The Lost City Page #5

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Fico.

Fico, Fico.

oh, you don't look

so tough now.

lt's okay. lt's okay.

lt's okay. I'm here.

lt's okay.

lt's okay. lt's okay.

Get me out of here.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

I'm not...

I'm not an animal.

l deserve...

a properjail.

well, you built it, we didn't.

Listen to me. l

I'm not innocent, okay?

But I neverkilled anybody.

You just like to pull

people's eyes out

and their teeth and fingernails

and piss on them.

He saved your life!

That was to sell you a favor!

That's a lie.

You know it.

He's lying. He's lying.

lt's okay.

Let me handle it.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Look at me.

I'm gonna take care of this.

l believe in you.

You came back.

Let's go.

He'll see you now.

So you're the dancer.

Che, I'm here

to inquire about a

My name is Comandante Guevara.

I'm Che only to my comrades.

what can I do for you?

My brother spoke to you

about a friend of mine,

Captain Castel.

Formerly a captain.

what about him?

He's detained here.

No longer.

He's been freed?

ln a way.

what do you mean?

You know what

La Rouchefoucauld said about life?

There are two things

in life we cannot face

the sun and death.

Here we give people

a chance to face both.

we shot your friend

early this morning.

why do you botherwith such scum?

why?

Look, go to your cabaret

and entertain the rich.

Let's go, Fico.

Go.

Cha-cha-cha!

Va.

Va. Muy bien.

Va.

Hold it. Hold it.

Hold it. Hold it.

lt's too military.

All right, girls,

lose the rifles.

Very, very unmilitary now.

M?sica.

Stop the music!

Stop that music!

who are you?

l am Zoraida Munoz,

a delegate for

the musicians' union.

what authority do you have

to stop my rehearsal?

The government gave me the

authority.

See, you own this beautiful cabaret,

but we own the orchestra.

Really?

Really. lf I tell the orchestra

not to play,

they can't play.

ls that so?

Fico, we're in the union.

They control the union.

l see. And underwhat

grounds do you have

to come here and stop my show?

You just can't use the saxophone

in the orchestra anymore.

Come again?

The saxophone is a instrument

of the imperialists.

The saxophone was invented

by a man named Sax in Belgium!

Do you know what

the Belgian imperialists

are doing in the Congo?

They're a bunch of murderers.

You don't say.

No, I do say!

And I am saying

that if you want

the orchestra to play,

then you have to go

without the saxophone.

otherwise, I will stop the show.

Great show.

what's wrong with it?

what's wrong with it?

You mean besides the fact

that they executed my friend

in two days without due process?

And now they're threatening

to close down my club

because we can't use

saxophones in the orchestra.

Saxophones!

Besides that?

what about the pigeons?

The pigeon.

Neverwork with pigeons.

Guano.

well, at least

we don't have to deal

with the likes

of Meyer Lansky anymore.

Maybe worse.

Here's to a Cuba libre.

well, what do we do now?

Let's go to Hernando's.

Hernando's Hideaway.

Now, that has a certain ring to it.

I'm going.

I'm going,

which translates

to I'm not going.

Dance with me.

what's wrong?

what's happening?

Viva el suerte de Fidel.

Viva Fidel!

lt's Fidel.

The guy we saw performing

with a pigeon once.

Let's go over.

l want to meet him.

Too early in the day

forthat.

There are some things

l need to say.

l want to speak with him.

will you please take me?

what?

There are some things

l need to say.

would you please take me?

No.

I'll go on my own, then.

FideI's inviting us

to have breakfast with him.

He invited you, not me.

l don't think it's

proper for me to turn him down.

well, I don't think

it's proper for me to wait around.

You're jealous.

of a circus ringmaster?

You don't know me.

l thought

you never paid?

l always pay sooner or later.

Cecilia?

Yes, dear.

was that Ricardo

at the door?

No, no. They had

the wrong house.

oh.

Aurora.

or should I say

companera?

Fidel sends his regard and

admiration.

He regrets that

he couldn't be here

to greet you personally.

He sent me in his place

to offer you something

of great importance.

Good news and bad news.

Somebody I know?

Somebody you don't know.

Aurora Bernal de Fellove,

a widow of a martyr

of the revolution

Luis Fellove, who was killed

in the massacre on Humboldt Street.

afterhis heroic exploits

during the assault

on the Presidential Palace.

Comrade Aurora has been named

widow of the Revolution

of the Year.

Nice writers they have

down here, huh?

widow of the Revolution.

Does that mean

she was formerly married

to the revolution,

and now the aforementioned

revolution is dead?

And did that happen

this year, too?

And the copy

even I can write

betterthan that.

But...

it does suggest...

heads up now

The Merry widow

of the Revolution

some songs,

a little bit of business.

Very nice musical

you could open

right here in Fico's Palace.

I'd like to run

with this one if I could.

I'm gonna go see if I can

nail down the rights.

Hello.

Hello, Fico.

You haven't called me.

l had work to do.

You've just disappeared.

l missed you.

work to do.

Have you seen it

in the papers?

lsn't it wonderful?

Yes, I'm glad to hear it.

Luis should be so proud.

Right.

The reason I called you

is to invite you

to a little celebration in my honor.

would you please come?

Maybe some othertime.

Listen, I have to go.

All right.

Please call me.

l love you.

once more into the breach.

what can I do for you?

we're closing down

this cabaret

on account of gambling.

Gambling.

lllegal gambling.

what illegal gambling?

we caught two stagehands

playing cards.

And that's illegal.

oh, it's worse than that.

lt is a dangerous

distraction to the masses.

The opium of the people,

Marx said.

l thought Marx said religion

was the opiate of the people.

Marx said that, too.

karl or Groucho?

Also an illegal gambling game.

The revolutionary government

will decide when, how,

and if this premises

will be functioning again.

You son of a b*tch!

How dare you?

I'm an artist!

Puta! Cono!

Likewise.

Hello!

My nephew the hero!

Good to see you.

My goodness.

There's nothing

like an old Victrola.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

l was just about

to make my rounds.

But first we have a drink, huh?

And then we'll have a walk,

talk, a smoke,

and then...

...we will eat, huh?

Ricardito.

lsn't this beautiful?

lt's a little behind, yes,

but it shows great promise.

The day I die...

all of this will be yours.

No, it won't.

Yes, it will, but afterl die.

Ha ha.

You don't understand.

lt belongs to the revolution.

The revolution will pass, believe

me.

I've seen it all before.

Menocal, Machado, Batista...

where are they now?

Gone.

Fidel Castro will pass, too.

But the land...

the land, it will endure.

Fidel Castro sent me personally

to take vacant

possession of this land.

what are you talking about?

I'm here too evict you.

would you repeat that to me,

please?

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