[loud clanging]
[Kauffman]
[Álex]
[Kauffman]
What do you see?
[liquid gurgling, echoing]
[Álex]
THE LAST NIGHT AT TREMORE BEACH
[Álex]
I can hear music playing in the distance.
["Für Elise" playing on recording]
[Álex]
She's speaking to me through music.
She used to say it was good for my development.
[playing "Für Elise" on piano]
[Álex] long before I was even born.
So she started training me.
It's called "Für Elise."
It's a bagatelle that requires a lot of hand coordination, my son.
It was composed by Beethoven.
And it's rumored that he composed it for a woman he loved.
Maybe someday you'll find your Elise,
and you'll compose something like it for her.
-What if he's an astronaut? -No.
-Huh? -Impossible.
-Oh, really? -Yep.
[chuckles] He'll be a composer.
-I've seen it, Isaak. -[both chuckle]
EPISODE 5 MOM
[symphonic music playing]
Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad.
Reading the score is not enough. You need to capture it.
In order to be geniuses, you have to be mediums.
You need to communicate with a different world.
[Álex] for her diamond in the rough at school.
And she knew how hard it was.
That language is always there
to remind us that we are more than simple animals,
who are destined to die after a life of pain.
-[Álex] -[mother panting]
Get out.
-Get out of there. -What's wrong? What happened?
-[moans] -What's the matter?
What? What's wrong?
-[crying] -[hesitates]
What's wrong?
[Álex] had one of those episodes.
[softly] Take me to the hospital. Now.
Please.
[mother panting]
[doctor] Everything's fine.
Can you double-check?
Elvira, I can assure you, your son's doing perfectly fine.
Something's not right. I know it.
-He's fine. -By the way, have you decided on a name?
Álex. His name will be Álex.
[quietly] Álex is not okay.
-[doctor] Well, Álex is moving. -I know it.
Check again, please.
[machinery whirs, beeping]
What's wrong?
Something's wrong, right?
What is it?
-[screams] -[doctor] Come on. You need to focus.
-[Álex crying] -[mother sobs]
[doctor] Really good. Really good.
Good job.
Honey, come here.
Oh, I wanna see him.
Here, here. No, no, no, no, no! No, no, no, no, no, no!
[Álex] and I almost strangled myself.
[mother] No, I wanna see him!
[Álex] I would've died in minutes.
The doctors said it was luck, but my mom was sure something was wrong.
And nothing could change her mind about that.
[Kauffman]
[machinery whirring]
[Kauffman]
Breathe, Álex.
[Álex breathing shakily]
I want you to think about everything you just said
and try to discern what's real and what's fiction
from the stories your mother told you.
I know I couldn't possibly remember that moment,
but it's the first thing that came to my mind.
It's interesting.
Of all the doors you could've opened, your mind has chosen this one.
[Álex]
[Kauffman] No. I don't want you to judge yourself.
Just take note of what you did.
[Álex]
All right.
Now, I want you to look for an image of you as a kid.
The first one that comes to mind.
And go to that moment in the present.
As if you were really there.
-[Álex exhales] -[playing simple melody]
-[Álex] -[Kauffman]
Four.
-[playing "Für Elise" slowly] -[Kauffman]
[Álex]
The first concert of many I'm gonna play throughout my life.
-[indistinct chatter] -["Für Elise" playing]
[Álex] of her long-term plan.
She doesn't improvise with me.
And that's how life goes up until I was ten.
I pass my entrance exam for the best music school in Oviedo.
Just like she'd planned.
[snapping to beat]
Cor, cor. Cor, cor. Cor, cor. Cor, cor. Cor, cor. Cor, cor…
[Álex] three years of my life here.
-Piano. -[teacher] Perfect.
-[Álex] -[teacher] Very good.
[Álex]
-Fly with the piece. -[Álex]
No exception.
[Elvira] Come on, carry it. Ride with the melody.
Keep it moving, keep it moving, move your fingers, your fingers.
-Álex, please. Focus. -[Isaak] Elvira, please.
-Isaak, stay out of it. -He's been practicing all morning.
Will you leave this to me?
-[metronome ticking] -[sighs]
-Come on. Focus. -[resumes playing "Für Elise"]
[Álex] where my first real problems began.
-["Für Elise" ends abruptly] -[kids chattering]
[principal] So… his poor performance has been very alarming.
He failed six classes.
He's clearly struggling to pay attention in class.
Maybe fewer hours of playing piano would help.
Music is his life.
That's
[Álex]
and I feel like there's something she's not telling me.
-You're underestimating your son. -You heard the principal.
Enough.
[Elvira] There is more to life than studying.
[Álex] and my parents argue because of me.
-[Elvira] Great. -[Isaak] He's struggling.
Falling asleep. What do you want?
[Álex]
[somber music playing]
It's the first night of many in which I sleepwalk.
[loud rhythmic clanging]
[beeping]
[Álex] to the living room like a robot.
[Álex] like I'd never played it before.
[playing "Für Elise" at a fast tempo]
[metronome ticking rapidly]
["Für Elise" playing downstairs]
[Álex]
and my mom says…
Just what I had seen.
Leave him. Stop.
[Álex] I suspect my mom thinks
she can see things that come to pass.
[young Álex] Is it bad?
[Elvira]
We're special.
You're
You're a little angel, honey.
Why?
-Because of our instinct. -[loud banging]
Talk about that.
About the instinct your mother believed she had.
Which she described as seeing the future.
[Álex] For as long as I can remember,
my mom would always talk about the dream she had, which saved my life.
[train horn toots]
[Álex]
And they were always the same.
[train engine whirs]
[train horn toots]
[reporter on TV] this morning on a railway near Oviedo.
A train derailed due to unknown causes
while traveling over 180 kilometers per hour.
Investigators are working to determine
whether the derailment was caused by human error.
[Álex] Yeah. At PE today, we did athletics.
-So that's a lot of running, huh? -Yeah.
By the way, they made me--
-[unsettling music playing] -[gasps]
[Álex] What? What's wrong?
[thunder rumbles]
[crying] My son, my son, my son, my son, my son…
-[thunder rumbles] -My son…
-["Für Elise" playing] -[metronome ticking]
[indistinct chatter outside]
-["Für Elise" stops] -[sighs]
[tense music playing]
[inhales sharply]
-[hits keys] -[gasps]
Honey, honey.
-Hey. It's okay. -[Elvira whimpers]
What do you see?
-What? -[player] Juan.
Juan, hey, dude. Dude. Juan?
Hey, what's wrong?
Hey, dude. Are you okay? Juan!
[loud banging]
[Kauffman] In the pattern of your mother's visions.
Always deaths. The final destination.
Not always.
The only exception you've mentioned so far is yourself.
Your piano playing.
Your musical career.
I guess I tend to dwell on the deaths more
because they're more shocking than the happy visions she also had.
-[beeping] -Let's keep that in mind. It's important.
OBSESSED WITH DEATH
[Kauffman]
[whirring]
[Álex]
they ran some tests on my mom.
And it was the first time they uttered that damn word.
[doctor] Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
that causes individuals like yourself to interpret reality in a different way.
It typically involves hallucinations, delusions,
and significant disturbances in thoughts and behaviors.
I know exactly what's happening to me.
-What I see is real. I'm not crazy. -[doctor] You're sick, Elvira.
And you cannot distinguish
between what your mind imagines and reality.
If you decide not to get treated,
we'll have to get you admitted.
[somber music playing]
[indistinct, distant chatter]
[Álex] for the first time.
But the attacks always come back.
And the medication too.
Years later, my dad gets sick and tired of all of it and changes things.
[Kauffman] and tell me what you see.
-[calming music playing] -[seagulls crying]
[Álex]
Well, my parents' house.
I'm 18 years old. I'm starting a new life.
My dad has decided to isolate my mom from all stimuli.
She's stopped teaching. I'm her only student now.
[metronome ticking]
[playing "Symphony No. 40 in G Minor" by Mozart]
[performing symphony]
[Álex] to keep growing as a musician.
And there, I meet people like me.
-[laughing] -[indistinct chatter]
[Álex]
but it's impossible with her around.
I gotta go.
[Álex]
[rock music playing on headphones]
[muffled] Álex.
Álex!
It's time to sleep. Come on. Put that away.
Turn the music off.
["Symphony No. 40" continues]
[Álex sighs]
[Álex grunts]
[dance music thumping]
[excited chatter]
[laughing]
["Symphony No. 40" continues]
[group cheering]
[Álex] I've ever felt this happy.
But it doesn't last long.
Let's go, dude.
[Álex] what's about to happen.
[laughs]
[Álex exclaims]
[music intensifies]
-[music stops] -[high-pitched ringing]
[loud banging]
[breathing shakily]
[Kauffman]
Álex. Keep going, please.
Go back, Álex.
Go back and tell me what happened after that.
[sirens wailing]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[dramatic music playing]
[Kauffman]
[Álex]
I feel like I'm leaving.
My mind separates from my body.
And I see something.
[Kauffman]
[paramedic 1] Sir, can you hear me?
[Kauffman]
[paramedic 2] Are you okay?
[Álex]
I see the rest of my life flashing before my eyes.
[applause]
-[loud thumping] -[indistinct chatter]
[sounds distort]
[laughter echoes]
[monitor beeping]
I've seen his life.
And it doesn't end here.
Please stop saying things like that.
He won't die, Isaak.
I'm telling you.
-[music dies down] -[gulls crying]
[Álex]
When I get home,
she's angry
and confused.
[somber music playing]
Does it hurt?
[exhales]
What I see can't be changed.
But that doesn't mean I'm in full control.
Your destiny's beautiful, Álex. Please believe me.
But you need to have discipline.
From now on, there will be no more orchestras or parties.
I'm sorry.
[music fades]
[pianist warming up]
Guys, this is Álex.
Hi.
[unsettling music playing]
-[music fades] -[breathing shakily]
[alarm beeping]
[Kauffman]
Álex. Hold the moment.
[unsettling music rises]
[music fades]
[breathing slows]
[Kauffman]
-Try to go back. -[gasps]
[quietly] I don't wanna remember her.
Why?
[inhales deeply] It hurts.
Estrella hurts so much.
Embrace what hurts, Álex.
Let it invade your body.
Let the pain spread.
Breathe.
Talk about Estrella.
[distant piano music playing]
[performing warm-up exercise]
[music fades]
[laughing]
-I beat you. -No.
-Of course I did. -You didn't.
-[Estrella inhales sharply] -[birds singing]
-[softly] I did. -
But she'll be the love of my life.
[gentle music playing]
I feel the melody.
[Estrella exhales]
[kisses]
[Estrella laughs softly]
What are you doing?
Looking for your melody.
[Estrella chuckles]
[Álex exhales]
[both panting]
[man whistling casually]
[gentle music fades]
[whistling continues]
Estrella!
Oh my God.
Estrella?
Shit, shit, damn it, damn it. Álex, Álex, Álex. We fell asleep.
Estrella, sweetie! Are you home?
-Sweetie. -[gasps] Shit, you scared me, Dad.
-Jesus. -Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry.
-I just saw you here, and, uh… -[grunts] I don't feel very well.
-Sure. You don't feel very well. -[Estrella] Mm-hmm.
Hmm. And your friend doesn't feel very well either?
[Estrella chuckles]
-He doesn't wanna say hi to me? -Álex, forget it. [laughs]
-[father] Would you look at that? -Uh, hi.
[Álex] construction company.
He's got so much money, he doesn't even know what to do with it.
["I'm Gonna Be" playing]
[Álex] and he likes me.
[indistinct chatter]
[Álex]
Sorry.
He knows how to keep one because he has secrets of his own.
[young Álex] What did you say your dad does for a living?
[Estrella] Construction.
Who are those guys?
They work for him. They keep thieves off the sites.
But don't worry about it. They never come in the house.
♪ But I would walk 500 miles ♪
♪ And I would walk 500 more ♪
♪ Just to be the man ♪
♪ Who walked 1,000 miles ♪
-[both laugh] -♪ To fall down at your door ♪
♪ When I'm workin'… ♪
[Álex] Go on! Take that!
Holy shit!
-[Estrella yells] No! Wait! Don't! -Drop her in!
[Estrella] No!
[laughs]
♪ When I come home ♪
-♪ When I come home ♪ -
♪ I'm gonna be the man Who comes back home to you ♪
♪ And if I grow old ♪
♪ Well, I know I'm gonna be ♪
♪ I'm gonna be the man Who's growin' old with you ♪
♪ But I would walk 500 miles ♪
[playing piano melody]
♪ And I would walk 500 more ♪
♪ Just to be the man Who walked 1,000 miles ♪
♪ To fall down at your door ♪
-♪ Da-da-da-da ♪ -♪ Da-da-da-da ♪
♪ Da-da-dum-diddy-dum Diddy-dum-diddy-da-da-da ♪
-♪ Da-da-da-da ♪ -♪ Da-da-da-da ♪
♪ Da-da-dum-diddy-dum Diddy-dum-diddy-da-da-da ♪
[upbeat song fades]
[gentle piano melody playing]
-[Elvira] Did you compose it? -[melody stops]
Come on, play it again.
Just one more time.
[gentle piano melody resumes]
You come up with a title already?
"For Estrella." Or just "Estrella."
Who's the lucky lady?
No one. I made her up.
[Kauffman] So your father knows about Estrella.
I feel like I can tell him almost anything.
And your mother?
-Does she ever find out? -[Álex]
But she starts to sense something in her own way.
-[unsettling music playing] -[thunder rumbles]
[breathing shakily]
[groans]
[thunder rumbles]
[groans]
[unsettling music rises]
[floorboards creaking]
[thunder rumbles]
-[panting] -[whispering] Álex, the pit. The pit.
Álex. How did you end up there? You're running out of time.
You're running out of time, Álex.
Mom? What happened?
-Leave this house! -What happened, Mom? Mom!
-Get out. Leave. -What's wrong?
-What are you doing? -Leave this house.
-[young Álex] Calm down, Mom! -[Elvira] Get out!
-Mom, are you okay? -[Elvira] Leave this house!
-What happened? -[Elvira crying] Listen to me.
Listen to me, leave this house.
-Calm down! -Leave this house, Álex!
Álex!
-Please! -You're in danger.
-Listen to me, leave this house. -Elvira. Elvira!
-Get out! Leave this house. -Mom, hey! It's okay.
-There you go, that's it. -Álex, leave this house.
[Isaak] It's okay. It's okay.
-It's okay. -[Elvira cries] Álex, leave this house.
[Isaak] Don't worry.
-[sobs] -Easy.
[Isaak] Easy. Easy.
-Easy. That's it. -[Elvira's breathing slows]
-That's it. -[thunder rumbles]
[Isaak, gently] There you go. That's it.
That's it.
-[Isaak] -[Elvira]
I was somewhere I'd… I'd never seen before.
With white walls and…
a lot of light coming in.
There was this… this green lattice and a man playing chess.
And Álex was there… with a woman.
It wasn't his wife.
I'd never seen that woman in my life, Isaak.
He was far away from the life he was destined for.
-She put him in danger. -Shh. Okay, okay, okay, okay.
-Don't worry, sweetie. It's okay. -[Elvira] It was all… darkness around her.
[Álex] what my mother had said later,
I thought she was talking about Estrella.
Now you don't?
A few days ago…
I saw my mom, and she said the same thing.
[Judy crying softly]
[Álex] nearly dead inside my piano.
Álex. Leave this house. Álex, leave this house right now.
[Kauffman] the woman she saw was her. Judy.
And those bad things will happen here in Tremore.
The same danger I've been seeing in my visions.
It's pretty clear that she's influenced you.
And shaped your thoughts to conform to a particular narrative.
Your mother could've projected her fear
that you'd abandon her and go live your own life.
And besides, your father told you all this.
Maybe how your father described it wasn't exactly what your mother said.
But let's not be hasty.
Tell me what happened next.
My mom comes home.
And for a while, it seems like it's all going… fine.
[playing energetic melody]
[Álex]
And likewise, I go back to Estrella.
Stop.
[Álex] that will change everything.
[teacher] The principal has something to tell you.
We have confirmation that you, as music students,
will be candidates for a scholarship
to the Royal British Conservatory in London.
Every year, the school offers scholarships to students all around the world.
But only one of you will be selected
and will have the privilege of studying there.
[Álex] I'd seen those walls.
[birds singing]
[Álex] separating from my body again.
I know how those visions end.
-[camera shutter clicks] -[laughs]
[Álex]
[laughs]
[young Álex] I don't know if I wanna go.
Well, you have to win the scholarship first.
I will.
[Estrella scoffs]
You're such a bighead.
I know I will.
Why wouldn't you wanna go, then?
[softly] Álex.
One of us going to London doesn't mean we're bound to break up.
Nothing can break us apart if we wanna be together.
Do you know why?
Because we're unstoppable.
[Álex chuckles softly]
So put your insecurities aside,
because if one of us is going, the other will too.
And we'll come up with a way for both of us to study somewhere.
I can't afford a good music school in England.
My mom won't give me a choice but to beat you.
[Álex]
She became obsessed with making me practice
the song for the scholarship contest.
-Can you slow the tempo? -It's the one Beethoven used.
Beethoven was already deaf.
And that's precisely why the metronome is our best guide to play the music, Álex.
-His metronome was probably broken. -Álex!
No one gets that. This is too fast.
-Without technique, there's no freedom. -This piece is impossible!
A good pianist should never ignore his technique. He has to forget it.
That's why you're going to London.
Technique, Álex, technique. Get that stuck in your head.
Shall we?
And… one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
And one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
Three, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
[loudly] Play!
[playing fast-paced melody]
Álex, gently, gently, gently, gently.
Relax your shoulders, Álex. Relax your shoulders.
Let your fingers fly.
[inhales sharply]
Álex. Álex, focus on the piece. Come on!
Keep it clean. Keep it clean. Keep the grace notes clean.
Come on, Álex.
Álex. Tempo, tempo, tempo, tempo!
Come on. Technique, Álex, technique!
Breathe.
Your left hand, Álex.
Keep your left hand moving. It's just as important as the right.
Like that, breathe.
Air, air, air, air. Let them fly!
Álex, keep your left hand moving. Come on.
That's it.
Fly.
Relax your shoulders.
Get ready.
Prepare.
There you go, there you go.
More gently. Yep.
-[claps] -The left hand. The left hand, Álex.
More force, more force.
Álex, you've got this, you've got this, you've got this. Fly, fly, fly, fly.
Prepare for the ending. Tragic.
Tragic. Tragic.
-[song concludes] -[exhales]
[indistinct chatter]
[Kauffman]
Where are you now?
[Álex]
It's the day of the scholarship contest.
I'm in the car.
I'm nervous.
Thinking that I don't wanna lose Estrella by winning the scholarship.
[Elvira] Good evening.
[Álex] Hello.
[sighs]
-Do you know each other? -She's in my class.
[Elvira] Hmm.
Hi, how's it going?
Hmm. Hi there.
Well, today she's your enemy.
Uh-oh! Excuse me, the car keys.
So? Are you nervous?
Isn't your dad coming?
-So, just these two things. -I guess he's gonna be late. As expected.
-Well, see you later. -Yep.
-Estrella. -Hi, Isaak. How are you?
-[Isaak] Good. You? -[Estrella] Good, ready.
Great.
Estrella?
Do you know her?
Yeah, well, I met her one day when I picked him up at school. And, uh…
-Yeah. -Right.
[whispering] Ernesto. He's got soul.
[playing fast-paced melody]
[indistinct whispers]
[playing rapid melody]
[whispering] She's not keeping it clean.
-But she's-- -She's never gonna beat Álex.
[playing fast-paced melody]
[excited chatter]
[whispers] She's pretty good, right?
Álex plays it much better.
[piano melody continues]
[playing fast-paced melody]
[melody concludes]
[applause]
[Estrella] Play like you do, and the scholarship is yours.
Unless I win. [giggles]
[judge] is Álex de la Fuente.
[applause]
[Álex] I feel like I've lived it before.
-[applause fades] -[unsettling music playing]
[Álex] but lose her.
[heart beating]
[metronome ticking]
[inhales sharply]
[judge] Whenever you're ready.
We don't have all day. Go ahead, please.
[man coughs]
[sighs]
[Álex] that will change my life forever.
-[plays wrong note] -[gasps]
[panting]
[Kauffman]
[Álex]
With Paula, Bruno, and Bea.
Years after winning the scholarship and losing Estrella.
Before all the bad stuff.
[gentle music playing]
[Álex] at the art gallery where she works.
-Come on, say bye to Papa. -[Álex]
We paid for it thanks to the movies. I compose film scores.
Allan hired me once I was done with school and kept getting me new gigs.
-How good to see you again. -Hey, Allan.
Janek, Álex. Álex, Janek.
[epic music playing]
[Álex] to the service of others.
[plays notes]
[orchestra playing epic tune]
[Álex]
[strings join in]
[horns join in]
[TV presenter]
-Álex de la Fuente for -[cheering]
[Álex] away from my family.
Until I feel like everything's happening just as it was written.
And, ironically, my mom wasn't there to witness it.
[award ceremony playing on TV]
[Álex] shortly after I moved to England.
Her attacks got worse, and she was no longer herself.
Her mind couldn't take it anymore, and she had a stroke.
[gentle piano melody playing]
[Álex] that she couldn't see all this.
The future she envisioned, which I wasn't able to avoid.
[kids laughing]
[Kauffman] make you feel, Álex?
[metronome ticking]
[Álex]
The day I won the scholarship to go to London,
I got trapped in my mother's obsession forever.
As soon as I realize that, I give up.
Because I feel like this isn't the life I would've chosen.
[metronome stops]
I realize that I'm not happy, and I enter a crisis.
I hide myself away in work.
I pursue success so as not to stop.
Because if I stop, I feel.
And I don't want to feel.
[monitor beeping]
[Álex]
and the inevitable happens.
Paula has been feeling my rejection for months.
And one day, while working at the gallery, she meets Niels.
It all happens so fast.
[laughing]
[both panting]
[Álex]
And after three months, she spits everything out.
[Paula] I've met someone.
And I'm moving to Amsterdam with him.
[somber music playing]
[Kauffman]
[quietly] Empty.
Nothing makes any sense.
[Kauffman]
[somber music intensifies]
I love you so much.
Okay, okay, go.
-You got your stuff? -[Bea] Bye, Dad.
[Bruno] Bye, Papa.
[inhales shakily]
[Kauffman] what happened after that.
[screams]
[glass shatters]
[Kauffman]
[Álex]
Be more specific.
With my work.
[Kauffman]
[Álex] fulfills me anymore.
I just do what other people tell me to do.
I ignore Allan's advice.
For God's sake, Álex.
[Álex]
You can't do this. You can't walk out.
[Álex]
And doing what I feel like doing, not the shit people tell me to do.
[mournful music playing]
[Kauffman] you're sabotaging your career, Álex?
I want to find my… my voice.
Even if I have to fight tooth and nail for it.
And I get angry if I'm denied that privilege.
Please, stop, Álex.
It doesn't work.
It doesn't work. Álex, please.
I hate it.
Can you stop playing this fucking shit, please?
I can't stand it! Álex, the music is horrible.
[Kauffman]
[director] Somebody stop it.
-Say it out loud. -
-[director] Stop! Stop! -Say it.
It doesn't work. What the hell are you doing?
[both grunt]
Who are you punching? Tell me who you're really punching.
Tell me who you're angry with, Álex. Who are you punching right now?
[inhales sharply]
[breathing shakily]
My mother.
[somber music playing]
[gasps]
[gulls crying]
[Kauffman]
[Álex]
I haven't worked in a year.
And I've just spent my first night with Judy.
It's the first time I feel at peace in a very long time.
The scar on my hand hurts, but it doesn't matter.
I go out on the balcony.
My neighbors are going fishing.
[loud banging]
[Álex]
[thunder rumbles]
-[breathing shakily] -[María screams]
-[camera shutter clicks] -[electricity thrums]
-I want you to calm down, Álex. -[breathing shakily]
-[María sobbing indistinctly] -[Kauffman]
Álex, listen to your breathing.
-Álex, Álex, Álex. -Stop, Dad!
[Kauffman]
Please calm down. Álex.
Calm down, calm down, Álex. Calm down.
That's it, that's it. Breathe.
Calm down.
-[monitor beeping] -Calm down.
-[breathing slows] -[Kauffman]
-[heart racing] -It's okay.
[beating slows]
It's okay.
Listen to me.
The hooded men, the rain of fish…
All those symbols are linked to what you've told me so far.
The question is, what links them?
And I suspect that you're scared of digging that up.
Doctor.
I haven't hidden anything.
[Kauffman]
But there's a door you didn't want to open.
That of pain.
You escape from it the moment you sense it.
That's why you haven't told me how you won the scholarship yet,
and why you and Estrella parted ways.
So I'd like to ask you to go back to that point of no return in your life
and tell me what happened.
We don't have all day. Go ahead, please.
[fast-paced piano melody playing]
[Elvira]
Air.
The left hand. The left hand, Álex!
Tragic! Tragic!
Tragic!
[plays wrong note]
-[plays wrong note] -[gasps]
I deliberately played the wrong note.
[plays wrong note]
[Álex] against the life my mom envisioned for me.
I wanted to be with Estrella.
[timid applause]
[applause fades]
[gloomy music playing]
-What have you done? -Go out there and wow them.
I'm going to London with you.
[applause]
[judge] is Estrella Escudé.
[applause fades]
[playing fast-paced melody]
So this is all because of her?
I don't know what happened.
I'm gonna tell you what happened.
You intentionally tried to ruin your own future, Álex.
Do you think I'm stupid?
You say what you see can't be changed,
and we can't escape our future because it's written.
-Álex. -I just proved you wrong, didn't I?
-Are you okay? -Better than ever.
You knew about this girl, didn't you?
He needs to live his life, Elvira.
You're stupid, Isaak.
I'd like to believe
you're not an accomplice in all this.
Of course I'm not an accomplice.
Isaak, she won't be a part of his life.
She is now.
-[melody concludes] -[applause]
Bravo!
[Ramiro] Bravo!
[Kauffman] I don't understand, Álex.
If Estrella won the scholarship and got the life that,
according to your mother, you were destined to live,
what changed everything?
Why did you end up going alone to London,
instead of going with her, as you two had originally planned?
What happened, Álex?
[breathing shakily]
[Kauffman]
Don't go away. Come back and tell me what happened.
Tell me what happens, Álex.
-There was a party after the gala. -No.
No, in the present, Álex. Don't run away.
I want you to be there, mentally.
As if you were living in that moment right now.
[lively jazz music playing]
[excited chatter]
[Álex]
My mom doesn't wanna join in.
I wanna talk to her, but my dad says he'll do it for me.
I'll talk to your mom.
[Ramiro] So where do you think we should hang this?
[Álex]
They argue in front of everyone.
For the first time, I don't feel any guilt.
When I see her begging to the members of the jury,
all I feel is embarrassment.
-Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. -And then relief when she finally leaves.
I feel
happy, at ease.
-Okay. -Come on, Álex. Let's go.
[Álex] finally give us some space.
-[upbeat music playing] -[laughs]
I feel like I can be myself for the first time.
[jazz music fades]
-[indistinct chatter] -[Estrella laughs]
Are you sure you don't want a ride?
It's late, my house is far away. I'll get a taxi, don't worry.
You still have to tell me what happened in there, okay?
[crickets chirping]
[young Álex sighs]
You did that intentionally, right?
Why?
It was how I felt.
Why do I get the feeling you're hiding something?
I don't wanna lose you.
And you won't.
You won't.
-Let me know when you get home, okay? -Okay.
Okay. Now, go.
Go ahead, go.
-[tender music playing] -[Estrella] Álex!
What are we?
Unstoppable.
[engine starts]
[Isaak, in distance] Where are you? Huh?
Call me when you hear this. Bye.
[phone beeps]
-Hey. -Why are you up?
I couldn't sleep.
-Who were you talking to? -No one.
Work stuff.
-Where's Mom? -[tender music fades]
Uh… sleeping.
I'll go talk to her.
Wait until tomorrow. She's still upset, you know?
[young Álex] Mm.
Don't you get tired?
I still love her.
[thunder rumbling]
Well, I'm goin' to bed.
Good night.
[softly] Okay. Good night.
[sighs]
[thunder rumbles in distance]
[phone rings]
[phone beeps]
-Hello? -[Ramiro]
Uh, it's Ramiro.
-[Álex] Ramiro? What's wrong? -[Ramiro]
[breathing shakily]
[Kauffman]
Álex, come back and tell me what happened.
Álex?
-[thunder rumbles] -[breathing shakily]
Álex?
-[mournful music playing] -Where are you going?
Where are you going?
Álex! What happened?
-Álex! -[gasps]
Álex. Álex, you need to calm down. Focus on your breathing.
Calm down, Álex.
[Kauffman]
-[alarm ringing] -[Álex grunts]
[Kauffman]
Try to calm down, Álex.
[alarm beeping]
Calm down.
- -[Kauffman]
[Ramiro] She's my daughter!
Estrella!
[Kauffman] Calm down, Álex.
[sobbing]
[mournful music building]
[Álex sobbing]
-[alarm beeping] -Calm down.
[crying hysterically]
[priest] We are gathered here today to honor the life of Estrella.
A life taken too soon.
[mourners chattering]
[music fades slowly]
[Ramiro] Thank you for coming.
[Isaak] I'm so sorry for your loss.
-Thanks. -I'm really sorry.
Do they know what happened? Or…
[sighs]
They say… They say she was…speeding,
lost control, and went off the road, uh, so…
Did she look okay when you left?
[inhales sharply]
She was perfectly fine. Otherwise, I would've driven, I swear.
I would've called her a cab or something. I don't know.
I guess I'm looking for answers where there are none.
Take care of him. This boy's a treasure.
Look.
They retrieved this from the scene of the accident.
-["For Estrella" playing] -I want you to have it.
Don't ever forget her, okay?
[Álex sobs softly]
FOR ESTRELLA
[smashes random discordant notes]
[sobs]
[Isaak] Álex, please, just…
[exhales shakily]
If I hadn't played the wrong note,
I… I would've won.
Maybe she'd still be alive.
-It was meant to be. -[sighs]
You sound like mom.
I'm sorry, son.
[phone ringing]
I'll get it.
[call connects]
Yes? Hello?
Yes, he's here.
Who's calling?
[ominous music playing]
Yes, yes.
I'll put him on.
-Álex. -[Elvira sighs]
[Isaak] It's for you.
About the scholarship.
[sighs]
[Elvira sighs]
Hello?
[man] of the Royal British Conservatory.
Yes?
-Is this Alex De La Fuente? -
We wanted to check if you'd still be interested in the scholarship.
[Álex] Yes. Of course. I'm interested. I just need to think about it.
-Of course. -Thanks.
We hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.
-[exhales sharply] -[Elvira] I told you.
One wrong note isn't enough of a reason
for what I saw not to happen.
[music fades]
It's written, Álex.
It can't be changed.
There's nothing to think about. Okay?
Call them and tell them you accept. Please.
Tell me it's not true.
I got the scholarship.
[somber strings swell]
[Álex clears throat]
How do you feel?
-Exhausted. -That's normal.
Your mind has opened a door that's been closed for years.
[sighs]
And what's your diagnosis?
I think the intense influence of your mother
has led you to believe Estrella's death was your fault.
And now you're scared of losing the people you love.
You fled to Tremore
to get away from the life your mother envisioned for you,
and now you're afraid that change will make
everything around you crumble.
That's why my mind's playing tricks on me?
[Kauffman] How important are they to you?
Leo, María? What role do they play in your life?
Your new life in Tremore?
They and Judy are some of the most important people I have.
And your children are what's most important to you,
outside of Tremore?
Of course.
And specifically, now that they're here with you for a while,
your delirious threat episodes are increasing.
I'm scared of losing the ones I love? That's all this is?
No, it's not just that.
You desperately need to protect them too.
Since your kids haven't been with you, you've lost your role
as a protective father.
You have this need to protect others
to purge the guilt from not having been able to protect Estrella.
When you played a wrong note, in an attempt to change
what you thought was a premonition,
Estrella, the person you loved the most, died.
So after you've been struck by lightning, your mind has been awakened,
and it's designing a new premonition.
So that this time, you can find a way to address it and finally redeem yourself.
But…
Everything my mom predicted about my future, it all came true.
Hmm. You could have maybe rejected that scholarship,
and this wouldn't have happened.
I've been running away from my mother.
And ironically, you proved her right.
And my son?
How do you explain my son seeing exactly what I see?
Because you are influencing him
in the same way your mother influenced you in your childhood.
Sleepwalking is a hereditary disorder.
It becomes a problem of suggestion.
Your son is absorbing all your beliefs up to the point
that he believes he has the same gift as you.
You need to be careful with that.
[contemplative piano music playing]
And now what?
That depends on you.
[Judy] Are you sure you're okay? Do you need, uh…
anything?
Just trust me.
I like seeing you like this.
[ringtone playing]
She's been calling all day.
What do we do?
Okay.
[Viviana]
-Hello. -Hi Viviana.
Hey lovebirds! Where are you?
Well, uh… you know, we just, uh… we spent the day outside.
Here we are, setting everything up for the concert.
-Look at Peio. Peio! Say hi. -[Peio]
It's comin' along. Check it out!
So, are you going to play or not?
-[Viviana] You've got us on the edge of-- -The answer is yes.
-[Viviana] -Yes, yes. Well, not everything.
I'll call you tomorrow to talk about it.
Oh, that's wonderful. It'll be the best festival ever.
Seriously, you don't know how happy I am right now.
I'm gonna tell everyone.
Thanks.
-Ciao. -[both] Ciao.
-Are you gonna tell me? -What?
What happened in the session for you to be so… good?
Yes, but…
I'll tell you, but… In a moment, okay?
It'll be real quick.
SANATORIUM
[Kauffman]
to the question I asked you at the beginning of the session?
Man of science or man of faith?
You have to choose.
[birds singing]
[Álex] I choose to be treated.
[Kauffman]
[Álex]
I know what I've experienced, but I don't wanna end up like my mom.
[Judy] I'll wait here. Okay?
[softly] Okay.
[crow caws]
[Álex]
I don't want my kids to see me like this again.
I'm glad to hear that.
-What if I have another attack? -[Kauffman] Don't run from your visions.
Try to capture what they're telling you.
And if you feel able, write down every detail.
They're important.
Always face what is to come, Álex.
[nurse] Well, it's been hard.
It's always an effort to get her out of the room
and interact with other patients.
The truth is, her state has worsened a lot
since you were here last.
She used to ask about you.
But she might not even recognize you now.
Let me know if you need anything, Álex.
-Thanks. -You're welcome.
[tense music playing]
[clock ticking]
[music fades]
[exhales]
[sniffles]
[softly] Hi, Mom.
Do you know who I am? [sniffles]
I'm sorry…
I'm sorry I didn't come here sooner, but I was feeling a bit angry with you.
But I guess you already knew that, since you say you see everything.
I'm assuming that Dad
told you about my divorce.
And that I'm out of work.
You know what?
I've realized that I don't know who I am.
I did know it for a little bit.
Not long.
When Estrella showed me a world that was different from yours.
Then my mind went blank.
And I began living the life I supposedly was destined to live.
And I was unhappy.
Until now, Mom.
I've recently met a wonderful woman.
Her name is Judy.
And I don't want you to meet her
because I don't want her to have anything to do with you.
Did you hear that?
I know you heard me.
I hate you, Mom.
I hate you so much.
[somber piano music playing]
I've been living like a slave of the fear of becoming like you.
I feared being looked at in the same way that Dad and I looked at you.
The way people who didn't understand you looked at you.
Now I finally understand you.
Because something similar has happened to me.
But you know what?
I'm going to rebel.
I won't be like you.
I won't lose the few people I have and love.
[exhales shakily]
I've been seeing you in my dreams lately.
I suppose
that's because part of me wonders how much of my life you were able to see.
If you were ever able to do it at all.
[unsettling music playing]
You didn't give me a choice, Mom.
At all.
And now I choose to live the life I want to live.
I'm leaving.
[crying softly]
Bye, Mom.
[clock ticking]
[ominous music rises]
[Elvira] I'd never seen before.
With white walls and
a lot of light coming in.
There was this… this green lattice and a man playing chess.
-[gasps] -[Elvira]
With a woman.
It wasn't his wife.
He was far away from the life he was destined for.
[music building]
She put him in danger.
It was all… darkness around her.
[gasps]
[music ends abruptly]
[somber piano music playing]
[eerie music playing]
[music fades]