00:00:06.918 --> 00:00:09.209
loneliness

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after the fireworks

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a sudden star

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SKY POETS

00:10:27.959 --> 00:10:29.501
This is the City of God!

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-Just like the movie, "City of God."
-Brazil! Brazil!

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Come on, guys,
you're making me cry.

00:10:36.375 --> 00:10:37.501
Here's the thing...

00:10:38.918 --> 00:10:41.584
We're probably not going to see
each other later,

00:10:41.584 --> 00:10:44.626
since you're boarding your boats,
and tomorrow you'll be going home.

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I just want to say
that I'm very grateful,

00:10:49.167 --> 00:10:52.042
and so proud of working

00:10:52.250 --> 00:10:54.375
with this amazing team.

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That has always been my greatest pride.
The work you do.

00:10:58.667 --> 00:11:00.250
The fireworks are great,

00:11:00.250 --> 00:11:01.459
but the greatest thing for me

00:11:01.459 --> 00:11:03.501
is working with you.

00:11:03.959 --> 00:11:05.375
Thank you so much

00:11:05.375 --> 00:11:07.417
for taking time
away from your families

00:11:07.417 --> 00:11:10.959
to come here to work and make
the world's best New Year's celebration!

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And bring joy
to 2 million people,

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even though your families
are back home.

00:11:17.375 --> 00:11:20.042
Thank you so much,
and Happy New Year!

00:11:59.209 --> 00:12:01.959
Thank you.
Thank you all very much.

00:12:02.292 --> 00:12:03.999
Thank you all.

00:12:04.751 --> 00:12:07.167
I am very proud of you all.

00:12:07.167 --> 00:12:12.626
In 15 minutes, we shall have
the fireworks ready.

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Less than 15?
In less than 15 minutes.

00:12:16.292 --> 00:12:19.250
Let's give them
the best show in the world.

00:12:19.751 --> 00:12:22.209
Let's give them
the best show in the world.

00:12:22.417 --> 00:12:24.709
Let's give them
the best show in the world.

00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:27.042
And, like I always say...

00:12:27.209 --> 00:12:29.584
Like I always say.

00:12:29.959 --> 00:12:31.667
Like I always say.

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Break a leg!

00:12:34.125 --> 00:12:35.667
Break a leg.

00:12:35.792 --> 00:12:37.792
Let us all break a leg.

00:12:37.999 --> 00:12:39.792
Let's nail it, guys.

00:12:40.167 --> 00:12:41.751
Let's go for it!

00:12:42.209 --> 00:12:46.209
We'll show them
what we're made of.

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Kisses.
Happy New Year.

00:12:49.501 --> 00:12:51.792
Many kisses,
and Happy New Year.

00:12:52.209 --> 00:12:55.876
Many kisses,
and Happy New Year.

00:12:55.876 --> 00:12:57.042
Thank you.

00:12:57.083 --> 00:12:58.292
Thank you.

00:12:58.334 --> 00:12:59.375
Thank you.

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In a few minutes,
we'll be starting countdown...

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Did you all catch that?

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In a few minutes,
we'll be starting countdown...

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Adrián, do you hear me?

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Yes.

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Is the generator on,
and the machine plugged in?

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Positive.

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In under six minutes,
we'll fire them.

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Okay.
I'll turn it off here.

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Five minutes, guys.

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-Happy New Year.
-Thank you. Happy New Year!

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Break a leg.

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Good luck.

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Thank you.

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For all of you in the ships:
Happy New Year!

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José, flip the switch.

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Do that and tell me if the
red light is on.

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Positive.

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Should we turn off the lights?

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-Let's do it!
-Yeah, let's do it!

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Come on, come on, come on.

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5 minutes, people.

00:14:24.834 --> 00:14:26.375
-5 minutes.
-Lights off.

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The year starts with pyrotechnics
all over the world

00:14:38.751 --> 00:14:41.042
and ends the same way.

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The universe came into being
with an explosion of light.

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I think that was the very first
pyrotechnics show.

00:14:51.250 --> 00:14:54.792
I think we are all aware that

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that's where we come from.

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30 seconds until it starts.
30 seconds!

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-Ten...
-Nine, eight,

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seven, six, five,
four, three, two...

00:15:14.125 --> 00:15:15.209
one.

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The bombs are going off.
Let's go!

00:15:24.918 --> 00:15:27.959
-We set them all off?
-All of them.

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12 or 10?

00:16:09.375 --> 00:16:10.876
Nicely done!

00:16:11.292 --> 00:16:13.334
Yes! Nicely synchronized.
Very good.

00:16:20.375 --> 00:16:22.292
-There we go.
-Yes.

00:16:57.501 --> 00:16:59.375
-We're on top of it!
-Right on the top!

00:16:59.375 --> 00:17:01.834
-Yes!
-Nice!

00:17:02.751 --> 00:17:04.542
Very good.
Very good.

00:17:41.417 --> 00:17:42.709
Listen well!

00:17:42.709 --> 00:17:45.542
Everything that's been taped

00:17:45.876 --> 00:17:47.626
you cut off...

00:17:47.626 --> 00:17:50.584
We need to gather
several bamboos.

00:17:50.584 --> 00:17:54.209
One for the tezutsu
and one for the scale model.

00:17:54.542 --> 00:17:56.167
So let's begin!

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Yes...

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When I entered the bamboo forest
for the first time,

00:18:18.751 --> 00:18:22.626
what struck me the most
was the smell.

00:18:22.834 --> 00:18:24.918
The scent of bamboo.

00:18:24.918 --> 00:18:27.876
"Is this the smell of bamboo?",
I thought.

00:18:28.083 --> 00:18:32.083
I was also taken aback

00:18:32.083 --> 00:18:35.417
by how big and thick
some of the bamboo were.

00:18:38.459 --> 00:18:39.709
Look at that one.

00:18:39.709 --> 00:18:41.751
It's hard to get through there.

00:18:44.209 --> 00:18:45.292
This way.

00:18:51.918 --> 00:18:54.292
This part is good.

00:18:54.542 --> 00:18:56.459
Or higher...

00:18:57.167 --> 00:18:59.792
We can cut it up to here.

00:19:00.083 --> 00:19:02.125
It's thick.
It's a good bamboo.

00:19:04.999 --> 00:19:06.709
Hold it tight.

00:19:21.667 --> 00:19:22.959
Almost there.

00:19:30.167 --> 00:19:32.334
Put it here.

00:19:34.709 --> 00:19:36.042
One, two, three...

00:19:37.334 --> 00:19:38.918
Okay. Again.

00:19:39.959 --> 00:19:41.792
One, two, three...

00:20:15.584 --> 00:20:17.542
It has a nice size.

00:20:17.584 --> 00:20:18.792
Yes, I like it.

00:20:18.792 --> 00:20:20.709
Two could come
easily out of it.

00:20:21.667 --> 00:20:24.375
-Three, even.
-I want one!

00:20:25.626 --> 00:20:27.876
We can have three easy,
I'm telling you!

00:20:28.709 --> 00:20:30.417
Let's get going.

00:21:44.250 --> 00:21:47.584
This kind of work
is very comforting,

00:21:47.584 --> 00:21:51.501
as we're out in the open.

00:21:51.751 --> 00:21:55.542
We experience heavy rain,
and lightning.

00:21:55.542 --> 00:21:58.999
It brings us closer
to nature, to the sounds.

00:21:59.209 --> 00:22:00.417
As if saying that

00:22:00.417 --> 00:22:03.959
this is where we belong.

00:22:03.959 --> 00:22:06.042
We can't let go this feeling.

00:22:08.042 --> 00:22:10.876
We feel at peace,
while we work.

00:22:10.876 --> 00:22:12.501
We feel at peace.

00:23:00.751 --> 00:23:03.501
Fireworks use black powder,

00:23:03.626 --> 00:23:07.250
and were once considered
tools of war.

00:23:07.250 --> 00:23:10.709
That’s how it all began.

00:23:10.709 --> 00:23:14.167
When black powder
arrived from China,

00:23:14.167 --> 00:23:17.584
it was tied to war, to bombs.

00:23:17.584 --> 00:23:20.626
But little by little,

00:23:20.626 --> 00:23:23.584
once fireworks reached Florence,

00:23:23.876 --> 00:23:25.584
it became a form of art.

00:24:30.042 --> 00:24:32.626
I was raised to believe in God,

00:24:32.626 --> 00:24:35.626
into our religion, Catholicism.

00:24:36.334 --> 00:24:38.667
There must be a reason

00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:42.876
why we believe,

00:24:42.876 --> 00:24:47.501
I don't think most of the world
is wrong...

00:25:12.250 --> 00:25:13.667
Fire,

00:25:13.667 --> 00:25:17.292
why does this energy
fascinate us so much?

00:25:17.292 --> 00:25:19.501
Now we know that fire
isn't only an element,

00:25:19.501 --> 00:25:21.584
but a transitory stage

00:25:21.584 --> 00:25:24.292
between two elements,
between two moments.

00:25:24.417 --> 00:25:26.751
Just as with life,
I've always thought

00:25:26.751 --> 00:25:29.667
that the path is more
important than the end.

00:25:29.667 --> 00:25:32.125
And that the fire
is a kind of path,

00:25:32.125 --> 00:25:35.876
the kind of place I would find myself
in constant movement,

00:25:35.876 --> 00:25:38.751
in a time
that's always changing.

00:25:38.751 --> 00:25:41.626
And that would be exciting,
for sure.

00:25:56.876 --> 00:25:59.167
Moved and enlightened,

00:25:59.292 --> 00:26:02.667
for giving
the flower offering

00:26:02.667 --> 00:26:04.792
to Mary, Mother of the Forsaken.

00:26:05.667 --> 00:26:09.876
But I think it's something
that's within us all.

00:26:10.542 --> 00:26:13.751
It's being at peace
with others,

00:26:14.209 --> 00:26:15.751
with nature, with the animals

00:26:15.751 --> 00:26:17.751
with everything.

00:26:17.751 --> 00:26:20.584
My philosophy
embraces this belief:

00:26:20.792 --> 00:26:22.792
being at peace with society.

00:26:38.751 --> 00:26:41.375
And now, the moment we've
all been waiting for:

00:26:41.792 --> 00:26:43.667
having them face to face.

00:26:44.876 --> 00:26:48.209
Having her facing
Mary, Mother of the Forsaken.

00:26:55.501 --> 00:26:59.959
Of course it's our relation
with the fire,

00:27:00.209 --> 00:27:02.417
with flames.

00:27:02.417 --> 00:27:06.959
It's the fascination we,
humans, have for fire,

00:27:07.417 --> 00:27:12.417
it has an impact over us,
it astonishes us.

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:16.334
It's something intuitive.

00:27:16.834 --> 00:27:19.999
We make rituals,

00:27:20.751 --> 00:27:22.584
we adore fire,

00:27:22.834 --> 00:27:27.250
it purifies our body
and our soul.

00:28:27.083 --> 00:28:29.999
Fire now, please.

00:29:13.125 --> 00:29:16.417
The "despertá" is used to,
as the name suggests,

00:29:16.417 --> 00:29:18.959
wake up all Valencians

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:22.042
and party-goers
to celebrate the day,

00:29:22.042 --> 00:29:25.999
to start the party,
as if saying,

00:29:25.999 --> 00:29:28.209
"Rise and shine, Valencia!"

00:31:18.792 --> 00:31:23.167
Being a pyrotechnician
is a passion, then a job.

00:31:23.167 --> 00:31:25.459
It's being a little crazy, too

00:31:25.792 --> 00:31:28.375
Because, in order to do
what we do,

00:31:29.083 --> 00:31:31.250
we need some screws loose.
What can I say?

00:32:26.542 --> 00:32:30.417
My father... Thirty years ago,
I'd serve him food and water.

00:32:30.709 --> 00:32:32.292
He didn't let me do a thing.

00:32:32.876 --> 00:32:36.876
He'd always ask me if everything
was ready for the following day,

00:32:36.876 --> 00:32:39.334
for the Mascletá,
and I said "yes".

00:32:39.334 --> 00:32:41.501
He'd ask, "Who's firing the
warning shots?"

00:32:41.501 --> 00:32:43.083
I'd say,
"I am".

00:32:43.876 --> 00:32:45.167
And the world fell apart for him.

00:32:45.167 --> 00:32:48.792
"What are you saying?
They'll think you behave like a man!"

00:32:48.792 --> 00:32:49.999
Complaints of old.

00:32:49.999 --> 00:32:52.083
"Dad, who owns
the company? Me!"

00:32:52.542 --> 00:32:56.083
They have to see me in there.
They have to deal with it.

00:32:56.417 --> 00:33:00.626
But thanks to that,
I started breaking taboos,

00:33:00.626 --> 00:33:03.834
and everyone started taking
women to launch fireworks.

00:33:35.792 --> 00:33:37.334
Now put these in the box.

00:33:38.375 --> 00:33:39.959
The box at the bottom.

00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:06.292
What's a "Mascletá"?

00:34:07.626 --> 00:34:09.542
What's a "Mascletá"?

00:34:13.709 --> 00:34:15.417
It's what we wear
on our heads.

00:34:30.292 --> 00:34:33.209
-Lips painted and everything!
-Give her a kiss!

00:34:33.250 --> 00:34:34.542
Reyes, give her a kiss!

00:34:42.751 --> 00:34:45.459
This is mini-me.

00:34:45.667 --> 00:34:46.999
It's mini Reyes.

00:34:46.999 --> 00:34:48.626
I'm feeling so many things.

00:34:48.918 --> 00:34:51.375
So much exhaustion
and so many other things.

00:34:53.751 --> 00:34:55.626
This goes for somebody...

00:34:55.626 --> 00:34:58.042
Who was small,
but had a big heart.

00:34:58.209 --> 00:34:59.209
Just like you!

00:34:59.209 --> 00:35:00.792
Very small, but very big.

00:35:00.792 --> 00:35:02.250
Tiny, but huge.

00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:03.459
Reyes Martí!

00:35:05.250 --> 00:35:07.751
We don't usually say it,
but you know...

00:35:07.959 --> 00:35:10.167
-You are very big!
-I am very big!

00:35:11.125 --> 00:35:14.501
If you weren't,
your heart wouldn't fit.

00:35:16.709 --> 00:35:18.083
I'm at the verge of tears.

00:35:21.834 --> 00:35:23.959
The Mascletá is a symphony.

00:38:56.501 --> 00:38:58.918
For me, each fireworks shell

00:38:58.918 --> 00:39:01.292
is like an actor.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.459
They're actors performing on a stage,

00:39:06.083 --> 00:39:09.459
a stage we make for them.

00:39:10.375 --> 00:39:12.626
And we all wish

00:39:12.959 --> 00:39:15.250
and hope

00:39:15.250 --> 00:39:17.626
that they'll make
a good performance.

00:39:18.417 --> 00:39:20.334
That's what's most important.

00:39:25.375 --> 00:39:27.918
There are beautiful shells,

00:39:28.250 --> 00:39:32.709
and cool shells.

00:39:32.709 --> 00:39:34.709
There are some that are unique,

00:39:34.834 --> 00:39:38.334
and some that have
more attitude,

00:39:38.334 --> 00:39:41.626
actors that are more serious,
so to speak.

00:42:29.876 --> 00:42:33.584
The fireworks contest

00:42:33.584 --> 00:42:37.417
is a very personal story...

00:42:37.751 --> 00:42:42.042
I first heard
the sound of fireworks

00:42:42.125 --> 00:42:44.000
when I was in
my mother's womb.

00:42:44.876 --> 00:42:46.626
Since before I was born,

00:42:47.375 --> 00:42:50.876
I carry them in my body.

00:42:51.083 --> 00:42:55.626
Plus, my father,
for 50 years now,

00:42:55.626 --> 00:42:59.459
has been the announcer voice
in the competition.

00:42:59.709 --> 00:43:02.667
He does it like this,

00:43:02.667 --> 00:43:05.459
"Here comes number one!"

00:43:05.459 --> 00:43:08.167
And so on.

00:43:14.459 --> 00:43:17.459
Omagari is a city

00:43:17.459 --> 00:43:19.542
with a strong fireworks tradition.

00:43:19.542 --> 00:43:22.250
Because of that, the public here

00:43:22.542 --> 00:43:25.751
has sharp eyes
and is very demanding.

00:43:25.959 --> 00:43:28.918
especially during the yearly
fireworks competiition.

00:43:28.918 --> 00:43:30.667
That's how this place is.

00:43:30.667 --> 00:43:35.584
Keep walking forward, please!
Take your places quickly!

00:43:59.292 --> 00:44:00.834
Fireworks?

00:44:02.083 --> 00:44:03.834
Let me think about it for a bit.

00:44:11.751 --> 00:44:15.042
It's like the theater of life.

00:44:17.209 --> 00:44:19.542
There's joy, there's fun,

00:44:20.876 --> 00:44:22.626
but there are also problems.

00:44:24.709 --> 00:44:29.876
And regardless of that,
we do our best.

00:44:30.876 --> 00:44:31.959
That's it.

00:44:38.834 --> 00:44:42.083
It's also like a woman.

00:44:43.334 --> 00:44:46.250
A girlfriend.

00:44:47.167 --> 00:44:49.042
It's the source of happiness...

00:44:58.709 --> 00:45:01.667
but of suffering, too.

00:45:09.375 --> 00:45:12.250
There will be some
"mist-type" fireworks,

00:45:12.250 --> 00:45:16.501
and we hope you all enjoy

00:45:16.501 --> 00:45:21.250
and appreciate the best
that our event has to offer.

00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:25.334
In addition, for this occasion
we will also have fireworks

00:45:25.334 --> 00:45:27.375
of up to 700 meters in height.

00:45:32.250 --> 00:45:35.667
The fireworks were used a lot
during the day

00:45:35.667 --> 00:45:39.167
in some Shinto temple rituals.

00:45:39.542 --> 00:45:43.250
But they were also widely used

00:45:43.250 --> 00:45:48.375
as war signs.

00:48:34.918 --> 00:48:36.125
Regarding

00:48:38.334 --> 00:48:41.792
the danger and the risk
of making fireworks.

00:48:43.292 --> 00:48:45.834
The basic nature of fireworks is

00:48:46.792 --> 00:48:49.334
something extremely small

00:48:49.834 --> 00:48:52.209
that becomes extremely large.

00:48:52.626 --> 00:48:57.584
If I do something wrong,
I might get blown up.

00:48:57.792 --> 00:49:01.626
Well, I say I'm lucky.

00:49:01.834 --> 00:49:04.709
Because any sudden moves
could get me into an accident.

00:49:04.709 --> 00:49:06.792
Another person
might be blown up by now.

00:49:08.501 --> 00:49:12.876
If you hit the iron when
there's some gunpowder on it...

00:49:13.125 --> 00:49:19.000
If you work fast and end up
hitting gunpowder,

00:49:19.250 --> 00:49:20.250
it's all over.

00:49:20.292 --> 00:49:22.375
Accidents happen
during production.

00:49:22.375 --> 00:49:23.417
And many times,

00:49:23.834 --> 00:49:29.083
it's due to overconfidence.

00:49:29.083 --> 00:49:31.292
Not thinking twice
about what one's doing.

00:49:33.250 --> 00:49:34.542
Oh my God!

00:49:34.542 --> 00:49:36.918
Holy Mother of God!

00:49:37.751 --> 00:49:39.542
Is that for real?

00:49:44.125 --> 00:49:46.167
They're still blowing up.
Oh, God!

00:49:46.334 --> 00:49:48.334
It was so close by.
Down that way!

00:49:48.334 --> 00:49:49.417
Sweet heavens!

00:49:51.584 --> 00:49:54.083
My God!
They just keep going off!

00:49:54.209 --> 00:49:56.125
Careful! Holy Mother...

00:49:56.125 --> 00:49:58.334
Look at that! Look!

00:49:58.375 --> 00:49:59.959
Oh my Lord...

00:50:01.083 --> 00:50:02.584
Stay calm!

00:50:03.626 --> 00:50:04.751
Don't come any closer!

00:50:04.751 --> 00:50:05.959
Goodness!

00:50:06.250 --> 00:50:08.000
It was those damned rocks!

00:50:08.542 --> 00:50:13.751
It was down there! Watch out!
There were many of them!

00:50:13.751 --> 00:50:15.709
The workshops are on fire!

00:50:20.417 --> 00:50:24.250
At one point, my brother died.

00:50:24.250 --> 00:50:27.209
That's when it hit us.
The negative side of pyrotechnics.

00:50:28.584 --> 00:50:30.918
When our family

00:50:30.918 --> 00:50:35.876
is devastated by the pain

00:50:36.167 --> 00:50:39.792
and sacrifice
that take a lifetime

00:50:40.459 --> 00:50:42.959
to overcome,

00:50:43.167 --> 00:50:46.501
because someone very dear
is taken from you,

00:50:46.501 --> 00:50:48.626
someone you loved.

00:50:48.834 --> 00:50:52.918
That's when we realize
that pyrotechnics

00:50:53.083 --> 00:50:56.083
is more than just
illusion and work.

00:50:56.334 --> 00:50:59.292
It's about respect.

00:50:59.292 --> 00:51:01.959
We must respect and love it.

00:51:03.125 --> 00:51:06.918
But not fear it.
Only respect and love it.

00:51:25.792 --> 00:51:27.626
What's the value
of somebody else's life?

00:51:28.417 --> 00:51:31.000
Only I can decide
the value of my life.

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:35.125
But others' lives are priceless.

00:51:35.125 --> 00:51:39.292
It is my duty
as a pyrotechnician

00:51:39.876 --> 00:51:42.876
to avoid endangering
somebody else.

00:52:10.125 --> 00:52:13.959
Saint Barbara,
thank you for protecting us.

00:52:20.626 --> 00:52:24.501
Saint Barbara is Saint Barbara.
Of course that, in our line of work,

00:52:24.501 --> 00:52:26.667
she's our protector.

00:52:26.667 --> 00:52:29.417
She has protected us
so much so far.

00:52:30.709 --> 00:52:32.417
And we hope it remains that way.

00:52:34.918 --> 00:52:36.834
Blessed be Saint Barbara.

00:52:37.501 --> 00:52:38.584
Saint

00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:41.459
who lived in the 3rd Century.

00:52:42.667 --> 00:52:47.167
During the reign of Catholics
and Romans.

00:52:47.834 --> 00:52:53.250
Blessed be Saint Barbara:
sovereign of thunder, of sparks,

00:52:53.250 --> 00:52:57.334
of storms, of fire,

00:52:57.542 --> 00:52:59.584
and of fireworks.

00:52:59.584 --> 00:53:02.167
The pyrotechnicians
replaced by gunpowder,

00:53:02.459 --> 00:53:05.167
are the firemen,
the fire people...

00:53:05.375 --> 00:53:06.876
Blessed be Saint Barbara...

00:56:02.626 --> 00:56:06.501
Soon we'll be carrying out

00:56:06.501 --> 00:56:10.751
the award ceremony.

00:56:12.250 --> 00:56:14.792
For the most creative firework,

00:56:15.334 --> 00:56:20.042
the prize goes to
Horiguchi Eukaten, from Inakukan.

00:56:46.584 --> 00:56:51.000
What I think and feel
while I carry out my work

00:56:51.042 --> 00:56:55.959
is always directed
at the public.

00:56:56.375 --> 00:57:00.000
I want people to like it.

00:57:00.292 --> 00:57:05.792
The applause, the admiration,
the smiles...

00:57:05.792 --> 00:57:07.959
That's what's more important.

00:57:26.125 --> 00:57:29.250
The Eiffel tower experience
is very interesting

00:57:29.250 --> 00:57:32.792
One of the most important things
in pyrotechnics is the "fire area".

00:57:32.792 --> 00:57:38.334
The fire area is a momento in which
you seize a space,

00:57:38.334 --> 00:57:41.292
in which you stop all activity

00:57:41.292 --> 00:57:43.876
inside the area
you're working on,

00:57:43.876 --> 00:57:46.751
in which you have control
over everything.

00:58:00.042 --> 00:58:03.125
The very first memory I have
of the Eiffel Tower

00:58:03.334 --> 00:58:05.459
is from the year 2000,
right in New Year's.

00:58:05.459 --> 00:58:08.751
At a certain moment.
400 meters of safe zone

00:58:08.751 --> 00:58:10.125
that surrounded the Tower.

00:58:10.250 --> 00:58:11.459
It was my home.

00:58:11.459 --> 00:58:14.584
I had taken the Eiffel tower.

00:58:14.584 --> 00:58:16.792
And a big part of
the 7th district.

00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:18.042
Only we were there.

00:58:18.042 --> 00:58:21.501
We were 25 people from here,
from Camargue,

00:58:21.501 --> 00:58:24.250
and we had stolen
the Eiffel Tower.

00:58:24.792 --> 00:58:26.042
We were all alone.

00:58:26.042 --> 00:58:28.167
There were thousands
in the distance,

00:58:28.167 --> 00:58:31.125
and all the TVs in the world
watching us,

00:58:31.125 --> 00:58:32.417
but we were alone.

00:58:32.626 --> 00:58:35.334
Can you imagine how it feels,
seeing the Eiffel Tower empty,

00:58:35.334 --> 00:58:38.584
with a perfectly clear view
all the way to Trocadero,

00:58:38.584 --> 00:58:40.501
to the École Militaire?

00:58:40.501 --> 00:58:42.167
We were alone.

01:00:08.918 --> 01:00:10.459
Light them up now!
Come on!

01:00:10.459 --> 01:00:11.667
Not yet.

01:00:14.334 --> 01:00:16.250
Light them up,
it's about to end!

01:04:33.167 --> 01:04:36.667
There's a point
where you get the goosebumps.

01:04:36.667 --> 01:04:38.792
when a "bang"...

01:04:38.792 --> 01:04:42.751
When we suddenly hear
this strong "bang".

01:04:42.751 --> 01:04:46.417
I have felt, you know...

01:04:46.417 --> 01:04:50.209
With pyrotechnics,
bombs that we can feel right here.

01:04:50.209 --> 01:04:54.083
They blow up, and we can feel
our insides shaking.

01:04:54.083 --> 01:04:56.792
It all goes together.

01:04:56.792 --> 01:05:00.042
All your senses start working.

01:05:00.417 --> 01:05:06.292
It's like a drug of some sort.

01:05:06.292 --> 01:05:09.792
When it happens,
it activates all your senses...

01:05:25.250 --> 01:05:28.834
We must sand the sides well.

01:05:28.834 --> 01:05:31.918
It must be as smooth
as can be.

01:05:31.918 --> 01:05:35.417
Try to keep it the same shape.

01:05:35.417 --> 01:05:37.417
We need to leave space
for the gunpowder.

01:05:38.584 --> 01:05:41.125
Since you chose it,

01:05:41.125 --> 01:05:44.417
it's your responsibility.

01:05:44.417 --> 01:05:49.167
We give advice
and we help each other,

01:05:49.167 --> 01:05:51.250
but in the end
is your responsiblity.

01:05:52.167 --> 01:05:55.834
In activities related
to the tezutsu,

01:05:56.876 --> 01:05:59.542
only men can take part.

01:05:59.667 --> 01:06:04.083
That's because
the whole process

01:06:05.209 --> 01:06:07.542
shows

01:06:07.542 --> 01:06:10.709
when one is already
a grown man.

01:06:11.375 --> 01:06:13.584
That's the tradition.

01:06:45.083 --> 01:06:47.751
Metaphorically speaking,

01:06:47.751 --> 01:06:51.876
it's as if it was
our son or our daughter,

01:06:52.042 --> 01:06:54.876
our child.

01:06:55.083 --> 01:06:58.042
That's how I feel.

01:07:20.209 --> 01:07:23.959
She has a kind of...

01:07:26.918 --> 01:07:28.501
blue chisel.

01:07:54.584 --> 01:07:57.959
Me, personally?
From everything I see.

01:07:59.542 --> 01:08:02.751
Sometimes a tree

01:08:02.918 --> 01:08:05.792
can give me an idea,

01:08:07.918 --> 01:08:09.501
or an animal.

01:08:09.501 --> 01:08:13.792
Maybe some kind
of movement or sound.

01:08:13.792 --> 01:08:17.626
Maybe they transmit
some sort of vibration.

01:08:17.626 --> 01:08:20.209
I love wooden Mexican toys.

01:08:20.709 --> 01:08:24.375
They move with their own weight,
it's not that complicated.

01:08:24.584 --> 01:08:29.125
They don't need an engine
to allow that movement.

01:08:29.125 --> 01:08:32.375
With the castles,
that's how it is.

01:09:07.876 --> 01:09:11.292
When we build a castle,

01:09:11.292 --> 01:09:16.000
and they are so big.

01:09:16.250 --> 01:09:17.876
People will ask,

01:09:18.584 --> 01:09:22.375
"Wow, how do you do it?"

01:09:22.626 --> 01:09:28.209
I hadn't thought about it. It's true,
"How do we do it?"

01:09:29.584 --> 01:09:34.876
They come and say, "I can't believe it,
they've built 12 in a single day!"

01:09:34.876 --> 01:09:37.667
"They made all of this in one day!
It's huge!"

01:09:38.417 --> 01:09:40.542
"And most amazingly,
they don't fall!"

01:09:40.709 --> 01:09:45.334
They look beautiful.
And even light up at night!

01:09:46.876 --> 01:09:51.250
We feel a rush of adrenaline because,
after we build the castle,

01:09:51.250 --> 01:09:57.000
it may face strong winds, or rain,
or worse, God forbid.

01:09:57.167 --> 01:10:00.834
We feel that rise in adrenaline.

01:10:00.834 --> 01:10:03.334
It's, as they say,
a risk we have to face.

01:10:13.167 --> 01:10:15.667
We try to please everybody.

01:10:15.667 --> 01:10:20.959
Sometimes a certain audience
is more sincere.

01:10:20.959 --> 01:10:25.584
Sometimes the kids will say,
"What a pretty castle, daddy."

01:10:25.584 --> 01:10:28.667
And so they spread the word.
Children are more sincere.

01:10:33.417 --> 01:10:37.584
I love building
castles and towers.

01:10:37.918 --> 01:10:41.417
We can leave our mark and say,

01:10:41.417 --> 01:10:46.459
"I'll paint so and such here",
as if it were a canvas.

01:10:46.459 --> 01:10:47.834
That's how I see it.

01:10:48.042 --> 01:10:52.209
And I'll say, "I want to draw this
in this way".

01:10:52.501 --> 01:10:56.292
And when I see
the finished product,

01:10:56.292 --> 01:10:59.375
I say, "That's just
how I wanted it".

01:11:39.667 --> 01:11:44.209
Our imagination runs wild,
and frees us.

01:11:44.209 --> 01:11:46.542
The idea gets
stuck in our minds,

01:11:46.542 --> 01:11:50.751
and there's no other way
of expressing it.

01:15:01.751 --> 01:15:03.751
Ready!

01:15:05.042 --> 01:15:09.292
-Heave ho!
-Heave ho!

01:16:25.584 --> 01:16:27.667
Pull it a little more.

01:16:30.334 --> 01:16:32.334
Look, right here.

01:16:32.542 --> 01:16:34.125
Take your places, everybody!

01:16:42.375 --> 01:16:44.834
Wait, wait!

01:16:46.626 --> 01:16:48.292
There we go!

01:16:48.501 --> 01:16:53.459
-Heave ho!
-Heave ho!

01:18:07.292 --> 01:18:09.334
How are we doing?

01:18:09.542 --> 01:18:12.042
I'm so glad
to see you all here!

01:18:15.167 --> 01:18:17.417
Now I'm going to tell you

01:18:18.250 --> 01:18:20.375
something deeply personal.

01:18:23.959 --> 01:18:27.417
In June, I got married!

01:18:27.626 --> 01:18:31.751
And I owe this to my parents,
who brought me to this world!

01:18:31.959 --> 01:18:34.334
Thank you very much!

01:18:37.501 --> 01:18:41.542
And now, let's enjoy this!

01:20:24.250 --> 01:20:27.959
Earthquakes, violent storms,

01:20:27.959 --> 01:20:30.501
volcanic eruptions,

01:20:30.501 --> 01:20:32.959
they're things we remember.

01:20:33.292 --> 01:20:36.709
And I think...
Of course, it's a personal analysis.

01:20:36.709 --> 01:20:38.959
That there's a moment
that's similar

01:20:38.959 --> 01:20:41.209
to falling in love
with fireworks.

01:20:41.209 --> 01:20:43.209
That is, the joy and the fear.

01:20:43.209 --> 01:20:46.417
An immense joy
over what's going to happen,

01:20:46.417 --> 01:20:49.167
and an immense sadness
over losing that freedom.

01:20:49.167 --> 01:20:54.542
Immense joy over the idea
of sharing that love,

01:20:54.542 --> 01:20:59.000
and, at the same time, the idea
that other things are coming to an end.

01:20:59.000 --> 01:21:00.751
An imbalance of sorts.

01:21:00.959 --> 01:21:04.542
When during the moment
of explosion,

01:21:04.542 --> 01:21:07.334
that at the same time,
produces incredible flowers,

01:21:07.334 --> 01:21:08.417
amazing things,

01:21:08.417 --> 01:21:13.626
we feel something that takes us away
from our normal state.

01:21:13.626 --> 01:21:18.000
We're enveloped by something
that is perfectly contradictory.

01:21:24.876 --> 01:21:27.167
After we light up the tezutsu,

01:21:27.584 --> 01:21:32.250
it rises.

01:21:33.042 --> 01:21:38.792
And, as our bodies approach it,

01:21:38.792 --> 01:21:42.209
the sparks expand

01:21:42.209 --> 01:21:45.876
and jump in the air.

01:21:46.501 --> 01:21:48.292
We realize they envelope
our bodies.

01:21:48.292 --> 01:21:53.584
We see the way they gradually
fill the space surrounding us,

01:21:53.584 --> 01:21:55.834
and how they cover us,
like a shower of light.

01:21:56.125 --> 01:22:01.334
That's when time stops,
and everything slows down...

01:22:01.459 --> 01:22:05.542
We're focused,
we don't think of anything else.

01:22:05.751 --> 01:22:12.709
But we remember everything
we did up to that point.

01:22:44.876 --> 01:22:50.292
We become ecstatic,

01:22:50.292 --> 01:22:54.918
and, at the same time, at peace.

01:27:29.959 --> 01:27:33.167
Shango, fireworks, gunpowder!

01:35:12.959 --> 01:35:19.250
SAINT BARBARA CELEBRATION/SHANGO
HAVANA, CUBA - DECEMBER 2016

01:35:26.250 --> 01:35:35.542
CHINESE NEW YEAR
HONG KONG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 2017

01:35:55.876 --> 01:36:00.542
NEW YEAR'S EVE - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
DEC-JAN 2016-2017

01:36:34.083 --> 01:36:37.792
SANTA MARTHAS DAY, SANTA MARTHA ACATITLA,
MEXICO, FEBRUARY 2017

01:36:38.083 --> 01:36:42.584
TULTEPEC, MEXICO
JULY 2017

01:36:43.042 --> 01:36:47.209
PYROS PILGRIMAGE TO GUADALUPE'S BASILICA
MEXICO CITY - NOV 2016

01:37:27.542 --> 01:37:33.959
GION FESTIVAL
TOYOHASHI, JAPAN JULY 2017

01:37:33.959 --> 01:37:40.083
PYROTECHNICS NATIONAL CONTEST
OMAGARI, JAPAN - AUGUST 2017

01:37:47.209 --> 01:37:53.209
14TH OF JULY
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 2012

01:38:13.626 --> 01:38:24.083
LAS FALLAS
VALENCIA, SPAIN - MARCH 2017