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We need to know if they're alive.

I don't have a definitive

answer right now.

That's the truth.

We have 10 drills working 24 hours a day.

Look, I know how you must feel.

I'm going to expand accommodations

for your families.

I'm setting up a commissary,

a medical facility,

and a temporary school

for your children.

- That's all for now.

- (CROWD CLAMORING)

REPORTER:
Minister!

We know the mine is very dangerous.

It can collapse in any moment. Minister!

MARIA:
Hey, Minister of Mining.

Don't look at me like that.

I'm not going to slap you.

I'm not saying

I'm never going to slap you.

You kept your word.

What's your name?

Maria Segovia.

Dario's wife.

Sister.

He's my kid brother.

I'm not leaving without him.

(GASPING)

They're everywhere!

Please get them off me!

Get them off me! They're everywhere!

I need a drink! Oh, God!

HENRiQUEZ:
Dario.

I'm dying. I'm dying-

We're all dying. We're all going to die.

It's okay.

There's a lot worse things

in life than death.

How come you have time for me? Huh?

Why don't you hate me like everybody else?

Why? Why?

Hate

is for children.

If we can just be good to each other,

we might find

a way out of here.

We can say a prayer together, if you like.

I don't know the words.

God doesn't care.

HENRiQUEZ:
Merciful Father.

DARIO:
Merciful Father.

Take

this boy.

Open his eyes.

So he can see.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. (SOBBING)

It's okay.

- It's okay.

- I'm so sorry.

(MAN YELLING INDISTINCTLY)

DRIVER:
Maria, where to?

This way, please.

- Yes, Mayor.

- Good, good, good.

Okay, we're going to school.

Single-file, please.

File in behind me, please.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

That one.

- Thank you, Susi.

- Enjoy. Nice to see you.

OFFICER:
Excuse me.

What's your name?

What's she been saying?

- What are you doing, Marta?

- Her name is Susana Valenzuela.

- Don't do this. Marta!

- She's my husband's mistress.

Sorry, Susana, but only family members

are permitted inside the fence.

No putas allowed, sorry.

But I am his family.

I love him, and he loves me too!

He loves you?

(WOMEN SHOUTING)

- Take her stuff.

- You can throw me out, but I'll be back.

And when Yonni comes up,

and he will come up,

we'll see who he loves best!

What is this?

Food and water is low.

We have to make it last.

One tablespoon of tuna every other day,

and a shot of water once a day.

That's it.

ALEX:
I ran it through a filter I made.

It sucks, but it's just

about drinkable, okay?

Alex.

Do yourself a favor.

Yeah?

If we get out of here,

find yourself a new line of work.

ALEX:
Shut up, Gomez.

Shut up!

We're getting close.

Adding the last pipe section.

How many sections?

MAN:
We got five left.

- SOUGARRET:
Okay.

- We need to set it.

It's a little tight.

We're getting extremely close, sir.

Six!

We're down to the last 6 meters.

HURTADO:
Five meters!

Four!

- (RUMBLING)

- Yeah!

(MINERS CHEERING)

(STAMMERS) We need to mark it!

Yonni! Get some paint!

When the drill comes through,

we all have to make a lot of noise!

- Write a note!

- I've got it!

What? What happened? Mario?

It's below us.

The thing's below us.

At least they are looking

in the right place.

You still don't get it yet, do you?

It took them this long to get that close!

YONNI:
They're not going to look

for us forever, Mario.

We're starving, Mario!

When they get back, we will be dead!

- Alex.

- (GRUNTING)

Alex!

Hey!

Hey!

(ALEX SOBBING)

I've been a miner all my life.

I let you down!

I let myself down.

I knew this place was dangerous!

We all knew about this place!

Nobody's blaming you!

You want to blame somebody?

Blame Castillo, blame the owners!

Where is Alex?

Nothing.

SOUGARRET:

It's the deviation, Laurence.

We can't figure it out.

We missed by 10 meters.

(CROWD CHATTERING)

(CLAMORING)

MARIO:
That's 100 years of piss and sh*t

down there.

Alex!

If you really want to do this,

don't do it alone.

- Are you crazy?

- No, let's do it together.

Yes, I am crazy! I am crazy!

I am completely out of my mind.

But you know what?

I have a daughter.

And a wife.

And you have a wife

with a baby on the way,

and they're counting on you, Alex.

My baby-

We need you, man.

I need you.

SOUGARRET:
We've already

burnt through nine drills.

This...

This is becoming an impossible situation.

Sometimes impossible situations

can take a little longer.

Laurence, our guys are already

in acute starvation.

If they are even alive.

I think we've got to start

asking ourselves

the really tough questions.

How long do you think we can keep this up?

Hmm?

SOUGARRET:
What's going on here?

They know the rule. No families allowed.

It's Don Francisco.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(SCREAMS) Sh*t!

God damn it, Mamani!

You scared the sh*t out of me.

What are you doing here?

The same as you.

What's with the knife?

Are you going to cut me up and eat me?

They say Chileans taste like chicken.

(CHUCKLING)

Maybe you've noticed...

I don't have a lot of friends down here.

Where's your head lamp?

I never got one.

Here.

Listen, Mamani, uh...

Nobody is eating anybody while I am here.

Did you get that?

I'm so scared.

I don't want her growing up

without a father.

Tell me it's going to be okay.

- Just say it...

- I can't.

Just tell me that it's going to be okay.

Jessi, stop it.

You know it as well as I do

that it's not gonna be okay.

I have been wanting to say something.

I'm sorry.

I'm very sorry that I have

stolen from you guys.

I just hope that one day

you can forgive me.

I have been saving these for you.

I just wish I had a box

of them to give you.

Thank you, Dario.

Thank you from all of us.

What I wouldn't do for

one of your sister's empanadas right now.

(HYMN PLAYING)

Bless this food. Amen.

Mmm.

(CHUCKLES)

Jessi.

Oh, my God.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Baby.

MARIO:
Katty.

(SNIFFLING)

KATTY:
It's gonna be okay.

Mom, what are you doing here?

Look how skinny you are.

Yonni, eat.

Charquican.

Your favorite. Excuse me.

(COWBELL RINGING)

Fresh milk.

Anyone?

(ALL LAUGHING AND CHEERING)

I just...

I just want you to know

that...

I couldn't be prouder than I am

to share with you this last meal.

With all of you.

If that is the case,

if this is our last supper,

I am officially handing in

my retirement papers.

'quit!

(LAUGHING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

You called it off.

It wasn't my decision.

And this?

A memorial?

A poem for the gravestones,

a few words by Pablo Neruda.

That has nothing to do with me.

This is bullshit. Look.

Those people out there are counting on us.

On you and me.

Thirty-three men underground.

Three hundred mothers, fathers,

brothers, sisters,

and we are their only hope.

Snap out of it, Laurence.

It's a false hope.

- And you're giving up!

- Three days' food?

That's all they had.

They are down there for 16 days.

You are giving these families false hope.

They can survive 40 days without food.

Not under those conditions, Laurence.

It's 100 degrees down there.

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