WAITING LIST
Help me.
That's good.
Well.
Damn, engineer!
We will miss you.
I will miss you.
Well, good luck, my friend.
Who is the last one?
Look, a bus!
A bus, a bus!
Virgin Mary, make it stop!
Make it stop and take us.
Virgin Mary, I will light a candle...
Two candles...
- Three candles... - Where does she come from?
Son of a bitch!
Stop it!
You pig!
How will we leave?
I've been waiting for 10 hours!
I've even lost
the notion of time.
That's bad!
Only here can one see such things.
Let's go! She must have been an employee.
You speak!
She got in because she's beautiful.
My God, I'm so tired!
They think we are going to live here or what?
The last one?
Who is the last one?
If the next one doesn't take anybody, I explode.
- Who is the last one? - That's me.
But we will not leave here in less than 3 days.
I must leave tonight!
Impossible, unless you rent a car.
I've been here since dawn!
- My God! - That's me, the last one.
Impossible. This lady told me...
But I had already asked,
and nobody answered.
You go after me!
- After me. - Yes, but calm down.
Shut up. Let's see, where do you go?
- To Havana. - To Santiago.
The last one for Santiago, that's me.
And for Havana...
Hey, you, with the paperbox!
Are you the last one, for Havana?
We really have a habit
of waiting in queues in Cuba!
Yes, that's me.
But no bus passes,
who knows if there will any.
Are you leaving?
Don't lower the arms so quickly.
Bus stations, this is how they are.
This will solve out.
Emilio.
Nice to meet you.
Sorry for what happened before, don't trust appearances.
I would have left you the place,
you can be sure.
Thanks.
What's your name?
Jacqueline.
Excuse me.
Hello.
- How much does it cost, for Havana? - 60 dollars.
Is there no other solution?
If you find three other people, it will be 15 dollars.
- Thanks. - For nothing.
Jacqueline ?
Are you there?
With Eryck, we try to go somewhere, and you?
Don't talk to me!
I don't have money to take a taxi.
The worst is that Antonio arrives from Madrid,
and tomorrow we have to sign the documents.
For the marriage? When will it be?
- Well, on the 15th. - Ah, great!
Katia, do you think I could find 3 persons
willing to pay for leaving?
To pay? Nobody here has enough money.
Don't worry, they repair the bus of the station.
- The bus of the station? - They are taking care of that.
Comment tu vas ? How do you go?
The poor one!
Come with me, my friend!
Thanks.
The frow for the disabled persons?
You must see that at the counter.
Follow me, please, this way.
Doesn't that one go to Havana?
Who knows?
- Comrade? - Yes.
- This comrade is handicaped. - Your card.
It has been stolen from me. Here is my complaint.
There is nothing mentioned about your handicap card.
But comrade, it is obvious!
I cannot do anything.
Without a ticket, he cannot travel
and he knows it.
Ask the administrator.
Ask the others.
If they agree, he will have the first place.
'Ask the others?' Call the administrator.
I don't have to call him.
I know the rules.
If I sell him this ticket, you will protest.
He should talk to the people in the row, they will decide.
God will pay it back to you, comrade!
OK, come this way.
Attention, there are packages.
- Where do you go? - To Havana, miss.
Where is the queue for Havana?
Who is the first one?
- Me. - I'm the second.
One minute!
This is not obvious, but I am over 60 years old,
I suffered 5 surgical operations,
and i've been waiting here for two days.
He is blind,
but in good health.
Grandmother, can this blind comrade stay with you?
Ok?
Ok.
I am here since yesterday
and with a child, even worse.
Good, let him stay there.
No way.
This is not possible!
I am the 16th and the car they are repairing has 16 places.
He's taking my place there!
But he is blind!
Here, everyone has his problems, comrade.
Lets see, one moment.
Are you the first one?
- Yes. - Very well.
So, he will stay there, the first
and we will see if anyone stops him.
This is incredible! Are we in a socialist country or what?
Damned, what a shitty station, comrade!
A whole day without a single bus.
- And you, where do you go? - To Santiago.
I go to Havana. I've been waiting for 2 days.
Look there. There's a bus!
Wait, this is the bus for Havana, coming from Manzanillo.
I go to see Fernandez, i will return.
Havana... and 7! I have number 7, I go to Havana.
There are 7 who go down, and I have number 7.
Be quiet and calm down!
We don't sell anything as long as we have no instructions.
The National Transports
inform you
that for the rute Manzanillo - Havana...
one ticket will be sold.
It is for me!
What do you mean, it is for you?
I am the first one.
No, I am.
I never told you that I was going ...
Wait for me here.
It is not like that...
There are 7 places and I have number 7.
- There's only one place. - How come?
Listen, I am handicaped.
I don't care.
You don't care?
Start, comrade.
Let me pass, I have a ticket...
Wait!
Because of you, you band of selfish and irresponsible
and because of the blind man, nobody got in.
God will punishe you, madam.
You realize that we solve nothing by force.
Let's go see the administrator.
Yes, let's go see him.
Has anyone seen this administrator?
Comrades, if we go to see him
let us show respect and discipline.
We have to be very clear about what we want.
Let's go search him.
Tell me, where is the administrator?
Fernandez !
Yes?
Finally, there's his head.
Any problems?
Our only problem is you.
Well,
these people came on foot.
Their car broke down,
and the driver did them a favor,
taking them.
There was only one place, which was sold.
That's why one cannot easily criticize it.
- Easily? - We will be patient.
Couldn't you explain this to the people?
As you saw, I have no time to waste.
I try to repair this car so that you could leave.
Haven't you noticed?
The girl who got in, was she an employee?
Yes, she was an employee!
None of you has left this station.
You can be sure of that.
And the reinforcements?
We were told about reinforcements.
What reinforcements?
Last week, there were some.
Last, week ... Last week I was 49 years old.
Sorry.
So, what hope do we have?
We are repairing "our" bus. The bus of the station.
It is neither modern nor luxurious,
but it's ours. It is almost ready.
Ok, then... will it leave?
It will leave and you will be able to go.
This seems like a dream to me, to get in this bus.
One last question, comrade When it leaves,
where will this bus go?
This is the problem. But the rule is very clear.
On odd days, it goes to Havana. On even days, to Santiago.
Today it's the 21th.
Yes, but only until midnight.
When will it be ready?
About this, I have no idea.
Once I watched a movie on TV
where there were a lot of people in bus station
and they didn't get to leave.
I nevertheless hope this is not happening to us?
What's the matter, Wendy?
- I want an icecream. - Buy her one.
Do you really think I will buy her one?
Come on!
When I see people eating,
my heart rises.
After my pilgrimage to Cobre, I abused of sweets.
You went to make a wish there?
My daughter has been living in Miami for 2 years.
She was suffering of hemorrhoids, so she had to be operated.
Do you know what that costs?
The skin of the arse!
What time is it?
Five minutes to midnight.
Can I make a phone call?
Normally not. But ok...
Thanks.
Marta, it's me, Jacqueline.
Did Antonio call?
Ok, if he calls, tell him
that I couldn't leave, there's no bus.
I will explain him myself.
The National Transports inform you
that the bus no. 1 from the garage leaves
with destination Havana!
I am leaving, did you hear it, Marta? I am leaving.
This is exactly What I say: Havana, always Havana!
Well...
Good luck.
Thanks. Have a nice trip.
Thank you.
It's a pitty that she leaves, isn't it?
And you, where do you come from?
Me? From San Sebastian.
Ok, I sit here.
Fine.
You see that pessimism and defeatism don't lead to anything.
It is necessary to be trustful and keep the faith.
Now you are happy to leave
And we are glad to have done our duty to be useful to you.
Have a nice trip, comrades.
Thank you for your confidence.
Start, Codina!
Start! Start!
Fernandez, that broke!
If you repair it tomorrow, you go to Santiago.
Come on, we have to get out.
- What should we do? - I don't know.
I don't know anything.
Come on, we go.
Good.
It's the blockade, ladies and gentlemen, the blockade!
It happened like this, in the film.
lmpossible to leave, even when they had a foot outside.
They fix it, and direction Santiago!
I will rest a bit.
If there is the least movement, inform me.
Very well.
Your attention, please.
Come closer, please.
We cannot repair the car.
Mercy!
Stay calm, Alicia, we will leave.
What's the problem now?
We flowed a connecting rod, madam.
You transport, there!
A little respect for the administrator!
Comrades, these buses are very old.
We don't have Russian exchange pieces anymore.
And we cannot import them from USA!
Excuse-me. That wasn't a connecting rod.
How do you know it?
If the comrade tells us that, it means he has consulted experts.
Do you know better than him?
It wasn't a rod, I'm sure.
Even a deaf person would realize there.
One moment, listen. Listen!
One moment.
In your place, I would react in the same way.
But as there is no bus anymore,
you have to return to your homes, we will close the station.
And those who do not live here?
Do we install ourselves in the parking place?
My ticket doesn't allow me to return to my place.
There's no hotel, comrade.
You know it, you are from this place.
Help one another. That's all I can say.
I can take somebody to my place.
Please, go.
Please go away.
One minute!
Nobody leaves!
And why would we stay?
What would we do?
We will find a solution.
I have just said that the bus is rotten.
What will you do?
That's very simple.
We will fix it ourselves.
So, we stay here.
Of course we stay, it is not rotten!
Comrades, let's be reasonable.
If he says the bus is rotten, it must be true.
These people are competent.
We were told to leave this bus station.
But the mechanics don't need to travel.
We do! I am with the young man in black.
- Me too. - I am a mechanic.
- I am assistent-mechanic. - I am engineer.
If I can help, I will do it.
Me too.
So?
Wait until the pieces arrive from Russia or USA.
During this time, we will put our hands in the dirty oil.
I wait for nothing and nobody!
I stirred up sky and earth.
I used out my ear, to phone everywhere
and that didn't help anything.
Do you think that I have it easy?
Repair the bus, since you are so sly!
Come on, repair it.
And tell me when you're done with it, I will be here.
The employees can leave.
I wait until they understand
that it's easier to say than to do.
Well, this man speaks from the heart.
Look at me a bit!
I haven't eaten nor slept, my ulcer bothers me again, and I don't stop.
From here to the town hall, from there to the prefecture,
from the prefecture to the minister... And what for?
Have you already seen me not doing anything?
I work without break.
Otilia left me for that.
Who's that?
- Fernandez, your jacket. - Thanks.
- She was in the car. - Let's go.
- Oui. - We go? - Yes.
Till tomorrow.
- Who is that? - May I?
What for?
I am with you, you can count on me.
Now, calm down. They will leave.
Thank you for your understanding.
CLOSED
In the movie that you've seen,
maybe the people stayed, but here not.
I will leave imediatelly.
But wait, they will fix the car.
They will fix nothing at all.
Will you let me out in the village?
Yes, get in. I take you there.
I go to the village, this wasn't my day.
Get in the car! 5 people, not more.
Let's go.
What do we do, Katia? Do we go?
Return home? Why should we?
- You're right. - It's better to stay here.
It is funnier, we remain.
- Ok! - We stay.
Well, comrades,
it is necessary to bring the bus to the workshop.
Very well, let's go.
I drive, I have hernia.
Isn't there anybody else for driving?
But Sir, leave this paperbox.
The paperbox remains with me!
Come on, we go, come on!
Good, release the hand brake and put the gear in the dead point.
That's ok.
We go, right now.
And me, who takes me?
Come wiht me, my boy.
Take care, the ground is irregular.
There, that's good!
If it's the rod, we have to disassemble everything.
The blind man says it wasn't that.
What does he know about that?
And besides, they have already disassembled that.
Give me the torch!
Don't touch the engine!
We have to take out the injection pump.
- Are you sure? - I'm sure that it wasn't the rod.
That comes from the injectors. This is what I heard!
Me, I heard a fart!
So...
- The assistent-mechanic... - What?
Do you know where the injection pump is?
The injection pump?
You have no autorisation!
Go on, continue.
The injection pump?
You let them do it?
Let them try! They will see it's stupid.
Assistant-mechanic, are you beside the engine?
Do you see four tubes connected to the engine?
Yes, I see them.
Those are the injectors.
We can use only these toilets,
those of the women are closed.
So if a man enters, he puts a blue handkerchief.
If it's a woman, a red handkerchief.
If it's free, we put the green handkerchief.
- And a child? - A white handkerchief, sign of purity.
What is the blind man doing?
The blined man? A black handkerchief.
Pour guy, how will he know it?
The problem is when it's urgent.
You wanted to be mean, but this doesn't work with us!
Now it has to be disassembled.
Blind man, can you do it?
Bring it to me.
Help me...
I like that.
Give me the tools.
A key of 14.
This is a key of 12, I said 14!
If you break it, you will have to pay for it!
Phillips screwdriver!
Excuse me...
He has eyes on his fingertips!
Shit!
- What's the matter? - There's no light anymore.
Go on, blind man, you don't need it.
Stop calling me 'blind man'.
My name is Rolando, ok?
there ...
That's exactly what I thought.
The oil filter is broken.
You see, it wasn't the rod!
Can you repair it?
Find a steel end like that and it is good.
I wouldn't give you, not even for Stevie Wonder.
Do you have a piece like this one?
In the darkness, I cannot say anything.
Search in the patio.
Do you have a power generating unit?
Yes, but it's broken.
I bet it needs a Russian or an American replace part.
It's a Czech piece.
I already claimed it.
Yes, by telephone.
A little bit of respect, comrades.
If we have to search in the patio, let's wait until tomorrow.
We have progressed a lot today.
The women must be waiting for the news.
One moment, where is the power generating unit?
Be careful how you walk.
We understand better how it is to be blind.
That's brilliant!
We will prepare a bed for the children.
That's nice, but my son already sleeps on a bench.
Grandmother!
Come, I will prepare a bed for you.
Thank you, my girl.
In a bed, my osteoarthritis will leave me in peace.
From the mechanical point of view it is fixed. Tomorrow, we leave.
- So? - Is it repaired?
Almost.
It's fixed, comrade!
- We found it. - A last turn of screw...
This blind man is a genius!
Stop it!
Look, this is the piece which is broken.
Rolando can fix it,
but tomorrow morning
we have to search a small piece of iron, like that one. Ok?
Of course!
You have prepared everything for the night...
And we have a system for the toilletes.
Very well.
Well, comrades, as there is nothing to eat
let's get some sleep in order to be fit tomorrow.
Excuse me.
Have you called your superiours?
Which superiours?
Give me the telephone.
I know that we should call.
It's useless, it doesn't work.
Listen well to what I will tell you:
we have to react.
I will not be an accomplice to all this.
Accomplice to what? They are repairing the bus.
Won't you stay by their side?
My opinion is to repair the bus.
You have directions and you should follow them.
Get stuffed.
Wendy! Wake up. Graciela, wake her up.
- We leave. - What?
The investigators will know that we had nothing to do whit all this.
What are you talking about?
The enemy is there and you don't see him.
Don't you see what is happening?
The administrator is just as irresponsible as they are.
We go, Graciela.
- But where? - To stop all these.
Go!
Stop talking please.
I don't care!
What's the matter with him?
It would be better if he leaves.
- Your daughter is exhausted. - I don't care.
Hurry up. We have to stop all this.
But how?
The blind man who tinkers,
the administrator who lets them do this...
If everybody does what he wants...
Up to where will this go?
This has to be stopped!
Come, Wendy.
Shit. Excuse-me, my old man.
I haven't seen you.
Neither have I.
Sorry.
How is she? Describe her to me.
Who?
The woman. There is a woman and you are looking at her.
How do you know it?
The air, the perfume...
How is she?
Very ugly, ... thin with a big nose.
I am blind but not idiot.
- She's nice. - Nice?
Very nice.
This is not a way of describing a woman.
Tell me if her breasts are like pears,
if her bottom is low or not...
Shit, then.
"I don't suffer for not seeing the twilight"
"or the cupola of Saint-Pierre"
"the sex,"
"the breasts, two beautiful buttocks..." (:)))
"This is my only religion, my only political idea,"
"the true fatherland of a man."
Where do you get these from?
This is the great Vittorio Gassman, in Parfum de femme ,
I love the movies about blind men.
Well she is...
She is the one who helped you at the counter.
Hearing you, one would say that you are trapped.
Really? Do you think so?
Go see her. Talk to her. Are you afraid? Are you shy?
No, I'm not afraid.
But why should I talk to her?
Do it. It's difficult... but not impossible.
What do you know?
Blind men have a sixth sense!
Listen. Tomorrow we leave and I will never see her again.
Would you like to see her?
Me too.
We won't imagine she's extra.
This way, we will not make any illusions.
I will walk around a bit.
What?
I didn't know it was you. Excuse-me.
You excuse me.
But you are naked?
Pour guy!
Excuse me!
Sorry...
Go!
It's broken.
Yes, I saw it.
Inside there's only hot water.
I want fresh water.
If I had known, I would have repaired the tap.
You are very nice. Really.
I have just changed my clothes.
I don't wear any make-up.
Stop!
What a horror!
Are you always so firm?
Me?
No!
"One minute! Nobody goes out!"
I said to myself that you had become insane.
When I saw that they listened to you, I was delighted.
Without you, we wouldn't be here.
That's why I did it.
So that you and me, we are here now.
Do you live here?
I lived here.
I return to Palma Soriano, to my parents.
My father has a ranch there, and I will help him.
The countryside!
Do you like working on the field?
As you said you were an engineer...
I am an engineer. And I like it.
But time goes by,
we grow old.
After 2 or 3 years there,
I will be able to earn as much as to do whatever I want to.
To buy an appartment, I don't need a palace,
to find a fiancee
who doesn't need to be as nice as you are.
To study such a long time just to go and work on the field...
It is to admit defeat. It is cowardly.
And you?
Me?
You're going to get married. With a Spanish guy, isn't it?
Yes, with a Spanish guy, Antonio.
And you'll live in Spain. How do you call that?
How?
Forget it.
This is how bus stations are.
Some go to the countryside, other go to Spain.
Excuse me.
This conversation doesn't lead anywhere.
First of all, I was wrong.
But there, it is you.
- What's the matter? - Nothing.
I give up!
What a jerk I am!
Are you leaving?
This could have been worse, it could have rained.
Why is this happening to me?
Alicia...
I was thinking that the guy in the safari jacket,
maybe he was right.
Perhaps one is putting himself in the kneading-machine.
Come on, we go.
But Cristobal is still crying.
I don't care he's crying. Nothing will stop me.
- But this is crazy! - Let's go.
Cristobal, you will kill yourself!
Go on the side, jerk!
That's good. We advance.
Cristobal, you are really stubborn.
Surprise !
Come on, go wake the others up.
Does this mean that I'm awake?
Wake up, Sirs! Back to work!
We have to fix the car before noon.
Avelino, help me.
We will search in the patio, in the workshop, everywhere.
When we find it, we can leave.
What if there is no piece of steel?
I will check it.
The most important is to search. everywhere.
If we were all like him, the world would be different.
Life looks in one direction and takes the other one.
We are as we are.
Alicia, where are you going?
To search that iron piece.
The sooner we have it, the sooner we leave.
I don't know yet if I'll get involved in that.
What a band of idiots!
Move.
ll will be necessary that you catch a mouse.
Look!
Too bad.
I'm sorry if I said anything yesterday...
I have to appologise.
And now?
Nothing.
We have to find a piece of iron. Come on, let's go!
We leave!
Have you already searched here?
Yes, we've spent the morning there.
Are you sure? I feel steel in the corner.
We even tore off the grass, comrade.
There's something here.
He thinks everybody is blind.
What a shit!
Can I help you?
You know each other there?
Good, take that for me.
I will show you.
Look:
this is basilisk
it's good for the eyes and for the nerves.
It is what we need.
That, it is rosemary, it takes care of throat aches.
This is mint.
Mint is good for everything, Especially with rum.
Ah, rum!
This is a plant which gives forces.
With that, I will make a delicious and very nutritive decoction.
Is this what you do for a living?
Me?
I am a witch.
Don't you believe me?
Well... You have the eyes of a witch.
Pay attention. Do not crush it.
This plant is very good, but I don't know its name.
For what is it used?
Among other things,
to relieve the loneliness of widows.
Are you a widow?
Well...
No, not a widow.
Children!
Children! Come here!
Do me a favor.
Do we play blind man's buff?
Blind man's buff? For sure not, he has to work.
I am watching you!
Are you a magician?
Yes, and I will show you around.
Come here! Lets see if you find something,
a piece of metal.
Daddy! Look what I've found!
This is not true! Look what I've found!
That's mine!
Shut up!
This doesn't work. It's too big.
Comrade, shit! Don't throw away anything!
One could file it, this trick.
2 days already!
I need to find something to feed my son.
They will finish repairing the car
and settle the kitchen, over there.
Plants! These cause even more hunger.
That's true.
DO NOT USE
So, are you living completely alone?
Since almost 2 years.
I have no dog, like that old woman, in a movie,
because I am allergic.
Well...
What can we do?
The children make their own life.
What I miss most
is my little girl.
Do you have small children?
Yes, of course.
Look, this is the small kid of my younger son.
He's very nice!
This picture wasn't taken in Cuba.
No, this is in Las Palmas, in the Canaries.
Imagine that I arrived in Cuba at the age of 20.
And with time, I could buy some land, I got married.
And my son, who is an engineer, has become Spanish.
4 years ago.
That's life. Some leave, some come.
My paperbox!
Is there anybody?
What's happening? There is water...
The tap is broken and the wash-hand basin is stopped.
It smells like meat.
Meat? I don't sense anything.
Chopped meat.
There has to be a can, in some corner.
I recognize this smell.
Let me search.
Look! There's a can.
But it's old, it is rusted.
What a sense of smell you have!
It never misleads me, comrade.
That feels like fresh meat, from a box which has just been opened...
The small yellow and red box,
with meat and tomatos drawn above...
This is what I feel.
but I'm so hungry, I could be wrong.
What a son of a bitch!
Look at this!
What is that?
There are people who abuse!
The stations,
forget it.
One never fished anything, here.
Here there are only dog teeth and broken bottles.
Shit, comrade, what a bad luck! I am so hungry...
Once, I made null match with a cashier from "Pio-Pio".
- Do you remember "Pio-Pio"? - Of course!
I at 6 fried chicken and I drank 12 beers.
- And the pizza! - The chicken!
No, the pizza with the chorizo.
The smell pf pizza with chorizo, this is killing me.
Really!
Look at this, it's killing me.
That's disgusting!
- What a gonzesse! - Do you think so?
A real guy does not have long hair, nor earings.
Look, look.
These are grapefruits!
Stop chattering and put yourselves to work.
We will never leave from here.
Search in the water!
What a number, that one! He interferes everywhere.
I'm too hungry, I don't see anything anymore,
I don't see anything and I work.
Dear Sirs, the room is flooded.
I would like to know who is responsible for that.
He risks having problems.
Even the innocent ones will have to pay.
To pay? All we did was to repair that trick!
What's the problem?
There's no problem.
You fall well, there's no plumber here.
So, you see!
We shouldn't behave like that.
Thanks.
Look at this:
a meat can!
Impossible!
It has been just eaten.
It must have been there be for a long time,
there is no son of a bitch here capable of eating alone...
One moment...
- Miss. - Thank you.
Wait.
You have a stain there.
Here is the lunch!
Let's go.
Just a second...
I hope you know what you're doing.
I come, I come.
Warm up in front!
My friends, everybody is hungry.
There is a little for everybody.
But that smells very good!
Ah! Thanks.
Avelino...
Take care, Rolando, it's hot...
My God! Virgin of mercy!
What if I go to look for food in the village
and they will repair the car and leave?
Please, give us food.
If you make my request come true I will do a pilgrimage on foot
or by train, that's even worse.
Did you like it? More or less.
I want especially fresh water.
That's right, fresh water!
We go see what we could do.
I will surprise you.
I took 4 times and I'm still hungry.
Me too, I still die of hunger.
Without meat, it's as if I haven't eaten anything.
My trick is the meat...
That will be rotten.
Vladimir !
What's the matter?
- Whom are you calling? - My son.
- What's the matter with him? - I looked for him everywhere.
What's happening?
Has anyone seen my son?
I saw him here, one minute ago.
Wasn't he in the lounge?
When I left, he was sleeping.
And he's not anymore.
Have you searched in the toilettes?
Yes, and in the office, and...
Maybe he's playing hide and seek!
He is too small. He barely walks.
Let's stop talking, let's search him.
Calm down.
They ate him, they ate him!
How is that, they ate him? Who?
- So? - That was my cat!
You've frightened us!
They ate my cat!
What is he talking about?
Come, come? The little is here.
There were those horrible beasts and it was afraid.
What beasts are you talking about?
Those.
But where have you found these?
Near the bus. There is a bag filled with animals like that.
But they are all dead.
Thank you, Blessed Virgin! I knew that you would hear me.
I prayed to God to send us food.
You went a bit too far.
The best is to boil them.
To fry them!
It's better to grill them.
But for that, we need butter.
We can serve them with the carapace.
Yes, a la Thermidor. That's very expensive.
I was bringing potatoes to my sister-in-law. Here they are.
I have onions and garlic.
And I have tomato purée.
And there's some rice there.
How about adding some bananas?
We will surely not be hungry anymore.
One will make a mixture of paella and stew (paella et ragoût).
A ragaella or a paellagoût!
Paellagoût, yak !
The most famous dishes were invented by need.
I can guarantee that they are of first category.
They will be excellent.
How's that, the most expensive?
Thermidor.
Those, we will call "Terminus".
We put them into water.
And here!
Surprise !
Fresh water!
- I fixed the tap. - Really?
Excuse me. Potatoes for everyone.
What a good smell!
And what a savour!
Come on...
This way.
Just a bit.
- Will you take a lot more? - I haven't finished.
Madam, give me potatoes.
This meal really reminds me of a movie I've seen.
That one that had a gargantuesque meal?
- That one! - I've seen it.
That costs me an arm and a leg.
Don't be smart with me, understand?
Stop it! Are you going down to the village?
I follow this way.
Take me, I have a very serious problem.
Get in, get in.
Get in, Graciela!
The National Transports inform you that...
here's a musical interlude...
Come on, dance!
Do we leave?
Come on!
No, chose somebody else, doesn't matter whom, but not me.
Are you coming?
Me?
I help you if you want.
Can I get one?
Come on...
Give me another!
Not that one.
Come, don't leave me alone.
I don't say anything anymore, or they'll take me for a foul.
He refuses to leave the row.
He doesn't even take the time to live.
My son-in-law would be told.
I went to him to see my grandchild.
but we quarreled.
I wonder how my daughter stands him.
I would like to throw miself under the rain.
One has to do crazy things every now and then.
because otherwise...
I was on the seaside, we were together.
And the car broke down.
He had to look for pieces, then for a mechanic...
Then the car works
but for the rest...!
I've even bought a nice dress
and i've never worn it!
Why don't you try the ginger?
I don't find any!
In Havana, there is a pharmacy where they sell it.
Try it, and if it works, you tell me.
So, have you decided?
That's stupid, I get married in one week.
Of course.
Do you always believe everything I tell you?
I have a brilliant idea.
Again?
What would you think if...
- Is it true, are you staying? - Yes, that's true.
Hello.
- Come with us. - Where?
There, in the patio.
- But what for? - You'll see.
I have something to say.
And toc!
But at least let me play!
Are you listening, yes or no?
Go on.
I have a brilliant idea...
Tell us.
But I don't know whether you will agree with me...
Go on, say it!
Ok.
Why wouldn't we repaint all these?
We repaint, clean,
we make it a bit more attractive.
I have a little lime, over there, close to the workshop,
but it's dry.
If we put water, it will become liquid!
That's settled.
I suppose there are other surprises behind these doors.
We will open them, we'll see!
We could make rooms!
Rooms, Fernandez?
I could put plants!
If you want to change anything, count on me.
What got into you?
Make rooms and put flowers in a bus station!
Alicia, come here.
As you can see, there is enough place.
It has to be arranged.
We'll also need beds,
and night tables.
Do you have bus benches?
Might be, after all.
They could be transformed in beds.
That's criminal for these books!
Let's see ... Have you read them?
The Nausea?
That's disgusting!
Read them. You'll see, what a wonder!
Do you also have in braille?
That's sad to see them in this state.
Make a library!
Would you like that?
This has always been my dream!
Theatre...
Miguel de Unamuno.
These are almost the last ones!
Cuban literature.
Madame Bovary,
Fernandez, this is so nice!
- Here it is! - The guy in the safari jacket?
Jacqueline's fiancé!
That is the bouquet!
What's this?
Haven't you left?
Marta told me you have left.
you weren't at your aunt...
I was going to call the police!
The bus is broken down again.
Fernandez wanted to transfer us...
Who is Fernandez?
The administrator, but he's very nice.
I didn't say anything!
Where could we go?
It's ok,
nothing has happened.
It's just that I was worried.
Antonio, I am very annoyed,
I have spent a lot and I could not travel by taxi.
Don't worry about the money. Forget that.
what's up?
Don't you embrace me?
Of course!
Are you insane?
- Excuse me! - That pave! You mess around or what?
What are doing with this brush?
I helped with the painting.
They have started to smear everywhere...
You will tell me all these in the car.
Take your things, we are waiting.
Now?
Well when, if not now?
It's just an idea, what will they think if I go away?
Jacqueline, we haven't seen each other for more than one month!
Are you telling me that?
Look at me, I am full with painting.
People will think I'm nuts!
So what? We don't care.
You will go to the hotel to see your contractors.
and me, I will hurry up, wash myself, change clothes, and then come.
Good, but I come to fetch you.
Ok.
Return soon!
Does this remind you of anything?
Doesn't it say anything to you?
Look, it's the same!
The same colour,
the same smell of moisture,
the same half-light...
Have you forgotten the room where we went when we first met?
You remember,
this old room, with a terrible smell.
but so nice!
So beautiful!
My dear, how could I forget that?
Plus the lies I told my parents...
This was already 29 ...
That was yesterday, Alicia.
it was yesterday afternoon.
It is well attached!
Be careful.
Hello Benitez. How are you? What's going on today?
Always Havana!
How many places do you have?
Only one.
Your attention, please.
National Transports informs you
that a place has been sold for Havana.
Thank you for your confidence.
Why are you looking at me? I'm not leaving.
The blind man, yes.
Me? Certainly not, grandmother!
You've arrived before me. Me, I am solid.
Let the one with the little child leave.
No, it's not my turn.
It's the blind man who worked the most.
It's him who should leave.
It is you, the disabled!
Who will fix the car?
but leave me alone!
I am not blind.
And I don't want to leave.
A miracle! Another miracle.
Thank you, Virgin of mercy!
Son of a bitch!
It would have been true if he had left
and he could have done it.
We should be glad that he is not blind.
He stayed with us and worked a lot.
Well then?
Ok then, I leave!
Just a minute! Everybody can leave except you!
Because you, you are a son of a bitch ...
Do you know why?
Because you have milk powder and cans here ...
Wait, that does not belong to me!
We will eat...
Here's the milk!
Take care, there is a slope.
- Don't be afraid, I have brakes. - Ok.
Anyway, we have to arrive quickly.
Be calm, I am ready for everything.
"The bald man had awaked with fever"
"and a strong stomach ache"
"The black woman prescribed him tomatosauce"
"but few seconds later"
"the bald man was dead..."
Avelino ?
Whore, it is true!
Pay attention to the walking.
Attention with the door.
Attention at his head.
- Where do we put them? - There, please.
Are you suffering a lot?
We will prepare a decoction for him.
What if it hurts him?
It couldn't be worse.
- We have to take him to the hospital. - How?
Let me here.
I sold my land
to go and see my grandchild.
The money for the travel is there.
Now it's for you.
This is my last wish.
Grandfather, don't say that.
We will look for a doctor.
Anyway, this money belongs to your family.
I don't want any doctor.
My wife is dead. It's for you.
I want to be burried here.
He asked to be burried here.
Right here?
Here, in Cuba?
I don't know.
That's the last thing he has said: "here"
You would not have boards or ...
I think I have some, but not enough.
Ok, then what should we do?
Think about it quickly, this cannot wait.
All my condoleances...
Your father?
It all comes to the same thing.
Have courage.
He was a good man.
We are such small things.
We have gathered here today to say goodbye to a good man,
who has already understood what we know today:
with our hands, we could build a better world.
The moments spent with him
have marked us for the rest of our lifes.
Let him rest in peace
in this station which is his, and for which he has done so much.
Let him enriche it with his own body.
Are you ready now?
I go look for my bag.
Not like this.
Things don't work this way.
If you want to stay,
tell me.
I want to leave, Antonio.
But I also want to stay.
Let your heart speak.
And tell me if you want to stay ...
or to come and live with me.
Shut up. Don't say anything. Don't ask anything.
Congratulations, Maestro! Do you have an agent?
- I know a very good one ... - No thanks.
We should applaud Fernandez.
Engineer!
Comrade, you have a deep sleep.
I have to go to Santiago.
and I said to myself: the engineer, he must still be waiting.
Come on, stand up sirs, I go to Santiago.
If anyone is interested, come.
Could you let me in Camagüey?
No problem.
- Really? - Of course.
We have to move fast, before night comes.
Thanks.
I don't want to leave from here.
My dear, calm down.
Sooner or later, we will have to go.
This is just a station, Alicia.
At the pharmacy that you've told me about
does one need a receipt for ginger?
Could you let us down in Manzanillo?
Yes, but hurry up.
I lost my bag.
I think you've left it in the library.
Go get it and return quickly.
And you?
- No, thanks. - We go on foot.
Hurry up!
Avelino !
Are you ok?
I feel very well.
What a joy!
Lobsters!
But what's with this mess?
My lobsters! The cats ate them.
One really needs to be stupid to raise cats here!
Michou !
The lads!
There's a truck that goes to Santiago.
We go to see if it arrived.
Listen...
There's no problem.
Take care of yourself.
Your milk powder must be spoiled, after all this time.
What are you talking about?
I bought it yesterday morning, fresh.
And how do you know what they are selling?
Well, what a jerk!
Let me go up, I shall help you from the top.
Wasn't he blind, that one?
Weren't you going to Havana?
My plans fell down.
I want to see what happens in Santiago.
Bye, we go.
Good luck.
Peace, love and freedom.
Good luck.
Wait, I go with you.
Marta told me that you were blocked here.
Come, we are leaving.
They come with us.
Of course, no problem.
Do you give me your sac?
Your suitcase, sir?
I keep it. Thank you.
Could we also come?
Yes, of course.
- Me too? - OK.
Please let me get in.
Not this paperbox, it doesn't fit.
I waited as much as you did!
But this paperbox doesn't fit.
Easily. What's the matter?
I have to go. I have an ill aunt, she has sent me a telegram.
I also have to go. Come everybody!
Yes, but this doesn't fit!
This is inadmissible, Fernandez.
This was an exception case
I don't believe in exceptions.
You have the instructions and you have to follow them.
It seems that a rod has been run.
Will we eat?
We will see if we can find anything.
15 minutes for eating!
Wait to me, I have to piss.
Well then, I will make the queue.
Again this stupid queue!
Emilio, it is broken.
Nothing to do!
Who is the last one?