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[Light static]

[Man over radio] Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me? [Beeps]

Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me?

what is your five twenty? [Beeps]

This is base Puerto Triunfo, reporting.

Corporal Gonzales, operation Nápoles, do you copy, base? [Beeps]

Listening, listening.

Corporal Gonzales?

Corporal Gonzales?

Corporal... [Breaks]

[Gonzales] Yes, Corporal Gonzales here, do you read me?

[Man] Yes. Yes, just speak.

[Gonzales] Yes, we have a problem.

How do they sound?

Any way of knowing, how the hippos sound?

- [Chiming music] - That is a cumulonimbus.

These clouds are the most majestic.

They form when a warm current

collides with a cold front.

Look Pepe, that one looks pretty scary.

Let's drop the sail before we get fried.

[Character gasps] Drop the sail!

This fine lake is already making me hungry.

Go get the fishing pole.

[Osccillating, dissonant tune joins]

I think we are...

the lunch.

[TV clicks]

[On TV: people clamoring, horns honking, sirens wailing]

[Man on TV] Did you have any premonition...

that Pablo Escobar's life was going to end this way?

[Woman on TV] I never believed...

I had a pact with the souls in purgatory...

From ten years ago...

when the Calvary started...

I promised them not to miss a daily mass...

to recite their Gregorian masses

and the priest in Boston is my witness...

[Man] Wait, allow me a moment.

Ma'am...

Let's go to a place where everyone can record,

we can't do it like this...

[Woman 2] Mrs. Hermilda, when you arrived...

You were heard saying: "Thank God".

You said that because the country rested...

with the death of Pablo Escobar?

The country rested with the dead of Pablo Escobar?

Not the country!

Those who persecuted him must regret it

and may God, our Lord, forgive them.

[Engine purring]

[Vehicles roaring by]

[Insects chirp]

[Engine approaches]

[Engine stops]

[Man] Commander Valencia in position.

[Footsteps, door shuts]

[Valencia] Let's see, guys...

the only way out of these gonorrheas is this one.

The front entrances are blocked.

Nobody dares to fire until I give the order.

Torres?

- [Torres] Yes, my commander. - [Distant gunshots]

[Valencia] When I give the order,

you turn the truck's high beams on.

And we start moving at the same time.

[Torres] Understood, sir.

[Footsteps, guns clicking]

[Distant roar, gunshots]

[Insects buzz, chirp]

[Distant explosions]

[Gunshots rattle]

[Explosion, louder]

[Man shouts]

[Overlapping chatter]

[Valencia] Fire!

[Gun rattling]

[Gunfire rattle continues]

[Gunfire rattle continues]

[Bouncy music joins gunfire-like percussion]

- [Music stops] - [Bird whistles, calls]

SOUTH-WEST AFRICA OKAVANGO RIVER

[Wind blows]

[Bird chirps, calls]

[Distorted voice moans, groans, laughs]

[Narrator, male voice, in Mbukushu] I have a name

but I still can't explain it.

Actually, I'll be able to explain very few things.

For example...

I've never heard the sound

that now comes out of my mouth.

Nor:

Aaaa.

Eeee.

Iiii.

Oooo.

Nooot.

[Repeats "i" rhythmically]

[Water splashing]

[Birdsong]

[Narrator, male voice, in Afrikaans] I speak as if someone is listening to me.

This sound from my mouth sometimes comes out one way

and other times, in another way.

- [Soft music] - [Birds sing]

- [Music stops] - When I was the youngest...

I already knew some information,

such as...

an intuition,

as a truth within me.

But...

I have no memory of having heard

a sound that explained things.

Aaaa.

Iiii.

Oooo.

[Growls]

[Water splashes]

[Low, repeated grunt]

Hmm. Oh!

That's me!

But, where's my body?

[Soft, dissonant music]

- [Music stops] - I lived in a river like this one.

We weren't that many.

But, it was similar.

[Bird calls]

Oh!

two things.

Or rather...

two certainties.

The first one:

someplace like this should be my home

with Africa as a name.

Second certainty.

I am dead.

[Music resumes]

They travel in my head together.

But, in which head?

Where are my antennae ears? [Growls]

How do I know these words?

How do I know what a word is?

But above all...

what did I do to be dead?

[Moans, laughs in a growl-like way]

Africa...

And the fact that I'm dead.

Yes...

That's it.

That!

I do know.

[Birdsong; Birds chitter]

[Birds whistle, coo]

[Wind blows]

[Engine purrs, distant]

[Engine roars by]

[Rumble, wind hisses]

[Engine roaring]

[Man speaks in German] Would you be so kind

as to lend me your travel guide, please?

I'd like your attention, please

I would like to read to you from this travel guide.

It's from 1978...

It's from three years ago, but it's okay.

If you turn to page 78 you will find...

Everything concerning the mentality of the locals.

It is important that you read a little about them

although we are not going to be in contact.

You may encounter some on your walks.

It says:

"Most of the tribes around here live in the wild.

"Many of them have learned to live with civilization.

"They usually use informal language when talking to each other.

"And to strangers as well.

"You should treat the locals with respect.

"But avoid overly friendly or cordial gestures...

"In general dealings and conversations.

"Otherwise, they'll get confused

"and they will always want something."

[Woman] Can we stop here for some photos?

Yes, yes. Of course we can.

So...

Shilli can tell us some stories.

He's a local, and he's our tracker.

Let's see what he has to say.

[Switches to Afrikaans] Shilli, come closer.

Tell them about your people and the hippos.

[In Afrikaans] Yes, sir.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

My name is Shili.

And I am from these lands.

Hippos have always lived here.

The river is big and kind.

We all live together.

Boss.

[In German] He says they grew up with the hippos.

And it is normal to grow up with them.

It's normal.

[In Afrikaans] The elders taught us

that these animals warn us of bad things.

Each animal teaches us something.

Boss.

[In German] They think animals are teachers.

And the hippos warn you about bad things.

The elders say that elephants were men

that fought with the hippos

and these stretched out their noses.

[Guide, in German] They also believe that elephants used to be human.

That a hippo...

Pulled their nose so hard that it became a trunk.

- [Tourists laughing] - Funny story, isn't it?

They are very wise animals

and they know land and water.

Even though they seem fat and slow-moving.

They are faster than all of us.

Boss.

Yes, he is right. He says, hippos are smart animals...

that find their way in water and on land.

And even though they are fat

they run faster than we do.

Yes, they are convinced that if a hippo attacks them.

It is because someone betrays them!

So they think, for example...

If they leave their wife alone

and a hippo attacks them in the river.

It's because their wife is cheating on them.

[All laugh]

Funny story, isn't it?

It's getting late, we have to leave.

[Shili, in Afrikaans] They are animals that warn us of evil

- [Insects trill, animal growls] - even with our own death.

Don't worry, hippos don't just attack.

- They like to be calm like river water. - [Water splashes]

That's why they're mistaken for logs and stones.

[Shili] Now if it decides to attack, it goes underwater.

- Suddenly, the boat will no longer move. - [Guide talks indistinctly]

That's when you know you have to jump.

Because no more than 30 seconds...

will come the attack that will break a boat in two.

[In Afrikaans] Don't say that! Are you stupid? Sit down!

[Guide chuckles awkwardly] Those are stories, African fables.

The locals are passionate about their myths.

They have a great imagination.

Here you will find all the animals to photograph.

Get your cameras ready.

For the diversity of South West Africa!

Thank you very much.

[All] Thank you.

[Camera clicks]

- [Camera clicks] - [Flies buzz]

[Puffs]

[Cameras clicking]

[Animal calls]

[Laughter-like growl]

[Puffs]

[Grunts]

[Growls]

[Rustling]

[Birds chirp]

[Rustles]

[Distant squawking]

[Bird chirps]

[Birds trilling]

[Distant whir]

[Helicopter approaches]

[All growl, grunt]

[Whirring intensifies]

[Whirring volume increases]

[Whirring continues; Indistinct radio chatter]

[Underwater ambiance; Soft music]

[Rhythmic, laughter-like grunting]

[Grunting stops]

[Afrikaans narrator] I don't remember learning this story.

Maybe, the eyes of the elders told me.

Or the scratches of those old bodies

that surrounded me.

[Repeated soft grunt]

[Puffs]

[Helicopter whir resumes, faint]

[Distorted whir crescendoes]

[Birds chirp]

[Whir continues, louder]

[Drone-like music joins helicopter whir]

[Radio chatter]

[Whir and music continue; Insects buzz]

- [Music and whir stop] - [Animal calls]

[Crickets chirp]

[Wind blows]

[Helicopter whir approaches]

- [Whirring stops] - Because of this story

I imagined I would fly away at any moment

but more and more...

I just wanted to be in the water.

Remain static.

[Grunts]

It was the law of my body.

Only interested in the water.

[Whirring resumes, crescendoes]

[Drone-like music joins]

[Music softens to an emotional melody; Whir continues, distant]

[Whirring and music stop; Wind hisses]

However, those waters where I would drift...

had something dark.

Definitely different ones

imposed, painfully new.

[Mbukushu hippo] When animals begin crying

- [Animal cackling] - they are heard everywhere.

And both hunter and hunted

have a common wail

a very specific one, where all join together.

- [Animal panting, grunting]

- It doesn't matter if we cry with the prey.

It's a just wail.

That alters the structure of the kingdom.

Which alters our own very existence.

Now, it's an other that alters us...

who plays, who banishes... - [Animals chattering]

Who breaks with the ancestral pact.

That we made with that mysterious thing.

Whose name I don't know

but who takes away the water.

From where there's plenty

and returns it just before.

It completely runs out.

[Puffing]

[Thumping, wood creaking]

[Wood creaking, metal squeaking]

[Water splashing, muffled]

[Engine purring]

[Distant whistling]

[Distant whistling continues]

[Percussion music joins]

[Boat horn honks]

[Laughter-like vocalization]

[Music stops]

- [Afrikaans narrator] What is frightening,

- [Intense, mysterious music] - is part of the abyss,

three times linked to the unknown:

[Growl-like laugh]

A floating machine that makes noise

a river whose bottom we can never reach

and lands never seen.

That's how you fall into the belly of the boat.

A worm-boat

a worm-abyss.

[Growls]

[Laughs in a deep growling-like manner]

The shores of the river have vanished

on both sides of the boat.

What kind of river, then, does not have a middle?

There is nothing more than what's out front.

Is this ship sailing toward eternity...

toward the edges of a non-world, new world?

[Drone-like music]

Where no ancestor will visit us?

[Music continues]

- [Music stops] - [Engine revving]

[Seagulls calling]

[Door opens, shuts]

What's up, kids? How's it going, Cocorico?

How are you? Good?

Nice to meet you, sir.

Nice to meet you.

Cocorico, here are the keys to the truck.

It's already loaded.

Good.

The boss sent you some money.

There's enough in case the police stop you.

So you can fix it.

Well then!

Hey, come here, man. Are you listening?

Isn't it the first thing... We already started then?

We've already started then, Cocorico?

It's his fault, not mine

- I told you, stay still! - Who is in charge of him?

- Me? - No.

- Did I bring him here? - No, sir.

- Who sent him? - The boss sent him.

And what for? So he'd be glued to your ass. Right?

I told you.

- Yes sir, I'm sorry. - Be careful, you dickhead.

This slow brained dickhead.

Who told you to look over there?

- He's kind of a nosey. - Let's make it clear.

Don't you fucking open those doors.

If the police ask you what's in there.

You say it's Dominican wild pigs.

Record that.

The doors cannot be opened. Understood?

- Yes, sir. - The doors cannot be opened. Clear?

- To you, slow brain? - Yes, sir.

No doors!

Now you know, then.

Take it to the boss' farm but call Mr. Fabio first.

Don't go to the farm and then ask for Mr. Fabio.

- Call before. - Call beforehand.

Alright?

And then you go to the farm.

Good luck, kids.

Get on and stay still, man

Don Anibal?

- Yes. Cocorico. - A little question.

What will happen to my car?

Well the car is very nice

but what can I tell you, brother.

Let me make it clear, haven't you learned?

In this life nothing is yours, son.

Do your thing. Finish doing your thing

and when you finish, we'll see what happens.

Yes, sir.

[Horn honks]

[Engines start]

[Cheerful music on radio]

Man.

With these songs...

You know what? Light up a joint.

Let's light up? Let's light up!

With these songs? And look at all this beauty.

It's very nice over here, brother.

Oh!

We have to do it right

the boss knows where to buy land, brother.

It's beautiful.

This is the most beautiful thing I have seen around here.

Are you going to smoke?

Of course. Are you smoking by yourself?

[Loud banging]

What was that, man?

Those animals want to get out.

Those pigs are very cranky.

The sons of bitches are going to take us off the road.

- You're gonna smoke it all? - Smoke, smoke!

Shit, shit.

What happened?

check out the army in the rearview mirror.

Put it out. Put it out.

Keep going...

everything's fine.

[Cocorico] Go, go they turned.

- [Man] Sure? - [Cocorico] Yeah, everything's fine.

Oof, brother.

Take the radio, and call Hacienda Nápoles.

Sure, let's call.

Nápoles, Nápoles.

Nápoles, Nápoles.

[Man over radio] Go ahead.

This is Angel and Cocorico, Mr. Fabio.

[Fabio] Yes, yes. Go ahead

We are already an hour away from the hacienda.

Mr. Fabio?

[Fabio] Yes. Can you hear me?

Yes, Mr. Fabio, I hear you. Do you hear me?

[Fabio] Yes, I hear you

We are very close and those beasts don't stop moving.

Just now, they almost made us fall.

- [Metal banging] - Mr. Fabio?

Mr. Fabio?

[Indistinct, faint chatter over radio]

What?

You know what?

Leave it.

Let's go a bit further, and pull over for a moment.

The signal here is very bad, brother.

Let's try farther ahead.

Mr. Fabio can you hear me?

[Fabio] Yes, I hear you.

You see, Mr. Fabio, I have a question.

How are we going to get those animals down

- if Mr. Anibal said they'd eat us alive? - [Animal snorts]

Mr. Fabio?

[Radio chatter, static]

[Silence]

- Huh? - He didn't say anything

Mr. Fabio?

[Radio static]

Nothing, man.

Pass me that.

Hello, Mr. Fabio?

Mr. Fabio?

Fuck, brother.

"Shat myself and no water nearby", man.

What the fuck!

[Banging]

The animals are moving, Brother. We are fucked.

Holy shit.

[Angel] No... the signal here, brother.

[Cocorico] He didn't explain to you how to arrive or anything?

[Angel] The problem is, how we are getting those animals down?

I'm not going in there.

No, no. It ain't happening.

[Radio static]

[Fabio, over radio] You have to open from above.

Those animals are very dangerous

don't open from the front, understood?

You have to be from aside.

[Angel] Understood, boss.

[Cocorico] We open the gates from above?

- [Angel] From above, everything's fine. - [Cocorico] Ah, very well. That's all.

[Engine recedes; Birds tweeting]

[Narrator, male voice, in Spanish] That's how my parents arrived.

The first ones in this river where this sound,

the one that comes out of my mouth is from.

Hmm. Those who brought me marked my fate

and that of many other animals.

A curse that smells of death, gringo and arepa.

[Growls, wheezes]

- Give me a hand. - Be very careful. Pull.

Go easy.

[Rattling]

Secure it over there.

Take the tools and let's go up.

Start pulling.

Wait, I'm still climbing.

There!

The two of us, go.

Let's open here.

Are we doing tip and tip?

Yes, at the same time.

Hit it there.

Wait, wait, there's still more to go here.

- Ready? - Yes, hit it.

[Clatters]

Nothing is coming out of there.

- [Bangs] - Hey!

Get your head inside.

Listen to this guy.

Just now, they were in an uproar...

Aren't they coming down?

- Hey! - [Banging]

Fuck this, I'll get the gun...

Listen to this guy, how so?

Don't fuck with the boss' animals

I'm not going to get killed, much less because of you.

[Loud rattle]

Climb up, climb up, look.

- [Animals grunting] - Ugly sons of bitches, brother.

[Water splashes]

[Spanish hippo] These were the people who brought us here

[Laughter-like rhythmic grunt]

and this is where our curse begins.

The same one that will give life to my enemy.

The most nefarious of this herd's dictators

the one who led me to death

and the one who will lead others to it as well.

Pablito.

That name was given by the Two-Legged.

Every male that would face him...

would end up dead or banished.

[Laughter-like rhythmic grunt]

[Insects buzz; Crickets chirp]

By the time I was born we were already 18

and we still didn't depend

on the Two-Legged to eat and live.

In those waters, life was calm

and even some other animals visited us,

including the Two-Legged.

Our father was a quiet king

he was the oldest of the herd

but he was already weakening.

One of my older brothers would seize power.

And thus the reign of terror would begin.

[Growling]

[Groans ]

[Laughter-like grunt]

[Trumpeting]

[Thunder rumbles, distant]

[Birds squawking, twittering]

[Thunder roars]

[Grunts, bellows]

[Thunder rumbling; Bellowing]

That giant beast...

that challenged my father:

my brother

killed him without receiving any significant injuries.

With him came the fence that would block the grass

leaving us with just the river ahead.

Also the management of all our meals by the Two-Legged.

[Afrikaans hippo] Despite everything.

There is a memory.

[Groaning]

The simplest and happiest,

that I would have in all my life.

[Ethereal, soft music]

[Uptempo, intriguing music]

[Music stops]

[Groaning]

Look look, Pepe, Ferchu. Look at that beast!

Oh brother, what an animal.

Listen, this week when I was on my way home

I saw that beast grazing there

and a young calf came up to it.

That animal attacked it and left it for dead.

No kidding?

Pablito...

The reincarnation of the boss, but blacker and fatter.

How can you say that?

You think those people are already gone?

- Look out! - Calm down Ferchu.

Pepe, listen.

When they brought those beasts

they brought them in a gigantic plane.

Like from here to that stick over there.

Actually, it looked like a flying whale.

Right, Ferchu?

Yes, different times, brother.

There were more jobs, more money... Good times

I remember, there were like seven of us.

- Right? - Yes, more or less.

The boss ordered us to make a mountain of sand.

At the end of the runway, everything was ready.

When the time arrived

that thing came... [Imitates roar]

It was impressive.

It went on that sand runway

and the dust rose up like a son of a bitch

it was impressive, we were all terrified.

[He continues] A scary thing.

PLEASE DON'T FEED THE HIPPOS. LET'S PROTECT THE ANIMALS.

[Grunting, bellowing]

[People chatter; Distant growling]

[Man over PA] Welcome to the hippopotamus' park.

In this place.

You will have the privilege...

Of safely seeing...

The only herd of free-roaming hippo's outside of Africa.

Their home continent.

These mammals are found in the wild.

Perfect.

[They chatter]

They say that hippos are very fast underwater.

Yes, sometimes they are a little slow.

- They are herbivorous animals. - [Grunting]

They also look after their territory.

They're very territorial.

When they're shaking their tail like that.

Yes, they're marking their territory.

- A picture? - [Camera beeps, clicks]

I'll take it.

Get closer together.

Alright!

[Spanish hippo] Our duel happened on a typical day.

Right after the Two-Legged fired

little devices with flashes of light.

[Camera beeps, shutter clicks]

[Birds chirp, squawk]

[Snorts]

[Growls]

[Puffs, roars]

[Groans]

[Agitated groaning]

[Roars]

[Roaring, grunting loudly]

At least I got exile instead of death.

This is how I realized that a hierarchy exists

first with the arrival of Pablito.

And then, when I left the herd.

My story could only be told

when it became their story.

[Repeated grunts]

[Insects trill]

[Hums] Complex problem, this word "they".

It's the most confusing of all.

Even more than my nonexistent mouth.

[Hum-like groan]

Who is this they that intervenes in my sentences?

What are they?

Others?

Or they, my neighbors?

Or they, whom I imagine I'm talking to?

[Afrikaans hippo ]There is a 'they' that could be an 'us'.

Or a they that strips all possibility of an us.

Yes, I understood.

My story only makes sense

because it became their story.

The Two-Legged.

Females and males from the Magdalena river.

[Laughter-like grunt]

So I left with my young companion.

Alone in the night.

Leaving everyone there.

[Repeated, laughter-like grunt]

In their story, I become a shadow.

A piece of wood.

A monster.

An "Other" that scared everyone.

A being from another galaxy.

It is as if that place broke

all the rules of what we were.

A new world,

that tore our entire existence.

And that knowledge,

that was in my body,

without knowing how it arrived

But that knowledge was our law.

This would radically mutate.

[Rhythmic, laughter-like grunt]

[Spanish hippo] Great ideas that our lands understood.

That accepted the nomadism of our lovers.

That although we would guard them.

In the presence of another male in the same space

outside, they were free to jump onto other bodies.

All this would change. Indeed.

- Nothing would produce our sounds again. - [Ethereal music rising]

Only the silence of the double-unknown remained.

The one for them

and the one for us.

[Music rises]

[Music stops abruptly]

[Rattling, chittering]

[Priest] Immortal god.

Show us the power of your sovereign truth.

May we, who deplore the sudden death

of our brother Cocorico.

Be comforted by the hope that he now lives.

In your company.

Let us pray in silence.

With faith and hope.

Our Father in heaven...

[All pray in unison]

[Radio clicks, cheerful music plays]

[All continue praying]

[All] Amen.

[Praying stops; Cheerful music on radio continues]

Let's get ready...

to say to our brother José Francisco.

Our last goodbye.

Accompanying him to his heavenly abode.

- [Music stops] - [Light static crackles]

[Man over radio] Corporal Gonzales to base.

Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy? [Beeps]

This is Puerto Triunfo base.

Corporal Gonzales, Operation Nápoles, do you copy? [Beeps]

[Gonzales] Listening, listening.

[Man] Base, it is not clear...

[Breaks, beeps]

[Gonzales] What? Please repeat.

[Man] Base, I repeat.

It's not clear to us if the search is by water or land.

Do you copy? [Beeps]

[Wind hissing]

[Birds chirping]

[Character exclaiming on TV]

[Humming] It hurts!

[Trumpet]

- Excuse me, sir. I think I'm lost. - [Loud roar]

[Engine revving]

[Man shouts] Hey Candelario!

Come over!

[Boat engine stops]

Hey Candelario, my friend, come.

I need you to do me a favor, brother.

What is it?

Bring Betania over to my wife. I'm sick of her.

Help me with that.

For sure. I'll bring her over.

Let's see if this week we'll drink some cold beers...

Oh you have money now.

Kind of but...

Escape! You see, you are not allowed.

Not allowed? It's your wife that has you on a leash...

That parrot of yours is respectful.

Oh so you really have money now

we're getting some.

Now you know. I need that favor, brother.

And let's plan something...

This week we're going hard.

Alright!

I'll call you, so we can meet at the port.

Don't be lying...

That's what I say to you.

But spend money, you've gotten stingier than a cow.

Don't worry about that

[Striped-shirt man] I'll have a girl ready to warm you up.

- [Candelario] Don't you worry. - [He laughs]

[Rooster crows in distance]

[Engine starts]

[Insects buzzing]

[Electronic music rises]

[Music stops]

[Birdsong]

[Hippo roars]

[Man grunts; Hippo growls]

[Hippo bellows]

[Man grunts]

[Engine starts]

[Puffs]

[Birdsong]

[Branches rustling]

[Grunts]

[Birds chittering]

[Bird coos]

[Dog barks, distant]

[Crickets chirp]

Betania, good evening.

[TV chatter]

Betania, good evening.

You don't know what a huge scare I just had.

I was fishing there on my boat...

When all of a sudden

I turn to look to one side.

and I see a huge animal come out of there water.

My god, what could that be.

Suddenly, it submerged again.

And when I turn to look over there,

it comes out again.

It goes "burrrr"

and it throws water all over the place.

And I say, oh god what could that be?

It could be a stick. What is it?

An alligator, a steer?

In any case, it frightened me a lot.

And I took the net.

When I tried bringing up the net

I felt that it was pulling,

I thought, the animal is tied up in there.

It destroyed the net

I was very scared

I threw the ropes out there heading to the engine

and I started...

Betania, are you listening to what I am saying?

Uh?

Truly, it's not worth it telling you.

You think what I tell you is bullshit

that it is a lie.

[Newscaster] "...the most important arrest in drug trafficking lately.

Who is accused of sending 100 tons of cocaine to the USA

and killed 3,000 people in the last 18 months".

You don't care about my life. If something happens to me.

If I were to die. If that animal were to kill me.

All I say to you is a lie.

Is everything I say always bullshit? Uh?

You are a person that... That's why I didn't come here

I stayed at Carlos' place.

How can I leave the net, the engine, the boat,

just to come home?

No, ma'am.

You are this person who, when I tell you things

and you think that everything is a lie.

- You truly... - [Betania] No.

Everything I do for you at home...

one thing, then the other, this and that.

I don't know

you like are an ungrateful person.

A person who doesn't value what we have.

A person who...

doesn't care about anything, right?

You are...

an ungrateful person.

[Betania shouts] Leave me alone. Shut your mouth!

Truly, I am an idiot.

Telling her what's important to me.

What a great woman!

blessed be my god.

[Animals calling]

[Engine approaches]

[Thunder roars]

[Cheerful music on speakers, distant]

[Engine roars]

[Cheerful music rises]

[Music continues]

[Distant birds sing]

[Water splashing softly]

[Birds calling]

[Distant growling]

[Soft, chiming music]

Mrs. Betania, cut a little bit here.

It's a little wide.

Where?

Here.

Please.

Oh mommy, I know what I want for my fantasy dress.

- Like this? - Yes.

I want to represent a spirit of nature

to represent abundance. A dress with a long tail...

with birds, flowers, butterflies, crickets.

And what if we put Mohan's drawing on it.

Oh no, mommy. I don't like that.

Oh no. It's beautiful.

But it's part of nature.

Because he's a bad man. If you don't give him...

what he asks for, you drown in the river.

Mrs. Betania, don't forget the opening on the right leg.

Yes, I'll measure you right now.

- Tell me from where? - No, it's too high up there.

- Here? - Yes, that's perfect.

It looks great there.

[Man shouts outside]

This dress is very beautiful

I love it.

What do you think, mommy?

[Mother] It's beautiful.

[Betania] But look, it's kinda weird on this side.

No, this way is super good.

What do you think, mommy?

[Mother] Let me see.

Sorry.

No! It's divine, my doll. Let's leave it like that.

Yes, it's super fine.

Where did this beautiful girl get her looks from?

[Mother] The work of God, my friend.

[Betania] To be the queen of these lands.

Like when I made her the dress for the "paper" pageant.

Do you remember María? when she was a student.

[Mother] Yes, of course. I have lots of pictures...

When will you show them to me?

[Girl] Oh, why didn't you ever show me those?

[Mother] They were at my mother's, and I just found them now.

By the way, there is a beautiful one

where you have a big crown.

You looked so beautiful, you and Gloria.

We have to frame it.

[Girl] Let me tell you...

The fatty is going to take Gloria away.

Why?

[Girl] She was cheating on him.

With who?

[Girl] With the neighbor. I can't understand it.

It's so small here, and the houses are stuck together.

Eight months of cheating, and no one knew.

Those who know how to cheat, really know.

The older they get, the worse they are.

Look at this shameless man,

he left for a few days, and came back.

With a story about a giant animal.

Breaking something.

[Man on video speaks indistinctly on mic]

She is a beauty.

[Crowd on video cheers]

And her dress...

is called "There is Paradise".

[Cheerful music on video]

[Man on video] Betania, let's go then, let's go.

Are you leaving or are you staying?

[Betania] They're going to drink.

That's what they do.

I'm so tired of this horrible situation

I can't take it anymore

[Man] Lola, see you.

To drink? That's not your business.

You think everything I say is a lie.

[Betania] Ah, with you nothing is true.

You don't understand anything I say.

Still fighting?

[Thunder rumbles]

[Insects trill]

[Ethereal melody joins]

[Birds squawking, trilling]

Betania, what bullshit are you saying around town about what I told you?

Why don't you respect me.

Why are you such a gossip?

You are demanding respect?

Yes, I said it.

Why do you have to open your mouth?

I simply said: "He was talking about an animal but I don't buy it."

You always tell lies

I have to think about my colleagues.

My work in the river. We are all in danger.

You know what I think? That you have women out there.

Are you sure?

Well, you're always in the bars

why don't you go inside and look?

I don't have to go to any bar.

Have you invited me? "Let's have a soda?"

When love is over in a couple, it's over.

- Because of you. - Yeah right.

We've been married for 33 years.

Yes?

Yes, And I haven't left, you know why?

To not carry the cross, like they say in church.

You go out all dressed up.

What the fuck are you doing out there?

You probably have a young man...

Sure I do. Listen to this shameless guy!

Shameless? Because I speak the truth?

What truth? Have seen me with a guy?

Because I have seen you in the bar...

You know, I really feel like punching you.

Go on, hit me.

- So you learn... - Hit me.

To respect the macho.

If you lay a finger on me, don't leave me alive

because I'll finish you, son of a bitch.

So everything I say to you is shit?

It's worth nothing. I don't believe you at all

I give up. I'm fed up.

Do whatever the fuck you want.

Yes, I'll do whatever I want.

Because I can carry the cross.

But I can't carry you anymore.

Me neither, and don't forget it.

Go away... Or I'll throw your clothes on the street.

Take them out. Go ahead.

Get out. Get out Candelario!

Ah, this man got me so fed up, my God!

I am sick of this faggot.

[Cheerful music, distant]

[Music volume rises]

[Music changes, uptempo beat]

What's going on Lola.

What are you up to?

Let's look for Cricket.

Let's see if we can find him...

Let's go.

See you man. Good luck.

Listen, good music!

[Indistinct chatter]

[Music changes, slower tempo]

What's up?

Let's go to the inspector and let's see what happens.

He doesn't want to obey.

[Indistinct chatter]

Please take us to the inspector.

Alright sir.

Let's gang up on him.

We can't talk like:

"I don't know this, I don't know that."

Not with us.

Things are not easy.

- Here we go! - Damn right!

Now they'll know...

[Chatter fades]

- [TV chatter] - Knocks on door

[Knocks on door]

Coming.

[TV clicks off]

[Man] Good evening, Mr. Inspector. Can you give us five minutes?

At this time?

[Man 2] Please, it's very important.

Please cooperate with us for a few minutes.

It better be something important, gentlemen.

Don't worry, it is.

[Lock clicks]

I am sorry to disrupt you

I know it is not working hours

but we are very worried

[Man 3] I understand that someone went to Perales.

And filed a complaint about this animal.

And you haven't done anything.

What animal are you talking about?

So you don't know what we are talking about?

And what we... what we are saying to you?

- Not really. - No?

You don't communicate?

The fishermen of Cocorna and Perales are helpless?

Not only in Cocorna and Perales.

This is all over the Magdalena River.

Mr. Inspector, I've never been as scared as...

I've been these days in the river.

Not even when corpses were floating down the river.

That's true, that's true.

Gentleman, please. Let him finish.

Go on.

It was a very big animal. Like this

I didn't know if it was a log, a steer, a...

Gentleman, I don't understand you at all

Mr. Inspector, are you letting me speak or not?

Yes, but do it properly

I was fishing on my boat

when from one moment to the next

I turned to look to one side.

When a huge animal came out

I didn't know if it was a log

a steer, an alligator...

Suddenly, I turned to one side.

When I saw it again.

Coming out of the water

it was splashing water all over the place.

It scared me a lot.

When I lifted the net

I felt that it was pulling on all sides.

And I thought, my God, that animal is tied there

I slipped the ropes out of my hands

and turned the engine on...

Listen to what the gentleman is saying.

Are you waiting for a tragedy to happen?

Look gentlemen, this is what's happening.

With all your inconsistencies...

You're not being specific

I can't call the head office.

To tell them what you're saying.

In other words, we are crazy.

Are you waiting for someone to die?

Under no circumstances will there be a tragedy.

But I can give you some information.

So you can be more careful in the river

and take care of yourselves

I received notice that on a farm nearby.

Two animals died.

Listen Lola, what am I telling you?

And the old bitch says that I am crazy.

That what I am saying is a lie.

I'm done talking to you, gentlemen

I just gave you some information.

Let's go guys, he won't do anything.

- No no, of course not... - [Overlapping chatter]

First let's get going

arrive there, and see what we find.

[Men continue chattering]

[Man 1] The day we kill that fucking animal,

that's the day we throw a huge party.

[Man 2] Bring that woman from the corner, she's hot.

[Man 1] The redhead? The redhead?

- That one. Take her. - Yes, let's bring her.

[Man 3] Or take Betania.

[All laugh]

[Man 3] No, no, no, no.

Oh no.

Ah he didn't like it.

You know that we like fucking around.

Sucking on rum, sucking on drinks...

[Insects chirp; Chatter fades]

[Man 1] Pay attention.

We looked at it and saw nothing.

We shone a light.

When a huge log...

Damn, we couldn't see any eyes or anything.

We were pissed.

[Man 2] Late at night?

[Man 1] Three-thirty in the morning.

And from one moment to the next

it turned to us.

And lit up its eyes, my friend.

They looked like two cigarette butts.

- [Man 2] And it sank! - [Man 3] Listen Candelario.

[Man 1] If you could see how scared I was

I was paralyzed, my man.

And when it knocked Lola into the water

I didn't even know what to do, man

I remained still

I didn't know what to do

and Lola saying "pull me up..."

Of course, I didn't know where to swim.

[Chatter fades]

- [Loud growl] - [Man 1] Shit!

[Man 2] I don't know, but that was loud.

What was it? Like a snort.

Go and see

if you can shine a light on it over there.

[Snort]

[Grunt]

[Loud roar]

[Man 2] Motherfucker!

Lola, what was that?

[Man 3] Son of a bitch, I don't know.

[Overlapping chatter]

What could that be, man?

[Thud, loud grunt]

Help me!

Come on, come on.

Come on, Lola.

Get in, man.

Quick.

Let's get out of here.

[Engine starts]

[Man 1] And this guy, so macho.

And of course at tea time

I didn't even know where to go.

[Man 2] Holy mother of God, man.

[Man 1] I didn't know what it was, in the dark...

[Man 3] I didn't know what kind of animal it was...

Total panic.

[Man 1] I'm telling you, it ruined our night.

Because from then on, how scary...

I didn't know whether to speak or not...

[Chatter fades]

[Rustling, water splashing]

[Snort]

[Soft growl]

[Puff]

[People chatter on video]

[Man] See they're procreating.

And that's nothing, they are already...

- They are beautiful. - Beautiful?

Lola bring the other supplier.

[Woman] Kids, let's go.

[Lively chatter]

[Child 1] I saw that animal and it didn't scare me.

[Child 2] Liar! You ran off and got under the bed.

Is that true, love?

[Rooster crows, distant]

[Woman] Nothing left?

[Man] Easy, be careful.

- [Engine starts] - Please, don't leave anything.

[Man shouts] Hey Candelario, where are you going?

Are you leaving us or what?

What's up with him?

Where is he going? Is he crazy or what?

[Upbeat, bold music]

[Grunts]

[Engine approaches]

[Roaring]

[Engine stops]

[Growl]

[Water splashing]

[Muffled growl]

[Roaring]

What a big animal, see!

What could it be? How do I exit?

Let's wait and see.

I'll get through that way, yes.

[Distant bellowing]

[Growl]

[Bird calls]

[Engine starts]

[Upbeat music]

[Music stops]

[Dog barks; People chatter]

[Cows moo]

[Man exclaiming]

Shit, they're not answering.

Those annoying animals. How are they here?

They are walkers. They walk a lot

Mr. Inspector.

We'll arrive at the station.

And immediately go to the Nápoles farm.

And count all the hippos there.

Yes, sargent.

And you, Mr. inspector, what happened?

- Why didn't you report it? - Sir, they were only rumors...

No, they're not rumors.

That's why we're here. To see the situation through.

You know that hippos are the most dangerous animal in the world

400 people die every year because of this animal.

- This is very delicate! - More than delicate

I hold you responsible for the situation.

- But sir, what can I do? - Why didn't you report it?

If you had, this would not be happening.

What a problem.

[Inspector] This really got me wondering.

[Birdsong]

[Man, on mic] Hello, testing, testing.

Hello.

[Indistinct chatter]

I don't know if it was a stick, a steer, an alligator...

I was very scared.

[Man on mic] Are we ready?

...when I saw that son of a bitch

and turned to look at the canoe

I saw it right in front of me.

[Growls] It was spewing water all over the place.

It scared the hell out of me...

[He continues chattering]

Good afternoon, good afternoon!

[People cheer, whistle]

That's how I like it, I need that excitement

to cheer for our candidates.

For the Boca Chico pageant.

You know that today is our great pageant.

The girls are all very beautiful.

So each entourage please cheer your candidates.

Where is the entourage from Cocorná Station?

[People cheer, applaud]

[Woman] Our Miss from Santiago Berrio.

[People cheer, applaud]

From Pita!

[Crowd cheers, applauds]

Puerto Perales.

[Cheering continues]

From Doradal.

[Crowd cheers]

Well dear community, let's get to know a little...

About our beautiful flowers.

These are our beautiful candidates.

For all of you, two prompts.

Tell us your name first.

Introduce yourselves. And then answer these two questions.

What would you change about your territory?

And what are your dreams?

Miss Pita, please.

Good Afternoon.

My name is Ana Priscila Pájaro Banegas

and what I like the most...

What are the questions?

[Woman] What would you change about your territory?

And what are your dreams?

What I would change would be the school

so we can have a dignified education.

And my dreams, first of all...

Are to graduate with good grades.

Attend a university.

And be a woman who can fulfill my own dreams.

And have my own...

Uh...

My own...

Practice because I want to be a great psychologist.

Thanks.

[Woman] A round of applause for our beautiful...

Representative from Pita.

Our Miss Doradal.

Good afternoon,

my name is Juliette Doria Restrepo...

[Woman] I repeat the questions.

What would you change in your territory?

What are your dreams?

I'd improve the roads.

So there are less accidents.

My dream is to be a criminal lawyer

and help women.

[Woman] A round of applause to our Miss.

Our Miss from Puerto Perales.

Good Afternoon

my name is Marilyn Gómez Calderón.

My...

[Woman] What would you change in your territory?

And what are your dreams?

In my territory, I would change...

Many streets.

It has too many deteriorated streets.

And my dream is to be a civil engineer.

[Woman] A round of applause.

Our representative of Santiago Berrio.

Good afternoon,

my name is Zairi Montaya

and what I would change to my territory, would be its abandonment

I would like that many more people would know Santiago Berrio.

And it would stop being an abandoned town

I want my people to show that they are fighters

and hard workers.

I'd make it so that its history continues to be heard.

And not to be forgotten.

My dream, is to finish my studies

and be a great professional.

And be able to fulfill each of my goals

that I committed to in my childhood.

Thank you.

[Woman] A round of applause for our Miss.

And our representative, Miss Estación Cocorná.

Good afternoon, my name is Marta Gaviria

what I would change in my village is the water service,

so that the homes in Cocorná

have better access to drinking water.

In the future, I'd like to be,

a great veterinarian and zootechnician.

[Woman] A round of applause for all our representatives.

Very beautiful all of them.

Let's hear the cheering section then.

[People cheer]

Miss Doradal!

It'll be difficult for the jury. The decision is hard.

[Woman continues speaking indistinctly on mic]

[Insects buzz]

[Buzzing intensifies]

[Dissonant music joins]

[Music stops]

[Birds sing]

[Water continues flowing, birds continue singing]

[Distant bird coos]

[Chiming music]

[Light static joins]

[Wind blows]

[Wind hissing]

[Man over radio] Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me?

Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me?

[Whispering] Corporal, did you report to base?

[Man 2 whispers] Palacio, negative, negative.

[Man over radio] Are you sure? I've identified him, he's grazing.

[Man] Palacio, and how do you know, brother?

[Man over radio] Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me?

Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me? [Beeps]

Come in, Puerto Triunfo.

[Man] Just tell him, Corporal.

Yes, Corporal Gonzales here

we have identified the animal

requesting authorization to shoot.

[Man over radio] Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me? [Beeps]

Corporal Gonzales to base, do you copy me?

[Man] Palacio, this jungle is going to swallow us up.

[Leaves rustle]

[Man over radio] Come in, Puerto Triunfo.

Go ahead.

Do you copy?

Yes, yes, Corporal Gonzales, we copy.

Corporal Gonzales, Corporal Gonzales.

Yes, I copy...

[Man] God!

[Man over radio] Roger, Corporal Gonzales, execute. I'll stand by.

[Insects trill]

[Branches crack]

- [Rustling] - [Loud groan]

- [Growl] - [Gun clicks]

[Gunshots]

[Water splashes]

[Light static]

[Man over radio] Corporal Gonzales.

Corporal Gonzales.

[Gonzales over radio] Yes, listening captain.

[Man over radio] Yes, yes. Tell us, Corporal.

[Gonzales] No captain, we have failed. [Beeps]

[Light static]

[Cheerful intro music]

MEDELLIN EL POBLADO

[Man 1, on radio] Man, the fight between Pepe and Pablito...

Looks like it happened about three years ago.

[Man 2, on radio] What?

[Man 1] That hippo has been roaming that area for a while.

He took a female with him...

And they think he even had several offspring.

[Man 2] But do they know where they are?

[Man 1] That's the problem

that's exactly what it's about

I was talking with a zoologist friend of mine

he was telling me that...

there are already five males...

that are lost from that herd.

And he, and I can't mention his name, excuse me.

But he was telling me that those three hippos...

that arrived at the beginning

were brought from the San Diego Zoo.

[Man 2] But San Diego here, or San Diego out there.

[Man 1] No, well imagine a hippo in the San Diego Smart Fit.

I mean San Diego, California.

And for all the listeners

it is good for them to understand

that hippos are native to Africa.

[Man 2] Ah, so the gringos are involved.

[Man 1] But of course,

gringos are always involved in everything, aren't they?

[Radio clicks, dramatic music theme]

[Newscaster 1] It's time for political accountability,

for what happened to the Hacienda Napoles' hippo.

These animals have been here for 25 years

but now they're suddenly extremely dangerous.

The most serious thing is...

that the environmental authorities

who are supposed to defend them

are the first to give the order to kill them.

Internationally, we are ashamed.

Those who feel very civilized here,

have lost their minds.

How about the Vice-minister of the Environment,

saying that transportation is very expensive?

How awful! To finish off...

The director of Corantioquia comes out to say

that the hunting order is still in place.

But Pepe's murder was not hunting,

it was a massacre.

[Newscaster 2] Pepe's death continues to generate repudiation.

Pepe was shot supposedly because he was not from here.

That he was an infiltrator,

who did not deserve to be nationalized.

Because he was a savage.

That he carried unknown diseases,

and swallowed others.

All slanderous excuses that,

if he had relatives

they could sue for slander...

The geniuses from our environmental protection entities,

but who are ultimately its destroyers.

They killed him...

To cover up their inability...

[Reporter] Good morning, viewers.

We are in the village of Estación Cocorná.

Located in the municipality of Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia.

Surrounded by the Cocorná South River.

We are here with one of the inhabitants of the village.

And we want to ask him:

What have you experienced with the hippos?

We know they have been very close to the territory

of Cocorná.

Good morning, what is your name?

[Man] Good morning, my name is Diego

[Reporter] Mr. Diego...

And tell us what is the situation that occurred.

In one of the many tasks we have done

I had the opportunity to meet this species.

It weighs more or less between four and five tons.

My colleagues and I had the opportunity to pick him up.

We took him to the beach,

we counted his teeth,

we built a raft from guama fruit,

tied with vines,

and later, we carried him to the village.

There is someone around here who has something different to tell us.

Mr. Diego, but how can you say that?

Not even a battalion

is capable of catching that animal.

Have you seen it?

No, I haven't. Only in school books.

Thank you very much, Maritza Gutierrez in Cocorná Station

we will keep you informed.

Let's go, Pepe.

You can do it!

[Bouncy music on TV]

What is all of that for, Pepe?

Perfect. Grab the tank...

Put on the diving dress...

the tube goes here, yes yes ready!

But, Pepe. All of this just to go in the water?

[Phone rings]

Good afternoon, Claus family.

[On TV] Yes my dear friend!

Yes, one moment please.

[On TV] But you're a hippopotamus.

- Are you leaving? - No, wait for me a little bit.

[TV chatter continues]

[Man exclaims, muffled]

Mr. Heribert, Captain Soto on the phone.

[Ringtone, phone buzzes]

Hello.

Yes?

Ok.

Thank you.

[Man, in German] The animal is in the Magdalena river,

near Puerto Berrio.

The shot must hit him on the temple.

At that entrance, please.

[He repeats, in Spanish]

[Engine accelerates]

Well soldiers,

we have reached the location.

At this moment,

let me introduce you to Mr. Heribert.

An excellent hunter.

The right person, and essential...

to locate the coordinates of the beast.

From this moment on,

we are under his orders and instructions.

Any soldier,

who ignores his orders

will be punished.

- Do you understand me? - Yes, sir

- [Commander] I didn't hear you. - Yes, sir

[Commander] Mr. Heribert, they are all yours.

[Heribert] Listen closely boys.

It is almost impossible to kill this animal...

In the water.

Besides, that's where they can be most dangerous.

They can last up to fifteen minutes under the water.

And come up from below and destroy our boats.

[Hunter] And even if they spend most of the time in the water

they will eventually come out.

At that moment we are going to hunt him.

Because he is most vulnerable then.

It is already 4:30pm.

He'll come out in 30 minutes, because it'll be cooler

and that's when we hunt him.

And the most important thing.

The first shot will be fired exclusively by me.

All of you, behind me.

Alright, let's go up.

[Birdsong]

[Gunshot]

[Gun cocks]

[Gunshot]

[Gun cocks]

[Gunshot]

[Laughter-like rhythmic groan]

[Afrikaans hippo] I saw them from afar

and immediately knew who they were.

And they also knew that I knew.

And kept moving forward.

That is to say:

I knew who they were.

They knew who I was.

Hmm.

Everything was clear.

The day had no secrets.

[Laughs]

[Mbukushu hippo] And they looked beautiful.

I felt them close to me

as if we were going to sleep peacefully.

And that death was simply that.

That's how mine arrived.

[Laughter-like rhythmic groan]

[Groan fades]

And there, lying with the strongest pain...

I've felt in my whole life.

This sound came from my mouth.

Trying to express everything.

But in the end, explaining nothing.

[Spanish hippo] I spoke and dreamed for the first time.

Fractal movements.

From all of those who came to that hacienda.

A mixed-race exhibition

where we hugged and marched together.

Even though, it was towards destruction.

What's authentic and false

what's serious and playful

the real deed and the shadow of my life.

[Moans]

A baroque mixture, excessive, opaque, heterogeneous

difficult words

that I will never understand how they got here.

To this sound.

[Wind blows]

[Afrikaans hippo] To this space.

Where everything is constantly related.

Banishing the very idea

of an annihilating transparency

which like a curse,

does not stop repeating the same story.

From the imaginary of these neighboring towns.

Full of macho fights.

Dictatorships

and beings that have died

not knowing

where they really were.

[Birds chirp]

[Dissonant music]

[Rhythmic beat joins]

[Music ends]