A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Elisa.
Yes.
Where do you come from?
From my universe.
"UNIVERSE ZERO"
How did you get here?
What happened in your universe?
-Can I play? -No.
You're a rude, selfish boy and a very bad person.
And you're a stupid girl. Really, really stupid.
-Dad, I'm telling you, he hit me! -Okay.
Okay. Let's go and talk to him.
-No. I don't want to go. -Let's go. Come on.
Do you forgive me?
-Do you want to dance with me? -No.
Wait.
It's okay, I'll dance with you. But I don't forgive you.
Look at that.
That girl will become world famous.
In time. In you go.
-I would have danced even more. -But you didn't stop!
It ended too soon.
Listen, have you arranged to meet that nice boy again?
-No. -What do you mean no?
-And what is his name? -Eduard.
-Eduard what? -I don't know.
What? And you didn't ask him?
The one time you made a friend.
We might already know, you know.
His dad's last name is Marina. They're friends of the Rius family.
Hey, hey. Hey, what's going on, dear?
Hey! Come here. Come here. What's up?
I drank a bit too much.
Come on. Come here.
Hey. It's okay. It's okay.
Hello, darling.
She combs her hair off her face
If I'm lucky I can see her eyes again
I can't prevent the burn Of those who look straight into the light
Happiness is elusive, it hides
Even as it touches the light
I don't want to say I like it
In case it all turns to smoke
If it isn't love that fills my stomach With butterflies
If it's my life and I let it escape Now that I have it in front of me
I don't want that.
Just take the medicine.
Mom, it'll do you good.
Sit down, I want to talk to you. Come here.
Stay. There's nothing you can't hear.
Elisa, this is the end.
My end. You know, don't you?
Save your tears for later.
I'm still strong enough to talk.
-Mom-- -Just listen.
What I hate most about dying so young
is that I won't see what you'll become.
Since you were born, I knew.
You will do great things.
You have it within you, but you don't know it yet.
-You have to promise me. -Promise you what?
That you'll do great things.
What things?
When you performed at the end-of-year concert, at school.
I wasn't the only one who said it. Everyone saw it.
Saw what?
Your gift.
For writing, for performing, for literature, for music, for art--
You'll be a really, really great artist.
In the future, everyone will study you.
What's going on?
-Next week, we have to decide. -What?
For our last year of school, they're making us choose
between science and arts.
What's the problem?
Elisa. Elisa. Call the doctor.
Go in.
What you sang at the burial was so beautiful.
I don't know where you got the strength.
I thought Mother was listening to me.
She was listening to you.
Hey.
Tomorrow I have to decide.
-Decide what? -My future.
I made Mom a promise. I'll do arts. For her.
Mom would be fine with whatever you wanted to do.
Yes. Yes.
She wants me to be an artist. I'd let her down--
Don't think about the future.
The future doesn't exist. What do you want?
I want Mom to be alive.
ARTS
ART MUSIC THEATRE TEACHING PERFORMANCES
LOVE
FUTURE - CHANGE THE WORLD
I couldn't go to the burial.
-I'm sorry. -Don't worry.
It must be really hard. Especially the first days afterward.
It will be hard my whole life.
Yeah. Yes.
-But with time-- -Time doesn't exist.
Of course it exists. If it didn't, we would never die, would we?
Clara, last night I decided to change my mind.
I'm not doing arts.
You're going into the sciences? Great! That means we'll be together.
-Do you want to do economics, too? -No. No, no, no.
-You're good at math. -No, I want to do medicine or chemistry.
Or physics, I don't know. I want to do research.
Research into what?
How to stop time. Or how to conquer it.
You won't have to give me money.
With these grades, the first year of my degree is free.
Don't think about money.
Dad. They've suggested that I do two degrees at the same time.
-Which ones? -Math and physics.
-But didn't you want to do medicine? -I mean...
I faint when I see a drop of blood, Dad. I'll never be able to get over that.
Yeah, but math and physics?
Won't it be too complicated?
No. Do you think I can do it?
You can do anything you set your mind to.
Excuse me. Excuse me. Are you Elisa Montcalm?
Yes.
The faculty talked about you yesterday.
We read your article on math applied to the event horizon
and we were very impressed.
-Will it go in the university magazine? -No.
No, no. They want to translate it into English
and present it to Scientific American magazine.
It's likely that they'll publish it. It will create a big impact.
Have you ever thought about dedicating yourself to astrophysics?
No, I don't know, no.
Listen. Come and see me in my office.
If you wrote that without any help, we should meet often.
I've never been, eh?
Sorry. Sorry.
Come on, Edu, we'll be late.
It's at the Art building. It's closing and we're still here!
Come on, Edu!
-Come on! -Yes, yes.
AUDITION FOR SINGERS AND MUSICIANS FOR MUSIC CLASS
Very good. Thanks. You can leave. Thank you.
No, listen, the girl before me was out of tune
and you let her sing two more songs.
We're running over by 15 minutes.
-Please just leave. -Let's go, Òscar.
-No. No, no, no. -No.
Not you, please. Can you play a song on your own?
-What? -No, not me.
I'm only here to accompany him.
We don't have a guitarist.
It would be great if you could help us.
Go on, play.
-What should I play? -I don't know.
A piece that you like.
My heart is beating so fast
Just when you give me your hand--
It's not well-known. I like it a lot, but I'd prefer not to sing it.
No. Just the chords, okay?
-Okay. But it's a shame you can't sing it. -I can sing it.
My heart is beating so fast
Just when you give me your hand
It's so obvious when you say "Hello, how are you?"
That I can barely talk
But you don't, you don't
No, you don't, you don't
Know anything about me
I never knew
How love worked
Even though my heart cried with love
For you
Fear and shyness made me miss
The chance
That someday
You would love me, too
It's so cruel to see you walk away
Next to someone else
Knowing that you will never know
Who I really am
Knowing that you will never know...
Who I am
If I was them, I'd choose you. You were really good.
Wait! Are you a professional singer?
No.
Your name? What do you study?
Elisa Montcalm. 2nd year Math and Physics.
Eduard Marina, 4th year Economics.
Well, you're part of the music class starting right now.
No, no, no, no. I don't have time for these things.
But choose them, they were really good.
Wait. Wait, wait, wait. Wait.
Shall we get a coffee?
I'm seeing an album with the title of the main song.
"I Finally Found You." The new album by Lluís Antic,
with the new singing star, the dazzling Elisa...
-What was your last name? -Montcalm.
Elisa Montcalm.
That's difficult to say. You'll need a stage name.
Why?
Montcalm. You'll only sell in Catalonia.
You have to go for the whole world.
The Montcalm, Etmont, Lacmmont, Montcalm--
-that's in the Pica d'Estats. -Yes.
The highest in Catalonia. Montcalm, mountains...
You'll have to choose a name that's easy for everyone.
High mountains. Teide, Aneto, Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro, the highest.
Everest.
Elisa Everest. Doesn't sound bad, does it?
Elisa... Elisabeth... Elisa... Liz.
Like Liz Taylor. Lisbeth-- That's it, that's it!
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the inimitable, Lisbeth Everest.
-Amazing! -You're totally crazy.
Not as crazy as you.
You're the first girl I know studying math.
And physics.
That's even worse. Jeez, how scary. How many girls are there?
In physics class, seven, and in math class, three.
Me and two others.
Yeah. I got that.
I mean, one plus two is three.
I can count, that's about it.
Why don't you drop economics and study music?
You should drop science.
If I had your talent, I wouldn't hesitate, you know?
No, I don't have any talent.
I'm only good at studying formulas and not much more.
So, if you're half as good at math as you are at singing,
Einstein should be panicking. No, no, but now, seriously.
If the opportunity of a lifetime presents itself, if that guy, Lluís Antic comes and suggests that you
become a great artist...
a millionaire, known all over the world.
You'd have your life all worked out. And I...
You what?
Well, I study economics.
-Don't you realize? -No.
I'd be your manager!
I, the young entrepreneur, with a bright future,
would run your business.
I'd make deals with record labels, I'd set up your tour.
I'd be the one who runs the numbers.
No. Not the numbers.
One plus two is three, that's all you know.
You don't beat me on numbers.
Excuse me.
What's more, since when do I need a man to control my life,
and what I earn and what I don't?
You're one of those guys who thinks us girls can't do anything
unless we have a guy to help us, aren't you?
We're just pretty faces, and you're the ones who do all the work
and make us successful.
-Do you think that? -I mean...
Not at all. Not at all.
No, no, no. Don't think that. Listen. Hey, what did I say? Sorry--
What did I say? Hey.
-Elisa! Hi! -Clara! Hi.
-What are you doing at the Arts bar? -Nothing. Do you know each other?
Yes. We have a class together.
You sang great.
-Will you be in the class? -No, no.
-She's the one who sang so well? -Yeah, that's her.
What a coincidence! We've been friends since we were kids.
So, how is school going?
It's been so long.
Sit down, we can continue chatting.
I made a mistake. Sorry.
What happened?
-Hi. -Hi! Can I come in?
I was doing some work.
Statistics is driving me crazy, but you-- what is all this?
Equations.
-When was the last time you went out? -Went out of where?
Went out with friends, to unwind a bit.
-Two years ago. -Yeah.
So tomorrow we're meeting Òscar and Eduard to go to the cinema,
I'm here to convince you to come.
-With who? -The boys from the other day.
They're really nice. You impressed them a lot.
-And they keep asking me about you. -Why?
-So that you come to the cinema. -Really?
-Why? -I'll pick you up tomorrow at six o'clock.
There's a series of Woody Allen films playing.
-You can't say no, you love Woody. -Woody...?
Woody who? No, I don't know who he is.
Look, if you say no,
all three of us will come here and drag you out by your hair.
-That's too much Woody Allen. -Well, I'd have watched three more.
-I mean, I loved it. -Really?
-Yes. I laughed and everything. -Sure.
But I'd have preferred to watch them on different days.
-Hadn't you seen them already? -No.
-None? -None.
-Had you? -Not those ones.
Didn't you like them?
I thought he only did comedies. Hannah and her Sisters was so sad.
Why?
All of the characters trick the others and they all trick themselves.
-But it ends well. -Oh, really?
He stays with the other sister and they're happy.
A completely disoriented and hysterical woman
with no idea what she's looking for, until he leaves her pregnant.
I don't know if that's a happy ending.
You're very demanding, aren't you?
Demanding with what?
With other people, with yourself. With life.
-Hey do you want to go for a drink? -Why not?
I have to go, my father is waiting for me.
-Do you live nearby? I'll walk you. -I've got to take the train.
-I live next to the station. -I'll walk you home, then.
Okay.
-Goodbye, then. -Goodbye, yeah.
Goodbye.
-Bye. Look after him for me. -Yes.
-Bye. -Goodbye.
-Bye. -Bye.
TELEPHONE
It was a good idea to call him. He was already worrying.
He was making an omelet.
It's the only thing he knows how to cook.
Doesn't your mother live with you?
She died. Almost two years ago.
Damn. I'm sorry.
-Do you miss her? -Yes.
Although if she was alive, I don't know if she'd be all that happy.
She wouldn't like what I'm studying very much.
She was obsessed with me being--
You don't need to tell me. A great artist. A diva.
-Clara told you, right? -No. I feel the same.
It's the first thing I thought when I heard you sing the other day.
My heart is beating so fast
When you give me your hand
It's so obvious when you say "Hello, how are you?"
That I can barely talk
But you don't, you don't
You don't, you don't
Know anything about me
I get the feeling you don't exactly know yourself either.
It's impossible to sing how you sing and study what you study.
Why not? Music is math. Look at the sky.
What do you think is up there?
Everything moves according to the compass of laws and rules.
Mathematical equations are manuscripts to understand the fascinating melodies
that emerged after the Big Bang that paved the way to existence.
Therefore, what I study is the music of the universe.
I live here.
Okay, then...
-I'm going to go. -You don't know anything about me
-It's not true. Because... -Now is when you'll say--
It's just as if I've known you my whole life.
I hate that kind of phrase.
I'm going to miss the train. Bye.
You've missed the train. What time is the next one?
Tomorrow, first thing.
So, what are you planning to do?
Your plans?
To be with you-- well, if you want.
-Do you want to? -Do you?
Don't you see it?
Where can we go?
My parents are at home.
-Take me to a different place. -Different?
Isn't there a place around here that you like?
A place that you feel is yours?
An...
indoor place? Outdoors.
There is only one.
-Take me there. -It's quite far.
We've got time.
-Do you like walking? -No.
But I will.
May I give you a second kiss? The second kiss?
The second?
The second kiss.
No.
-You won't give me a second kiss. -You want to let it pass?
What?
-Lady... -Man...
I don't understand you.
You don't have to understand.
Come on, take me to this place you mentioned.
It's here.
It isn't anything special.
Yes, it is. It's beautiful.
Now.
Now what?
We can have another kiss.
If you want, of course.
But-- before you said that...
that you didn't want to have a second kiss, that--
I thought that you...
-That I what? -That you didn't like it.
I mean, I don't want the second kiss.
I want the third. The third?
Eduard Marina. The boy from Sant Cugat.
Excuse me?
How many Elisas have you met in your life?
"I don't forgive you, but I will dance with you."
Elisa?
It's you?
But that's--
-Do you believe in destiny? -No. Absolutely not.
Look, I've got goosebumps.
But you're the girl...
"Stupid, really, really stupid."
No. The one who I've dreamed about all of these years.
Oh, come on.
I swear.
-You didn't recognize me at all. -You didn't recognize me either.
I thought it from the start.
No, be serious. When did you know?
When-- when you told me your name, I thought,
"No. It can't be."
But after, with the kiss... it was our second kiss.
I was sorry you didn't recognize me before, but...
now that you've lied, saying you've dreamt about me,
-I'm not sure if I like it. -No, no, it's not a lie.
What happened was I dreamt about you with that same face.
I couldn't imagine how you would turn out!
How did I not figure it out earlier?
Wait. What?
Let's make it more exciting.
-What? -Come on.
-Are you crazy? -Yes, come on. Come on, Eduard!
Come on.
-Come on. Make a wish. -What do you want to do?
There are moments that should be eternal.
-Or repeated in all possible universes. -Where?
Why didn't you wake me up?
Hello?
Yes, I've nothing better to do than wake you up, darling.
-What are you doing? -Correcting exams.
The evaluation is today at noon.
Can you believe that none of the fourth years are capable
of carrying out the quantification method of Yang-Mills theory?
Are you serious? You'll fail them all, wont you, Professor Montcalm?
-You bet. -You must be terrible as a professor.
-Look. This one is in love with you. -Really? How do you know?
He hasn't even got one right. He must take the class just to see you.
He didn't know I'd be doing it when he signed up.
A year ago, you were in his class and now, look, you've given him a zero.
You know? It's true that this guy has a look in his eyes--
-a bit like... -Like? What are you saying?
It was just a joke, you know? What are you talking about now?
Listen, it was a joke, right? Damn it!
I'm still in fifth year, and you teach former classmates
who fall in love with you talking about quantification methods
of the "Ko Chi Minh" theory.
Yang-Mills.
-What did I say? -Leave me or I'll never finish.
You want a bit of dry bread for breakfast? There's nothing else.
-My dad has gone to buy something. -Really?
Didn't he take the keys?
Yes.
A registered letter. I signed for it. You don't mind, do you?
No.
Six years?
Yeah, but we'll see.
Yeah, Eduard...
didn't sleep all night.
I heard him getting up and lying down all of the time.
Yeah, it's hard for me, too, when I think about it.
What does Joan say?
He's happy and sad at the same time.
Eduard says you won't come back.
The United States never let go of the geniuses that they let in.
"The geniuses"?
If you got married...?
You could stay together.
It could prevent distance from damaging your relationship.
Eduard needs you.
He'll never find anybody else like you. Or love.
He'll never love and never has loved anybody like you.
How can you know?
I'm his mother.
We've spoken about it with Manel, and we would give you this apartment.
Eduard and I haven't ever spoken about this,
I don't want to get married. He's never asked me.
You've never spoken?
Wouldn't you do anything for him before going so far away for so long?
I just brought him a present.
A present?
-Hello. -Hello.
-How are you, Mom? -Come here, lovely. Congratulations, eh?
We're really happy about your studies.
It'll help your future, you know?
-Yes. -Manel, come here.
Come with me to the kitchen, and help me make dinner.
What... what's up?
-Bonjour. -Bonjour.
You could save up and come and see me at Christmas.
-It's a bit difficult. -I would love to, but--
Hey, you'll look after Eduard, right?
Yes. Because he'll be the big guy, saying he's fine,
and then he'll be crying all day.
We'll take him for a walk.
And if he keeps crying we'll slap him around a bit.
Thanks.
We'll miss you a lot, Elisa.
I'll miss you, too.
-Hey. Well-- -Hey, hey.
Damn, it's so heavy, isn't it?
What are you doing? Come on.
-We need to go. -Yes.
-Let's go, Dad. -Yes.
-Edu. -Go on.
We'll wait for you at the bar on the corner.
-Okay? Right. -Yes, here we go.
I-- I'll wait for you in the car.
Bye, Elisa. Write to us.
We'll think about you a lot.
-A lot. -I will too.
And if-- if we don't say goodbye? If...
-As you like. -Let's have a kiss
like good morning or good night, like we do when we get up or go to bed.
That seems okay.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Eduard.
Good, yeah. I've just come from the hospital.
No, it's just that I've had a miscarriage.
No, I didn't know. I was late, but I didn't--
I'm fine.
No, I don't want to say anything to my dad.
I don't want to worry him.
But I didn't just call for that.
I wanted to tell you that...
that I listened to you about changing my name.
It's so hard for them to say "Montcalm"
that I decided to call myself Everest. Lisbeth Everest.
What do you think? Everyone loves it.
If I end up graduating here, I'll be "Dr. Everest."
What do you think? Sounds good, right?
It will also be a way of remembering you forever.
I-- I love you too and I miss you.
But we've got to be serious,
it will be a long time until we see each other.
Maybe it's better that... that we continue our lives by ourselves.
Don't you think?
I've got to leave. Yeah. Yeah, see you.
Goodbye.
Did you follow it, Dad?
Me? I understood everything! -Congratulations. I love you. -Me, too.
"Everest." I'll never get used to it!
Who suggested that you use that name?
Me. Right?
Hi.
Congratulations.
What must they think? I've destroyed the myth.
What myth?
-Don't you know what they call me? -No.
As if I was colder than Everest.
I can't believe you're here.
I'll only be here for four days.
So get me out of here, please.
All of this is...
I'm happy to see things have gone so well for you.
University salaries here aren't like they are there.
Yeah. If you've bought yourself a house with a garden
as big as four blocks in Eixample,
I can imagine what salaries are like here.
I saw it and I thought, "This is for me."
I'm always running around everywhere,
so having a house like this gives me tranquility
and helps me to center myself.
I also want a garden like this. To center myself, too.
These have been the best four days that I can remember for years.
And today is the last one.
Don't go.
-What? -Don't go.
-Seriously? -Should I ask you again?
Yes. Ask me.
I want you to stay here. With me.
If you want, go to Barcelona, get your things,
leave your job and come back as soon as possible.
I'm already an American national. We can get married.
We can have children. If you want them, of course.
You can find an job in economics here.
Or leave your job and stay at home, looking after me.
A really tough job, I know.
Because I will be traveling all over the place
with my all-consuming work.
In these 12 years in which we've not seen each other,
I have thought about you every single day.
And now you're here.
And I want you to stay with me until we're old
and we both die, wrinkly, in each other's arms
surrounded by our grandchildren, and if possible, our great-grandchildren.
That is what I want from my life.
Sorry if I've been a coward and didn't know how to tell you before.
I've loved you and I love you... forever.
Come.
16 YEARS LATER
And she still doesn't know.
-Has she arrived yet? -Not yet.
Eduard is so nervous. He doesn't know how to keep the call going.
Does she suspect something?
-We hope not. -No?
-They called while she was on the plane. -Yeah--
Won't she be surprised
that no one is picking her up at the airport?
No. Don't worry. Don't worry. Come on.
I've missed you so much.
-My love. -Hello, my love.
-Hello. -Good trip?
A bit of jet lag, but okay.
-What? What is this? A party? -Yes.
Hey! Dad, Maria!
Today is your fifth wedding anniversary, isn't it?
-Yes. Thanks, thanks. -I forgot. Congratulations.
Thanks. Sorry, it's--
I don't know if I'll manage much. I need a shower.
My love. My love, it's a really important call. For you.
For me?
From-- from Stockholm.
-Elisa! -Elisa! -Elisa! -Here!
Hey...!
What are you doing here?
-Congratulations! -Thanks.
Eduard, you're my everything. Forever.
Your mother would be so proud.
I was thinking about her the whole time.
But I'm not an artist.
Oh, yes you are.
The only one who has deciphered the secrets of the universe.
Kids, get in.
Kids.
Yes, yes. I'm coming.
Kids, we're going to the hotel.
See you later, Joan. Thanks.
-Great. Have a nice dinner. -Good night.
Take photos! Take photos!
Eduard. A man from protocol has just told me
that the queen wants me to go in the car with them. What do I do?
Let Mom do what she wants. Darling, you're the star of the show.
-Shall I go, then? -You want to, don't you?
Say bye to Mom. We'll see each other later, my love.
-I love you. I love you all. See you soon. -Me too, my love.
Bye.
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