The Dancer Upstairs Page #7

You'll pay with your life if you harm him.

Yolanda?

Is Yolanda with you?

Everyone's with us, captain.

Fourth flame of Communism...

He's just a big, fat man in a cardigan.

Sir?

It could be really dangerous if you don't ring Calderon.

Yes, it could be.

Cecilia?

Do you have that list of the press attaches?

And now, breaking news.

Late last night in a residential district...

... terrorist leader Ezequiel was

captured along with several accomplices.

- Where is the ballerina? - No more questions.

- I haven't finished the interrogation.

- Captain Agustin Rejas...

- ... declined to comment on the details. - If you're not...

... busy next election, I have a job for you.

The palace has refused comment...

...and the whereabouts of Ezequiel at present are unknown.

Rejas did confirm that Ezequiel's real

name is Edgardo Rodriguez Rivas...

...and that he was taken into custody without incident.

When will she come around?

Half an hour, maybe. I gave her another shot at 6.

She didn't understand what was going on.

You're wrong, boss.

Are you Rejas?

Orders from the palace. The prisoners are no longer under your authority.

Okay! Get them out!

Professor Edgardo Rivas, you're coming with us.

With infinite pleasure, comrade.

Ten days after the dramatic capture of guerilla leader Ezequiel...

... the political repercussions are being felt.

Yesterday, a delegation of senators

called on Police Captain Agustin Rejas...

... to run for president.

His enormous popularity could unify the opposition...

...and threaten the ruling party.

Thanks to the efforts of one honest man,

our country can now breathe easily...

... for the first time in a decade.

Meanwhile, the most notorious terrorist in the Western Hemisphere...

...began a new life on the island prison of San Lorenzo.

A military court today sentenced former ballerina, Yolanda Celandin.

As Comrade Isabel, she is believed...

... to have run the section of operative support.

The most damning evidence...

...a mention in her notebook of the cafe

destroyed by the Miraflores bomb.

Passing sentence, the judge agreed to a symbolic punishment...

...in addition to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Will you stand?

You will be condemned to a cell without light.

Viva El Presidente Ezequiel.

You wanted to talk about a deal.

So, what's the deal?

It's about Yolanda Celandin.

What about her?

I want to address three terms of her imprisonment.

Which terms?

First, I would like her to be allowed blankets, books...

...and writing material.

And?

Second, I insist that she be moved to a cell with light.

I want to be clear on this.

If we meet these conditions, you'll give your word...

...you won't run against the president in the next election?

In the next election.

No.

Let me tell you right off, this is impossible.

Your demands are preposterous. Besides...

...they contravene the due process of law.

But let us imagine a situation in which they could be met.

We would need reassurances.

You would have to give your public support to the government.

The president is much maligned, but he sees the bigger picture.

Despite the fact you disobeyed his orders...

...he remains anxious to show the nation's gratitude.

I know he would like to offer you a judgeship.

This could be announced at a press conference.

The sooner the better.

And the third condition?

A quiet release after five years.

That would not be mentioned at the press conference.

By the way...

...she already had writing material.

This came back with the blankets you sent her.

She's only a young woman, Rejas.

Seventy-two percent water.

Yet, you could have been president.

Do not contact me. Do not try to help.

I am dead.

I live only for the revolution.

Enough.

Let's see what we can do with this lovely, lovely thing...

... that goes past all racial conflict...

...and all kinds of conflict.

It is a reflective tune...

...and some time in your life...

... you will have occasion to say, What is this thing called time?

You know, what is that?

The clock.

You go to work by the clock...

... you get your martini in the afternoon by the clock...

...and you get your coffee by the clock...

...and you have to get on the plane at

a certain time, arrive at a certain...

And it goes on and on and on.

And time is a dictator, as we know.

- Where does it go?

- Laura Rejas?

What does it do? Most of all, is it alive?

Is it a thing that we cannot touch? And is it alive?

And then one day you look in the mirror.

- Brought your own music?

- ""How old. ""

And you say, Where did the time go?

We'll leave you with that one.

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