Love After Music (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

[audience cheering growing louder]
[audience cheering]
[man] Rubber bullets, Cardozo!
Rubber bullets!
TERCER MUNDO IN CONCER
I'll get you, motherfucker!
Come here! Come here, you punk!
["El Chico de la Tapa"
by Fito Paez playing]
[man] Come here, you bastard!
Get down from the stage! Get down!
GRAN REX THEATER
TEN SOLD-OUT SHOWS
[audience cheering]
The kid on the cover
Used to sell flowers on Corrientes ♪
Then he lost his girl
In some hospital room ♪
And nowadays, kindly
With a big smile on his teeth ♪
He'll stop you in the street ♪
And if you don't give it
He'll smoke you ♪
If the police don't treat him
With decency ♪
If the truck drivers won't take him
Where he needs to go ♪
He goes back to Dock Sud
Walking peacefully ♪
With a .22 in the pocket
Where he keeps his rolling papers ♪
[audience cheering]
Some years ago
He would walk the streets ♪
Going to Café La Paz
And selling postcards ♪
The world is full of assholes ♪
And nowadays the road
Is especially full ♪
I won't die of love ♪
I won't die of love ♪
I won't die of love ♪
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪
[audience cheering]
["Dale Alegría a Mi Corazón"
by Fito Paez playing]
LOVE AFTER MUSIC
[rock music playing]
[Alejandro humming]
[whistling]
[doorbell rings]
[man chuckling]
[door opens]
- What's up, Alejandro!
- [chuckling]
- What's up, man?
- What's up!
How are you doing?
- I brought you this guy.
- Rodolfo!
Hopefully he can get
some time off. [chuckles]
[Fito] What's up, Fena?
- You look chunkier. You gained weight.
- [chuckles]
Maybe. [chuckles]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
[Fena] Fito? Fito.
It's the customs office.
Did you bring in any drugs?
No.
- Hello?
- [Andrés] Fito! It's nice to hear you.
- You're such an idiot.
- [Fena laughs]
What is it, Gallo?
[Andrés] You never said you were here.
Let me buy you lun
[hangs up]
[laughs]
Aah!
[Fena growls mockingly]
- Hey.
- [Fito] What?
We leave for the party in 15 minutes.
[mimics firing]
- You guys go. I don't want to.
- [Fena] What?
- I don't want to go.
- What do you mean?
- [Fena] Avalis!
- [Fito] No.
[Fena] You're coming to the party!
[rock music playing]
Woo!
[man] Hi, Marita!
Hi, sweetheart!
You made it!
Hi, gorgeous.
- Fito, what's up?
- [woman] Woo!
The star is here!
Your friend is here.
The one with the long hair.
My queen!
Come on, drink! Cheer up!
That's it. Come on!
[rock music continues]
Roth!
Fito?
What are you drinking?
Some wine.
[pop music playing]
[laughs]
[man] Woo!
[Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu
in C-Sharp Minor" playing]
SCARAFFANI MUSIC INSTITUTE
[professor] Like that. Loose.
[continues playing "Fantaisie-Impromptu"]
[beeping]
[line calling]
[line calling]
[line calling]
[Cecilia] Hello.
[mimicking Nat King Cole]
I long to have you in my arms ♪
Whispering words of love ♪
[chuckles]
How are you, Fito?
Fine, and you?
You left in a hurry last night.
[Cecilia] Sorry, I had to go.
The water was nice today.
- I haven't gone yet.
- [Cecilia chuckles]
Not even once today?
Not the whole summer.
[chuckles]
[Fito] Hey.
Would you like to do something?
["Tumbas de la Gloria"
by Fito Paez playing]
MOVIE THEATER
- Hi, Fito.
- Hi. Good evening.
Good evening.
[chuckles]
[woman] Hello.
[Cecilia] Um, Fito, this is Angie.
Angie, Fito.
Hi.
[Cecilia] You brought
your Walkman to a movie?
Here, let me put it in my purse.
- Shall we?
- Let's.
[romantic music playing on movie screen]
Look, I love this part.
[Andrés] I was thinking
and said to myself, "Call him."
"If you think you messed up, fix it."
Listen, I'm not too proud to admit this.
Fito, I'm sorry. I messed up.
I want us to work together again, Fito.
To prove that I'm serious,
I got you a meeting.
With André Midani.
He wants to do something big
with Tercer Mundo.
He wants to meet you. He's here.
I'm on vacation.
Fito, this is
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
You can't waste it.
It's André Midani.
João, Caetano, Gilberto.
He made them who they are now.
[chuckles] Do you want me to beg?
It wouldn't hurt.
What are you doing, dumbass? Sit down.
Sit down.
Listen to me.
From now on,
you say yes to anything I ask.
Is that clear?
Yes.
[Fito] Mm?
What did you bring?
Let's see.
The Loves of Kafka, starring Cecilia Roth.
The Stranger, starring Cecilia Roth.
And Labyrinth of Passion, starring
[both] Cecilia Roth.
[Fena] What a coincidence!
Well, Roth is a good actress
- She's great.
- Yes.
But all three movies star Cecilia Roth?
[both laugh mockingly]
I'd watch an Almodóvar film.
[sighs]
You guys are so lame.
["Tumbas de la Gloria"
by Fito Paez playing]
["Tumbas de la Gloria" continues playing]
Thank you very much.
Did you listen to it?
- You did listen!
- [laughs]
- Did you like it?
- I loved it.
The songs are beautiful.
Is it a new album?
For now it's just this.
It's nothing more than this, I don't know.
Ceci, I want to ask you something crazy.
But don't be scared, okay?
[gentle music playing]
Is this your place?
- No.
- [Cecilia laughs]
My manager owed me a small favor.
Quite a small favor.
- He screwed up.
- Oh.
Here, give me that.
You can sleep here.
- Bonjour.
- [giggles]
Welcome.
And I can sleep on the couch.
Tortonese was doing this show
Something about his mother coming in,
asking about the toilet
- And poop?
- Right.
- You were there?
- Yes.
I can't believe you saw me like that.
I was so messed up.
Don't say that. That's not what I saw.
I saw someone who was
a little lost, yes.
I was like that for a long time.
I lost everyone in my life.
Like some sort of karma.
Mm.
I don't believe in that.
What does Cecilia Roth believe in?
[laughs]
In love.
Nobody can live
without someone who loves them.
Ceci, I
I know you're married
I don't know what your marriage is like,
and I'm not sure if
I'm going to bed.
I had a great time.
["Pétalo de Sal" by Fito Paez playing]
See you tomorrow, Fito. [giggles]
See you tomorrow.
[continues playing "Pétalo de Sal"]
[humming]
It's this sky, this sun ♪
[vocalizing]
[continues playing]
If no one is waiting ♪
[stops playing]
[gentle music playing]
[Cecilia giggles]
[romantic music playing]
[André, in Portuguese]
You are from the city of Rosario, right?
[Fito, in Spanish] Yes.
Where are you from?
[in Portuguese] Oh, no.
A long way from there.
I'm from Damascus, Syria.
[in Spanish] Damascus?
[in Portuguese]
But when I was a baby, I had polio.
My mother took me on a ship
so I could get surgery.
And that's how I landed
in the Holy Land of Brazil.
- Mm.
- [André] Mm-hmm.
You know, I have an idea
to mix
How do you say it?
I want to gather Latin American artists
so the whole world can know them.
Yes.
And
And I want to do a tour with you.
- [in Spanish] A tour?
- [in Portuguese] Exactly!
We can do a tour for your last album.
United States, Europe, Japan.
- [in Spanish] Japan?
- [in Portuguese] Yes, sir.
[in Spanish]
When would all that madness be?
- This year.
- Mm-hmm.
Uh
Can I be honest with you?
I want nothing else.
I spent my whole life hoping
that a guy like you would ask me that.
My whole life.
But now I'm making something new and
I feel like this is different.
It's unlike anything I've ever done.
I feel different.
So I need some time
to understand what it is that I'm doing.
Get it?
Yes, sir.
I get it. [chuckles]
[in Portuguese]
I really appreciate your honesty.
[playing Chopin's
"Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor"]
[finishes playing]
Good. Very good, Paez.
I think we can now move on
to something more complicated.
[Fito] I want to learn this.
I want to surprise my dad.
Gershwin.
Not easy at all, but beautiful, hm?
You'll have to practice.
A lot.
["El Fantasma de Canterville"
by Charly García playing]
I used to be a good man.
I'm not anymore.
Is there a young man from Rosario
who can come up here?
[audience cheering]
I used to be a good man ♪
If there's anyone good in this place ♪
I paid off all my debts ♪
I paid for my chance at love ♪
- But now I'm out in the cold ♪
- [audience laughing]
And nobody remembers me ♪
I walk through everybody
Like the Canterville Ghost ♪
[keys jangling]
Look.
It was a gift from Charly. [chuckles]
[plays keyboard]
Listen carefully
because I'll only say this once.
I'm not into this wild rocker attitude.
You want to party? Fine.
But you can't leave me worried all night
not knowing where you are,
if you'll be back, if you're okay
Okay?
Baby, it was no big deal.
[closes door]
[Fito] Come on. I'm sorry, okay?
Hey.
[knocks on door]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[water running]
[plays on keyboard]
[plays chords on keyboard]
[Cecilia] Stop messing around
and record that album already.
I saw you ♪
You were picking up daisies
From the tablecloth ♪
I know I didn't treat you very well ♪
[Cecilia] No, not at all.
I don't know ♪
Whether ♪
I don't know
Whether you were an angel or a ruby ♪
Or if I simply saw you ♪
I saw you ♪
[yelps]
[plays on keyboard]
I saw you ♪
You were picking up daisies
From the tablecloth ♪
I know I didn't treat you very well ♪
I don't know
Whether you were an angel or a ruby ♪
Or if I simply saw you ♪
I left ♪
I leave once a while
To some other place ♪
I know you don't like this country ♪
[laughs heartily]
[chuckles]
You had a dress
And a love ♪
And I ♪
I simply saw you ♪
Did you move in with her?
Yes.
[chuckles]
It's a huge deal, you and Cecilia.
- Yes.
- People want to know.
I got calls from everywhere.
Susana's people called me,
Mirtha's people as well.
I'll go if it's to talk about music,
but if it's all gossip
- Fito, come on.
- No way.
Any press is good press.
[Chacho] Inés, send them in.
[Inés] All right, I'll tell them.
You can go in now.
- Fito.
- Chacho!
- How are you?
- Good.
Chacho, my man.
Andrés.
[Chacho exhales]
Leave it there.
[intriguing music playing]
What is this?
Your ticket to André Midani's world.
[Andrés] A deal to make a record now.
With an unlimited budget.
Unlimited?
He wanted that.
The composing stage, the demo stage,
the rehearsal and recording stages.
Mixing, mastering, all paid for.
You pick the musicians you want
and the place you want.
André's only terms
is to have recording producer
Carlos Narea,
and recording engineer Nigel Walker.
He's a disciple of George Martin.
[exhales]
[Chacho] André was impressed.
You looked him in the eye.
[Spinetta] Hello.
Can you hear it okay?
Please check what I'm doing because
- How do we start?
- Let's see.
"PETAL OF SALT"
I understand you well
It's like talking to a brick wall ♪
And you could give me faith ♪
A mix between rock 'n roll
and other genres.
Like we're not from only one place.
There's something about these years ♪
That makes me feel this way ♪
I can't say that I'm building
a career to get somewhere.
And tell you that I miss you ♪
And that I will see you happy ♪
[vocalizing]
That's beautiful.
[vocalizing]
"THE MAGIC WHEEL"
I remember a day like today ♪
I left home to play rock 'n roll ♪
[Fito] What we're doing
is more about the soul.
About something uncontrolled,
turmoil, chaos.
Our life is a bed made of glass ♪
And this life is made of glass ♪
Our life is a bed made of glass ♪
A bed of glass
For the two of us ♪
[reporter] Your career is doing great.
Tell us what's next.
I'm making a new album.
We've all left this place ♪
We've all left home ♪
To play rock 'n roll ♪
[reporter] Can you tell us about it?
I think it's going to be monumental.
And it'll be called Love After Love.
Honey, honey, honey, baby
Let's stop crying now ♪
"TWO DAYS IN LIFE"
I'll see you there in half an hour
And we'll leave this place ♪
Sorry! I'm late, obviously.
Hi, I'm sorry.
[Fito] Always late, Cantilo.
Love After Love. I like it.
[music starts]
Honey, honey, honey, baby
Let's stop crying now ♪
I'll see you there in half an hour
And we'll leave this place ♪
Two days in life
Is never a bad thing ♪
In some ways
That's what living's about ♪
Thelma went in
And robbed the supermarket ♪
Did you know?
Your boy watched MTV ♪
The military hates those souls ♪
And I want them for myself ♪
Yeah ♪
I have to say ♪
I have to say ♪
Things got more complicated
And you know it's true ♪
Whether I dreamt it
Or I lived it ♪
The girls with me
Are Thelma and Louise ♪
Yeah ♪
To the Gran Rex!
[Cecilia] Is the eighth one sold out?
That's right.
Eight shows, just like that.
We may need to add another show.
Let's play a big arena, then.
[laughs]
[Andrés chuckles]
Is that funny?
I want to play an arena, Andrés.
[chuckles]
- Are you drunk?
- Not yet.
[chuckles nervously]
I thought it was up to Fito
to decide on the shows.
Look, Ceci, with all due respect, uh
I've been managing
Fito's career for ten years.
I agree with what she's saying, okay?
Um
We'll talk about it next week.
- Whenever you want.
- I have to run to a meeting.
Want anything else?
We're good.
This is for the check.
- Enjoy your afternoon.
- Bye, have a good day.
[both laughing]
[Fito sniffles]
[playing Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"]
[misses chord]
Let's go again.
[grunts]
[exhales]
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE CONCER
[Fito playing "Rhapsody in Blue"]
No, it's not a chromatic scale.
Read this one.
- Mm?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay.
[water running]
[Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" playing]
No. That says D.
All right. Let's start from bar 50. Hm?
Don't you want to hear the first ones?
I practiced it all.
From the top.
Okay, start from the top,
but read the sheet music.
Read the sheet music.
[playing "Rhapsody in Blue"]
Stop!
- [slams fallboard]
- [piano keys echo]
You can't read music!
You need to get up right now
and never return here again!
Do you understand?
You get off that piano right now
and never return here again!
[slight moan]
[Cecilia] Hey.
Belia, my grandma
She played the piano.
[gentle music playing]
I would've loved
to have her there tomorrow.
I think they're here.
Your grandmothers, your father,
your mother.
They're here.
[gentle music continues]
Let them go, Fito. Let them.
[voice breaks] I can't.
If you don't feel this pain,
it will never leave.
You can do this.
You can. Look at me.
You can do it.
Come here.
["Rock and Roll" by Charly García playing]
[knocking on door, echoing]
[Belia] Who is it?
[Walter] Mrs. Paez?
With his undone skate ♪
He stares at his fears
Turned into people ♪
That dance around his kindness ♪
- [sharp ringing]
- [screams]
Sorry
I can't do anything right ♪
Run to the window
Don't look at your shadow ♪
You look like such a fool
Never try to understand me ♪
[muffled gunshot]
[music continues]
[unlocking door]
[closes door]
["Rock and Roll" continues playing]
Let's go to the country ♪
See how the sun rises? ♪
Let's go to the sea
In a nice Cadillac ♪
Red strawberries in Chapadmalal ♪
Something inside says
That I love you ♪
Good sweet wine
Mountains of honey ♪
Let's get the rust
Off ourselves to grow ♪
[music turns muffled]
[faint ringing]
[plays "Rhapsody in Blue"]
[misses notes]
[orchestral accompaniment playing]
[music builds]
[music stops]
[inhales]
[chuckles]
[man] Fito
[breathing shakily]
[man] Fito.
We're ready.
[audience cheering]
[cheering loudly]
[audience cheering]
[Cecilia laughing]
VÉLEZ SARSFIELD STADIUM
[woman] Hi!
Have fun.
- Fito.
- Hi, man.
[Fabiana] There's nobody out there, Paez.
[audience continues cheering]
Go out there. Go.
My brother!
Go on, dude!
What the fuck are we doing here?
- What is this?
- Come on, go.
[man] Fito!
[audience cheering grows louder]
["El Amor Después del Amor"
by Fito Paez playing]
Love after love maybe ♪
Looks like this ray of sunshine ♪
And now that I've searched ♪
And now that I've found ♪
The perfume that pain wears ♪
In the essence of every soul ♪
In the absence of pain ♪
Now I know that I can't ♪
Live without your love ♪
[audience cheering]
I got stronger there
Where I never saw ♪
No one can tell me who I am ♪
I know damn well ♪
That I've learned to love ♪
The perfume that pain wears ♪
In the essence of every soul ♪
So do all religions say ♪
I think it may be
Love after love ♪
Love after love maybe ♪
Looks like this ray of sunshine ♪
And now that I've searched ♪
And now that I've found ♪
The perfume that pain wears ♪
In the essence of every soul ♪
So do all religions say ♪
I think it may be
Love after love ♪
Nobody can
And nobody should ♪
Live without love ♪
Nobody can
And nobody should ♪
Live without love ♪
A key for another key ♪
And that key is my love ♪
A key for another key ♪
And that key is your love ♪
EL AMOR DESPUÉS DEL AMOR
BECAME THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM
IN ALL OF ARGENTINE HISTORY,
AND THE SONGS ON THE ALBUM
BECAME TRULY ICONIC
Love after love maybe ♪
SINCE THEN,
FITO HAS RECORDED MORE THAN
20 INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUMS
AND IS AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS
IN SPANISH-SPEAKING POPULAR MUSIC
Live without love ♪
HIS FAMILY IS ALWAYS PAR
OF EVERY ONE OF HIS SONGS
Live without love ♪
HE HAS TWO CHILDREN:
MARTÍN AND MARGARITA
FABI AND CECILIA CONTINUE TO BE
AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HIS LIFE
Nobody can
And nobody should ♪
Live without love ♪
Nobody can
And nobody should ♪
Live without love ♪
Nobody can
And nobody should ♪
Live without love ♪
Nobody can
And nobody should ♪
Live ♪
[audience cheering loudly]
without love ♪
[music builds]
[music ends]
[audience cheering and whistling]
["Brillante Sobre el Mic"
by Fito Paez playing]
LOVE AFTER MUSIC
["Brillante Sobre el Mic"
continues playing]