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SUBTITULADO POR MOVISTAR+.

OCTOBER 1998

This is Javier Carranza. I can't speak to you at the moment.

Leave a message after the beep.

Amelia!

Can you see me married?

The revolution will enable us to break the chains of fear.

He represents everything I've ever dreamed of.

- To fight for our dream. - I don't know if I can.

- We need people like you. - No, Amelia, don't get involved.

What am I going to do?

It's jam-packed.

Stalls, circle, boxes... People will be left outside.

That's going to be a problem.

It's going to be broadcast all over Spain,

so I've asked for speakers to be put on the balcony.

It's not the same thing.

Amelia!

- Amelia. - Come, hurry.

- Sorry. - Come.

- We'll lose our spot. - Look, look.

Excuse me, miss, but no...

- Santiago! - José!

I knew you wouldn't miss it. Is this your fiancée?

She hasn't said yes yet.

- José Rosales. - Amelia Garayoa. Delighted.

- Garayoa? - Yes.

- The daughter of Juan Garayoa, yes. - A great Republican.

- Do you have a spot? - No.

Wait here, I'll take you upstairs with the radio people.

Yes. Thank you.

It is about time for us to say

that Spanish Republicanism begins every day

COLISEO DE PARDIÑAS, MADRID FEBRUARY 11TH 1934

and that we need not be bound buy history, not in the least,

apart from separating ourselves from it.

It's time to bury the dead.

Over and above the Constitution is the Republic.

And though we are dislodged

from position to position,

we will reach the Republic.

And from the Republic we will proceed to that popular momentum

that it will bring for the glory of Spain.

REPUBLICAN ACTION

BASED ON THE BOOK "TELL ME WHO I AM" BY JULIA NAVARRO

TELL ME WHO I AM

- When? - A short time ago.

- What did you tell him this time? - Well...

I'd answer him tomorrow, or the day after.

- Amelia! - I don't know.

Seriously, can you see me married?

To Santiago? Sure.

I don't know. Getting married, I feel kind of...

It feels like?

Like shutting myself in a cage.

- A gilded cage. - But still with bars.

- Right. - Hey...

- What's wrong with Dad? - I don't know. What is it?

I don't know. He's been on the phone for hours.

Dad,

are you alright?

They've closed the Berlin factory on us.

What?

Come in.

Can't your partner do anything?

Itzhak is a Jew and they're taking everything from him.

That factory was our main source of income.

- And the Madrid factory? - No, with those old machines...

And the banks won't give us any more credit.

But don't you worry,

and above all, not a word to your mother.

No, of course.

I don't know, Dad. Is there nothing we can do?

We can buy new machines, in Belgium,

but we need a guarantor.

- I spoke to Santiago's father. - And?

He agrees.

- You see? - Yes, but I'm not sure about Santiago.

- You're not sure? - It's business matters, my girl.

- I'll talk to him tomorrow. - No, Amelia, don't get involved.

How can I not get involved if... we're getting married?

You've finally decided?

You're getting married.

You'll see, you'll be so happy.

- Bastards! - Dad, what are we going to do?

Please, try to make way!

Don't worry, the Police will come.

Fascists! Fucking bourgeoisie!

Look, the Police are here.

Let's go, come on.

- Hello, Laura. - Look what's going on outside.

Relax.

Everything alright?

Yes.

Amelia, do you take Santiago as your lawful husband,

to have and to hold, for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health, all the days of your life?

I do.

I do.

I pronounce you husband and wife.

- Hold on. Edurne, come. - No.

Yes, come, hurry.

Yes, really. He was like:

- "Ooh, you are Spanish, miss?". - They don't talk like that.

THREE MONTHS AFTER THE WEDDING

- He died laughing. - I so want to go to Paris.

Well, get married.

Sure, as if I had time, with my civil servant exams...

- True. How is it going? - Terrible. What do you think?

Shut inside all day.

- Well... oh! - What's this?

- Are you alright? - Yes.

What's going on?

Let's go.

- Let's go. - No, wait, wait.

You can come out.

- She can put this on. - Okay.

And if anyone asks, she's come to help you.

When it's all calmed down and the Police have gone, you go.

- What Police? - Santiago's asking for you.

Yes. Let's go.

Okay.

Then put this on. And this on your head.

I'm not putting that on.

- She says to do it right. - Okay.

You go here and you there.

Now wait for the music.

Now double.

Now an "S".

Again.

- Now this part, it's fun. - Yes, yes!

Wait, you take Mum and I'll take Dad, okay? Yes? Go on.

- Come on, Santiago. - Come on!

So you're her maid.

Her mother didn't want it at first, but Amelia insisted and I'm delighted.

- About being exploited? - They don't exploit me.

Honey,

- the bourgeoisie exploits everyone. - Not me.

No?

Look what she brought me from Paris.

Come on, Dad. You two. Dance, come on.

Very good! Bravo!

You should come to the Casa del Pueblo.

- To do what? - To join the revolution.

No. No revolution for me...

It's so that we're all equal. Don't you want that?

How can I be equal to the Garayoas? Have you seen them?

Come one day.

I was taught to read and write there. Maybe they can teach you.

I already can, Amelia taught me.

- Edurne. - Yes?

- There's a broken cup. - Yes, coming. Right away.

"Yes, coming. Right away".

Get down from there. And don't touch anything.

She just had to wait a while.

- Wait for what? - For the Police to go.

What's with her and the Police?

I don't know, she was at a demonstration...

And you took her up to your parents' place?

I wasn't leaving her down there alone while they chased her for her ideas.

You don't know why they were chasing her.

- What would you have done? - Not brought here inside.

You know that to defeat the right

- the left has to be united. - Right. Come on...

Darling,

these...

revolutionaries...

- are against us. - It must be for some reason.

Amelia, honey...

What?

I'd rather you stayed away from those people.

You work for me, but we're friends, aren't we?

Yes, yes. Yes.

What if she's not happy to see you?

Why wouldn't she be?

She says she's against the bourgeoisie...

Sure, but I'm not bourgeois.

- Oh, no? - No. Not in here, no.

María, María.

When you finish this, I'll explain the patterns.

- Yeah, okay. - Thanks.

- Hello. - Hello.

- What do you want? - We've come because

you said the Casa del Pueblo was open to everyone...

Well, to all the workers. She's not one.

I can help if you need anything.

Help how?

I don't know, I can teach.

Teach what?

- French, for example. - French...

They can't even read Spanish here.

- Well, I can teach them. - Yes, she studied Teaching.

Right.

Come.

Amparo.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

I need a favour. A new teacher's coming and...

But who's this?

Girls, there's a slight change. Amparo's going to other students

and you get the new teacher.

Be good.

- See you, girls. - Your students.

Hello.

Well, I'm Amelia.

Where are you from?

Madrid.

Madrid's a big place.

You mean from... which neighbourhood?

I grew up in the district of Marqués de Salamanca.

- I told you. See? - So?

So what?

- My name's Adela. - Hello, Adela. How are you?

Nice to meet you.

Well, you were working on stressed words. Oxytones...

- There are oxytones, paroxytones... - Hey!

- Yes? - Why isn't Amparo continuing?

There's been a slight change and...

- I'm filling in this morning. - But are you a teacher?

Yes, I'm a teacher, I studied Teaching.

We don't know.

Will you give me a moment?

The oxytone words... The...

Please, stop a moment.

Just for a moment.

Yes, I understand...

that you'd prefer the other teacher because you don't know me at all.

I just got here.

But maybe I can teach you something.

And I'm sure you can teach me something.

A lot!

I'm sure, a lot.

But I think that...

- we have to do it together. - Us and the Salamanca ladies.

Either way,

I think it's important that we respect each other,

because if we don't,

how can we expect to be respected by others?

I really feel that this way...

we'll be much stronger...

and...

- Sit down, sit down. - Sit down, honey.

- Lean here. - Come on.

- Get some air... - Go on, leave her be.

- Come on, like that. - I'll get some water.

- Congratulations. - Thanks a lot.

- Thanks for coming. - Don't mention it.

- Thanks. - Thank you. Good evening.

- Did you know she was 12 weeks? - No, I didn't know.

I didn't know.

- I had a... - It's fine. It's fine.

It's fine.

The main thing is you're alright.

Both of you.

- I don't know if I can. - Of course, darling. Of course.

- I don't know if I want to. - You'll be the greatest mother

in the world, you'll see.

Yes, but now you need to rest.

But just when I have things to do.

What things, honey? Your placenta has shifted.

Sure, but...

Your health and our child's is more important than anything.

Do I tell Edurne to come in?

She's dying to give you a hug.

Gently.

- Why not give him more breast? - I already have, Edurne.

- Maybe he wants more. - Pass me the cloth, please.

- Is he hot? - Yes.

- That'll be Águeda. - What?

The woman my mother's sent to help you with the boy.

She's coming today?

My mother said this morning.

She lost her child two months ago.

Yes, well... Do you want me to...?

- No, really. Please, leave me. - Amelia, Amelia...

- This is Águeda. - Hello.

Good morning.

- What's wrong with the lad? - He's been crying all morning.

- What's his name? - Javier.

Hello, Javier. Hello, little lad.

That's it.

What a little face. He looks a lot like you.

- See you soon. - Goodbye, madam.

I think it's there.

Hello.

Hello.

- Hello. - What do you want?

- Is Lola here? - One moment.

Mum.

- What? - Come here.

- She has a son? - I didn't know.

What are you doing here?

You weren't at the Casa de Pueblo, so we came here to see you.

Who's there?

Go outside for a bit.

Come in.

- Amelia and her maid. - Edurne.

Are they friends of yours?

Acquaintances.

My name's Josep.

- Hello. - Nice to meet you.

Is there any more wine?

Can't you see?

I'll bring it in a sec. You go.

What do you want?

I wanted to talk to you.

- About what? - I'd like to help, I told you.

Now? After so long?

I couldn't come before. I had a son.

Who'll eat better than mine.

I'd like to change that.

Right.

You'd love to help, right?

Yes, I'd like to help.

Then help.

...here, thanks to the proletarian revolution,

we'll defeat the bosses and end capitalist exploitation.

What's wrong?

It's a...

lieu commun, in French.

It's... something we already know.

- Oh, yeah, a "lure". - No, no, no.

- It's not a lure, no. - Explain yourself.

- It's... - The obvious?

The obvious.

Yes. Thank you.

Exactly.

That's it. We don't just have to say the obvious.

- What do we say then? - Well, instead of that,

or as well, we say that the revolution

will enable us to break the chains of fear,

it'll enable us

to gain the dignity of free men and women,

to build a new tomorrow with our own hands.

- It's more poetical. - I don't want to write poetry.

Yes, but it's a metaphor.

- A metaphor? So? - So?

We'll reach more...

Do you understand me?

I think so.

You see?

Come here.

No.

- They were leaving. - Why?

- Lola, they just got here. - Didn't you hear me?

Go on.

Let's go.

- Carry on. - Okay, point one,

we'll change it.

Add what he said and erase that.

Why does she treat me like that?

Did I say something to annoy her? I don't know.

- Don't take any notice of her. - What's wrong?

- Wait. - No, no.

Excuse me.

Sorry, could I...?

Can I speak to you for a moment?

Alright. What do you want?

Nothing, I saw what happened... Sometimes Lola...

I don't know what's up with her. She doesn't want me to help.

Right, but I do.

Oh, really?

- Yes, we need people like you. - Amelia, let's go.

And who are you?

- Do you want me to tell you? - We'd better go.

- Wait. - Do you?

- We're in a hurry. - What hurry?

- Your son, he has to have dinner. - Águeda's there, isn't she?

And I have to make your husband's dinner.

Well, if you can't...

Salud.

Salud.

Wait!

- Go home. - What? Alone?

You're in Madrid. You won't get lost.

No, you, alone with him. You're married.

That's enough, Edurne. Go home. It's fine, I'll be right there.

Have you ever tried cider? No?

Neither have I. Do you want to try it? Yes?

I'm sorry, but a revolution doesn't come about

only with demonstrations, strikes and shouting,

but with culture as well,

with good education, with... poetry.

That's why I love seeing...

Sorry, can we speak informally?

- Yes, of course. - Yes? Good.

But call me Amelia. By the way, nice to meet you.

Pierre, Amelia.

That's why you love seeing...?

Yes, seeing people like you

join the struggle.

I was like you.

- Oh, really? - Yes, I had a good life in Paris,

I was devoted to the family business, buying and selling antique books. And...

And when the Party proposed...

What party?

The French Communist Party.

You're a Communist?

Yes.

That's why when the Party proposed that I come to Madrid

to help the Popular Front,

- it was very hard. - Oh, really?

Was I going to leave behind books,

which are my passion,

and my family? And my girlfriend?

But I realized that

what I was being offered was much bigger than all that,

it meant participating in history, in what you're building here,

now, in Spain.

The opportunity to struggle against the oppressive system,

to believe that a more just, more equal world for everyone

is possible, and that I can take part in it.

So I left it all and came here.

And my family... My father is Spanish and I hold this country dear.

Every day it's happening to more and more Spanish people. And now...

to you.

You're very kind.

- And you speak French? - Yes, I speak French.

- It's not true. - Yes, I do speak French.

We'd spend summers in Biarritz with my grandmother,

she lives there.

And...

she'd give us French lessons,

teach us songs...

Hold on.

To Bilbao.

He didn't leave a note for me?

- No, he left in a hurry, without dinner. - Did he say when he'd be back?

In 3 or 4 days. But he said he'd call you tomorrow.

I told him you were with some students.

Some students?

Yes. I wasn't going to say you were offwith some fellow.

- I wasn't doing anything wrong. - Sure, but...

- But what? - No, nothing.

Nothing.

To the unions, I don't remember which.

José, confirm it for me, but I think that's it,

it has to be decided by assembly.

Can someone get the phone, please?

Hello.

Shall we...?

Well, first the order, then the rest of it. Yes?

- Hello. - Hello.

What are you doing here?

The other day we agreed that...

- I wanted to collaborate, so... - Sure.

Sure.

It's just, tomorrow we have a rally and it's all a bit....

- Sure, okay, it's fine. - Let me find...

- Some other day. - No, no, let's...

Hold on, let me think.... Let me... Let me...

No, really. It's a muddle. I can come another day.

Hey, can you type?

- Yes. - Yes?

Come.

This is my speech for tomorrow.

But it's turned out...

it's a bit... intellectual.

It has to be appealing, more inspiring,

it has to reach people.

- Yes? Good. - You want me to help you?

- Yes, in your own words... - Javier.

Just a moment.

I've never written anything political.

Perfect, don't think about politics. Think about...

people, their hopes,

their dreams. Right?

- Can you come here a moment? - Yes, of course.

I trust you.

FEBRUARY 11TH 1873: A YEARNING

APRIL 14TH 1931: A HOPE

FEBRUARY 16TH 1936: A VICTORY

At this hour she should be with her son.

- Would you like some coffee? - Does this happen every day?

No, just some.

My sweetie...

Javier's going to know Águeda better than his mother.

She breastfeeds him, bathes him, dresses him...

- Is it done? - Take a look.

"A revolutionary struggle that not only seeks to defeat the bosses

and free the working class from its yoke,

but is the only way to rid ourselves of fear for good

and dare to fight for our dreams."

- What? - "...to fight for our dreams".

It's very good.

- Really? - Yes, it's very good.

"February 11th 1873 was a yearning,

April 14th a dream

and on February 16th we achieved victory".

That's how it ends.

- Who's that by? - By him.

It'll be his last speech before the elections.

- But I wrote it, Edurne! - That's great.

- Your in-laws came. - Oh, really?

They were surprised that you weren't at home.

Doña Blanca said that Javier seemed like an orphan.

And it's true, Amelia. You're never at home.

Javier will know Águeda better than you because...

she breastfeeds him, bathes him, dresses him...

He'll end up thinking she's his mother.

But I don't understand why they want me shut in all day.

- What are you laughing at? - No...

It's the same with me, they don't understand me either.

No, eh?

When I joined the Party, years ago...

My mother was...

You want to be a Communist? After what they did to us in Moscow?!

- My mother is Russian. - Oh, really?

I was born in Russia and we left when the Revolution happened.

When she gets angry, she does so in Russian.

And she's still angry at me.

That's why I don't tell her anything.

You don't know how she'd get if I told her...

Now, for example, the Party is sending me to Buenos Aires.

I can't tell her because I know she wouldn't understand,

- you know? - Sure.

Yes.

- So you have to go? - Yes. Yes, yes.

But you said that Madrid was in a historic moment

- and you wanted to be here. - Yes. But...

my work here is done

and the revolution has to look to the future.

They're sending me to set up a support network in Buenos Aires.

When are you going?

- Well... - Pierre.

How are you?

- Hi. - Hi.

- How are you, comrade? - Great.

Amelia, come. Come.

It's great to see you again.

This is Amelia, a friend.

Jean, a French camarade.

- Delighted. - Enchantée.

- Oh, you speak French. - Yes, a little.

- Delighted. - This bearded fellow is Albert,

a circus contortionist.

No, he's an English journalist.

- Enchanté. Delighted. - Same here.

- We didn't see each other yesterday. - That's true.

No.

What did you think of my speech?

Well, a little too...

- Too "Pierre". - Especially the ending. But...

Well, she wrote it.

- Sorry. - No.

A joke.

It was wonderful, really. It's wonderful.

It's wonderful.

- Pierre, the first results. - Yes?

Let's go, let's go.

Are you coming?

Yes.

- To a new world! - To a new world.

It looks like we're going to win.

- Really? - Yes.

What's wrong? Aren't you happy?

When are you going?

The day after tomorrow.

I get the train to Paris and from there... to Buenos Aires.

And what am I going to do?

What?

What am I going to do?

Well... come with me,

to fight for our dreams.

Pierre, you have to speak.

Let's go.

Hello. Where were you?

- We won, didn't we? - That's the reason.

The right won't accept the victory of the Popular Front.

Why not?

Amelia, it's like you don't know what country we're living in.

There'll be riots in the streets. Madrid won't be a safe place.

- We can't stay here. - What do you want us to do?

Tomorrow I'll arrange for you to go to your grandmother in Biarritz the day after.

You'll take Edurne and Águeda.

- Is that alright, Edurne? - Of course.

- I don't want to go to Biarritz. - I'd go with you if I could,

but your father's business isn't recovering, I can't let it fail.

I would if it were anyone else, but it's your father, it's family.

And family comes first, doesn't it?

Say something.

Have you told him you're going?

- How long have you known him? - I don't know, Laura. I don't.

- A fortnight. - A fortnight?

And he asks you to leave your family, your son, and go with him.

How can you trust someone who asks that of you?

Don't you see? It's madness.

If you go, it's not for the revolution.

Don't fool yourself. If you go, it's for him.

And for me, Laura. And for me.

He represents everything I've dreamt of.

But here you have a son that needs you,

you have your family, you have me.

Are you really going to leave all that behind you?

Do you think I want to?

Then stay, Amelia.

And never see him again?

Goodbye, my friend.

TRAVEL WITH US

Pierre.

Sorry.

Hello.

Hello.

You came.

Yes.

The train to Paris departs in ten minutes

from platform 2.

Shall we go?

Are you alright?

I'm going for a coffee. Do you want anything?

- No. - No? Wait.

- Go. - I'll be right back.

How are you, comrade?

Goodbye.

Wait.

Thank you.

Are you sure she doesn't suspect anything?

No, nothing.

She'll be the perfect blind spy.

- Are you sure? - I'm sure.

With her we'll gain easier access to the circles that interest us.

Your controller in Buenos Aires.

Be careful.

Of what?

She's a very beautiful woman.

There!

The train to Paris?

Hello.

Hello.