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...on metaphysical

beliefs, or religious...

In a state, I repeat...

...that is declared lay...

Your Honor, I ask for a legal

answer, but above all, rational...

...and human...

And now, with your permission, Ramon...

Sampedro would like to read something...

Overruled...

My client want to address you directly

so you hear from his own voice...

You know perfectly well the process...

Of course I know it,

I know it perfectly...

But I didn't know that it was so...

...irrelevant for you to give

three minutes of your time...

Three...

To listen to a man that has

been waiting for 28 years...

If you want to change the process...

...change the laws...

Yes, of course. I know that already.

This case is ready for a sentence.

Well... I knew you were not

going to take it seriously.

That's what all men do. Laugh at me.

You were not going to be different...

Rosa, forgive me.

Is just that lately a little

of everything happens to me...

- And... Im a little overwhelmed.

- Why?

Is not allowed to fall in

love with a tetraplegic or what?

Is it that weird?

Well, maybe we should

clear up some things.

Specially if we are talking about

something as complex as love.

- Complex?

- Yes Rosa, complex.

No matter how much you

tell me that you love me...

I will never be sure

of how real is your love...

...or if it's just an

idealization of a man you...

wanted to find but

couldn't or didn't last.

But what are you talking about

Ramon? Don't try to confuse me...

Either you love or you

don't. You can't rationalize love...

Well, if that's the case,

what do you want me to do?

You want me to move in with you?

For me is enough to know that I

can visit you from time to time...

Of course you can. Of course you can...

Yes, but for how long?

Rosa. You wouldn't ask me to

stay alive for you, right?

What if I told you that...

...that you give me

strength to live Ramon...

Wait wait. Stop this

thing for a moment...

Sit over there.

- Let's see. Do you love your children?

- Of course I do.

Well, there you have

the strength to live...

Don't give me that

responsibility Rosa...

Is that what you call love?

Keep me here against my will?

Look...

The person that really loves me

is the one that will help me die.

That is love, Rosa...

Dear Julia...

Yesterday I received the sentence

of the provincial audience...

...the judges understand

that I want to die...

...but remind me that to help

me, would be punishable by law

In other times, this would

have affected me a lot...

Pushing me into that alley without

exit where days and nights never end...

But now I feel that

everything is rushing by and...

...that the publication of the

book will happen any day now

And with it you will

return Julia. My Juliet...

It will be the sweetest death

that I could ever imagine...

It will be love, pure and shared...

And it will be the return to

balance. Finally to balance...

A kiss, my dear friend...

Ok, see you later...

Should I open it?

Is the book!

Look, is the book.

You are on the cover...

It smells great...

Is for you...

I'm going to show it to mom...

Why... why... why can't

I be happy with this life?

I'm going to give you a tranquilizer...

Why do I want to

die? Why do I want to die?

Give me two more Manuela.

Manuela, for crying out loud, two

more pills are not going to kill me...

Give me two more...

You'll feel better soon...

- How do you feel?

- Fine...

What time is it?

11:
00 am. I didn't want

to wake you up today...

The girl from Boiro has

called three times already...

What did she want?

She says she has to talk to

you about something important...

- For her it is always important

- Dial the number for me please...

Are you going to call her? Why

don't you wait for her to call back?

But she can barely pay her phone

bill. Dial the number please...

Of course Ramon. You always so kind...

- Ramon?

- What's going Rosa?

I need to see you. I

have to talk to you...

You said I should call

you before visiting you...

Yes. Did something happened?

Can I come now?

Look Ramon, you said you

had a plan or something...

That you had figured

out a way of doing what...

...you want to do, if the

judges decided against you...

Yes, Rosa, but I already

asked you to forgive me, right?

I told you to forget about it...

Yes. But I can't...

I can't, you know

Because last month the audience said no.

And you are still

thinking about doing it...

Is that what worries

you? That I get my way?

So, are you going to do it?

Is not that easy,

Rosa. But don't worry...

You will be the last person to find out.

Ramon...

Is that I realized... I understood

what you said in Corunna.

"The person that really loves

me will be the one to help me"

I'm completely sure

about what I feel Ramon...

I love you...

Do you want me to help you?

Rosa...

I'm not joking Ramon. Do

you want me to help you?

But what are you going

to tell him? Jose wait...

Did you hear me!

I will not allow this...

And what are you going to

do? Strap me to the bed?

Or are you going to

fill me with sleeping...

...pills like they used

to do at the hospital?

- No one is going to prevent

me of getting out of here...

- I will...

- Not even you

- I will...

Will see about that!

Or is it that I mean

nothing in this house?

I am the older brother I

am the head of the family...

Do you think that means anything to me?

At my age?

For me what counts

is what people have in...

...their heads, and you

have nothing in yours...

I will not be a slave of your...

...ignorance anymore or

of your prude conscience...

An what about me? I am also a slave...

How do you think I felt

when I left the sea?

All my life here, living

out of this f***ing orchard...

To be with you. To be only with you...

Me, my wife and my son. All slaves!

- Hello

- Hello...

- Your uncle is going to Boiro

- Boiro?

What for?

To spend some time there, he says...

He's leaving with that woman, Rosa...

- Are they getting married?

- No they're not...

What is that about you leaving?

For how long?

I want to give you my

book. It's over there.

- But aren't there any more, or what?

- Yes of course, but

that one is the first copy...

Open it at the bookmark...

- "To my son"?

- Yes. Read it please.

To my son...

Forgive me son for not being born...

It wasn't my fault

to leave you behind...

It were the roses the ones afraid...

Forgive me for not had

been able to play with you...

I don't know if you

were born after I passed...

Remember always that I still love you...

Give a kiss to your mother from me...

And don't keep any

resentments towards me...

Is not good to hate.

So... Did you get it?

- Yes

- Let's see...

Well, it's about a son you never had...

...and this is like you

are speaking to him...

And you ask for forgiveness

for not having him...

Ok. But what did I added down there?

- "To Javier" -

So? - So what?

Don't you see what Im trying to say?

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