MADRID, NOVEMBER, 1934 马德里 1934年11月
THE CHESS PLAYER 棋手
BASED ON THE NOVEL "THE CHESS PLAYER" WRITTEN AND ADAPTED BY JULIO CASTEDO 胡里奥·卡斯特多根据小说《棋手》改编
- Two daiquiris. 鸡尾酒
THEY WILL NOT PASS! DEFEND MADRID 他们不会通过的 捍卫马德里
NOVEMBER, 1936年 1936年11月
EMPLOYEE WANTED 招工启示
POLICE REPORT 警察纪录
Don't be afraid to answer. 不要害怕回答
This is only a conversation between two civilized men. 这只是两个文明人之间的对话
Do you believe in God? 你信上帝吗
Yes, I'm Catholic. 是的,我是天主教徒
So you think...
you have an immortal soul
and that if you act according to the commandments,
you'll be eternally rewarded in Heaven.
Faith is hard to explain.
And even harder to understand
when an intelligent man has it.
I don't believe in God.
Not in yours or any other.
I believe the gods were invented by primitive men
puzzled by the mysteries of nature
and that their Bible,
so filled with incest,
miracles and murderers,
is the biggest literary fallacy in all of Europe.
People are ignorant and must be educated,
but not by the disgusting coercion of Jewish morals!
Please, sit down.
I didn't call you here to offend your convictions.
You owe me a rematch.
Allow me the privilege of playing white again.
Checkmate.
Put the pieces back.
Checkmate.
Starting tomorrow,
you will give me lessons in theory
to prevent such humiliation.
From now on bring him clean and shaven.
Yes, sir.
Undress him.
Get undressed!
Take off your clothes!
- Faster! - What stinks,
- your food? - No.
Must be the Spanish dog.
Faster!
We need to wash him.
In the cage!
Get in there!
Step aside!
Moving the bishop puts your king at risk.
Checkmate.
What do you mean, Checkmate?
We're only starting.
Shepherd's checkmate.
Oh, well.
You play worse than my four-year-old daughter.
Come on, play again.
Can I ask a favor of you?
Go ahead.
I'd like to prove my innocence.
If you wish to remain alive,
just do as you're told.
In this building
people die every day
for accusations less serious than yours.
Don't make the mistake of thinking
that you have the power to change the course of events.
Pablo!
What's wrong with you today?
Have you lost your faith?
You don't believe in God anymore?
Open up.
You...
dead!
By moving your knight you lose the center of the board
and your general position is weakened.
JULY, 1941
Germany is at war with Russia now.
It's the most important decision
the fuhrer has made,
but there was no other option with the Russian dogs.
Communism is the most irrational form of government.
Would you like a glass of brandy?
No, thank you.
Perhaps you prefer something else.
I'd like to be able to write my wife and daughter.
You can write your family once a month.
With the envelopes open so that I may inspect them.
But don't ask them to write you back.
You can receive no correspondence from the outside.
Dear Marianne and Margaux.
Today marks one year since my arrest.
AUGUST 19TH, 1941
And for the first time I am allowed to write to you.
I think about you both all the time.
The memory of our love gives me
the strength to keep fighting.
NOVEMBER 5TH, 1942
Sometimes I think God is testing me,
because he has forgotten me.
But I promise you that nothing or no one
will keep us apart or take our past away from us.
Merry Christmas!
Not only the past we've shared,
but also the past we've been deprived of.
JULY 12TH, 1943
Come with me.
Let's go!
I didn't bring you here to play chess today.
Things are changing.
It's not like four years ago.
The Americans landed in Normandy some time ago
and they're at the gates of Paris.
The fuhrer
has decided to execute all prisoners
and blow up this building.
However,
I'm not willing to send you to your death.
I've known for a long time that you aren't a spy.
- You knew I was innocent. - That's right.
But your life was worth very little on the street.
You might say I was protecting you.
Although you don't know it, you have influential enemies.
I don't have any enemies in France.
We all have enemies.
Pierre Boileau, do you know him?
He was my wife's friend.
Hers, perhaps,
but it doesn't seem he was yours.
Pierre Boileau reported you accusing you of espionage.
Why didn't you release me when you found out it was false?
Out of selfishness.
I found life in this prison too tedious.
And the chance to play chess against someone
with your talent
was an extraordinary relief for me.
- Those are my letters. - Yes.
They never left here.
I let you write them to keep your spirits up,
but they never left my office.
Take them.
Reinke.
Free this man.
I hope...
you understand the exception I'm making with you.
Get out of here!
Marianne!
Please!
We don't have anything to give.
Go away.
I'm not a beggar.
I know you.
You're that Spaniard
who was arrested for being a communist.
The accusation was false.
That's why they released me.
I don't care if you're a communist or not.
They killed my husband for collaborating with the Resistance.
Everyone thought you were dead.
Do you know where my wife and daughter are?
They left Paris two years ago.
Do you know where they went?
They went to Bordeaux.
With a man named Pierre Boileau.
Your wife Marianne thought you were dead.
You're going to look for them, aren't you?
What else can I do?
They left an address.
For their mail.
I'll prepare you something, it's a long way.
Thank you.
Good day, sir.
Good day.
Isn't it too hot to be walking?
I'm getting used to it.
I've walked all the way from Paris.
It's about 500 kilometers on foot.
You're Spanish, huh?
I recognized your accent.
How far are you going?
To your country?
To Bordeaux.
It's only 40 kilometers.
Come on, get on.
I'm going to Bordeaux too.
Why are they doing that to them?
They're collaborators.
It's their punishment for being with a German.
The house you're looking for is at the end of that road.
Thanks, my friend.
If you stay in Bordeaux, come and see me.
I promise to give you some more of that wine.
- See you soon. - See you soon.
Good day. Who are you?
Margaux, who is it?
A beggar.
Margaux, leave us alone.
Goodbye.
Hello, Marianne.
They told me you were dead.
That the Nazis had executed you.
Where were you this whole time?
In prison.
I'm sorry, Diego.
I don't know how to react.
Please, give me time...
Margaux looks beautiful.
She's all grown up now.
And the way I look, she thought I was a beggar.
Come.
I'll give you clean clothes and you can take a bath.
Here.
I'll make you something to eat meanwhile.
Thank you.
Please, sit down.
Diego, a lot has happened since we last saw each other.
It's very hard to explain.
Do you know why I was arrested?
They said you'd been accused of being a communist.
I never understood why they locked you up.
Someone reported me with lies.
Someone influential.
But you had no enemies.
That's what I thought, Marianne.
That I had no enemies.
Are you happy with Pierre?
He treats me very well.
And he's a good father to Margaux.
And Margaux?
Does she remember me?
She was very little when you were arrested.
The first months she asked about you a lot and I didn't know what to say.
She must have noticed that her questions made me sad and after a while...
she stopped talking about you.
I may have been wrong, but...
I thought it was better if she forgot you quickly.
And if there was nothing at home to remind her of her father.
I've come to find out if I still have a family.
Things can't go back to how they were.
Or change all of a sudden.
At first I tried not to get you out of my life, but...
it's been four years.
And you were dead.
I'm not here to take Margaux away from you,
but I won't give her up.
I know I have nothing to offer her right now,
but things could change.
She's happy here.
And some day she'll inherit Pierre's fortune.
Please, try to understand.
And with you...
Look at you, Diego.
I'm sorry.
What's your horse's name?
It doesn't have a name.
Shall we give it one?
Which one?
Rocinante.
What a strange name.
Do you like it?
It's good for a horse.
All right.
You're more handsome without the beard
and my father's clothes look good on you.
Do you know how to play chess?
No.
But I know how to move the pieces and what they're called.
The horse can jump,
and the king, since he's older,
can only move one square at a time.
Do you know who taught you that?
I don't remember.
I've known it since I was little,
from when I lived in Madrid with my daddy.
With your daddy?
I have to go now.
But maybe we can see each other another time.
Yes. You could come over and play with me.
I promise.
Goodbye, Margaux.
Goodbye.
Be nice to Mommy.
I think I remember you.