Yes?
- Mrs. Mercedes Jonc? - She's not here.
- Are you a relative? - Yes, I'm her son.
You should come to the morgue to identify a body.
We think it could be your brother.
We've been trying to reach you for a week.
Your brother had it all prepared.
PAU AND HIS BROTHER
No power in this world can erase your memories.
Not even when the pain of them has gone away.
Remember, it's laughter and tears, like in the movies, you know?
Mama said: "Appreciate the past and you?! know what it's worth."
You're in a dead zone. Feeling in between.
Look at yourself. It's loneliness that kills.
What happened? What did I dream?
What have I lost? I asked for it all.
I can learn to miss things but not to lose them.
I had it, I lost it. I ignored it, I found it.
I've got it and now it's nothing.
You're in a dead zone. Feeling in between.
Look at yourself. It's loneliness that kills.
Life welcomes you in, and all that... Mike Tyson dances to his tune.
Things are what they are.
Boy meets girl. HS a shitty world.
There are only memories and paper when the show's over.
You're in a dead zone. Feeling in between.
Look at yourself. It's loneliness that kills.
Look at yourself!
Your brother was one of the best seaman I had.
If he'd stayed with the boat, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
Wasn't he working for you?
No, he left about a year ago.
I didn't know that.
He was in the Pyrenees.
I've got the address here.
Why did they take so long to tell us?
He must have had identification.
I presume there were papers in the car when it crashed.
How can they ore-mate someone without the family's permission?
I had him cremated.
Are you a complete jerk?
Are you an idiot or what?
WARNING! DETOUR DUE TO ROADWORKS
- Hey, Sara. - Hello.
- Hello. What are you doing? - Nothing.
- You not working today? - Yes, later on.
Goodbye.
Marta!
Emili!
I didn't recognize you.
You look like your mother.
- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.
Excuse me, do you know of any place to sleep?
There's not much around here.
Do you live here?
- Do you know Alex? - Yes.
I'm his brother and this is our mother.
Is he still in Barcelona?
He was killed in a car accident.
We wanted to get into the house where he lived.
I think Emili has a copy of the keys.
Yes, they gave me his number and I've been calling...
but nobody answers.
Ifs been changed.
Does your mother know you're here?
No.
Mercé, would you start it up?
How long since you last put up a tent?
Quite some time.
What about you?
Me too.
Give it to me.
You want some?
- Cheers. - Cheers.
This wine is good.
What about that woman you were living with?
That's history.
It's been so long since I've seen you.
You were just a runt then.
You can sleep in the big bed if you want.
No, I'll sleep in the small room.
Will you be alright there?
I fancy sleeping near the fire.
Aren't you drinking too much?
Paul
Mom!
Good morning.
Here.
Alex is dead.
Did he kill himself?
No, it was a car.
That's what his mother and brother told me.
They got here yesterday afternoon.
Damn it! Why didn't you tell me?
I didn't know where you were. You were with your daughter.
Where did they spend the night?
They said they'd camp on the bank of the river.
Does Sara know?
I don't think so.
Fucking hell.
Get going. I'll be there soon.
Emili!
I've got to go to work.
Thanks.
See you later.
This girl's pretty.
What do you want to do?
Nothing.
Does your mother know?
If you want, I'll tell her when we get to Gosol.
I'm sure she'll be happy.
Don't say that.
She worries about you.
Bullshit.
Hi, you've called Jean Pica-He's home.
Leave a message after the tone
and I'll call you back.
Hello.
How are you?
Better.
If you want, you can come to my house to sleep.
I'd like to stay the night here.
You can come for dinner.
I'm sure there's no food in Alex's house.
A little while ago some morons set fire to it...
and the parish took away the key...
but I've got a copy...
and when I can, I water the flowers.
Those priests are despicable!
Look how they let the flowers dry up.
Hello.
Thanks a lot.
- Are you Emili's daughter? - Yes. Marta.
Marta.
- And you're Pau? - Yes.
My father told me that your brother...
Let's go.
What do you want to do?
I don't know, we haven't thought about it.
What?
I'm talking about the ashes. They don't know what to do.
You wouldn't rather keep them?
- What did she say? - She's asking if you'll keep them.
We don't know.
Maybe we will.
We still haven't thought about it.
We'll see.
When I came here, they were talking about fixing the road.
I used to be a lumberjack.
I tell you, when I came to the village...
they were already talking about doing the road.
What did you do in Toulouse?
I worked in construction.
That's a radical change.
I told her that in Toulouse I worked in construction.
What does “bucheron" mean?
A “bucheron" chops down trees in a forest.
Lumberjack. He was a lumberjack.
It's hard to say.
- Why is she laughing? Because you're saying it badly.
Ifs all right.
Fact is, I don't remember Toulouse very well.
Want some?
Yes.
Thank you.
Sure you don't want to stay here and sleep?
Very sure.
- What is it? - We're sleeping in Alex's house.
They don't want to sleep here.
It's good walking around here. It's peaceful.
Drink up!
Where did you get that from?
- Emili's house. There's lots. - Oh, yeah? Really?
I got one too. We had the same idea.
- Have you got an opener? - No.
Then we've got a problem. A big problem.
- Like that. - Yes, very good.
- Now what? - A bit more.
More? - Yes.
That's it.
No, you try it.
Is it good?
- Pretty average. - Pretty average.
Here.
- What did you do in Toulouse? - I worked with my mother.
She's got a stationery shop.
-Is that all right? - Yes.
- What about you? - I work in a restaurant.
- Doing what? - In the kitchen.
I cook.
- What are you laughing about? - No reason.
- You speak good French. - You think so?
- Yes. - It's not that good.
It's windy.
Sorry.
I'm going to try it.
It's not bad.
My brother spoke better French.
He taught me phrases and I learnt them by heart.
Suck my dick.
Do you know how they say it in catalan?
No. Say it, go on.
Suck my dick!
In catalan.
- Suck my dick. - That's it.
When I was little...
we used have fun.
He liked to put his dick...
in a hole he had in his pocket.
- A hole? - Yes, a hole.
He'd go up to girls with a beer in both hands...
and ask them to take out his cigarette lighter.
I've got to stop smoking.
I'm pregnant.
I'm serious.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
I don't want an abortion this time.
- But don't tell Emili. - No, of course not.
You want a take?
Has it been a long time since you saw your father?
Yes, a long time.
Twenty years.
And your father? Where does he live?
Well... a long way away.
They separated some time ago, when we were small.
Oh, yeah?
- And you never see him? - No.
Are you laughing?
- What about? - I don't know.
Go ahead and laugh, then.
This is going out. I'll get some more wood.
You're not curious about what Marta does in Toulouse?
She has to make her own life.
When I lived in Barcelona, I did the same.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Are you coming up? - Yes.
Are you all right?
Yes.
When my father got drunk, I remember...
my mother made him sleep on the sofa.
I never saw them kiss.
I don't know if they were in love.
I don't think so.
They were too different.
When he died, my mother cried.
She was a mess for a week, didn't see anyone.
Now she won't talk about it.
She's like a corpse
When Pau was little, he was very sick.
The doctors didn't know what he had.
They did a lot of tests and found nothing.
Alex was very jealous.
One day, on our way to hospital, he ran away from us.
He always did those kind of things.
They never stopped fighting.
I would've liked to have had a brother.
If he wasn't dead, I'd have a child by him.
He always said he wouldn't have children.
I want to do it like you did.
Do it with someone you don't know.
- Would you like to be a grandpa? - I don't like children.
SHUT up!
It's a quarter past nine. You slept in.
It's a quarter past nine.
This highway is fucking us all up...
not just your brother.
You figured it out, didn't you?
Is it really that important?
I didn't want to tell Mercé.
What about Sara?
I don't know.
You think they'd want to know?
Maybe yes.
It was clear your brother wasn't coming back.
He didn't want them to know.
Try not to tell Mercé.
Shit!
- You want some? - No.
What about you?
- Hello. - Hello.
Where have you been?
At Emili's house.
We had a bit of a party with Marta yesterday.
- Was it good? - Yes.
- Good morning, Teresina. - Good morning.
He twisted his ankle. He's inside sleeping it off.
Hold yourself up.
- Hello. - Hello.
You're networking?
Shall we go to Barcelona?
To do what?
I'm getting out of here.
What about your job?
To hell with it.
- And what's up with you? - Nothing.
I just wondered how you were.
As you can see. Nothing much to tell.
- You've got some balls! - What about you?
Son of a bitch!
Don't do that. Don't tear it.
DON'T WORRY. KISSES. SARA.
Come on. One, two, three.
- Are you working tomorrow? - Yeah.
Yes?
Hello?
Yes?
Hello. It's me, Sara.
- Hi. - Hi.
- How are things? - Good.
Pau told me.
- Want some coffee? - Coffee? No.
What are you thinking about?
Nothing.
Yes you are. Tell me.
The truth is, I don't know a lot about my brother.
I know about when we were little and things we did with Mercé...
and later we worked together as fishermen.
Yes, he told me they called you a girl in the fish market.
Because I've got very white skin.
Everyone in town was amazed.
It was as if he'd always worked on the mountain.
First time I saw them in the bar, I thought he was Emili's son.
They got on well, huh?
They were always together.
Emili loved him very much.
- How is Marta? - Good.
- I called you. Where were you? - I was calling you, too.
You like her, huh?
Who?
Marta.
She's pregnant.
You're kidding.
-I'm not the father. - So? Didn't you want a child?
I hardly know her.
Emili's been here.
What's up?
Nothing.
Mercé, I have to tell you something.
Alex didn't die in a car accident.
It doesn't matter, don't tell me. All that's in the past.
Did you put my clothes in too?
- All together? - All together.
The colors will run.
- Is it all right? - Yes, ifs great.
A bit slower. Slower.
It really suits you.
Yeah, that feels great!
I'm itchy everywhere. I've got hair all over me.
- You look gorgeous. - You too.
It suits her.
Don't you want to cut your hair like mine?
Stop.
What's wrong?
- She's annoyed. - Yeah.
- Calm down. - No. Hold me.
Stop. You're making me nervous. You're making me nervous.
Where's Marta?
She went to wake you up. You were asleep.
What are you doing?
I'm leaving.
Goodbye.
TO MY FRIENDS