Chico & Rita Page #3

Hi, Lily!

Like it?

Another blackout!

What do you need light for

at this ungodly hour?

Go to sleep! Tomorrow

we've gotta work for our country.

He was reading Granma

and the lights went out

just when it was getting

interesting.

I dream

I love you

as I did yesterday.

Sweet scents are reborn

and come into play

My soul takes flight

and recalls moments divine

Echoes of kisses,

two destinies, yours and mine

Rita!

- What a surprise!

- Where is he?

I need to talk to him!

Please Rita,

don't go looking for problems,

just when things are going so well.

- For who?

- For all of us!

And above all, for you!

You can't be fighting with Ron

every night.

Don't you get it?

I can't stand him!

But, you mean everything to him!

Yeah, I'm his biggest investment!

- True, but he made you what you are.

- Yeah.

A miserable wretch!

And who could make you happy, Rita?

Who?

You mind telling me

who the hell Lily is?

Lily?

Yeah, Lily!

What's wrong with you?

Are you deaf?

I met her in Paris.

She used to sit by my side

whenever I played the piano.

You must have been

very fond of her

to write a beautiful song like that.

Well... who hasn't been in love

at least once in their life?

What happened to her?

She passed away.

I'm sorry.

She also used to like

to lick my hand.

B*tch!

She was a tiny dog, silly.

It'd be better ifwe didn't

see each other for a few days.

New Years Eve, I debut

at the Hotel Pelican in Vegas.

Come the day before...

Have you thought about your career?

About your future?

Future, what future?

The future never gave me anything!

All my hopes are set on the past.

I haven't seen

that expression for years!

I'm tying the knot!

Congratulations!

When?

New Year's Eve in Las Vegas.

Are you sure no-one by that name

was on the plane to Vegas?

Ok.

Thanks.

What were you expecting?

He did it before!

And good ol' Ron

is always there for me, right?

Stop drinking!

Don't spoil it all now!

Your passport will be

withheld until further notice.

What?

Chico?

They've cancelled tonight's show!

What?

They don't like

this kind of music any more.

Jazz is considered imperialist.

It's the enemy's music!

If you wanna keep on working,

you'll have to join the Party.

- That's it!

- But, that's crazy!

Viva Fidel!

And then there was light, brothers.

Now they're screwing with us

in the middle of the night.

So the whole point is to protest.

The light goes out, complain,

it comes back on...

Comrade, it's just

that I was dreaming about...

Well, you know about who.

Who?

About you, baby, who else?

I gotta tell the world about it.

Chico!

Chico!

Chico!

Piss off!

There are some gringos

asking about you!

What are you saying?

That singer and her producers.

You know that young singer, man,

the pretty one, that big star!

Let them find somebody else.

I'm not a musician any more.

They know that but when they heard

you were still alive, they went nuts!

Who said I'm alive?

It's been years since

I've been this close to one.

Maestro...

Don't call me Maestro.

Call me Chico.

I've got all your records.

How's it possible that a girl

as young and pretty as you

can own all those old records?

That's my favorite song.

I've always dreamed of recording it.

"Lily"!

Lily...

I thought...

What?

That I'd never see you again.

I've been waiting

Waiting for you

everyday

to knock on this door.

And, just like that,

you're here.

No call, no nothing.

You haven't changed.

You look as beautiful

as ever.

Oh, Chico!

All this time...

you were...

you were here?

They were nice to me.

They let me have this room

in exchange for my doing

the house-keeping.

May I come in?

to Bebo

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes