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- No, it's not.

Get it parallel to that.

Now, up! One, two, three!

Push!

It's in.

- Bloody hell.

- Did you hurt yourself?

Who needs a spleen, anyway?

Where are we going?

To the Jucar River.

Where's that?

What? It'll take us all night

just to go and come back.

I said I'd pay by the hour.

Just to go with you?

To come with me to the river,

dig a hole,

bury the freezer and not ask questions.

Look, I appreciate your trust

but my life's complicated enough!

I have no job, no papers,

I have to work the streets to survive.

Christ, you could have asked me!

I'm asking you now. How much?

You should've asked first.

All right,

give me the nights.

What nights?

The drinks at night, for a month.

And I keep what I make

from my cocktails.

And you buy the bottles.

All right, partner,

but not a word about this.

What can I do? I'm your accomplice now.

Just so you know,

I haven't killed anyone.

Don't tell me anything.

I wasn't going to.

Get out of the way. Give me that.

Oh, my God!

I can't do any more, I'm dead.

Take a break, I'll fill this in.

What are you doing here?

- Can we talk?

- I'm really busy.

Come in.

- How are you?

- The same.

- Have you found out anything?

- About what?

About what I asked you.

I didn't think you were serious.

May I sit down?

Have pity on me.

I do, all the pity you want,

but don't ask crazy things.

All I want is to know

if she's alive or dead!

I understand that

with the wind and the cancer

you've lost your mind,

but you can't complicate

other people's lives.

We've got enough on our plates.

The day your parents died in the fire,

my mother disappeared.

Don't you think

that's a strange coincidence?

No, it's just a coincidence.

You said your mother left

in the morning

and it wasn't the first time

she disappeared.

Your grandmother had to raise you

because she was never at home!

Don't make me say more.

My mother went off that morning

but it was to join your father

in the hut.

That's a lie.

- No one saw her.

- Of course not.

She made sure of that.

My mother was having an affair

with your father.

What are you saying!

My mother would never have allowed it!

That's why she went to live

with your Aunt Paula.

She did that

because my aunt wasn't well

but she never left him.

She went between the two houses.

You don't know, you weren't there

and you hardly had any contact

with your mother for years.

I often heard her complain

you treated her like sh*t.

Those were her words!

I've heard a lot of things.

Once

I heard a row

between your mother and mine.

Your mother told her

she could have your father,

she didn't care.

And she didn't envy her

because he'd been born

to hurt the women who loved him.

What are you getting at?

That your parents' death

and my mother's disappearance

are connected.

Then why haven't you gone

to the police?

They ask a lot of questions

and we should wash

our dirty linen at home.

That's why I won't go on TV

even though my sister is insisting.

You and I have to sort this out.

I have to get back to work.

Think about what I said.

How's Paco?

What?

He's fine.

Shouldn't we call Auntie

to say we're coming?

She never goes out.

We should warn her.

Why?

It's not polite just to turn up

at someone's house,

even if she is your sister.

What's up with you and Sole now?

It's a question of manners.

You and your aunt

are getting on my f***ing nerves!

You're so vulgar.

What have you brought, Raimunda?

Food for the three of us.

Why did you bother?

Why are you shouting?

Are you going deaf?

- Yes, I'm deaf.

- Deaf as a post.

We're staying a while,

I want you to cut my hair.

Why didn't you call?

I've got a client.

Don't worry, I'm in no hurry.

And we have to talk.

- About what?

- Aunt Paula's house.

- May I go and watch TV?

- Yes, go on.

We have to sort out

all the paperwork.

Grandma!

I'm here.

Don't make a sound, my mother's here.

I heard her.

Where's the Russian?

- Who's the Russian?

- A woman who's helping me.

I was telling her about

my son being expelled again.

He slashed the tires of the priest

who teaches him religion.

I was telling her

and she left me talking to myself

with my hair half-washed.

She must have gone out.

I don't know,

but she went off like a shot.

I'll finish you off.

She's got claustrophobia

and at times she needs to go outside.

Some help she is.

Do you pay her?

No, I took her in.

She eats and sleeps here.

I gave her mom's clothes.

I don't like you taking in

people you don't know.

We told her that.

People take advantage of her.

Look at the Russian.

She's living in luxury here.

How was Paco the other night?

Unpleasant. He came to get his clothes.

I think he's living with someone,

but I couldn't care less.

Why didn't you tell me

you had a Russian?

I guess I forgot.

That's Agustina!

Good afternoon, Agustina.

Good afternoon.

We know from your sister

that your mother was a single parent.

My mother was a hippie.

That's Agustina!

She never married.

So she practiced free love.

Your mother had a friend

who died the same day she disappeared.

How did she die?

In a fire.

There are lots of fires in my village,

because of the East wind.

Agustina's village is the wonderful

Alcanfor de las Infantas

which, according to statistics,

has the highest rate of insanity

per inhabitant.

Do you think that perhaps

your mother was mentally unbalanced?

When my mother wasn't well,

as she was a hippie,

she'd leave the village.

Until one day she left

and never came back.

Yes, that was almost four years ago.

We're very interested

in that friend of hers who died

the same day your mother

disappeared. Tell us about that.

About what?

We'd like you to tell us about

the woman who died in the fire.

- You know there are rumors...

- I don't believe in rumors.

I'd like you to explain

what you told our producer.

It was something important about

that woman and her husband

that linked them

to your mother's disappearance.

Is that true?

I'd rather...

not talk about that.

Those were suppositions of mine.

But you're here to talk about

that woman and your mother.

I've changed my mind.

SHE CAN'T BELIEVE HER SISTER

What's wrong? You look

uncomfortable, a bit nervous.

I'd like to explain

that Agustina is also here to tell us

that she's got a terminal illness.

Isn't that so?

Agustina has got cancer.

You've got cancer.

But don't be nervous,

you're among friends.

A big hand for Agustina!

Agustina has got a special wish.

To go to a clinic in Houston.

But to go to Houston,

you have to speak out.

Remember, you made

a commitment to this channel.

Agustina came to see me.

She did?

She insists that mom appears to us.

She wants me to ask her about her mother.

She also said that when she disappeared,

her mother was having

an affair with dad.

Do you know anything about that?

No...

Well, mom told me, after...

After what?

After... she found out.

Look at me.

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