothering me all day.

[chuckling]

The prettiest pirate bride in all of Castellón. Hm?

[both chuckle]

♪ Do you see me? ♪

- ♪ Do you see me? ♪ - [Fer] I missed you.

[song ends]

[theme music playing]

[theme music ends]