I don't know if today you arrived a bit early or a bit late...
It started to rain and we were unable to film.
Where are you going?
I'm leaving you, Ernesto.
Shouldn't we talk about this before?
I've already told you everything I had to.
Lena, please! Please, Lena!
Good bye...
Lena, listen to me, Lena!
Let me go!
(grunts)
Turn around, my love. I'll help you. Let me do it.
Don't worry, relax, I'll help you.
You could have broken something. I'll remove your shoes.
You'll be more comfortable that way.
I'll take care of everything. Cheer up. Help me.
My love, careful...
Sit down, carefully... treasure.
That's it.
I'll take you to the hospital.
My wife fell down the stairs! Very carefully, please.
Let's see...
Careful.
The head...
Relax, relax.
Careful... Careful with the legs.
We'll take her to trauma.
May I use the phone?
Not here, in the doctor's office.
It's rather urgent.
Don't worry. We'll take her to the consultation room in a second.
Mateo?
Yes. What's the matter? Are you not coming?
No, not tonight no.
Is everything OK?
There has been an accident. But don't worry, everything is fine.
We've got afternoon filming tomorrow. Shal we see each other first before?
No, I won't be able to. I've got plenty of stuff to do. I'll see you directly in the sutiod.
You sound weird, Magdalena. Are you sure everything is all right?
Yes. I'll see you tomorrow.
(Off) Well, they're here. Don't ask anything, ok?
Are you OK, madam?
I'm fine.
Can I help you?
It's not necesary, thanks.
It hasn't been anything.
Martin, please. Open the door.
Thanks for your discretion.
Could you please remove your glasses?
What do you want me to do? What can I do for you to forgive me?
Take me to the studio.
You shouldn't move.
If you don't take me, I'll go. Even if I have to crawl. Aunque sea a rastras.
What are you going to say? How are you going to explain the leg and the plaster and scratches?
Depends on you.
On me?
I'll do whatever you ask me, if you promise to stay with you.
I will stay with you if you let Mateo finish the filming,
according to whatever he decides.
He will start asking questions, he's not an idiot.
I'll say I tripped.
How are you going to film, if you can't walk?
He will decide that, but I want to make sure that you will respect his decision,
no matter the cost, or the waiting time. Is that clear?
I live there.
And that's it. Ernesto is ready to agree to whatever you decide.
Decide, what?
I can't go from a shot of you walking normal to one in which you go in a plaster!
How long do you have to wear the plaster?
Three weeks.
Do you mind if I speak a second with Lena on our own?
Tell me the truth!
People don't fall off the stairs, that only happens in the movies.
(whispers) Be quiet, Mateo.
We need to finish the filming as soon as possible. Until then I won't be able to dump Ernesto.
Why not? He's a psychopath! What other proof do you need?
My god!
I can't go. I've promised I'd stay with him
in exchange that you finish the movie with the conditions that you decide.
No. There must be another solution.
Which one? The only one is that I keep living with him until you finish!
What have you compromised to, exactly?
To live under the same roof, he in his own bedroom, and I in mine.
He has no right to anything else.
Do you think he's going to abide only to that?
I don't know, but the sooner we finish filming, the better. Make up something to avoid stopping!
We only have got one stair scene
We would have to repeat the ending...
23 retake, one, first.
(shouts) Action!
So you are Ivan's ex wife?
The one that has been in a physichiatric ward for the last 20 years?
Yes, but I'm not in any ward anymore.
Now I'm here with you... walking down the stairs...
According to the note, it seems that you are in a hurry to see him.
Yes, but you walk first...
No, the one in a hurry is you. I've been waiting for 20 years.
Come on...
As I was telling you... After breaking appart with my husband
I went to the street and I found a guy that was looking at me, very good looking.
What an arse, feet... Well, I brought him home and I fucked him several times.
You know I'm very interested in sex as a social matter.
And how was it?
In bed, godly, a virtuous. Haven't seen anything like that.
This is the good one.
What a big toe!
(Off Mateo) "Every morning, Lena arrived destroyed to the filming.
Based on repetition, there was always a shot in which she overcame it and managed to do it good.
The convivence with Martel had become hell.
Lena didn't tell me anything, but it was obvious.
When the filming had finished, I asked him to drop it, but she was afraid for the movie.
She didn't want to leave him, not until I had chosen all the good shots.
(Phone)
(Off) Hello?
(Off) It's Magdalena.
(Off) Is everything ok, Magdalena?
(Off) No. I'm down here, and I've forgotten the money. I have to pay the taxi...
I'm on my way. Be right back.
She is in the toilet.
But..., but what has happened?
We've had a big fight.
Finally, he ripped my clothes off and he threw me to the street half naked.
Give the driver a tip, he has lended me his jacket. If it wasn't for him...
Son of a bitch! Right now we're going to tell the police!
No, Mateo! Take me far away from here, please.
Yes, yes, yes, of course. As you wish.
("Werewolf" by Cat Power)
Give me the camera.
What are you writing?
"El secreto de la Playa del Golfo" (The secret of the Gulf Beach). When I took the picture I hadn't seen the couple kissing.
And what is their secret?
I don't know, I need to write it to figure out.
That couple is us...
(Off TV) "What is it? It looks like a leg.
(Off TV) It's an arm! And the wto legs!"
(beeps)
(Off Harry) "Without noticing, a month had already passed.
I knew that, sooner or later, we would have to go back, but we were postponing it.
I was only worried about mum and you. I hadn't even said goodbye to you,
and you were with your allergies when we left"
(In english) Ok. The man with the bleach is here. Do we need bleach? No? Ok. Over.
Hi, sorry to interrupt... I just wanted to ask if you have any possiblilities for work with you here.
Well, we could use the help, especially now that the high season is about to start.
Have you got any experience?
Yes, I have worked as a secretary in Madrid. I am quite bilingual.
She could start working here in the afternoons... and then we could see.
Wonderful!
Excuse me, excuse me. We were just saying that the girl in the ad looks exactly like you.
No. It's not me.
I was wondering how long it would take to appear!
But they can't do the premiere so soon, can they?
No, I did it to annoy us, it's a trap for you to come back.
The advertisment only needs a label that reads "Wanted"
So what are we going to do?
Nothing. Fuck him.
What?
The only intelligent thing we've done is not to go to the premiere...
Bastards!
(Off Harry) "Judit, it is I. I need to talk urgently to you.
Call me, please! This is my number... 845132
28...
Sorry... 28845132. Ah, and ask for Harry Caine, I've given that name here.
Are you there? I await your call!"
And mum didn't answer?
No.
Why?
Because she was upset, I guess.
But even if she was really angry, she should have told you what was happening.
Yeah, the matter is that she didn't, and we've never spoken about it.
And weren't you curious?
Me? I was dying f curiosity!
For two days I had been calling your mother and Luis, the mounter, but nobody answered.
So I decided to go back to Madrid and see with my own eyes what was happening.
It's the first time we split.
Anyway, I'll be back on the weekend.
But if you are going to stay here worried, come with me.
No, I'm better off here. Madrid scares me.
(Sinister metallic screeches)
( )
(Off Harry) "Magdalena's death didn't surprise us hugging each other,
as we'd dreamed, but in separate seats.
I was even surprised, leaving me alive."
Mateo... Mateo, tell me something.
Mateo is dead, Judit.
Don't say that...
We call him with his name, but he refuses to answer. Insists that Mateo is dead.
The pictures are the basis of his work.
Living in darkness, I guess was like death for him. Is there any possibility that he sees again?
None. His is what we call cortical blindness, and cannot be cured.
(Strong wind)
That is, very good, very good...
There are some stairs on the right side.
But it's not here, we have to go a bit further.
Come on, I'll guide you until we get to the border
Come on, that is... very good... We're almost there.
Now there are some steps until we get to the car
and we're going to walk them slowly because they are very high.
They are 25cm , I measured them before. Wait, i'll leave you the bag.
Come on, let's go...
The first one is the hardest but I'll hold you.
That is, slide your feet. You're there. Let's go.
Very good...
Come on, now the second. That's it...
A bit more. There, that's it. No more steps.
Did you go to see Lena's mother in town?
Yes.
What did she say?
She was very pleased with Ernesto for having taken care of everything.
Is he there?
Yes. She was buried with his father.
Did you see the tomb?
Yes.
How was it?
Simple. The mother told me that they didn't want luxuries.
Look, mum, the sea!
We're in "Famara".
Please, stop! I'm getting off here.
No, wait a second. How are you going to get off here?
You go to the reception and do whatever you have to do. I'll wait for you in the beach.
I want to get off here, too!
But how are you going to get off with this strong wind?
I'm not bothered by the wind.
Shut up, Diego, shut up!
Stop the car, please.
Mum, please. Let me stay, it's the first time I've seen the sea, please...
Well, well..., all right. But be careful.
And don't get too close to the sea.
Give him your hand and don't let go, please. Be careful with the wind, too. Oh, my god! That's it.
Careful, there's a step!
Please, let's go.
Wait here, please.
Good morning... (In english) Good morning.
Good morning. Good morning.
I am here to pay the Mateo Blanco's bill, please.
Who?
Mateo Blanco.
We dont have anyone here registered by that name, right?
Its the man who had the accident.
You mean Harry Caine?
Yes... of course...
(Barking and wind)
(Shouts) Harry! Harry Caine!
We're here, Judit!
We have to go, Harry.
Let's go, Dieguito. Dieguito, give me your hand.
Can't we stay here for a while longer?
No, you've had enough wind for today.
(whispers) I'm here... Harry.
Careful, don't trip over.
Do you remember "Famara", Diego?
Perfectly.
It was the first time I saw the sea. I remember the kytes and a dog barking.
I remember that dog barking as well...
What are you doing?
I'm trying to reconstruct your pictures...
I have almost one complete...
What do you want to do to cheer you up a bit?
I'd like to hear Jeanne Moreau's voice.
Well I don't have the phone.
Search "Ascensor para el cadalso" by Louis Malle.
Ok.Fritz Lang, Jules Dassin, Nicholas Ray...
Search on the top.
"Fanny and Alexander", "Fellini Eight and a half", "Obsession"...
"Ascensor para el cadalso", I've got it here. I haven't seen it.
I hope you like it.
(TV) Are you crazy? How am I going to throw it away?
What I have to do is to make the police find it in my house.
Leave that! That is "Chicas y maletas"!
But I don't understand...
Well that's pretty clear.
If the police finds in my place 15 kilos of uncut coke, I could get arrested.
Yes, but I don't understand how that suitcase has appeared in your home, like that...
Sounds strange, doesn't it?
As I was telling you..., after breaking appart with my husband I went to the street,
And I saw that guy who was glncing at me, very good looking.
What an ass, and his feet... I brought home and I fucked him several times.
They are totally out of tune...
In bed, a virtuous.
Look at my goosebumps...
How could I take those shots as good? They are both horrible!
What do you want to to today?
I have to go home. My mother has left a message saying that she's back today,
ready to celebrate your birthday.
Is it my birthday?
So she says.
If Judit says so...
Congratulations, man!
So, I will have to invite you for supper.
Is there anybody at home?
Yes.
Oh, my son, I wanted to see you so much!
What happens? Is it very noticeable?
Well, yes.
I haven't even had time to wipe my ass, today.
Well, don't look at me like that... I thought you had already gotten used to.
Yes, sorry...
You are beautiful, very beautiful. Are you ok? You had me very worried.
I'm fine. Mateo has taken care of me day and night...
Mateo? Isn't your name Harry anymore?
Yes...
We have to buy him a birthday present.
Well..., what have you been doing all this time?
Nothing... watch movies... and talk.
Talk?
Yes.
(Dry) What about?
My God, mum!
Well..., what did you have?
I don't know if I should believe the gastroenteritis... you used it already as an excuse in a script...
I had... an accident. But I'd rather not talk about it now.
An accident? What sort of accident?
It's hard to explain.
Try it! I'm not THAT stupid!
We'll leave it for another time, ok? I'm fine now.
Well, I'm going to buy some DVDs to Mateo.
We're closing.
I know, this is the last one.
Thanks.
Thank you.
I don't know what have you been talking all these days...
But I know what I haven't told you all these years.
I've never asked you...
But you might have wondered it yourself thousands of times.
This is my bithday present, Mateo.
The present is also for you, Diego.
After your vanishing, Ernesto Sr. only wanted vengeance...
Drop it, Judit.
No.
You've had a bad day today.
That's why, I'd like to finish it a bit better.
Ernesto had a delusional plan to take vengeance on you, but to perform it
he had to bribe us, at least, Luis, the mounter, and me.
Despite the delusional bit, there was no problem, we sold ourselves without any resistance. Luis and I.
With me, well, he gave me an alibi,
he proposed me to go a month and a half to the U.S.,
to the Clínica Mayo, so Dieguito could cure the aspergilosis (fungal disease),
that way, I wouldn't be there whist he... ruined your movie.
Because that was his plan, to reduce your movie to dust.
I prefered to stay in Madrid and cure Diego here. I wanted to witness everything.
If I was going to betray you, I wanted to pay the price for it.
It was a torture to see how Ernesto was choosing the worst takes of each shot
and Luis was mounting them, transforming your movie in a monster.
The only way to resist all of that was to suffer more.
I sold myself to Ernesto for pain and jealousy! I didn't accept it, and I didn't forgave you
for abandoning "Cinearte" with Lena without a single word.
With my treason, I took vengeance upon you, her, and myself.... The only innocent was Diego.
Sorry, son, for all the bitterness I've given you all this years.
Nobody deserves to grow like that...
May I have another G&T, please?
Don't look at me like that.
Thank you.
Please, Judit, don't continue. There is no need.
Yes. Now that your name is Mateo again I have no excuse anymore.
You have told us everything.
No... not everything.
Nobody knew where you were. We had no idea.
Ernesto prepared everything, the premiere, all that, so you reacted.
His vengeance had no meaning if neither of you took notice.
Ernesto was asking me constantly about your whereabouts,
but I knew nothing, either, which was true.
I didn't want to call you for that, to avoid making your life more difficult.
Ernesto hired some detectives to find you.
But, before they found you, you phoned me, two days after the premiere.
I was too shocked to answer your call.
I still am.
When ernesto asked about you again, I don't know why, I gave the phone to "Famara".
Ernesto sent his son to find you to Lanzarote.
It was Ernesto Jr the one who found you after the accident and phoned the hospital...
Did he had anything to do with the accident?
No! But I can't stop thinking that should I hadn't given the phone number to his father...
maybe nothing would have happened...
Why do you think that?
I don't know... bad conscience, I guess.
Well it's enough, then! 14 years of bad conscience are enough!
Wait, I'll help you.
No, thanks. Good night.
Call if you need anything!
(mobile phone)
(Off answering machine) "Diego. Not answering. Leave your message"
Hi Diego, is Mateo...
I'm sorry about calling you so early. Tell your mother to call me as soon as she can. Thanks.
Harry, so early. How comes?
I couldn't sleep.
Oh... Coffee and toast?
Yes, but before, Would you mind calling me at this number?
Ray X?
Here...
Thanks.
I'll bring you the coffee.
Ernesto?
(Off) Who is this?
I'm sorry to bother you, I'm Mateo Blanco.
What nonsense!
One has to start the day with the good foot.
How are you feeling?
A bit hangover, but fine. I think that yesterday's catharsis, in the end, felt great.
Come on, let me help you.
No, sit down, sit down...
Diego, I only needed to tell you something else.
You'll tell me later. Let's have breakfast now.
If I don't tell you now, maybe I won't ever tell you...
At the end of the 80's, Mateo and I had an affaire.
But I imagined that already, even before yesterday's catharsis.
Did you?
Mum, it's obvious!
The same curtains in his bedroom than in yours,
memorabilia from Mexico and the Caribbean in both homes, the crosses...
Of course... There's something else that I don't think you know.
Mateo is your father.
Mateo, my dad?
Yes.
And your lover who went, my supposed biological father, you made it up?
No... I can't hide things, but I never make anything up. I can't invent.
The lover existed. We had an adventure. He was gay, and the adventure lasted little.
Does Mateo know?
No. Are you crazy! In that time, he asked me, and I, of course, negated it.
I didn't press him, I didn't want our relationship to change because of that.
In the end, I didn't ask him either if he wanted to be your dad.
Ha! Bastard! So Mateo is my father...
By the way, he phoned early this morning.
Mateo? What did he want?
He wanted you to call him as soon as you could.
Why didn't you wake me up?
Because after yesterday you needed some sleep, and he didn't say it was urgent.
You can call him now.
Come on, give me the phone.
Hello?
Hi. Diego told me to call you. Are you OK? Do you need anything?
I'm not fine, Judit. And yes, I need something...
The 40.000 metres of negative that we recorded on my last movie to mount it.
I'm at Ernesto Jr's home and I have just been told that the material was destroyed in 1994.
I imagined something like that, but I didn't think they would do it so soon.
What are you doing at Ernesto's?
I think I'm going to blackmail him. We need money and he has plenty.
I don't want Diego to go back to that damned bar, I want to pay him a salary.
Mateo, don't be crazy!
I can't figure out anyone else to blame for Magdalena's death.
My god! Wait, I have something to tell you!
Leave it, you said enough yesterday.
Listen, Mateo! I was the production director of the movie,
the only person who had access to the lab and the material.
After Ernesto gave the order for it to be destroyed, I intercepted it and kept it.
I have everything at home.
You're lying.
I didn't tell you yesterday because I didn't know that you wanted to mount it again.
I kept it. All the double shots, the negative, the sound tracks, everything!
You can have everything whenever you want! That changes everything.
Get out of there, Mateo, and leave Ernesto alone. He has nothing to do with this.
He still has to tell me what he was doing in Lanzarote. Goodbye, Judit. I'll call you later.
Ernesto and his camera... You remind me of a Peeping Tom.
Yes, but I never wanted to kill you.
I'm not so sure about that.
I have here a copy of the "making of" that proves it.
Why do I want that? I can't watch it!
Someone you trust should watch it and tell you. Sorry...
With this pictures the documentary about Mateo Blanco ends,
also called Harry Caine...
What do you think of the documentary, how should I name it, Ernesto?
Very interesting.
What do you see now?
The last night, when you're on your way back from the restaurant.
How was he able to film us? The night was very dark...
His car's lights and the lighting from the statue were enough
to see what happened. Anyway, he has touched digitally the picture.
Mateo, Ernesto not only did not provoke the accident,
but he was also the first person who came to help you.
How was he able to film and drive at the same time?
I don't know...
Is there anything else that I need to know? What are you seeing now?
You are waiting in the roundabout for a car to go through the left. Lena and you kiss...
A kiss? I don't remember...
It's a normal kiss, one of those that couples give by inertia.
The last kiss...
Yes... Lena didn't die in your arms, as you two had dreamed,
but the last feeling she had in this world, was the flavour of your mouth...
Is it there?
Yes.
Play it frame by frame, so it lasts longer...
(Off Harry) 14 years after the filming, I was finally able to mount "Girls and luggage".
On my way! Ah, it's you.
I've left thousands of notes!
Yes, a thousand yours, and none from Ivan.
And that case!
It's Ivan's. I'm borowing it.
And the crutches?
His ex wife, the bitch. She pushed me down the stairs.
Wow, what a pair of us! I've splitted also with my husband.
Oh, I'm sorry. Listen, I was doing coffee, would you mind to serve it?
No.
I've spent the whole night searching for Ivan, and I've had a pic session afterwards
and I've had no sleep yet.
Neither have I!
Hey, when did you split?
Four days ago. Sugar?
No.
I foresaw it. Thing is that, after splitting,
I go out to the street and I discover that guy looking at me.
Oh, gazpacho! I'm going to serve myself a glass.
(Shouts) No!
I've put a whole box of sleeping pills.
Why so?
Just in case Ivan came, he likes gazpacho a lot.
My dear, Pina!
That's nothing! Since he wasn't calling, I've ripped the phone off the wall.
I've stumbled upon it, and I haven't asked anything
because I didn't want to ask too much...
But... that bed? It's smoking, isn't it?
The match fell, and started burning, and I didn't want to put it off. Fire purifies.
Bring your coffee!
You were telling me something, Chon?
Ah, yes..., yes!
I was telling you... I also have a case at home.
Your husband's?
No.
A case with 15 kilos of coke, uncut..., delicious...
Are you now a drug dealer, Chon?
I'm still chancellor of Social Services. The case appeared in my wardrobe, suddently.
I have to dispose of those 15 kilos as soon as possible.
With the time schedule we have in politics, we take plenty of drugs.
Between the members of the party and in the Council, I could deliver up to 2 kilos,
But what do I do with the rest?!
Throw it away!
Are you mad! How am I going to throw it away?
What I need to do is avoid the police finding it at home...
But, I don't know how...
Well it's very clear to me!
If the police catches me with 15 kilos of uncut, delicious coke at home,
they could get me arrested.
Yeah, Chon, but I don't understand how that case appeared in your wardrobe, like that, suddently!
As I was telling you... After splitting with my husband,
I went outside, and I met a guy who was staring at me. Good looking.
What an arse, feet... Well, I brought him home and I fucked him several times.
You know that I'm very interested in sex, as a social matter...
And how was he?
In ved? A virtuoso.
I've never seen anything like that! Look at my goosebumps!
So what happened afterwards?
Nothing, after fucking he asked me if he could stay some days in my place.
Do you have magdalenas?
Yes, there, up in the cabinet.
And I have a lovely flan.
I'll eat that afterwards!
So, he asked me if he could stay at home.
I said well, but I couldn't promise anything.
I didn't want him to think that I was an easy woman.
Thing is, he appeared at home with a case and installed himself there.
I was yesterday evening watching TV...
And I learned that the police has caught him in an anti-drugs raid
and that he's one of the most wanted drug dealers of the country!
No way!
With the tingling nose, I open the case and I see that it's full of cocaine bags.
I took one... went out the street and since then I've not gone back.
What a story, my God!
It was strange that he fucked so good!
For men who live in that sort of risky life, every fuck is like the last one.
And, of course, there's no colour! Look at my goosebumps!
I saw it before... You have it so easy! And the case?
The case... well, I wanted to ask you... if you don't mind me bringing it here.
Can you hear me?
(Off) Yes, I can hear you.
I'm going to bring it here. If it's found in my place, it's not because of what could happen to me,
which is not the ideal thing for a Social chancellor,
but do you imagine the shock to the Mayor and my party?
My party can't bear any more scandals!
Don't shout, Chon!
(doorbell)
(whispers) The police!
Ssh! How is it going to be the police? Nobody knows you're here.
I'm a very noticeable woman, Pina, since I was a girl...
Look like you only came for coffee.
This is like what we have defined.
Do you think I should keep mounting it, or is it madness?
What? I was laughing my ass off! I'm dying to know how it ends!
(Emotional) It's wonderful, Mateo!
Is hilarious. We should do the premiere again.
No, the important thing is to finish it.
Movies have to be finished, even blindfolded...
The End.