A celebration of freedom and a confrontation of the authoritarian Cuban…
On the Starting Line
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Jenniffer is a young athlete who questions her commitment to the Cuban national track and field team. Her mother Marbelis runs a health center in Havana with an iron fist. When her younger brother wants to leave the country, Jenniffer's doubts grow stronger and stronger. Presented at the Berlinale, a powerful and moving documentary narrates the experiences of an athlete who lives a permanent crisis of faith with the national sports federations in Cuba.
"The choices that Jenniffer, Marbelis, and Yesnier all grapple with are undoubtedly large ones, and [Aldemar] Matías gives viewers an honest, heartfelt look into their lives." — Carmen Paddock, One Room With A View
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Main credits
Matias, Aldemar (filmmaker)
Hurst, David (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematographer, Aldemar Matiaso; editing, Jeanne Oberson.
Distributor subjects
Afro-Latin; Women; Culture + Identity; Family; Caribbean Studies; Migration Studies; Political ScienceKeywords
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ON THE STARTING LINE
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This is one of the issues
you also need to interiorize.
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The importance for us
as a country, as a government,
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of the value of sports.
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We have mentioned the famous case
of Ana Fidelia Quirós.
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She said it herself.
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The main reason that made her resurrect
like a Phoenix
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was seeing Fidel before her mother
after her accident.
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She was living in San Luis
and he came to take care of her.
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The leaders payed special attention,
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and the people used to care as well.
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The Cuban people had a deep
and romantic love for their athletes,
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who were worshiped
like mythology gods.
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Like the Olympians
from Greek mythology.
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Today, as athletes, as students,
and as Cubans,
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you must be proud,
and you should understand
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how these figures,
despite all the adversities,
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were eminent.
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"Good night, my love.
I'm still driving. I love you."
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"I'm going to Minneapolis."
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May the nation regard us
with pride
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You're late.
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They ran well, right?
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Yes.
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It was a marathon to get here.
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- A marathon?
- I'm serious.
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You're gonna see
a real marathon!
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You're gonna run my marathon!
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There was traffic.
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What time did we say?
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9:30?
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Start doing the maths.
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Let's see how many kilometers you'll do.
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If you don't lose all that weight now,
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you're going to die dehydrated.
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Come on, Raúl Morales.
The three priorities.
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Discover, destroy and prevent.
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Discover, destroy and prevent.
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- Discover what?
- Mosquito nests.
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The nests you find
everyday at work.
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Destroy the isolated nests.
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And prevent the formation
of new nests.
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Our main task is to protect the nation
and the health of us all.
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Anybody here or our family members
can be infected.
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The contagious diseases
transmitted by Aedes aegypti
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can affect any of us.
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How do we face it?
Every day, with discipline and audacity.
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And giving the best of ourselves.
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The nation is counting on us
to be defended
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against this insect that can
destroy our lives.
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What are the diseases transmitted
by Aedes aegypti?
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Zika, dengue...
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Let’s imagine I’m seropositive.
Do you know what that means?
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To be seropositive?
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- It's AIDS, of course.
- AIDS, indeed.
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If I have AIDS
and a female mosquito bites me,
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and then bites Albert Castañeda...
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- It’s not transmitted.
- Why?
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Because it’s transmitted
by sexual contact.
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Shut up.
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Why isn't it transmitted?
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Because it passes through the fluids.
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Which fluid? Vaginal?
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Have you been waiting long?
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Give me a kiss.
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What about the doctor?
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The doctor will see me...
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What are you doing
eating candies?
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You need to lose weight.
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I only had a few.
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Don't fool me.
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Your trainer always says
you eat too many candies.
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Cry if you want.
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Don't make that face.
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You need to make sacrifices
to achieve what you want.
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You're very fat.
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Let's buy the new phone line.
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Do you have your ID?
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Let's go.
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Don't make that face, baby.
Listen.
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You decided to be an athlete.
Not me.
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You can't eat candies.
Have a fruit.
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Your maths are bad.
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Count again.
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Please take care of my son Yeyo
and help him find a good job,
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now that he's going to
another country.
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And help my daughter Jenniffer
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keep up the good training
and the good results,
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and remain the nice girl
she's always been.
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I ask for your blessing
for everything we need.
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Oshun, I make you this offering
for her health.
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Clean her and protect her.
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Taste it.
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Jeni, stop stiring that.
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It will become a mash.
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Once married, you'll be kicked out
if you can't cook.
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Four hours to prepare a salad.
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It doesn't even have peppers.
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Give me water.
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Give me water.
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- Don't you want soda?
- Water.
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Look at that.
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If your teacher catches you drinking
five glasses of soda...
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And you?
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Like a camel.
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Yeyo, I've heard a song,
and it seems to me,
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it's one of the songs
you sing.
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Which one?
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The one about
"vagina out of control".
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What kind of song is this?
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- "Vagina out of control".
- Who has that?
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Whoever.
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I don't think it's
a good song for women.
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- Whoever has a vagina out of control.
- I taught you to respect women.
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It's such a rude song.
Until now your songs were so beautiful.
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That's the trend now.
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Vaginas out of control are a trend?!
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You're not easy...
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Sort out your things,
you can't take everything.
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- You need to solve this problem.
- Yeyo, Internet!
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Wait.
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Pay attention to what's coming.
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There's little time left
and you seem disconnected.
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What can I do?
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If I came with you, I'd feel much better.
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I'm nervous about you leaving.
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It's the only way to make
the trip secure.
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For you to arrive safe in Chile.
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The woman will be waiting for you
at the airport.
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And then you do
whatever you want.
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I already have all the info
about the job.
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Then you'll do what you want.
But you need to arrive safely.
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Take this phone with you.
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They give you a resident card
after three months.
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After you arrive and you start working,
you can do what you want.
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Jennita.
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Jenni.
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When you have a moment,
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I want you to dye my hair.
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Your aunt gave me
the version 30.
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It's the wrong one?
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I prefer 20.
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Did you tell Franny?
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What?
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Did you tell him?
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What?
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What we are planning
to do with Yeyo.
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About Yeyo? Not yet.
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When will you tell him?
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He wrote another message.
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Look!
There's even a picture.
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Let me see.
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We can't see.
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What's that?
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What did Franny say?
Does he want to get married?
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He doesn't know about buying the rings.
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Did you say he should?
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"Not sure I should buy the rings
if you say no"
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What are you going to answer?
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What are you going to say
if you don't know?
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You need to know.
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It's not like buying a dress.
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What are you going to do?
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I'll get married.
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Really?
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Do you want to give me
a heart attack?
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I don't know.
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Having my own
physiotherapy clinic,
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is something I'd like.
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Sure!
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Out of Cuba.
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For sure.
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I'm sure about that.
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Austria, London,
any country in Europe.
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Me, in ten years?
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If not Canada, it will be Germany.
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Something related to sports too.
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A trainer or a masseuse.
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I like my country.
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I have to say I like my country.
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In ten years I won't be here,
but I want to die here.
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Sure, I'll die here.
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But I won't spend my whole life here.
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For her distinguished work
in accomplishing her tasks.
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Call me if anything happens.
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Candyman!
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Give me a candy.
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Wait.
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Thanks.
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Fumigation!
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I wash it every day,
I've just cleaned it.
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I emptied it
and filled it again.
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I've left some water for the birds,
so they can drink it.
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Is there a dog?
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- What do you mean?
- I wasn't here.
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It's easy to blame someone else.
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Luis, dirt is not the only problem.
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There's a nest in the tank.
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When we find larvae,
we have to enforce the law.
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If you refuse,
I'll have to call the police.
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Or I'll enforce the law
and fine you 50 pesos.
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- There's a woman living here.
- Who? Your wife?
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- Yes.
- We'll talk to her.
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She's working now.
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You have to give me your ID.
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I won't pay anything.
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She can pay then, but I need the ID
of someone living here.
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Give me your ID, Luis.
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- Don't you see I'm cleaning?
- No, he's cleaning!
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Yes, I got him here.
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We are public employees,
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serving the population
and its health.
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You should be respectful,
you're an old man.
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- I'm older than you.
- Exactly.
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You need to show respect
to be respected.
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You don't live in the air!
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There you have the address
to pay it,
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and to contest it,
if you want to.
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You have thirty days to pay it.
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You should send someone
to help with this tank.
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Start praying Virgin Mary
we don't find another nest here.
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- It's not my fault, sweetheart.
- Not your fault?
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Don't you see
I don't have the money?
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Why didn't you take care
of the tank?
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I did, more or less.
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Then, why are you cleaning it now?
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Coach, are we done
after this one?
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Maybe.
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Go.
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Watch your right arm.
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Pulse.
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Now.
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Stop.
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Thirty.
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Place your right elbow backwards.
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Place it closer to you,
move it forwards and backwards.
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Don't spread your arms.
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Did you feel anything?
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Did it hurt?
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Can you keep up the work?
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Come on, change that posture!
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It's not as if this training
was difficult.
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- I'm gonna die.
- Sure, you were born like this.
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You've decided to be exhausted.
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This way you loose
liquid and weight.
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Give me some water.
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I don't have any.
Go, there's no time.
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You should have brought some with you.
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Jenni.
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Did you hear that?
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"What's this camera filming Jenniffer?"
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I said:
"Don't you know Jenniffer?"
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"Don't you know she's famous?
The best athlete in Cuba?"
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I'm in a park.
Do you think it's silent?
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What?
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I saw my dad.
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He came out yesterday...
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He was out of jail
for the weekend.
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He's alright.
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He's nice and fat.
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Until Monday.
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Today I was really bad at the training.
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I'm still bothered by the injury.
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I'm thinking about not training anymore.
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I'm not talking about having a break
because of the injury,
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what I mean is to stop...
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for good.
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What did you think
I was talking about?
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I don't know.
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Call her to check the flight ticket.
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It seems you don't care.
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Call her, Jenni.
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So that she sends an e-mail
to this kid.
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You know I get stressed
if there's a problem.
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Delaires, what are you doing?
00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:14.920
Talking to the other boss.
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I called him
because it's his birthday.
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Which other boss?
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There's no other boss.
I'm busy.
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What about the boss of the hospital?
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So what? Don't you see
I'm busy here?
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What were you talking about?
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Just a second.
I was congratulating him.
00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:40.160
He asked about you.
00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:44.320
I don't care. He doesn't call me
when it's my birthday.
00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:52.640
3,50.
00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:55.080
2 pesos, mum.
00:26:55.760 --> 00:26:57.320
What?
00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:00.120
2 Cuban pesos?
For what?
00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:07.760
Yes, the Chinese girl.
00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.720
Does she have it?
00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:16.160
When will she have it?
00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.240
What if...
00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.040
How much would it be?
00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.800
- Yeyo?
- Tell me.
00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:30.760
Let's try to go to the dentist
on Monday.
00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.200
- Listen.
- Tell me.
00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:36.720
With the pressure of the plane,
the gravity, the altitude,
00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:40.080
your back teeth will jump out
of your eyes.
00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:42.920
And the pain you'll feel...
00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.720
My teeth will jump out
of my eyes?
00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.160
What I mean is that
the only thing you can do,
00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:51.920
is to ask for help
and lie on the floor.
00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:57.280
Jenni can tell you how much I suffered
with my sinusitis.
00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:59.280
I made a scandal
on the flight.
00:27:59.320 --> 00:28:01.120
I said:
"There should be a doctor here".
00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:05.320
"If I have a stroke,
will you wait for me to die?"
00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.400
Wait. Go.
00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:22.000
What about this?
00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:24.120
It won't fall!
00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.280
It won't fall.
00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.920
Faster, faster!
00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:38.880
The loser buys the candies.
00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:45.120
You love candies, don't you?
00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.720
Why didn't you buy any for me?
00:28:46.800 --> 00:28:50.680
It's none of my business.
It's up to you.
00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:12.120
Wait, we're going to share.
00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:14.240
Let's take it slow.
00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:19.160
Leonel told me
to give you this one.
00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.320
But I want the sweet one.
00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:24.200
- He told me to give you this.
- I want the sweet one.
00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:26.760
I want the sweet one.
00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.640
This one is for Mariam.
00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.240
Only half of it.
00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:35.800
I was about to have a heart attack.
00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:41.880
You're going to eat everything.
00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:50.720
- You already weigh tons...
- I'm not fat at all.
00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.640
I'm just strong.
00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:55.800
It's because of sport,
I wasn't like that.
00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:08.320
And I'm a lynx,
I'm faster than most people.
00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.640
Look at this.
00:30:14.760 --> 00:30:16.240
Here are the keys.
00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.240
Take care.
00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:41.680
There are millions of people having surgery
and nothing happens.
00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:44.240
And other millions dying
on the operation table.
00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:49.320
The daughter of a cousin died
because of the anesthetic.
00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:51.880
I don't think the same
will happen to mine.
00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.280
But I was worried...
00:30:54.280 --> 00:30:56.640
Look at her belly.
00:31:02.280 --> 00:31:05.160
He just called,
but I wasn't home.
00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.640
And the light goes off in Cuba...
00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:18.760
The only person I could ever count on
in my life is you.
00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:23.680
The connection is bad.
00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.800
Why are you so late?
00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:47.960
We started late
because we saw the doctor.
00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.720
I was at the wifi square.
00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:55.640
Come in.
00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:01.360
What did you do?
00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:04.160
We trained hard.
00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:06.120
Why so late?
00:32:06.760 --> 00:32:09.080
I had an appointment with the doctor.
00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.880
What did she say?
00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:16.640
I won't be able to compete.
00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:18.120
What?
00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.160
Why?
00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:24.920
Because I can't force
the injury.
00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:28.240
I can't train if it still hurts.
00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:31.640
She asked for
ten more sessions of magneto.
00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:35.760
You didn't finish your previous sessions.
00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:40.360
Ten more sessions.
00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:42.880
And also...
00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.680
To use ice,
00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:47.880
and anti-inflammatory.
00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:56.160
What did your trainer say
about the competition?
00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:49.120
The first time the doctor saw her,
she said:
00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:53.120
"This is an important muscle,
and it's vital for the speed".
00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:57.320
"If she forces it,
she'll feel pain".
00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:02.640
It was always uncomfortable
on the starting line.
00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:09.720
During the training, she couldn't hold
the right position to start running.
00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:14.200
On the starting line
she was already complaining.
00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:17.920
It was only once she was up,
that she could...
00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:21.040
She's very upset...
00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:23.920
Yesterday she told me
she wants to quit sports.
00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:28.800
I said: "I have to talk
to your trainer to..."
00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.880
Just a second.
00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.240
Hello.
00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.360
Tell me.
00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:38.720
In one hour more or less.
00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.360
Yes because...
00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.920
Do you hear me?
00:34:43.040 --> 00:34:45.320
I'll call you when I'm home.
00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.920
Don't you have anything else to do?
00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.960
Alright.
00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:56.800
I'll call you.
00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.240
Okay.
00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.640
She was telling me:
00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:06.640
"I want to quit because every time I compete,
something happens".
00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:10.840
"I want to compete
in every category I can,
00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:13.160
and win all the medals
of the school."
00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:15.680
She was about to win
all of them last year.
00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:22.200
I don't think she'll have any trouble
to compete for 200m.
00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:27.680
Last time she couldn't do them all,
00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:33.760
but she competed for 100m,
shot put, and 200m.
00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.320
These three.
00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:39.240
Now, she'll be in three again,
so there are possibilities.
00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:46.720
You're too slow.
00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.840
Move!
00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.720
This one almost doesn't hurt.
00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:04.120
But I feel a pressure on that one.
00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:05.120
When I finish,
00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:08.880
this one hurts a lot
and the other even more.
00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:20.640
Jenni!
00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:23.400
Where's the fat one?
Fatty!
00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.320
Fatty!
00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:28.320
Where's the fatty?
00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:30.640
Jenniffer!
00:37:35.120 --> 00:37:36.160
Jenni!
00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:16.720
When did you come up
with this idea?
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:21.680
Tell me the idea.
00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:26.360
What’s the idea?
00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.840
Why?
00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.120
Oh my god.
00:38:33.640 --> 00:38:35.320
What about all the sacrifices I made?
00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:38.880
For you to be an athlete.
00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:45.680
When you get here
we’ll talk.
00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.800
Do you hear me?
00:39:17.720 --> 00:39:19.720
I won’t train today.
00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:25.160
Why don’t you want
to train anymore?
00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.640
I don’t feel like it.
00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:30.120
What did Franny say?
00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:37.080
He asked if there's anything else
I can do.
00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.280
What should I do?
00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:44.680
Are you asking me?
00:39:47.720 --> 00:39:50.200
Give me back
all the money I spent for you.
00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:53.920
On spike shoes, outfits...
00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:03.720
This is just a crisis.
00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:20.080
Whatever you decide,
you know I'll support you.
00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:29.680
When I get back home
I'll call you.
00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:33.920
Alright, my love.
00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:37.320
- A kiss.
- Kiss. Love you.
00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:40.280
Love you very much.
00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.640
Bye.
00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.200
Change that face.
00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.320
Alright.
00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:54.800
Give me a smile.
I want to see you happy.
00:41:57.720 --> 00:41:58.320
Bye.
00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:11.920
This one is kind of weird.
00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:18.160
It's huge.
00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:20.680
It has a protection.
00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:33.920
Turn yourself towards me.
00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:39.720
Now raise your foot.
00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.840
Breathe.
00:43:15.640 --> 00:43:16.720
Breathe.
00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:28.240
What about this?
00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:34.360
This one also.
00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:37.360
I'm making you loads of space
in the drawers.
00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:38.800
But they're all mine!
00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:44.120
Are you leaving this here?
00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:47.840
Take these...
00:43:48.120 --> 00:43:49.680
How many?
00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:56.280
What about the blue shirt
and the white shorts?
00:43:59.640 --> 00:44:01.160
I'll arrive at 12:45.
00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:03.320
And the connection is at 6.
00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.920
No, the departure is at 6.
00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.880
The connection isn't at 6.
00:44:08.120 --> 00:44:10.120
Aren't we leaving the plane?
00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:11.880
Will they give some food?
00:44:12.160 --> 00:44:13.640
Breakfast.
00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:18.160
I don't know about this flight,
but they're obliged to give you breakfast.
00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:20.120
Whenever you ask for it.
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:26.280
When it stops in Panama
you can try all the perfumes.
00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:28.320
Can I visit Panama?
00:44:28.720 --> 00:44:31.120
You can't leave the airport
in any country.
00:44:31.240 --> 00:44:33.960
45 minutes wait
or whatever it lasts.
00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:36.120
Can I try the perfumes there?
00:44:36.200 --> 00:44:39.320
There are so many,
you can try anyone you want.
00:44:39.640 --> 00:44:41.400
And eat whatever you want.
00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:46.120
There's Carolina Herrera's
new release.
00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:49.920
You have to turn, dude.
00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:55.320
Alejandro, you’re going to hit me
with your elbow.
00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:57.200
I’m doing my best!
00:46:57.720 --> 00:47:00.720
- I can’t.
- Just turn.
00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:03.720
You’re going to hit me.
00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:06.120
I was going to get up.
00:47:07.680 --> 00:47:09.120
Come on.
00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:11.760
Turn like this.
00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:27.240
Let’s do something else.
00:47:32.160 --> 00:47:33.920
One, two, three!
00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.840
Nachitin!
00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.720
Tell me.
00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:54.920
Mariam's calling you.
00:47:55.120 --> 00:47:56.920
She’s got to wait.
00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:06.760
"I've lost..."
00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:13.360
Change this phone
before giving me lessons!
00:48:18.120 --> 00:48:19.720
Kick her out of the group.
00:48:21.200 --> 00:48:22.400
Listen to this:
00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:25.400
"I've lost eight hundred calories in a minute."
00:48:25.640 --> 00:48:26.720
"How?"
00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:28.320
"My pizza fell on the floor."
00:48:28.720 --> 00:48:30.280
That sucks.
00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:32.960
"Things aren't like they used to."
00:48:33.040 --> 00:48:36.040
"Now, even chickens
are doing breast implants."
00:48:40.680 --> 00:48:43.360
Even chickens have boobs,
and you don't!
00:48:43.720 --> 00:48:47.000
They're about to pop out,
don't bully me!
00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:18.920
Give me this one.
00:49:19.840 --> 00:49:22.800
I’m celebrating the arrival
of my baby in Chile.
00:49:23.720 --> 00:49:25.400
Mum, celebrating?
00:49:26.640 --> 00:49:28.640
My son has arrived!
00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:33.200
I was online but I didn’t ask
what time he arrived.
00:49:34.680 --> 00:49:37.200
- He uploaded a picture.
- Let me see.
00:49:38.120 --> 00:49:42.160
A picture with a bobble hat
and gloves.
00:49:42.720 --> 00:49:44.720
Where was he going?
00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:47.720
He wrote on his way to Arica.
00:49:48.720 --> 00:49:50.120
We told him to write.
00:49:50.200 --> 00:49:51.880
Where did he get a bobble hat?
00:49:52.160 --> 00:49:55.640
He’s shopping!
Does he have money now?
00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:59.320
Read it.
00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:03.160
“I’m far away, I'm moving on,
00:50:03.240 --> 00:50:07.160
and I thank these two women
in a way or another”
00:50:07.240 --> 00:50:08.960
He should in every way!
00:50:09.720 --> 00:50:12.200
“They helped me to arrive safely.
I love them.”
00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:15.720
It’s the first time he says he loves me,
now he's left the country.
00:50:16.120 --> 00:50:18.120
“They will always be in my life.”
00:50:18.200 --> 00:50:20.360
Why did he put my name last?
00:50:23.640 --> 00:50:25.840
What about the picture?
00:50:27.200 --> 00:50:29.200
Where’s the picture
with the bobble?
00:50:30.920 --> 00:50:32.360
My baby's so cute!
00:50:33.720 --> 00:50:35.400
He looks so pale in the cold!
00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:41.640
I’ll leave a comment.
00:50:41.720 --> 00:50:44.240
Write it, then it uploads.
00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:50.800
That’s my baby.
00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:55.160
I wrote “That’s my baby.”
00:50:55.280 --> 00:51:00.320
“Not every child has their mother’s blessing,
but mine is eternal."
00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:03.640
Kiss, my love.
00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:12.400
Now drop this phone,
forget about the camera,
00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:15.360
have fun and go for the boys.
00:52:24.640 --> 00:52:26.200
Jenniffer Rodríguez.
00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:43.320
What else are you competing in?
00:52:43.400 --> 00:52:44.720
Run the 400m.
00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:46.720
- I already did.
- Really?
00:52:49.360 --> 00:52:50.320
Shot put.
00:52:50.720 --> 00:52:51.760
But it's tomorrow.
00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:55.200
The women competition
is tomorrow.
00:52:55.240 --> 00:52:57.120
- Isn't it today ?
- Yes.
00:52:57.200 --> 00:52:58.720
Women is tomorrow.
00:52:58.920 --> 00:53:00.960
- Only tomorrow ?
- Men is today.
00:53:04.120 --> 00:53:07.880
- Coach, what about 100m?
- You're not doing 100m.
00:53:08.640 --> 00:53:10.280
I'll run it in secret.
00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:12.760
What happened?
00:53:12.880 --> 00:53:15.360
I'm injured so he doesn't
want me to compete.
00:53:15.640 --> 00:53:17.320
I'll sign up anyway.
00:53:17.720 --> 00:53:20.320
Please leave some medals for us.
00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:23.040
Coach.
00:53:23.800 --> 00:53:25.240
Jenni, I've already told you.
00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:26.640
Forget about it.
00:53:27.240 --> 00:53:29.120
I'm the one in charge here.
00:53:32.160 --> 00:53:33.120
Jenni.
00:53:33.960 --> 00:53:34.920
What's happening?
00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:36.680
He doesn't want me to run.
00:53:39.240 --> 00:53:40.760
You're not running?
00:53:41.400 --> 00:53:43.840
He told me I can't.
And he's giving the start.
00:53:44.120 --> 00:53:46.160
I can't even cheat.
00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:47.880
Why?
00:53:48.160 --> 00:53:50.640
He said I can't risk it
for the 100m,
00:53:50.720 --> 00:53:53.360
as I haven't fully recovered.
00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:56.320
If I don't run, nobody runs!
00:53:59.360 --> 00:54:00.640
Coach.
00:54:00.720 --> 00:54:02.240
Think about it.
00:54:02.960 --> 00:54:05.920
I've made up my mind.
Forget it.
00:54:11.880 --> 00:54:13.320
You're not running.
00:54:40.160 --> 00:54:41.880
What a clown.
00:54:42.840 --> 00:54:45.840
The trainer knows what he's doing.
00:54:46.160 --> 00:54:48.680
Maybe you would have
worsened the injury.
00:54:50.880 --> 00:54:55.400
During the 30m training
I reached the marks I always do.
00:54:55.720 --> 00:54:59.320
It could happen after 30m.
He knows what he's doing.
00:55:09.680 --> 00:55:13.120
If he says you can't,
you can't.
00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:16.760
He knows I can run smoothly.
00:55:17.160 --> 00:55:18.760
Last time I was the winner...
00:55:18.880 --> 00:55:21.800
But you weren't injured.
00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:26.120
Give me a kiss.
00:55:26.720 --> 00:55:28.120
Tomorrow you'll run 200m.
00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:31.080
You'll do it well.
Rest a bit.
00:55:31.720 --> 00:55:32.880
Do you hear me?
00:56:16.360 --> 00:56:17.400
What did he say?
00:56:19.160 --> 00:56:22.000
He said he went
to buy a toothbrush.
00:56:24.120 --> 00:56:28.120
Ask him what was the agency.
00:56:38.240 --> 00:56:40.720
I know this place.
What did she say?
00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:47.120
Did you see how beautiful it is?
00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:49.240
Did you walk in the streets?
00:56:55.800 --> 00:56:58.120
There are beaches everywhere.
It's an island.
00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:09.800
Was it easy to connect?
00:57:09.920 --> 00:57:11.240
Come on, open this mouth.
00:57:15.840 --> 00:57:19.240
How was the flight?
Were you sick like a pussy?
00:57:20.320 --> 00:57:21.400
No?
00:57:22.720 --> 00:57:25.160
Ok, I'm the sick one then.
00:57:25.680 --> 00:57:27.680
Your back teeth didn't hurt?
00:57:34.360 --> 00:57:36.320
He said Aruba was beautiful.
00:57:36.840 --> 00:57:40.120
There was a bunch of old ladies
driving fancy cars.
00:57:40.720 --> 00:57:43.720
"Old like my grandma.
Even older."
00:57:45.320 --> 00:57:48.680
"The island is beautiful."
But he couldn't go out.
00:57:48.840 --> 00:57:51.240
He only saw it from the airport.
00:58:39.640 --> 00:58:41.120
What's up?
00:58:42.120 --> 00:58:43.280
Jenni?
00:58:43.360 --> 00:58:44.200
What's up?
00:58:44.320 --> 00:58:46.320
I've found the school.
00:58:47.160 --> 00:58:48.200
Let me see.
00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:52.720
What time is the training?
00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:53.680
At 4:30.
00:58:53.720 --> 00:58:54.680
Where?
00:58:54.720 --> 00:58:56.760
Fajardo.
00:58:56.800 --> 00:58:58.120
Who told you?
00:59:00.840 --> 00:59:01.840
When?
00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:03.400
Just now?
00:59:08.160 --> 00:59:09.280
Look at that.
00:59:12.160 --> 00:59:13.760
It's so big.
00:59:16.680 --> 00:59:18.080
It's all this?
00:59:26.120 --> 00:59:27.240
What's that?
00:59:28.200 --> 00:59:30.240
A cemetery?
00:59:31.800 --> 00:59:33.320
No, it's a memorial.
00:59:33.640 --> 00:59:37.920
- Where are the running tracks?
- They aren't on the map.
00:59:38.760 --> 00:59:41.800
There are so many places.
Restaurants...
00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:51.360
Another store here.
And more places over here.
00:59:51.840 --> 00:59:53.120
Wait.
00:59:53.240 --> 00:59:54.400
A library.
00:59:54.720 --> 00:59:56.000
And this?
00:59:59.200 --> 01:00:00.800
It's a university.
01:00:07.120 --> 01:00:08.840
A hotel.
01:00:12.040 --> 01:00:16.200
The student rooms
aren't there.
01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:20.120
- They're in another area.
- Aren't they here?
01:00:21.720 --> 01:00:23.320
This is a hotel.
01:00:23.400 --> 01:00:26.800
For the student rooms,
you have to take a train.
01:00:27.720 --> 01:00:29.360
- Really?
- Or a bus.
01:00:34.320 --> 01:00:36.120
A bus stop.
01:00:36.360 --> 01:00:38.280
Another one.
01:00:44.400 --> 01:00:46.320
What's that?
01:00:50.720 --> 01:00:52.640
Theater...
01:00:55.160 --> 01:00:56.400
And this?
01:00:59.120 --> 01:01:00.640
Museum.
01:01:03.800 --> 01:01:05.240
What's this shoe?
01:01:08.360 --> 01:01:09.920
A shoe store.
01:01:13.360 --> 01:01:14.680
What about that cross?
01:01:15.320 --> 01:01:16.640
It's a church.
01:01:21.320 --> 01:01:22.840
What about this?
Distributor: Pragda Films
Length: 63 minutes
Date: 2018
Genre: Expository
Language: Spanish
Grade: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
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Closed Captioning: Available
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