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Don Óscar!

Yes?

I brought a girl who asked to see you.

I found her along the way. She's not well.

What do you want?

The boatman said you were looking for me.

Don Óscar...

I'm Alicia,

your niece.

Dilia and Evelio's daughter.

I've not heard from my brother in ages.

What happened?

They burned Siberia.

And Dilia?

She was in the house.

They burned everything.

Who did this?

I don't know.

What color were their armbands?

I don't know.

May the mountain swallow them!

Times are tough here.

The price of coal went down,

and Freddy left.

Who's Freddy?

My son, your cousin.

You were too young to remember him.

Can I stay?

For a few days...

I told you, life is very hard here.

Wait.

In the kitchen, there's coffee,

corn cake and bread. Go eat.

This is Freddy's room.

Don't go in. Put your things in the middle room.

I'm going to the harbor.

If you need anything whatsoever, ask Flora.

Óscar!

Hello.

Doña Flora?

Yes.

My uncle told me to ask you.

For what?

For anything whatsoever.

Are you going to work here?

Then go clean these tubers, peel the beans

and wash the potatoes.

Someone to see you.

Me?

Yes, go on.

Yes?

Hello.

How are you?

I'm the one who brought you here.

I came to pick you up to take you.

Take me where?

Yesterday, don Óscar asked me to come get you early.

To take you where? This, I do not know.

No, I'm going to stay here for a few days.

Okay. If you need anything whatsoever,

or need to go anywhere,

tell don Óscar to call me. My name is Gabriel.

Well, see you soon.

What about Óscar?

I was told he went to the harbor.

Are you from his mother's or father's side of the family?

Father's.

Make some soup. Óscar doesn't like broth.

Make it thick.

There are onions in the vegetable garden.

You'll find everything there.

See you tomorrow.

Alfredo, you must be careful, this is excellent material.

Yes, it's very good.

Don Parménides gave us 20 planks

to thank us

for our purchases.

They are in perfect shape.

We saved a lot of money.

The net is excellent quality.

There is a lot of work to do.

We'll need help.

But the young are lazy.

That's true, they don't like to work.

What about your son?

I don't know.

Freddy knows how to work hard.

I remember when he helped build don Benicio's house.

He slaved away on the site for three months

without asking for a cent.

Freddy took helping others to heart.

Where is your son?

Did the mountain swallow him?

Like the day he was supposed to work in a store

and ended up in a coca field.

What happened?

Nothing.

What were you doing?

I was hanging this up.

Let me help you.

How are you doing?

It's nothing.

I'm not talking about your knee.

The day I found you, you were pretty bad off.

I wasn't doing well when I first came here, either.

You're not from here?

No, I'm from a little village nearby.

What do you do?

I transport merchandise, equipment coal, wood...

Sometimes, I take people to hamlets in the region.

- Hello. - Hello Flora.

Hello.

How are you?

Good.

It's nice to see you.

How long do you think you'll stay?

I don't know.

Well, I have to go.

Take care of yourself.

See you soon, Flora.

Goodbye, Mirichis.

What happened?

I fell.

Now you know la Sirga.

We have to fix these boards and balustrades.

The roof is damaged, too,

but we have no money to fix it.

Take this piece.

Rub it well. Like so.

We'll see if we need to varnish it.

Uncle?

I'm cleaning the windows before putting the curtains up.

I replaced all the rotten boards outside.

How did you hammer in the nails?

With a rock.

What about Flora's hammer?

She's using it. And she brings it home at night.

What about these corn cakes?

They're a gift from Mirichis.

Come look at this.

See...

how it looks.

Stop snooping around.

You have no reason to be in Freddy's room.

You're nosy.

It's going to rain tonight.

Let's hurry up so water doesn't get in the house.

Go get the ladder.

Closer.

- That's good, right there. - Here?

Hand me the corner of the tarp.

This won't be enough to cover the whole roof.

Thank heaven, it's a gift.

Will you leave me the hammer today?

What for?

So I can advance while you're gone.

No. I borrowed it.

How long have you been a sleepwalker?

A sleepwalker?

I was when I was a child, but not anymore.

It's a good thing I was up the other night.

You left your room

and headed straight for the lake.

And it was so cold!

I had to stop you.

I thought I was over that.

Apparently not.

It happened to your mother, too.

Mom gave me goat's milk so I wouldn't wake up.

There are no goats here.

You look a lot like your mother.

It's going to rain.

The wood will get wet.

My room is a real sieve.

How so?

There are leaks everywhere.

Go up to one of the guest rooms.

Isn't it worse upstairs?

Only the bottom of the house is damaged.

We'll fix that soon.

What happened?

I fell through a rotten plank.

Wait.

Come down.

Take these nails.

Tomorrow, I'll loan you my hammer so you can work.

Sit down.

Which leg hurts?

Let's put ointment on it...

When will the tourists arrive?

Only God knows.

Why?

The rumors.

People are talking about what happened in your village.

They're afraid the same thing will happen here.

People talk a lot.

Why are you back so soon?

I forgot shovels.

Help me find them, I must leave right away.

Alfredo,

how can we cut the boards?

They're too long, we need a chainsaw.

Look.

Who has a chainsaw around here?

- Does Flora work at your house? - Yes. Why?

Her husband has the tools we need,

but he's in Putumayo.

Who knows how to use a chainsaw?

The only one who does don Julián.

But he is not doing well. Do you know what happened to him?

No. What?

He was in the mine, and a child appeared to him...

A strange child.

It must've been the elf!

Yes, it is strange...

Help me measure.

That elf is a prankster.

Have you seen don Elifoncio's mares?

The elf brushes them every morning and braids their manes...

Alicia, hurry up, we have company!

In the distance you see

a lovely lagoon

Its mirrored surface

reflects the moon

As the sea foam moves fro and to

I savor dancing in my canoe

Don't get back into your boats, you're drunk.

It's dangerous. We have rooms for all of you.

You can sleep here.

I know where I'm going to sleep.

Tell your niece to come here.

Leave her alone, she's resting.

Alicia is very pretty, my friend.

- Really? - Truly!

- Introduce her to us. - You won the jackpot.

Do the introductions, Óscar. I know where I'm going to sleep.

And I know where I'm putting you.

- I'll tie you up. - With Chucho!

A toast!

Dear comrades, it's been a pleasure to spend the day with you,

and to drink to ward off the cold that has invaded la Cocha.

I raise my glass to your families,

and to my baldness.

Maestro!

Shall we sing a serenade?

Of course!

We'll accompany you.

Keep singing while we drink.

Tell Alicia there's a glass missing.

Alicia, there's a glass missing!

Have your niece come, don Óscar. We're going to dance!

You'd better tune the instruments!

What's wrong?

I don't want one of those drunkards to come into my room.

They're my friends, they know how to behave.

They're from the cooperative.

Nothing will happen to you, don't worry.

Do you think the ones who burnt my village could come here?

Who told you that?

I just heard it.

Don't listen to those people.

They're spouting nonsense.

Uncle, can I stay here?

There's Mirichis.

Tell him to come here.

What do you want?

Come here. Doña Flora needs you.

What for?

She's going to ask you to do something.

- Hello, Mirichis. - Hello, Flora.

I need your help.

Tell me.

- Are you going to the harbor? - Yes.

If you go by the cooperative, get me some varnish.

Okay, but you won't get it until tomorrow.

I don't have time today.

Then tell Óscar to bring me some. Otherwise, we won't finish.

Okay, I'll tell him.

Alicia, have you been to the cooperative?

Come see it.

Go on, you'll leave with Óscar.

How are things going at the inn?

Good. We're almost done.

What will you do afterwards?

I don't know.

Come with me.

Where?

I don't know. Anywhere.

Look.

I sculpted it myself.

I even engraved her name.

Alicia...

You'd like that to be her name.

What, then?

Her name is Eva.

Eva?

Yes.

Because she's the first one I made.

What are you doing here?

Doña Flora sent me to get some varnish. We ran out.

Are you bringing it to her?

No, he'll leave alone. I'll go home with you.

Do I owe you anything?

No, don't worry about it.

See you soon, Alicia!

Walk on the edge, not on the nets.

What is that?

That's where we'll raise trout, in the lake.

We won't have to go fish anymore.

What? You're stopping?

We don't need to put ourselves out like we used to.

We'll raise trout carefully in these basins.

What's that?

It's to scare away ducks and other fishing birds.

If that doesn't work,

we'll get a little dog to guard them.

Be careful.

I'll go see the basins later.

They're big.

It's hard to stand, it makes you seasick. I almost fell.

They attached boards to plastic barrels.

My uncle says they're going to raise trout. He won't go...

What's going on?

I'm going. Go get the material!

Drink some warm water. It'll make you feel better.

Where are you going?

What are you doing here?

Are you Alicia?

Do you need anything?

I'm going.

When did you get here?

Early this morning.

My father told me.

What?

That you caught a cold repairing the roof.

Feeling better?

The house has never been in such good shape.

You added windows?

It lets more light in.

Excuse me.

Can you help me? I have to go get some coal.

- Should I watch things for you? - Please do. The boat is full.

Are you very hungry?

You have no idea.

Is that enough?

Add another egg.

Hello.

Hello.

Why are you up?

I was starving and I was sick of lying down.

Do you want some eucalyptus? I can make you an herbal tea.

We'll go get some after we eat.

Go, if you want. I'll take care of breakfast.

Follow me.

Let's get other stuff, too.

You were even taught to cook?

I do what I can.

I'll make the chicken stew you like.

What miracle is this?

This is my home.

You never liked this house.

Are you going to stay long?

I don't know.

I'll see.

I came here to rest.

I had a lot of work.

You call this work?

It is work.

Are you taking care of yourself?

Of course. Can't you tell?

Alicia!

Hello, don Óscar. I gave these bags to Alicia.

- You didn't get cake? - No.

There's "el morro"...

What?

See how he swims against the wind?

I haven't seen him in a long time.

What happened to your arm?

I did something dumb.

I lit a cigarette next to gasoline.

Well, Dad?

When will we eat trout from your trout farm?

We must wait.

Next week, they're sending us eggs from Chili.

We'll see.

We should have thought of this sooner.

But not with the cooperative.

It was your idea, and don Alfredo's and don Franco's.

If it works, you should share the profits three ways.

It won't work out with the others.

We need time for it to work.

And the cooperative.

Nothing works here.

Less so with the principle that everything is everyone's.

You know how those people end things.

What do you mean?

Anyway, it won't work.

See you tomorrow.

So, cousin, do you like la Cocha?

Yes.

How long are you going to stay?

Until I know where to go.

Nothing happens here.

I'm leaving as soon as I can.

You can leave whenever you want to.

Don't believe it.

I'm worried about my father.

Well, I'm going to bed.

Tell me if there's a problem.

- It's going to rain again. - That's not thunder.

Pack down the earth.

Hello.

Have you had breakfast?

A while ago.

It's almost lunchtime.

I haven't slept so much in a long time.

Any news on tourists?

Nothing for the moment.

Not surprising.

They're scared.

Who knows what could happen here.

Why did you come?

For the same reason.

I'm scared.

Scared my father is alone.

He's not alone.

I'll let you work.

Let the stems fall on this side.

And the little one there...

This one?

Put it there.

- Here? - No, there.

That's right.

It looks different, huh?

Yes, it's pretty.

Well, I'm off.

And the top of the house?

Later. My husband is back, I must take care of him.

Was he gone long?

No, not too long.

We can't stay alone here.

Freddy's getting home late.

He must have gone for a drink with friends.

Any news about the tourists?

No.

Everything's pretty much ready.

Nobody's going to come?

I don't know.

What is this?

It's for weaving.

I saw your friend.

Mirichis?

The one who does the shopping.

I could sell this for a good price in town.

In town?

Yes.

Woven things sell well.

Have you ever been to town?

No.

I know a lot of people there.

If you want to go,

tell me and we'll go.

Are you busy?

No, everything's almost ready.

I'm going to Santa Lucía to get coal. Do you want to come?

Where should I go?

Straight ahead.

How long is your cousin staying?

I don't know.

What does he do?

I think he works in town.

Which town?

I don't know.

Neither Flora nor my uncle mentioned Santa Lucía.

That must be why no one comes here.

How so?

Nowadays, people don't care where the coal comes from

and why it's so far.

Paddle harder on this side to go left.

Where's Alicia?

She left with the canoe guy.

And you, Dad? Did you find someone?

What do you mean?

You know...

A little woman!

Someone who'll love you, spoil you

and take care of you.

Freddy, don't bug me.

You're still good looking, you can find someone.

My life suits me.

My house and my boat won't ever abandon me.

But Dad, you have nothing here. Why do you stay?

I should just drop everything, like you?

Listen, Dad...

Things are just going to get worse here.

You'd be better off going. Far away.

Nothing's going to happen.

Seriously, Dad. Things could go badly.

Come to town with Alicia. I'll help you.

Be quiet.

I feel like I'm seeing God.

Hello!

Hello.

Is everything okay?

I'm still fighting.

How's Alicia?

She's as busy as you are.

You've taught her a lot.

Is everything OK with your husband?

Yes.

Coffee?

Yes, please.

Thanks. It's cold.

Come in.

Do you go to Santa Lucía often?

Almost every day.

What are those towers for?

No clue.

Know how to stop houses from sinking?

Are you worried about la Sirga?

Don't be.

That's the owners' job.

Or your cousin's. That's why he's here, right?

Alicia, my offer is serious.

I only have a bit to do before going. Come with me.

To go where?

Anywhere.

Thank you.

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow, Mirichis.

Where were you? We were looking for you.

I was out with...

Mirichis.

Does he behave with you?

What are you looking for?

Candles.

There aren't any more.

It can wait for tomorrow.

We'll get some in the village or dig them up on the beach.

On the beach?

That's where you bury them while you're asleep.

Everything's ready for tomorrow.

We only need the tourists.

See you tomorrow.

Go, Alicia.

Take my father.

Get out of here. Go!

It was so long ago that I abandoned

The place I was raised, my farm, my land

Now I am back to claim it again

But there's no sign of what I left back then

It's been ten years since I left home

Leaving my land that with corn was sown

I returned to my land and searched for my home

My friends are gone I've no one to talk to, I'm all alone

Poverty forced me to go on my way

To look for riches in a country far away

But I found nothing, so I came home in time

To see the ruins of what I'd left behind

It's been ten years since I left home

Leaving my land that with corn was sown

I returned to my land, and searched for my home

My ranch is gone I sold the land, my home

Subtitles: Courtney Kolar for Parati Films

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