Paisito

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As in all works of fiction,

this story is related to the past

but the events, names,

dates and faces in this film

are figments

of the writers imagination.

Xavi?

Xavi!

No. In the hoteI Iater, pIease.

In the hoteI Iater.

Thank you.

In the hoteI.

And now the sports section.

Javier GaIdeano, alias Xavi,

fIew in from Montevideo today.

He's just signed up with Osasuna

for the 1996-97 season.

The 33-year-oId forward from Uruguay

has Spanish nationality

and is Osasuna's big hope for

promotion to the first division.

He was presented

to the press at his new ground.

Yes, I've played

in Spain a few times.

Even here in PampIona.

A summer tournament with Penarol.

I was thriIIed.

I was onIy a kid

and pIaying in

my foIks' country was fantastic.

So is it true to say that Osasuna

is very cIose to your heart?

Pro footbaIIers

have very big hearts.

But you've aIways been

with the same team.

That's true and I'm sure

it'II feeI strange

to wear a shirt without stripes.

Hey, Bagheera!

How are you, Pedro Rocha?

Rocha unmarked in mid-fieId.

He heads

the baII to Caetano...

SMALL COUNTRY:

He Iooks for Caetano again.

CubiIIa intercepts and takes it

around the defence,

he's ready to pass.

Here comes Rocha.

He's going to score.

GoaI!

GoaI!

A goaI by ''Hangman'' Rocha.

For Uruguay! Fantastic!

WeII, we won.

-Pedro, fantastic as aIways.

-Thanks a Iot.

-Great game.

-WeII done, Pedro.

Thanks very much.

Thank you.

Weren't we great?

He wants to meet you.

Be nice to him for me.

I can't come with you.

I have to have dinner at home.

Here, a present for you.

-Know who I am?

-Pedro Rocha.

This was today's baII.

Want it? It's yours

but on one condition...

Train hard.

The captain says you're reaIIy good.

What position do you pIay?

Anyway, be good.

Bye.

On the wing

but I'd prefer mid-fieId.

Winger, eh?

Like me at your age.

What's your name?

-Javier, but they caII me Xavi.

-Xavi?

That doesn't sound Spanish.

How come?

My dad started caIIing me it.

Then that's okay.

He's a genius

at making shoes.

Got a girIfriend?

But Ieave some for us, huh!

So, between you and me,

are you a Penarol or Nacional fan?

Penarol, like you.

It's the onIy team!

Anyway, see you, Xavi.

The winger.

I'm Bagheera, the panther.

What about me?

I don't want to be the snake.

Put your coat on properIy.

You must be happy, Agustin.

You missed the footbaII.

Yes, and the fiIm was fantastic.

But what shaII I say at schooI

tomorrow? We don't even know who won

They won.

They're ecstatic.

We won.

It was an internationaI match.

Sure, I forget

the country's honour was at stake.

Don't be mean.

Pocha Iikes footbaII.

You onIy taIk Iike that

because Roberto isn't here.

I'm surrounded by weirdos

who don't Iike footbaII.

Get a move on, DanieIa!

Where did we Ieave the car?

-Right, I'II caII you next week.

-Okay.

Bye, darIing.

-Mum?

-Yes, darIing?

Buy me a pie?

AbsoIuteIy not.

They'II be here in a minute.

But I'm hungry!

No. SiIva!

I thought you'd gone.

Sorry, madam. I was watching the

match through the window at SoIer's.

We won.

That's aII right.

Severgnini was picking us up anyway.

AII the TVs were on.

-Mum.

-Yes, darIing?

Sorry about that.

WouId you go

with Rosana to get some pies?

Of course, madam.

PIease get

a dozen meat pies

and get a faina for Severgnini.

He Iikes them.

Right.

-Get them to wrap them.

-I want mine now!

Don't argue.

Don't take any notice.

-Oh, Mum!

-You heard. Wrapped.

Wrapped.

Did they sign it?

It's the actuaI baII

they pIayed with.

Pedro Rocha himseIf gave it to me.

-Then it's unique.

-DanieI, a kid in my cIass

has got a shirt

signed by Pedro Rocha.

-ReaIIy?

-Yes.

Though Rocha didn't give it to him.

-His dad got it. He's a miIIionaire.

-DanieI who?

Lienchestein.

-The paediatrician?

-And miIIionaire.

Right, that too.

Did you Iike the game?

To teII the truth,

they were much better than us.

What do you mean?

Two shots bounced off the post.

That offside that wasn't offside.

That wouId have been a goaI.

That handbaII by Montero.

Camargo, say something.

''Some men fiII

their heads with knowIedge,

wise men there are of aII kinds,

and though I'm no expert, I say

that rather than

Iearning much, the best way

is to put the right things

in the mind.'' The boy's right,

Captain. If Rocha

hadn't been everywhere,

with that cooI head of his,

we'd have been compIeteIy

humiIiated.

But we won!

We scored two, they scored one.

We won.

PIay weII?

Who gives a sh*t about that?

-Make room for me?

-Of course.

Why the Iong faces?

-Didn't they win?

-You see?

That is the question.

-How was the fiIm?

-It was in the jungIe.

It was IoveIy.

So cute.

The tiger wanted to kiII MowgIi.

Pocha and Agustin said to say heIIo.

Some of the monkeys were bad.

-What about the viper?

-It wasn't a viper.

It was a boa and you didn't see it.

I heard about it.

Rocha gave me a baII.

I'm Bagheera.

It was Rosana who saw the fiIm,

so she shouId teII us about it.

Go on.

Pocha's a bit worried about Agustin.

The way he taIks,

he'II get in troubIe one day.

Don't worry.

He's oId enough

to take care of himseIf.

How did the fiIm end?

MowgIi gets saved but Bagheera,

the panther,

the one I Iiked best,

saves MowgIi

and then MowgIi heIps them

and his famiIy of woIves.

There's Dad.

Semaphore!

Here they are, thank God.

Xavi!

Semaphore, good dog!

Thank you.

-How are you?

-Fine, sir.

-AII weII, Luisa?

-Yes, madam.

Thank you, Camargo.

-For supper.

-Thank you.

-How are you, DoIores?

-A Iot better, thank you.

It's these changes in the weather...

-I'm sure. Take care.

-I've a coupIe of pheasants for you.

We're got too many.

They're deIicious pickIed.

I don't know how to prepare them.

Thank you, anyway.

I'm sure Luisa knows how.

Thank you.

-Looks Iike it was a good hunt.

-Yes.

Or did they die of fright?

Right, boys, I'm off.

They're waiting for me at home.

-Bye, Tabare.

-Be seeing you.

Have you seen my new gun?

It's marveIIous, ManueI.

An antique.

Worth a Iot of money.

WeII, it's my onIy vice.

ActuaIIy I...

bought it off the youngest

of the Bengoechea brothers.

Good peopIe, the Bengoecheas.

Didn't they buy some Iand

at Sarandi Grande?

From the stream to the road. A Iot.

Though I don't know if it's any good.

Those Basques have made money.

Don't compIain.

-No.

-ActuaIIy...

I wanted to ask you

about the area where

their house is.

On the way here, there was

a Iot of troop movement...

It seemed unusuaI.

The firing range is nearby.

ProbabIy manoeuvres.

No, I don't think so.

UsuaIIy from the road

you can't hear them firing

and they seemed...

Don't Iet your imagination

run away with you.

Look, Severgnini, you know me.

I've got a business

and can't be associated with

any poIiticaI party.

Then there's my famiIy.

I don't want to get

caught up again...

War aIways brings suffering.

We're friends, right?

Why?

I'm not in on anything.

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