Verdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela Page #3

Are you all right, darling?

Guido!

Go ahead, call him.

Let's wait. It's Sunday.

Chief of the army command.

Buenos Aires 1977

Come in. The General is waiting for you.

Thank you. May I come in?

I am very sorry to bother you.

Thank you.

I asked your sister for this meeting.

We've taught at the same school.

It's about my daughter, Laura.

It's been weeks since

we last heard from her.

You know what the problem is, madam?

We tell them to turn

themselves in voluntarily but...

and there's still that disrepute

campaign abroad.

There are model jails here

to get them recovered.

If my daughter committed a crime

she must stand trial, right?

I mean,

if she is found guilty of something,

she must go to jail.

We'll wait for her,

all her family will wait for her.

That's what you say, madam,

but I just came from Uruguay and there,

the Tupamaros who are in jail not

only get more clung to

their ideas but they

also end up persuading the jailers.

That's not gonna happen here.

Here, you gotta do what you gotta do.

...we gotta do it here, madam!

Please, sir, please.

I don't want to go crazy like

other mothers who are looking

for her daughter in cemeteries.

Don't kill her.

And if you have killed her already,

please give me the body!

How do they call her? Write it down.

Do you know her?

She's been wandering

around here for a while.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Guido?

Yes.

I don't have much time.

I've been kidnapped with Rita.

With Laura? She's alive!

Yes.

Hello!

Erminda!

How are you?

Fine.

Go ahead, please.

Serve the young lady,

she got here first.

No, no. I haven't decided yet.

Would you show me those again,

please?

I'll show you, I'll show you.

You know my daughter

is getting married, right?

We're throwing the party at home

so we'd like you to give us

an estimate.

Oh, leave the details, so we can

prepare it properly!

But could you knock a bit off the price?

Certainly, as usual.

Thank you very much. Good bye.

Where do they have her?

It's impossible to know. They take

us walled up.

What?

Blindfolded.

But how is she?!

She's six-month pregnant.

Before they released me,

she asked me to tell you

to look for the baby in Casa Cuna

by mid June. She thinks

they're gonna leave him there.

Why? Why there?

Why don't they leave him with us?

Let her talk.

She said that, if he was a boy,

she wants him to be named Guido,

after you.

Oh, darling, she's alive!

She's alive!

Casa Cuna, La plata 1978

Madam, you cannot come in here,

you're putting my job at risk.

I'm sorry.

I've already asked.

The baby that was brought yesterday

was picked up this morning.

Picked up? Where did they take him?

Children come and go all the time.

A judged ordered his adoption.

A judge? Do you know his name?

I can't give you that information.

It's confidential.

I'll have to ask you to leave,

madam, please.

Law Courts, Buenos Aires, 1978

I apologize.

The judge was at a meeting, you know.

I was not allowed to interrupt him.

That's what took us so long.

Look, I told him what you said

to me and the truth is,

Your Honor said that the best

you can do is stop looking.

What?

look, if you keep looking,

you'll end up getting in trouble.

You might end up in a ditch.

What?

Just that.

Did he say that?

Look, I need to go.

Did he say that?

I have to go. Excuse me.

The girl told me to ask there.

Some kids might be left

at Casa Cuna but most of them

What?

They are more than one would imagine.

They say kidnappers themselves

or military men's relatives take them.

I also went to Casa Cuna and nothing.

But I don't know where to ask anymore.

I know but still,

we have to keep asking.

The same happens to us because

no one pays any attention,

you know, politicians.

Not even priests, go figure.

That's why we have to be there.

Stay firm and not leave them alone

until they tell us where they are!

We're going to Plaza de Mayo tomorrow.

Do you dare, Estela?

Laura?

Tomorrow I'm going to Plaza de Mayo

with some women, you know?

I took it already.

No, you didn't.

I'm not sure if I'm going crazy

but today, in the street...

Oh, call the kids. Dinner's ready.

Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires 1978

Hi.

Move along, move along!

You are not allowed to be here.

Move along, move along!

Come on, madam,

come on, move along,

move along!

I can't, Beba, I can't do this.

No, no, don't be afraid.

That's what they want.

Walk, listen to me, walk.

Hello? Yes, it's me.

Would you give me the address,

please?

We'll be right there.

Do you think they have her here?

Will they give us the baby?

Madam, gentlemen,

the Captain is waiting for you.

Come in, please.

Do you know this person?

It's our daughter.

She was intercepted in Route 3,

she was accompanied by a man.

She was commanded to halt,

she answered with a fire gun.

Your daughter

died in a confrontation.

How did she die?

She died, madam, died, died!

She was killed!

She was killed!

It's OK. Calm down, please.

Darling...!

What did you do with the baby?

There's no baby, madam,

there's no baby.

Do you want your daughter's body?

Sign this paper and it's yours.

Right now, OK?

It's done, come on.

What do you mean there's no baby?

Sign this paper and take it, please!

It's done.

I'll ask you to leave, please.

This, sir.

You're right on time.

One more second and

I would have taken it.

If you also wanna take the kid

No, no. We don't know who he is,

what the f*** are you saying?

No one knows.

Cover her, Ricardo, please!

It's cold!

It's OK.

No!

It's OK.

No!

Ready. As good as new.

Thanks, darling.

What for? What for?

Did she fit in there?

She looked older, didn't she?

Throw everything away.

Laura? Laura?

Laura?

Laura?

He's right. He must go.

What's he gonna do?

He'll be safe in Sweden with Claudia.

I haven't finished!

But if he stays we could

at least see him from time to time.

Living with the military,

do you know

what could happen to him

when they found out he's a Carlotto?

We have to get him abroad,

no matter what!

"Serving the country"

What country?

Couldn't you find a worse one, huh

This one sucks! It sucks! Look!

We've been discussing

it with your father and you're

right, Kibo.

You should flee.

It's the best.

You'll be safer.

Listen to this!

Listen to this sound!

It's a tin! Look! Look!

This sucks, mom, it sucks!

Stop it! Please!

We all miss her! All of us!

What are you doing there in the cold?

Did you take your pills?

I think so.

I think so?

That's what I need!

You getting sick!

And I was right! It's bent!

Everything's bent.

Municipal Cementery. La Plata 1979

No one knows anything.

Somebody has to know something, Sir.

You're here all day.

People come and go all the time.

You must have seen someone.

No, I didn't see anything.

But listen to me, please!

I need to know

where my daughter is!

What do you want me to tell you?

I don't know anything, madam.

Please! I need to find my daughter!

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