Don Juan Demarco Page #6

How can I be of help?

For instance, is it a fact|that your son grew up...

...with you and your husband|in Mexico in a small town?

San Luis Coatzacoalcos.

It's not very far from|Izucar de Matamoros.

Have you heard of it?

Well, not many have.|It's very small.

In order to help your son...

...I have to have some information.

I need to know about Don Alfonzo...

...about his father,|Don Antonio...

...and about your relationship|with both of them.

I think it would be best...

...if you would discuss|these matters directly with my son.

My vows to God do not allow me to talk...

...about certain aspects of my past.

I don't think, Sister...

...that I'm making myself clear.

I've been to see|your son's grandmother...

...and she tells me that|neither you nor your son...

...have ever lived in Mexico.

She said that you met Tony|in Queens, New York...

...and, till recently, she said|she only saw her grandson...

...once in her life, when|she was in Phoenix, Arizona.

She also said that five years ago...

...that your husband|died in a car crash.

Now, in addition...

I'm sorry, but you|must understand, Sister...

...that I need to know the truth.

The truth is inside you, Don Octavio.

I cannot help you find that.

Isn't she exactly as|I described her, Don Octavio?

Yeah.

Exactly.

Doa Julia has become a nun|at the same convent.

So it seems.

I told my mother|she could go back today...

...but I will miss her.

She really has a way of putting|me in touch with what's real.

Why are you so certain...

...that your mother was not having|an affair with Don Alfonzo?

My mother was not having an affair.

Well, I think you can understand...

...how the thought|might have occurred to me...

...when you told me|how your father died.

It's never been clear to me what...

...what your mother meant|when she cried out...

"I will lose both of them!"

Did she mean both|her husband and her son...

...or both of her lovers?

My mother...

...was not having an affair.

Do you understand why it's necessary...

Shut up!

You think I don't know...

...what's going on with you,|Don Octavio, but I do.

You need me for a transfusion...

...because your own blood|has turned to dust...

...and clogged your heart.

Your need for reality...

Your need for a world|where love is flawed...

...will continue to choke your veins|until all the life is gone.

My perfect world is no less real|than yours, Don Octavio.

It is only in my world|that you can breathe, isn't it?

Isn't it?

Yeah.

You're right.

My world is...

Not perfect.

What is this thing|that happens with age?

Why does everyone|want to pervert love and...

...suck it bone-dry of all its glory?

Why do you bother|to call it love anymore?

This will be our...

...our last session.

I'm retiring on Monday.

Then I will tell you about Doa Ana...

...and you will decide|if I should be set free.

On the second day|after I left the sultana...

...our ship was caught in a typhoon.

I alone survived.

After days drifting at sea...

...I found myself on the island of Eros.

She was 17...

...and Nature's bride...

...fresh and fair...

...and unacquainted with|the miracle of physical love.

Her beauty was not made|of shapes and forms...

...but shined from within like a star.

There are those|who do not believe...

...that a single soul,|born in Heaven...

...can split into twin spirits...

...and shoot like falling stars|to Earth...

...where over|oceans and continents...

...their magnetic forces|will finally unite them...

...back into one.

But how else to explain|love at first sight?

We were convinced that there was...

...no other life|beneath the sky but ours.

We believed that we would never die.

You must promise me...

...that we will be together|for all time...

That we will live here|on this beach...always.

And that should circumstance|ever separate us...

It is here we will come...

...to wait all eternity...

...for the other to return.

I love you.

Promise me.

I promise.

One day...|I asked her to be mine.

I love you too much.

But I cannot love you any less.

It's of no great consequence,|but...

...will you be wearing your mask|throughout our lives together?

I have sworn to do so.

Then I ask only that you tell me...

...what has led you|to make such a vow.

I related the sad tale|of my Doa Julia...

...never guessing for a moment...

...that my sweet Doa Ana believed|I had saved myself for her...

...as she had for me.

Very well, my love.

I will accept that I am not the first...

...if you will tell me|with the same honesty...

...how many others there have been.

This would have been a very|good time for me to lie...

...but truth is a terrible habit.

Including you...

...there have been...

...exactly...

One...

...thousand five hundred and two.

I could see that this was|a sum substantially greater...

...than the one she had in mind...

...and not easy for her|to assimilate, try as she might.

As her pain struck at my heart|like a dagger...

...I begged to be forgiven.

I removed my mask|as a gesture of remorse...

...but it was to no avail.

To hide her humiliation...

...she took up the mask|and left me forever.

And so my adventures came to an end...

...and with them,|the chance that one day...

...like my father...

I would die in the arms|of the woman I loved.

Who am I?

Sit down.

You...

...are Don Juan DeMarco...

...the greatest lover|the world has ever known.

And you, my friend...

...who are you?

Who am I?

I am Don Octavio del Flores...

...married to the beautiful...

...Doa Lucita...

...the light of my life.

And you, my friend...

You have seen through all of my masks.

Here's your water, Doctor.

Thank you.

You said that you believed, Don Octavio.

I believe that you are Don Juan...

...but there are|a lot of people that don't.

Then I will do as you ask, my friend.

Vamos!

You're retiring on Monday.|So, what are we going to do?

We're going to get airborne,|kiddo, I'll tell you that.

I'm trying to tell you something.|I like it here. I like my garden.

We need to be a flight of eagles.

I don't see myself in that picture.

What's the matter with you?|What are you talking about?

- I don't know.|- I need to find out who you are.

Jack, you know who I am.

Who's brought you coffee|for the last 32 years?

Listen, I know a lot|about dirty coffee cups...

...and I know a lot of facts, but|I need to know all about you.

What do you want to know?

I want to know...

...what your hopes...

...and your dreams are|that got lost along the way...

...when I was thinking about myself.

What's so funny?

I thought you'd never ask.

Hey, Doc! Good morning.

Do you understand|why you're here, young man?

Okay, then.|I'd like for you to tell me...

...a little about yourself,|where you grew up...

...what made you|want to kill yourself...

...how you feel now.

I was born in...

...in Queens.

Me and my parents moved to Phoenix...

...when I was a kid.

I hated it.

When I was 16...

...my father was killed|in a car accident...

Rate this script:3.7 / 3 votes