See? Look at all those tadpoles.
- There are so many. - Why so many?
- Come this way. - Can I step on one and kill it?
I don't want you to step in the water.
If we step on the tadpoles they'll die.
- We don't want that. - Why not?
Because they want to live.
- See them? - Yes.
Come on.
One, two, three!
Come on.
There are so many rocks, do you think we'll fall down?
You won't fall, I'll hold you up.
You think I'd let you fall?
What if you slip and fall?
I may fall, but I always get back up!
But what if you scrape your knees? Or hurt yourself...
Come on, jump. One, two, three.
Listen.
- Can you hear it? - What?
A car was going the wrong way down the road.
Just imagine, they collided head on.
Who said you could put your tombstone on my mother's grave?
I want you to put hers back.
Now!
I need to talk to her urgently.
Our mother said that's our father's grave.
Didn't she?
You can have him if you want. We never knew him, anyway.
There are nothing but sons of bitches here.
It's true, ma'am.
That grave belongs to them.
Felix told me it was my mother's.
Who knows.
I killed that man myself...
and watched them bury him.
I even threw in some extra dirt...
in case it was the Devil...
or a female bandit.
Tortillas, please.
There you go. Drink up.
Do you know where my mom is buried?
I only know of the people I've killed.
As far as your mom, only Mr. Felix knows.
I really need to talk to her.
Do you know what that's like?
If you bring Mr. Felix to me...
I'll find out where your mother is buried.
What do you want?
My dad used to live here.
"My dad"! That's what they all say.
Dad.
I want us to go to San Francisco.
I want you to tell me a story...
like when I was little.
[TV] President Gustavo Dúz Ordaz speaks to the nation...
[TV] on this important date.
[TV] Today...
[newscaster] October 12th, 1968...
[news] I declare the opening of the Mexico Olympic Games...
[news] Which celebrate the 19th edition of the competition...
[newscaster] in modern times.
Félix!
San Francisco, kid!
SAN FRANCISCO POPULATION 43
[radio] Respectable audience...
[radio] Lupita Cinema greets you cordially...
[radio] and invites you to the church of this prosperous city
[radio] where you will have the opportunity to see...
an exciting feature film that includes no less and no more
[radio] than action, excitement and shootouts.
[radio] Respectable audience...
[radio] Lupita Cinema greets you cordially...
[radio] and invites you to the church of this prosperous city.
Sit down, fuckers.
Good evening.
Hello, dear.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Good evening, young man.
Good evening.
Your ticket.
- Hey? - What is it?
- Do you have naked girls? - I have two good ones.
Show me.
Put them away.
- They're gorgeous. Thanks. - So long.
[film] Tie him to that pole! Quick!
[film] You heard him, do it!
[film] Watch out!
Hey, kid.
Don't you have a place to sleep?
No.
You ran away from home.
I'm going to San Francisco.
This is San Francisco.
The other one, where bridges go up for ships to pass.
I'm going there too.
Come with me.
If you help with the movie, I'll feed you, until we get there...
How about it?
Yes.
Come on, kid. Help me.
- You like it? - Yeah.
It's nice.
This is where the magic of movies comes alive.
The action, the excitement.
And the shootouts.
Come on.
Let's hit the next town.
Up you go.
Drink up, it's better to be a drunk than a Catholic.
[film] Hunger divided among all of us only makes it worse.
[film]The fact is that here we are all half dead.
[film] And we don't have a penny to our names.
[film] It seems that bad fortune has a grip on us.
[film] There's nothing good under the sun.
[film] Ever since the beginning of time,
When's the shootout?
Wait a while.
This is an art film.
Even the Germans liked it.
Art my ass, you can keep your movie.
[film] Always the same story, as if they liked to relive it.
Damn films.
Oh, shit.
The first time I saw the sea I thought of you, Mom.
I thought of you like I'm thinking of you now.
I took my shoes off and stood at the edge of the waves.
When it seemed like I was the one who was moving...
I knew I had been happy.
Otherwise, what's the point of the sea coming and going...
day and night?
I want to be happy like you, Mom.
[sings] Your momma and your daddy...
[sings] went away on a trip...
[sings] to bring the head..."
Look what I brought you.
Smell it.
Yuck!
- Hey, what's that smell? - [giggles]
Holy honey.
Honeysuckle!
[laughs]
Must be the time of day.
What?
The smell of honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle!
[sings] Your momma and your daddy...
[sings] went away on a trip...
[sings] to bring the head...
[sings] of a rabid pig.
Hi, handsome. What will it be?
Some mescal.
[indistinct conversations]
Woooo! [applause]
[man sings]
[applause]
Two strong men, if you please.
- To carry the mermaid. - [woman] Wooo!
[woman] And she shakes her tail!
- Shake it! - [indistinct conversations]
- Beautiful! - [indistinct conversations]
- Move it, girls. - [indistinct conversations]
Your attention, please!
And now, especially for you, our respectable audience.
Directly from the desert, from far-away dunes...
- it's Miss Yuyusa! - [applause]
- Dance, dance, dance, dance! - [indistinct conversations]
- Beaver, beaver, beaver, beaver! - [indistinct conversations]
- Yeah, do it! - [indistinct conversations]
- Hey, hey, hey! - [indistinct conversations]
- They're in town! Let's move! - [indistinct conversations]
[indistinct conversations]
Here.
Thank you.
At your service.
Do you dance?
Not much.
I can teach you.
[romantic music] ♪ The time has come, my love ♪
♪ To tell each other ♪
♪ To tell each other the truth ♪
♪ And afterwards ♪
Are you the filmmaker?
That's what they call me.
I'm Guadalupe.
- Félix Salgado. - [laughs]
[romatic music] ♪ that I drank from your lips ♪
♪ For the zeal and the pain ♪
♪ That I caused you ♪
♪ The time has come, my love ♪
You keep getting more and more anxious.
What's so urgent?
- They want to kill you, Dad. - [laughs]
I already know that.
It allows me to live in peace.
The problem, if there is one...
is knowing when.
It's convenient for you, isn't it?
And about your mother...
she's buried where I told you...
Did you come alone?
Why so nervous, Misela?
Like I said, they want to kill you.
Relax.
When it's time... it's time. That's it.
There's not much one can do.
- Come with me. - Where?
Over there. Didn't you want me to take you to San Francisco?
I was just saying.
Dad!
Time is running out.
They're coming to get us.
To get you, that is.
And I didn't even get a hug from you.
[Misela] Félix!
I'm going to help you get away.
You don't know what you're saying.
Sure I know. I'm your daughter.
I wish you'd been a boy.
You're old, Dad.
The fuck I am.
[nostalgic music]
You have a customer.
Why me?
I'll be right back.
Remember what I told you to do?
Yes.
What was it?
See if you remember.
To ask all the men...
if they've seen some white packages.
Packages of white powder... [complains]
That were aboard a small plane
that went down around here.
When they're on top of you...
remember.
Careful.
Watch out.
Mother-fucker, what about me?
I was just imitating you.
Have a seat.
Once.
I can't even recall why.
I gave you a beating with my belt.
Yes, I remember.
It was about this time of day, I could smell the honeysuckle.
You didn't cry.
All you said was...
"May I go now?"
I thought, "This girl is a badass."
On the inside, I was glad.
I knew it would be hard for anyone to make you suffer.
I always know when you're lying to me.
I can see right through you.
Let's keep going.
[newscaster] The Berlin Wall has come down!
[newscaster] Moscow and Washington react with caution...
- Want some? - Yes.
- That's enough. - Enough?
[newscaster] The Spanish network...
Thank you.
[newscaster] while Eastern soldiers watched in awe.
- Hand me your plate. - Stop.
Is that all?
Have some beans.
- You want beans? - Stop.
Not me, thanks.
No, thanks.
[newscaster] There is no expert on Germany who can say...
[gags]
[newscaster] if the reunification of the two sides
You idiot.
[newscaster in backround]
This time I want to keep it.
One more whore's child in the world?
That's why we're in this situation.
[newscaster] It's the end of 28 years of frustration.
[newscaster] Last night hundreds of youngsters took down the wall
Don't look at me.
No.
It's not mine, it's not mine.
[newscaster plays in backround]
Help!
[cries]
- Push, push, push Push... relax. - [cries]
- Don't yell. Now push, push. - [deep breaths]
- That's it. - [cries]
Help me over here.
- Push and breathe, come on. - [deep breaths]
- Push. Relax, relax. - [deep breaths]
- Stop yelling, relax. Relax. - [cries]
- It's coming, it's coming. - [cries]
- It's coming, relax. There. - [cries]
- I can see the head, relax. - [cries]
- Here it comes! - [cries]
- That's it. - [cries]
- It's coming, it's almost here. - [deep breaths]
- That's it! - [screams]
- Very good. - [cries]
- [baby cries] - It's a girl!
- [baby cries] - [mother cries]
Give that to me.
- [baby cries] - [deep breaths]
That's it, that's it.
- What a pretty little girl! - [baby cries]
- [laughs] - Another little whore.
Wash her off inside.
That's it, relax.
That's it.
[laughs]
- ♪Your momma and your daddy ♪ - [baby coos]
♪ Went away on a trip ♪
♪ To bring the head ♪
♪ Of a rabid pig ♪
♪ This pretty girl ♪
♪ Is in my heart ♪
♪ Mommy is a hare ♪
♪ And daddy is a possum ♪
[baby coos]
[baby cries]
[bells ring]
Let's go Dad, it's almost dusk.
[sings] ♪ The sky is very somber ♪
♪ The sky is still blue ♪
♪ The forest is very somber ♪
♪ The sky is still blue ♪
Fate is always fulfilled.
You just need the messenger to say...
"Your time has come."
Are you the messenger?
Let's go, then.
[nostalgic music]
[radio]
Tighten these.
Tighten them.
Here's another one.
- Take good care of her. - Yes.
Let's go.
- Take care. - Goodbye.
Hold her for a second.
No!
- Hey! - Take care of her!
No! I'm going to San Francisco!
She might be yours!
No! Hey!
Mister!
You forgot your baby.
She's not mine.
- She's not mine. - She isn't?
No.
- Why are you holding her? - Keep her.
- Look. - No, I can't.
She's beautiful.
She is, but I can't take care of her.
- Keep her. - Where did you find her?
- There. - You're holding her.
- Keep her. - No.
No. I'm an elderly woman.
I'm old, I can't work anymore.
You're young, you can work hard.
You can support her.
Feed your baby and don't let her lie in piss or shit!
- [whistles] - [baby cries]
Don't cry, Misela...
and I'll tell you a story.
MISELA - NEOUS STORE "THE LIGHT"
Once upon a time...
long, long ago...
before there were streets or anything...
there was a girl who liked stars so much...
that she wanted to hold one in her hand.
I'm going to show you the place where the star fell.
There, that's it.
Look for stones you can step on.
Here we are.
Look, look.
- One, two, three Ah! - [child laughs]
- What a big jump. - [laughs]
It was a big jump.
That's right.
Look, look at this.
This is where it all begins.
See?
Do you like it?
Watch your arm.
- So, did you like it? - Yes.
[laughs]
Remember when I woke up crying from a nightmare?
Yes. And I cried, too.
Because I couldn't and still can't do anything about it.
I dreamed the sun tumbled down on a place like this.
And because the sun tumbled down...
I would never see you again, Dad.
Let's go.
[nostalgic music]
There's a man outside!
[suspense music]
Here.
Colombian.
You were looking for it.
How much is there?
About a hundred packages.
Your wife and daughter.
She's very cute, by the way.
[laughs]
Félix, my man!
I like you for a Compadre.
Out of uniform, Captain.
Take off the shades, you look ridiculous.
Alright, Mr. Félix.
[soft music]
Did you kill my mom?
No.
She died a natural death when you were born.
And she's buried where I told you.
That's not true.
A man is buried there.
So, you're all grown up now.
Yeah.
[gun clicks]
Let me know when you get over your tantrum.
You can't go.
The fuck I can't.
[cocks gun]
What's this?
- Did you forget what I told you? - No.
I didn't forget.
You didn't?
[suspense music] Shoot, then.
What are you waiting for?
[laughs]
You're still just a dumb-ass brat, Misela.
You were deceived.
They want you to take me where they can kill me.
They've been trying to get to me for a long time.
But they can't find me.
Not even with the Captain on their side.
They tricked you, darling.
You sold me out...
and didn't even realize it.
That's not true.
No!
Never regret what you've already done.
Even if it was a mistake.
It's no use.
What's done is done.
Come on.
- Hi. - Hi.
- How are you? - Fine.
Good.
- I brought you a present. - What is it?
- Here, you want to see it? - Yes.
Uuuuh [laughs]
- It's pretty. - It's really pretty.
- Let's put it in here. - Like that.
- Or like this. - Not the whole thing.
- There, there. - Alright, leave it there.
I'm going to teach you a game, let's play?
- Yes. - Alright, sit here. And...
here it is.
Grab it here, put your hand there...
the other hand here, and then...
aim.
This is how you do it.
Pull the trigger hard.
Pull hard.
[gunshot]
Lupita Cinema.
"Lupita Cinema greets you...
and invites you tonight to the atrium of the church...
of this prosperous city...
where you will watch...
an exciting movie where you will see...
no less and no more than action, excitement and shootouts.
We'll be expecting you."
It went something like that, I don't remember anymore.
You'll need it someday.
Last night I dreamed that I finally got to San Francisco.
But there were no bridges that went up for ships to pass.
Only sea.
And on the bottom, white peaches.
- I remember when I was little... - Shh.
What?
Hear that?
No.
[sings] ♪ Young Princess Flor ♪
♪ And young Princess Isabel ♪
♪ Use a flower to wipe their fannies ♪
♪ Heavens, why are those princesses so cruel to plants? ♪
Mr. Félix.
Ma'am.
Take your glasses off.
Sorry, sir.
Fate is always fulfilled.
- Dad, I didn't... - It's alright.
The others wouldn't have dared.
They're too scared of me.
Fear, like love, is for poor people.
And those who are loyal...
can't see beyond their own nose, right Captain?
Whatever you say, sir.
[laughs] See?
Only you can see beyond, and get something out of it.
But being my daughter gets in your way.
Your mother's grave is just an excuse.
Did you plan this?
I wanted to know what you were made of.
Besides, it's time to put this mess in order.
To do that, there can only be one boss.
Only one.
Who's to say...
we may even start another revolution.
Who was Pancho Villa, Captain?
- A cow hustler, sir. - Yeah.
Let me say goodbye, Captain.
Give me a hug and a kiss.
[cries]
[sad music] Don't be chicken.
- Don't be afraid. - [cries]
Death is a simple matter.
I'm ready, Captain.
You can come now.
Go ahead.
Do what you came to do.
What we agreed.
[suspense music]
[cocks gun]
[cries]
[gun shot]
[cries]
[grunts in pain]
[sad music] [grunts in pain]
[cocks gun]
It's alright, Captain.
It's alright.
Don't cry.
You're a bastard, Dad.
What?
So are you.
At your orders, ma'am.
Where's my mom, Captain?
Only Mr. Félix knew that.
You're a bastard too.
No doubt about that.
May neither men nor dogs ever find his body.
You can count on it, ma'am.
In order for friends and enemies...
to respect and fear you...
you must deliver your father's head.
BETRAYAL
for Julieta and Daniel