Our Brand Is Crisis Page #8

Ben's not gonna fix the Wi-Fi.

Let me call you back.

- What are you thinking?

- It's Candy.

- No, it's not. How can you say that?

- It is. I know.

I know you don't

want to talk about this,

but just to make it clear

to the audience,

are you a member of

the Cult of the Cosmic Wind?

I was visiting my son.

I heard he'd joined

this group in California.

I was worried. I went to visit him.

That's all.

"That's all"? Senator, you were standing

under a pyramid

and you were wearing robes.

Everyone visiting

had to wear them.

I know you don't wanna talk about it,

but we have to make it clear

that you are not a member of

the Church of the Cosmic Wind

and that you do not think you can fly.

I am not doing a talk show.

- Sir...

- This is ridiculous.

We have important issues to debate...

Sir, I realize that, but you have to have

a sense of humor about this, okay?

You have to show them that.

No, I am not a member.

And you don't think you can fly?

No.

If you look at the polls,

you'll see I can't fly.

Is your son a member of this church?

And the truth is,

it was your son who was a member.

I already said that is something

I don't want to talk about.

Shut up! But that is why we are here, sir.

To face the truth, to face the people.

Yes.

I know you don't want

to go into this topic,

but let's start with this:

Why don't you want

to talk about your son?

The truth is when you're a politician,

you are a legitimate target.

People around you

aren't necessarily involved.

They don't want to be involved.

And you do not...

I believe that when you're in politics,

you're an easy target.

He's saying, as a politician,

there's a target on his back.

But not all of the people

who are close to you

want to be participants.

But there shouldn't be

for the people around him.

And that's why I think that

they shouldn't be involved

in campaigns.

Where is Eduardo? I told him

I wanted a choice of ties.

I don't know, sir. But your son,

your son has had his own life.

He's had his difficulties.

But you love him very much.

I will not talk about this.

My son has his private life

with highs and lows.

Difficulties with drugs?

Yes.

But...

He's a very private person, and...

I don't want to...

I don't want to talk about this.

How do I say this?

Uh, if you should feel something

during the interview, like an emotion...

If you have some tears,

could you just turn towards

the camera?

Just...

Are you close to your son?

No.

Not as much as I'd like to be, no.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Look at him.

- This is it.

Oh, my God. Turn, turn, turn.

- Yes! Yes.

- Oh, my...

That was touching.

I need some hands, people.

I need some hands. Yes.

Five points up!

Five points up!

That's how we do! Five points up!

Ben! Buckley! Nell! Five points up!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the next president of Bolivia!

We have come a long way

in a short time,

but we still have

so much further to go.

With you, the people

of Bolivia, behind me,

I know that no one can stop us!

Castillo! Castillo! Castillo!

It's Nell, yes.

What if I were to tell you

that there's a photograph of Victor Rivera

standing next to that man?

Oh, my God.

- Who is that?

- It's Klaus Barbie.

- Klaus Barbie.

- Wait, wait, wait.

Butcher of Lyon. Nazi war criminal.

Murderer of thousands.

You have a picture of Victor Rivera

standing next to Klaus Barbie?

- Well...

- I'm confused. So, what's the link?

That they both live

in the same f***ing city?

We're not saying there is a link.

We're not saying anything.

There's no fingerprints on this. This is

just rumors floating out in the world.

Just some unsettling images.

We have Rivera in uniform,

and in the darkness,

somewhere in the background,

there's a Nazi war criminal.

- Is there a link? I don't know.

- We can't call Rivera a Nazi.

- Nobody is gonna buy that.

- God, okay, you know what?

Lyndon Johnson was running for Congress...

- Lyndon Johnson was...

- Nell, zip it.

Lyndon Johnson was running for Congress

and he tells his campaign manager

to start a rumor that

his opponent fucks pigs.

And the manager said,

"Nobody's gonna believe that."

And he says, "I know.

I just wanna hear him deny it."

I never knew Klaus Barbie.

They are desperate because

we're climbing in the polls,

and we won't stop

until we pass fifty percent.

One more thing, polls show

you've dropped

another three points.

I love 'em.

They feel good on the skin.

- Do they make them out of tortoise shells?

- No, I don't know what they do.

- They are unisex, though, right?

- I have no idea.

I need to get me a pair of those.

Amazon?

- What?

- Did you order them on Amazon?

I don't remember where I got them.

I honestly don't.

Those pants, too.

Thank...

What is this? What is it?

What are you doing? Don't stop.

Drive through them.

- Don't stop the bus!

- I told you.

I said we cancel these stops.

This is dangerous country.

We're not gonna convince these people.

"These people" make up

60% of the population,

so you may have a bit of an issue there.

- Turn around.

- Don't think that an American

can lecture me on racial equality.

Where is he going? No. Stop him from...

Stop him. Where's he going?

Where are the police?

Why aren't the police here?

- Open the door, please.

- Senator!

Please calm down.

Stop throwing rocks

because you've already

broken my windshield.

I'm not going out! I'm not going out.

Why are you protesting?

We're asking

for constitutional reform

so that our people have...

We have the same jacket.

...adequate representation.

Senator, you must come with me.

They're just saying they want

constitutional reform. Blah, blah, blah.

That he's a professor of economics.

Then talk to me, please.

I want to listen.

Are you thinking about

bringing in the International

Monetary Fund

like President Lozada did?

Well, that's a question of...

- We're dead. We're all dead.

- Hold on. Hold on.

If you truly believe in democracy,

then practice it here with

my people, ask questions.

But I do want to listen!

I want to listen!

He's saying that they want

a referendum on the IMF,

that they don't want him

to call on the IMF

without talking to the people first.

Because the poorest people are the people

who are going to suffer the most.

I've learned from Lozada.

I won't bring in the IMF

without a referendum first.

He's saying he's not

going to bring in the IMF,

that he's gonna have an IMF referendum.

No. Jane, he can't make

these promises.

What's he doing? What was that?

It's the other side of him.

Because if you defend democracy,

you are the voice of the people.

If I win the election, I promise...

The people will be watching.

We'd like to pass

through with our bus now.

Go ahead, continue.

This is a free country.

Thank you very much.

For freedom and democracy,

long live Bolivia!

- We're going to be watching.

- Thank you very much.

And that jacket, I tell you,

is very nice.

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