WEBVTT 00:06.715 --> 00:07.841 Hello. 00:08.341 --> 00:09.968 Sh! Eva? 00:10.468 --> 00:12.137 -I'm in the kitchen. -Come in. 00:12.220 --> 00:14.389 Uh, come out here. I have a little surprise for you. 00:14.472 --> 00:16.266 I don't want what I'm cooking to get burned. 00:16.349 --> 00:17.767 -Come on. -Give me a second. 00:19.102 --> 00:20.562 Eva. 00:20.645 --> 00:22.063 See? 00:22.147 --> 00:23.398 Huh? 00:23.481 --> 00:24.315 Professor. 00:24.399 --> 00:25.650 Ah… 00:25.734 --> 00:29.154 -What? -It's just that, after I got out of jail… 00:29.237 --> 00:31.656 …I was confused, and I was hurt. 00:31.740 --> 00:34.701 I had no idea what I was gonna do, so I had no other choice 00:34.784 --> 00:37.037 but to go out into the countryside and hide there. 00:37.120 --> 00:38.371 -Hmm? -Mm… 00:38.455 --> 00:40.457 -But where in the countryside? -Mm! 00:40.957 --> 00:42.667 I have a professor friend. 00:42.751 --> 00:45.795 She has a quaint little house there, near Choachí. Do you know it? 00:45.879 --> 00:46.713 I do. 00:46.796 --> 00:49.340 -Were you there the whole time? -Mm-hmm. Mm. 00:49.424 --> 00:50.884 I was dedicated to the farm. 00:50.967 --> 00:52.719 -Mm! That's surprising. -No way. 00:52.802 --> 00:54.679 I couldn't imagine you doing something like that. 00:54.763 --> 00:56.222 -Yeah, me neither. -I get it. 00:56.306 --> 00:59.851 With so much loneliness, so much silence, so much nature… 00:59.934 --> 01:04.689 …all of those memories, I had so much time to read and write. 01:04.773 --> 01:05.607 Mm. 01:05.690 --> 01:10.236 That's when I realized something. There were a lot more chapters to my book. 01:10.737 --> 01:13.740 My stories were hiding in there, deep in my veins. 01:13.823 --> 01:17.035 I forgot to tell you that Professor Estela is writing. 01:17.118 --> 01:19.370 That's why I ran into her at the publishing office. 01:19.454 --> 01:21.247 -Seriously? -Tell her why you were there. 01:21.331 --> 01:23.833 I wrote my first book, and I'm looking to get it published. 01:23.917 --> 01:25.668 What kind of things do you write? 01:25.752 --> 01:28.338 Poetry of the erotic kind. 01:28.421 --> 01:29.422 Wow! 01:29.506 --> 01:33.009 And this is my very first book. Wet Poems of a Lonely Woman. 01:33.092 --> 01:36.262 -You're letting me read it? -Yes. And I'm using a pseudonym. 01:36.346 --> 01:37.597 Lilith. 01:37.680 --> 01:39.390 It's the perfect pseudonym. 01:39.474 --> 01:40.391 What? 01:40.475 --> 01:43.144 Yeah, because Lilith is the name of one of the stories 01:43.228 --> 01:45.980 in the book Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin. 01:46.064 --> 01:49.109 Which, if I'm not mistaken, was the first book where a woman dared 01:49.192 --> 01:51.736 to speak openly and freely about eroticism. 01:51.820 --> 01:54.239 -Huh. -The novel was direct and raw. 01:54.322 --> 01:55.532 Mm. I'll have to read it. 01:55.615 --> 01:56.950 It's a great read. 01:57.033 --> 01:59.828 And plus, she was friends with Henry Miller. I mean… 01:59.911 --> 02:02.330 -And Antonin Artaud. -Oh yeah? 02:02.413 --> 02:04.582 Yeah. It really is a small world. 02:04.666 --> 02:06.334 -Everything's connected. -Mm. 02:06.417 --> 02:08.044 What makes me happy is, um, 02:08.127 --> 02:10.296 seeing Professor Estela doing great with healing. 02:10.380 --> 02:13.383 She seems like she's on a good path with her poetry thing. 02:14.217 --> 02:15.093 Yeah. 02:16.094 --> 02:17.011 Camilo, 02:18.096 --> 02:19.931 I know what I wanna do in life. 02:20.014 --> 02:20.849 What? 02:20.932 --> 02:23.143 I'm going to become a literary agent. 02:23.226 --> 02:26.312 I have two clients already. You and Professor Estela. 02:26.396 --> 02:29.023 Does that pay really well? 02:29.107 --> 02:32.110 I'm pretty sure Carmen Balcells makes a lot of money. 02:32.193 --> 02:35.572 She's the literary agent of several artists from the Latin American boom, 02:35.655 --> 02:38.783 including García Márquez and Vargas Llosa. 02:39.492 --> 02:41.661 -Mm. -Yep. I'm gonna be like her. 02:43.663 --> 02:44.789 I'm impressed. 03:02.807 --> 03:07.228 EVA LASTING 03:17.322 --> 03:20.700 "DELTA OF VENUS" 03:20.783 --> 03:22.243 "EPISODE 8" 03:22.327 --> 03:23.870 You and I never got to know each other. 03:23.953 --> 03:25.872 -It was a long time, you liar. -We didn't. 03:25.955 --> 03:28.458 Because I became a student there after you had already left. 03:28.541 --> 03:30.418 -So you're Martín's sister? -Uh-huh. 03:30.501 --> 03:32.754 -Yes, ma'am, I am. -And the mother of Granados' daughter. 03:32.837 --> 03:33.922 And Arbeláez's wife. 03:34.005 --> 03:36.758 -It's a very funny story. You'd love it. -Watch yourself, brother. 03:36.841 --> 03:39.886 -It's not funny, dumbass. -Yeah, it… it would be hard to explain. 03:39.969 --> 03:41.471 -Cheers. -But I am in love… 03:41.554 --> 03:44.307 …with how open-minded you all seem to be with each other. 03:44.390 --> 03:47.310 Because this planet needs more people with this mindset. 03:47.393 --> 03:49.187 -Thank you. -And how is the baby? 03:49.270 --> 03:50.813 -"The baby." -Big, isn't she? 03:50.897 --> 03:53.816 More like a little person now, having a great time with her grandparents. 03:53.900 --> 03:56.527 -Yeah? Oh, beautiful. -You have to meet her. 03:56.611 --> 03:58.655 I would love to meet her. Everyone raise your glasses. 03:58.738 --> 03:59.906 -All right. -Let's go! 03:59.989 --> 04:03.284 First of all, I'm gonna make a toast for this exquisite lunch. Thank you. 04:03.368 --> 04:05.620 -Thanks, Grandma. -Second, a toast to you all. 04:05.703 --> 04:07.997 Because you've been… Well, I'm not sure you knew this. 04:08.081 --> 04:11.542 But… you have been part of some of the most beautiful memories of my life. 04:11.626 --> 04:13.127 -That's nice, professor. -Thank you. 04:13.211 --> 04:14.128 Cheers. 04:14.212 --> 04:17.131 And to José María, because even though sometimes we were miserable, 04:17.215 --> 04:18.466 we had times that were so good. 04:18.549 --> 04:19.801 -We did. -That's right! 04:19.884 --> 04:22.428 Cheers! 04:22.512 --> 04:23.930 Mm. 04:24.639 --> 04:26.766 Did you know they all wanted to sleep with you 04:26.849 --> 04:28.351 when they were back in school? 04:28.434 --> 04:30.979 -Mm. Um… -Imagine that. 04:31.062 --> 04:32.272 Camilo told me. 04:32.355 --> 04:33.481 No, but… 04:33.564 --> 04:36.025 You're the one who told me, Camilo. Don't try to deny it. 04:36.109 --> 04:38.236 It's not appropriate to tell the professor that. 04:38.319 --> 04:41.406 -What's the problem, you guys? -Stop fighting. You can all calm down. 04:41.489 --> 04:42.782 I always knew. 04:44.909 --> 04:47.662 You boys are so silly. 04:47.745 --> 04:50.832 I knew you might have been looking at me from your desks 04:50.915 --> 04:52.250 when I was giving lessons. 04:52.333 --> 04:54.252 None of you were subtle. 04:54.335 --> 04:56.713 I could sense you looking when I reached up 04:56.796 --> 04:59.090 to write on the blackboard and my skirt went up a little. 04:59.173 --> 05:02.301 Or when I bent down and the neckline on my blouse revealed 05:02.385 --> 05:04.512 beyond what was appropriate. 05:04.595 --> 05:06.389 -We weren't-- -I don't remember that. 05:06.472 --> 05:08.349 We weren't perverts, Grandma Lucy. 05:08.433 --> 05:10.059 I see. 05:10.143 --> 05:12.061 With all due respect to Mrs. Lucy, 05:12.145 --> 05:13.855 I'm gonna make a confession tonight. 05:14.772 --> 05:15.898 Here it goes. 05:16.524 --> 05:17.525 I loved it. 05:18.359 --> 05:20.987 We asked Professor Estela to read some of her poems. 05:21.070 --> 05:21.904 She obliged, 05:21.988 --> 05:25.450 leaving us astonished by the graphic and explicit nature of those verses. 05:25.533 --> 05:28.786 You wouldn't think this could be possible for boys who grew up watching XXX movies 05:28.870 --> 05:30.371 at the Teatro Imperio. 05:30.455 --> 05:33.166 But there we were, awkward and speechless. 05:33.916 --> 05:37.045 The first poem I'll be reading is entitled "Orgasm." 05:37.879 --> 05:40.006 Whoo! Let's do it. 05:40.089 --> 05:41.507 The door flings open 05:41.591 --> 05:43.885 You appear in my presence 05:43.968 --> 05:47.805 All parts of me, including my little toe Quiver in anticipation 05:47.889 --> 05:49.640 My chest is engorged 05:49.724 --> 05:51.351 As are my lower lips 05:51.434 --> 05:55.730 It's the imminence of the inevitable That leaves everything wet within me 05:56.606 --> 05:58.316 And then you rush towards me 05:58.816 --> 06:02.653 My legs give way Opening as an offering to you 06:03.154 --> 06:05.365 You, ravenous for my sex 06:05.448 --> 06:06.699 Kiss it 06:06.783 --> 06:07.825 Lick it 06:07.909 --> 06:09.243 Savor it 06:09.786 --> 06:14.665 Your tongue is the key with which You intend to open the gates of my body 06:14.749 --> 06:16.250 And with my eyes closed 06:16.334 --> 06:20.880 I then climb the summit to your pleasing Allowing you my entire body 06:24.967 --> 06:26.844 Really interesting, professor. 06:27.428 --> 06:29.931 -Yeah, it was so cool. -You're a true poet! 06:30.014 --> 06:32.058 An artiste. 06:32.600 --> 06:34.310 -Well. -Incredible. 06:34.894 --> 06:36.938 "Elegy to the Phallus." 06:37.021 --> 06:38.523 Whoa. 06:38.606 --> 06:41.526 The poetry reading was a litmus test for my housemates, 06:41.609 --> 06:43.611 a quiet calvary for my grandmother, 06:43.694 --> 06:45.113 and a growing concern for me, 06:45.196 --> 06:47.698 because, although my knowledge on the subject of erotica 06:47.782 --> 06:49.242 left much to be desired, 06:49.325 --> 06:51.119 I had started to become suspicious 06:51.202 --> 06:54.122 of the quality and poetic ability of our beloved professor. 06:54.205 --> 06:55.123 …wild desires… 06:56.207 --> 06:59.377 I love that Professor Estela ended up writing erotic poetry. 06:59.460 --> 07:01.712 Yeah. Everybody was shocked, huh? 07:01.796 --> 07:02.964 Yeah. 07:03.047 --> 07:05.383 -That made it even better. -Not for my grandma. 07:05.466 --> 07:07.552 She was panicking. I feel bad. 07:07.635 --> 07:08.928 -Yikes. -I bet. 07:09.011 --> 07:12.140 But… maybe that's the purpose of poetry. 07:12.223 --> 07:15.268 Yeah? To wake everyone up. 07:15.852 --> 07:19.939 That's what the poetry I like does, at least. Like Rimbaud, Baudelaire. 07:20.022 --> 07:21.816 -Mm. -Their poetry opens doors. 07:22.608 --> 07:25.319 -Pff. Sure. -I don't know. I think that's hard to do. 07:25.403 --> 07:27.113 Especially for female poets. 07:28.906 --> 07:31.409 -I'm gonna make a sandwich. Want one? -I'll have one. Thanks. 07:31.492 --> 07:32.410 Sure. 07:32.910 --> 07:35.621 I was tempted to mention my doubts about the quality 07:35.705 --> 07:37.582 of the professor's work to Eva, 07:37.665 --> 07:40.168 but she seemed so enthusiastic and confident. 07:40.251 --> 07:43.337 I kept silent and wondered if the origin of those doubts 07:43.421 --> 07:46.340 was an indication of my lack of poetic knowledge. 08:03.065 --> 08:04.358 What's up, professor? 08:04.442 --> 08:05.943 -What's up? -Everything okay? 08:06.027 --> 08:07.069 Yeah. 08:07.987 --> 08:10.907 I've been thinking about what you boys were saying during dinner, 08:10.990 --> 08:13.618 when everyone confessed their attraction to me, 08:13.701 --> 08:17.830 admitting that they fantasized about me during class while I was teaching. 08:17.914 --> 08:20.750 I came to ask if you happened to be one of them. 08:25.171 --> 08:27.131 Well, um… yes. 08:27.215 --> 08:28.674 It was mostly me. 08:28.758 --> 08:30.218 Is that true? 08:31.260 --> 08:32.470 Just how true? 08:52.949 --> 08:54.825 Stay here for a few days? 08:54.909 --> 08:58.079 Yes, but just until I find another place to go for a while. 08:58.162 --> 09:02.416 Right, Grandma. But what happened at 364? You were comfortable there yesterday. 09:02.500 --> 09:04.752 Did someone mistreat you or something, or… 09:04.835 --> 09:06.921 No, no, no. It's not that. 09:07.004 --> 09:08.214 I can guess. 09:08.923 --> 09:10.508 Is it Professor Estela? 09:10.591 --> 09:11.509 Mm… 09:12.677 --> 09:18.724 I don't wanna judge anyone, but frankly, that woman is something else. 09:18.808 --> 09:21.727 I understand, but, Mrs. Lucy, Professor Estella's a poet. 09:21.811 --> 09:24.188 You have every right to either love or hate her work. 09:24.272 --> 09:26.566 But I'm pretty sure poetry's never hurt anyone. 09:26.649 --> 09:29.318 Last night, Camillo and I had a conversation about it opening doors. 09:29.402 --> 09:31.279 Well, that may be, 09:31.362 --> 09:34.282 but that "poet" went into Martín's room last night. 09:34.365 --> 09:35.449 Mm. Oh, really? 09:35.533 --> 09:38.077 Oh yes, but they weren't praying the Rosary. 09:38.160 --> 09:41.080 Obviously not, but I'm sure you saw incorrectly, Grandma. 09:41.789 --> 09:44.917 Wait a minute. Your grandma's old, but not blind. 09:45.001 --> 09:47.295 That's not what I meant. Maybe they had a… I don't know. 09:47.378 --> 09:48.546 An important conversation. 09:48.629 --> 09:50.881 I saw them making out. 09:51.799 --> 09:54.760 But they're adults, and both of them consented, 09:54.844 --> 09:56.554 and neither of them are committed to anyone. 09:56.637 --> 09:57.555 Yeah. Mm-hmm. 09:58.180 --> 10:00.433 Yes, but… the professor, 10:00.516 --> 10:03.936 the precious professor that brought you up when you were children, 10:04.020 --> 10:06.814 is making out with Martín, when she could be his mother. 10:06.897 --> 10:09.400 In theory, yes… but she isn't. 10:09.483 --> 10:10.901 If it's about age difference, 10:10.985 --> 10:13.821 so many old men have dated someone their daughter's age. 10:13.904 --> 10:15.156 No one said anything. 10:15.239 --> 10:18.701 Like when Professor Silva dated me, nobody complained. Did they? 10:19.535 --> 10:21.120 No. Silence. 10:21.746 --> 10:23.205 And besides, Grandma, 10:23.289 --> 10:26.000 it comes with the territory of being a poet, I think. 10:26.083 --> 10:27.835 -Mm. -They need passion. 10:27.918 --> 10:29.629 That's how they give intensity to their art. 10:29.712 --> 10:31.922 -Mm-hmm. -Well, I'm surprised. 10:32.006 --> 10:34.425 -It doesn't bother you at all? -No. 10:34.508 --> 10:37.136 Not at all. We think it should be celebrated. 10:37.637 --> 10:40.931 I mean, Martín being able to finally fulfill a fantasy from his youth, 10:41.015 --> 10:44.018 and the moral cannons Professor Estela is able to challenge with this… 10:44.101 --> 10:46.937 Women have been shackled with them for so long. 10:47.855 --> 10:49.857 Have you ever had a fantasy, Mrs. Lucy? 10:51.651 --> 10:53.861 -Well, like that, no. -No? 10:53.944 --> 10:54.820 No. 10:54.904 --> 10:56.280 -Are you sure? -No. 10:57.698 --> 11:00.117 Here, Grandma, have a cookie. Yeah? 11:02.370 --> 11:05.623 Eva, possessed by her newfound role as a literary agent, 11:05.706 --> 11:08.668 began to organize poetry readings for Professor Estela, 11:08.751 --> 11:11.629 to warm her up for the launch of her new book. 11:11.712 --> 11:13.214 In your eyes 11:13.297 --> 11:15.800 You celebrated the rain in the night 11:16.384 --> 11:20.179 You were perfection in your sexual and wild desires 11:20.262 --> 11:23.057 A guest welcomed in so many times 11:23.724 --> 11:25.768 As my hands bounced on you like lace 11:25.851 --> 11:28.354 Your quivering body let out a scream… 11:28.938 --> 11:30.773 And when you entered me… 11:30.856 --> 11:34.068 Each time more ferocious With your overflowing desires 11:34.151 --> 11:37.488 Unquenched with caresses and kisses… 11:37.571 --> 11:41.325 Your paws turned into claws That tore my skin 11:41.951 --> 11:44.578 Tired, sweaty, surprised by the dawn… 11:44.662 --> 11:46.414 -The night had changed us… -So bad. Oh, man. 11:46.497 --> 11:48.999 It made our two hearts into one 11:55.423 --> 11:57.091 -Thank you for your time. -Thank you. 11:58.050 --> 12:01.387 We have to look for another publisher. That one didn't understand her poetry. 12:01.470 --> 12:04.265 Maybe they understood her work but just didn't like it. 12:04.765 --> 12:06.934 They didn't like it because they didn't understand it. 12:07.017 --> 12:07.893 That's what I said. 12:07.977 --> 12:11.605 We're not gonna find a more prestigious and open-minded publisher for her book. 12:11.689 --> 12:13.274 Really? Watch me. 12:13.774 --> 12:14.942 Come on. 12:16.193 --> 12:18.446 I know that this might not be what you wanna hear 12:18.529 --> 12:19.905 and may be hard to accept. 12:21.198 --> 12:24.410 Professor Estela's work isn't revolutionary. It's bad. 12:26.829 --> 12:31.500 Looking out On the morning rain 12:33.878 --> 12:35.838 Uh… Am I interrupting? 12:35.921 --> 12:37.882 No, Mrs. Lucy, not at all. 12:37.965 --> 12:39.884 I wanted to put these flowers in here. 12:39.967 --> 12:41.886 Oh, how sweet. Perfect. 12:41.969 --> 12:43.179 A great addition. 12:43.262 --> 12:45.890 And when I knew I'd have to face… 12:45.973 --> 12:47.975 -This song's nice. What is it? -…another day 12:48.058 --> 12:49.560 Ah, it's Carole King. 12:49.643 --> 12:52.062 I'm obsessed. 12:54.273 --> 12:55.524 Pardon my asking, 12:55.608 --> 12:57.943 but I would like your thoughts on something. 12:58.027 --> 13:00.321 I'm honored. What would you like to ask? 13:00.404 --> 13:01.947 -Care to sit? -Yes. Thanks. 13:02.031 --> 13:04.617 What would you like to talk about? 13:08.037 --> 13:10.206 Mm… It's a bit of, um… 13:10.289 --> 13:11.832 Difficult for me to ask. 13:12.333 --> 13:14.543 I hope you don't misunderstand me because of it. 13:14.627 --> 13:16.462 You don't have to worry about that. 13:16.545 --> 13:19.507 Is it about my erotic poetry? Along those lines? 13:19.590 --> 13:22.176 Oh, no, no. Not about that. 13:22.259 --> 13:26.347 Although, um… we could talk about that some other day too. 13:26.430 --> 13:28.808 Well, then what is it? 13:31.477 --> 13:33.938 Have you ever dabbled with marijuana? 13:36.524 --> 13:39.401 Uh… I was talking to one of the boys. 13:39.485 --> 13:40.444 Gustavo. 13:40.945 --> 13:43.948 Um, he mentioned that it's comparable to… 13:44.031 --> 13:46.992 entering a sacred, spiritual state of mind. 13:47.076 --> 13:51.705 Which is why I wanted more information, but from someone older. 13:51.789 --> 13:53.582 With more life experience. 13:53.666 --> 13:55.626 And I thought, uh… 13:56.210 --> 13:58.712 Oh. I'm so sorry. I've offended you. 13:58.796 --> 14:01.382 -No. You didn't. -Please forgive me. 14:01.465 --> 14:04.510 No need to apologize to me. I'll be completely honest here. 14:05.010 --> 14:08.180 Every once in a while, I do partake in a little weed smoking. 14:08.264 --> 14:09.932 A little weed's not a big deal, 14:10.015 --> 14:13.435 but only… once in a while, of course. 14:13.519 --> 14:14.895 Oh. 14:14.979 --> 14:16.146 Uh… 14:18.315 --> 14:20.067 What's it like? 14:20.693 --> 14:23.904 -Would you like to get high together? -You make me feel… 14:24.947 --> 14:27.700 -You make me feel… -Because… I'm thinking… 14:28.576 --> 14:31.912 …we can go smoke a joint, if you want, in the other room. 14:31.996 --> 14:32.872 Oh. 14:32.955 --> 14:36.584 Like a natural woman 14:37.585 --> 14:42.339 A natural woman 14:42.423 --> 14:44.675 Thank you very much, Mrs. Ana. 14:45.175 --> 14:47.803 -Oh, you don't have to thank me, José. -Of course I do. 14:47.887 --> 14:49.221 It's a noble act on your part. 14:49.305 --> 14:51.390 I really appreciate you making peace with my mother. 14:51.473 --> 14:54.310 Why wouldn't I, José? I'm not cruel. She's family. 14:54.393 --> 14:57.938 I consider her my mother too. I have a lot of appreciation for her. 14:58.022 --> 15:00.566 We're moving on. It's all water under the bridge. 15:01.066 --> 15:02.901 My mother, deep down, loves you too. 15:04.445 --> 15:07.197 -Really? -With this, she'll love you even more. 15:07.698 --> 15:10.367 Oh, José… I don't think it's a good idea 15:10.451 --> 15:12.536 that we show up out of nowhere and invite her to lunch. 15:12.620 --> 15:14.747 -Don't worry. -Hope she'll be happy with our surprise. 15:14.830 --> 15:16.248 Believe me, she will. 15:16.749 --> 15:17.625 She will. 15:18.542 --> 15:20.210 I think you look beautiful. 15:21.086 --> 15:24.089 You're looking very handsome yourself there, mister. 15:25.799 --> 15:27.301 -Come on! Move! -Calm down, José. 15:27.384 --> 15:28.844 Why do you have to scream? 15:30.679 --> 15:31.722 That was rude. 15:32.556 --> 15:34.516 -Hi. -Oh, Ana. 15:34.600 --> 15:36.518 -Professor, what a joy to see you. -Oh… 15:36.602 --> 15:38.604 -How exciting. -Camilo told us you were living here. 15:38.687 --> 15:40.064 Yes. Yes, I am. 15:40.147 --> 15:42.650 -You look great. -Where are you teaching now, professor? 15:42.733 --> 15:44.318 -Me? No, I'm writing. -Mother. 15:44.401 --> 15:45.361 You're writing? 15:45.444 --> 15:47.863 -How are you? -Oh! Brilliant. 15:48.364 --> 15:49.698 Everything is good. 15:49.782 --> 15:52.451 Or "so cool," as the boys say. 15:52.534 --> 15:54.286 Mm. 15:54.912 --> 15:56.080 Look who came to say hello. 15:56.914 --> 15:58.415 How are you, Mrs. Lucy? 15:58.499 --> 16:01.210 Ana, it's "cool" to see you here. 16:02.711 --> 16:04.672 Excuse me. I'm sorry. 16:04.755 --> 16:08.092 I can't stop laughing. 16:11.220 --> 16:12.721 Oh! 16:15.974 --> 16:19.311 -Why is my mother acting weird? -Oh, José. 16:19.395 --> 16:21.563 Did you come here to be a serious worrywart? 16:21.647 --> 16:22.523 You're annoying me. 16:22.606 --> 16:24.900 Oh, please, Mother. Your language is unbecoming. 16:26.318 --> 16:28.445 José, we should have let her know that we were coming. 16:31.198 --> 16:33.409 There's something off here. What's she up to? 16:33.492 --> 16:36.286 Nothing. I'm happy. 16:36.370 --> 16:38.205 It's been a long time. 16:38.288 --> 16:40.040 Does that bother you, son? 16:42.209 --> 16:43.460 Are you drunk? 16:43.544 --> 16:47.172 Oh, not a drop. Promise. Not even a sip of alcohol. 16:47.256 --> 16:49.216 It's something. 16:51.969 --> 16:54.012 -José. -Hmm? 16:58.475 --> 17:00.102 Mother, are you high? 17:00.185 --> 17:01.603 Oh… 17:02.146 --> 17:04.022 Maybe a teensy-weensy bit. 17:08.861 --> 17:11.363 You know what? 17:11.447 --> 17:14.199 Why don't you try a little bit? 17:14.783 --> 17:17.411 Maybe it'll help you stop being so anxious 17:17.494 --> 17:19.538 and a bitter curmudgeon. 17:19.621 --> 17:22.458 Would you look at his face? 17:22.541 --> 17:25.753 I mean, his eyes are like… 17:38.432 --> 17:41.435 Camilo, any evaluation of an artistic work is subjective. 17:41.518 --> 17:42.686 I obviously understand that, 17:42.770 --> 17:44.897 but there's also a minimum of artistic quality 17:44.980 --> 17:46.815 that should be demanded of all literary work. 17:46.899 --> 17:50.444 Otherwise, the entire literary field will be inundated with crap 17:50.527 --> 17:52.446 because, subjectively, anything goes. 17:52.529 --> 17:54.114 That would be like artistic demagoguery. 17:54.198 --> 17:56.325 Oh, come on. It's not like her poems are that bad. 17:56.408 --> 17:57.743 Yes, they're that bad, Eva. 17:57.826 --> 18:01.622 Some are ridiculous, uh, some are obvious, and all are superficial. 18:01.705 --> 18:04.333 You didn't notice, but… at the university, 18:04.416 --> 18:07.336 at the bar, they were all laughing and making fun of her, you know? 18:07.419 --> 18:09.505 Not because it was at all beyond their comprehension. 18:09.588 --> 18:10.672 It's because they were bad. 18:10.756 --> 18:13.258 And the publisher, even though they were nice about it, 18:13.342 --> 18:15.052 they didn't like the professor's book either. 18:15.135 --> 18:16.345 I know them. 18:16.929 --> 18:19.598 Okay, yes, I admit that the professor's poetry lacks… 18:19.681 --> 18:21.183 -…a bit of maturity. -Yeah. 18:21.266 --> 18:25.395 But it's not about the art anymore. It's become political. Don't you get it? 18:25.479 --> 18:29.358 Erotic poetry that's written by a woman is a wall that's collapsed. 18:29.441 --> 18:32.110 -It is a path that opens. -Even if the work is bad? 18:32.194 --> 18:34.029 That doesn't matter. The quality will come. 18:34.113 --> 18:37.074 Camilo, for that to even happen, there have to be first steps. 18:37.157 --> 18:40.035 I don't know any erotic female poets in Colombia. 18:40.119 --> 18:42.371 It's important that Professor Estela's poetry exists, 18:42.454 --> 18:44.164 no matter the quality of her work. 18:51.255 --> 18:52.256 Oh boy! 18:52.756 --> 18:54.341 I was really thirsty. 18:54.424 --> 18:55.884 Oof! 18:55.968 --> 18:58.929 How's José? Was he pretty angry? 18:59.847 --> 19:01.890 You know your son. 19:02.391 --> 19:03.684 Not only do I know José, 19:03.767 --> 19:06.520 but I'm responsible that he turned out like this. 19:06.603 --> 19:09.189 I had no idea what I was doing when I raised him. 19:10.107 --> 19:12.192 Oh, don't say that, Mrs. Lucy. 19:14.319 --> 19:16.071 You do what you can as a parent. 19:17.614 --> 19:20.450 And no parents are given manuals when they raise their children. 19:20.951 --> 19:22.369 We do the best we know how. 19:22.452 --> 19:26.081 We give them love… be understanding and there when they need us. 19:26.165 --> 19:26.999 Mm. 19:27.082 --> 19:29.418 I'm sure you did all of that for him. 19:30.752 --> 19:31.837 Mm. 19:32.337 --> 19:34.882 But I also closed him off from the world, Ana. 19:34.965 --> 19:36.258 For example, 19:36.967 --> 19:40.470 I've only been in this house with these kids for a couple of months. 19:42.097 --> 19:43.849 And in that short time, 19:43.932 --> 19:47.144 you wouldn't believe how much more I've lived than in my whole life. 19:48.020 --> 19:51.315 I think the reason for that is that there is no prejudice here. 19:51.815 --> 19:53.108 Only freedom. 19:54.401 --> 19:56.737 When José was a little child, 19:56.820 --> 20:00.616 I not only filled him with prejudice but also with prohibitions. 20:02.075 --> 20:03.785 Well… Right. 20:04.870 --> 20:08.916 Because of that, it's my fault that my son's life hasn't been easy. 20:08.999 --> 20:10.876 And I feel guilty about that. 20:11.877 --> 20:14.171 Oh, the irony. 20:15.047 --> 20:17.674 It's only when we get old 20:18.342 --> 20:21.887 that we're able to discover so many important things. 20:22.888 --> 20:24.181 Such a shame. 20:24.848 --> 20:27.309 We don't have nearly enough time to live them fully, 20:27.392 --> 20:29.144 to practice all that we've learned. 20:31.104 --> 20:34.775 Ana, you're young and have so much time left. 20:35.943 --> 20:39.404 Please live your best life. Don't skip out on anything. 20:40.530 --> 20:42.074 Take my advice. 20:42.699 --> 20:43.742 Okay? 20:44.701 --> 20:48.580 I would give it all up in a second just to be 20 years younger. 20:55.420 --> 20:58.256 My dear and incorrigible father, for his part, 20:58.340 --> 21:00.008 had not one ounce of restraint. 21:00.092 --> 21:01.134 Once he arrived home, 21:01.218 --> 21:04.763 he immediately called his sister, Rosa Elvira, in the United States. 21:04.846 --> 21:05.847 What was that? 21:05.931 --> 21:07.599 Well, I think you've been unfair. 21:07.683 --> 21:10.102 You've been behaving like a very bad daughter. 21:10.602 --> 21:12.854 I don't care if this happened a long time ago, Rosa Elvira. 21:12.938 --> 21:15.524 I'm surprised you don't know a mother's pain has no calendar. 21:15.607 --> 21:17.734 Let me remind you of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. 21:17.818 --> 21:19.069 You'll find it in Luke 15… 21:19.152 --> 21:21.029 …Verse 11 to 32. 21:21.113 --> 21:23.657 In the Bible, Rosa Elvira! The book of God. 21:24.658 --> 21:27.202 Did you forget you're Catholic Apostolic Roman? 21:27.285 --> 21:28.245 Huh? 21:28.912 --> 21:30.580 No, no, no. You listen. No. 21:30.664 --> 21:33.500 Let me remind you that my mother left everything in her country 21:33.583 --> 21:36.712 to help you, to accompany you to the United States, when you asked. 21:36.795 --> 21:38.171 And how did you repay her? 21:38.255 --> 21:40.674 With ingratitude, with cruelty. 21:40.757 --> 21:43.010 You can't imagine all that my mother has suffered. 21:43.093 --> 21:46.138 Yes, because of you. Because of you, ma'am. 21:47.306 --> 21:49.474 "She'll get over it." You would say that. 21:49.558 --> 21:52.728 Trickles off your tongue, doesn't it? "She'll get over it." 21:53.520 --> 21:55.647 Well, I want you to listen to me 21:55.731 --> 21:58.483 so you'll understand the consequences of your actions. 21:58.567 --> 22:01.320 How does it feel that my mother, who's also your mother, 22:01.862 --> 22:03.363 is now a drug addict? 22:04.656 --> 22:07.951 I'm not joking. I'm going to pass it to Mrs. Ana so she can tell you. 22:08.035 --> 22:09.119 -Hold this. -I don't want to. 22:09.202 --> 22:10.954 -Oh. Uh, tell her. Tell my sister. -Here. 22:11.038 --> 22:12.372 -No! -Talk to her. Hello? 22:12.456 --> 22:15.125 Rosa Elvira. Hey, Rosa? Rosa Elvira? 22:15.208 --> 22:17.461 Hello? Ugh. 22:19.671 --> 22:20.756 How rude. 22:21.923 --> 22:23.925 How long have you been on the phone with your sister? 22:24.009 --> 22:27.012 I don't know. Maybe half an hour. Can you believe she hung up on me? 22:27.095 --> 22:28.347 Of course I believe that. 22:28.430 --> 22:31.058 What upsets me, José, is that you're here, glued to that phone, 22:31.141 --> 22:32.434 on a long-distance call. 22:32.517 --> 22:35.687 -The problem I had with your mother. -Mrs. Ana, I'm asking you a favor. 22:35.771 --> 22:37.272 Not to mention my mother to me. 22:37.356 --> 22:39.107 Right now what I'm upset about the most 22:39.191 --> 22:41.568 is you supporting the disaster, instead of supporting me. 22:41.651 --> 22:44.488 -What disaster, José? -What disaster? My mother! 22:44.571 --> 22:47.115 Doesn't it bother you that she's become a drug addict? 22:47.199 --> 22:50.077 What is wrong with you? Your mother only did it out of curiosity. 22:50.160 --> 22:52.204 -That's all. Stop the drama. -For you, it's not… 22:52.287 --> 22:54.998 Is it normal that my mother started smoking that crap? 22:55.082 --> 22:58.043 -Enlighten me, Mrs. Ana, please. -It is normal for her to be smoking that. 22:58.126 --> 23:01.713 Your mother is at an age where she can decide what to do on her own. 23:01.797 --> 23:05.008 And she has discovered that smoking marijuana has helped her. 23:05.092 --> 23:06.718 Oh my God. 23:06.802 --> 23:10.138 I also agree with her that maybe you should smoke a little too. 23:10.222 --> 23:11.598 Could do you some good. 23:11.681 --> 23:13.683 I'm telling you all of this out of love. 23:16.061 --> 23:19.189 "Drug addict." How ridiculous. 23:20.774 --> 23:21.733 José. 23:25.779 --> 23:27.072 Dear Eva, 23:27.155 --> 23:29.199 I had a meeting yesterday with the publisher, 23:29.282 --> 23:32.035 and although they were very professional and kind, 23:32.119 --> 23:35.747 they made it clear that they are not going to publish my book. 23:36.832 --> 23:38.458 "It's something I anticipated 23:38.542 --> 23:42.045 after becoming aware of the snickers and snide looks at our readings." 23:42.129 --> 23:44.881 "We can't turn a blind eye to this much evidence 23:44.965 --> 23:47.801 and need to both admit that my work is subpar." 23:49.052 --> 23:51.221 "I am, however, planning to continue." 23:51.304 --> 23:54.099 "I'm going to continue to be contrary, as I have learned, 23:54.182 --> 23:56.685 and will continue to do so as I can." 23:56.768 --> 23:58.770 "I hope you will do the same, my dear Eva." 23:58.854 --> 24:02.190 "Please don't forget that obedient women don't change the world." 24:02.274 --> 24:04.234 "This world, and especially the women in it, 24:04.317 --> 24:05.819 desperately need change." 24:05.902 --> 24:09.281 "We may not live long enough to enjoy that better and more fair reality, 24:09.364 --> 24:13.368 for which we are pledging our lives, but someone has to start the revolution." 24:13.452 --> 24:16.580 "For better, or perhaps for worse, we are among those chosen." 24:17.247 --> 24:19.791 "I am confident that someday you'll carry the mantle." 24:20.417 --> 24:21.877 "Say goodbye to all the boys for me 24:21.960 --> 24:24.629 and let them know I'll always carry them in my heart." 24:24.713 --> 24:28.925 "Please tell Mrs. Lucy that I left her a little gift under the cutlery box." 24:29.009 --> 24:29.926 "Estela." 24:34.097 --> 24:35.182 That's too bad. 24:37.142 --> 24:39.895 She was a woman with gumption. 24:45.442 --> 24:47.444 Wait a minute. Wait a minute, honey. 24:47.527 --> 24:49.529 Try to listen. Calm down. 24:50.572 --> 24:54.701 I know that, but being desperate isn't going to solve anything. 24:55.994 --> 24:58.955 That doesn't mean that the world is about to end, does it? 25:00.165 --> 25:01.041 No. 25:01.124 --> 25:02.000 No, no, no, no. 25:02.083 --> 25:04.711 I'm sure that you're just very confused right now. 25:04.794 --> 25:06.755 You're not thinking with a level head. 25:07.797 --> 25:08.840 I'm helping you. 25:08.924 --> 25:11.676 Stay where you are, and don't make any rash decisions. 25:11.760 --> 25:13.011 Wait for my call. 25:13.595 --> 25:15.388 I am listening to you. 25:16.598 --> 25:19.059 Okay. Good. We'll do that. 25:22.020 --> 25:23.271 Problem, Grandma Lucy? 25:23.855 --> 25:24.731 Hmm! 25:27.943 --> 25:29.194 Right here. Thank you. 25:29.277 --> 25:31.905 You're very welcome. Have a nice afternoon. 25:31.988 --> 25:32.906 Thank you. 25:37.702 --> 25:39.454 -Hello, José. -Mother. 25:39.955 --> 25:42.999 -Can we talk for a moment? -I'm busy right now. I'm sorry. 25:43.959 --> 25:46.336 Your sister Rosa Elvira broke up with Richard. 25:46.419 --> 25:47.587 We already knew that. 25:49.130 --> 25:52.092 She told me that she's absolutely devastated. 25:52.592 --> 25:56.054 So she needs me, and I'm traveling to the United States tomorrow 25:56.137 --> 25:56.972 to be with her. 25:57.472 --> 25:59.849 -Mother, are you pulling my leg? -I'm not, José. 26:00.350 --> 26:01.518 Tell me why. 26:02.143 --> 26:04.020 Rosa Elvira kicked you out of her house. 26:04.104 --> 26:06.982 Your pain caused you to fall into the world of illicit drugs. 26:07.065 --> 26:09.317 Suddenly, her marriage is in shambles, you run to her side? 26:09.943 --> 26:10.986 Mm. Pretty much. 26:11.069 --> 26:14.281 Except for the part about falling into the world of illicit drugs. 26:14.364 --> 26:15.699 But, yes, that's what happened. 26:17.576 --> 26:18.535 Are you okay? 26:18.618 --> 26:20.036 You're not high, are you? 26:20.537 --> 26:22.414 Are you under the influence of the devil's plant? 26:22.497 --> 26:24.249 Don't be ridiculous. 26:24.332 --> 26:26.710 I only dabbled out of curiosity. 26:26.793 --> 26:28.044 Only one time. 26:28.628 --> 26:30.839 Just a couple of more times after that. 26:31.339 --> 26:34.134 -I'm sure you have. -Listen to me, José. 26:34.217 --> 26:35.635 Maybe you won't understand, 26:36.136 --> 26:39.222 but I'm telling you, a mother's love doesn't include any retribution. 26:39.306 --> 26:41.391 -Mm-hmm. -I couldn't care less what she did. 26:41.474 --> 26:45.020 She needs me to be with her. I'm going to be there for her. I'm not-- 26:45.103 --> 26:47.606 But do you realize that you're aiding and abetting ingratitude? 26:47.689 --> 26:50.233 In the meantime, us fools are watching a stick of dynamite. 26:50.942 --> 26:54.487 You might be right. But at least, there, I'll feel like I can be useful. 26:54.571 --> 26:57.073 Here, I'm not. No one knows what to do with me. 26:57.157 --> 27:00.076 -I'm just a burden. -That isn't true. It hurts me to hear it. 27:00.577 --> 27:02.662 -That hurts, Mother. That hurts. -Ugh, José. 27:02.746 --> 27:05.749 Stop with all the drama. I'm going to leave you to clean your old junker. 27:05.832 --> 27:07.250 -"Junker"? -I'll say goodbye to Ana. 27:07.334 --> 27:10.295 -This "junker" has fed us for many years. -That one. It's old. Whatever. 27:13.214 --> 27:16.468 Life went on as we reached the year 1982. 27:17.052 --> 27:19.554 Hard times landed on the members of the tribe. 27:19.638 --> 27:21.806 After his failed attempt to start a business 27:21.890 --> 27:23.475 using his culinary skills, 27:23.558 --> 27:26.144 Arbeláez was stuck, unable to get back on his feet. 27:26.770 --> 27:27.937 With some resignation, 27:28.021 --> 27:31.399 he assumed the role of househusband in his relationship with Luisa. 27:33.360 --> 27:36.488 Salcedo continued to combine his work as a disc jockey 27:36.571 --> 27:40.283 with a few sporadic and temporary contracts as a mechanic. 27:40.367 --> 27:43.745 -He continued to indulge in Madame White. -Let's pump it up! 27:44.954 --> 27:47.916 Castro couldn't decide whether he was going to be a soccer coach 27:47.999 --> 27:49.084 or a commentator 27:49.167 --> 27:50.710 and had a sneaking suspicion 27:50.794 --> 27:53.213 that he wasn't going to be good at either of them. 27:53.296 --> 27:57.842 This resulted in his mood, at times, becoming cyclothymic and more aggressive. 28:00.011 --> 28:02.472 The only ones who were doing well were Pabón, 28:02.555 --> 28:06.184 who was still excited about the theater and had set out to advance his group 28:06.267 --> 28:08.103 by finding a place of his own. 28:08.687 --> 28:11.189 Luisa, while in process of finishing her degree, 28:11.272 --> 28:13.233 had already secured a hospital job. 28:13.316 --> 28:15.276 She even had taken on some of the responsibilities 28:15.360 --> 28:16.945 of a full-time doctor. 28:18.279 --> 28:21.199 And my mom had finally graduated from night school 28:21.282 --> 28:23.159 and started working as a professor 28:23.243 --> 28:25.745 at the same university where she had studied. 28:26.496 --> 28:30.625 In those days, it was customary to frame and display academic diplomas. 28:30.708 --> 28:33.837 "Value exchange," as our dear friend Baudrillard would say. 28:33.920 --> 28:35.922 Miss Eva Samper. 28:36.005 --> 28:39.426 That year, Eva and I graduated from our university. 28:42.512 --> 28:44.597 Mr. Camilo Granados. 28:51.521 --> 28:54.524 Congratulations to all of this year's graduates. 28:59.112 --> 29:01.448 You're in public, Camilo. Control yourself. 29:03.742 --> 29:05.410 Oh, your mom is right there. 29:16.254 --> 29:17.338 -Thank you. -Yeah? Good? 29:18.298 --> 29:19.591 Yup. 29:22.677 --> 29:23.845 That's good. 29:23.928 --> 29:25.013 -Yep. -Here. 29:25.096 --> 29:26.764 -Looks good. Thanks a lot. -Thanks, man. 29:27.265 --> 29:29.058 -Looks so good. -So what do you wanna do? 29:29.142 --> 29:31.352 You're about to publish your second novel, Camilo, right? 29:31.436 --> 29:34.981 That's why you should start thinking about reaching an international audience. 29:35.648 --> 29:37.817 Mm. And what exactly does that involve? 29:37.901 --> 29:40.737 It involves you putting me in charge of the publication 29:40.820 --> 29:43.281 and translating your novel into English. 29:43.364 --> 29:45.283 From the moment I started at the university, 29:45.366 --> 29:47.035 I've wanted to be a translator. 29:47.118 --> 29:48.328 And what better way to start 29:48.411 --> 29:50.705 than to translate the novel of the man I love? 29:50.789 --> 29:52.916 So as not to dampen the mood on something 29:52.999 --> 29:54.667 she was so fervently passionate about, 29:54.751 --> 29:58.254 I refrained from telling Eva something I probably should have. 29:58.338 --> 30:00.131 I had just been informed by my publisher 30:00.215 --> 30:03.301 that they had serious doubts about a second novel from me, 30:03.384 --> 30:04.636 which more or less confirmed 30:04.719 --> 30:06.679 that there was no intention of publishing it. 30:11.392 --> 30:12.560 I'm home. 30:12.644 --> 30:13.812 -In here. -What are you doing? 30:13.895 --> 30:16.648 -I'm translating your novel. -Yeah? How's it going? 30:16.731 --> 30:18.733 Fine, but it has some mistakes. Here. 30:18.817 --> 30:21.736 -Oh. Like what? -I'm working on page 40. 30:21.820 --> 30:23.696 There's a change in the time of the narration. 30:23.780 --> 30:26.324 I know, but it's not a mistake. It's deliberate. 30:26.407 --> 30:29.536 I felt that the time change helped accelerate the action. 30:30.119 --> 30:34.082 Okay, yeah, but it's not noticeable so it seems like a mistake. 30:34.165 --> 30:35.416 -Mm. But-- -And also here. 30:35.500 --> 30:37.210 In the first part of the novel, 30:37.293 --> 30:40.547 it seems like the character is clear in his position about the conflict, 30:40.630 --> 30:42.632 but later, on page 50, it becomes lost. 30:42.715 --> 30:44.133 Yeah, that's on purpose, 30:44.217 --> 30:47.470 because the character gets confused by what he knows. 30:47.554 --> 30:48.721 -Mm… -It's about the-- 30:48.805 --> 30:51.558 Sure, but it's not… clear enough. 30:51.641 --> 30:54.894 I think it's because the character's motivation becomes unclear. 30:54.978 --> 30:58.565 It's intentional, because I feel that motivation kills character. 30:59.566 --> 31:01.901 Okay, but that makes the narration confusing. 31:01.985 --> 31:05.154 Oh! In other words, you think that my novel is shit. 31:05.822 --> 31:07.490 No, but it does have some problems. 31:07.574 --> 31:09.534 Sorry, but I didn't know that translation work 31:09.617 --> 31:11.786 involved a literary analysis of the novel. 31:13.538 --> 31:15.164 Does it bother you that I'm correcting it? 31:15.248 --> 31:17.041 No. No, not at all. 31:17.542 --> 31:20.128 It's just that the publisher was happy with the text. 31:20.211 --> 31:22.005 So now you want me to tell them what? 31:22.088 --> 31:24.215 That I have to correct it because the translator decided 31:24.299 --> 31:25.967 to become a literary critic? 31:29.220 --> 31:30.680 -I'm making food. -I'm not hungry. 31:30.763 --> 31:31.723 I am. 31:32.390 --> 31:34.559 That afternoon, I experienced firsthand 31:34.642 --> 31:37.103 how difficult it was to receive rational criticism 31:37.186 --> 31:39.314 about something I created from my soul. 31:39.397 --> 31:42.567 It was especially distressing to hear those questions come from the person 31:42.650 --> 31:45.486 who was my greatest inspiration and promoter. 31:45.570 --> 31:47.989 I couldn't separate work from my personal life. 31:48.072 --> 31:50.908 I absorbed Eva's criticisms as personal attacks, 31:50.992 --> 31:53.536 which, unfortunately, caused the atmosphere in the apartment 31:53.620 --> 31:55.622 to become tense once again. 31:56.205 --> 31:58.917 -Reach… high… to the sun. -Gustavo. 31:59.000 --> 32:01.544 -Gustavo, some people are here for you. -Mm. 32:02.545 --> 32:03.504 Hello. How are you? 32:03.588 --> 32:05.006 -Hello. -Nice to meet you. 32:05.089 --> 32:06.883 I'm Julio Carvajal. This is my assistant. 32:06.966 --> 32:08.843 -Marcela Torres. -Hello. 32:08.927 --> 32:12.472 We're in the neighborhood looking at locations, houses, 32:12.555 --> 32:14.933 for a very well-known television production company 32:15.016 --> 32:16.184 and a show we're producing. 32:16.267 --> 32:18.144 -Television? -That's right. 32:18.227 --> 32:21.105 Can we come in, take some pictures, look around a little? 32:21.189 --> 32:22.899 Of… of course you can. No problem. 32:22.982 --> 32:25.735 -Do you pay for that? -Yes, of course. We pay well. 32:25.818 --> 32:27.779 You do? Oh, well, that's great. 32:27.862 --> 32:28.988 Thank you. 32:29.072 --> 32:31.949 I'll show you around. All right. 32:32.033 --> 32:33.952 -We can start with the kitchen. -This way? 32:34.035 --> 32:35.119 Yes. Follow me. 32:37.914 --> 32:39.374 Can we talk for a minute? 32:44.504 --> 32:46.339 The change of times in the narration 32:46.422 --> 32:49.842 and the lack of motivation of the main character aren't 32:50.551 --> 32:52.512 the only problems with the novel. 32:54.889 --> 32:57.767 I couldn't find the… 32:58.267 --> 33:00.478 the central theme, or interesting characters, 33:00.561 --> 33:02.105 or their relationships. 33:03.690 --> 33:07.068 That's what the publishers told me when they rejected my manuscript. 33:09.195 --> 33:10.196 When? 33:12.240 --> 33:14.325 Sometime last week. 33:15.994 --> 33:17.245 Why didn't you tell me? 33:21.040 --> 33:23.292 Because you'd be disappointed. 33:26.379 --> 33:28.464 I was going to find out eventually. 33:28.548 --> 33:30.675 Yeah, but I was hoping that some of the other publishers 33:30.758 --> 33:33.636 would want the book, but that didn't happen, I guess. 33:34.303 --> 33:38.683 I can't keep lying to myself either. I just have to face the truth. 33:38.766 --> 33:39.726 That's it. 33:42.687 --> 33:44.731 Oh, why don't we try reworking… 33:44.814 --> 33:46.482 --…some of the problem areas? -No, no. 33:46.566 --> 33:48.609 -Salvage it. -I worked on it for over six months. 33:48.693 --> 33:52.155 And I need to accept that… that The First Woman was my debut 33:52.238 --> 33:54.157 and now I'm saying goodbye to literature. 33:54.240 --> 33:55.491 Are you serious? 33:55.992 --> 33:56.909 Yeah. 33:57.535 --> 34:00.288 You almost threw up reading my manuscript. 34:00.371 --> 34:01.706 Camilo… 34:02.206 --> 34:04.000 …don't be so hard on yourself. 34:04.917 --> 34:08.755 You're not the first or the last writer to go through something like this. 34:09.255 --> 34:13.843 This also happened to Melville, and to Nabokov, and Kafka, 34:13.926 --> 34:17.138 who almost threw up reading the manuscript of The Metamorphosis. 34:17.221 --> 34:22.685 Look, rejection and missteps are part of the path of any writer. 34:23.227 --> 34:25.772 And if you wanna give up writing just because you write something 34:25.855 --> 34:27.607 that's not as brilliant, 34:28.274 --> 34:30.943 then you definitely don't have a poet's heart, after all. 34:31.444 --> 34:33.446 You might as well do something else. 34:33.529 --> 34:35.239 Like journalism, maybe. 34:36.699 --> 34:39.368 Will you love me still… if I write something bad? 34:43.206 --> 34:44.040 No. 34:48.127 --> 34:49.545 I met you 34:50.171 --> 34:51.547 and fell in love. 34:52.507 --> 34:55.551 I read your words, and I fell in love a little more. 34:58.012 --> 35:02.266 But if you don't give up and keep trying, no matter what happens, 35:03.142 --> 35:05.228 I'm going to love you a lot more. 35:13.444 --> 35:16.572 So are you renting out the 364? 35:16.656 --> 35:18.157 Mm. no. 35:18.783 --> 35:21.911 The director, he liked the neighbor's house better. 35:21.994 --> 35:24.205 -So we're screwed. -Aw, that sucks. What a bummer, man. 35:24.288 --> 35:25.540 Thanks, Marisita. 35:26.249 --> 35:28.376 That money would have really come in handy. 35:28.459 --> 35:30.294 Well, yeah. Yeah, it would have. 35:31.045 --> 35:32.463 But I'm not here to complain. 35:32.547 --> 35:34.966 I want to tell you something I'm really excited about. 35:35.049 --> 35:36.425 -Thanks. -Tell me. Sit down. 35:37.593 --> 35:39.011 -So, listen. -Mm. 35:39.095 --> 35:41.556 I thought about what kind of pull that director has. 35:42.056 --> 35:43.349 I told him about you 35:43.432 --> 35:45.852 and showed him the work we did on that video together, 35:45.935 --> 35:48.187 and… and… 35:48.271 --> 35:52.108 and now you have an interview appointment with the programming department head. 35:52.650 --> 35:55.403 -An… an appointment for what? -I'm getting there. 35:55.903 --> 35:58.906 He said that he's looking for a new comedy writer. 35:58.990 --> 36:00.741 So your friend Pabón thought, 36:00.825 --> 36:02.910 "There's nobody better than my best friend, 36:02.994 --> 36:04.287 who's also a great writer." 36:04.370 --> 36:06.038 Yeah. 36:06.122 --> 36:07.999 Brother, I appreciate you, 36:08.499 --> 36:11.377 but I'm a literature writer… in a crisis. 36:11.460 --> 36:13.337 This writer's block is no joke. 36:13.421 --> 36:15.256 Well, you never know. 36:15.339 --> 36:17.508 Maybe changing industries is what you need. 36:19.385 --> 36:21.387 Yeah, but writing for television? 36:22.054 --> 36:22.889 There's more. 36:22.972 --> 36:25.433 One of the actors in the theater worked in television 36:25.516 --> 36:28.102 and says that they pay way more than you think. 36:28.769 --> 36:30.188 That's another reason. 36:30.271 --> 36:32.940 Mm… It is. 36:33.024 --> 36:34.525 -A pretty good reason. -Mm. 36:35.234 --> 36:36.152 Think about it. 36:43.326 --> 36:47.246 They just released a new comedy by Pepe Sánchez. 36:47.330 --> 36:49.707 And the man directs and writes. 36:49.790 --> 36:51.626 It's very impressive. 36:52.168 --> 36:53.419 Don Chinche. 36:53.502 --> 36:54.337 Don Chinche? 36:54.420 --> 36:56.422 Take a look. You have nothing to lose. 36:56.505 --> 36:57.340 Okay. 36:57.924 --> 37:00.635 I'm interested in doing something along those lines. 37:00.718 --> 37:02.595 So are you interested? 37:02.678 --> 37:05.056 No, yes, of course. I'm really, really interested. 37:05.139 --> 37:06.474 -It's just… -The money. 37:06.557 --> 37:09.018 We wanted to ask a little question before I, uh… 37:09.101 --> 37:10.853 -I was curious… -About the pay? 37:11.562 --> 37:12.855 -Yes, that. -Yeah, that. 37:12.939 --> 37:15.691 -A comedy for television? -Yeah. 37:15.775 --> 37:19.904 I just came from the programming office, and they wanted me to do a test. 37:20.988 --> 37:22.365 Are you gonna do it? 37:22.448 --> 37:24.241 Um… They pay really well. 37:26.285 --> 37:28.663 You're a serious writer, Camilo. 37:28.746 --> 37:30.623 And television is a minor medium 37:30.706 --> 37:33.584 where you have to make too many concessions to make waves. 37:33.668 --> 37:35.127 Sure, but I also think 37:35.628 --> 37:37.922 that television can be a step towards cinema. 37:38.005 --> 37:41.175 What? No, Camilo, that's not true. 37:41.259 --> 37:44.762 Cinema is art, and television, by nature, is commercial. 37:45.388 --> 37:46.264 Right. 37:46.764 --> 37:49.433 A true artist isn't capable of selling out for money. 37:49.517 --> 37:50.351 Right? 37:51.978 --> 37:54.313 And you, Camilo, are a true artist. 37:54.397 --> 37:55.773 You can't forget that. 37:55.856 --> 37:58.234 Eva's reaction brought me back down to earth 37:58.317 --> 38:02.363 and reminded me that I was living with a woman who was not like the others. 38:02.446 --> 38:04.073 This could cause a rift. 38:04.573 --> 38:07.576 There were fundamental differences between being with the tribe 38:07.660 --> 38:09.120 and being outside of it. 38:09.203 --> 38:10.830 Within the tribe, issues were diluted, 38:10.913 --> 38:14.083 but outside of it, they were like walls that were difficult to climb. 38:14.166 --> 38:15.543 Perhaps this was the evidence 38:15.626 --> 38:19.088 that life as a couple was the preamble to loneliness. 38:19.714 --> 38:21.132 EVA LASTING a couple was the preamble to loneliness.