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Beautifully juxtaposing the realities and expectations of a young girl approaching womanhood in the Dominican Republic, Boca Chica shines a light on the insidious child sex trade and the lives it seeks to destroy.

Director Gabriella A. Moses exposes the community’s complicity by way of 12-year-old Desi who is constantly exposed to unwanted advances and crude comments from older men. She works at the family restaurant alongside her mother Carmen, who encourages the behavior, in a once serene beachside town now bustling with foreign tourists.

Music is Desi’s escape. She dreams of parlaying her nascent musical talents into a full-fledged singing career. When she stumbles across a group of local rappers that set themselves apart from the scene, her passions begin to boil to the surface.

Boca Chica explores themes of identity, family, codependency, and truth, exposing how local social norms present the sexualization of very young girls as a path to survival.

“Sparked by the light of Camilo’s performance, alongside daily life in the Caribbean, Boca Chica is a quiet film that finds impact in bitter truth and hopes unbound.” — Sherin Nicole, AWFJ

“Its arresting performances, working-class setting, and partial hip-hop soundtrack are reminiscent of Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank and Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders. A tale of growing up in a cruel world and family secrets, Moses’s quietly magnetic debut urges us to question the dreams we want to pursue and the façades we may live.” — M.J. O'Tool, Hammer to Nail

“Catches the uneasy intersection that can trap females, of an exuberant culture, curious tourists, and service businesses sustained through remittances of diaspora relatives. This strong sympathy for a Caribbean girl is refreshing.” — Nora Lee Mandel, Maven's Nest

“Gabriella A. Moses and her woman-led crew crafted the film to explore young womanhood and deferred dreams in the Dominican Republic. With its: ‘so crisp it feels like being there’ cinematography and a sense of terrible things lingering at the periphery, Boca Chica compels us to question what is happening and where things went wrong.” — Sherin Nicole, AWFJ

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Main credits

Moses, Gabriella A. (film director)
Rondón, Mariana (screenwriter)
Ugás, Marité (screenwriter)
Ramírez, Sterlyn (film producer)
Camilo, Scarlet (actor)
Cruz, Jean (actor)
Chapman, Lia (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Micaela Cajahuaringa; editing, Cecilia Delgado; music, Cresencio "El Prodigio" García.

MARC Record See Worldcat record

Keywords

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How to know if someone
is lying to you.

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I don\'t want men
to talk nonsense to me.

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Why won\'t you call me back, big bro?

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I\'ve called you
like a thousand times.

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I have something to tell you.
You won\'t believe it.

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Hit me up, Fran.

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I can\'t talk right now, Desi.

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Remember I told you
I had a concert rehearsal tonight?

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So, I can\'t talk now, but...

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It\'s all good.
I\'ll call you when I get a chance.

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Take care. Bye.

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This sauce is just as good as usual.

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Must’ve been one of those vegetarians
who only like bland food.

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I\'d be happy to taste
the empanadas for you.

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Forget it.
It\'s all already packed up.

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- Put that in the fridge.
- Here, my love.

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Carmen, did you pay
the guy from Baní?

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Because every time I see him,
I want to die of shame.

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Why be ashamed?

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Shame doesn\'t
do anyone any good.

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People from Baní
are really stingy.

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Besides, thanks to
the news of the wedding

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everyone will forget about it.

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The Vasquez family
is going to pull out all the stops!

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- God willing.
- Mom, I have to buy Finita a present.

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Tell her you\'ll give it to her later.

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Your cousin Elvis
will bring it from Texas.

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I think the Virgin Mary
sent me a miracle

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because I prayed so much
for her to get my boy back on track.

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And look at him.
Getting married.

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This is a new girl, right?

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The others could\'ve died
and no one would\'ve said anything.

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She looks like a real gringa.

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Take off that dress
and get ready to go.

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THE ACCORDION SENSATION

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This one looks weird.
How much is it?

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- How much is this one?
- $500 pesos each.

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- And this one?
- $500 pesos each.

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Damn!
$500 pesos each? No way.

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- What about the shrimp?
- $400 pesos a pound.

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Come on! I\'m your best customer.
Cut me a deal?

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Carmen, you know
I\'d never cheat you.

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Those are yesterday\'s shrimp.

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Cut me a deal or you’re gonna miss out
on the wedding of the century.

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Bonjour!

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Mangiare.
Mangiare qui.

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Damn it.

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- Give me the shrimp.
- You know all you have to do

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is order in advance,
and I\'ll bring it to you.

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Desi, take this to your aunt.

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- How much do I owe you?
- $800 pesos.

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$800 pesos.

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Oh good, you brought the shrimp.
Peel them, sweetie.

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I have my doubts about this wedding.

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I don\'t think that boy
will be happy with that gringa.

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Elvis has always dated gringas.

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Desi, promise me something.

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That you\'ll never marry a gringo

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and that you\'ll never go off
to live far away in one of those countries.

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Promise me.

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Because they don\'t deserve us.

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We\'re too good for them.

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Look at me.

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God bless you!

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Go get the celery.

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I knew it! I knew it!

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I knew you were keeping a secret.

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And I have to come
all the way out here to get the tea.

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Elvis is coming.

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He\'s coming back?
Here? To live with you all?

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No. This is better
than you and me both.

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He\'s coming back to get married.

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And we\'re gonna throw
a party to remember.

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That\'s amazing, girl. Congrats.

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You must be thrilled.

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Hey, how long has it been
since the boys left?

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Like ten years, right?

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- He\'s doing great out there.
- Yeah?

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He made his money.
Runs a business.

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- And better every day. You\'ll see.
- Amen. That\'s right.

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What about Fran?
Is he coming too?

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When\'s Fran gonna get married?

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That boy doesn\'t tell me a thing.

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He\'ll end up coming.
Elvis will convince him.

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He played the accordion beautifully
when he was a child.

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Here\'s hoping he becomes
as famous as his great uncle.

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I\'m pretty sure my brother
won\'t miss it.

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It\'ll be the whole family together
just like old times.

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So dramatic.
What are you talking about, girl?

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Hey, what are you
gonna do for food?

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I don\'t know.
Maybe some stewed shrimp.

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A lot of rice to fill people up.

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Luz!

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Luz, wait for me!

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Luz!

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Hey there, friend.

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- We got plenty.
- Take your pick.

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- Look at what she\'s wearing.
- What\'s she looking at?

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No tits at all.

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Happy birthday.

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My cousin\'s gonna bring your gift.
He\'s coming to get married.

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Desi, why are you just standing there?
Come dance.

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- Desi.
- Are you pregnant?

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She looks like my sister
when she was pregnant with Wilmer.

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Desi, girl, change that face.
Better pregnant than fat.

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Girl!

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I miss you.
I hope your concert goes great tonight.

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I\'m so excited.
I can\'t keep it a secret anymore.

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Elvis is getting married,
and we\'ll all be together again.

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I hope you can make it.

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How great the joy in my heart

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Joy in my heart

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Joy in my heart and in my soul
Hallelujah, praise the Lord

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Like a raging river

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What’s up, cousin?
We’re nothing anymore? Answer, please.

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You\'re invited
to the wedding of the century.

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We’re going back home to eat and drink,
and you gotta be there, man.

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Annie, wait,
I’m talking to my cousin.

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- Do you remember?
- Yes, I do.

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Fuck!

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We were parched.

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I would’ve even taken
a shot of Nena\'s vinegar.

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You\'re not going to the party
dressed like that, right?

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Look at her little boobs.

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You\'re already a woman, my God.

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A toast to the wedding.

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To my Elvis! To the wedding!

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To the Luciano Vasquez Family.

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One of the greatest musicians
the Dominican Republic has ever seen.

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He brought traditional merengue
in every nook and cranny.

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...and played
with lots of other greats.

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Charlie Parker.

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And Giuseppe.

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Fefita.

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Fefita!

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And so many more.

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But your father was a real gem.

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What a trumpet player.

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- A goddamn trumpeter.
- True, true.

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But he was drunk all the time.

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Hey, Mom. Look here.
This is Annie.

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- Hello!
- Hi!

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Oh, my goodness.
Hello, my baby boy.

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I\'m so excited, Elvis!

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I haven\'t slept a wink
since you told me.

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Look at her.

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Come on. I told you
I\'ve been teaching her some Spanish.

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- She\'s gorgeous.
- Elvis, honey.

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Wow. Such a lovely bride.

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Elvis, we\'re looking for
the best musicians.

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- But not too expensive.
- Hey, listen.

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I\'m not trying to be cheap here.
Don\'t be stingy.

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I want a big wedding.

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Big. I want it to last all day.

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You hear me?

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- Desi\'s not there?
- She is. Hold on.

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- Come here.
- Get over here, Desi. Come on.

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Look how big she is.

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Desi, look at this.

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This a present Annie bought you.
For the wedding. See?

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How pretty!

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Say thank you in English
so she knows you\'re learning.

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- What did she say?
- Elvis.

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This girl has got to accept
that she\'s a little lady now,

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and she can\'t keep
wearing boy\'s pants.

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She\'s still wearing that?

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Listen to me, Elvis.
Don\'t you ignore your mother.

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Listen to me. I have a question.

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Three, two, one, go

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This whole town
Stinks like it\'s rotten

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I can\'t believe
How bad things have gotten

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Kids these days
don\'t get to stay kids

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You hardly ever hear the dogs
Barking like they did

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Thirteen-year-old girls
Sent to a marriage bed

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At that age
They should be studying instead

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Parents that should care
For us lovingly

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Don\'t do it out of love
But from necessity

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Hey, over here.
Aren\'t you the girl from the other day?

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The girl from the other day
who was dressed like a cupcake.

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- I remember you now.
- We don\'t bite. What do you say?

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You still got time.

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Dude, what\'s she gonna say.
Can\'t you see she\'s mute?

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- What are you going on about?
- Hey. She spoke.

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- She speaks.
- The choir girl speaks.

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Leave her alone.
She can’t cut it.

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They\'re not happy
These girls are just pretending

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They\'re 15 and looking
like old women

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Take it at face value
Don\'t bother asking questions

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No happiness for her
Instead it\'s depression

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Working hard
to keep themselves legit

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Young or old
Age ain\'t got a thing to do with it

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Some of them have families
They gotta maintain

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Or parents who won\'t tell them
If they got a good thing

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Let me hear it
You starting to come around?

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There are two sides
One is up and one is down

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Some are happy
Some got tears on their face

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From where you\'re sitting
Who d\'you think\'s winning this race?

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I repeat it, admit it,
and repeat it again

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I stand by the words
I have said

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Honestly, I feel
Like I\'m here to testify

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To a town getting more rotten
As every day goes by

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Look, I have a problem
with the roof here.

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It leaks, and if it rains
on the day of the wedding...

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That can\'t happen.
Not a single drop of water can fall.

00:19:09.870 --> 00:19:12.120
This looks awful.

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Hey, sweetheart.
Bring me another beer. This one\'s warm.

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Desi, get another one please.

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All beers are warm.

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Look. We\'ll dress it up like a bride.
He\'ll take it.

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Let\'s put this here.

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You see?

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.250
Come here.

00:20:36.790 --> 00:20:40.290
I\'m gonna throw out
all your brother\'s old clothes

00:20:40.330 --> 00:20:42.330
so you\'ll stop wearing this crap.

00:20:50.410 --> 00:20:53.120
Hey, gorgeous.
What\'s your name?

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:57.450
My wish is to marry you,

00:20:57.910 --> 00:21:01.080
And once we\'re wed,

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:05.080
May God\'s blessings on us spread.

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:08.700
I\'m in love with you,

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:12.910
- My wish is to marry you,
- Come with me.

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:16.290
And once we\'re wed,

00:21:16.330 --> 00:21:20.250
May God\'s blessings on us spread.

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:23.700
I\'m in love with you,

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:27.950
My wish is to marry you,

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:31.370
And once we\'re wed,

00:21:31.410 --> 00:21:32.950
May God\'s blessings on us spread.

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:35.700
How great the joy in my soul
Joy!

00:21:35.750 --> 00:21:37.870
Joy in my soul
Joy!

00:21:37.910 --> 00:21:42.370
Joy in my heart and in my soul
Hallelujah, praise the Lord

00:21:42.410 --> 00:21:45.290
Like a raging river
River!

00:21:45.330 --> 00:21:47.330
Like a raging river
River!

00:21:47.370 --> 00:21:49.290
Like a raging river in my–

00:21:49.330 --> 00:21:51.540
No, no, no. Wait.

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:54.120
Is that how we rehearsed it?
Is that how we did it?

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:58.160
Let\'s go again.
Take a deep breath in.

00:21:58.830 --> 00:22:00.040
Exhale.

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:05.080
- Is Luz not coming?
- Luz is 13 now.

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:06.370
So?

00:22:06.410 --> 00:22:08.370
She\'s not gonna waste
her time here anymore.

00:22:08.410 --> 00:22:11.290
I am forced to be here,
like the rest of you. Not you.

00:22:11.330 --> 00:22:16.720
My mom says you\'re almost 13, too,
but you act like a child.

00:22:16.790 --> 00:22:18.140
I\'m not acting any way.

00:22:18.790 --> 00:22:21.120
And I come here
because I like to sing.

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:25.540
Because I\'m gonna be a singer.
Besides, all my family are musicians.

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:28.410
\"All my family are musicians.\"

00:22:28.450 --> 00:22:31.450
Just because I don\'t wear
those little dresses and heels like you

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:33.720
doesn\'t mean you can
talk to me like that.

00:22:33.790 --> 00:22:36.250
When is your
rich cousin coming?

00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:38.540
The one bringing me my present.

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:41.540
- He\'ll invite me to the wedding, right?
- Don\'t know. We\'ll see.

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:44.700
Hey girls,
what\'s with the chit-chat?

00:22:44.750 --> 00:22:47.330
What\'s the noise?
What\'s going on, Desi?

00:22:47.370 --> 00:22:50.040
Again from the top.
One, two,

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.970
one, two, three.

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:55.000
How great the joy in my heart
Joy!

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:56.950
Joy in my heart
Joy!

00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:02.040
Joy in my heart and in my soul
Hallelujah, praise the Lord

00:23:57.410 --> 00:23:58.620
Laureano.

00:23:59.330 --> 00:24:03.080
Hey, you.
You\'re a sight for sore eyes.

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:06.120
Look, Laureano,
I want you to find me a band

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.160
that plays a mean Perico Ripiao.

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:11.450
- How many musicians you got?
- I don\'t play anymore.

00:24:11.790 --> 00:24:13.830
My son runs the business now.

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:17.160
\"Business. Business.\"
That\'s how he says it.

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:22.040
Did you get the music gene,
too, honey?

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:23.370
I sing.

00:24:23.410 --> 00:24:26.370
- And I play the–
- Where can I find your son?

00:24:26.410 --> 00:24:28.450
Relax. I\'ll talk to him.

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.830
- Tambourine.
- I\'ll tell him to give you a special rate

00:24:30.870 --> 00:24:34.330
because you\'re related
to Joseito Vasquez.

00:24:34.370 --> 00:24:36.120
The town trumpet player.

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:39.330
And our great uncle,
Luciano Vasquez, a national treasure.

00:24:39.370 --> 00:24:41.910
That\'s right, kid.
Whatever you say.

00:24:41.950 --> 00:24:45.160
I\'m not gonna be negotiating with
any musician who shows up.

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:48.450
- And clean up around here. It\'s a pigsty.
- Hey.

00:24:48.540 --> 00:24:50.250
Let\'s go.

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:56.000
I hope Laureano finds me
some good musicians.

00:24:56.120 --> 00:25:00.370
None of those hacks
who play around here.

00:25:01.750 --> 00:25:04.290
I always have to do
everything myself.

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:08.410
Lousy musicians.

00:25:10.830 --> 00:25:12.250
That\'s all I want.

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:18.580
Mom, I\'m gonna go to Paquita\'s.
Auntie told me she needed something.

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.790
Okay, go.

00:25:20.290 --> 00:25:21.870
Don\'t get sidetracked.

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:24.580
You already know
Find your block and stick to it

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:26.870
You got lucky
Don\'t even have zits

00:25:26.910 --> 00:25:29.290
- Don\'t even have zits–
- Stop it. Stop it.

00:25:29.330 --> 00:25:31.080
Give me a beat, man.

00:25:31.410 --> 00:25:34.410
Tell me what this bread seller
is talkin’ about

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:36.330
This bread seller.

00:25:36.370 --> 00:25:39.290
Those pants on you,
man that ain\'t fashion

00:25:39.370 --> 00:25:40.950
Lights, camera, action

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:43.660
Hey, don\'t play crazy

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.830
Just because my flow
Is sounding kinda hazy

00:25:45.950 --> 00:25:48.620
Hey, I got that breadfruit
I doubt that you\'re punting

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:50.700
You\'re too little
To fill shoes that big

00:25:50.750 --> 00:25:53.870
- Let\'s go–
- Stop. Stop.

00:25:53.910 --> 00:25:56.160
Isn\'t this girl...

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:59.080
the one from the other day
with the puffy dress?

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:01.220
They could hear
those cries all over town.

00:26:01.290 --> 00:26:03.290
It looked like you\'d been off
killing chickens.

00:26:03.330 --> 00:26:05.040
Drop me a beat.

00:26:06.370 --> 00:26:09.200
I kill chickens when I sing
I kill dogs and I kill cats

00:26:09.250 --> 00:26:10.250
And... and...

00:26:10.370 --> 00:26:12.370
- Fix that.
- Give it up, boy.

00:26:12.410 --> 00:26:14.410
In my opinion,

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:16.040
that doesn\'t rhyme

00:26:16.250 --> 00:26:18.160
and you\'re out of tune.

00:26:20.370 --> 00:26:23.910
Okay, okay, but why should I be on key
if you don\'t know how to rap.

00:26:23.950 --> 00:26:25.790
You know how to rap?
No, you don\'t.

00:26:25.830 --> 00:26:28.540
I do know how to rap.
\"Respect the flow.\"

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:31.040
What are you talking about?
Give me a beat, man.

00:26:33.040 --> 00:26:35.290
This little girl comes
to show me up

00:26:35.330 --> 00:26:37.620
But doesn\'t know anything about rap

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:39.830
Because the one who raps here
Is big daddy

00:26:39.870 --> 00:26:41.870
The daddy, the daddy,
the daddy of rap

00:26:41.910 --> 00:26:44.500
No, no, no, you\'re off the beat.

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:47.330
Fix that.
Kiddo, show him how it\'s done.

00:26:47.370 --> 00:26:50.720
You\'re right.
It\'s true. I don\'t know how to rap.

00:26:50.790 --> 00:26:54.390
My thing is singing.
But singing for real.

00:26:57.250 --> 00:26:59.580
If you want to hear me sing
Sit, hold your applause

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:02.160
A voice as sweet as mine
Can only be a gift from God

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.220
Don\'t tell me to sit down

00:27:04.290 --> 00:27:06.640
That I have to sing or stay in key
That...

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.700
No, no. You\'re lost.

00:27:08.750 --> 00:27:11.160
- Go ahead, kiddo.
- How many times?

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.080
If I were you
I\'d start fine-tuning my tools

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:15.950
Learn how to rap
And stop looking like a fool

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.720
- Oh, man.
- Give it up, bro.

00:27:18.790 --> 00:27:21.040
You brave enough to clap back?

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:22.580
Give it up, bro.

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:24.160
- Oh, man.
- She smoked you.

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:54.950
- Elvis, my baby!
- The big boss just rolled in,

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.950
loaded with cash.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:00.870
The one who\'s gonna up
our game. Shit just got lit!

00:28:00.910 --> 00:28:03.200
- You arrived in one piece.
- Auntie!

00:28:07.830 --> 00:28:10.580
Did you and I fly on the same plane
and I didn\'t notice?

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:12.750
Girl, come say hi to your cousin.

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:16.410
Why are you just sitting there?
Bring the suitcases inside.

00:28:16.450 --> 00:28:20.540
No, no, Auntie, we\'re going to stay
in the new hotel downtown.

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:24.160
But I\'ll visit you every day.
All day, every day.

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:27.750
Elvis at breakfast,
Elvis at lunch, and Elvis at dinner.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:30.450
You\'ll either love me
or end up sick of me.

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:32.790
Nena, go get a welcome toast ready.

00:28:32.830 --> 00:28:34.910
Of course.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.620
And you, help your cousin.

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:41.290
Annie, make yourself at home.

00:28:42.370 --> 00:28:43.700
Hey, you.

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:46.370
If we weren\'t related
and I weren\'t getting married,

00:28:46.410 --> 00:28:48.450
I\'d be on you like a dog.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:56.290
You are the prettiest negrita
from Boca Chica to Punta Cana.

00:28:58.830 --> 00:29:00.870
Let\'s go.

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:08.700
A toast. Wealth and
health for the Vasquez family.

00:29:08.750 --> 00:29:10.540
Amen.

00:29:13.910 --> 00:29:15.410
¿Ron?

00:29:17.950 --> 00:29:19.540
What\'s wrong?
She didn\'t like it?

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:21.220
She wants coffee, Mom.

00:29:30.250 --> 00:29:33.200
Come on.
Let\'s go to the kitchen.

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.330
Take those off.

00:30:01.830 --> 00:30:03.700
- Do you like them?
- Yes.

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:08.160
Look, Elvis. What do you think
of these for the wedding?

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:11.580
Beautiful, Auntie.

00:30:12.750 --> 00:30:15.750
- What about these? This dress.
- Those, too.

00:30:16.870 --> 00:30:20.870
- For your favorite auntie in the world.
- Of course. Lovely.

00:30:30.830 --> 00:30:32.200
Hey, you. Up here.

00:30:33.250 --> 00:30:34.720
Hey, what’s up?

00:30:34.790 --> 00:30:39.580
Come through the spot tonight.
There\'s gonna be a sick rap battle.

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:41.200
What\'s that?

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.660
Really? You don\'t know
what a rap battle is?

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:48.450
Like yesterday and the other day.
You rap, I rap. You go, I go.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:50.370
And it\'ll be...

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:53.160
Flaco Akapella and Veneno Raya.

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:56.290
You know, the battle
is gonna be fire.

00:30:56.330 --> 00:30:59.580
Plus, I\'ll be there.
The best in the DR, Cool Blue Raúl,

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:03.120
and I got a lot of rhymes
to throw at them, so come over tonight.

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:05.540
Okay, I\'ll go.

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:07.560
What\'s that supposed to be?

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:24.700
Just like Elvis and my brother.

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:59.470
So, between dishes,

00:31:59.540 --> 00:32:03.700
in the downtime, we can serve
a chopped avocado salad–

00:32:03.750 --> 00:32:07.080
No, no, no.
No chopped avocados, Nena.

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.450
I want it classy.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:11.620
Nobody will be able to say
they went hungry at a Vasquez party.

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:16.370
Come on, Carmen, they\'re not
coming to fill up on a fritura.

00:32:16.410 --> 00:32:20.660
It\'s a wedding buffet.
Elvis\'s wedding. What do you think, Elvis?

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.310
What is it?

00:32:39.910 --> 00:32:41.790
What\'s wrong?
What did she say?

00:32:44.450 --> 00:32:46.870
She says everything
is delicious, Mom.

00:32:46.910 --> 00:32:50.910
- Oh, thank God.
- As for me, I\'d say that...

00:32:51.410 --> 00:32:54.290
I don\'t know.
Three of those and–

00:32:54.330 --> 00:32:57.450
three of these, too.

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:59.370
Three of each one. That\'s it.

00:32:59.410 --> 00:33:02.450
But we can\'t do that, baby.
How can we have three of each?

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:07.250
We gotta have the food you like.
Your favorites.

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:10.040
You only get married once in a lifetime.

00:33:10.330 --> 00:33:13.450
That depends.
Annie has had a couple of weddings now.

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:18.290
But then she can\'t take communion.

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:22.700
Father Javier wants you at the church
to bring him the forms and all that.

00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:24.950
And to ask what you want for mass.

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.750
Carmen.

00:33:46.370 --> 00:33:48.200
Well, Auntie.

00:33:48.250 --> 00:33:50.830
We\'re about to be in business.

00:33:50.870 --> 00:33:52.700
Oh, Elvis, that\'s great.

00:33:53.410 --> 00:33:54.540
Carmen...

00:33:54.870 --> 00:33:57.540
Just what business is it
that you\'re talking about?

00:33:57.580 --> 00:34:00.330
Nena, put the rice in the middle.

00:34:07.290 --> 00:34:08.890
Come with me.

00:34:25.750 --> 00:34:27.870
I don\'t wear one. I don\'t like it.

00:35:25.750 --> 00:35:28.790
Why do you think I’m conducting you?
So you’ll follow.

00:35:28.830 --> 00:35:31.450
But you\'re all off on your own
doing whatever you want.

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:34.580
That\'s not singing, right?
That\'s howling.

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:35.870
One more time.

00:35:36.750 --> 00:35:42.080
It\'s like a rap beat.
You mark time like you\'re a pacemaker.

00:35:42.540 --> 00:35:44.290
- Like what?
- Like a pacemaker.

00:35:44.330 --> 00:35:47.290
- Like you don\'t know what that is.
- Those headphones are dope.

00:35:47.330 --> 00:35:49.870
- My cousin got them for me.
- Where’s my present?

00:35:49.910 --> 00:35:52.790
Girls. Pay attention. Again.

00:36:13.330 --> 00:36:15.750
Yeah. Just like that.

00:36:16.370 --> 00:36:18.450
Move this way a bit.

00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:21.870
We\'re gonna get tons of likes on this.

00:36:23.750 --> 00:36:27.580
Hey, take this. It\'s my turn.
Come on. Give it.

00:36:27.950 --> 00:36:28.910
Okay.

00:36:30.950 --> 00:36:33.290
Give me the lipstick.

00:36:34.830 --> 00:36:38.370
Careful with it.
It was an expensive gift from my cousin.

00:36:38.540 --> 00:36:40.620
Oh really? Expensive, huh?

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:44.290
Put it on so I can show Desi.
Not too much.

00:36:44.370 --> 00:36:48.330
Look, Desi.
She has headphones just like yours.

00:36:48.370 --> 00:36:49.580
Hello.

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:54.540
- Where did you get those from, girl?
- From a friend at work.

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:58.040
- Work?
- But, honey. Take a chill pill.

00:36:58.080 --> 00:36:59.790
You\'re so spoiled.

00:36:59.830 --> 00:37:04.410
When you grow up and work like us,
you\'ll be able to afford nice things too.

00:37:05.870 --> 00:37:07.450
Well, excuse me, mom.

00:37:08.910 --> 00:37:11.830
She thinks she\'s such hot stuff.

00:37:13.250 --> 00:37:16.200
She thinks
she’s the last ice pop in the shop.

00:37:16.250 --> 00:37:18.410
She thinks she\'s all that.

00:37:18.450 --> 00:37:21.250
That bitch. Who invited her?

00:37:22.290 --> 00:37:25.290
Desi, you\'re so quiet.

00:37:25.330 --> 00:37:27.250
Are you the one who invited her?

00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:44.790
They don\'t get more attention
than Los Teke Teke.

00:37:44.830 --> 00:37:47.220
Sexi mami, in those pants
you\'re looking fine.

00:37:47.290 --> 00:37:49.450
Party on Sunday,
drinking a Corona with lime.

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.910
She\'s feeling me
if I light up a blunt,

00:37:50.950 --> 00:37:53.660
she\'s a semi-auto that sparks up
with the press of a button.

00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:04.660
Yo. Let\'s go.

00:38:05.330 --> 00:38:07.220
I\'m hittin\' 200 km/h on the dash,
no brakes in sight,

00:38:07.290 --> 00:38:08.330
What I spit is venom,
they\'re jealous, right?

00:38:08.370 --> 00:38:10.700
I don\'t know why they\'re
all wrapped in that envy so tight.

00:38:10.750 --> 00:38:12.370
Is it my flow or the way I ignite?

00:38:12.410 --> 00:38:15.540
In Boca Chica, talent\'s taking flight,
But you, my friend, are out of sight.

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:17.330
You can\'t get on my level
My lyrics are deep.

00:38:17.370 --> 00:38:19.910
Don\'t try to stand up
These drugs are putting you to sleep

00:38:19.950 --> 00:38:22.790
\'Cause you\'re just a sidekick.

00:38:24.870 --> 00:38:28.200
Stop. What\'s with all the flash?
Shake it off and get lost.

00:38:28.410 --> 00:38:29.620
Come on, come on.

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:31.620
Hey, hey, hey

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:33.330
It\'s me, Cool Blue Raúl

00:38:33.370 --> 00:38:35.470
The master, the king
Far better than you

00:38:35.540 --> 00:38:37.580
Who\'s got it
keeps it, retains the beat

00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:40.200
My verses are so tough
They\'ll break your teeth

00:38:40.250 --> 00:38:41.790
Who has... And... And...

00:38:41.830 --> 00:38:44.540
Okay, Raúl. Go away, Raúl.

00:38:44.580 --> 00:38:46.790
- Sit down.
- Get out of here.

00:38:46.830 --> 00:38:50.080
Get out of here. We\'re busy here.
We got this going on.

00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:52.540
Okay, three, two, one, go.

00:38:52.580 --> 00:38:54.620
Sexi mami, in those pants
you\'re looking fine.

00:38:54.660 --> 00:38:56.950
Party on Sunday,
drinking a Corona with lime.

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.470
She\'s feeling me
if I light up a blunt,

00:38:58.540 --> 00:39:00.720
she\'s a semi-auto that sparks up
with the press of a button.

00:39:00.790 --> 00:39:02.870
We got our codes

00:39:02.910 --> 00:39:05.160
Not my fault if I have flow
I\'m lighting it up

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:06.700
Blunt in my mouth
Rum in my cup

00:39:06.750 --> 00:39:08.810
And a mint candy
To help me turn it up

00:39:33.950 --> 00:39:34.950
Desi.

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:39.450
Say hi to your brother.

00:39:41.290 --> 00:39:42.790
Give me a hug.

00:39:54.250 --> 00:39:56.580
You can eat some
of Auntie Nena\'s Mofongo tomorrow.

00:39:56.620 --> 00:39:58.410
Is there Mofongo in New York?

00:40:03.080 --> 00:40:05.870
Hey.
Is there Mofongo in New York?

00:40:06.410 --> 00:40:09.830
- Yes, everywhere.
- But not like Auntie\'s.

00:40:13.950 --> 00:40:15.370
You\'re not wrong.

00:40:18.040 --> 00:40:19.580
Put it on. Come on.

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.290
One arm through here

00:40:22.040 --> 00:40:23.330
and the other.

00:40:25.450 --> 00:40:27.120
Open it so you can play.

00:40:29.540 --> 00:40:30.830
Go ahead.

00:40:41.790 --> 00:40:44.580
These aren\'t my old ones.
They look brand new.

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:46.870
Yeah, Elvis gave them to me.

00:40:49.790 --> 00:40:53.410
- I couldn\'t bring you anything.
- You\'re more than enough.

00:40:57.410 --> 00:41:00.580
- And where is the happy couple staying?
- In a hotel.

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:03.290
But Mom and
Auntie didn\'t like that

00:41:03.330 --> 00:41:05.540
because they thought
they would stay here.

00:41:05.580 --> 00:41:09.450
But it’s better.
The gringa can\'t handle this heat.

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:11.450
Then they brought them
to the restaurant.

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:15.330
And Elvis said no priest
because the bride doesn\'t believe in that.

00:41:15.450 --> 00:41:17.580
And Auntie almost lost it.

00:41:17.910 --> 00:41:19.830
We\'re gonna have
the party on the beach.

00:41:19.870 --> 00:41:23.580
And Elvis already chose the food
because the gringa doesn\'t like anything.

00:41:23.790 --> 00:41:26.000
Are you excited to see Elvis?

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:28.500
It\'s been a while, right?

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:36.470
It\'s me, Cool Blue Raúl.

00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:38.790
The master, the king
Far better than you.

00:41:46.250 --> 00:41:48.160
Who\'s got it
Maintains it, retains the beat

00:41:48.200 --> 00:41:50.330
My verses are so tough
They\'ll break your teeth

00:41:50.370 --> 00:41:53.410
- Who has...
- Okay, Raúl.

00:41:58.250 --> 00:41:59.910
My God, Auntie.

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:02.870
This is the best Mofongo
I\'ve ever had.

00:42:02.910 --> 00:42:05.290
You\'re full of it.

00:42:05.700 --> 00:42:08.500
- What about the ones you ate before you left?
- I mean it.

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:10.830
He\'s smokin\' hot.

00:42:11.750 --> 00:42:17.000
Honey, with looks like those two have,
they must have their hands full.

00:42:17.450 --> 00:42:19.660
And if not, I\'ll be here waiting.

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:22.580
Girl, leave some for the rest of us.

00:42:22.790 --> 00:42:25.790
Desi, hand me a napkin,
I\'m telling you, Auntie.

00:42:25.830 --> 00:42:30.720
For ten years, I\'ve been dreaming
of eating a Mofongo like yours.

00:42:30.790 --> 00:42:32.660
Oh, don\'t say that.

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:36.790
You\'re such a suck-up.
Always saying just what she wants to hear.

00:42:37.120 --> 00:42:39.750
The truth is you
never wanted to visit us.

00:42:40.330 --> 00:42:44.750
Desi doesn\'t have to tell me a thing.
I know you two talk all the time.

00:42:45.450 --> 00:42:49.620
But you don\'t give a damn about me.
You only call me on Christmas.

00:42:49.790 --> 00:42:51.540
And on birthdays, too.

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:55.750
As if life can be lived
through a telephone.

00:42:56.790 --> 00:42:59.200
Stop it, Carmen.
Leave the boy alone.

00:42:59.250 --> 00:43:02.200
Let him eat.
He\'s all skin and bones.

00:43:02.290 --> 00:43:05.330
Because fame comes
at a cost, huh?

00:43:07.660 --> 00:43:09.580
- Do you want more?
- No, I\'m good.

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:11.950
- Go get your brother more juice.
- No, Auntie. Desi.

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:14.870
Move, because if you don\'t work
you won\'t get paid.

00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:19.250
We\'ll use those chairs. But we have
to cover them so they look nice.

00:43:19.330 --> 00:43:21.910
- Lidia, you\'ll get the fabric.
- Okay.

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.040
And you help her with the draping.

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:26.470
- And the tablecloths?
- Lace tablecloths, obviously.

00:43:26.540 --> 00:43:29.040
Yeah, that will look best.

00:43:29.200 --> 00:43:33.160
Everything has to look stunning.
Don’t mess it up!

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:43.870
Hey, I liked what you did
the other day.

00:43:43.910 --> 00:43:47.290
When you came through and sang.
That’s dope.

00:43:47.330 --> 00:43:49.830
I can help you work on your pitch.

00:43:50.540 --> 00:43:53.830
Pitch? I don\'t need to be in tune.

00:43:54.250 --> 00:43:58.790
Well, with every song,
every note, you feel a color,

00:43:58.830 --> 00:44:01.620
You can use that to find the pitch.
What color do you feel?

00:44:01.660 --> 00:44:04.700
I don\'t feel any colors.
What are you talking about?

00:44:04.750 --> 00:44:06.200
Listen and close your eyes.

00:44:11.790 --> 00:44:14.660
Black. 100% black.

00:44:14.700 --> 00:44:15.970
Forget it.

00:44:16.040 --> 00:44:18.720
Show me more
of those rap videos.

00:44:18.790 --> 00:44:20.080
Yeah, sure. Look.

00:44:21.250 --> 00:44:23.700
What orchestra
are you playing with?

00:44:25.040 --> 00:44:26.370
There\'s a few.

00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:32.790
I hope it\'s not one of those crappy ones
that don\'t cover enough for food.

00:44:33.870 --> 00:44:35.450
Of course not, Mom.

00:44:45.410 --> 00:44:48.410
- Do you need money?
- Says who?

00:44:48.620 --> 00:44:50.410
The restaurant is always packed.

00:44:50.450 --> 00:44:53.540
Besides, Elvis takes care of us.

00:44:54.620 --> 00:44:58.580
I\'m just telling you
so you don\'t end up settling.

00:44:58.750 --> 00:45:01.120
Look at your great uncle.

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:03.450
You have to be great like he was.

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:07.160
- You have to make it to Carmendi.
- It\'s Carnegie.

00:45:11.450 --> 00:45:13.830
When that man left

00:45:14.790 --> 00:45:17.790
and we were told that
he was gonna play there

00:45:17.910 --> 00:45:21.830
with all those great musicians
you only see on TV,

00:45:21.870 --> 00:45:24.250
we were jumping with joy.

00:45:24.580 --> 00:45:26.790
You have to be great like him.

00:45:29.250 --> 00:45:31.450
- Are you listening?
- What?

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:34.080
You have to make it to the top.

00:45:39.120 --> 00:45:41.580
What a great honor

00:45:41.620 --> 00:45:44.330
- to meet the musical prodigy son.
- Likewise.

00:45:44.370 --> 00:45:46.080
He\'s gonna play with you.

00:45:46.330 --> 00:45:48.470
What? No, Desi.

00:45:48.540 --> 00:45:51.370
What are you talking about?
Can\'t you see they have a full a band–

00:45:51.410 --> 00:45:55.040
I remember you with that accordion.

00:45:57.080 --> 00:45:59.370
- Got good swing.
- Oh, you\'re Fran.

00:45:59.750 --> 00:46:02.410
- From New York, right?
- Yeah.

00:46:02.450 --> 00:46:05.370
You\'re well known around here
for being a great one like your uncle.

00:46:05.410 --> 00:46:07.660
No, great uncle.

00:46:07.790 --> 00:46:09.330
The famous Luciano Vasquez.

00:46:09.370 --> 00:46:12.450
Desi, why you got your head
in the clouds, girl?

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:15.700
It\'s not like that.
I play out there sometimes.

00:46:15.750 --> 00:46:18.410
Whats? Look here, you liar.

00:46:18.450 --> 00:46:22.410
He plays in plenty of bands,
and he\'s always working.

00:46:24.080 --> 00:46:26.220
Let\'s hear.
Play us something. Come on.

00:46:26.290 --> 00:46:29.220
- No.
- Yeah, come on.

00:46:29.290 --> 00:46:31.580
- Try it out.
- Come on. Play something.

00:46:31.950 --> 00:46:33.000
Play it.

00:47:15.790 --> 00:47:18.290
It\'s my baby cousin.

00:47:19.040 --> 00:47:22.790
Shit. The handsomest
Vasquez has arrived.

00:47:22.830 --> 00:47:25.500
Look at him.
He\'s such a man already.

00:47:25.870 --> 00:47:27.370
Look at you.

00:47:27.410 --> 00:47:30.120
A bit skinny,
but you\'re alive and kicking.

00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:32.580
Come on.
Give me a hug, damn it.

00:47:34.620 --> 00:47:36.060
Congratulations!

00:47:36.330 --> 00:47:38.140
Thanks for inviting me.

00:47:42.120 --> 00:47:46.620
Gentlemen, this is the groom
and master of ceremonies.

00:47:46.660 --> 00:47:49.830
And this is the best band in town.

00:47:49.870 --> 00:47:53.160
Well... I can promise you two things.

00:47:53.330 --> 00:47:56.950
First, there\'s gonna be Romo.
Second, there\'s gonna be food.

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:58.580
Now, what I need

00:47:58.620 --> 00:48:01.790
is for you to play and not stop
not even for a fucking minute.

00:48:01.830 --> 00:48:02.950
Got it?

00:48:05.540 --> 00:48:08.220
I hope you\'re as good as your dad

00:48:08.290 --> 00:48:10.830
because if not,
I\'ll come back and kill you.

00:48:10.870 --> 00:48:13.720
People won\'t be able
to stop dancing at your party.

00:48:13.790 --> 00:48:17.500
That\'s my guarantee.
Bachata, merengue...

00:48:18.120 --> 00:48:20.290
Whatever your heart desires, ma’am.

00:48:20.330 --> 00:48:22.500
And surprise, surprise...

00:48:22.910 --> 00:48:24.500
My cousin Fran

00:48:24.950 --> 00:48:27.330
will play the wedding march with you.

00:48:27.370 --> 00:48:29.910
- No, no, I don\'t–
- Yes, yes, yes.

00:48:29.950 --> 00:48:31.830
You\'re more than welcome.
Of course.

00:48:31.870 --> 00:48:34.290
Don\'t worry.
He\'ll say no for now, but...

00:48:34.410 --> 00:48:36.000
I\'ll convince him.

00:48:44.040 --> 00:48:45.850
What do you want to do
at the wedding?

00:48:45.910 --> 00:48:48.100
I look at you and I look at myself.

00:48:50.120 --> 00:48:52.220
And I look again.

00:48:52.290 --> 00:48:54.270
I look at you and I look at myself.

00:48:54.910 --> 00:48:56.640
And it takes me right back.

00:49:01.250 --> 00:49:03.410
- Elvis!
- Hey!

00:49:06.790 --> 00:49:08.200
A gringo, remember.

00:49:08.250 --> 00:49:11.370
You have to find me a gringo
to take me to New York.

00:49:11.410 --> 00:49:12.750
Are you listening?

00:49:13.450 --> 00:49:14.450
¿Fran?

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:17.220
You got a good woman here,
so take care of her.

00:49:17.290 --> 00:49:18.450
Take care of her.

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:22.910
- Hi, Fran.
- Hi, Lidia.

00:49:23.250 --> 00:49:25.290
Go, girl!

00:49:25.580 --> 00:49:27.450
Congratulations!

00:49:28.290 --> 00:49:30.950
You\'re crazy, mami!

00:49:32.410 --> 00:49:35.200
I\'m gonna go now.
Bye, Fran.

00:49:36.120 --> 00:49:38.500
Bye, Desi. Take care.

00:50:38.700 --> 00:50:40.000
You want a shot?

00:50:40.290 --> 00:50:43.250
Not today.
I have church choir tomorrow.

00:50:45.410 --> 00:50:47.200
She\'s a cheeky one.

00:50:47.660 --> 00:50:52.200
A toast. Because we got cash
while the haters talk trash.

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:59.660
And I don\'t want a fucking
single bodega open on my wedding day.

00:50:59.700 --> 00:51:01.450
Well, look at that.

00:51:03.160 --> 00:51:04.660
Look at that shit.

00:51:10.540 --> 00:51:11.870
Same old, same old.

00:51:12.290 --> 00:51:15.830
And that\'s why I left.
Those are little girls.

00:51:16.580 --> 00:51:19.970
- Little girls. Shit.
- They\'re the same age as Desi.

00:51:20.040 --> 00:51:22.160
Desi isn\'t a kid anymore.

00:51:51.160 --> 00:51:52.830
I\'m glad you came.

00:51:55.750 --> 00:51:58.080
Shit, I missed you a lot.

00:51:58.540 --> 00:52:00.790
I\'ll pay back the money
you lent me.

00:52:00.830 --> 00:52:02.870
- And for my ticket, too.
- You see?

00:52:03.370 --> 00:52:05.870
Don\'t insult me like that.
Who\'s asking you to pay up?

00:52:05.910 --> 00:52:07.620
Am I asking for your money?

00:52:08.790 --> 00:52:12.290
I know I\'ve said it a million times,
but I\'ll say it again.

00:52:12.410 --> 00:52:14.910
Come live in Texas with me, Fran.

00:52:15.290 --> 00:52:18.160
I can introduce you
to all my producer friends there,

00:52:18.200 --> 00:52:20.470
and we\'ll get your career
to take off.

00:52:20.540 --> 00:52:22.470
Quit it with that, Elvis.

00:52:22.540 --> 00:52:25.330
I\'m talking to some people, some–

00:52:25.620 --> 00:52:29.200
I know plenty of producers
in New York. My career is fine.

00:52:29.830 --> 00:52:31.540
You\'re full of shit.

00:52:32.830 --> 00:52:36.700
You live in a shitty room
in Washington Heights.

00:52:37.370 --> 00:52:39.040
That\'s not living, cousin.

00:52:43.950 --> 00:52:44.830
Fran...

00:52:52.290 --> 00:52:54.770
I want you to be my best man.

00:52:56.080 --> 00:52:57.120
What?

00:52:59.200 --> 00:53:01.200
My best man.

00:53:06.540 --> 00:53:08.000
Come on, Elvis.

00:53:10.080 --> 00:53:13.720
Why the big rush to get married?
Here of all places?

00:53:15.700 --> 00:53:19.330
Seriously, tell me. I want to know
what you needed to do here.

00:53:20.790 --> 00:53:25.120
I\'m just a romantic romantic

00:53:25.160 --> 00:53:26.500
Idiot.

00:53:33.000 --> 00:53:34.080
Hey...

00:53:49.290 --> 00:53:52.770
You gonna show up at my wedding
with your hair looking like that?

00:53:58.700 --> 00:54:00.450
Let me cut it.

00:54:00.910 --> 00:54:02.390
Just like old times.

00:55:25.410 --> 00:55:27.410
...I\'m not blind

00:55:28.370 --> 00:55:31.580
Luck isn\'t the answer
Had to make up my mind

00:55:35.370 --> 00:55:38.450
Hit rock bottom
Now I\'m on top, you see

00:55:38.500 --> 00:55:41.290
The only real person
I can trust is me

00:55:43.910 --> 00:55:49.160
So I have a bunch of tracks
on my phone that are pretty easy.

00:55:49.200 --> 00:55:51.160
There\'s rap or dembow.

00:55:51.200 --> 00:55:54.220
And the beats are
as simple as they come.

00:55:54.290 --> 00:55:56.660
It\'ll work for you. It\'s like...

00:55:59.160 --> 00:56:00.120
Got it?

00:56:00.540 --> 00:56:04.950
Okay, but where do I get tracks
that have different keys and colors?

00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:08.040
Keys and colors? What is that?

00:56:08.080 --> 00:56:09.870
That\'s not rhythm, so what is it?

00:56:09.950 --> 00:56:11.500
Never mind.

00:56:11.700 --> 00:56:16.290
What? You trying to prep
for the rap battle?

00:56:16.450 --> 00:56:18.540
No. Something like it.

00:56:18.620 --> 00:56:21.580
Okay, and what
do you mean like it?

00:56:22.120 --> 00:56:25.750
I want to perform
at my cousin\'s wedding.

00:56:25.870 --> 00:56:27.410
I\'ve written some stuff already.

00:56:27.450 --> 00:56:29.950
That\'s cool.
You\'re a songwriter now?

00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:33.250
Show me.
I\'ll give you a beat, and you sing.

00:56:33.700 --> 00:56:36.750
Okay, go. One, two, three.

00:56:39.330 --> 00:56:41.660
On a rooftop in my \'hood
There\'s a battle of the minds

00:56:41.700 --> 00:56:43.700
I got this crazy flow
That works on its own time

00:56:43.750 --> 00:56:46.910
Hold on.
Let\'s try something. Stand up.

00:56:46.950 --> 00:56:49.290
Let\'s do this right.
Okay, let\'s go.

00:56:49.330 --> 00:56:53.750
I\'m gonna lay down a beat and film it,
and we\'ll post it. Let\'s go.

00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:59.870
On a rooftop in my \'hood
There\'s a battle of the minds

00:56:59.910 --> 00:57:02.450
I got this crazy flow
That works on its own time

00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:04.910
Chorus girl, no schedule, you know,
She\'s got that flow, it\'s all in the show,

00:57:04.950 --> 00:57:07.040
Her voice got swing, watch it go,

00:57:07.080 --> 00:57:09.870
Drivin\' us crazy,
and especially me, it\'s a go.

00:57:34.120 --> 00:57:35.370
It\'s so pretty.

00:57:41.410 --> 00:57:43.450
Look at how pretty.

00:57:43.660 --> 00:57:46.580
- Look how pretty–
- That\'s mine.

00:57:48.310 --> 00:57:51.970
That\'s gorgeous.
Thank you. For me?

00:57:52.040 --> 00:57:54.120
Look, how pretty.

00:57:54.160 --> 00:57:57.370
It\'s beautiful.
Thank you so much.

00:57:57.870 --> 00:57:59.370
I don\'t know, Carmen,

00:57:59.700 --> 00:58:03.450
but I wouldn\'t let
my daughter dress like that

00:58:03.540 --> 00:58:06.790
because she looks about 25

00:58:06.830 --> 00:58:10.160
and she\'s only 12.
She doesn\'t even have boobs.

00:58:10.200 --> 00:58:12.370
That dress has
more scales than a fish.

00:58:12.410 --> 00:58:17.330
This is fine. She has to understand
that she\'s a young woman already.

00:58:18.290 --> 00:58:19.620
I don\'t know.

00:58:19.830 --> 00:58:21.250
Elvis!

00:58:49.120 --> 00:58:50.120
Wow.

00:58:50.620 --> 00:58:52.580
Such a beauty.

00:58:54.370 --> 00:58:57.660
Tell me, princess,
do you ride motorcycles?

00:59:02.700 --> 00:59:04.120
This side.

00:59:14.620 --> 00:59:16.620
You be careful, Elvis.

01:00:07.500 --> 01:00:08.750
Wait here, okay?

01:00:12.910 --> 01:00:14.040
Hey, man.

01:01:38.620 --> 01:01:40.200
Hey, gorgeous!

01:03:46.620 --> 01:03:48.750
Are you okay?
Do you need help?

01:03:50.870 --> 01:03:53.080
Come with me.
I know a nice place.

01:03:53.370 --> 01:03:54.660
Desi.

01:03:59.580 --> 01:04:01.830
All good? Yeah?

01:04:18.500 --> 01:04:19.870
For God\'s sake!

01:04:45.870 --> 01:04:46.910
Desi.

01:04:50.750 --> 01:04:53.370
I\'m glad you\'re home,
sweetheart, and–

01:04:53.500 --> 01:04:56.120
What\'s wrong?
What\'s with that face?

01:04:56.500 --> 01:04:59.750
I walked home,
and these stupid shoes hurt my feet.

01:05:00.910 --> 01:05:02.250
Where\'s Elvis?

01:05:02.410 --> 01:05:06.580
He told me to wait, and a fat,
drunk gringo threw himself at me.

01:05:06.620 --> 01:05:07.750
What?

01:05:07.910 --> 01:05:10.080
So I had to come home alone.

01:05:10.540 --> 01:05:12.720
What the fuck?

01:05:12.790 --> 01:05:14.830
God forgive me, but...

01:05:15.500 --> 01:05:17.580
Elvis can\'t come and do that here.

01:05:17.620 --> 01:05:19.040
He can\'t come into our home

01:05:19.080 --> 01:05:21.080
bringing more trouble
than we already have.

01:05:21.120 --> 01:05:23.910
And he can\'t put you in that situation.
Wait until I see that boy.

01:05:23.950 --> 01:05:26.950
- I\'ll show Elvis.
- What are you yammering about?

01:05:27.250 --> 01:05:29.830
- What\'s going on here?
- Look at her feet.

01:05:31.000 --> 01:05:34.160
What? A tiny little blister.

01:05:34.500 --> 01:05:36.160
Grow up.

01:05:36.330 --> 01:05:39.870
You\'re a woman,
and you have to act like it.

01:05:40.040 --> 01:05:43.450
What?
What are you saying?

01:05:43.500 --> 01:05:45.870
What do you mean a little blister?
You see the bubble on her foot?

01:05:45.910 --> 01:05:50.220
And she just told me that a sleazy,
drunk gringo threw himself at her.

01:05:50.290 --> 01:05:52.540
That\'s none
of your fucking business!

01:05:52.580 --> 01:05:54.790
What do you mean
it\'s none of my business?

01:05:54.830 --> 01:05:57.700
Are you insane?
Please understand.

01:05:58.040 --> 01:05:59.970
Listen to your daughter!

01:06:00.040 --> 01:06:03.580
She came here all by herself,
walking at this time of night.

01:06:03.620 --> 01:06:07.290
What if some
fucking creep had hurt her?

01:06:08.000 --> 01:06:11.410
Listen! Understand.

01:06:15.250 --> 01:06:18.720
That son of a bitch.
I had a deal going with them.

01:06:18.790 --> 01:06:20.830
Just don\'t bring me into it.

01:06:23.080 --> 01:06:25.290
What\'s going on?

01:06:26.040 --> 01:06:27.700
What are you two scheming?

01:06:30.200 --> 01:06:33.040
Elvis, God bless you!

01:06:34.660 --> 01:06:38.160
Nothing\'s going on.
We were waiting for you, Mom.

01:06:39.250 --> 01:06:43.160
I can\'t do this all by myself.
We\'re running way behind.

01:06:56.160 --> 01:06:58.000
You are so self-centered.

01:06:58.450 --> 01:07:00.040
You\'re overreacting.

01:07:00.830 --> 01:07:03.890
Do you want her to deal
with the same crap we went through?

01:07:04.830 --> 01:07:08.290
Do you want her to go through
the same stuff we did?

01:07:09.410 --> 01:07:11.830
I lifted myself up on my own.

01:07:11.870 --> 01:07:14.040
Me and my kids.

01:07:14.250 --> 01:07:17.910
Nobody gave me any handouts.
Not a cent.

01:07:18.160 --> 01:07:21.040
Nobody gave me any damn help.

01:07:26.410 --> 01:07:28.040
God bless you.

01:07:43.160 --> 01:07:45.500
What if a tsunami comes?
What\'ll we do?

01:07:51.500 --> 01:07:52.950
That won\'t happen.

01:08:03.080 --> 01:08:06.830
The younger Vasquez
has it going on.

01:08:07.200 --> 01:08:09.410
Everything in all the right places.

01:08:09.830 --> 01:08:12.040
Would you touch me
if I were a trumpet?

01:08:12.330 --> 01:08:16.200
- Those balloons are underinflated.
- I can blow harder if you ask.

01:08:16.450 --> 01:08:18.200
- Damn it.
- Fuck.

01:08:20.830 --> 01:08:24.370
I\'ll even be an accordion
if you\'ll play me.

01:08:24.540 --> 01:08:26.720
Stop barking up the wrong tree.

01:08:26.790 --> 01:08:28.790
This musician plays
for a different band.

01:08:28.830 --> 01:08:31.620
Stop messing around.
You don\'t work, you don\'t get paid.

01:08:31.660 --> 01:08:34.250
- We\'re working.
- Desi, come here.

01:08:37.160 --> 01:08:39.470
Deliver this to Laureano.

01:08:39.540 --> 01:08:41.660
And tell him that\'s all there is for him.

01:08:50.660 --> 01:08:55.040
Give me your hand, Caridad
This pain is killing me.

01:08:55.080 --> 01:08:59.700
Give me your hand, Caridad
This pain is killing me.

01:09:00.120 --> 01:09:04.700
A toast to this guy, who\'s making it

01:09:04.750 --> 01:09:08.540
- out in New York!
- Hear hear!

01:09:08.750 --> 01:09:10.540
To even more success!

01:09:12.290 --> 01:09:15.910
In all honesty, you\'re right.
I do work a lot, but...

01:09:15.950 --> 01:09:18.200
Just like everyone else, you know?

01:09:18.750 --> 01:09:21.660
May you have lots of success
and may God grant you a good life.

01:09:21.700 --> 01:09:23.540
Thanks. Amen.

01:09:23.580 --> 01:09:25.870
I send them everything you send me.

01:09:27.000 --> 01:09:30.160
- How are the grandkids, Johnny?
- Don\'t change the subject.

01:09:30.500 --> 01:09:34.330
You don\'t work in a bodega or a delivery boy.
You play that instrument.

01:09:34.370 --> 01:09:37.540
That\'s a big deal, my boy.

01:09:37.580 --> 01:09:39.910
Listen to how well he plays.

01:09:39.950 --> 01:09:42.580
- You play well.
- Your grandfather.

01:09:43.160 --> 01:09:46.950
The twins\' father.
And your cousin who\'s getting married.

01:09:47.450 --> 01:09:50.080
He was a beast on that trumpet.

01:09:50.870 --> 01:09:53.410
- Until he got drunk...
- Well.

01:09:53.450 --> 01:09:54.870
...and lost it.

01:09:55.500 --> 01:09:56.970
And we had to look for it.

01:09:57.040 --> 01:10:01.370
So give me your hand, Caridad.
Because this pain is Killing me.

01:10:01.410 --> 01:10:06.290
So give me your hand, Caridad.
Because this pain is Killing me.

01:10:07.080 --> 01:10:11.080
Just as talented as Luciano Vasquez,
your great uncle.

01:10:13.750 --> 01:10:15.290
What are you talking about?

01:10:15.330 --> 01:10:18.580
Luciano could improvise like a god.

01:10:20.000 --> 01:10:22.310
Give me your hand, Caridad.

01:10:24.410 --> 01:10:25.410
Desi.

01:10:26.160 --> 01:10:27.660
What\'s going on with you?

01:10:27.700 --> 01:10:31.330
- I don\'t wanna be part of this family.
- What are you saying?

01:10:31.750 --> 01:10:34.540
You\'re a liar, and you know it!

01:10:34.870 --> 01:10:37.830
Why didn\'t you send me
a video of your concert?

01:10:38.330 --> 01:10:42.870
If you were a real musician, you would.
Or you\'d have lots of likes.

01:10:42.910 --> 01:10:46.540
What are you talking about, Desi?
Life is about more than likes.

01:10:47.120 --> 01:10:49.540
Okay. It\'s not all about likes.

01:10:50.250 --> 01:10:52.370
But why do you care what people say?

01:10:52.410 --> 01:10:56.870
Hey, you\'re acting like a child,
and you know you\'re not a child, right?

01:10:56.910 --> 01:10:58.410
It\'s not about that.

01:10:59.160 --> 01:11:01.000
I don\'t want to be like everyone else.

01:11:01.080 --> 01:11:02.870
Desire. De–

01:11:39.540 --> 01:11:43.080
Carmen...
I\'m not sure I can stand these.

01:11:43.120 --> 01:11:46.000
Deal with it, Nena.
Your son only gets married once.

01:11:46.290 --> 01:11:47.910
- Here.
- Alright.

01:11:49.580 --> 01:11:51.080
Let\'s get this on.

01:11:51.830 --> 01:11:54.040
- How do I look?
- Good.

01:11:54.450 --> 01:11:55.620
It\'s all bunched up.

01:11:55.660 --> 01:11:57.750
- Yeah, pull it down.
- Carmen.

01:11:58.000 --> 01:12:00.700
Yuleisy, you look gorgeous.

01:12:00.750 --> 01:12:04.660
- God bless you, girl.
- Amen. Same to you.

01:12:04.830 --> 01:12:07.120
- Hi, baby.
- Hi.

01:12:07.160 --> 01:12:08.540
- How are you doing?
- Where\'s Desi?

01:12:08.580 --> 01:12:09.620
Good.

01:12:10.790 --> 01:12:12.870
- She must be changing.
- I only see desserts here.

01:12:12.910 --> 01:12:15.250
If there\'s no meat, oh boy.

01:12:15.620 --> 01:12:16.580
That girl.

01:12:17.750 --> 01:12:20.620
What\'s wrong with you? Yuleisy\'s here,
and you haven\'t even changed.

01:12:20.660 --> 01:12:21.870
Mom, stop.

01:12:23.910 --> 01:12:25.700
She wasn\'t feeling well last night.

01:12:25.790 --> 01:12:28.160
She must be sick or something.
She was throwing up.

01:12:28.200 --> 01:12:29.950
Throwing up?
Who\'s throwing up?

01:12:30.000 --> 01:12:31.620
Go ahead, Auntie. I\'ll stay with her.

01:12:31.660 --> 01:12:35.910
I\'m going to make a shot of lemon
and baking soda so you feel better.

01:12:39.330 --> 01:12:41.160
You think you\'re a little princess?

01:12:42.120 --> 01:12:42.830
Huh!

01:12:43.910 --> 01:12:47.500
Either you get yourself out of bed,
or I\'ll do it for you. Got it?

01:12:48.040 --> 01:12:50.620
I\'m not going. I don\'t feel good.

01:12:50.660 --> 01:12:53.540
Listen, you little shit.
Do you think you have a choice?

01:12:53.580 --> 01:12:55.720
Cut the shit.
It\'s your cousin\'s wedding day.

01:12:55.790 --> 01:12:59.330
Now put on the dress he brought you.
Yuleisy is waiting to do your hair.

01:12:59.370 --> 01:13:01.080
And people are arriving.

01:13:02.250 --> 01:13:03.870
Always–

01:13:03.950 --> 01:13:05.410
What did you just say?

01:13:06.120 --> 01:13:07.080
Huh!

01:13:07.660 --> 01:13:10.370
Say it again,
and I\'ll break your teeth.

01:13:11.370 --> 01:13:13.080
Always \"the people.\"

01:13:24.580 --> 01:13:27.250
Put on the dress
your cousin brought you.

01:13:40.200 --> 01:13:44.040
Yuleisy worked a miracle on that girl.

01:13:44.830 --> 01:13:49.330
What miracle, Carmen?
She just caked on a bunch of makeup.

01:13:49.540 --> 01:13:53.200
- She looks gorgeous.
- Come on, Desi. Give me a hand.

01:13:55.250 --> 01:13:59.120
And the people are arriving,
and this still isn\'t done.

01:13:59.410 --> 01:14:02.660
What is this?
Get over here, Omar.

01:14:17.410 --> 01:14:19.040
Where are you headed?

01:14:19.830 --> 01:14:21.890
- Do you have an invitation?
- Yes.

01:14:21.950 --> 01:14:23.580
Who invited you?

01:14:25.000 --> 01:14:26.410
You sure?

01:14:53.410 --> 01:14:55.870
Wanna give me a cigarette, baby?

01:15:04.750 --> 01:15:08.330
Wow, you all look nice.
Outstanding even.

01:15:08.370 --> 01:15:10.410
These dresses aren\'t cheap.

01:15:11.200 --> 01:15:13.410
You ladies have–

01:15:14.540 --> 01:15:17.620
some debts about to come
due or something?

01:15:17.660 --> 01:15:19.290
Don\'t even start.

01:15:19.950 --> 01:15:23.000
We\'re up to our necks in debt.

01:15:23.200 --> 01:15:26.290
With the new
Vasquez family travel agency.

01:15:27.500 --> 01:15:29.700
The new travel agency–

01:15:31.830 --> 01:15:33.000
How so?

01:15:33.080 --> 01:15:35.540
You\'re either dumb
or pretending to be.

01:15:35.580 --> 01:15:40.450
You know very well that these dresses came
from your cousin and the gringa.

01:15:44.250 --> 01:15:46.120
Why would you get mixed up in that?

01:15:46.580 --> 01:15:47.200
Huh!

01:15:47.910 --> 01:15:49.370
Who do you think you are?

01:15:49.410 --> 01:15:52.470
You think you\'re better than us
because you live in New York?

01:15:52.540 --> 01:15:56.120
We earn our keep here
by working, sweetie.

01:15:56.160 --> 01:15:58.450
Money doesn\'t grow on trees.

01:15:59.910 --> 01:16:01.330
Look, little gringo.

01:16:01.750 --> 01:16:04.040
The person who
supports my family is me.

01:16:04.750 --> 01:16:07.790
The person who
brings in money is me.

01:16:08.080 --> 01:16:10.720
What about you?
Do you support your mom?

01:16:10.790 --> 01:16:13.660
- I don\'t think so.
- Don\'t be blind, boy.

01:16:20.040 --> 01:16:23.580
Everyone complains,
and I\'m the one to fix it in the end.

01:16:24.120 --> 01:16:24.950
Sure.

01:16:27.200 --> 01:16:30.120
Look at that shirt. My God.

01:16:30.700 --> 01:16:32.000
Wear this.

01:16:34.250 --> 01:16:37.290
- And who are you?
- We\'re Desi\'s friends.

01:16:37.330 --> 01:16:38.910
And what do you want?

01:16:38.950 --> 01:16:41.370
We came to do
some choreography here.

01:16:41.410 --> 01:16:44.910
Oh, honey, there\'s no time
for choreography here.

01:16:45.700 --> 01:16:48.200
When you need me,
don\'t come looking.

01:16:48.700 --> 01:16:53.040
Hello. The civil ceremony
is about to be underway.

01:16:53.080 --> 01:16:55.500
Can you confirm some info
for me, please?

01:16:55.660 --> 01:16:58.290
Elvis Presley Vasquez.
Is that the groom\'s name?

01:16:58.330 --> 01:17:01.370
- Yes. That\'s my nephew.
- Okay.

01:17:01.410 --> 01:17:04.410
- Is this right here?
- No, this is wrong.

01:17:57.790 --> 01:18:00.750
The happy couple!

01:18:05.250 --> 01:18:08.620
- Here\'s to the happy couple!
- Here\'s to them!

01:18:09.830 --> 01:18:12.750
Woah. The gringa is dancing.

01:18:48.660 --> 01:18:52.370
Everybody, quiet down.
We have a surprise for you.

01:18:52.410 --> 01:18:55.910
Here with you tonight,
the best the island has to offer.

01:18:55.950 --> 01:18:59.660
A round of applause.
That\'s right.

01:19:06.870 --> 01:19:09.950
Hit rock bottom
Now I\'m on top, you see

01:19:10.000 --> 01:19:12.220
The only real person
I can trust is me

01:19:12.290 --> 01:19:14.660
Luck isn\'t the answer
Had to make up my mind

01:19:14.700 --> 01:19:16.910
Learned right and wrong
In these streets of mine

01:19:16.950 --> 01:19:19.660
Hit rock bottom
Now I\'m on top, you see

01:19:19.700 --> 01:19:21.970
The only real person
I can trust is me

01:19:22.040 --> 01:19:24.290
Luck isn\'t the answer
Had to make up my mind

01:19:24.330 --> 01:19:26.470
Learned right and wrong
In these streets of mine

01:19:26.540 --> 01:19:28.660
You\'re all old enough
You know what\'s in store

01:19:28.700 --> 01:19:30.620
You know it\'s wrong
and keep doing more

01:19:30.660 --> 01:19:32.790
Walking on the streets
What\'s the sidewalk for?

01:19:32.830 --> 01:19:34.410
At my tender age
I\'ve seen the raids

01:19:34.450 --> 01:19:36.790
Bullets flying
Not a scene for Instagram

01:19:36.830 --> 01:19:38.950
I won\'t leave the \'hood
where I\'m from

01:19:39.000 --> 01:19:40.220
Where I grew up
And my life\'s gone on

01:19:40.290 --> 01:19:42.410
It may sound cocky
What I\'m gonna say

01:19:42.450 --> 01:19:44.410
I\'m the best rapper
In the whole country

01:19:44.450 --> 01:19:46.970
Head held high
I represent, I\'m real

01:19:47.040 --> 01:19:49.660
My family\'s pride and joy
Gonna be the real deal

01:19:49.700 --> 01:19:51.330
They criticize me
For dressing like a boy

01:19:51.370 --> 01:19:53.410
I don\'t care if dresses look nice

01:19:53.450 --> 01:19:55.720
Luz, I have too much flow
For a town this dead

01:19:55.790 --> 01:19:57.910
Everyone just wants money
Enough said

01:19:57.950 --> 01:20:00.470
When I hit the bottom
Shipwrecked in the deep

01:20:00.540 --> 01:20:02.660
See the scorpion
Climb out from the trash heap

01:20:02.700 --> 01:20:04.910
I never got support
No shoulder to cry on then

01:20:04.950 --> 01:20:07.220
The Bible tells us
not to trust men

01:20:07.290 --> 01:20:09.450
Count to three
No one compares to me

01:20:09.500 --> 01:20:11.540
The best in my hood
And I\'ll make you see

01:20:11.580 --> 01:20:13.830
You\'re a sassy girl,
but I\'ve got my vocal cords

01:20:13.870 --> 01:20:16.160
May not be the best
But I\'m willing to do more

01:20:16.200 --> 01:20:18.790
Hit rock bottom
Now I\'m on top, you see

01:20:18.830 --> 01:20:21.080
The only real person
I can trust is me

01:20:21.120 --> 01:20:23.370
Luck isn\'t the answer
Had to make up my mind

01:20:23.410 --> 01:20:25.540
Learned right and wrong
In these–

01:20:27.910 --> 01:20:29.200
–streets of mine

01:20:44.620 --> 01:20:47.370
As the best man,
I\'d like to say something, too.

01:20:50.500 --> 01:20:52.370
I\'d first like to talk about–

01:20:53.080 --> 01:20:54.700
About family, Desi.

01:20:55.700 --> 01:21:00.040
The Vasquez family
In the Vasquez family, we\'re artists.

01:21:00.700 --> 01:21:02.450
Good people.

01:21:05.330 --> 01:21:08.120
And we are a bunch of bullshitters.
Professional bullshitters.

01:21:08.160 --> 01:21:09.700
And I\'m the biggest one of all.

01:21:09.750 --> 01:21:13.120
You think I walk everywhere
with my accordion,

01:21:13.160 --> 01:21:15.830
24/7, full-time. Bullshit.

01:21:15.870 --> 01:21:17.830
That\'s a lie.

01:21:17.910 --> 01:21:19.950
You know it, Carmen.

01:21:20.450 --> 01:21:23.220
She knows it.
Everyone and their mother knows it.

01:21:23.290 --> 01:21:27.750
The woman who thinks her shit
doesn\'t stink, tell everyone here the truth.

01:21:29.620 --> 01:21:32.410
Don\'t you see?
The people, Desi.

01:21:33.370 --> 01:21:35.620
Like you said.
Always what will people think.

01:21:35.660 --> 01:21:38.200
All that matters is what others think.

01:21:40.000 --> 01:21:41.700
I work as a delivery boy.

01:21:42.660 --> 01:21:44.200
- Fran, give me the mic.
- No, wait.

01:21:44.250 --> 01:21:47.950
I\'m a fucking pizza delivery guy
in New York. That\'s what I do.

01:21:52.660 --> 01:21:56.040
Desi...
Desi, she lied to us.

01:21:57.370 --> 01:22:02.200
She had us believing we\'re related
to the great Luciano Vasquez. A fucking lie.

01:22:02.910 --> 01:22:05.910
Joseito just took
a picture with him once

01:22:05.950 --> 01:22:10.910
And from that, all this talk of,
\"We\'re family and this and that.\" It\'s a lie.

01:22:11.250 --> 01:22:13.470
We don\'t share a drop of blood
with that man.

01:22:13.540 --> 01:22:16.200
Let everyone here know.

01:22:17.200 --> 01:22:19.700
And you all know who Joseito was.

01:22:20.950 --> 01:22:24.830
The one who drank and drank
and drank and got drunk

01:22:24.950 --> 01:22:26.750
and raped his daughters.

01:22:27.370 --> 01:22:29.330
Listen up. Both of them.

01:22:33.790 --> 01:22:37.750
I\'ll shut up because it\'s Elvis\' wedding.
I don\'t wanna...

01:22:38.580 --> 01:22:41.200
But tell them.
Tell everybody here.

01:22:42.910 --> 01:22:44.950
The only one in my family
who doesn\'t lie.

01:22:45.000 --> 01:22:47.700
The only one who always speaks the truth.
But all of you...

01:22:48.950 --> 01:22:54.290
Tell them what you and
those old tourists did to us. Tell them, Elvis.

01:22:56.830 --> 01:23:00.310
All of you...
You are more to blame than Elvis is.

01:23:01.830 --> 01:23:05.580
Because you\'re willing to give him,
to gift to him,

01:23:05.830 --> 01:23:07.830
to lend him your daughters

01:23:09.250 --> 01:23:11.200
for him to sell to tourists.

01:23:11.950 --> 01:23:15.080
And that is what is
happening here in this town.

01:23:17.000 --> 01:23:21.540
For those who don\'t know. I\'ll say it now,
and I can sing it, too, if you want.

01:23:24.500 --> 01:23:25.540
Let\'s go.

01:23:26.700 --> 01:23:27.950
Let\'s get out of here.

01:23:33.080 --> 01:23:36.120
Ladies and gentlemen,
let\'s keep the party going.

01:23:36.160 --> 01:23:38.040
Don\'t let the drunks ruin the party.

01:23:38.080 --> 01:23:40.620
Don\'t stop dancing. Let\'s go.
Keep the party going.

01:23:40.660 --> 01:23:43.160
Hit the music.
Let the party resume.

01:23:43.200 --> 01:23:46.040
That\'s it! Let\'s go!

01:23:47.500 --> 01:23:49.000
Do you want more water?

01:23:50.620 --> 01:23:51.620
Drink this.

01:24:15.790 --> 01:24:17.450
You\'re braver than I am.

01:24:21.290 --> 01:24:23.290
I\'d like to be, Desi, but...

01:24:26.580 --> 01:24:29.580
I don\'t want to be like the people
in this town either.

01:24:29.910 --> 01:24:32.790
I don\'t want to be
like the people in this town. I don\'t–

01:24:35.040 --> 01:24:37.330
But I\'m the same as them.
Or worse.

01:24:44.370 --> 01:24:45.370
But you\'re not.

01:24:46.500 --> 01:24:50.580
Not yet.
You\'re different. Unique. And...

01:24:52.450 --> 01:24:55.080
- What?
- What do you mean what?

01:24:56.330 --> 01:24:58.370
- What what?
- What?

01:24:58.540 --> 01:25:00.540
W-w-w-what...

01:25:02.750 --> 01:25:04.120
You\'re the best.

01:25:05.040 --> 01:25:06.450
That\'s what.

01:25:10.950 --> 01:25:13.160
You got the power, princess. Hit it.

01:25:22.660 --> 01:25:26.290
Like I said, there aren\'t
many accordionists like you.

01:25:28.540 --> 01:25:30.290
Desi, come and see.

01:25:46.450 --> 01:25:49.720
For real.
Everyone\'s talking about you.

01:25:49.790 --> 01:25:53.700
They\'re saying you\'re a hardcore rapper.
You’re the best. Look.

01:25:57.660 --> 01:25:59.950
Desi, you killed it.

01:26:00.000 --> 01:26:01.370
You\'re a star.

01:26:01.410 --> 01:26:03.830
- Who\'s this girl?
- What\'s he saying?

01:26:03.870 --> 01:26:07.000
Desi, are you seeing
what\'s going on with you?

01:26:10.790 --> 01:26:14.000
Stop. It\'s not all about likes, girls.

01:26:17.290 --> 01:26:21.620
I know you\'re not related to Luciano,
but you play like you are.

01:26:21.660 --> 01:26:23.580
Just consider the tour.

01:26:23.660 --> 01:26:26.250
If I give you a pizza,
can I go on tour?

01:26:27.330 --> 01:26:32.500
You can give me all the pizzas you want,
and I\'ll be there to receive them.

01:26:46.620 --> 01:26:47.830
It\'s over.

01:26:48.910 --> 01:26:52.950
The party\'s over.
Everyone, drain your glass and go home.

01:26:54.160 --> 01:26:55.250
Let\'s go.

01:27:49.180 --> 01:27:52.930
I\'m not your toy
anymore, that\'s over.

01:27:54.450 --> 01:27:56.250
You ruined my wedding.

01:27:58.120 --> 01:27:59.250
Oh, sure.

01:28:41.620 --> 01:28:43.370
Let\'s make a deal.

01:28:43.910 --> 01:28:45.790
You\'re gonna finish school.

01:28:45.830 --> 01:28:49.200
I want to leave this place.
There\'s nothing for me here.

01:28:54.950 --> 01:28:55.950
Okay.

01:28:59.950 --> 01:29:01.870
The guys from the band
offered me a job.

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For a festival
on the other side of the country.

01:29:09.000 --> 01:29:10.410
You wanna go with me?

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Run! Run, Desi, run!