Men with Guns Page #5

There are sins of commission

and sins of omission.

And then there's original sin.

We're all born guilty in the eyes

of the Lord.

What if a man has hurt someone

without wanting to...

...with no intention?

He's probably not a sinner.

But he's an idiot for sure.

Of course. An idiot or a coward.

But if God kept such people

out of heaven...

...he'd be very lonely.

Oh, sh*t!

Oh, sh*t!

- Pass them!

- It's too narrow.

- Pass them!

- What's the hurry?

You, shut up!

As you wish.

Hang on.

What a ride!

Are you happy now?

Sh*t!

Sh*t!

Careful what you say, doctor.

Your identification.

- Dr. Fuentes?

- That's right.

And the others?

This is his driver and his son.

And you?

A ghost.

The doctor was kind enough to

pick me up in the middle of nowhere.

Come with me.

I absolve you.

Stop when you reach the camp.

Why did he do that?

He's crazy.

And he's a lousy priest.

Modelo

COMMUNITY OF HOPE

They bring people here

after they burn their villages.

Why?

To protect them.

Protect them? From what?

From the guerrillas.

They're afraid of the guerrillas?

They're country people.

They're afraid of everything.

The army thinks they'll

help the guerrillas...

...if they don't watch them all the time.

Our doctor comes only

every three months.

Wasn't there a doctor in

Pico de Aguila before you got here?

Dr. Hidalgo?

He was executed.

Almost a year ago.

Why?

For helping the guerrillas.

You're sure of that?

Why else would an educated man

live out here?

Maybe he just wanted to help

the Indians.

It's the same thing.

How come your driver wasn't driving?

A snake bit him.

He took a leak in the bushes,

and a snake bit him.

That'll teach him to hold his water.

It's further up in the jungle.

They call it Cerca del Cielo.

Fairy tales.

Everybody says it's true.

Has anybody ever come back

from there?

Why would anyone want to

come back to Modelo?

You should be resting.

If that priest sings, I'm f***ed.

Help me with these people.

Ask what their problems are.

I don't understand this dialect.

- She's got ulcers.

- What color?

- White.

- It's a virus.

You treat it with this.

Three pills a day for two weeks.

How many years were you

in the army?

Two.

We treated skin rashes, dysentery...

...now and then gunshot wounds.

You operated?

Only if there was no doctor there.

Sometimes they died,

sometimes they didn't.

We never had much medicine.

The officers were selling it.

I got the whole story.

These people are from

Pico de Aguila.

They brought them here

and then burned their town.

Your friend, Dr. Hidalgo,

is dead.

The sergeant told me.

The people say there's a village

further on.

It's so high and hidden

that the army can't find it.

They call it Cerca del Cielo.

There's always rumors like that.

They say the refugees from the

burnt villages are hiding up there.

And a young woman doctor

lives there.

A doctor named...

Montoya?

Yes. That's it.

She's the last one.

Come forward.

Come closer.

Ask what her problem is.

You.

The old woman says

this girl's stomach hurts.

Since when?

Since they raped her.

She hasn't spoken a word

since that day.

- When was that?

- Two years ago.

The problem is in her head.

- Give her a pill.

- I can't cure imaginary diseases.

I'm not a psychologist.

Take these.

May God bless you.

If you want to come it has to be now.

You'd better head back to the capital.

We heard there are guerrillas

operating around here.

They stole some tourist's car.

What happened to the man

who was with us?

You shouldn't pick up strangers.

Get going.

Why didn't you turn me in?

I should have.

I'm a bad citizen.

You won't find her.

There's nothing up there.

Go around her.

What are you doing here?

She wants to go to Cerca del Cielo.

We don't know where it is.

So?

We should be charging bus fare.

You'll be warmer if you

come near the fire.

She's afraid of us.

Then why'd she come?

She's more afraid of the soldiers

at Modelo.

So this is what's left of Pico.

I think Pico is behind us now.

This is some other place.

Another place where everybody

is dead.

Or gone to Cerca del Cielo.

There is no such place.

How do you know?

When I was in the army

they talked about this place.

But we never found it.

So it's really well-hidden.

We never found it

because it doesn't exist.

We even searched with helicopters.

If people had cleared land to plant...

...we'd have seen it from above.

If they haven't cleared land...

...they'd have starved to death.

Just because you haven't seen it

doesn't mean it's not there.

You can believe in heaven

if you want, kid.

See where it gets you.

So why are you coming with us?

Where else can I go?

Seorita...

...if you shoot yourself,

you'll wake up the others.

If you want to, go ahead...

...but it seems a waste when we're

almost to Cerca del Cielo.

I know Domingo said it

doesn't exist but he's just bitter.

He's been disappointed so often.

He's lost all hope.

You know...

...Cerca del Cielo

is a very special place.

Where the air is like a caress,

where gentle waters flow...

...where wings of peace lift

the burdens from your shoulders.

A place where you can forget.

A place where each day is a gift

and each person is reborn.

And it's not far from here.

Just a little further on.

Right.

He hates it when people play

with his things.

Sh*t.

Let's go.

There's no path.

- Get her!

- Watch out!

- Grab her!

- Where is she?

Let me go!

- Let me go!

- Look for her, idiot!

Hurry up! You gotta get it

while they're still fresh.

No! Don't do it!

Don't do it!

Keep going!

I have to rest.

Move it!

Go ahead...

...shoot.

F*** it!

You'll get that wound infected.

Human beings can't survive here.

Jaguars, snakes, insects

that eat everything in sight.

You'd have to burn it all

and start from scratch.

But why come here in the first place?

To get away from white people.

I guess that might be worth it.

There should be somewhere

that white people aren't allowed.

Hello!

Hello! Hello, seores!

Hey, over here! How you doing?

Good afternoon!

It's a unique mixture of architectures.

- You wouldn't believe.

- It isn't clear yet...

...if the Lotecs were a homogenous

group, mongrelized culture.

Most of the evidence suggests

they were driven up here...

...by the more dominant civilizations.

A man stole our car at gunpoint.

Like The Treasure

of the Sierra Madre.

The police found the car

but without tires.

Understand? Not one.

Another theory is that this site

was founded by runaways...

...from different cities in the lowlands.

Possibly...

...people earmarked for sacrifice.

Americans are all obsessed

with these sacrifices.

That's true.

Honey, he says we're hung up

on sacrifice.

Well, the concept of sacrifice

is a tough one to sell in the States.

You know, you don't look so good,

doctor.

This is the tropics.

You gotta watch yourself.

Are you okay?

Yeah? Fine?

They were gone before the Spanish

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