The Liberator Page #2

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Her?

She came to me in a dream.

Did she tell you her name?

l forgot to ask.

Ask her tonight, all right?

Tell her that her father

is crazy to meet her.

All right?

1 , 2, 3, 4. . .

5, 6, 7, 8. . .

9, 1 0, 1 1 , 1 2.

lncredible!

Would you like one?

-Here.

-What is that?

lt doesn't matter.

l was thinking of doing

something else.

Simon, this is a friend,

Martin Torkington.

l told him that you're Venezuelan.

lt's not a secret, is it?

Are you in?

All right. Let's play.

Deal.

Sir. . .

Of course.

One card, two cards.

Next.

What are you doing, Fanny?

l already told you.

Napoleon's coming back to Paris.

He's going to parade with his soldiers

on the Champs-Elysees.

We could have lunch on the grass.

He lets me win.

Who?

Your friend. . .

Torkington.

Believe me, he can do it.

Let's go see Napoleon.

-Ah, no.

-Let's go.

No, no, no.

l'm not going there.

Napoleon is nothing more

than a dictator.

So what? That's Napoleon.

As you like.

A man came to see you this morning.

Very amusing.

He called you "a noble savage".

Excuse me, please, sir.

Sorry, sir.

Please leave me alone.

Please leave me alone, sir.

Sorry, Madame.

Excuse me, Madame.

Would you know where l can find Senor

Rodriguez?

l don't know.

Maestro!

Maestro Rodriguez!

Simon!

The noble savage finally wakes up!

lt all started here, Simon.

Here in this market.

-Bye.

-Bye, Madame.

There were a lot of hungry women.

They complained

about the price of bread, right?

That rebellion was the start

of the end of the French monarchy.

But it wasn't a rebellion,

it was a revolution.

A dozen hungry women,

and suddenly everything changed.

There's a struggle that repeats itself

throughout history, Simon.

Over and over again.

Oppressors against the oppressed.

The thing is to know

what side you are on.

Why did you look for me, Maestro?

l want you to choose.

l choose Paris.

l wasted my time with you.

You've become a dilettante.

lf you say so. . .

l suppose l'm an imbecile, right?

Well, then you're going

to give up everything

just because your wife died?

Don't dare to say her name.

l will thank you for that.

Simon, l know it hurts.

But now you're free

of sentimental commitments.

Free?

Can you hear what you're saying?

l feel like l'm condemned to pain

day after day, and you call it free?

You abandoned your country

when we needed you the most.

Do you think Jefferson would have

become a useless piece of crap

just for a woman?

Just for a woman?

Just for a woman?

How insolent!

There was a time

they paid you to teach me.

They paid you well.

l am no longer a child, get it?

And you have no right

to impose your deliriums on me.

l feel sorry for you, Simon.

You're so poor that the only thing

you have is money.

Let's go!

l chose which side to be on.

Then you f***ed up.

-General Miranda!

-Stop!

Who are you?

l asked you who you are!

l am Simon Bolivar.

From Caracas, sir.

l don't know you.

But l know about you, General.

What do you know about me?

l know that you fought

with Napoleon and Washington.

l know that you've fought for liberty

all over the world.

You're a hero, General.

l came to ask you to return

to South America.

To lead our revolution.

The problem, young man,

is that there are many factions

in South America --

the whites, the Creoles,

the indians, the browns, the blacks.

And none of them trust each other.

We're too divided

to bring down an empire.

What do you know about war?

l know it costs money, General.

lt's first intelligent thing

you've said up to now.

This will cover your personal costs.

English money?

lt's my money.

What do you get from all this?

l get to see my country free.

And l want to be part of the fight.

General, the Spanish rearguard

is escaping through the swamp.

l ask permission

to form a pursuit squad.

Denied.

l'm not going to risk my troops

in enemy territory.

We have Monteverde on the run. We're

winning, General.

You think we're winning?

The Spanish army is serious.

They are the best soldiers

in the world.

They'll come back.

And they'll come back with a fury

that you can neither know

nor imagine.

l want that pull back now!

You've been transferred

to the fort at Puerto Cabello.

To the munition depot?

Yes, sir.

There's a jail, too.

lf l may speak frankly, sir.

l think General Miranda

is making a mistake.

Our best soldiers

should be at the battlefront.

What is your name?

Second lieutenant

Antonio Jose de Sucre, sir.

Second artillery battalion.

How do you dare criticize

General Miranda?

l only spoke frankly, sir.

General Miranda is one of the greatest

military men of our times.

And l agree, sir.

General Miranda was a great man

in the last century.

Times have changed, sir.

There's no mistake.

l want you in the fort

at Puerto Cabello.

l asked to be

part of the fighting, sir.

Keeping the patriotic gunpowder dry

would undoubtedly help our cause,

don't you think?

l want to lead men in battle, sir.

What you do now is to receive orders.

Dismissed.

That was not our agreement.

Do you want me to arrest you?

lt was not my intention to offend you.

lf you keep answering me back,

l will personally put you in chains

and turn you over to the Spanish.

Lieutenant Bolivar.

Second lieutenant

Fernandez Vinoni, sir. Welcome.

Can l see the report, please.

This is a very quiet position.

We've never had a problem, sir.

This is where

the royalist prisoners are.

-How many are there?

-About a hundred, more or less.

And there's the ammunition storage.

The weapons and the ammunition

are stored

in the same place

just 50 paces from the prisoners?

And only one soldier guarding them?

You there, soldier.

Come here.

What is your name?

Fernando, Lieutenant.

Fernando, l want you

to ride to Valencia

and inform General Miranda

that we need reinforcements.

Tell him it is urgent.

Yes, sir.

From right now, every soldier

in this fort is on watch.

There will be no rest

until the reinforcements arrive.

Understood?

This isn't just a war for Venezuela.

This a war for the new Granada,

for the Patagonia, for Peru,

for the Andes Mountains.

This is a war to destroy the border

that the Spaniards forced upon us,

and to unify the continent.

More than anything,

this a war for the American spirit.

But, who are you?

A rich kid who wants a name

for himself.

Come in.

-With your permission, Lieutenant.

-Have the reinforcements arrived?

No, sir.

Some boxes have arrived for you.

A gentleman said it's a gift.

What gentleman?

An Englishman.

-With your permission, Lieutenant.

-Carry on.

-Let's go!

-Quickly!

What happened?

The Spanish soldiers

escaped from jail.

How did they escape?

Second lieutenant Vinoni

opened the doors for them.

They're attacking the barracks.

Come on!

Let's go!

We lost the fort.

lf General Miranda would have gotten

our requests for reinforcements,

this wouldn't have happened.

He got them.

What do you mean, he got them?

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