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NOTES ON A SUMMER

One, two, three!

Two more! One, two, three.

Last one! One, two, three.

And breathe.

It's a lot of money.

And what do you need to do for it?

It needs to be approved and it'll be a lot of work.

So there's this thing�

I'm not sure if I should say anything or not

'cause I might jinx it. There's this project

and, if it all goes well,

it'd be really cool.

He's so nervous, he's too scared to say anything.

Yeah, �cause if it falls through I'll have to tell everyone.

Yeah, best keep it quiet for now.

If all goes well, we're gonna have a decent holiday.

You have a few days off, right?

Not this year, next year.

I've got a bit of time off this summer

because the university is closed and the kids are on holiday.

So I'm gonna spend a couple of months in Gij�n with my family.

She doesn't wanna take me.

-I don't believe you. -She doesn't want to.

-What've you done -You're such a jerk!

He has to work.

So he's only coming for the wedding.

I told you about the wedding, right?

My friends' wedding.

He has a few days off for it.

So we'll try and make the most of them.

Do you want some toast?

No, I've got something here.

Each to their own.

What time is it?

-I'm smoking outside, okay? -You'd better be.

-You still have the key, right? -Yeah.

-Well, next week-- -Shall I keep it?

Yeah, then when you go get your stuff

you can look in on her.

Fuck!

I was going to ask you,

are you leaving while I'm in Asturias?

No, no, well--

Because if you are she can have the key.

Yeah, give it to her and she can look in on her.

-Who? -Milkie, your friend.

Cool!

-She's nice. -Just give her some water.

I'm gonna take one of your T-shirts for her to smell.

Okay, I'm gonna try.

Or I can just throw her some food and go.

She's fine, she's good.

I was thinking I could leave my stuff there

so if things go wrong, it'll be less moving.

Keep the room for me, just in case.

Don't scare me like that! I love Leo!

No, no, no.

Everything's fine.

It's just that sometimes, when I'm at his place,

I freak out a bit.

I'm moving in with my partner. But it's all good.

I'll probably pick up my stuff in September.

Don't worry about it, you can leave it there.

What are you doing, Leo?

What are you doing?

What's going on?

-Oh, honey. -What?

Nothing.

-You gonna miss me? -So much.

So, so much.

I need to finish packing.

Okay.

Shall I put this in? Or keep it with me?

Hang on.

I think it'll fit in here, wait.

Let's see�

But your mom's gonna need her car, right?

Yeah, but not all the time. If we plan it well...

Don't worry about it. If you don't get the new car

we'll manage, but don't drive this.

Okay, babe.

I'll come with you.

No, you might get fined.

I'll go by myself.

-Love you lots. -Love you too.

Have fun!

Hi honey, how are you?

Sorry I didn't text you earlier,

I just got home, said hi,

I'm unpacking now and then gonna lie down for a while

'cause I'm exhausted from the trip.

Then I think I'll text Elena

and see what she's up to so we can meet up.

I'll text you tonight

to let you know and see

how you're getting on.

Love you!

Hi honey, how are you?

I'm already here.

Don't know if you're working today

but if you want we can go for a drink tonight

or you can come get me and we can go somewhere.

Let me know.

See you later.

-Babe! -Hey!

How are you, my friend?

-You look great. -You too!

-I'm good. -How are you?

Pretty good. Let's go!

You need to fill me in on everything.

The thesis is going well, right?

That's another story.

I'm doing research and stuff, but no writing.

I can't seem to find the time

and it's the last year of my grant.

But I'd better hurry up or I'm screwed.

I have faith in you.

Thanks, thanks.

I wish I did.

You know you always deliver in the end.

I'm not sure this time.

Honestly, I'm not sure at all.

Well, but you're not gonna fix it now, right?

No, of course not.

Problems are solved in September.

Problems don't exist in August.

-I'll put it back, okay? -Okay.

Yeah, you'd better.

-I've already paid. -Already?

I mean, thanks, next one's on me.

There's gonna be a next one?

I don't know. If we run into each other on Saturday

I'll get you a bottle of cider.

-I'm going out with the girls. -Saturday?

Friday or Saturday.

I wanna have a day with my mom.

Just us.

Spend some time together.

But I'm going out with them either Friday or Saturday.

Well, let me know.

-Are you training again? -Training?

Well yeah, training children.

Really?

How am I supposed to get by on �800 a month in Madrid?

Well, yeah, I suppose.

How are your parents, by the way?

Fine, same as always.

They are away now for a month as always.

You're still living with them, right?

Yes, I was looking at apartments,

but everything's so expensive.

Plus the parking space.

And well, I know everything is way more expensive in Madrid

but the numbers don't add up.

You still have your old job though, right?

Yeah, yeah and it's cool.

They respect the working hours,

almost seems like a privilege these days,

but I still can't afford it.

Maybe you can because you split the bills

and that makes it easier, right?

Yeah, I share expenses.

Who told you?

Instagram.

Hey, do you still go fishing?

I still go fishing, yeah.

-What? -Nothing.

I would say two: one with feminists

and one with Nigerians.

A city that believes in equality between women and men,

that believes in integration and opening doors,

cannot allow this kind of thing.

And, in recent years, the voices

calling for an end to bullfighting in Gij�n

have grown louder.

I don't wanna go back to Madrid.

But you know, right?

It's the first one, isn't it?

-Yeah, how much do you want?

-Please don't spill it on me! -Little by little.

You watch, she's gonna spill it on me.

That's enough!

-This one's for Ana. -That's too much.

Not too much for me.

She's ready to party!

Okay, that's enough!

This okay for you, my lady?

Oh, God!

Tastes better than it does in Madrid, right?

I never drink cider in Madrid.

-Big or small one? -Small.

Watch my purse a minute, okay?

Hi, love!

Sorry I didn't text you, but I had to get dressed

super fast because the girls called.

I wasn't gonna go out today,

but we've ended up in Cimadevilla drinking cider

and I'm really enjoying it.

It's been a while and I'm really enjoying it.

Let's talk tomorrow.

But how are you?

How's it going at work?

I didn't ask you earlier so let me know

when you get this.

I was free on Saturday and we didn't go to the beach.

-Did you go to the beach?

-Sadly, you're my only friends...

And you didn't invite him?

Don't ignore the kid.

I'm not ignoring him.

He's the real winner here,

he even has a job.

This one's for me.

You had one, right?

Pour one for her.

What are you doing?

-It fell. -Sure it did.

-Careful, okay? -This swimsuit�

-Yeah? -Where did you get it?

What do you mean?

From the store, where else?

It's just my mom has one too, from when she was single.

You're a real idiot, you know?

My turn now. Take off your shirt.

-Sure? -Yeah, sure.

-Let's go for a swim. -Take off your shirt.

Let's swim first.

Alright. Then I'll do yours.

My way.

-Fuck! -Come on, you got it.

So I'll wait thirty seconds. Was I left or right?

Left.

I'm going left and you're going right.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, twenty-nine,

-Speak soon, okay? -twenty-seven, forty-two.

How about this? Is it okay?

Why don't we move it?

If we put like this--

Yeah, that looks good.

It's been a while.

-Yeah. -Yes.

But we're here now and that's what matters, right?

-They're fucking great. -Well�

They are.

I don't know.

I don't see really myself in them anymore.

Come on, this is so like you.

I've always said you should be an artist,

especially now, seeing how much better you've become.

And I've always said you should have finished college.

Didn't see that coming. Thanks.

See how much notice we take of each other.

And, well, you can earn a living as a chemist

but as a painter�

As a painter, too.

But it's much more difficult.

Difficult but not impossible.

There are painters in the world, right?

Yeah, but� I don't know�

It's something that I associate with being here.

I don't paint in Madrid, I don't draw.

I don't do any of this.

Stay then.

Okay, and what will we live on?

Are you gonna pay for everything?

-Yeah. -Okay.

We'll be poor, but happy.

We'd eat a lot of rice.

And pasta with tomato sauce, and tuna.

Okay, okay.

I was just thinking about that guy,

the French one,

the last one you told me about.

-Beno�t? -Yes.

-What? -That's already history.

Really?

He left. We didn't even say goodbye.

Did it end badly?

No, not badly.

I don't know. It just ended.

I thought it was gonna last.

Me too. I was hoping it would.

Plus he grew his hair out.

I love it.

Really?

-Okay. -I love it.

Well, it's over. Moving on, honey.

-Moving on. -Yeah.

Of course.

And what about you?

-What about me? -What about you?

No, babe, let's talk about you.

Tell me more. What have I missed?

-Two slices? -Yes.

-Do you want bread? -Okay.

Look, like this.

On top of the ham.

-And this goes there. -Careful, don't drop it!

-It's gonna fall. -Yeah.

Elena's gonna sleep well tonight.

She's really good at keeping herself entertained.

Here they come.

Who's missing?

No one else is missing, right?

Alicia and Sara are coming too.

Do you know them?

I feel like I've seen them somewhere,

at a party or something.

Nothing had happened between us.

That's quite a walk.

I took the bus.

That's not the Camino de Santiago!

How to flirt with a hiker without doing the walk.

I know people who do it by car.

Well, she took the bus.

I took the bus.

But we hadn't even kissed or anything.

But honey, why not just go on Tinder?

-How are you, my love? -What are you doing here?

-How are you? -Good.

But what's going on? What are you doing here?

Who've you been talking to?

What's going on?

Ah, it was her! You kept that quiet!

Let me introduce you.

-Ale. -Nice to meet you.

You've already met, right? No need to introduce you.

How are you? I'm Leo.

-How are you? -Great and you? Looking good!

-Do you want something to drink? -Yeah, sure.

Of course. Help yourself.

-I need a jacket. -Did you eat on the way?

I'm a bit hungry.

How are you?

The pie's good.

-You're staying, right? -Yeah, I'm staying.

I have a friend over here. Her name's Mikela.

Mikela, what a pretty name!

This is so cool.

Let me show you around.

He messaged me saying he wanted to surprise her.

He's so nice.

Marta was so surprised.

She's freaking out right now.

-And you didn't know about it. -No.

She would've snitched.

I would've.

Not this one, the next one.

-This one? -Yeah.

-I've messed it up, right? -Yes.

Please let me in.

Let's go, let's go.

-Saved. -Let's go.

-It's so hot. -Asturias.

Where's the breeze?

Give it time.

-Make a right here. -Okay.

And here we are.

Almost a year.

And luckily because his last job was much worse than this.

I'm comfortable there and it's a good team.

It's fine. I've got a job.

Well, that's what I thought.

People who've got jobs shouldn't complain.

But it depends on the job, right?

If you have a shitty job, you have the right to complain.

Well, yeah, but Leo's job isn't shitty.

No, it's not.

A few years from now we won't be able to live there,

not if we continue like this.

-Well, you know what to do. -Come here.

Move here.

Mom, it'd be difficult for the both of us here.

You don't like this one.

We look ugly there.

Doesn't even look like you.

I'm gonna take you here one day.

That's the plates thing, right?

See? It's cool.

-I like that one. -This one?

-I really like it. -That's when I cut my hair.

But these ones suck.

That one's sexy.

There you look so�

It's one of my favorites.

You look so hot.

Sorry about the messages.

I hope you're not too mad.

Leo just showed up.

I wasn't expecting him so soon, so I'm a complete mess.

I don't know how to handle this situation.

I guess I'll talk to him in the next few days.

I don't know whether I'll go back to our apartment

in Madrid or...

I need a few days with him.

I'll see how it goes and

I'll text you in a few days, okay?

Talk soon.

And it's met our expectations.

Which were none.

When you have no expectations--

Coming back alive--

A weekend for us.

Let's take a photo.

To mark the occasion.

I can't get us all in.

Excuse me.

Can you take a photo of us, please?

Looking good.

-I'll take a couple. -Okay.

Thanks.

Let's have a look.

They're good.

Thanks!

Are you from here?

-I am. -I'm just visiting her.

What's your name?

-Mar. -And Celia.

-I'm Robert. -Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

This is Julio.

-Hi. -Hi.

Nice to meet you.

And this is Pablo.

-How are you? -Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Where do people usually go out here?

We've still got a bit to go and then it's downhill from there.

This island was conquered by the Asturians.

-What's it called? -No fucking idea.

Wait, let me go ahead.

Come on!

Look, here's our spot!

-Come on. -You want to stop already?

We're not even halfway.

Well, we can rest for a bit, right?

If you're already tired�

Look at that seagull.

There are loads here.

You get used to it.

What? Here?

I'm going to make a video. Look at that butterfly!

What's that, Barbarossa Island?

Do you want it to be called Barbarossa Island?

Yes.

Okay, Barbarossa Island it is then.

The bastard left his wife there.

What do you want? I'm coming.

-This is a bit tricky. -No, it's not.

Really comfortable.

-Leo. -What?

-Leo!

-What are you doing? -Nothing.

Listen.

Leo!

Leo, not here.

-What? -What's going on?

What do you mean?

I just don't feel like it right now.

-Why? -Because.

You wanna do it here, seriously?

I see you've really missed me.

What's that got to do with anything?

Nothing, forget it.

No. Tell me, come on.

-Forget about it. -We have plenty of time.

If it's not your mother, it's your sister

or the neighbor's cat.

Great, what do you wanna do?

Go crazy in the middle of nowhere?

Have someone see us?

Who? The five hundred people we've come across?

You're going too far now.

-Me? -Yes, you.

-Rested? -Rested.

Okay.

Grab the end.

Mine looks huge.

Let's see! Wait, wait.

-What is that? -Give me time.

-Ouch! -What is that?

I'm trying to make a T-rex.

Use your imagination.

Look at my hands!

Yes, looks just like one.

Look at the mouth.

Well, it's caught your dog.

Oh, my arms ache now.

Can you do anything other than a dog?

-This one's a classic. -A dove!

-Look, look! -Oh, oh.

You can now let go of each other's hands.

and seal your vows

with the exchange of rings.

I love you.

The perfect circle of your

wedding rings is a symbol of eternity.

-Congratulations! -Thank you so much.

I'm so glad you came!

-What a beautiful wedding! -Thanks!

Did you like it? I'm so glad!

-We loved it. -Glad to hear it.

-Thank you so much for coming. -Congratulations.

Thank you so much, really.

-Let me sort myself out quickly. -But you look great.

I'm a total mess.

Aren't you hot?

I'm gonna take off my jacket soon.

Okay, I'll do one portrait and another landscape.

-Thanks. -Anytime.

Do you want another one?

No, thanks.

Can I borrow your lighter, please?

Let me take a photo, okay?

-You both look gorgeous. -Yay!

Wait, selfie.

Give it here.

-I'm shaky today. -Hold on a sec.

-Not smoking. -Yeah, no cigarettes.

Oh, but I was smoking.

Yeah, but you look cool.

But that's you.

Come on.

Wow, look at you!

-Fuck. -You taste of cigarettes!

Wow! Such nice photos.

Did you take a picture or a video?

-They're lovely! -Look at the colors.

The light's amazing.

-Wow, look at them. -I love them.

How do you feel in the dress?

-You look beautiful. -I'm comfortable.

Let's see later when you're dancing.

How much ham do you want?

What you've got there.

This little bit too?

Give it to me.

But why do you want to go there?

-To this one, right? -Why?

We can do it.

Give me time. Okay?

Why?

Dude, I don't know where you get these Mowgli ideas from.

I'm here.

This can't be good for you.

Come on.

Here? Good? Okay.

It is nice though.

Oh, the graffiti.

I'll post it later.

-They're nice, right? -Really nice.

Don't you want any?

-Fuck. -Wow, if it falls.

-Mine's waterproof. -Mine's not.

I'd better be careful.

You sure you've got everything?

Yes.

-Bye, honey. -Drive safely.

-Bye, my love. -Bye.

-What? -My foot, my foot!

Did you talk to Leo?

I wanted to tell you earlier.

I couldn't.

I was convinced

but then I saw the way he looked at me

and I just couldn't.

So, you're in love?

I don't know, sometimes I think so

but other times I'm not so sure.

How is that possible?

You've never had conflicting feelings?

At times I don't know whether I love him for him

or because of the way he loves me, you know?

The way he cares for me, the way he looks at me.

With you it's different.

Every relationship is, right?

It's much more intense than that.

But I'm scared

it could all go to pieces in a couple of days.

Yeah, but it might not.

Well, no,

but it could happen.

It happened before.

We agreed it would be different this time.

But here's the thing, Pablo, we know each other.

Now you say you want this

but who knows in a couple of days.

Marta, that's really unfair.

You're blaming me when it's up to you.

I'm not blaming you.

It was me who couldn't talk to him.

Really, I'm not blaming you.

It pisses me off, I swear.

-What? -What do you mean what?

That everything's over now.

It's not fair.

It upsets me too, Pablo.

But, I don't know�

I just think it's for the best.

What?

Hang on a second.

-Am I hurting you? -No, no.

Are you okay?

Just give me a second, okay?

Do you want to nap for a while?

No, no, no.

No, no. Hey!

What's the matter?

It's nothing.

Do you mind if we go?

Good morning, darling. How are you?

How are you feeling this morning?

Hungover?

I hope you behaved.

No, not really.

I hope you had a good time with your friends.

You deserve it.

I wanted to ask you,

When are you coming back? Today, tomorrow?

I'm such a mess.

And, well, I miss you.

I'm looking forward to you being back,

going back to our routine, our stuff,

you telling me off for smoking in the house,

watching movies, you know.

I love you and I really miss you.

Love you. Talk soon.

Hi love. We'll talk later, okay?

I'm a bit busy at the moment.

I love you too, okay?

Talk later. Love you.

-What? -Look, my hand's flying.

Yeah, you're really going for it.

Two and... igloo!

Do you like this color?

Shit.

I don't wanna go.

-Stay! -I wish!

What time are you leaving?

In twenty minutes or so. I've got time.

Well, my friend.

Take care, okay?

You're gonna come see me, right?

I'll be there in October, you know that.

I'll be waiting.

I'll be there, don't worry.

I'll text you on the train.

Okay. Try and sleep.

-Now, now. -That's it.

Maybe we screwed up.

You pull this all the way down

and that's it, now you tie it.

And this is the most� This is called�

I can't remember what it's called.

We'll call it

Nuria's knot.

Cool.

No, not there. No, not there.

Yes, yes.

There, the small one. Right next to it.

Shark! Come on, come on!

Wait, wait, wait. It's not--

Now. Press.

There. We've got it.

Done?

No, this goes up here.

No, it goes here.

This doesn't look right.

This has to go here, maybe-

Now!

Now we tighten it.

Yes.

-Watch out! Careful. -What?

These are weird, right?

Oh, this side.

We could make a living assembling furniture.

Sure.

Okay.

This one too.

I'm lost.