"Spanish Cinema continues step by step, firm and steady
to compete with the biggest film industry of the world.
Entertainment and patriotism, combined together in a new movie.
And with a new actor...
From war hero to movie star,
Eulogio Romero.
who fought communism with the Blue Division,
debuts with 'Love and Homeland'.
(Rewinding)
New movie and with a new actor...
From war hero to movie star,
Eulogio Romero.
who fought communism with the Blue Division,
debuts with 'Love and Homeland'.
(SELF-PHONE)
Fuck!
(SELF-PHONE)
Hello!
Hey!
Help! Comming!
Fuck... Comming!
Easy.
It was Salvador. Of course it was Salvador.
Let me go, please.
Are you sure? Hey...
I dont know...
I think it's a shame, isn't it? Yes...
(SELF-PHONE)
Yes, Salvador.
Perfect, right now I'm going there.
Pacino?
Mmm... No, no, no, no, I really don't know.
All right,see you soon.
Urgent meeting.
Did he ask about me? Yes.
I think he suspects, huh?
You are very paranoid, huh?
Very paranoid.
"The only possible conclusion:
and it is that life has no meaning
without being close to those we love."
Wise words.
Blanquita, Blanquita... Oops, oops, don't scare me!
Uff, Uff! Look at the bike, look at the bike! Brrrr...
Aum, that's good!
Does my baby also want? The baby, later.
Come on, just a bit more... Brrr...
(SELF-PHONE)
Aum, go on!
Dammit.
Ok, ok, ok.
How many times do I have to tell you_
I don't want to change provider...
Salvador...
Welcome, Alonso.
Nice haircut, follow me.
Alonso is late. Sure, we are in the middle of nowhere.
It takes longer to get here from downtown...
than to the 12th century.
Look who's here!
I'm going for some coffee.
(LAUGHS) My colleague from Flanders!
Pacino!
How long, man! Since November 1, 2017.
How are you? All right.
Is this the Ministry nowadays? Yes.
Gentrification.
But we better don't talk about that topic.
Hey, how is your girl? All right? Cute, cute..
Oh yes, let's see? I'm going to show you some pictures..
Oh! Look look...
She's quite pretty. She is like his mother, huh?
With a little mustache...
Having a father of 486 years old, it is not bad.
(COUGH)
Well, welcome everyone.
As we said yesterday,
the mission for which I have called you...
Sorry...
I have already retired.
Yes, even more...
Also, in a couple of hours,
I have to go look for my girl at the kindergarden..
You are very necessary in this mission, Alonso.
You must investigate Eulogio Romero Lozano.
And who is that? No idea.
We only know that his face is this.
"Eulogio Romero.
who fought communism with the Blue Division,
debuts with 'Love and Homeland'.
The same is an ancestor of Julián.
A soul mate.
Like Elena, who is identical to Alonso's first wife, right?
Hold on, one thing is to look reasonably like someone
and another thing to be identical.
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson.
they look alike, but they are not identical.
Benjamin Franklin and Chiquito de la Calzada,
they look alike, but they are not identical.
The guy from TV serie "Los hombres de Paco" and me,
It's not me, everyone says it,
We look alike, but this guy...
Please, this guy...
Upon my soul, is he.
Well, now you know which is the mission.
Go to Madrid in 1943 and find out.
-You will arrive in time to see the end of the filming of 'Love and Homeland'.
-Alonso and Pacino will go witn Irene on the mission.
Why? But if I know the time better than anyone.
True, but not Julián.
You will stay and search the archives
if there is another Eulogio Romero Lozano at the time.
(LIFT)
They are the same corridors as in the Ministry.
Yes, our engineers devised a connection from here. This is.
Pacino...
Just a question:
Why I was summoned and not Amelia ?
She was also.
-You like?
-Of course, darling, I love it.
Yes darling.
Go on, yeah!
Go Go!
Come on, come on, come on!
Like this, honey, like this!
Go Go! Go Go! Very good darling.
So...
How good...
What a shock.
The time door in a brothel? Impossible greater discretion...
I was waiting for you later. How are you?
All right.
-You are the one who works in the Ministry, right?
Yeah right. OK OK.
But since we earn so little, a bit of money is always welcome.
And you don't know how tough post-war is.
Here you have everything you need and identity documents
and the rest is under the bed. Perfect, thanks.
And if you allow me...
Yes, of course, it ends... You end. Yes Yes.
I finish and I will let the room free.
Very good. Thank you.
Here.
Good afternoon.
Good morning... It's Julián.
Thanks for coming, you can ask what ever you want.
Yes, people say that you are the new screen lover of Spanish cinema,
What does your wife say about that?
Assuming that's true,
it will not affect my family in any way.
I have a beautiful son and a perfect wife.
What more can I ask for?
Look.
She is his wife.
The one of the Eulogio Romero that looks like Julián, yes.
According to the data that I have found in the Civil Registry,
they married that same year, in 1943.
She was pregnant and a widow.
Now comes the best part.
Eulogio Romero Lozano with his wife and two children,
in Águilas, province of Murcia, year 1936.
He is the only Eulogio Romero that fits by age with ours.
Ah, so that means... That there are two Eulogio Romero.
Do you have any acting method
or do you use your own experiences? Sorry but I do not understand.
You were a soldier, a hero, which is what you interpret here.
I can assure you that one thing is a war...
and a very different one is to shoot a movie.
Although I still don't know which is more dangerous.
You fought in the Blue Division. Yes.
What can you tell us about that?
Well, it is very, very cold in Russia.
(LAUGH)
And that it was an honor to fight for Spain and against communism.
And before that?
For me there is no longer a before, the past is history.
I am a man who only looks forward.
Like Spain.
But the interesting thing
is that the track of this Eulogio Romero
is lost in 1937,
when he is considered missing in action in the battle of Teruel.
Like our Julian.
The two Eulogio Romero have that in common, it is not little.
Ok, but there is something I don't understand.
Let's see, now this Eulogio Romero, Julián or whoever,
He continually comes out in NO-DO, why doesn't his family say anything?
Because they died in a bombing in Águilas.
There were many Guernicas, Ernesto.
And not only on one side.
German aviation tested its weapons in Guernica,
but the Russian bombed the Cabra market square
full of people.
But nobody knows about those deaths because Picasso did not paint them.
War is what three idiots provoke
and then thousands of innocents die.
And what are your next projects?
No, no, I think this is not the time to talk about it.
Thank you very much for your assistance and enjoy the snack.
Thank you. -Thank you.
Mr. Romero, excuse me, I'm Irene Larra,
from the magazine "Foreground"; my partner, Alonso.
Pleasure.
The press conference was fantastic,
but we would like to give a broader view of you.
Yes, from you, from your family.
Sorry, but I prefer to keep my wife off camera.
I understand perfectly, but...
Is there a chance that you can give me a more personal interview?
That more personal sounds good.
But with one condition. Which?
Stop being so formal.
Done.
Well then, tomorrow at 13:00 in El Capote.
I invite you to the aperitif.
Don Eulogio, do you want a little wine? Not now, thanks.
Excuse me, would you sign me an autograph? Yes of course.
Thank you, really, very kind.
What is your name? Jesús Méndez.
Well everyone calls me Pacino.
Italian, right? So they say.
Dear, we have to talk. (NODS)
You know I don't like you to smoke.
What a woman, huh?
She is the producer's lady. Sorry.
Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Perfect.
Thank you. Thank you. thank you. Thank you.
Don't you know what I have? Yes.
Precious eyes. (SMILE)
The eyes are a little higher.
Look what I have brought you.
The three invitations for the reception of the Generalissimo.
I do not know how to thank you.
Well I do.
"Your secret will be safe with me.
Do not go.
I have to leave.
But I'll come back.
Because I love you...
and for Spain. "
Cut!
More impetuosity, Romero, more impetuosity.
But when?
When I say "I love you"? Whne...
No, man, no, when you say "Spain".
(WHISTLEING) Spain!
At first!
(SIREN)
Silence!
Action!
"Your secret will be safe with me, don't go.
I have to leave.
But I'll come back.
Because I love you...
And for Spain!
Perfect! Go for the sandwich!
Okay, let's go!
One hour pause to eat and we return.
What a movie, huh?
There with its nuances, its historical rigor...
It's Julián. We will know soon.
I have his DNA and the calligraphic sample.
So it only remains to wait for results.
Amazing Pal, not even Colombo.
I'm going to the brothel. How?
I mean I'm going to the Ministry to deliver this.
Very good. Come on.
I don't need to see any results.
Is he.
A white wine, please.
Hi.
Forgive the rudeness,
but I would not like everyone to believe that you are a bum.
There are a lot around here.
And women never sit alone at the bar.
The usual, Señor Romero? Of course.
You must be a very good journalist,
or have some great contacts.
You are the first female journalist I know.
Maybe I am a much better journalist than many men.
We sit? Sure.
Good...
What did you want to ask me?
You fought with the Blue Division.
Why? What led you to do it?
Defend the Christian faith against communism.
But as I said, I prefer not to talk about my past.
I lost very dear people. We lost, Eulogio.
We lost. Luis, my friend!
How are you? How are you?
Look, I present to you,
Luis García Berlanga, this is Irene.
My Pleasure.
Larra, Irene Larra, I am a journalist.
Some defect had to have.
Because, otherwise, you look great.
Well, what, have you thought about what I told you?
Dedicate myself to cinema... (NODS)
No, thanks, with two races, I have enough.
Also, I prefer to be a writer, it seems that I am not bad:
I have won the Luis Fuster, for an article, but ok.
Congratulations.
It is called "Fragments of a Spring".
It was about the Blue Division.
(SHOOTING)
(SHOOTINGS)
Luis, Luis!
You're talking to the best sniper in the regiment.
If not for him, I stay there pushing daisies.
I have to go, see you soon.
(SPEAK IN RUSSIAN)
Nice to meet you. Pleasure.
And think about the cinema. Good...
Well, no, no... (LAUGHS)
What did you say?
"See you later" in Russian.
You were a sniper.
Yes.
You killed people.
Yes, of course, too many people.
But I also saved many of mine.
You already know about my past.
Anything else?
Sorry to insist, I would very much like to interview your wife.
I promise not to ask you any awkward questions.
Okay, well, I'll let my wife know.
But keep your promise.
No awkward question.
Promised.
Thank you. To you.
It's Julián.
The calligraphic test certifies it,
although DNA would have been enough for us.
-Yes, because that one was expensive.
It's Julián, but he doesn't know it.
This does seem like the work of the devil.
The key is in the battle of Teruel.
I was there with Julián. And Eulogio Romero too.
By the way, where's Pacino?
I ordered him to keep an eye on Julian.
Good afternoon.
(DOES PHOTOGRAPHS)
The true Eulogio Romero y Julián,
they were both in the Republican trenches.
How is it that the Regime allows you so much popularity?
It is for that reason he enlisted in the Blue Division.
Because some did it as volunteers
to fight communism
and others redeemed their sorrows and cleaned their surname
fighting in Russia. Exact.
Luis García Berlanga was a volunteer to avoid retaliation,
his father had been the civil governor of Valencia in the Republic.
(SELF-PHONE MESSAGE)
It's Pacino.
Send some photos.
I can not believe it.
They are Pedro Corral,
Miguel... I don't remember his last name and...
and...
Carlos, Carlos Munuera.
You seem to know them very well.
There were not many of us who fought against the Regime
at the end of the war. Lola...
The time has come for you to join the mission.
Fianlly!
It was about time, uff.
Thank you.
Lola, what are you doing here?
Change of plans.
The men you photographed with Elogio... Here.
They are republicans who were fighting Franco.
And Lola knows them well. (NODS)
So tomorrow, I'm going to see one of them.
Perfect, I'm going with you.
No, Pacino, I have to see him alone.
It could be dangerous.
She will go alone. And find another room, please, that we should rest.
Sure, boss. I coming with you.
Thanks, Irene. You're welcome.
Will go alone,
But I want you to watch her at a distance.
Agree.
(SHOOTING)
(SHOOTINGS)
Ah!
Are you ok?
(BABY CRY)
Yes.
Yeah, relax.
Remember that this morning they will come for the interview.
Oh là là!
What are you doing here?
I thought you were in France.
I am where I am needed.
You are gorgeous.
As usual.
Damn, they did know each other.
I have to talk to you.
I think you have an infiltrator.
You know us all and you know we don't.
I don't know Eulogio Romero.
How did you find out?
Because he is a guy who goes out even in NO-DO.
And a friend told me that she saw you with him at the Victoria.
Look, Lola, I’d stake my life on Eulogio.
I do not.
What is the objective of your mission?
Kill Franco.
Very well, this was the last photo.
Thank you.
I'm going to take the boy to his crib. Sure.
(CLOCK)
How weird.
(STROKES TO THE CLOCK)
He does show a single gesture of affection to her.
Nor touch her.
How wonderful, now you are an expert in love affairs.
I've caught up.
I don't miss the series they do after the News.
You learn a lot.
Beautiful pictures. Thank you.
Eulogio told me that you wanted to interview me,
but i don't know what else i can tell you.
And I'm going to bring my son with my mother.
Don't worry, we'll be brief.
How is your life with Eulogio? Wonderful.
I have a beautiful son and a perfect husband.
What more can I ask for?
Very good.
How did they meet? When I widowed.
I was alone with the boy and Eulogio took care of us.
Many women cannot say the same thing after the war.
I would love to continue talking to you, but I can't,
for real.
Thank you very much for the time you have dedicated to us.
Thank you. Bye.
Goodbye.
They want to kill Franco.
-They are brave. -Between brave and suicidal.
-But that completely changes our mission.
Yes, Salvador, but if they succeeded,
they would save us 40 years of dictatorship.
And you know it.
What I know or what I think does not matter.
This Ministry ensures that history
continue as is.
Yeah, but the story...! Lola!
History is what it is.
And period.
And Julián?
I insist, we must prevent that Franco die.
That is our mission.
Shit Ministry. Well, calm down, Lola.
I can't and don't want to calm down.
This Ministry has rules and must be followed
as much as it hurts us.
You have skipped them many times.
The same as Serpico, your idol.
Yes, and I have learned from my mistakes,
how not to mix the personal and the professional.
Did you follow me
It was an order, from Irene.
And you saw me kiss him.
I guess it was necessary.
You can't see your lover again and shake hands with him, understand?
I would suspect.
We met at the end of the war.
And whenever I returned to Madrid, after rescuing Republicans,
we were together.
And yes, we fucked like rabbits, yes.
Because it was the only way to forget us
of the misery that surrounded us,
because we were terrified that we could die next day.
Sorry. No, the story is what it is.
The fight for justice is not easy,
It never has been and it never will be.
And we pay the price in ourselves,
in our friends and in our families.
Do you know the phrases of "Serpico"?
How could I not know if you've made me watch the movie
like six times?
How do you plan to bring the weapon in the palace?
There are things that you had better not know.
Let me talk with him.
All yours.
Who is this?
What is she doing here?
She is going to make sure they don't kill you.
It is trustworthy.
Until recently she has been in France assisting the resistance.
We think someone could have given you away.
And you suspect me.
Well, you signed up as volunteer in the Blue Division.
It was the only way to start from scratch if I came back here.
I spent years in jail waiting to be executed.
But now you're an actor, right?
And success is there for you.
And money softens people.
(RADIO) "I'm going to explain so you can understand.
I have nothing to gain because I have already lost everything.
My wife and children died in a bombing.
Many of my best friends died in prison or in Russia.
And every night, every damn night,
I see their faces again.
Now tell me,
Are you still doubting me
Fuck.
Can you buy me a melon?
-How much? -Very cheap.
-Put it there, please.
Here it is.
Bah, let it go. Come'on...
-Fua!
"Question them."
Who are they?
I introduce you Irene...
and...
"What's your name, miserable?"
Alonso de Entrerríos.
Shit!
They say they are journalists, but they are spies.
How do you know?
I set up a trap for them and they fell into it.
Miserable!
Carlos, Carlos...
I think the most sensible thing
will be that we abort tomorrow's plan, don't you think?
Let's find out first what they know.
Go back home.
They have caught Irene and Alonso, I am going to enter.
-No, don't intervene.
Remember the mission: Franco must be saved.
That is more important than Julián and everything.
-But, boss... -Don't intervene!
Fuck!
What do you know?
Nothing.
Make a serious mistake.
We don't work for the Secret Police.
You lie!
You're not going to say anything, no?
No, Carlos.
A couple of hostages can come in handy
if things get complicated for us.
(SIGHS)
I want to go with you tomorrow.
"No, it is too dangerous."
I'm going.
The fight for justice is not easy,
It never has been and it never will be.
And we pay the price in ourselves,
in our families, our friends.
(BOTH) And especially in ourselves.
But in the end, the price we pay
is worth it for our own dignity.
This is what I call returning to the Ministry through the front door.
Lola will find a way to fix it.
Can you trust her?
He has prevented us from being killed.
Fuck with the grease of the nails.
I don't think those people invite mechanics to their parties.
"Where do you have tobacco?
In the table."
(WHISPERING) I have to spend the night here, otherwise they will be suspicious.
Tomorrow at noon, only Pedro and Miguel will be watching,
so it will be time for you to take out Alonso and Irene.
(WHISTLE)
Lets go to bed?
Sure.
In an hour, they will pick you up.
Can't we wait for you?
The sooner you get to Portugal, the better.
Here you are in danger, whether the plan works or not.
I can never thank you for everything you have done for us.
(BABY BABBLING)
Be happy.
(BABY CRY)
Don Alfonso Villalobos.
-Welcome.
-And his wife, Doña Carmen de los Ríos.
-Welcome.
-Don Augusto Urrutia.
-Welcome. -Excellence.
-And his wife, Mrs. Cristina Maldonado.
Welcome. Thank you, your Excellency.
You are very elegant.
Thank you so much Mrs.
And today you are wearing a beautiful necklace.
What is a woman without her necklaces?
We are inside, we have entered.
Go out, I don't see it so clearly. Don't worry, we'll go out.
Don Eulogio Romero.
Welcome. Thank you.
He is the protagonist of "Love and Homeland".
I have been told that your performance is memorable,
which perfectly embodies the gallantry of the Spanish soldier
and love for our homeland.
I hope not to disappoint you, Generalissimo.
My husband is passionate about cinema.
He wrote "Race", you know?
But because he is so humble, he did it with a pseudonym.
-It's not humility, Carmen,
is that if I put my real name,
people will believe that I spend my time writing
and not ruling.
Then we continue talking.
(FLUSH)
Where are they?
Come, join me, I want to tell you something in private.
I'm mulling over a new movie.
And have you already thought of a title? "Race 2".
So people are not confused and know that it is a continuation.
That the public is not very intelligent and you have to explain everything.
Sure.
Where would the action take place?
Again in the Civil War?
No.
There are too many Civil War movies already.
I prefer something more international.
I want to tell about the exploits of a hero on the Russian front.
I fought with the Blue Division.
I know.
I am informed of everything.
No.
Not everything.
Of everything yes.
(SHOOT)
What kind of soldier doesn't check that his gun has bullets?
-Me, is the first thing I do it.
I assure you.
-You can not be left alone.
-Nor badly accompanied.
Eulogio...
Guards!
Motherfucker.
Very good work.
Well, I'm going to hunt, that these events are boring.
Drop that and have one of you go back to the front desk.
I don't know how I could handle this without doubles.
"Chorprecha"!
(CLOCH)
What do you want from me?
I'm not going to tell you anything, motherfuckers.
You don't know how glad we are that you're back.
What do you mean back?
Eat Julián, you are skiny. My name is not Julian.
What place is this?
Your workplace.
Before you disappeared in the Battle of Teruel, in 1937.
We are in the year 2020.
And this is your time, not 1943.
What do you want? Make fun on me?
You...
tried to kill Franco.
"To His Excellency, the head of state."
But the dictator died in bed.
"Thus they paid their last tribute of admiration and affection.
The pain was evident... "
What is he saying? This can not be.
We just want you to remember.
That is the problem, which has nothing to remember.
Julián, do you remember the date of your wedding day
or the birth of your children?
Lie lie...
Try to remember. This is all a lie.
Easy, Julián. I said my name is not Julián!
I want to leave.
Where are you going? Watch out!
Get him. Calm down, please.
What the hell do you want from me? Nothing!
Don't worry, nothing happens. Let me out!
Let me go!
Quiet. Let me go, balls!
Quiet! I want to leave!
Everything will be fine, take it easy. I want to leave!
Let me go!
Release me, release me! Quiet...
No wonder Amelia doesn't want to go back to the Ministry.
Here there is only pain and bitterness.
What happens? Aren't you going to have a beer with us?
No, I'm going home.
I thought I would never see Blanca and Elena again.
Well, ok, but what...
Don't let another three years go by to see us again, right?
And why don't you come to dinner, the two of you, evenly?
Bye. Goodbye.
Jo, how much does it show?
Yes, Pacino, yes.
And that is not good for our work.
(SIGHS)
Look...
I think we better give it time.
That we have plenty of it here.
(SIGHS)
I knew you would come.
And why haven't you hidden?
Because I know you.
I know you were going to find me sooner or later.
Can I finish my cigarette?
Why did you do it?
No...
I don't know, no...
I couldn't go back to jail.
No...
Just a question...
Yes.
I have loved you.
Much.
Stop there, stop!
Not a single step!
Where we are?
Fuck...
And they say it is cold in Burgos. Haltl!
Don't you recognize me, Julián?
Who you are?
I am Federico.
Federico, Julián.
How cool!
Someone very close to Felipe IV
is about to change the history of Spain
and we must prevent it.
How pretty, right? There, with his potato omelette.
Yes, beautiful and anachronistic.
Blanquita can be left in the noursery.
In kindergarten? In the dungeon for small people.
I have met a childhood colleague
and it turns out he's an actor.
He said he will be the protagonist
from Almodóvar's next movie "Labyrinth of Passions".
-If Banderas does not, Almodóvar will lose his fetish actor.
You want us to set up a nursery here.
I am not asking for anything strange, family reconciliation.
Conciliation, Alonso.
Family reconciliation.
Well, well, the one that was missing.
Is Pedro? Really?
Hello! Goodnight everyone.
I see that this is full of bitches, very well, I love it.
We start with pair number 1,
for ten ducats, tell us comedy titles
of our ill-fated Don Lope de Vega,
like, for example, "The silly lady". One, two, three, answer again.
They have turned the palace into a set of "One, two, three".
What the hell are you talking about?
You, with that face, should be an actor.
-I, actor? I do not. -Yes, yes, yes...