Madrid, 1987 Page #7

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there's nothing wrong with me.

When he leaves, the psychologist

recommends some pills

and tells them to keep acting normal.

Keep feeding him, of course,

even let his friends visit him

so he doesn't get bored.

One day he'll just get up

and all this will be forgotten

like it never happened,

says the psychologist

before leaving.

Now is when I could use a cigarette.

Halfway through the movie

there's another doctor

who's more aggressive

and wants to check him

into a hospital.

Because he's depressed.

Depressed, says the mother.

He's only 12 years old.

The parents think it over

and they finally decide

it's always better to be home

than in a hospital.

Then summer arrives,

the boy fails the semester

and they realize

that if this continues

it will be terrible for him.

The father buys a pick-up truck

with an open flatbed

and they put the boy

and his mattress on it

and take a tnp.

With him in his bed?

Yeah, they head north.

Everybody they come across

shows interest in them.

They pass through a town

during the local festival

and they carry the boy on his mattress

through the square

like a statue of the Virgin Mary.

A girl even falls in love with him

and kisses him on the lips

to see if it's like

in the fairy tales.

But no, the boy doesn't get up.

So then the girl decides to go home

and gets in bed as well.

So the girl's parents

and all the townspeople

force them to leave town.

Please, you must leave,

it might be contagious."

The police had to escort them away.

They pass through Barcelona

and set course for Paris.

Are you making this up now?

Are you crazy?

It's right there on screen.

There's a full moon in Paris

and they drive around a while.

A long while around the Eiffel Tower.

It gets dark and the father looks for

somewhere to park and sleep

near the Bois de Boulogne.

What a pretty shot of the boy

on his mattress in the pick-up

with the full moon between the trees.

Too pretty.

Luckily a hooker appears with a customer

and they start f***ing nearby.

Then the customer throws the hooker

out of his car

and she hangs around.

She has dinner with them. The mother

has a portable stove and makes a stew.

Good, I love them having dinner.

Then the hooker goes back to work.

The boy falls into a deep sleep

and the father,

who seems like another man

since they left on the tnp,

is content, happy even.

He's left behind the stress

and stench

of all those years

working in the beer factory.

For the first time

he can have a beer

without it tasting like cement.

He convinces his wife

to stray off

into the forest...

lie down...

and make love.

Without taking their eyes

off the pick-up, of course.

They lie down and make love

like they never had before.

In the moonlight on the grass.

There they are,

watching the pick-up,

in each other's arms.

The father's fallen asleep.

The mother watches the boy constantly.

Before dawn, she leaves the father

and heads for the pick-up.

To her surprise, it's empty.

The boy has disappeared.

What!? He's gone?

Don't tell me this ends badly.

How should I know?

Ive never seen it.

I don't know the director

or the actors.

Except the one playing the father,

Augustin Gonzalez.

Wait.

The sun is coming up.

This is what your friend uses to...

No idea.

Come on.

You'll miss the best part.

What happened?

The mother has woken the father

and she shows him the empty mattress.

So they start calling out

for the boy

and looking for him

in the trees nearby.

It's daytime now and people start

amving at the park.

But they don't speak French

and they try to tell people

about the lost boy

but nobody understands.

Finally they get back in the pick-up

and start driving around town,

around and around,

through the wole city.

The mother gets desperate,

the father tries to calm her down.

After all, he got up.

Don't you realize?

He finally got out of bed."

The mother doesn't speak, but...

you can tell by her face

that she would almost prefer

to have him there forever,

lying in bed.

And she starts crying

silently

without being dramatic.

She's a good actress.

Better than the father.

He overacts sometimes.

No, they're both very good.

So she's crying.

What else happens

Is anybody there?

Please!

Is anybody there?

What's wrong

We're locked in the bathroom

on the third floor.

Could somebody let us out?

Please, the door is stuck.

I don't live here.

That's okay.

Can you call a phone number?

It's the owner. He'll have the keys.

I don't want any trouble.

It isn't trouble.

I'll pay you.

How about a thousand pesetas?

To make a phone call?

That's right.

To call the number I give you.

I want the money up front.

I don't have it on me.

We're locked in here.

How do I know you'll give it to me

I swear.

I swear I will.

All you have to do

is wait until my friend gets here.

Have you got something

to write with?

No problem, I have a great memory

for numbers.

He might not have called.

He sounded like a junkie

who snuck into the building.

My parents are gonna kill me.

Crazy things are fine a year age

but mew

For me this is like

a personal punishment.

Was it that bad?

I was brought up to feel guilty.

The biggest change is kids today

don't feel guilty about anything.

This is another country.

Who said I don't feel guilty?

Your guilt is different from mine.

I still wake up in the morning

wondering

why I feel so guilty.

You didn't tell me

how the movie ends.

Maybe it was about guilt too, right?

We can meet up another day

and see it again.

You'll walk right over us

like we never

existed.

I don't think so.

We might be just a violent,

corrupt generation

that never lived up to expectation.

I hope yours does better.

We'll try.

Remember, life is the perfect way

to sabotage a dream.

l won't get my hopes up.

What will you think about this

in a few years?

I won't think anything.

Things that happen, right?

I forgot to tell you

not to shut it from the inside.

You've been in there since yesterday.

Did my wife call you?

No.

Goodbye.

There's a guy outside

who says you owe him money.

You know what.

She's too young, even for you.

Sorry.

The lock is broken.

What will I tell Esperanza?

Will you involve me7

Of course.

Are they hers?

Yeah.

Here, give them to her later.

If she wants,

she'll come back for them.

You're not gonna see her again

What do you think?

Myopic.

Two or three gradations.

That worked in your favor,

of course.

Very funny.

We need to change the sheets, right?

No.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow, you're yearning

to enter

More closed doors lie ahead

than steps to take

Tomorrow draws a path

that's still untrodden

The past is just a stone

you climb to see the future

Don't be smashed by the load

Don't be cnished by the load

Don't be crushed by the load

Don't be overwhelmed

by what you don't have

Don't be overwhelmed

by what you don't have

Don't be overcome by defeats

still to arrive

Don't be overcome by defeats

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