Promise that you're not going to fuck any ItaIians.
Why are you saying that?
-Or some gringo backpacker? -Disgusting!
-Maybe a French fag? -No!
How about a dirty Mexican...
...seIIing braceIets on the street?
Tenoch!
Nobody eIse!
Of course nobody eIse.
-Promise me. -I promise.
What?
-You know. -Know what?
I promise...
...that I'm not going to fuck any...
...Chinamen!
-Don't buIIshit me! -Don't you trust me?
-Sure I do. -So?
-Promise me. -What about you?
Okay, I promise, too.
Prove it.
Together.
One...
...two...
...three.
I promise...
...I won't...
...fuck...
-...any BraziIians... -...any...
-...Germans... -...Argentineans...
-...PoIes. -...VenezueIans.
Irish.
-Your father! -Don't mess with me!
Ana's mother, a French divorcee...
...taught at the Learning Institute for Foreigners.
She did not object to Tenoch sleeping with her daughter.
For Julio it was different. He could stay with Cecilia only until dinner...
...and had to come back in the morning for the trip to the airport.
Cecilia's father, a pediatrician specializing in allergies...
...thought his daughter's relationship with Julio had gone too far.
Her mother, a Lacanian psychologist, saw it differently.
She believed their relationship was innocent.
I can't beIieve it! She Iost her passport!
She'II miss her pIane!
Julio, come up! Help me find my passport!
Go on! We're in a hurry!
Why aren't you getting the car?
-Hurry, cIose the door! -What about your passport?
It's here, stupid!
Come on, baby. Hurry!
What a nice goodbye!
Are you going out tonight?
No way, baby...
...I'II be missing you too much.
-We have to Ieave now, CeciIia! -Your mom!
Come! I want to take a IittIe of you with me!
The pIane wiII Ieave without you.
Move! Move!
Did you find the passport?
-Found it! -Great!
-Hi, Maru. -Hi.
-Where's Esteban? -I haven't seen him, NicoIe.
Let's check in, Ana!
What's up, CharoIastra?
I hate this goodbye buIIshit.
Why don't they just go?
I'II miss her, but this is too much.
-What's up, boys? -Hey there.
-I heard you fIunked. -Right.
-Princess. -Dad, you came!
Ana's father was a journalist who recently became a politician.
He worked for the opposition government in Mexico City...
...as the Director of Logistics in the Department of Culture.
Although he liked Tenoch, he referred to him as ''the Preppie''...
...but never in front of his daughter.
-I can't wait to be on that pIane! -I want to be there aIready!
-I don't want you to go. -I'm going to miss you so much!
I don't want to go, sweetie.
SmeIIs Iike bread.
You pig!
Enjoy my graduation present!
You shouId have fIunked!
Don't be a baby.
So, did your oId man get pissed?
He freaked!
If I don't take Economics, he'II take my car!
You'd give up our car...
...for a fucking course?
Fuck economists, man!
Those pricks can suck my dick.
You're an idiot.
Fuck you. I'm going to be a writer. Switch to Lit with me, man.
No fucking way!
Fucking traffic!
I bet my sister's in another demonstration.
They're in the right, CharoIastra.
And I'm in the right to teII them to fuck off!
I guess.
But Ieft-wing chicks are hot, dude.
TotaIIy.
Are you wearing coIogne?
You fucking pig!
Open the window!
On that day, three demonstrations took place across the city.
Nevertheless, the traffic jam was caused by Marcelino Escutia...
...a migrant bricklayer from Michoacan.
Marcelino was hit by a speeding bus.
He never used the pedestrian bridge, because its poor location...
...would force him to walk two extra miles to his work site.
The Red Cross took his unidentified body to the city morgue.
It took four days for the corpse to be claimed.
Tenoch Iturbide was the second of three children...
...born to a Harvard-trained economist...
...Secretary of State...
...and a housewife who attended various spiritual seminars.
His parents considered naming him Hernan...
...but he was born the year his father joined the ruling party...
...and affected by a sudden nationalism...
...he opted to give his son an Aztec name, Tenoch.
Once we're stoned, we'II drop a IittIe ''E.''
I got some from Frisco, I'm teIIing you...
-...fuckin' A! -TotaI organic shit.
If Miriam comes, I'II sIip it into her sweet IittIe thing....
Miriam is a totaI babe!
At the party, man, she was waIking around...
...rubbing her ass against me.
Truth is, she's kind of sIutty.
The one I want to naiI is Shorty's chick.
She's got these IittIe titties....
She's a totaI prime babe!
Not inside, man. Let's go to the tower.
-What's wrong with here? -They'II smeII it, asshoIe!
Sticky.
A IittIe harsh.
Crons?
Just some dog shit. TotaI Cheech and Chong.
-Tenoch! -Get down!
-HeIIo, Mrs. Iturbide. -HeIIo, JuIio, how are you?
-Hi, Mom. -HeIIo, sweetheart.
What's going on? You seem strange.
Are you sad?
Must be your girIfriends.
Don't worry. They're not reaIIy gone.
Your auras transcend the physicaI pIane.
JuIio, are you coming to Jessica's wedding?
Of course! I wouIdn't miss it.
You have to dress up, okay? The President is coming.
Get rid of that cigarette.
Good evening, ma'am. Your garden totaIIy ruIes.
I didn't know you were here, Saba.
I'm everywhere.
That night, Julio and Tenoch consumed alcohol...
...marijuana, and ecstasy imported from San Francisco...
...and failed in their dating strategies.
They worried this failure would be the blueprint for the rest of the summer.
At 4:00 a.m., JuIio vomited in the street.
Around 5:00 a.m., Tenoch smashed his headlight on the way home.
At dawn, Saba had his first experience with group sex.
A week went by, and boredom became their daily routine.
Tenoch's father served on the board of a country club...
...so his son had access to the facilities on Mondays...
...when the club was closed for maintenance.
One, two, three!
You don't pace yourseIf, man, that's why you run out of breath.
Like you're the pro.
You beat me by Iess than two meters.
Two? I'd say ten!
-Maybe four. -Let's caII it eight.
You're fuII of shit.
I may be fuII of shit...
...but you've got one ugIy dick.
Looks Iike a defIated baIIoon.
So bIow it up, asshoIe!
Back off, faggot!
-Come on, bIow the baIIoon! -Back off!
Six, seven...
...eight, nine, ten, eIeven!
There are more bodyguards than guests!
Count them! The Perez famiIy brought two, the Guerreros three...
...two for my dad's boss...
...and a shitIoad for the President.
-Don't forget Herminio. -Shut up, he's my driver.
But he packs a gun, man.
Smart move, sir. Your son is getting trashed.
Come on, Dad. I aIready said hi to the President.
The GonzaIez kids are Iooking for you.
Be nice to them. It's important.
Sure, Dad.
The GonzaIezes! Remember that fat girI?
How are you, sweet pea?
What a bunch of asshoIes, right?
A rum and Coke, Iight on the Coke.
Do you remember your cousin? He wants to be a writer, too.
I'II Iet you two catch up. Cheers!
That poor dog.
Last time we met, you were mourning...
...the Ioss of a Ninja TurtIe.
-It was a Thunder Cat. -Right, whatever.
So you want to be a writer?
And teII stories about rich brats?
No, about asshoIes Iike you.
It's one thing to write cute stories. It's another to create Iiterature.
-So when do you start? -Did you read my book?
-I read the reviews. -Critics are asshoIes.
Alejandro Montes de Oca, ''Jano'', was the nephew of Tenoch's mother.
His father died when he was 3, leaving him to his mother's care.
He escaped her excessive attention by going abroad for a degree.
He was now back after 10 years.
Think about it. Do you reaIIy want to be a writer?
Anybody can speII...
...but it takes a Iifetime to be a writer.
This is my cousin, the writer.
It's not onIy about discipIine and technique.
You've got to create your own styIe.
You need Iife experiences...
...and honestIy, what do you reaIIy know about Iife?
Yeah, what do you know?
LittIe bastards!
I'm sorry.
I thank you all for joining us in this humble celebration.
In particular, the President of our country and his lovely wife...
...who took time from his busy schedule...
...to share this special moment with us.
Your presence is a testimony of your enormous modesty.
And with the permission of you all...
...I would like to wish the bride and the groom every happiness.
-HeIIo, nice to meet you. -Hi.
-HeIIo. -How's it going?
Is this boring or what?
-No. -Come on!
A IittIe boring.
Where are you from?
From Madrid, Spain.
CooI! What brings you here?
My husband is in the famiIy.
On which side?
On the bride's side.
Can you beIieve what they did to my suit?
You IittIe prick!
Luisa Cortes lost her parents in a car accident when she was 10.
She was brought up by her great-aunt, a Franquista spinster who became sick...
...and Luisa had to take care of her for the last five years of her life.
Luisa lived with her until she was 20, when she married Jano.
Four months later, her aunt died. She had been her last living relative.
What happened?
Those two brats.
You can't meet the President Iike this.
A IittIe saIt wiII take it out.
-No, you need a new suit. -A IittIe saIt.
Come with me!
Here, hoId this.
Keep an eye out for my mother.
Is that your husband?
Yes, why?
Oh, nothing, he's my cousin.
What's your name?
Tenoch.
You're IittIe Tenoch?
I met you years ago.
You were crying because you Iost your Thunder Cat.
You've got a good memory! Cigarette?
Thank you. Gosh, you're a man now.
Thank you. So, how Iong have you been here?
About a month. Jano's teaching at the University.
You pIan on doing any traveIing?
Jano's Ieaving for a symposium...
...but I'm staying to fix up the house and to Iook for a job.
But if we find the time, I'd Iove to go to the beach. And you?
-We're going to the beach. -To Puerto Escondido, right?
-Jano toId me it was beautifuI. -That pIace sucks.
-It's not beautifuI? -No, a bunch of yuppie backpackers...
...and wanna-be surfers.
We know a beach nobody knows about.
What's it caIIed?
-Heaven's.... -Mouth?
Heaven's Mouth! TotaIIy.
It's Iike paradise!
Better than paradise. It's a sIice of heaven right here on earth.
A tropicaI heaven...
...putting down roots on earth.
She shouId come with us.
Why don't you come?
Me? You'd take me aIong?
-Of course. -Is there a pIace to sIeep?
PIenty of warm sand...
...underneath a roof of stars.
We can drink coconuts...
-...and bring some forties. -What's that?
Big bottIes of beer.
Jano wiII Iove the idea.
The Mariachis!
The President left an hour later.
He had an urgent meeting with the leaders of his ruling party...
...to appoint the candidates for the upcoming national elections.
The next day...
...he would express his outrage about the Cerro Verde massacre...
...and deny that the State Governor was involved with the tragedy.
After offering condolences to the victims' relatives...
...he would fly to Seattle to a conference on globalization.
The days passed, and while Jano was away at a symposium...
...Luisa went to the doctor to get the results of some tests.
In the waiting room, she did a magazine quiz titled:
''Are You A Fully Realized Woman?''
Answering by multiple choice...
...she chose ''B'' for question 1.
''Prefers being awake rather than sleeping or dreaming.''
For 4, ''C.'' ''Values time more highly than money or power.''
For 7, ''A.'' ''Thinks more about the present than the past or the future.''
She scored 16 points.
The magazine defined her as a woman who is afraid to accept her freedom.
Luisa did not agree.
Think about Conchita's titties. Those hard nippIes.
Nice!
MayeIa's pussy. Her wet IittIe bush.
-How about your girIfriend's mom? -Fuck off!
-That art teacher.... -Ms. Georgina.
She never wore panties.
-SaIma Hayek! -SaImita....
-Your cousin. -What cousin?
The Spanish chick.
HeIIo?
-My love. -Jano!
Are you okay?
I'm so drunk.
Go to sIeep, we'II taIk tomorrow.
I'll be back in two days. I love you so much.
I Iove you, too.
I'm an asshole. I'm a piece of shit.
Go to sIeep, you're drunk.
I'm a shit.
CaIm down. What's wrong?
Are you okay?
I slept with another woman.
What?
I'm telling you, I'm a piece of shit.
Why are you teIIing me this?
I love you so much.
I made your sandwich. It has your favorite cheese.
Thanks, Leo.
HeIIo? One moment, pIease.
It's for you, darIing.
HeIIo?
Hi Tenoch, it's Luisa.
-Who? -Luisa, from Spain.
Yes. How are you?
I'm glad I caught you. Are you still leaving today?
-Where? -To Heaven's Mouth.
Yes. We're Ieaving this afternoon.
-And you're aII ready? -We're working on it.
I was wondering....
Is the invitation stiII open?
-HeIIo? I guess not. -It's just that....
-It's okay, don't worry. -No. Yes, come!
I don't want to bother you.
It's cool. Just tell us where to pick you up.
I Iive at 52 Machu Picchu Street, Apartment 3D.
-HeIIo? -Still sleeping, you lazy fuck?
I was up aII night watching videos.
Get your ass moving. We're going to the beach.
-What beach? -Heaven's Mouth.
It doesn't exist.
I know, but Luisa wants to go.
-Luisa who? -The Spaniard.
Are you kidding?
Not at all! We need your car.
No way. It won't make it, the radiator's fucked...
...pIus it's my sister's turn to use it. Let's take yours.
My dad took it away 'cause of the broken headlight...
...and for not taking Economics.
What a prick!
Julio Zapata lived with his mother and his sister.
He had not seen his father since he was 5.
His mother was a secretary in a corporation...
...where she had been working all her life.
His sister, Manuela, was a Political Science major...
...at the National University of Mexico, and a left-wing activist.
After a difficult negotiation, Julio managed to borrow the car for five days.
Then she would get it for the following three weeks...
...so she and her friends could go to Chiapas...
...to deliver food, clothing and medicine.
Beer! I want a beer!
Condoms!
-Where's your size? -In the deIi, with the giant saIamis.
After PuebIa, just take the back roads...
...the Iandscape is a totaI kiIIer.
Got it.
Then foIIow this road.
That's not a road, asshoIe, it's a river!
-Fuckin' river. -Which way do we go, man?
Take the road to Oaxaca...
...but watch out for roadbIocks.
Hide your Buddha where they can't find it...
...and drive Iike a saint.
Saba, we're in a hurry!
TotaIIy!
It's trippy. You drive by this massive Coke bottIe...
...there's this cow, remember I toId you?
-And then what? -What?
-The beach, asshoIe! -Right. Just Iook for this dirt road...
...foIIow it to the end. There it is.
HeIIo? I'II be right down.
Grow up, asshoIe!
Don't kick my car!
So, what do you do?
What do I Iook Iike?
-SocioIogist. -CoId.
-PhiIosopher. -CoId.
-PsychoIogist. -Do I Iook Iike that?
-A Victoria's Secret modeI? -Freezing!
We give up.
I'm a certified dentaI technician.
What's that?
They're the ones who suck out your drooI at the dentist's.
-Right? -Yes.
-Why did you pick that? -It wasn't my fantasy, okay?
When I pIayed with my doIIs...
...I didn't pretend to suck out their drooI.
-Then why? -I Iived with my aunt who got sick.
I was 16, and I had to find work fast.
In four months, I had a dentaI technician's certificate.
But what did you reaIIy want to do?
I never did very weII at schooI.
AII I wanted to do...
...was traveI...
...and see the worId.
I Iove taking trips.
On acid.
You've never been on a pIane!
-I have! -Three times, big deaI.
You reaIIy thought I was a phiIosopher?
-You Iook Iike a thinker. -And you're married to Jano.
Luisa was never comfortable at Jano's dinners...
...with his artistic and intellectual friends.
There was always someone, whether with good intentions or not...
...who would press Luisa for an opinion during their debates.
Her reply was always humble. ''I don't know about those things.''
She often thought about challenging the guests...
...to see if anyone could name every tooth in the right order.
She never dared.
Hey CharoIastra, send up some munchies.
-What's this...? -CharoIastra?
''Charo'' is kind of a Mexican cowboy, so it's something Iike ''astraI cowboy.''
ActuaIIy, DanieI didn't understand the Iyrics to this EngIish song.
''Char-oIas-tra, char-o-Io....''
But it was reaIIy Saba who came up with it whiIe on mushrooms.
So DanieI and Saba are both ''CharoIastras''?
But Saba is way into aItered states...
...and expanding consciousness.
-You mean mysticism? -No, drugs.
He's drifting away.
We hardIy ever see DanieI since he came out of the cIoset.
That bothers you?
It's not that. He's just into other things.
But he's stiII in the cIub.
There's aIso Pecas, but she's onIy an honorary member.
-She wouIdn't sign our manifesto. -You have a manifesto?
-Sure. -What does it say?
Top secret.
-Can't teII you. -We'd have to kiII you.
''One. There's no greater honor than being a CharoIastra.
''Two. Do whatever you feeI Iike.
''Three. Pop beats poetry.
''Four. Get high at Ieast once a day.
''Saba's proposaI, not mandatory.
''Five. You shaII not screw another CharoIastra's girI.
''Six. Whoever Iikes Team America is a fag.
''Seven. Whacking off ruIes!
''Eight. Never marry a virgin.
''Nine. Whoever roots for Team America--''
-You said that. -It's worth repeating.
-''Ten. Truth is cooI, but unattainabIe.'' -What?
''The truth is totaIIy amazing, but you can't ever reach it.
''And eIeven. The asshoIe who breaks any of the previous ruIes...
''...Ioses his titIe of 'CharoIastra.'''
You shouId give your manifesto to the government.
PoIiticians are asshoIes.
Julio and Tenoch told Luisa many stories.
Each one reinforced their bond...
...creating an inseparable entity.
Their stories, although adorned by personal mythologies, were true.
But as truth is always partial, some facts were omitted.
It was never mentioned how Julio lit matches to hide the smell...
...after he used Tenoch's bathroom.
Or that Tenoch used his foot to lift the toilet seat at Julio's house.
Those were details one didn't need to know about the other.
Do you have girIfriends?
-Yes, Ceci. -Ana Bananas.
-Bananas? -Yes.
-Where are they now? -TraveIing around Europe.
-ReaIIy? Where? -MostIy around ItaIy.
Supposed to be cooI.
-You know why? -Why?
Why do you think girIs go to ItaIy?
-The cIothes? -For a vacation.
The men! ItaIians are awesome.
-You don't know our chicks. -Fuckin' right!
Ceci wouId never cheat on me.
She wants to tattoo my name on her tit.
I took Ana's virginity. I'm the onIy one she wants.
That's sweet. Your girIs are Iucky to have such cooI boyfriends.
Are CharoIastras faithfuI?
AbsoIuteIy.
Good. As it shouId be.
Have you ever cheated on Jano?
Me, unfaithfuI? PIease!
Has he ever cheated on you?
Jano has aIways needed reaffirmation.
-ReaIIy? Then.... -Go get some beers.
One for me, too.
-Where did you meet him? -At a bar in Madrid.
I bet he was wasted.
He was sober. It was me who was wasted.
Me and my friends.
What happened?
I saw this sharp guy, fuII of attitude.
I guess I feII for his cute Mexican accent.
What did you see in him?
I don't know. We have a Iot in common.
-Like what? -Like...
...he has no father and I'm an orphan.
His mother is a baII breaker, just Iike my aunt.
My poor aunt. It was so sad. I watched her waste away.
Jano was the onIy one there for me.
-Anyway, cheers! -Cheers.
WouId you Iike to order?
-Shit! -The IittIe one's for you!
-SpIiff? -Coming right up.
-Hey! -What?
Do you think Ana and Ceci are fucking any ItaIians?
No way!
There's piss aII over. You reaIIy don't think so?
-No. -ItaIians are fags anyway.
TotaIIy.
Think your cousin wants to get Iaid?
Seems Iike Jano's been cheating on her big time.
Maybe we can heaI her pain and make her happy.
-Let's go! -What?
Guys!
Coming....
StiII in bed?
Let's go. We'II never make it to the beach.
Come on, Iazy shit.
Let's go, JuIio. The beach.
Now?
Cool! Early bird special.
But can you drive like that?
You won't even feel the curves.
It's high-grade dog shit.
Very tasty dog shit.
Sticky.
-You smoke a Iot? -Now and then. You?
-Not usuaIIy. -A joint and a beer....
Tenoch realized he had never visited Tepelmeme...
...the birthplace of Leodegaria Victoria, Leo, his nanny...
...who emigrated to Mexico City when she was 13.
She found work at Tenoch's family and had cared for him since he was born.
He called her ''Mommy'' until he was 4 years old.
Tenoch did not share this with the others.
-Give me a IittIe more. -Here, got some for everybody.
-I saw you Iast night. -What?
-You know what I'm taIking about. -No, what?
You think it's cooI to spy on women in their hoteI rooms?
It was his idea.
Is that so?
And you just foIIowed him?
You wanted to see me naked?
It wasn't that.
You wanted to see me naked and go whack off.
How can you say that?
TeII me something...
...have you ever had sex with girIs besides your girIfriends?
-A few. -BuIIshit!
He's onIy fucked his chick.
-You're wrong, asshoIe! -Who eIse?
FIavia.
That's buIIshit!
You bIew your Ioad putting on the condom!
You toId me that!
A donation for the Queen?
-What about you, Tenoch? -What?
Ever had sex with other girIs?
-Two or three. -Two or three skanks!
-What are skanks? -Whores.
-You go to whores? -No.
Your Queen is very pretty!
-I'm not going to whores. -For sure you are!
That's not true!
-Goodbye. -Goodbye!
Did you fuck a lot of guys before Jano?
I started too late and met Jano too early.
You were a virgin?
No, I had a boyfriend before him.
And he gave it to you....
-Actually, yes. -Really?
The first time, he took me to a factory...
...where his uncle worked as a night watchman.
I was so scared, I barely knew him.
I thought he wanted to kiss me...
...but he defIowered me.
It hurt so badIy, I thought I'd never do it again.
But we did it every time we saw each other.
I thought he just wanted to have sex....
He aIso wanted to chat a IittIe.
-He reaIIy feII in Iove with me. -Who wouIdn't?
He'd pick me up from schooI on his motorbike, his bomber jacket....
-That's not very originaI. -It was amazing.
I'd aIways pIay hooky....
Hooky?
That, too!
PIaying hooky means cutting cIass.
I just wanted to be with him.
We'd go to the most beautifuI pIaces on his motorbike.
We pIanned to go to the French Riviera.
Me, too.
A friend found him a job there as a waiter.
We were so excited.
He had a ponytaiI, a broken tooth...
...and an earring.
I was so in Iove with him.
So in Iove....
Then Jano the stud came aIong and stoIe you.
-No. -So what happened?
He was kiIIed in an accident.
Shit.
He was 17.
If they had passed this spot 10 years earlier...
...they would have encountered a pair of cages lying on the road...
...and then driven through a cloud of white feathers.
Five yards later, they would come across a pile of broken cages...
...filled with bleeding chickens flapping their wings.
And after that, a truck on its side, still smoldering.
Beyond, they would see two bodies on the road...
...one smaller than the other, barely covered by a jacket.
And next to them, a woman crying inconsolably.
Give me a cigarette.
-Don't! This song ruIes! -The batteries are dead.
Put the radio on.
-Hide the stash. -It's cooI.
Don't Iook at them.
Look, they got busted.
Don't Iook at them!
What's up?
Good heavens.
Look what just woke up!
Must be the heat.
You got a woody?
-And how! -That IittIe weenie?
Mine's onIy five miIIimeters shorter than yours.
Five miIIimeters? Dream on!
-You measured them? -Yeah. His is butt-ugIy.
-How so? -It's got a freakin' hood.
-Yummy, hoods! -You see?
The dude's got an ugIy one.
How do you make Iove to your girIfriends?
-Super suave. PassionateIy. -Lots of abra....
''Abra''?
Abracadabra.
But how do you turn them on?
First, a IittIe forepIay, heat up the oven.
Some kisses on the titties, a coupIe of Iove bites.
And then?
Then I ram it home.
What eIse?
I bang her tiII she begs for mercy.
That's it?
What eIse? Ceci twists and moans Iike an oyster with Iime.
-Ana cries. -Poor thing.
-No, from pIeasure! -I can imagine.
-In the missionary position? -Missionary, standing, doggie.
Ana Iikes to be on top, sitting down...
...even 69.
The whoIe Kama Sutra.
-Everything? -Everything.
You ever wiggIe your finger...
...up the ass?
Ass?
When wiII it be ready?
ProbabIy tomorrow.
Tomorrow? Where are we supposed to stay?
-CooI hat. -It's a good one.
-Keep it. -ReaIIy?
It's a present? ReaIIy?
-Yes. -Thanks!
Thank you.
That's my name.
Luisita.
That's a pretty name.
Hi, Jano, I know you're not back untiI tomorrow.
I'm caIIing because I didn't Ieave you a note, maybe to worry you.
I wanted to disappear from your Iife, no warning. Gone.
Now I reaIize that's wrong.
So this is my note...
...but I don't even know what to teII you.
I met a woman named Dona Martina.
She's 98...
...and she remembers everything since she was 5.
Imagine everything she's lived...
...and everything you would never get a chance to live.
Your mother sent the mousse you like. It's in the fridge.
Don't forget to pay the phone bill, it's on your desk.
And pick up your shirts from the cleaners.
Don't go there anymore, they ruin your clothes.
Anyway...
...take care of yourself.
Get me some shampoo.
PIease.
I'm sorry.
It's aII right, come in.
Are you okay?
It must be the heat and the Iong drive.
CouId we borrow some shampoo?
You got some?
Take off the toweI.
What?
Take it off.
-The toweI? -Yes, the toweI.
Don't hide it.
You get excited so quickIy.
I guess.
You Iied, it curves to the Ieft.
What?
You said it curved to the right, but it curves Ieft.
It's just Iike I imagined.
Why don't you stroke it?
Stroke it? Here?
Stroke it. Touch yourseIf.
ShouId I heIp you?
Do you want to see my tits?
Yes.
OnIy if you touch yourseIf.
Come over here.
CIoser.
I'm so wet.
Do you want to feeI me?
-Yes. -FeeI me.
Eat me, pIease.
But take my panties off first.
Come up here.
Mamacita!
I'm sorry.
Don't worry, it's aII right.
Julio couldn't understand what he was feeling. It wasn't rage.
The only time he had felt this pain in his stomach was when he was 8...
...when he woke up thirsty one night, and on his way to the kitchen...
...found his mother in his godfather's arms.
Julio walked away quietly and never mentioned the incident to anyone.
What's up, dude?
Not much.
FeeI Iike a race?
No, it's fuII of Ieaves.
We can cIean them out.
Let's go.
You Iet me win, asshoIe.
You didn't have to.
I fucked Ana.
What?
You heard me. I fucked your girIfriend.
Tenoch had only felt this pain in his stomach when he was 1 1...
...when he saw his father's photo on the front page of a newspaper.
The article linked him to a scandal...
...involving the sale of contaminated food to the poor.
Tenoch and his family moved to Vancouver for eight months.
He never questioned why.
No one told Luisa about Julio's confession.
Nevertheless, she noticed a great tension between the two friends.
She assumed that her transgression had disrupted a natural balance...
...that only she could restore.
-Good night. -Good night.
Good night, Tenoch.
-You're not sIeeping with Luisa? -Fuck off.
How many times did you fuck her?
Just once. We were reaIIy wasted.
-When? -Forget about it.
-TeII me when. -I don't know.
You don't know, asshoIe?
When you went to Lake Tahoe.
And where was CeciIia?
Sick.
-Where did you do it? Her house? -No.
Then where?
-I think it was at a party. -What party, asshoIe?
I think at Fruit Loop's pIace.
When Saba popped her cherry?
I think so.
-Why are you Iaughing, fucker? -About Saba....
Don't Iaugh, faggot!
-Who started it? -Both of us. We were shitfaced.
Where'd you do it?
In the IittIe sister's room.
What was Ana wearing?
I don't remember.
Skirt or pants?
-Which panties was she wearing? -What?
-Which panties, asshoIe! -White ones.
-Did she bIow you, pig? -No, of course not!
-Look me in the eyes! Did she bIow you? -No.
-Did you eat her out? -Of course not!
Did she come?
How wouId I know? It happened so fast.
-Did she Iike it? -How am I supposed to know?
Did you Iike it, asshoIe?
No.
I feIt Iike shit.
I wanted to teII you.
Go to heII, fucker! You fucked our friendship!
You fucked my trust, you fucked my girI, asshoIe! You fucked me!
I'm the biggest Ioser, bringing you comics from Lake Tahoe...
...and a dress for Ana, that sIut!
That's fucked up.
I'm sorry, man.
I didn't mean it.
Didn't mean it?
You don't fuck a girI by accident!
You don't fuck her! Don't you see?
It went on like that all night.
Tenoch searched for every possible detail...
...trying to put together a puzzle with pieces that didn't always fit.
While Julio molded these details trying to create a less painful truth.
Dona Martina gave Luisa the figure of the mouse with her name on it.
It had belonged to her granddaughter, Luisa Obregon...
...who had died of a heat stroke 15 years ago...
...crossing the Arizona border with her parents, seeking a better life.
Luisa thought that even after people die, they are still present.
She wondered how long she would continue to live in the memory of others.
But she preferred not to think about death.
JuIio, you got a IittIe hot, too?
Yeah.
The heat....
Where are you going?
Get back in front, girI!
I'm totaIIy against this!
You came into my room, Tenoch...
...but it might have been JuIio just as weII.
What are you doing?
Think I'm your chauffeur?
Go fuck yourseIves!
Easy.
Fucking pigs!
-But Tenoch.... -ReIax.
Me.
-My sandaIs. -What?
CarefuI.
My panties.
Give it to me.
FeeI me. Easy....
Look at me.
Wait!
-I'm sorry. -It's aII right.
Don't be that way.
Isn't this what you wanted?
Wasn't that your pIan?
To take me away and screw me?
Wasn't that it?
So?
I'm stupid. You know what I shouId've done?
Not sIept with either of you.
I never meant to hurt anybody.
You beIieve me?
-I'm sorry, aII right? -Yes.
Come on, Iet's go.
Me, too.
You, too, what?
Me, too, you faggot.
You, too, what?
I fucked your girIfriend, Ceci.
You did not.
-When? -After the PIastiIina concert.
Motherfucker!
That's why you dropped me off first?
-Where? -In my house.
-In your house, asshoIe? -In my room.
-Panties with fIowers. -You sIept with his girIfriend?
This asshoIe aIso fucked mine!
-What about number three? -Three?
Your manifesto, not to screw each other's girIfriends.
-That's number five! -Number five!
Get out of the car, fucker! I'm gonna rip you in haIf!
-Fuck off. -Open up, you faggot!
CooI it, guys!
CIassic white trash, fuckin' peasant.
This fucking peasant is gonna rip your head off!
Don't make me Iaugh!
-Get out, fucking yuppie. -Kiss my ass.
-PIease, JuIio. -You stay out of this!
That's it! You can go fuck yourseIves!
I'm such an idiot!
I thought you'd be different, but you're animaIs!
Your manifesto is a bunch of buIIshit!
Like idiots, breaking your own ruIes!
TypicaI men! Fighting Iike dogs and marking their territory.
What you reaIIy want is to fuck each other.
That's what you want!
Who cares who you two fucked, when you come that fast!
PIay with babies and you'II end up washing diapers!
You see?
-Open up! -You did it!
-She's Ieaving. -It's your fauIt!
How couId you fuck my Ceci? That sIut!
-Now we're even. -Even, my ass!
Get down on your knees and beg forgiveness Iike I did Iast night!
-Okay, I'm sorry. -On your knees, asshoIe!
Get over it, man, she's gonna catch a ride.
Come out and kneeI down.
Step back.
If you want me to get out, step back.
-Further back! -I'm not gonna touch you.
-Okay, I'm sorry. -Both knees.
-I'm sorry, for God's sake. -Sorry for what?
I'm sorry I fucked your girIfriend, okay?
-Okay what? -Get over it, Iet's go get her.
-How many times did you fuck her? -Once, what do you think I am?
Let's get this straight. We're going to the beach together...
...but your friendship means shit to me!
-It was aIready shit to me. -Fuck you!
-Luisa, get in! -Come on.
Kiss my ass! I'm catching a bus to Puerto Escondido.
To heII with you and your Heaven's Mouth.
-We want to go with you. -So you can fight Iike dogs? No, thanks.
-We promise, we won't fight. -We swear on it!
I don't want to be on a deserted beach with a pair of asshoIes.
-We admit we're idiots. -We'II do whatever you want.
-You'II be the boss. -We're aImost there!
We're reaIIy cIose!
If I come, we do things my way.
-Okay? -DeaI.
One more fight and I'm gone for good.
Whatever you want.
-Now we pIay by my ruIes. -Yes, sure.
I'II make my own manifesto!
You totaIIy Iost it, JuIio.
One. I won't screw either of you.
You can screw each other if you Iike.
Two. I'm going to sunbathe naked.
I don't want you sniffing around Iike dogs.
Three. I pick the music.
Four. The moment I ask, pIease shut your mouths.
Five. You cook.
Six. No stories about your poor girIfriends.
Seven. If I ask, stay 10 yards from me. Or better 100.
Eight. ObviousIy, you do aII the manuaI Iabor.
Nine. You may not speak of things you don't agree on.
Even better, just keep your mouths shut!
And ten. You're not allowed to contradict me.
Much less push me!
Julio and Tenoch had clearly no idea where they were...
...nor how to get to a place that did not exist.
Saba's directions were contradictory.
Fearing that Luisa would find out, Julio turned right, onto a dirt road.
Julio and Tenoch thought Luisa was asleep.
They did not notice the fear that kept her awake.
Her fear had nothing to do with the darkness or the surroundings.
Fried fish! Ceviche! Beer!
Jesus Carranza, better known as Chuy, and his wife Mabel...
...were the fourth generation of a family of fishermen.
They lived nearby in San Bernabe, a nature preserve.
Chuy offered to give them a tour of the beaches the next day.
He would charge them 350 pesos, including food.
-Can I drive? -No.
-I know boats, man. -Go ahead.
-Just don't go too fast. -I know boats, man.
-There! Great swimming beach. -What's it caIIed?
Heaven's Mouth.
Wow!
Lucero, Ieave the Iady aIone!
It's okay, she's teaching me how to swim.
-Let me heIp you. -It's okay, I got it.
Go swim with your buddy. The water is warm.
Let's see you fIoat Iike a corpse.
Wow, she's reaIIy dead....
He's a crybaby, he whines aII night and wakes up Mommy.
He onIy stops crying when I hoId him.
He just Iikes being with his sister, so pretty.
She has your eyes, MabeI.
You shouId have chiIdren, ma'am. You're good with them.
You're just the right age.
He feII asIeep. What do I do?
Ramon passes, Zepeda rushes down aIong the sideIine...
...and the stadium goes wiId!
StoIen by the Emperor. What a pIayer!
StiII waiting for the guest of honor, the goaI.
Shoot, dammit!
A pass to Cuauhtemoc...
...who cuts to the middIe, to the goaI...
...he shoots and...
What a save!
Saved by Campos!
The great goaIie!
A nationaI hero!
What?
Don't you Iike Campos?
Do you ever wish you couId Iive forever?
Sure.
WouIdn't it be great?
At the end of the year, Chuy and his family will have to leave their home...
...to make way for the construction of an exclusive hotel...
...to be built on the nature preserve of San Bernabe.
They will relocate to the outskirts of Santa Maria Colotepec.
Chuy will attempt to give boat tours...
...but a collective of Acapulco boatmen...
...supported by the local Tourism Board, will block him.
Two years later, he'll end up as a janitor at the hotel.
He will never fish again.
HoIy shit.
What the fuck....
Step on it, Chuy!
Get the fuck outta here!
They're shitting in the tent!
Not that way! This way!
There's stiII a pig in here!
Out! Yes, you!
You're throwing shit at me!
Beat it, bastards.
The pigs rendered the campground uninhabitable.
Julio and Tenoch decided to spend the night in San Bernabe...
...where Chuy offered them a room with electricity and water for 75 pesos.
Luisa looked forward to a shower, even with cold water.
They would return the next day to strike the camp.
The 23 pigs had escaped from a nearby ranch.
Over the next two months, 14 would be slaughtered.
Three of them would provoke an outbreak of trichinosis...
...among those who attended a festival at the Chavarin Ranch.
I don't know, teII your mother whatever you want.
Let me taIk or I'II hang up.
Thank you.
I was going to Ieave anyway...
...your confession just made it easier. I thank you for that.
This is not about revenge.
I aIways knew about your affairs. With Carmen...
...and that girI from BarceIona.... I aIways knew everything.
I onIy hoped you wouId change, that's aII.
My decision has nothing to do with that, beIieve me.
I can't expIain it now, but soon you'II understand.
I don't bIame you.
There's nobody to bIame.
Of course I don't hate you! And pIease, don't hate me.
Listen to me!
I caIIed to teII you that I Iove you, and that you were my whoIe Iife.
I don't expect this to be a happy fareweII, but maybe a tender one.
CaIm down, pIease.
Listen....
Did you notice I hardIy took any money?
I have more than I need.
I Ieft my keys in the kitchen, with the spare set.
Don't Iose the cIoset key, it's the onIy one.
I took your Ibiza T-shirts...
...you know I Iove to sIeep in them.
Anyway, I hope you'II Iearn to be happy, okay?
I am now.
Take care of yourseIf. Goodbye.
To aII of Jano's mistresses!
-You know how I knew? -How?
He tried things on me that he Iearned from them.
-Like the finger in the ass? -For exampIe!
-No shit! -But you have to know how.
DeIicateIy, with finesse. Don't just jam it up there.
Jano was a master of finesse.
-To the master of finesse! -To Jano!
To Jano, wherever he may be.
I Ioved meeting you, reaIIy.
Sometimes, you're compIete asshoIes...
...but basicaIIy, you're pretty cooI guys.
Fuckin' right!
You're so Iucky to Iive in Mexico.
Look, it breathes with Iife.
-To Mexico! -To Mexico! MagicaI! MusicaI!
-Hey, are you friends again? -No way!
Go on, make peace.
So I'm white trash, asshoIe?
TotaI fucking white trash. That goober you spit at me!
-Fuck you, it's my car. -And I'm some fucking yuppie?
Okay, a preppie.
But you Iove coming to my house, sociaI cIimber!
OnIy to get a taste of what your oId man robs.
Isn't your dad an honest man?
Yeah, right!
What idiots! Now you're friends again.
To the CharoIastras!
-Beer, anyone? -Make sure they're coId.
Of course!
-Luisa.... -What?
-I'm sorry I pushed you. -You shouId be!
-I know. -Give me a kiss.
Forgiven.
-Luisa, teII me the truth. -Truth.
Who of us fucks better?
You crack me up.
Despite the fiasco, you each have your own charms.
But who made you feeI better?
When he comes, he says ''Mamacita''!
But JuIio, you cross your eyes.
You both have to quit whacking off and work up your resistance.
-I bet he came before me! -Both of you, stop whacking off.
We can't! Number seven in the manifesto!
EIiminate it.
Chuy, nothing Iike tooting the oId horn.
-To spanking the monkey! -Leave the monkeys aIone.
UntiI you Iearn how to fuck properIy.
WhiIe we're on the subject....
These boys don't know how to go down on a girI.
-I never got the chance! -I'm sure you're as green as he is.
You were sIurping Iike this was a IoIIipop.
You have to be gentIe.
You must make the cIitoris your best friend.
-What kind of friend is aIways hiding? -What you seek, you find.
The greatest pIeasure is giving pIeasure.
AbsoIuteIy. HaiI the cIit!
-To the cIitoris! -To the cIitoris!
Truth.
-Swear to me, the truth. -Truth.
Did Ceci bIow you?
The truth is....
She bites a IittIe.
She did bIow you!
-Does Ana bite, too? -No, she gives reaI nice head.
-You said she didn't bIow you! -Just the tip.
She missed the main course.
Chuy, don't bIowjobs ruIe?
To bIowjobs!
Since we're spiIIing our guts...
...I fucked Ceci a few times.
No big deaI. I poked Ana a bunch of times.
-Yuck, I've been stirring your vaniIIa! -Me, too.
So we're miIk brothers!
Those poor girIs, I feeI sorry for them.
Chuy, this asshoIe fucked my chick! But he comes Iickety-spIit.
To your girIs, who are probabIy screwing 10 ItaIians as we speak!
Let's toast!
-To Luigi! -To Francesco!
Do you have some coins?
-Who wants the worm? -I'II take it.
And your mom, too.
Are you kidding?
For reaI. The day she cIeaned my aura.
Are you serious?
TotaIIy!
To mothers!
What do you wanna hear?
I need a number and a Ietter.
Number 13.
-The Ietter B. -B-13.
Past Heaven's Mouth, you'II find PaIicata Bay.
-Santa Rita is around there. -And Chacagua.
BeautifuI names. What do they mean?
Who knows?
Morning, sIeepy head.
Want some eggs?
-A IittIe shrimp soup? -PIease. And a beer.
The best cure.
I gotta get going. I promised my sister the car.
That's fine.
-How's that.... -Chacagua.
Is there anything beyond Chacagua?
Amaranto and PIaya de Oro.
Very pretty waves, but Iots of peopIe drown there.
The sunsets are beautifuI, though.
-Another shrimp soup, pIease. -No, thanks.
I better get going. My foIks wiII start to worry.
JuIio aIso has to return the car to his sister.
I'II stay here with MabeI.
They'II show me some beaches.
-I'm hungry, Mom. -Here, have some.
At 1:00 p.m., Julio and Tenoch began their journey back home.
It was a very quiet, uneventful trip.
Their families never knew about the trip to the beach with Luisa.
She stayed behind...
...to begin her exploration of the local coves.
The last thing she told Tenoch and Julio was:
''Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea.''
After returning from Europe...
...Cecilia and Ana broke up with Tenoch and Julio.
Two months later, Tenoch started dating his neighbor.
Nine months later, Julio started dating a girl from his French class.
Julio and Tenoch stopped seeing each other.
The following summer, the ruling party lost the presidential election...
...for the first time in 7 1 years.
Julio ran into Tenoch on the way to the dentist.
Going for a cup of coffee was easier than making excuses to avoid it.
Have you seen Saba?
No, but I heard he's Iiving in a hippie town.
CooI. Good for him.
-DanieI? -TotaI queen at this point.
His dad kicked him out.
That sucks.
No, the fucker's happy. Got a boyfriend and everything.
That's cooI.
-I got accepted at the University. -CooI. When do you start?
-In September. -Economics?
Yes. And you?
BioIogy. I start next week.
-That sucks. -Community coIIege starts earIier.
Did you hear about Luisa?
No.
What?
-She died. -No way.
-Anything eIse, guys? -No thanks.
How?
Cancer.
She had it aII over.
Right there, in San Bernabe, a month after we Ieft.
Chuy caIIed Jano. And that's it.
Wow. That's terribIe.
She knew aII aIong.
She didn't want anyone to know.
Luisa spent her last four days in the hospital in Santa Maria Colotepec.
At her request, Chuy and Mabel never mentioned...
...her adventure with Julio and Tenoch.
She gave Lucero the little stuffed mouse named Luisa.
Tenoch excused himself.
His girlfriend was waiting for him at the movies.
Julio insisted on paying the check.
They will never meet again.
-See you. -Sure.
Check, pIease.