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A God in Each Lentil
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Luis Moya, screenwriter for television shows such as Money Heist (La Casa de Papel), returns to Alicante to help his brother Kiko and his cousin Alberto to write a book about the cuisine of their family restaurant: L´Escaleta, which has just received two Michelin stars and is ranked among Spain and Portugal's 25 best restaurants.
Together, they begin a culinary and emotional trip that lasts a year, while the dream of writing the book turns into reality. This quest helps Luis reunite with his people while introducing us to the authentic life that lies behind a two Michelin star restaurant managed a devoted family, always passionate about their work and determined to offer people the best of themselves.
Citation
Main credits
Jiménez, Miguel Ángel (film director)
Jiménez, Miguel Ángel (screenwriter)
Moya, Luis (screenwriter)
Other credits
Cinematographer, Gorka Gómez Andreu; editors, Iván Aledo, Enrique Domínguez; music, Pascal Gaigne.
Distributor subjects
Family; Agriculture + Food; Iberian Studies; Culture + Identity; GeographyKeywords
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Nobody is perfect.
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Dad!
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Dad!
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Dad!
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Dad!
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Hey!
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What did you dream about?
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A cloud.
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I'm going to see
grandma and grandpa.
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Julio too.
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Julio is going to Cocentaina.
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We'll see. Alright.
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You wanna go to Cocentaina?
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To see grandma and grandpa?
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And your aunt and uncle?
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Aunt and uncle!
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Who else?
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Uncle Dave.
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And who else?
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We're leaving.
Give daddy a kiss.
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Wait. Let me clean that.
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We're leaving. Give daddy a kiss.
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Say "Have a nice trip, daddy".
-Have a nice trip, daddy.
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Say "love you".
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Love you.
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Baby, have a nice trip.
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Call me when you get there.
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Say hi to everyone.
-Behave.
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I read "The Tender Bar"
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by J.R. Moehringer
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And I wrote down a fragment
to remember it.
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"Do everything that frightens you.
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I'm not saying risk your life,
but everything else.
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Think about fear.
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Decide how you'll deal with it.
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Cause fear will be
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the great issue of your life,
I promise you.
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Fear will be
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the fuel for all your success,
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and the cause of all your failures.
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And the underlying dilemma
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in every story you tell yourself
about yourself.
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And the only chance you'll have
against fear?
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Follow it. Steer by it.
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Don't think of fear as the villain.
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Think of fear as your guide,
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your pathfinder."
And I think that's why we're here.
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A God in every lentil.
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The trip was fine.
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A bit tired because
we were filming
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on our way through La Mancha
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and we were like in a loop,
we couldn't get to Cocentaina.
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But it was fun.
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Any good wine this year?
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There are always cool things...
-Hey, what's up?
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How's life, man?
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Great.
-Long time, no see.
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Have you been here long?
-No, I just got here.
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How's Paula?
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She's fine. She has a huge belly.
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And working a lot.
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Julio is hilarious, man.
He's repeating everything.
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Did you get my email?
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Yes, I did. That's why I came, man.
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I think it'd be interesting to mix
earthy things and things like...
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I liked that idea.
-Yes.
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I talked to John and he liked it.
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It would be a good idea
for each dish to tell a story.
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And a representation of
the coordinates which...
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if you had to say
in 5 or 6 concepts
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what L'Escaleta is
you could fit them there.
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We'll discuss it tomorrow.
Have you seen your folks?
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Not yet. I will.
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I just got here.
They'll be waiting for me.
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He just dropped his suitcase
he will have a stiff drink
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and then he'll go upstairs.
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Well, bye.
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See you, man.
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See you tomorrow.
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When you're trying to tell a story
ordering chaos is the hardest part.
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Because things are always there,
but they don't simply appear.
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They need a hypothetical meaning.
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As a writer
I believe in this theory.
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I believe there's decency in order.
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But it's harder with a documentary,
as you must wait for it to happen.
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In a documentary,
that mystery is greater.
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In fiction, you have your tool box.
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In non-fiction,
your tools are all over the floor.
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But you search the same things.
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A kind of emotion,
of personal truth.
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Because your own truth
often guides you to global truth.
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The same happens with emotions.
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And those who stay here,
like me, think:
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"What if had studied abroad
and worked abroad?"
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When you travel
to a big city you think:
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"I wish I lived here".
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When you live in a village
you want to go to the city
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and the other way round.
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I have very good
childhood memories here.
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And my children won't have that.
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They'll have other things,
but not the same.
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That's right.
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I go to L'Escaleta very often
and it's going great, isn't it?
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Wouldn't you have wanted
to stay there and work with them?
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Well, sometimes I think about it,
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But, no... at the time... no.
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That wasn't really for me.
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But sometimes, when I am in Madrid,
I think:
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"What if I had stayed there
as a baker,
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with my brother and my family?"
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When I was a little boy,
my world was small and comfortable.
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And my life revolved around
three very close pillars.
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Home, school,
and my family's restaurant.
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While I walked from one another,
I used to wonder why we lived there
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in Cocentaina.
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I used to watch on tv
better and more hectic places.
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The only reason I could think of
was that we lived there by chance.
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Which seemed like destiny to me.
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When I was older I wondered
if I could change my destiny
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and leave.
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I finally did.
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And now when I'm down
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I wonder
if I made the right choice.
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Hello.
Hello.
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Antonio, a beer, please.
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Right away.
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Would like some peanuts?
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Yes, please. Peanuts or something.
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Your face looks familiar.
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From where?
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I don't know. Are you Paco's son?
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Paco from L'Escaleta?
Yes, the youngest.
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Well it's nice to see you, man.
Long time no see.
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Likewise. What's your name?
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Torcuato.
-Torcuato?
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Your face looks familiar, man.
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I used to work with your father.
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Really?
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Your father was a maitre d'.
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I used to see you as a child.
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Yes, your face was really familiar
but I didn't know.
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It's been a while
since I've been here.
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I come once in a blue moon,
so it's hard to remember the faces.
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That's normal.
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The same would happen to me
if I went back to Andalusia.
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Well, I'm glad I saw you.
-Likewise.
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What a coincidence.
Nice to see you.
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Start the main course for table 1.
-Yes, sir.
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...herbs, blanquet,
followed by two mushroom...
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flanken cut ribs and tuna belly.
-Yes, sir.
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I think we need to narrow down
all those ideas. And choose.
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Yes, it's like you said.
We need to capture this moment.
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Neither the last book,
nor a humongous book.
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What's up?
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What's that man?
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We're drinking gin and tonics, man.
-You're loaded, try this.
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Very nice.
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...ordering gin and tonics
and looking at you like assholes.
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And then, splitting the bill.
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Hey, you're still here?
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What?
They don't serve drinks in Madrid?
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Not as good as here, man.
That's for sure.
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When you arrive it's like
you've just come back from Vietnam.
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One month starving.
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Yes, when we went to Madrid,
we went out for dinner.
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We both got really drunk.
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He would say "This city is crap!"
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Luis, what are you
still doing here?
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We're having gin and tonics.
-Lock everything up.
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Don't worry, will do.
Just one drink and off to bed.
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Well, that's a must.
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Hey, what are you doing there?
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Well, good night.
-Good night.
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Alberto, man, does that bottle
open magically?
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Now we're in a very solemn moment.
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No, we're simply opening a bottle
and enjoying it.
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That American movie,
which talked about
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how some people
keep bottles all their lives
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waiting for a special day,
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and in the end
they have to drink the bottle.
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If you go to El Bulli to eat
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and what you eat there is special.
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Sure.
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It's not the other way round.
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A special bottle of champagne
you must open it with whomever.
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A client told me he had 2000 bottles.
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"Don't you have any friends
to share them with?"
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(Singing "Mano a mano")
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Remember a night like this one,
we ended up drunk in the pool
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and Alberto said "I dare you
to go to El Racó de Can Fabes"?
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I don't remember if
it was European lobster or lobster
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European lobster, man.
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European lobster,
and egg yolk cooked two ways.
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I remember the waiter said:
"Lobster, yolk and sour cream".
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And we looked at each other like:
"What's this, man?"
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And suddently we started eating
and we were in absolute silence,
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and at that moment we knew.
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That, for me, was like
a mystical moment.
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Yes, it was one of those moments
when you eat at a good restaurant,
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and you take it to your grave.
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I think a lot of things can happen
in someone's lifetime
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but a good meal is unforgettable.
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Great dishes are those
you remember after a long time.
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After years and years
they're engraved on your memory.
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I remember many plates from many restaurants
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which I still remember,
but that one especially
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But it was like:
"lobster and egg yolk? Really?"
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"What is this, man?"
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We were absolutely baffled.
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However, everything
was perfectly connected.
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Like witnessing a sunset.
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Those big meals,
those big dinners, man
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shared with your loved ones
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those are the ones
you take to your grave, man.
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I think you only have...
10 magical moments in a lifetime.
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If we are also what we lose,
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we are many things
because we lose almost everything.
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And, in the end, everything.
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It's not a pessimistic plea.
I think it's normal.
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When I'm with my brother
and my cousin Alberto, I'm happy
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and, at the same time,
a little sad.
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Those times we shared
and that complicity
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will never return.
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But I'm glad I had them.
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What we wanted to be as kids,
is part of what we are now.
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What we have forgotten
has lead to what we have learned.
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And what we have lost has made way
for what we have gained.
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And that, for me, is not bad.
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(Radio is playing)
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When I look at my son, Julio,
I know what will happen.
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One day he will stop idolizing me.
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However, I know he won't care
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as long as I do a good job,
I will end up simply being his dad.
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Part of his origins,
who helped him define himself
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in spite or thanks to my own self.
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Now, being 39 years old,
when I see my older father
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I realize which parts
I have created against him
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and which parts thanks to him.
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And almost every good thing
about me, I owe to him.
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I wish Julio would think the same
when he is 39 years old.
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Go on, eat.
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I'm preparing this oyster.
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Let's try it.
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"The warm oyster"
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Yes, sir.
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In the late 20th century,
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux,
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a French explorer and ethnographer,
and his team
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had the privilege of making contact
with the Toulambi tribe,
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from Papua New Guinea,
who had never seen the white man
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and hadn't seen the outside world
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and hadn't tasted salt before.
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When they tasted it,
they hit their heads excited.
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Their taste buds and brains
were in total shock.
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I like this story because
we take everything for granted.
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We think the world is
this or that way,
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that we have internet access,
that we can have salt and sugar.
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That we have nothing left to discover.
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That everything will
always be there.
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But that's not true.
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I wanted to ask you,
because last year
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he had trouble with
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pronouncing certain things.
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He sometimes struggled.
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I've seen an improvement
this summer.
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And he has been spending time
with older friends
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and I see him wittier,
isn't he?
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Yes, he's come a long way.
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In fact, I noticed
he really wanted to come back,
00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.600
See his friends, his teacher,...
00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:05.100
Of course, at the end of the year
they want to rest and enjoy.
00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:09.900
But now they want to see everyone,
they go to the grown-ups class.
00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:11.800
But I see him very eager.
00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:14.500
Yes, he is more mischievous
than María.
00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.800
This was my classroom.
00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:26.100
And this one, and that one.
00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:29.300
And when I was...
00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:33.200
And in 8th grade, that one.
00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.500
Be careful.
00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:46.500
Will your dad be downstairs?
00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:55.500
Do you want to see where I am?
-Yes.
00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:58.200
I bet you can't find me.
00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.500
Who's that?
00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:05.300
Yes, that's me. With the hair.
00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.500
Can you see daddy here?
No?
00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:16.500
The one on the right corner.
00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:21.500
The one with the hair like that.
00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:26.500
Let's wait for dad
in the playground.
00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:34.500
But it's closed.
-Maybe it's open.
00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:46.500
Time spent during your childhood
never comes back,
00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:51.000
that's why those memories last forever.
00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:53.900
Because we perceive
time differently.
00:35:54.900 --> 00:36:01.500
However, everyone says we must
never let go of our inner children.
00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:08.100
We hear everywhere we must be
forever young, fun, and naive.
00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:12.500
This seems like a trap,
to keep buying useless stuff:
00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.800
like toys and other placebos.
00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:19.000
The truth is we stop being children
00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:22.500
we grow up, learn things,
00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:26.100
we gain experience
and some wisdom along the way.
00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:28.500
And that's a good thing.
00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:33.000
If you had been told you were
going to be a cook in L'Escaleta
00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:36.100
you wouldn't have believed it,
would you?
00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:38.800
I think I never even thought of it.
00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:44.500
For a child, you think
you will be trapped
00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:47.500
in this little universe forever.
00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:50.900
At school, with your friends,
00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:54.700
then, as you grow up you realize
it's not like that.
00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:58.500
As a child I never
wanted to be a cook.
00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:01.800
I wanted to be a crazy scientist.
00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:05.500
Yes, and you used to
burn your playmobil.
00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:22.500
Careful with these stairs.
00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:33.200
We had to enter the restaurant
down these stairs.
00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:36.200
That's why it's called L'Escaleta.
00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:40.200
Uncle Ramiro and...
-Grandma told us.
00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:43.200
Did she? Great, come in.
00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.500
Come in, over here, come here.
00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:53.500
Being here in the old L'Escaleta
00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:56.800
is like digging up
a childhood treasure
00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:00.500
with a lot of things
you had forgotten about,
00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:05.500
but which, after seeing them, it's
as you had lost them yesterday.
00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:22.500
We spent our lives here,
this was our personal theme park.
00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:29.500
It was curious because
it was a world designed for adults,
00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.200
where we could be.
00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:35.600
In the mornings,
people preparing everything,
00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:39.000
Then, suddently, everything
was ready.
00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:41.800
Everything shiny and perfect.
00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:46.500
It was like a play everyday,
00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:51.500
where you could watch everything
behind the fence.
00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:57.500
Until very recently Ramiro and dad
couldn't get in here.
00:38:57.900 --> 00:39:00.500
They would get very emotional.
00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.800
That's normal.
00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:05.000
They were always
trying to make it better.
00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:11.000
They would set up new areas,
tables, furniture,...
00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:15.500
A lot of work has been done,
and they've suffered too.
00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:18.100
There were very tough times.
00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:26.500
Until recently I used to come here,
and it was all silent.
00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:30.100
You could hear people
passing outside.
00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:38.500
And do you remember
the pile of table linens?
00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:42.500
Table linens and napkins.
00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:46.000
Tete, look what I found!
00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:49.700
I remember playing
in the streets right here,
00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:52.900
and seeing mom
with a huge piles of table linens,
00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:56.100
and a garbage bag
for the afternoon snack,
00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:58.500
because we didn't have bags...
00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.100
Look what I found.
00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:06.500
Wow!
Do you know what this is, María?
00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:12.100
This was the sword
we gave the newly weds
00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:16.500
when we came out of the cake.
It was so embarrassing.
00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:23.500
And one night,
grandpa brought out the cake,
00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:26.500
and we were waiting for the music
00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:30.000
so that they could cut the cake,
00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:33.500
and there were children
playing around it
00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:37.000
and they saw your dad,
and he was so embarrassed
00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:40.700
that he kicked one of them
and he started bleeding.
00:40:41.100 --> 00:40:43.200
It was chaos in the dining room,
00:40:43.600 --> 00:40:45.600
I was trying to cover that up,
00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:48.600
the music playing,
the bride and groom,
00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.900
flashes,
people clapping,...
00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:57.800
Dad has put the prawns in salt.
00:40:58.200 --> 00:41:00.500
We want to dehydrate them.
00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:07.500
We want the water to be salty,
like sea salt.
00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:18.500
And now, we've put them
in salt, see?
00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:20.500
And they're raw.
00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:24.000
That's not a prawn,
that's a super prawn.
00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.000
Yes. We put them in salt.
00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:29.500
Every life period has
its good and bad,
00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:32.490
and helps you
get ready for the next one,
00:41:32.890 --> 00:41:35.800
and it's vital
not to lose one's curiosity,
00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:38.400
because thanks to your experiences
00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:41.700
you can transform
those childhood emotions
00:41:42.100 --> 00:41:43.700
into something specific.
00:41:44.100 --> 00:41:47.400
That's what I like about cooking: the specification.
00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:50.600
And what you can represent
with a dish.
00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:56.600
In the end a dish has to be
good, tasty, and honest.
00:41:57.100 --> 00:41:58.600
And it must be real.
00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:01.200
The tastiest part is the head.
00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:04.200
The best part of the prawn
is in its head.
00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:06.200
Here, try this.
00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:08.800
Do you want some, Tete?
00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:15.500
How is it, María?
00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:21.500
I can't get the juice out.
00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.500
No? Suck harder.
00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:26.500
It's lost a bit of juice,
try harder.
00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:31.500
"Salted prawns"
00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:34.100
Yes? Tete, do you want some?
00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:37.100
C'mon, harder, there you go!
00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:20.400
I have literally two families.
00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:24.300
Working together, my parents
and my aunt and uncle
00:43:24.700 --> 00:43:26.300
often change their roles.
00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:30.400
My aunt Nieves took care of us
when my parents couldn't,
00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:33.800
and my uncle Ramiro
was like a second father.
00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:36.100
He has a gift for storytelling.
00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:39.900
Sometimes they're little anecdotes
or memories, even jokes.
00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:43.300
But they come alive as he tells them.
00:43:43.700 --> 00:43:46.800
We like stories
because we like the storyteller.
00:43:47.200 --> 00:43:50.900
That same story told
by someone else is not interesting.
00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:53.500
The importance lies in the how.
00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:59.600
Making a documentary, you learn
that what most matters to you
00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:01.700
is too intimate to film.
00:44:02.100 --> 00:44:07.500
I often wish to return to fiction,
which is much freer.
00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:14.700
L'Escaleta has been all his life,
00:44:15.100 --> 00:44:19.500
and it seems as he hasn't had
time for anything else.
00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:27.500
I think we must look beyond
to find different areas,
00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:31.500
so it doesn't seem like
there's nothing else,
00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:34.500
that's good for no one.
00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:42.500
They're still at a point where they
feel and are a part of L'Escaleta.
00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:48.500
But I think they must
trust Alberto and I
00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:51.900
to carry that weight.
00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:58.500
Our vision of the future
00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:02.800
doesn't include
following their exact footsteps.
00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:08.300
Because I detect problems
I don't want to repeat.
00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:11.500
I want to have a life
beyond L'Escaleta.
00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:17.500
This business wears you down,
00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:20.500
your private life and family.
00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:33.900
Of course there are limits,
you set your own limits.
00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:39.500
The key is to enjoy your private
and professional life,
00:45:40.100 --> 00:45:42.400
I don't live for L'Escaleta only.
00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:46.300
I've got my children
whom I love dearly, and my wife.
00:45:46.700 --> 00:45:51.300
That's the limit,
I want to give them a life
00:45:51.700 --> 00:45:52.700
and enjoy it.
00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:57.500
And of course to work hard
and for my work to be acknowledged,
00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:59.900
and for the restaurant to grow.
00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:03.900
I'm not willing to risk
everything for anything.
00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:08.000
Neither for the three stars,
nor for recognition.
00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:11.000
If they are meant to be
they will come.
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:52.900
Do you remember
that store in the village?
00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:57.000
Yes, I remember.
It worked very well.
00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:58.400
Indeed.
00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:04.500
He used orange juice
and made pop-sickles.
00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:08.100
Do you know what
we did when it snowed?
00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:15.300
My sisters and I
used to go outside,
00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:18.500
put snow in a cup
and add sugar to it.
00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:22.300
And it was the best ice-cream
we had all year long.
00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:30.500
You spend your youth running away
from your family and childhood,
00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:34.500
but you can't escape
from them, not really.
00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:37.490
And after discovering part of the world
00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:42.100
you long to return to them,
searching for your mother's lullaby.
00:47:52.100 --> 00:47:55.100
Wow, this is unbelievable.
00:47:56.500 --> 00:48:01.000
Imagine the effort
it took to get ice.
00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:04.500
Climbing up there,
building this huge well,
00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:07.800
stone by stone,
making that hole up there,
00:48:08.200 --> 00:48:12.500
then collecting snow, keep it for months,
00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:16.500
then taking it out with animals,
going to the village,
00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:19.500
without any cooling systems,
00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:25.500
it's like a cathedral or monolith
dedicated to that effort.
00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:29.400
Simply for having ice.
00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:34.500
That should make us think
about where we are,
00:48:34.900 --> 00:48:36.500
what we've accomplished,
00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:39.300
and where we come from.
00:48:39.700 --> 00:48:43.500
This was working until recently,
only a century ago.
00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:48.500
There were families here
who lived thanks to this business.
00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:58.400
And now a box of French oysters.
00:48:58.800 --> 00:49:02.300
If you don't have any,
go to Japofish, to Carlos,
00:49:02.700 --> 00:49:04.600
say it's for me.
00:49:10.500 --> 00:49:14.300
If you can get me that,
going to Valencia will be worth it.
00:49:14.300 --> 00:49:16.500
I won't call anyone else.
00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:19.100
Even if it's a bit later,
I'll go.
00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:23.500
Don't let me down,
at least those five things.
00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:33.500
Do whatever's necessary.
See you, Pedro.
00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:54.500
"The snow well"
00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:32.500
It's so quiet.
00:51:32.900 --> 00:51:35.500
It seems like it's saying something.
00:51:58.900 --> 00:52:00.500
"Private hunting ground".
00:53:04.500 --> 00:53:05.800
Very good.
00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:25.500
Hey, how are you?
00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:27.700
Fine.
00:53:30.200 --> 00:53:34.700
These types of plates invite you
to hold them in your hands.
00:53:35.100 --> 00:53:36.700
Because it's deeper.
00:53:37.100 --> 00:53:39.800
Yes, and also this texture,
which I loved
00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:43.500
is great because it invites to take the plate
00:53:43.900 --> 00:53:46.700
and smell it, which, thanks to its depth,
00:53:47.100 --> 00:53:50.700
it's easier to do so.
00:53:52.500 --> 00:53:55.100
I remember my mother
would scold us,
00:53:56.100 --> 00:53:59.000
when we smelled
the dishes in a restaurant.
00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:01.900
"Don't smell the plate,
what are you doing?"
00:54:02.300 --> 00:54:04.000
Yes, I was told that too.
00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:08.800
But I want people to smell them,
smelling them isn't a bad thing.
00:54:09.200 --> 00:54:11.500
It means it smells good.
00:54:19.500 --> 00:54:24.400
It reminds me of a tooth,
but it's a cloud.
00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:27.700
It has to be a cloud.
00:54:28.100 --> 00:54:33.500
When I told you about
that poem by Miguel Hernández,
00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:40.500
which mentioned
the almond milk clouds,
00:54:40.900 --> 00:54:43.500
how when the
almond tree flowers fall,
00:54:43.500 --> 00:54:46.300
the fields turn white as snow,
00:54:46.500 --> 00:54:50.500
and that's the almond tree flower
which has fallen.
00:54:53.500 --> 00:54:56.300
This seems very interesting to me,
00:54:56.500 --> 00:55:02.500
these dishes are meant to be held,
00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:06.500
the inside is different
from the outside.
00:55:11.900 --> 00:55:13.500
Luis, hey!
00:55:13.500 --> 00:55:15.500
Is that your brother?
00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:19.500
Yes. He is a bit rockabilly,
just like you.
00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:33.500
("Almond Rose" poem,
by Miguel Hernández)
00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:39.500
Memory is the crazy one,
not imagination,
00:57:39.900 --> 00:57:42.490
because we remember
through our emotions
00:57:42.900 --> 00:57:44.700
and we create in our memory.
00:57:45.100 --> 00:57:48.200
It's curious that in those lines
Kiko remembers,
00:57:48.500 --> 00:57:49.800
by Miguel Hernández,
00:57:50.200 --> 00:57:54.500
he talks about creamy almond trees,
but not about clouds.
00:57:56.800 --> 00:58:01.800
But his memory
remembers a cloud vividly.
00:58:03.500 --> 00:58:08.500
"Almond white cheese"
00:58:09.500 --> 00:58:11.500
Do you like the new dishes?
00:58:16.200 --> 00:58:17.500
It's very aromatic
00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:24.900
Where are you going?
00:58:28.900 --> 00:58:30.300
And your brother?
00:58:59.500 --> 00:59:00.900
How are you, man?
00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:08.300
Bad.
00:59:17.500 --> 00:59:20.000
As Mr. Jensen announced
in "Network":
00:59:20.040 --> 00:59:24.500
"The world is
a college of corporations
00:59:25.500 --> 00:59:29.500
inexorably determined by
the immutable bylaws of business.
00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:33.000
The world is a business, Mr. Beale.
00:59:33.400 --> 00:59:36.490
It has been since man
crawled out of the slime.
00:59:37.500 --> 00:59:42.500
And our children will live
to see that perfect world
00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:47.500
one vast and ecumenical
holding company,
00:59:47.900 --> 00:59:51.500
for whom all men will work
to serve a common profit,
00:59:52.500 --> 00:59:56.500
in which all men will hold
a share of stock,
00:59:57.500 --> 01:00:01.500
all necessities provided,
01:00:01.900 --> 01:00:04.500
all anxieties tranquilized,
01:00:05.500 --> 01:00:08.500
all boredom amused."
01:01:25.500 --> 01:01:28.490
I like to see people
working with their hands,
01:01:29.300 --> 01:01:31.800
whatever they do:
a tomato, a table,
01:01:32.500 --> 01:01:34.500
it makes you feel proud,
01:01:34.900 --> 01:01:38.100
but now we live in an era of
cognitive capitalism
01:01:38.500 --> 01:01:39.500
"Wine, Curii"
01:01:39.900 --> 01:01:43.700
Before, the working class used to
build or work the land.
01:01:43.700 --> 01:01:46.700
Now, they design web pages
or produce content,
01:01:47.100 --> 01:01:49.900
intangible property
which can be exchanged.
01:01:55.500 --> 01:01:59.500
We could take this out today.
01:02:24.100 --> 01:02:25.500
Hey, help me out here.
01:03:54.500 --> 01:03:57.500
I've always liked to weld,
since childhood,
01:03:58.500 --> 01:04:02.500
I was 14 years old
and already with my tools,
01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:06.100
but I ended up working non-stop,
01:04:08.500 --> 01:04:10.000
I had other hobbies,
01:04:11.400 --> 01:04:14.200
I went to Gandia
one day to see my brother,
01:04:14.800 --> 01:04:17.500
went to the largest hotel
on the beach,
01:04:17.900 --> 01:04:20.300
and said:
"I would like to work here",
01:04:20.700 --> 01:04:22.900
and they asked: "What can you do?"
01:04:23.300 --> 01:04:27.500
"Me? Anything.
Waiter, cook, whatever."
01:04:27.700 --> 01:04:31.500
And they needed someone
behind the bar, and I said: "Ok".
01:04:32.500 --> 01:04:36.500
And there I was lucky enough
to meet your mother.
01:04:37.800 --> 01:04:40.500
When I go to
throw away the bottles,
01:04:41.500 --> 01:04:45.500
I see a girl looking at me,
I waved at her,
01:04:45.900 --> 01:04:50.000
and we saw each other at the beach,
and that's how it started.
01:04:52.500 --> 01:04:55.300
They offered us
the old L'Escaleta place,
01:04:55.700 --> 01:04:58.100
and that's when the fusion started,
01:04:58.500 --> 01:05:01.500
with your uncle, Ramiro,
and your aunt, Nieves,
01:05:01.900 --> 01:05:03.900
we were so eager to do things,
01:05:04.300 --> 01:05:06.400
the four of us came together,
01:05:06.800 --> 01:05:10.100
and look at all the hours
we spend together now.
01:05:14.500 --> 01:05:25.500
(singing "Caballo prieto azabache",
by Antonio Aguilar)
01:05:34.500 --> 01:05:36.500
Excellent, thanks.
01:05:46.000 --> 01:05:49.300
Good morning, tell me.
-What do we have for lunch?
01:05:49.300 --> 01:05:52.500
Today, chicken wings and thighs...
01:05:53.500 --> 01:05:55.300
Brionet, the bill, please.
01:05:58.000 --> 01:06:01.000
Right away. Coffee and brandy,
a shot...?
01:06:01.400 --> 01:06:03.000
And my son's coffee.
01:06:03.500 --> 01:06:05.400
Cheers!
01:06:27.500 --> 01:06:31.700
In 1932, a farmer from Pego
brought rice grains
01:06:32.500 --> 01:06:33.700
to a seed bank.
01:06:34.100 --> 01:06:36.100
Thanks to this anonymous gesture,
01:06:36.500 --> 01:06:39.500
almost 90 years later,
Vicente Dominguis and his son
01:06:39.700 --> 01:06:43.700
have been able to recover
this unique variety of bomba rice:
01:06:44.100 --> 01:06:46.100
the bombon rice.
01:06:57.500 --> 01:07:02.500
That's the legacy, the knowledge
passed on from parents to children,
01:07:02.900 --> 01:07:07.500
and everyday this type of knowledge
gets interrupted by modern life,
01:07:07.900 --> 01:07:11.500
we just forget to take advantage of this,
01:07:11.900 --> 01:07:17.500
maybe because we believe what
we do is better than what they did.
01:07:17.900 --> 01:07:21.900
But now children don't often
follow their parents' footsteps.
01:07:22.300 --> 01:07:24.700
Dad, do you think
the rice is mature?
01:07:25.100 --> 01:07:28.100
I think we need to harvest
on Monday.
01:07:29.500 --> 01:07:31.100
On Monday we reap?
-Yes.
01:07:31.500 --> 01:07:33.500
Ok, then. We reap.
01:07:45.500 --> 01:07:48.900
My uncle, Ramiro, my aunt, Nieves,
and my parents,
01:07:49.300 --> 01:07:52.400
received a Michelin star
starting from scratch.
01:07:52.800 --> 01:07:55.400
My cousin and my brother,
another one.
01:07:55.800 --> 01:07:58.000
If they did what their parents do
01:07:58.400 --> 01:08:01.700
no one knows
what their kids could achieve.
01:08:03.500 --> 01:08:05.500
I remember a John Ford movie,
01:08:05.900 --> 01:08:10.500
where an old west settler
mentioned something I liked.
01:08:12.000 --> 01:08:14.200
"I hold a rifle and I'm a warrior
01:08:14.800 --> 01:08:17.300
so that my children
can work the land
01:08:17.700 --> 01:08:19.000
and be farmers.
01:08:19.400 --> 01:08:22.700
And so that my children's children
can be poets.
01:08:23.500 --> 01:08:29.500
That's legacy to me.
A piece of firm ground to stand on."
01:08:35.500 --> 01:08:40.500
We had an American client,
who was actually from Gandía,
01:08:41.500 --> 01:08:44.500
he spoke half American
half Valencian,
01:08:46.500 --> 01:08:49.500
and he carried half dollar coins,
01:08:50.100 --> 01:08:52.000
and we used to suck up to him,
01:08:52.300 --> 01:08:55.600
and I managed to get
three silver coins from him,
01:08:56.000 --> 01:08:57.700
because I served him well.
01:08:58.100 --> 01:08:59.500
And where's that coin?
01:08:59.900 --> 01:09:03.900
I don't know, maybe mum has it.
I haven't seen it again.
01:09:04.300 --> 01:09:09.500
One remembers
the most unbelievable things.
01:09:10.500 --> 01:09:14.500
Well, I'm going to take this to Kiko.
01:09:14.900 --> 01:09:18.500
See you!
-Bye!
01:09:51.500 --> 01:09:59.500
I need two Saboer menus,
entrées: nougat, oreo,...
01:10:00.500 --> 01:10:03.800
Razor clams, flowers,
prawns, foie gras,...
01:11:43.500 --> 01:11:46.600
I used to sleep in a cupboard
with my aunts,
01:11:47.100 --> 01:11:51.500
because they were Galician migrants
who had been to Cuba.
01:11:52.500 --> 01:11:56.500
And, with the revolution,
they sent them back to Spain.
01:11:58.500 --> 01:12:03.500
So when they passed away in Lugo,
one of their last wishes
01:12:06.500 --> 01:12:08.500
was to be buried in Cuba,
01:12:09.500 --> 01:12:13.500
but as it was difficult
because of the politic situation,
01:12:13.900 --> 01:12:16.500
and the family's economic situation,
01:12:17.500 --> 01:12:21.500
they were incinerated
and put in boxes,
01:12:22.500 --> 01:12:27.500
metal boxes from spark plugs,
as my dad had a motorcycle store,
01:12:27.900 --> 01:12:30.500
and they remained there
for two years
01:12:30.900 --> 01:12:34.500
until they managed to
take them there and bury them,
01:12:34.900 --> 01:12:37.500
I suppose it was a simple ceremony.
01:12:37.900 --> 01:12:40.900
Excuse me, our next elaboration:
squared rice
01:12:41.500 --> 01:12:43.700
A dry rice with dried salted tuna.
01:12:45.700 --> 01:12:46.900
Dried salted tuna.
01:12:48.500 --> 01:12:51.500
Dried salted tuna, man. Your wish.
01:12:54.500 --> 01:12:57.300
We have moved mountains
to bring you this.
01:12:57.700 --> 01:13:00.600
More than your aunts in cans
being sent to Cuba.
01:13:01.000 --> 01:13:03.800
Holy crap! Inside a cupboard
with two aunts.
01:13:04.500 --> 01:13:06.200
Well, let's see how it is.
01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:08.500
Can I tell you something?
01:13:09.500 --> 01:13:12.000
It has nothing to do
with your aunts.
01:13:15.100 --> 01:13:19.500
But every time I eat rice,
it reminds me of Pepe Sancho.
01:13:20.500 --> 01:13:25.500
A controversial guy, Pepe.
01:13:25.500 --> 01:13:27.500
"Pepe Sancho,... student"
01:13:29.500 --> 01:13:34.500
Pepe used to want to
compete with me in rice cooking.
01:13:34.900 --> 01:13:39.000
"I've been told you make good rice,
we need to make some paellas
01:13:39.400 --> 01:13:42.800
and let people decide
which one they like the best."
01:13:43.500 --> 01:13:45.000
"Alright, we'll do it."
01:13:45.400 --> 01:13:48.900
I made a tv show with him called
"Camino de Santiago",
01:13:49.300 --> 01:13:51.500
we spent almost a year working,
01:13:51.900 --> 01:13:54.000
it was an international tv show,
01:13:54.400 --> 01:13:58.900
with Charlton Heston,
Anthony Quinn, Robert Wagner
01:14:02.500 --> 01:14:04.100
we were the dumbest ones.
01:14:04.500 --> 01:14:09.100
Anthony Quinn would call Pepe and I
"those Colombian actors".
01:14:09.500 --> 01:14:13.900
Pepe used to hate it
when Anthony called him Colombian:
01:14:14.300 --> 01:14:17.200
"I'm going to smack
this old piece of shit".
01:14:17.300 --> 01:14:22.500
We were having dinner in Orense,
as usual
01:14:23.500 --> 01:14:25.500
with the producer and whatnot,
01:14:25.900 --> 01:14:28.300
and suddenly Pepe says,
at 10 p.m.,
01:14:28.700 --> 01:14:31.200
"Excuse me,
but I don't feel so well".
01:14:31.800 --> 01:14:33.200
"Are you really sick?"
01:14:33.800 --> 01:14:35.800
"Yes. Leave me alone,damn it!"
01:14:36.200 --> 01:14:38.400
Pepe was violent even when caring.
01:14:38.800 --> 01:14:42.500
So he goes back to the hotel,
we had some drinks.
01:14:43.300 --> 01:14:47.200
When we got back at 3 a.m.,
I was staying on the same floor,
01:14:47.800 --> 01:14:51.300
I don't remember the name,
but it was the fifth floor,
01:14:51.700 --> 01:14:55.500
the carpet was brown,
with a Boccaccio style wallpaper,
01:14:55.900 --> 01:14:57.500
like a 70's pop style,
01:14:57.900 --> 01:15:02.800
light brown, white, orange,
lighter orange, yellow, brown again
01:15:07.500 --> 01:15:09.400
it was like being high on LSD.
01:15:09.800 --> 01:15:12.900
I go to my room,
and when I'm about to open it,
01:15:13.300 --> 01:15:15.500
everything is covered in glitter,
01:15:15.900 --> 01:15:18.800
the floor, the walls,
the mirror, everything.
01:15:18.900 --> 01:15:23.500
And the glitter path,
like the yellow brick road,
01:15:23.900 --> 01:15:25.100
led to Pepe's room.
01:15:25.500 --> 01:15:27.900
And I was like,
"What happened here?"
01:15:28.300 --> 01:15:31.800
There was so much glitter
it got stuck in your shoes.
01:15:32.200 --> 01:15:36.500
On my bed, the hallway,
and I thought:
01:15:37.500 --> 01:15:39.500
"Maybe it's me". No.
01:15:40.300 --> 01:15:44.500
The next day at 9 a.m.,
we are called in to film,
01:15:44.900 --> 01:15:47.500
we were sitting
in the make-up room,
01:15:48.300 --> 01:15:51.500
on our stools,
facing the mirror, as usual,
01:15:51.900 --> 01:15:56.500
and the make-up artist says:
"Pepe, you're full of glitter".
01:15:57.500 --> 01:16:01.500
"I'm trying, but it's impossible
to cover all this glitter."
01:16:01.900 --> 01:16:05.500
And I look at him, and can you believe
01:16:06.500 --> 01:16:15.500
he had been making out with
three or four women of the night
01:16:16.500 --> 01:16:18.500
all around the hotel floor?
01:16:18.900 --> 01:16:21.700
He had left a trail,
and it was impossible
01:16:22.100 --> 01:16:23.800
to remove all the glitter.
01:16:24.200 --> 01:16:27.800
And one month later
there was still glitter in the car.
01:16:28.200 --> 01:16:30.300
Not only in the car, Pepe Sancho
01:16:30.700 --> 01:16:32.800
who, unfortunately, passed away,
01:16:33.200 --> 01:16:35.700
if we digged out his body,
like Dali,
01:16:36.100 --> 01:16:38.500
I'm sure we would see glitter!
01:16:41.500 --> 01:16:43.500
Yes, eat, c'mon.
01:16:47.500 --> 01:16:51.500
But every time I eat rice,
I remember Pepe.
01:16:55.500 --> 01:16:58.500
And I miss him.
01:17:03.500 --> 01:17:05.500
"Squared rice".
01:17:28.500 --> 01:17:31.500
"Alfarrasi Band Center"
01:19:15.500 --> 01:19:17.500
I see those guys, and I realize
01:19:17.900 --> 01:19:20.500
the most important quality
in a cook,
01:19:20.900 --> 01:19:23.500
isn't originality or imagination,
01:19:23.900 --> 01:19:25.500
but generosity.
01:19:25.900 --> 01:19:29.200
A good cook is someone
who offers someone something
01:19:29.800 --> 01:19:33.000
so that they can enjoy,
get to know, or even feel.
01:19:33.500 --> 01:19:35.500
That's what it's all about.
01:19:35.900 --> 01:19:37.500
This rice is awesome.
01:19:45.500 --> 01:19:47.500
Cheers!
-Cheers!
01:19:47.900 --> 01:19:50.500
Let these gatherings
happen more often,
01:19:52.500 --> 01:19:54.500
and let father pay.
01:20:36.500 --> 01:20:39.500
Let's party damnit!
01:22:43.500 --> 01:22:48.500
There's some left.
-No, there's not!
01:24:24.000 --> 01:24:27.500
We'd like to talk about
a part of L'Escaleta's history
01:24:27.900 --> 01:24:29.900
which I think it's important,
01:24:30.300 --> 01:24:32.200
this moment is very important,
01:24:32.800 --> 01:24:37.500
but we don't the book to
focus only on L'Escaleta's history.
01:24:40.500 --> 01:24:43.900
We want the restaurants
to be able to relate to this,
01:24:44.300 --> 01:24:47.300
which is the day to day life
in a restaurant,
01:24:47.700 --> 01:24:50.500
with two families,
who co-work with others.
01:24:51.900 --> 01:24:55.300
Nowadays, we put cooks on a pedestal,
01:24:56.500 --> 01:24:59.400
and it's time to
bring them back down a bit.
01:24:59.800 --> 01:25:02.000
Let's go back to where we belong.
01:25:02.500 --> 01:25:09.500
What we do is interesting,
but there are more important jobs.
01:25:12.300 --> 01:25:15.400
And suddenly one summer,
my brother disappeared,
01:25:15.800 --> 01:25:19.700
I was a teenager, and
didn't pay much attention to him,
01:25:20.100 --> 01:25:23.500
enough to notice he wasn't home.
01:25:24.300 --> 01:25:27.300
Then I found out
he was working in "El Bulli".
01:25:28.100 --> 01:25:30.500
'"El Bulli"?' I asked.
"What's that?"
01:25:30.900 --> 01:25:33.100
Ferrán comes in, really mad,
01:25:34.500 --> 01:25:41.500
he looks at us, and he says:
"You, go and make an omelette".
01:25:42.500 --> 01:25:45.700
I think I've never had
a worse moment in my life.
01:25:46.100 --> 01:25:49.500
Because I was thinking:
"Please, don't pick me".
01:25:49.900 --> 01:25:51.100
"Not me, not me".
01:25:52.500 --> 01:25:57.500
I go outside,
"can you make an omelette?"
01:25:58.500 --> 01:26:01.700
I think I had never made
an omelette in my life.
01:26:01.700 --> 01:26:03.700
And the first time I made one,
01:26:04.100 --> 01:26:05.700
was here, in "El Bulli",
01:26:06.100 --> 01:26:07.700
in front of Ferrán Adriá.
01:26:08.100 --> 01:26:10.300
I made such a shitty omelette, man.
01:27:10.500 --> 01:27:12.500
María?
01:27:15.500 --> 01:27:17.000
Hello?
01:27:19.500 --> 01:27:20.500
How are you?
01:28:13.500 --> 01:28:19.500
But I'm not willing to
risk everything for anything.
01:28:24.500 --> 01:28:28.500
Neither for the three stars,
nor for recognition.
01:28:28.900 --> 01:28:31.500
If they are meant to be
they will come.
01:28:33.500 --> 01:28:38.500
I think balance is key,
between enjoying your job,
01:28:39.900 --> 01:28:42.500
offering your clients
the best you have,
01:28:43.500 --> 01:28:46.500
and to offer the best I have,
I need balance.
01:28:47.500 --> 01:28:48.500
In every area.
01:28:50.500 --> 01:28:52.500
And growing too much too soon,
01:28:53.500 --> 01:28:57.500
can lead to plummeting.
01:28:58.500 --> 01:29:00.500
So it must be maintainable.
01:29:01.500 --> 01:29:05.000
I think every working person
longs for that balance
01:29:05.500 --> 01:29:09.500
between a good life
and acknowledgment,
01:29:09.900 --> 01:29:11.500
and a bit of everything.
01:29:24.500 --> 01:29:28.500
The trip to get to L'Escaleta
starts in Alicante, in Valencia.
01:29:28.900 --> 01:29:31.500
It's not just about
going to L'Escaleta.
01:29:31.900 --> 01:29:36.500
The experience begins
where you start your trip.
01:29:37.500 --> 01:29:40.500
L'Escaleta wouldn't be
the same anywhere else.
01:29:40.900 --> 01:29:43.700
It would be something
completely different.
01:29:44.500 --> 01:29:48.500
That's why I don't want
to relocate.
01:29:49.500 --> 01:29:52.700
From a little mountain village, like Cocentaina,
01:29:53.100 --> 01:29:55.100
we can reach wherever we want.
01:29:55.500 --> 01:29:58.500
If you do it right,
if you're persistent,
01:29:58.900 --> 01:30:01.700
and you believe in it,
you can go anywhere.
01:30:02.500 --> 01:30:06.500
Nowadays there is no excuse to,
no matter where you were born,
01:30:07.500 --> 01:30:09.500
go anywhere you want.
01:30:09.900 --> 01:30:12.500
I see it clearer every day.
01:30:14.500 --> 01:30:16.900
I am lucky to have been born here,
01:30:17.500 --> 01:30:21.500
to have developed
my personal and professional life here,
01:30:21.900 --> 01:30:27.500
which you have had
to leave Cocentaina,
01:30:27.900 --> 01:30:29.000
so I feel lucky,
01:30:29.400 --> 01:30:32.800
because not many people
have been able to do that.
01:30:44.500 --> 01:30:48.190
Any day now, they're going
to call us from the quarters.
01:30:49.500 --> 01:30:51.500
One day Ramiro says to me:
01:30:51.900 --> 01:30:53.500
"Vicente, come out here".
01:30:53.900 --> 01:30:55.600
I got outside, and he says:
01:30:56.000 --> 01:30:58.500
"The rangers are looking for you."
01:30:58.900 --> 01:30:59.900
No way, Ramiro.
01:31:00.300 --> 01:31:03.100
"What herb did you
grab from the mountain?"
01:31:03.500 --> 01:31:05.100
I said: "Nothing"
01:31:05.500 --> 01:31:06.800
"Well, go outside".
01:31:07.200 --> 01:31:10.000
And I go outside and
there's no one there.
01:31:10.400 --> 01:31:11.450
I want potatoes.
01:31:11.850 --> 01:31:14.650
Something's going to
happen to you one day.
01:31:15.000 --> 01:31:16.700
At my house, in L'Escaleta,
01:31:17.100 --> 01:31:20.500
Everyone has their place
around the table.
01:31:20.900 --> 01:31:24.500
Waiters and cooks eat
with their families in the back.
01:31:24.900 --> 01:31:27.500
It's one the things I love the most
01:31:28.500 --> 01:31:31.500
when I return to Cocentaina
with my children,
01:31:31.900 --> 01:31:34.500
eating with them at that big table.
01:31:35.500 --> 01:31:38.700
People used to be aware
of how much this means,
01:31:38.700 --> 01:31:42.500
and knew how hard it was
to fill that hole when a loved one
01:31:43.000 --> 01:31:44.500
was gone forever.
01:31:44.900 --> 01:31:51.500
It didn't matter where you were,
any kid had a place at home,
01:31:52.500 --> 01:31:55.500
and that made them feel
loved, important.
01:31:57.500 --> 01:32:00.000
Nowadays, we eat
in front of the tv,
01:32:00.400 --> 01:32:02.900
and that will result
in a generation
01:32:03.300 --> 01:32:05.200
with no communicative skills,
01:32:05.800 --> 01:32:09.400
who fail to look each other
in the eye when they speak.
01:32:09.500 --> 01:32:14.500
After a while, I have lost
my place at the restaurant table.
01:32:15.500 --> 01:32:18.900
But I know when I return,
I'll always have a place
01:32:19.300 --> 01:32:22.500
for me and my family.
01:32:30.500 --> 01:32:35.500
To Greta and Julio Moya.
01:32:41.500 --> 01:32:46.500
"A God in each lentil."
Distributor: Pragda Films
Length: 95 minutes
Date: 2018
Genre: Expository
Language: Spanish
Grade: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
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