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After a 13-year struggle, the authorities have restored order.

The resistance seems neutralised.

Individual liberties are strictly controlled

in order to keep the peace.

However, all over the country,

individuals continue to challenge the authorities.

Living here means living nowhere.

The harsh desert wind deadens your senses.

Maybe out of boredom

or to live before the bomb within us blows,

I go out to draw.

Not to protest the situation,

the curfew,

the ban on posters or writing...

Chalking the walls lets me breathe.

Its not just political slogans.

If a child drew a house or a dog, they'd erase that too.

Maybe they'll catch me one day but I'll have lived!

When I found your first drawing,

they hadn't erased it completely.

The prisoners' acid had made

the colours virtually come to life in the stone.

Someone else was having fun by risking prison,

and torture.

Th�o, it's your dad.

I was just leaving, dad.

I'm on my way.

Thanks, Freddy.

You're welcome, kid.

The old woman opposite my place?

- Wasn't she dead? - She died yesterday.

Roias's son has been killed.

Young Alvaro?

They caught him drawing on a wall.

And no one did anything.

What did you do?

I only heard about it.

He was young, poor kid.

He was older than me.

People who draw on walls are taken out

to a place in the desert.

But news filters out in the end.

We know what happens to prisoners.

If ever we meet one on the street,

we ignore him rather than break the silence.

Can you turn that off? Or put some music on?

If you're not sleeping, bring a bottle up. I've got glasses.

Is this your new show?

I can do a major show at police HQ with these.

Weird things are going on.

What do you mean?

You know the landscape I drew on my ceiling?

The one you took photos of?

I saw the same one in the street.

Other people draw too.

Two days ago, I saw the drawing of a boy.

So?

The boy was me!

Give the gin up, kid. You're getting paranoid.

And you give up being a jerk!

Be careful, it's getting dangerous out at night.

It's worse staying indoors.

I'm not scared. They're scared of us.

There's no shame in being scared.

There is.

You think the resistance exists?

Of course! You resist.

Organised resistance.

A secret army, something to get us out of this.

I don't know.

Beautiful, huh? Her name's Elia. She's clearing out her gran's flat.

She was at the funeral.

Did you see her eyes are different colours?

Do you know her?

A little. She posed for me when she arrived.

She's staying a couple of days.

Hurry up.

Try sleeping at night.

I can sleep all my life.

Is the old man up?

I don't know what's wrong with him.

You'll see.

Rise and shine, Colonel!

It's ten, people are waiting.

Liar!

Come on, get up, dad.

I'm the boss, I'll decide.

Are those still warm?

They're warm but they're mine.

You're a good son.

Make me my coffee and I'll leave you

everything I own.

Like what?

The restaurant.

Don't you want it?

You want to leave too?

I won't abandon you.

You don't want to leave anymore?

You considered it.

Where would I go and what would I do?

Hi, Th�o!

How's life?

Business is slack. I've got your order.

Hello, sir.

Hello, young man.

They've erased it. I don't get it.

They ought to rebuild instead.

You won't teach me?

You're too small.

You have to run fast to draw.

You'll wake the building.

What would you have said if I'd opened the shutters?

Lots of things.

But now you're close it's different.

Sorry about your gran.

I barely knew her, I'm here to sort her stuff out.

Have you been drawing long?

Sort of...

My father taught me.

Let's get inside.

They're aliens, you know.

I'm waiting for them to change things.

When are they landing?

I don't know. Maybe they're here.

Maybe I'm one.

I knew you're from space!

Ever hear the noises when you turn the radio dial?

Those scrambled sounds?

I'm sure it must be a coded language.

From up there?

No, the resistance or the authorities use it to manipulate us.

You're crazy.

Don't you remember me?

Something about your face seems familiar.

I lived here when we were little.

We went to the same school.

I remember you.

I had a crush on you.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

It was ages ago and then I left.

Can I ask you something?

Why the drawings?

I watched you go out every night.

Then I followed you.

I felt drawings were my only way to really talk to you.

The little boy is you the last time we met.

Want to go to the sea with me?

Now?

It's a lake really but it's like the sea.

Half an hour there and back by car.

You have a car?

No, a motorbike but it works.

Okay, I'll go to the sea with you.

Tomorrow?

It's already tomorrow.

I feel good.

You look at the sky

and your body spreads out through the universe.

You don't want to come in?

I want you to kiss me, Th�o.

Brought many girls here?

I forget now...

It needs salt!

Make your bets!

Ready? Five more on 3.

3 is Tonto's.

What? Since when?

Since always.

No, 3 is mine!

- Okay, all mine on 4. - Let's go!

Let's get started.

They're off!

You're here?

I wanted to see you.

Freddy gave me the address.

No kiss for me?

What happened to your manners?

My father, Aaron.

Mrs Costamar's granddaughter, she was at the funeral.

Yes, I remember.

Go and check on them, I bet they're cheating.

I'm not going to eat her.

- Do you have them often? - Beetle races?

These days, you need to keep your customers.

You'll stay for lunch?

No, I came to see Th�o, don't let me disturb you.

Rubbish! I'm the best cook for miles around.

Number 3 won.

I knew it! I told you that one always wins.

- He asked you to lunch? - Yes, I couldn't refuse.

This is a restaurant, not a gambling den!

My dad invents recipes and others cook.

He complains but he loves it.

Here, sit down.

If you need anything...

He taught me to draw.

He painted until his arrest.

They took the colour from his eyes.

How does he see now?

In black and white and he's stopped drawing.

Didn't you have a brother?

Yes, older than me.

He's a magistrate, he write laws...

or something.

Does he know you draw outside?

Are you alike?

I don't know, I hope so.

You might see him here.

I went out to draw last night.

I know.

Seen your drawing?

They couldn't erase it completely.

The chalk pigment mixed with the paint...

They always manage to erase them.

Eat...

Why don't you draw by day?

It's too risky.

I've done it though.

It hasn't rained in a thousand years.

Nice change!

I'll need some dry clothes.

You can look at me without turning into a pillar of salt.

You want to know.

Know what?

About my eyes.

You stare but never ask why they're different.

I was waiting for you to tell me.

They opened fire during an arrest where I lived.

They couldn't find a transplant the same colour.

Mine's the dark one.

Ready?

I'll just fetch Olga and we're off.

- Where? - You dance?

Of course she dances.

Come on, let's go.

You have to stop seeing Freddy.

I know you're good friends

but he's dangerous for you with his photos...

Freddy's Superman.

It's not a game. You go out to draw

but you'll be okay because that's not so serious.

What he does is serious?

I don't know.

It's for your own good.

It was a joy dancing with you.

He's finished me off.

My turn now!

No, we're not in the same league.

See you!

He's my brother.

This is Elia.

- Tell her I can't dance. - He's useless.

But he'd do shows for us as a kid. Remember?

I love this tune.

Can I dance with her?

Ask her.

I spoke too soon. It's not easy.

Put your hands like this.

Stand closer and look at the others.

Have you been with my brother long?

Sort of. We've known each other for years.

He never tells me anything.

I don't like talkers.

Me neither. It's a sign of weakness.

But too much silence...

There are other ways of talking.

I'll come for dinner tomorrow. Will you be here?

Yes.

Extension 12, please.

It's me.

Listen...

I can't do it. Tell them to get someone else.

Where are you?

I've come back.

Any plans for the area?

A camp for sports or training, I think.

You should come more often. I'm getting old.

The Colonel's solid as a rock, right?

You live an hour away.

I have too much work, dad.

Do you plan on working here all your life?

Why not?

Serving people isn't a job.

And serving power is?

Still a virgin, is he?

- Shit! - She's getting away!

Eliminate her. She knows too much about us.

You want the young lady? She left this morning with her bags.

Here's Romeo.

Any news?

She isn't coming.

What's wrong?

I imagined too much.

- What? - Drop it, okay?

- It's because I danced with her. - Piss off, Lawrence.

Cut it out!

- See the funny side or... - Or what?

You will in the end.

Never!

- Want a lift? - It's okay, I walk it every day.

As you want...

I remember a tale I heard as a child.

It said Fate abandoned men for the love of a woman,

that they were both hiding somewhere

and things had been bad since.

Will you vanish again?

I want you to love me, Th�o.

Get away!

- What is it? - It's Th�o.

What's up?

I need the phone.

Lawrence?

Lawrence, it's Th�o.

I need your help.

No, it's not dad.

They just arrested Elia.

Okay.

Her name's Costamar.

See you tomorrow.

Sorry, but arrests aren't my field.

I can't help you.

You work there, you know people.

You know what happens to prisoners!

Don't exaggerate!

If they arrested her, she did something wrong.

She drew, that's all.

You're so naive! No one's innocent in this country.

Maybe she's in the OTR.

- The OTR exists? - Ask her.

She's not in that.

How do you know? Did she say?

Did you mention it?

I don't want my baby brother to worry.

No one called Costamar was arrested last night.

Yeah? Who did you ask?

It was the army who got her.

You're fucking crazy, Th�o. The army's no joke.

They scare you?

Go on, get lost.

Get lost.

Take a photo.

We haven't arrested you.

We...

just...

just have doubts about you.

I can keep you as long as I want.

People who write on walls piss me off. It's dangerous...

because the wall stops being a wall and becomes...

a "passage for another world", as your books say.

What's another world?

Where is the world?

It's here! Life, a family, work...

That's what real freedom is, Elia.

It's not some dream.

My job is to wake you up.

It won't hurt...

It's hot in here. Is your air-con broken?

I haven't seen you in three days.

I was worried. I called Freddy

but his line must have been cut.

Did you draw this?

I didn't know you still did it.

Why didn't you tell me?

She really is beautiful.

What do you want?

Don't get nasty.

I know what's wrong, your brother called me.

I have to come here to find out where the bottles vanish to.

Not now...

Come and sit here.

You hardly know her.

So what? She's the one I want.

She lied to you, Th�o.

What?

I knew Mrs Costamar. She had no children.

What do you mean?

No grandchildren either.

How do you know? They must have left years ago.

I don't want you to suffer.

They've arrested her.

You have to forget her. Erase her face from your mind.

It's easy for you to say that.

I made her go and draw. Understand?

No, it wasn't you, it's not your fault.

It's the people who run this country.

When they take all our children, maybe we'll start reacting.

Your mother said that.

She was right.

I got her eyes wrong.

You know that guy...

who runs the hardware store.

He knows what happened to you.

He's working on the beach today.

So what?

No reason.

I already know your name.

But I want to know more about you.

Tell me things, I'm listening.

Go on.

My name is Elia Costamar.

I'll soon be twenty-one.

I've just finished my first year of History.

History, very interesting.

Carry on.

My parents live in the city.

I came back for my grandmother's funeral.

She used to live here.

I have a little brother aged eight.

I'd like to do a thesis...

That's not what I want and you know it.

When did you join the resistance?

No...

You're wrong. I'm not in the resistance.

Please... I don't understand.

I want names. How were you recruited?

What did you write on the wall?

I was drawing...

In the middle of the night? You were drawing!

What's the drawing?

A code?

Nice transplant...

You'll need more than that to change identity.

I should have stayed at home, no one's here today.

I should be looking for her instead of coming here.

Looking where?

Not on this beach.

You're not the first and you won't be the last.

People have been mourning lost ones for years now.

But I'm looking for her.

You won't find her.

I like you but I feel like beating you up.

Why don't you tell me? You know me.

What'll happen to her?

I don't know.

You don't want to tell me.

You already know.

I'm calling from 2228.

Someone's broken into the second floor flat.

Mrs Costama's place.

Freeze!

Elia?

Has anyone seen a girl aged 20? Her name's Elia.

She has dark hair.

Answer me.

Women aren't kept here.

I've done nothing!

Fuck you.

Bastards! I shit on your heads!

Freddy!

Is that you?

Why're you here?

I got arrested to find her.

You fucking jerk...

Are you wounded?

They put a sack over my head...

with a rat in it.

Listen...

From now on...

name no names.

Sign no confessions.

Look them in the eye and they'll humiliate you.

God, it hurts so much.

What day is it today?

Wednesday or Thursday.

Have you seen Olga?

I bet she thinks I'm stone drunk in some bar.

If you get out...

What about you?

Screw these shitheads!

They're going to dump me from a plane over the ocean.

If you get out...

tell her...

that I was thinking of her.

Be strong!

See you, kid...

Hold him!

With the module, you're tagged.

I handle people like you here.

We haven't arrested you, we just have doubts about you.

But I can keep you as long as I want.

Is that you?

Lawrence?

Who brought him?

Who brought him here?

He's my fucking brother, you idiots!

- You lied to us. - Shut it!

Shut it!

What have you done to her?

Just calm down, okay.

Leave and forget all this.

Where's Elia?

Elia's not our concern...

You bastard.

Just stop stirring up the shit!

Believe me, Theo,

you're lucky I'm here to save your hide.

Touch her and I'll kill you, motherfucker!

Sedate him.

Don't worry, dad, it's me.

What happened?

I got arrested.

Jesus Christ...

You knew?

Why didn't you say? Why didn't you do something?

What could I say?

Lawrence is my son, your brother.

I was a soldier too. That's life.

Sometimes,

you turn a blind eye.

Hands off!

Hello, Elia...

We're virtually related.

My men say you were turbulent in the night.

Where are you, you fucker?

Come on. Here...

I've done nothing.

I want to go home.

What's going on?

Go home.

Who did that to you?

Go home, okay!

- Let me leave... - Calm down, Th�o.

Calm down, please...

I don't care!

I don't care who she is!

It's all right...

It's all right...

I saw Freddy.

Know what they've done to him?

I know.

I've been expecting it for so long.

It's a morphine blend to ease the pain.

Thank you.

Step outside.

I know what they want now.

They want us to believe there's no tomorrow.

They're wrong.

By stifling us, they turn us into time-bombs.

This planet is too small for us. There are no more dreams.

The idlers left are waiting for a place to come free.

It's all sham, all bullshit.

Tomorrow exists and I dream!

An "84" near the ramparts...

IT HURTS ME TOO

Lawrence, it's me.

We have to talk.

I want to see you.

Tomorrow, okay. Take care.

You know, you can do time for removing the module.

We'll work something out.

Look, I spoke to dad...

Would you like to go abroad?

Twenty's a great age to travel at. I can give you money.

Did you handle Elia?

Forget her now.

Did you handle Elia?

Drop her.

Answer me, Lawrence!

Who the hell cares?

What did you do to her?

I hope you're joking.

For her, I've nothing to lose.

She was really pretty.

But we've sullied her now.

You're upset, huh? Someone has to pay? So shoot.

The resistance group told me to kill you.

Don't look for excuses.

There is no fucking resistance.

Just people who write on walls and whom we wipe out.

That's what I'm paid to do.

Remember that dog that scared you on the way to school?

Remember when it tried to bite you?

You beat it to death.

That's what I did.

And you started crying.

I couldn't believe it. I just couldn't believe it.

You think I enjoyed killing that mutt? I did it for you.

Go ahead, do it. Go on.

I can't turn back. I've already lost you all.

I'm not going to beg you. Shoot me.

Where is she?

Is she alive?

I love you, brother.

Go on, shoot.

Shoot...

Report OTR JIK 669.

Agent Nora Cardoso has been arrested.

Operation abandoned. Target executed by an outsider.

Report OTR JIK 669...

Riots have broken out in the desert.

An armed OTR group has attacked government forces.

The official communiqu� speaks of isolated terrorists.

All the same,

the necessary measures have been taken

to protect the population...

IT HURTS

What else could I draw?

What message could mean anything now?

I had to find a way to say good-bye and tell you to carry on.

I had to leave something before returning to my refuge

without mirrors,

just a hole to hide in until the end in darkness...

remembering so many things,

and, just as I imagined your life,

I'd imagine you going out at night to draw.

I've been looking for you for two years

and I've been out to draw every night while thinking of you.

I'll find you, my love, whatever happens.

Even if they crush us,

even if I have to search every house on the planet.

I'll find you.