Carla's Song Page #3

and... well, she's not responding

as well as we'd hoped,

so we're just going to give her a

wee bit of help with her blood pressure.

So erm, it'll be an hour

or so before we know.

Any chance I can sit in there?

I'll check with the doctor. If you want

to take a seat and I'll get back to you.

No problem.

How's she doing?

It's close.

Too close for comfort really.

- Jesus Christ.

- She's been through a lot.

Twice in six weeks is

more than most people...

What?

- I'm sorry. I thought you knew.

- Knew what?

Well, she went through much

the same thing six weeks ago.

I was on call at the time,

took her in.

She's... I'm afraid to say.

- I'm sorry. I'm going to have to dash.

- It's all right. Thanks a lot. Cheers.

F***ing hell, Carla.

"Carla's symptoms suggest

post-traumatic stress.. "

"Dancer with group

in Nicaragua.. "

"Said country in state of war.. "

"Her group toured areas

of extreme danger.. "

"Involved in some sort of

incident to do with that.. "

"Patient becomes confused on being

questioned about it and can't... "

"won't give account of

what actually happened. "

Jesus.

"Came to Europe seven

months ago with group.. "

"intention to promote

support for cause. "

"Stayed in UK when group

returned to Nicaragua. "

"Joined up with Salvadorian refugees

in London for two months.. "

"Chaotic existence.. "

"Knew Glasgow only as

their first venue in UK.. "

"No friends here. "

- I'm f***ing sorry, Sammy.

- It's all right.

- Is she all right?

- I don't know if she's... She's all right.

There was a lot of letters

lying about the floor.

- Where'd you put 'em?

- Hung 'em up in the kitchen to dry out.

I'm just gonna take

this wee photo.

I don't know what the f*** it is.

It means something to her, anyway.

What'll we do with 'em?

Don't know.

Get every one of them.

These two look the best.

Carla.

Carla.

- All right, darlin'?

- Fine, sweetheart. You?

I'm OK to you.

How are you, Carla?

- Bien.

- Bien. That's the three of us all right.

- Come on. Up you come.

- You look lovely, Sammy.

Aye, so do you.

Real men wear pinnies, do you not know?

Good to see you, darlin'.

In you come. In you come.

I'll whip that off

you later on.

Hold on there.

Wait a minute.

Just a wee minute.

- Now is the time.

- Now is the time. Da-da!

It's beautiful.

Thank you.

- It's nothing, darlin'.

- That's nice, Sammy boy.

- You'd never do this for me.

- I'd do this for you.

- Would you f***.

- I would.

It's really beautiful...

but there is one mistake.

This one is A, not O.

- You f***ed it up.

- I got a wee dictionary.

Spanish-English dictionary. Oh, well,

you can't get the grammar in everything.

- Thank you.

- Hey, ho, ho.

Ho, ho, ho, enough.

No... no hands.

Get out of that.

Well done.

Come here.

- Have to cheat a wee bit.

- No hands.

These tights are gonna be

a bit of a problem.

Oh, f***ing hell.

My teeth are going to

go f***in' flying out.

- OK?

- Mm-hm.

You need to kiss it better,

though.

Stand up.

Stand up.

OK.

Oh, no, no.

F*** it, f*** it.

Enough of that.

Come here.

F***ing hell, Carla,

what happened to your back?

I'm sorry.

Carla... Carla, I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

I'm sorry, darling, OK?

It's just a shock, OK?

Just hold me.

I'm sorry, Carla.

I'm sorry, baby.

Can... can you tell me

about the letters?

- The letters?

- The letters.

From Antonio...

Mi companero.

He was... hurt.

- Really hurt.

- He was hurt?

Too hurt.

Too hurt.

It's OK.

It's OK.

Please don't cry.

More than one letter,

I never opened them.

After the day in

the mountain...

I feel very strong.

And I opened the letters.

What did they say?

Nothing.

And everything.

I don't understand, darlin'.

What do you mean?

Song.

A simple song that

we wrote together,

until the...

We just played.

What happened to him?

Carla,

what happened to Antonio?

Promise not to ask.

Not to ask.

- Promise me.

- OK, OK, I promise. I promise.

On the life of your mother.

Say it.

On the life of my mother,

I promise I'll never ask.

For you, to Nicaragua?

For me.

- For me?

- For you.

Listen, you can't imagine

the situation at my home.

It's too dangerous for you.

But listen, Carla, we can't keep running

away from this. We can't bury this.

Am I right or am I wrong?

- You are right.

- I scared you when I said that.

But I don't know

where Antonio is.

Carla, you have nightmares about this guy.

You dream about this guy.

You don't know where he is,

whether he's hurt or he's alive,

whether he's dead.

We have to find him.

- This is my mum.

- Your mum?

Yes.

And this is my sister...

Lisa and Francisca.

Goodness.

- Who's that?

- Bradley.

We'll find him the first.

- Before your family?

- Yes.

He'll help us find Antonio.

So what does he do?

Now he work for Accin Cristiana

Permanente por la Paz.

A US voluntary group.

So he's a human

rights campaigner?

Yes.

Who's that?

Antonio.

Hey, Carla, any of these?

No, we can't.

- Carla, I need a drink.

- No good for you.

Carla, I need it.

I need it.

You want to live in

the toilet one week?

- No.

- No good for you. Come on.

F*** it.

Yeah, yeah.

George, come on.

Carry on, carry on.

Carry on.

Come on!

George! George,

do you have money?

- Money?

- Yeah.

You have ticket,

you have to pay.

- I've no' got any money.

- No money, no ticket.

- You've got the money.

- Yeah, I know.

Skip on for nothing.

George?

Let her see it.

Carla,

tell her she can keep it.

This is for my family.

The bag's too heavy anyway.

You like it?

Here.

OK.

Jesus.

- Buenas.

- Buenos das..

OK. We have good luck.

He is here.

- Bradley?

- Yeah. We have to wait.

OK.

The delegation that we

have coming down now...

- Sit.

- OK.

From Vermont we have the March 8th

National Women's Delegation.

They're bringing down a pattern

for this woman from Colorado.

They need to decide where they're

going to go. Women's places.

That's him there, isn't it?

Mm-hm.

This is Bradley.

They were there in '84 and want

to go back and visit a family.

- Press coverage?

- No press coverage.

I don't think there'll be any outcome.

It's Bradley's turn to pick up reports.

Everybody needs to turn

your reports over to him.

- Let me have them.

- Here's my report.

- That's mine.

- That's mine.

- Photographs?

- Yup. Watch out, this one's...

- So, are you going to go through 'em?

- What's this?

I don't know which one it is.

Uh... "An eerie silence

hangs over the scene,

as we view the charred remains

of the house and farm

that was once the

Enrique Schmitt Cooperative.

Vultures fly overhead. My eyes fill with

tears as I examine the burnt-out remnants

of their humble homes. "

Jesus, Laura, this is Witness For Peace,

not War And Peace.

You know, Laura, we really need specific...

specific information.

- It's there.

- No, it's not there.

- Did you read the rest of it?

- Tomas? Where's his last name?

All right, now I've read it.

His name isn't there. It's Tomas who?

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