The House of the Spirits Page #5

Would you like

a little cognac liquor?

Blanca, liqueur?

Cognac, please.

I'll see who it is.

- Who are you?

- I want to see Senator Trueba.

The Senator is busy.

Are you Blanca?

Yes, I am.

Haven't I see somewhere before?

Who are you?

I'm a relative of the Senator.

Wait here.

Excuse me.

What all this about you

being a relative of mine?

Don't you remember me...

Patron?

What do you want?

Hurry up, I have visitors.

I want to join the army and

I need money for my education.

You should've stayed in the country.

Well...

You still owe me that reward.

Yes, I know.

I'll call the Military Academy

in the morning.

I know the people there.

They'll give you a scholarship.

Get out.

Don't bother me again.

CONSERVATIVE PARTY

It seems people voted

differently this time.

Have the Conservatives lost?

Not at all!

We shall win.

The country shall win.

I believe in people's common sense.

The tide seems

to have turned against you.

We are the defenders

of your democracy.

We'll win again.

Papa, you stubborn old fool!

Let's just wait for the results.

Then we can celebrate.

I think...

we now have the final results.

While we are waiting

for the results...

They are still counting...

the last votes.

The opposition, the People's Front,

has won an overwhelming victory.

We won! We won!

Mama, we won!

After being in power for generations,

the Conservatives have lost,

rejected by voters.

This is a sensational

for the Peoples Front.

People once called subversives,

revolutionaries, enemies of the state,

are openly celebrating tonight.

Just a moment.

Telephone.

Who is it?

Where are you?

Alba, this is a very good

friend of mine.

Say hello nicely.

Let's sit down.

Want to come with me?

All right.

These are my old angels wings,

my mother made for me.

Take around here.

There's no food, no clothes, shoes,

no spare parts, nothing.

You're a bad loser.

You know who's behind the strikes.

Everybody knows. It's sabotage.

They're taking Tres Marias.

Everything I've worked for,

they'll give it away...

to the people.

- My property!

- We'll be all right.

Something must be done.

Quickly.

- Back to the solution to our problems.

- You don't understand.

More police, more mad generals.

Why do you say they're

mad generals?

They just care about their country,

same as I do.

They want to put order back.

Grandma!

I think I need to lie down

in my calm,

blue sea of silk.

Are you very ill, Grandma?

I think I'm beginning

to leave this world, my love.

But you mustn't be afraid

of death, Alba.

Dying is just a change,

like being born.

You know I've always been in touch

with the spirits on the other side.

And when I get there,

I'll be in touch with you,

and all the others.

Dou you understand?

Please, give these to your mother.

They'll help her...

reclaim the past.

Maybe they'll...

help her...

to see...

the relationship between

events more clearly.

And some day she may need these...

for something other...

than adornment.

Tell Grandpa...

Tell Grandpa I promise I will...

come back and fetch him.

Darling!

What's that?

Grandmother's dead.

What?

It's hard to survey the situation.

Events are developing rapidly.

The new democratically-elected

government is under attack.

Armed units are under the command

of officers sympathetic to the coup.

Rumor says the Conservative Party

stands behind the coup.

And will take control after

the military brings order.

The country is now controlled

by the armed forces.

To the country!

Sh*t!

Let's go!

Let's go! Come on!

You cover the back.

We'll stay here.

Senator!

What's going on?

We'd like to see your daughter.

My daughter?

She's suspected of subversive acts.

We have an arrest warrant.

Are you mad?

It's a mistake!

Let me see the warrant.

Everything will be all right.

I'll be back soon.

Come with me.

This is a mistake.

I'm Senator Trueba.

Don't you recognize me?

For God's sake!

Shut up!

In my own house!

Just shut up!

You old fool!

Your daughter is going with

Pedro Segundo, a revolutionary!

My father is a very old man.

May I have a moment

alone with him,

to say goodbye?

Please?

Papa, listen to me.

Pedro's here.

He's in the cellar.

If they find him, they'll kill him.

Do you understand?

These men are dangerous.

They can kill me,

the can kill you.

They can kill all of us.

You know what love is like.

I love Pedro the way

you loved Mama.

He's my entire life.

And he's Alba's father.

You have influential friends.

Help him if you can.

Help him get out of the country.

Don't make your grandchild

fatherless.

Do you hear me? I beg you...

Let Alba keep her father.

She needs him.

She needs him.

They won't touch you.

Don't be afraid, my love.

I'll see the Minister.

Everything is a mistake.

Don't be afraid!

Keep your hands still!

Come on.

You, hold up there!

Where are you going?

Where are you taking her?

Good evening, Blanca.

We'd like you to tell us...

where your lover is.

I want to go to the toilet.

It'd be wise to cooperate.

I want to go to the toilet.

Stop there.

- Show your papers.

- Trueba, for the Minister.

Very well, carry on.

You there!

What? Leave me alone!

Get out of the way!

- Stand clear!

- I'm Senator Trueba!

I demand to see the Minister.

Sit down!

Now! Sit down!

You can go in.

Why was my daughter

arrested last night?

Answer me!

Where is my daughter?

Let me have your car keys.

Congress is shut down and your

congressional privileges impounded.

You're all out of your minds.

Who do you think established

contact with your generals,

Who forged the link with

the Americans,

whose money and reputation...

guaranteed you weapons?

Do you know who I am?

And then you arrest my daughter...

and want to confiscate my car.

Let me see the Minister.

Deal with me.

I must see the Minister!

There is no Minister!

You deal with me now.

Understand?

You want to find your daughter?

Fill in the forms.

You and your friends still

have economic power.

But we run the country.

Now...

give me the car keys.

Who are you?

You'd better start talking to me.

I know your voice.

Who are you?

I want to use the toilet.

Start talking, you hear me?

- I've nothing to tell you, bastard!

- Talk to me now.

I've nothing to tell you, you bastard!

Who are you?

You want to know who I am?

You want to know who I am?

You smell good.

Can you imagine?

We have the same blood

in our veins.

There's nobody.

I can't find anybody who...

can...

or will...

help me find my daughter.

You're an important

person now, Transito.

You know everybody.

They all come here.

For old time's sake,

please,

help me find my daughter.

I still owe you a favour, Patron.

This man cannot judge what is good

for himself or for others.

You should eat something.

This man will desecrate the past

of our beloved people.

Erode our proud traditions.

Like mites and parasites,

these evil forces...

Will Mummy be back soon?

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