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Adored Virgin!

How beautiful. So shiny!

That�s right! So pretty and shiny!

Come.

Come!

Omar.

Omar.

Come, Auntie Grace. Come!

And who�s coming? Who�s coming?

- Are you coming for some champagne? - Food is served!

The tart is coming.

- The tart, the tart! - Here it is.

The tart, the tart...

Max... I wish you a good trip to South America.

And as our father used to say in Iran...

- And I will look after my sister. - Thank you.

To Max!

Now I�d like that we raise our glasses to Grace

who is a nominee for the Pulitzer prize for photography.

You didn�t say anything! That�s good.

Really? Which photo?

Her last picture.

- That of Omar? - Yes.

Omar had been her guide for years in Iraq.

I pulled out.

Why?

Because that photo shouldn�t exist.

Mum, can I eat some tart?

Of course, darling.

I�m giving up photography.

What�s happened to the great photographer of conscience?

A photo has never stopped a war.

Independent photographers are our only hope, Grace,

against image standardisation.

Omar died only because I was holding a camera.

That picture denounces his sacrifice.

That�s why you must accept the prize and bring this photo to life.

- How are you, Max? - Good morning.

Do you want me to stay?

Of course not.

Saturnina.

Ignacio.

Saturnina is a virgin!

This Turubamba girl...

Let�s make her dance.

This Turubamba girl...

Let�s make her dance.

Let�s roast a pig.

- Rufina. - What?

Did your husband go to the glacier to get blessed water?

Oh, yes.

That night was so delicious.

He started to eat my body, slowly and sweetly.

I didn�t want him to stop.

Are you afraid of the first night?

No.

Ignacio farts so loud. That�s why she�s scared.

What are you saying, you naughty woman?

You mean my son? He really can fart!

My son sure can fart!

I wonder how much this is worth.

Saturnina...

I don�t feel well.

I must rest my eyes.

Mama?

Felix Caceres?

Here I am.

Hello.

I can see much better now.

Okay, now... How many fingers do you see?

How many fingers?

- I see three. - Three.

Very good. God bless you.

May God bless you.

May our mountain spirits reward you.

Listen.

Don�t lean forward.

Do not lean forward.

Yes, sir.

Don�t lift heavy things.

Yes, sir.

And try not to walk too far.

- Yes, sir. - That�s all.

Take these. You must wear them for three days.

- Will I see better? - Yes.

Okay, sir.

If you get an infection, come back.

Yes.

Okay? See you.

May our mountain spirits reward you.

Don Angel, how are you?

Bickering like teenagers?

Ra�l, we�ll go to 15.

Up to 17, I insist.

Two people walked for 7 hours.

I can�t turn them away.

I hate you, Ra�l.

I love you, too.

Hi, Max!

Hey, Paul...

- How are you? - Good, how are you?

How are you doing?

- Are you in a hurry? - Always, you know.

- Can you deal with this? - Sure, no problem.

The mail leaves in two days.

Thanks a lot.

- Today�s our national holiday. - Some Trappist beer...

I had forgotten. Long life to Belgium!

Well, what�s left of it.

How is it going?

Gold is a difficult thing.

And you?

We found lots of gold, the shareholders are happy, all is fine.

Good health.

- Cheers. Thank you. - See you next time. Bye.

Llama!

Hold on you silly animal. I�ll get you on the head.

Llama!

I�m going to knock you on the head.

I am!

I must go.

Hurry up. Or I�ll marry someone else!

Ignacio!

What�s the matter?

What�s wrong?

My God! Blood!

I feel fine.

- Put your head back. - I�m fine, Saturnina.

My God! Blood!

I�m fine.

I�ll be back.

Hello, Senorita.

Good afternoon.

Is that for me?

Yes, I brought you corn beer.

Thank you.

Here.

The sun�s strong today.

Yes, but there�ll be wind later.

What�s your name?

Saturnina.

Saturnina...

I�m the caretaker of the Virgin.

I see.

Will she have any scars?

Yes, inside.

How long will it take?

That depends on the glue.

Could you hurry?

I�m getting married soon.

What�s his name?

Ignacio.

- He went to the glacier - Ignacio...

He went to the glacier to get blessed water.

Can you describe the colours of the virgin?

Of course.

Her veil is blue,

like the reflection of the morning sky in a lake.

It�s...

Have you ever seen the colour blue?

I remember it from when I was a child.

Are you hungry?

Not now. Maybe later.

By the way, who are those two fellows always hanging around?

You mean the sun and the moon?

The sun and moon?

I�m in excellent company.

They can�t take remove their mask until you�ve finished.

That�s why they�re waiting.

I�m so lucky.

Yes, you are.

My name�s Orlando.

Thank you, Orlando.

Thank you.

- The traffic is getting worse. - I counted 47 trucks yesterday.

The gringos must have found gold up there

and they�re dumping their waste here.

Their waste?

Are you crazy?

It�s silver they spilled here.

You�re talking nonsense.

It�s pure liquid silver.

Then why don�t they claim it?

They didn�t even notice it fell off the truck.

It�s looks nice but I don�t trust it.

You worry too much.

It comes from the mines. It must be valuable.

Wherever there are mines, that�s where the devil lives.

Nilo.

Nilo!

What do you want?

Mama has gone to see the healer.

For her eyes?

Yes.

Aren�t you worried?

A little.

The clinic is open now. Eusebio told me.

We should take mama. Many are going.

To that gringo clinic?

Why not?

No way. I�m not going there.

Nilo.

Mama is really sick. We must take her.

What can those people do for us?

What have those people ever done for us?

Nilo, you�re an idiot.

God is listening.

Mountain spirit, please cure her.

With this water take away her illness.

Mother Earth, I honour you.

Please grant us a good life.

May my beloved Saturnina and I live happily.

I miss you, Grace.

I miss your scent.

I miss your breath, your warmth, your presence.

And here it is, it�s magic...

our little clinic, lost far in the countryside.

My other colleagues...

Joaquin from Buenos Aires, fast asleep.

What has he been up to last night again?

Ra�l...

Hi, Max. Good morning.

- Good morning, Ra�l. - Had a good sleep?

Yes, thank you.

- Very cold. - Very cold indeed.

Hello.

- It�s me. How are you? Okay? - Not bad. How are you?

Reza is such a devil! He bit a girl in his class today.

- You must be kidding. - No.

He eats sweets all day

so he must have passed on the flavour to her too.

I adore him.

- Is that Max�s voice? - Yes.

- He sent me a video message. - He�s still sending you videos?

- Yes. - He�s so nice.

Did you sleep last night?

No, I can�t sleep. I can�t stop thinking of Omar.

You must accept that this was his destiny.

There is no such thing as destiny.

You must start practising communing with God.

God will always listen to what you say.

God wants you to approach Him.

I have nothing to tell him.

Don�t be so hard on yourself. I�ll call you tomorrow.

- Love you. - Till tomorrow.

She�s such a good mother, dear Virgin.

Please protect my mother.

I promise to keep your house clean.

And I promise to learn some Bach.

At least one song.

I know you must be angry with us.

Angry enough to punish us.

Forgive me. Forgive my mother.

Forgive my sister Saturnina, too. She�s a good person.

She can act like a child...

but she�s a good person.

And now... How do you feel?

Stay on the side.

Watch where you�re walking.

I think I only slept two hours.

I miss you, Grace.

Here�s our morning light and here�s our morning traffic.

I really didn�t want to leave you in this kind of silence, Grace.

I hope you sleep well.

P...

L...

O...

S...

Shut up, Nilo.

It smells awful in here.

They won�t hurt mama, will they?

No.

Can�t you just wait and get married when mama is better?

Mama will be fine, Nilo. She�ll be fine.

Look, they�re giving that guy a new eye.

No, they�re just fixing his old one.

I feel sick.

Shut up.

What did she tell you?

That she never had problems with her eyes.

But now she has headaches

and sometimes her vision gets all blurred.

We�re only equipped to treat cataracts.

Just give her these pills.

Why can�t you cure my mother?

Aren�t you eye doctors?

- Where do you live? - Turubamba.

You must cure my mother, doctor.

- There�s nothing we can do. - Then you aren�t eye doctors!

*Useless.

What�s wrong with him?

- What�s wrong? - I can�t see well and my nose bleeds.

He�s losing his sight and his nose bleeds.

Where does he live?

- Where do you live? - Turubamba.

How�s she feeling?

What�s the problem?

I feel dizzy sometimes and I can�t see well.

Same thing. She gets dizzy and she�s losing her vision.

- Where do you live? - Turubamba.

*Butchers.

Fuck!

You haven�t come in days, Saturnina.

My mother went to the healer but he couldn�t cure her.

Then we went to the gringo doctors

but they turned us away.

They were too busy curing the eyes of other people.

But they didn�t want to cure my mama�s eyes.

Why did they give us aspirin?

I couldn�t get cured either.

You must finish the Virgin.

I can�t get married without her.

Can�t Nilo help you?

He isn�t doing anything.

You can help me by cleaning the dust of the pieces.

Blow the dust off like this...

Blow the dust off, Satu...

... to clean all the pieces.

Ra�l, can you take care of the blood samples?

Concentrate on the children.

Joaquin, you get water samples.

Ignacio!

What happened?

He was missing for days and he turned up just now.

What did he say?

He was missing for several days...

Madam, I�m very sorry.

Could we examine him?

What do you want? Get out of here!

You can�t cure the dead!

Madam, we�re here to help you.

Don�t touch him!

Rufina, be reasonable. Let them examine him.

Are you with them too?

- We�re only here to help. - Go away! Go away!

Go away! You�re all *butchers.

Go away!

Go away!

Let�s go.

Go away! Butchers!

Go away!

Oh, my God!

I dreamt of you last night, Grace.

You were...

You were blind

It rather was a nightmare for me but that didn�t seem to bother you.

Strange...

It must be my job triggering my subconscious.

But hey...

I don�t know.

I�m sure that if you were here you�d be inspired.

Anyway...

When I�m back

I already know what I�ll cook for you.

Can you guess?

Mussels and hot chips.

And also...

this year...

we�ll walk the Sambre river.

We�ll do it this year, I promise you.

Now...

I must get moving because I�m too cold.

Don�t worry. He�s really a good driver.

Here.

It�s for the altitude.

Thank you.

I can�t take it anymore.

What?

I hate the altitude.

I�m from the coast.

Where are you from?

I live in Belgium.

Belgium...

Saxophone...

That�s right.

Saxophone.

Where are you going?

Turubamba.

Turubamba?

I�ve never heard of Turubamba.

What about you?

We�re being mobilised.

There are riots in the mountains.

What type of riots?

Indians and mines.

It�s a very old problem.

Get off our land.

Get off our land!

Damned murderers!

Assassins!

Damn you!

Assassins!

Go away!

Go away, murderers!

Go away!

Get off our land!

Get off...

Ignacio!

- Was that your dog? - No.

- Is this your house? - Yes.

What�s your name?

Mallku.

Mallku.

I�m Grace.

Where are you going?

Up the mountains.

That area is closed off. You can�t go there.

Don�t worry.

The wound is superficial. He didn�t really bite you.

Thank you, Mallku.

Take this.

The stone will carry your sadness.

I will not die in silence...

or invisibly.

Your poison will not kill me slowly.

Without an image there is no story.

Mother Earth will never forgive your greed.

In the stones, my blood will run forever like a warrior.

In the waters...

my shadow will run forever, like a warrior.

Like a warrior!

Come my fellow men, let�s play.

Where Saturnina�s soul go?

Will it go to heaven? Or will it go to hell?

Throw your dice!

It�s a tie!

Tie!

It�s a tie!

There was once a bride,

a beautiful young bride,

who dreamed of a sunny life.

One day, poison came tumbling into her village

and took away her loved one.

Have you lost a loved one?

Have you lost a loved one?

Yes.

Her sorrow was so deep...

deep as the veins of gold in the earth...

Her wrath exploded...

Have you ever felt wrath?

Yes.

She marched to the fortress where her enemies stood...

and she unleashed her wrath.

And then she broke...

And then God looked away...

Do you believe in God?

What are you doing?

If the image is restored, their hope will be restored.

What happened here?

Poison came tumbling into the village.

You�re blind.

I see what you cannot see.

The surface is defined from within.

Who are you?

Grace.

Grace...

- I�m a photographer. - Photographer...

You must be very thirsty.

Oh, my dear.

I feel your sadness.

Rise up.

May your heart bloom again.

I will not die in silence...

or invisibly.

Your poison will not kill me slowly...

Without an image there is no story.

Mother Earth will never forgive their greed.

In the stones...

my blood will run forever like a warrior.

Subtitles: Ausminx Corp for KG