Elsa & Fred Page #3

already up and going.

We'd only have to pay

for the lease and sale.

Hugo, a friend and cousin

of Paco...

...will go into business

together...

...and we want to propose

that you get in on it too.

It's a great business, Alfredo.

An opportunity.

Yes, and you wouldn't have

to worry about anything!

Well, only about

giving a bit of money.

How much would I have

to give?

Sixty thousand.

Actually,

we need ninety thousand.

Obviously, we'd take care

of the work, don't worry.

I don't know.

I'd have to think about it.

Look, Dad, we really

need you to help us out.

If we don't start

our own business...

...it'll be really hard

for us to make a living.

It's been a while since

Paco had a job...

...and it's not only for us,

it's for Javier, as well.

We have to think

about his future.

I haven't said no.

Just let me think about it.

Of course. Naturally.

Hello?

Alfredo! Hello,

it's your neighbor Elsa.

I'm in flat J.

J as in Josphine.

Oh, it's you!

How are you?

I'm fine, thank you.

I wanted to thank you

for your kind gesture.

Yes, you've already

thanked me.

It's nothing.

Well, that's the first

thing I called for...

... and second, I do have to

because it was a grand gesture.

Tell me, have you had dinner?

I hardly eat at night, actually.

Yes, I know,

you snack, right?

Some cheese, ham.

I was planning... thinking

of something more formal.

Some good liqueur,

a bit of coffee...

...I don't know,

whatever you like.

It's not necessary.

Alfredo, you're being

a bit rude to me.

Don't tell me it's too late...

...because I was looking

at your room window...

...and you had your lights on

yesterday till late, Alfredo!

I may be rude, but you're

a bit indiscreet.

Alfredo, you didn't answer me.

About the proposal

with good liqueur and coffee.

You don't know how

important it is to me!

Alfredo, let me thank you.

Okay.

All right.

Very well,

I'll see you here.

Goodbye.

He's so difficult.

That's me in the picture!

When I was young.

If you'd met me

fifty years ago...

...it wouldn't be hard

for you to believe.

Really.

We were so alike.

I didn't have a tummy,

now it's really big...

...we were the same height,

she was platinum blond...

...sometimes people would

confuse us.

It really bothered

my husband, actually.

- Twenty-three years.

- Twenty-three?

I thought you said

twenty-seven.

No! I surely said twenty-seven

because I forgot...

...to add four years

of courtship.

Sometimes I say twenty-three

others twenty-seven...

...depending on how much

I miss him.

I miss him less today.

- What was that actress's name?

- Anita Ekberg.

From La Dolce Vita.

That Fellini movie!

- That movie with...

- Brando?

No!

- No, no, with Mastroianni.

- Mastroianni, of course.

My whole life I dreamt

of going to the Trevi Fountain.

It's smaller than it seems.

How do you know?

You've been there?

Yes, a few years ago.

I never got Pablo

to take me.

Never.

We had to come live here

when that whole thing...

...that revolution went on.

We came almost next door!

We're so close to Rome!

It's Madrid!

But it was useless.

He just didn't want to go.

Anyway, a short time later

he died.

I always think he's somewhere

regretting what he did.

Now, I want to know a bit

about your life.

Tell me about your wife.

- She was tidy.

- Tidy. What else?

She was tidy.

Yes, she could organize

everything.

Your life, too, I suppose?

Did you like that

she organized everything?

I suppose so.

You suppose!

You're not sure?

Yes, yes.

Now, an important question.

Where you happy?

- We got along well.

- Like friends?

I'm sorry but I think

this isn't...

I'm sorry! Yes, I know,

I'm very forward.

I shouldn't have asked.

That's Bonaparte.

He's still not used

to the new house.

But he's a dog.

He'll manage.

No, no, I have to go.

Besides, I already had

the promised coffee.

Yes, so,

you've kept your word.

No, don't take this

the wrong way, Elsa.

No, not at all.

Go see to your dog,

I'll take care of the drink.

Well...

When it's not

the bitchy daughter...

...it's the dog's dog.

Good morning.

Bonaparte wouldn't

calm down at all.

I was going to call you...

Are those flowers

to say you're sorry?

No. I'm going to the cemetery.

Oh, so they're for her.

Well, give them to her

and place them nicely.

I just say it because

the deceased was so tidy.

You shouldn't go

to the cemetery.

Besides, it's pointless.

How would you know?

Let me live my feelings

in peace, man!

Okay, don't get worked up.

I just want to see you well.

You'll see me well

when I am well!

What's this?

Coffee with caffeine?

I make coffee

with caffeine.

And I tell you not

to make it with caffeine...

...because it's bad for me!

And I tell you

it isn't bad for you.

- I'm hypertensive!

- And I'm a doctor!

You have the problems

of someone your age...

...that's all,

but you love being sick.

Look at all the pills you take.

You don't smoke,

you don't drink...

...but with all those pills

you're asking for liver cancer.

Shut up!

- Do we go for a walk tomorrow?

- I don't know.

You went with Javi

the other day.

I told you not to talk

with my grandson!

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

I messed up with that

remark about your wife.

Could we have our drink

from last night?

I didn't know

you had company...

...that you had friends over...

- This is my friend Juan.

- She's my neighbor.

- From apartment J.

J as in Josphine.

Don't say it out loud.

Bonaparte could get nervous.

Well, come in.

I'll leave you alone.

No, no, not at all.

This drink can wait.

Well, okay...

It was a pleasure.

The pleasure is all mine,

Josphine.

- Napoleon could be listening.

- His name's Bonaparte.

Bonaparte.

Good afternoon.

Who is it?

Alfredo, Elsa.

Your neighbor.

Oh, Alfredo.

I'm not presentable.

It'll take just a minute.

Am I angry at him? Yes.

You're going

to the cemetery at this time?

They're for you, Elsa.

I came for that herb drink.

Oh, I'm sorry, I ran out.

I drank it with my friends.

Okay, anything else

or is this it?

I'd rather come in.

All right.

He let me go once,

but not again.

Are you talking about me

or Bonaparte?

You.

Oh, Alfredo.

I really like your manners.

Come in, come in.

He talked and talked nonstop.

And he said horrible things!

He talked for like an hour

and twenty minutes!

What did you tell him?

That's exactly what he asked!

"Won't you say anything?"

I said:
"Yes."

That's what I said.

I was sick of him.

His talk tired me.

Were you ever happy with him?

Maybe at the beginning, yes,

but it didn't last long.

It was his fault.

And you?

What's the most daring thing

you've ever done?

Daring? I don't know.

I did many things.

I gave Cuca her schooling...

...a comfortable life

to my wife...

...I lived for my family.

I had a great job.

I spent 40 years

in the same phone company.

How could you stay

- How old are you?

- Seventy-eight.

- I'm younger than you!

- Oh, yeah?

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