Merli. Sapere Aude (2019) s02e03 Episode Script
La cigonya
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NETFLIX PRESENTS
AN ORIGINAL MOVISTAR+ SERIES
[melancholic music playing]
[Xavier] There's a barber in Barcelona
who only shaves Barcelonians
whom they, themselves, don't shave.
However, here comes the paradox:
The barber
he also lives in Barcelona.
So the barber is gonna shave himself if,
and only if,
he actually doesn't shave himself.
- This is a contradiction, guys
- [thumping]
in which, listen up, "alpha"
is only true in the case
of "no alpha".
Welcome to the world
of self-referential paradoxes
that this semester will discover
in the philosophy of language.
- [waves splashing]
- [seagulls squawking]
[huffs and puffs]
[phone ringing]
Hey, Oti.
Wow, I didn't know if you'd answer a call
from a friend.
Sorry, I took a few days off to disconnect
after the thing with Etienne.
[Oti] I understand.
Did you hear I got an A in Ethics?
Pol, dude, we miss you, all right?
And Biel can't stop staring at my tits.
[chuckles]
I really miss you guys too. [pants]
We started language of philosophy.
Guess I'll need your notes.
You'll have to get them from me.
[sighs]
[sighs]
All right, you win, I'll come back today.
[seagulls squawking]
[theme music playing]
THE STORK
[ethereal music playing]
- [Alfonso] Pol!
- Yeah?
[pills clattering]
Nothing, I was just wondering if, uh
if you were going to the university today.
Yeah. Yeah, the faculty strike's over now.
I see
How are you at the car park?
The same, with the little boss man busting
my balls
Have a good day.
Ah, very well.
I'll also be late today.
A young chess master is teaching us
some moves,
and I want to be there for that.
Oh really? Oh, well, That's fun.
- Mm.
- [kiss]
- Have a good day!
- You too.
[door opens, closes]
Don't give me that look.
Once you start lying,
it gets hard to stop.
Yeah.
I would tell her the truth,
if only I were as brave as you.
[ethereal music playing]
[grunts]
[lock clicking]
[grunts]
[pills clattering]
[exhales, sniffles]
[exhales, sniffles]
[exhales]
[heavy breathing]
- Hello there.
- Hey, how are you?
I come here begging. You smoke, right?
- Yeah, take one.
- Oh!
I've run out of cigarettes.
Sorry to disturb your process,
fine master.
It's nothing.
- You smoke in here?
- Yes.
- No worries, everything is under control.
- No, no, no, no.
I'll light it up outside.
Oh!
No wonder you stopped attending my class.
You're the only one
who can fix this prison.
Maybe I'll escape someday.
[sighs] Escape, escape.
Sounds really nice.
I might check out the class
on metaphysics.
You can go and listen to any class
you want in this school.
Isn't Metaphysics more important
than Philosophy?
Not necessarily.
[lighter clicks]
Well, ethics has existed
as long as humans.
[lighter clicks]
But metaphysics, you know,
is about what already existed.
- It's like the real philosophy.
- [puffs]
- Are both your parents still alive?
- [exhales] Yes.
Tonight, I'm going to kill both of them.
And then tomorrow, you and I
will discuss metaphysics properly.
Okay. [laughs]
[whimsical instrumental music playing]
[lawnmower whirring]
Alfonso!
[shouts] Alfonso!
[whirring continues]
[shouts longer] Alfonso!
[grunts]
- [crashes]
- [gasps] Fuck me! What the fuck?
Are you deaf, too, or what?
Ma'am, what's the problem?
What are you doing touching my underwear?
How do you mean? I was doing the laundry.
- That's not your job, that's Herminia's!
- Okay!
But just so you know, at my house,
it's me who does the laundry.
Don't touch my panties, all right?
I am not your wife, Alfonso.
Okay. Okay, okay. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Ah, and while you're at it,
pick up that plant I threw at you.
Jesus yikes.
[student] Oh, I'm gonna be late,
I'm gonna be so late
Hey, I hope you're giving Alfonso a push.
Hey, Pol Rubio, about time.
Where were you?
I took a little break.
You know, it was hard to accept
my dad's current situation.
Yeah.
So I gave you a hard time, Rai.
I made such a scene, man.
- No problem, it's cool.
- The atmosphere is weird at home.
Gloria's still upset about the fine
from the tax office.
Are you okay now?
- I'm great.
- Then everything's fine.
I even took a rich guy holiday,
like you do all the time. [chuckles]
- Look who we have here. Hi.
- Hey!
- Woo!
- Hello!
How are you, guys?
Did you think I was dropping out or what?
I'll study my heart out before I do that!
[laughs]
- What's up, Biel?
- Not much.
Come on, let's celebrate
and have a dinner at my place.
- It's about time, right?
- Oh, caviar.
You can come after your work
at the parking garage.
I no longer work
at the parking garage, dude.
The boss kicked me out.
He didn't renew my contract.
I don't know, I'm looking for a job.
Hey, do you know who could give you
a hand? Angel.
- Angel? The guy from Satanassa?
- Yes, yes, yes.
He's helping me host a "Philosparty"
and has great ideas.
But the thing is that,
as a waiter, he makes like,
a hundred euro just in tips.
- [Arnau] Shit! Not too bad.
- Wow.
I might get that job, too, right?
Come on, shut up,
you live off your parents.
I guess I'll call him
since I might not keep my scholarship
with that Ethics exam, you know.
[ethereal music playing]
[chuckles]
Hey there, here's the missing man.
- How are you?
- How are you?
Are you okay or what?
Last time, you were a little upset.
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
I had a fight with Rai
over some misunderstanding.
Huh.
- I made such a scene.
- It's okay.
I liked seeing you like that.
Is that right?
[chuckles] Well
[stutters] Yeah, I don't know,
you look like a tough guy,
but I saw you are also vulnerable.
So you like people who are miserable,
is that it?
- Did I say miserable?
- No, no.
Well, but like, I don't know, you like
to see people having a hard time.
Or what?
You're a little sensitive, aren't you?
No, come on. It's just that people
are not made of stone and
I guess I saw you aren't either.
No, no, yeah.
We could meet up, right?
It's about time. You have plans?
Um, well, today, I'm looking for a job
through an old friend of mine.
I hope it works out.
Yeah, well, we'll see.
I'm off to Bolaño's class. What about you?
You coming, or you have work?
I should work.
[jolly instrumental music playing]
[María] Each year, first-year students
show up less and less prepared.
And really,
you all look like next year's lot.
- Rude as hell!
- [María] Hey!
To you, the universe began
only when you were born.
You don't care about what came before you.
You all are primitive creatures,
full of information,
that's superfluous.
[indistinct chatter]
Come on now, my little
"This Land is Your Land's".
[clicks tongue]
Saying this to you was useful as an
introduction to the following question:
If we were completely honest
with one another, would ethics exist?
[Rai] I don't think so.
Why's that?
Because if we always spoke the truth,
life would be
[chuckles] chaos.
[María] Meaning that the lack of honesty
helps maintain an order
that prevents us from living as savages.
Dostoevsky once wrote:
"If humans told
their most intimate secrets,
then the world's stench would be
the most dirty and non-breathable."
[laughter]
- How disgusting, man.
- [laughter]
[María] Yes?
I believe that ethics would still,
you know, exist even if we were,
um, be totally honest.
Explain yourself.
[indistinct chatter]
[female student] What did he say?
Um [stutters] I don't know. Hmm.
I mean, us, human beings,
tend to overcome
the worst possible circumstances
we encounter, so, I mean, uh
for the sake of pure survival,
when we just
wouldn't we just create new ethics?
That's a good point.
And ethics would require a balance
between telling the truth
and doing what's considered correct.
Because "ethics"
is not a synonym of "truth."
Even if it's as necessary
as the air that we breathe.
Yeah, Joaquim Torné's son is in charge.
The master carpenter.
Now, he's retired in Emporda,
and he left his business to the son, Axel.
He'll have quite a career.
Axel!
Axel!
Hello?
Oh, good morning.
Uh, could you please call Axel?
The members of the board are here.
Oh, I think he went to class.
Yeah, right, I almost forgot.
We gave Axel an empty room
so he could store materials.
This way, he has more working space.
More
[indistinct chattering]
Oh, I see.
As soon as we make peace,
you ask me to buy you something.
I really like this table.
Laura, I won't buy you any furniture,
because you and Víctor
don't have an apartment yet.
Because you don't like
any of the apartments.
Oh, you're being such a pain with this.
Most apartments in Barcelona
are shitty, anyway.
Hi there.
Hi.
[Laura] Do you remember me?
Yeah, of course, I remember you.
- How are you doing?
- [Laura] I'm fine, and you?
- Go wait in the library.
- [Laura sighs]
All right.
So are you here to review the exam?
I wanted to see
if you'd let me retake the exam.
[laughs sarcastically]
Did you forget to draw pubic hair?
You want to raise your grade?
María, I really screwed up.
I don't know, I had a mental block,
but I need to pass ethics
for my scholarship.
Well, you should've thought of that.
Even if you don't think so
I'm a professor with ethics.
I'm not asking for you
to just pass me, okay?
Just that that you let me repeat it.
I I can even do it today.
I won't give you favourable treatment.
No matter what you bring to my apartment.
This wasn't just some whim of mine.
- I am not well, María.
- I know that.
I see it in your face. Both of us.
But I can't let you retake it.
Well, maybe I should've just cheated
like the others.
Come again?
Who cheated?
[comical music playing]
- I really can't tell you.
- Tell me right now who cheated
on an exam from María Bolaño.
I'll forget about my professional ethics,
and you can retake the exam.
[silence]
[chuckles, exhales]
[amusing instrumental music playing]
Have a seat. This will only take a second.
Yeah.
Wow. Yeah, yeah, awesome.
[stammers] I mean, I'm very happy.
I didn't expect it.
- No wonder, you got a ten!
- Yeah, yeah.
[chuckling]
Cross out the one.
[chuckles nervously]
Cross out the one.
But but why?
Because I sure enjoyed watching you cheat
with your phone.
And I've looked forward to this moment.
[chuckles]
Seeing your face go from joy
to total misery.
Look, I I'm so sorry
Oh, your explanations
are so boring. [chuckles]
I just asked you one thing,
and I already said it twice.
Don't make me say it a third time.
[sighs]
[amusing instrumental music playing]
- Excuse me, Madam.
- [Vicky gasps]
[sighs] Do you have to appear
like a ghost?
- My apologies.
- What's up?
We've yet to discuss the terms
of my contract.
Again. Just talk to Rai.
I'm afraid I can't get paid
under the table.
- [sighs]
- One more thing.
Would it possible for me
to leave a little early today?
Look, Gloria, my partner
she has no idea I'm working here
to pay off my debt to the tax office.
[stammers] I can't think of any more
excuses to cover why I'm not at home.
I wouldn't want Gloria to get upset.
I'm a widower.
I've been alone for too long in my life.
We'll make you a contract.
And you can leave whenever you want.
[mellow instrumental music playing]
[Alfonso clears throat]
[footsteps receding]
Say goodbye to your employment.
I get to the main hall with the board,
and they tell me
you were sitting in on a class.
And then I find this little shit.
Dr. Llorenc, let's talk about it
I won't be remembered as the president
who burned the main hall.
Your father told me
I had to keep an eye on you.
- He said that?
- And I confirmed it
when I talked to him today.
- So you told him.
- Obviously. It's the first thing I did.
Look, I don't doubt your talent,
but the fact that you smoked
near centuries-old wood
that's just unacceptable.
You can go now.
Well, how do you know that butt is mine?
Ah, it isn't yours? Whose is it?
- One of your worker's?
- No, no. Not at all.
There are a lot of people
at the university.
Oh. [laughs] Yes.
Jesus, you have a good sense
of humour, huh?
And you wanna make me look like a fool.
[laughs]
The butt isn't mine,
and it's not my team's, either.
I'm just asking you to investigate
before accusing me.
All right. You want me to investigate?
Fine, I'll investigate.
Axel, who smoked in the main hall?
Look, kid, I'll explain it simply.
Do you want to keep your job?
Whose butt is that?
[jolly instrumental music playing]
Psst, psst, psst. Psst.
I was seconds from firing Axel.
- Axel?
- Yes.
The brat who sits in on your classes.
I thought it was him who had smoked
inside the main hall
but I know it was you.
- Are you
- No, no, no, don't deny it. I know.
What do you plan to do?
You have tenure, so I can't fire you,
but I can warn you.
And what are you warning me about?
I know you are going through a tough time.
Anxiety, distress, so much to overcome,
that's fine.
But, look,
if you do something
that causes me distress,
then that's when we have a problem.
María, listen close:
you are not burning down
my main hall today.
And next time,
I will pull all the necessary strings
so you're gonna be smoking at home.
[melancholic music playing]
[Oti] Unbelievable.
- Fucking zero.
- Playing with Bolaño is very risky.
I mean, she first gave me a ten
and then
- Mm.
- I don't get it,
it's like very evil, you know?
Don't worry, I'll help you study
for the next test, all right.
I have some techniques that I think
you might find pretty useful.
How cute. Do we start today?
Okay. Do you wanna come to my place?
With Arnau there? No, no, hard pass.
- You come to my place.
- Mmm.
- Oh! Ah!
- No, no.
Why the fuck would you do that, Rai?
- You're an asshole, Rai.
- [laughs]
- [exhales]
- You scared me to death.
Well, I have firecrackers at home.
- We can use them after dinner.
- Dinner?
Yeah, I just ordered sushi for everyone.
Let's meet at 9:00, okay?
- Dude, I lost my appetite.
- Come on.
I just got a zero on the ethics exam.
Plus, Biel is teaching me
study techniques.
Yeah. Rai, uh
It takes 45 minutes to get to your place.
- Come on, Biel, don't exaggerate, dude.
- But what's the occasion?
- Nothing, just dinner with friends.
- [chuckles]
And since I sold the San Pedro painting,
I need some ideas to decorate my room.
- Like what?
- No way!
- Yeah.
- But didn't you love that painting, Rai?
- Well, not anymore.
- Rai, don't be upset with us but
let's take a rain check.
Freeze the sushi, okay?
[Vicky] A bed two-and-a-half meters wide.
You and Ferran won't find
each other at night.
- No, I sent him the location yesterday.
- [laughter]
Maybe that's what they want,
not to find each other.
- What a bitch.
- Not at all, we're falling in love again.
- [chuckles]
- [Vicky] Aww
Oh, and what about you guys?
I feel bad about talking about Ferran,
you seem so lonely.
I'm proudly single.
You know that very well, my dear.
Vicky, isn't it time you find someone?
[sighs]
Mmm, excuse me.
Madam, I am leaving.
I left you some broth in the fridge.
[Vicky] Alfonso,
we have plenty of broth
[Alfonso]
Yes, but this is from my special recipe.
I even added some chicken bones to it.
I call it "the Alfonso touch."
[inhales, grunts]
[exhales] Well that's all.
Have a nice day. Excuse me.
All right, all right,
all right, all right.
Who is this old man?
Alfonso is here to replace Henry.
Ah!
He's only taking care
of the house and nothing else.
- [Susana] But he's quite old, isn't he?
- Oh
I hope he won't fall down the stairs.
[chuckles]
Yeah, it's true. He doesn't look very fit?
Well, Rai insisted a lot.
And it's only for a few months.
[Judith] He seems like a good man, right?
- [Vicky laughs]
- And he made broth, the Alfonso touch.
- You can't ask for more.
- [Susana] Yes. [laughs]
But the chicken bones part
As long as it's not just
from the supermarket, right?
[laughter]
[clock ticking]
[Susana sighs]
[footsteps approaching]
Are you praying right now?
I just broke every principle of ethics
there is.
Oh.
How'd you do that?
By telling the truth.
Well, damn.
So, I guess, I did the opposite,
I bypassed ethics by lying.
[tools clattering]
But you said it in class.
It's all survival, right?
Or or egotism.
[exhales]
[melancholic music playing]
- [Pol gasps]
- [Axel clicks tongue]
[speaking Latin] Ego te absolvo.
[man] I listened to your mother.
And the very first thing you do
is try to burn down this place?
[Axel sighs]
About time you showed up.
I asked the president
to give you another chance.
For the record, I didn't do it for you.
But for your grandfather,
for me, for the company.
The problem is you don't accept the way
I work or what I want to do.
Oh. And your way is smoking here?
And listening in on classes?
Jesus. And that kid too?
Why do you enjoy ridiculing me?
Only because that's how you make me feel:
ridiculous.
Look, the president knows I didn't smoke.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He told me.
A professor, right? [chuckles]
[inhales]
I don't know if that woman smoked in here,
but I am sure you did, because I know you.
[sighs]
Passion
sacrifice
satisfaction
And you lack those three things.
[scoffs]
[sad instrumental music playing]
Because if you study and listen
to something Baroque at the same time,
your brain kind of expands,
you know what I mean?
Does it only happen with Baroque music?
- [doorbell buzzes]
- Uh
[Oti] Yes?
Ugh. It's my mom.
- What's the problem?
- My mom!
Okay, let's pretend we're studying, okay?
Open books and get some paper
and do something.
[stammers, sighs]
[grunts]
[door opens]
- [door closes]
- [grunting]
- Lluisa, my my mother.
- Hello.
I was just helping Biel study.
What's going on?
Oti [sighs]
your father is very worried.
He just talks about you.
We think you're lost.
And all that because I'm not dating Arnau?
[sighs]
Honey, I can't talk in front of this kid.
- Uh I can just leave.
- No, no, stay.
Mom, he's not my boyfriend,
and besides, he's gay.
- Uh [chuckles]
- [Lluisa sighs]
- You look like you're a good student.
- Oh, yes. [chuckles]
And you, Oti?
She got an A in ethics.
Right, Oti? You got an A.
Did you fail ethics?
Mom, enough.
So you are failing your subjects.
Tell me the truth. Do not lie.
If you want me to help you
with your father
All right. Yes, I failed an exam.
So what, you never failed an exam?
[sighs] I won't tell your father.
But I promise, when next year,
he has to pay your tuition
and he finds out, he'll cut you off,
- for sure.
- Oh, Mom, why don't you just leave?
[sighs] Oh, Oti
Are you really interested in philosophy?
And what about after you graduate?
Hmm?
[amusing instrumental music playing]
[water sloshing]
[indistinct chattering]
[zipper zips]
[lighter clicks]
After so much work with termites
you learned how to behave like one.
- Listen, I didn't mean
- Don't tell me you didn't mean it.
You meant it.
Okay, then yes.
Then own up to it, damn it.
I wanted to save my ass
by unfairly accusing you.
Within you is the bad temper
we all need to survive.
- Sure, I guess so.
- Hmm.
If storks do it, why wouldn't you?
Storks are just mean to their offspring.
Is it tiring to feed three little birds?
Let's throw the weakest one out
and problem solved.
That's what it's all about.
Axel.
[clicks tongue]
You were right.
The Metaphysics class with Silvia Montoliu
is mostly worth it.
She was my student.
I hope you are not planning
to come back to my class
with that fanny pack on you.
[quirky music playing]
[footsteps fading]
Okay, Angel. [grunts]
Yeah, yeah. I'll see you at the Satanassa.
Yeah, don't worry.
I know it's just a meeting.
Yeah, yeah. Bye. Thank you.
[men speaking Russian]
[men speaking Russian]
- They arrived today. They're Russians.
- [men laughing]
Why do tourists always laugh?
At least there's someone laughing,
because here at home
it seems there are many secrets lately.
I'm not stupid.
Alfonso has absolutely
no interest in chess.
[continuous Russian chatter]
[continuous Russian chatter]
He got fined by the tax office.
Seven thousand euros.
He's working over at Rai's now.
He's too ashamed to tell you.
[sighs]
[men laughing]
- [sighing]
- [men speaking Russian]
[men speaking Russian]
[romantic saxophone music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Kevin] Hi there.
Hi, uh, is Angel here?
[Angel] I'm here.
I'm here.
Kevin, get the bill for tables two
and four. Can you do that?
Hello, hello, hello! The Discobolus!
- How are you doing?
- Fine, fine.
Come, time to meet Dino.
- And who's Dino?
- Well, the owner of all of this, honey.
He's going to perform now,
but you'll talk after, okay?
Okay. And, and is he nice or what?
Well, Dino, he is he's quite special.
He might see you
and hire you right away or
Ah, excuse me.
He might talk to you and say:
"I'm not interested."
Okay. Then do me a solid, dude.
Of course.
But first of all,
you need to smile
like you're meeting Walt Disney.
[applause, cheering]
Yes!
[indistinct chatter]
I have seen things
you people wouldn't believe.
I have seen
the attack of a group of macho men
in the seats of an adult movie theatre.
[laughter]
I have seen the rays of the sun
glimmer over Las Ramblas,
near the gates to the Liceu.
[patrons in unison] Oh
And all of those moments
will be lost in time, just like tears
down the drain of some toilet
in Chinatown. [laughs]
Hail, my appendage!
[applause]
Some of you know that my mother
passed just a month ago.
[patrons in unison] Oh
I know there's a rumour
going around Gayland
[people chuckling]
and I'm very glad to disappoint you,
hyenas of Babylon
[laughter]
because it's not true
that I've decided to spend my savings
to clone my mother.
- [laughter]
- No.
No, I'm not Barbra Streisand,
and my mom's not her little dog Sammy.
[laughter, applause]
[cheering]
- Damn, Amy, you are fucking good, dude.
- [laughs]
- I know! And you too!
- Mmm.
I guess we have something in common.
Well, uh, two things, right?
We're both Republicans.
- Are you stupid?
- [Biel] I'm home.
- Okay, okay, sorry.
- [Oti] Hello?
This is exactly the reason why I can't
have an orgasm when I have sex with men.
- Arnau, are you driving Amy crazy already?
- Oh, Oti, shut it!
I'm a Democrat,
but that doesn't mean I can't support
weapons and the Second Amendment.
Well, yeah, if you need us,
we're gonna be in my room
because, uh, I have to explain to her
techniques to study.
[Amy laughing]
[gunshots on video game]
By the way, so, uh
the orgasm thing, are you serious?
Yeah. I don't know.
It's like I freeze around dicks,
you know? [chuckles]
I try, I try, I give it my all, but
I can't climax.
Anyway
[mumbling]
- Come on, shoot!
- Shoot, shoot
Okay, but it's not unusual for a mom
to ask what her kid wants to do.
She wanted to be an asshole,
and she succeeded.
[chuckles] She or you?
Okay.
[sighs] I don't know,
I'm just so sick of my parents.
Plus, they're constantly threatening
to get divorced,
but in the end, they never do!
- Yeah.
- [Oti exhales]
Never mind.
It's just I don't know what I want
but I know how I want to live.
And
how do you wanna live?
[scoffs] Like the majority of people,
I guess.
I don't want to enslave myself working,
you know?
I want a life that's easy and fun.
And now I want to fuck.
[chuckles]
What?
I saw how you looked at me in class.
I think it's time
we touch each other, hmm?
[moaning]
[kisses]
Oti, can I touch your boobs?
And I'll touch your cock.
[both panting]
[panting]
[jazz music playing]
[laughter]
[shushes]
People. I still remember that very day
Dino and I,
we were walking along a back road
in Almendralejo?
Was that 1985?
- Mmm maybe 1984?
- [Penny] That's it!
Then two policemen
arrested us.
- Very handsome.
- Yes, we were lucky.
What?
Because
both the officers were tops!
[laughter]
Dino, um
Sorry to interrupt.
I'd like to introduce you to a friend.
He's a student of philosophy.
- His name's Pol.
- Ah! Last name: "Dancer."
Pole Dancer.
- [laughter]
- Penny, simmer down!
- Hi there.
- [Angel] He came to see your show.
And he wants to be a waiter,
if you ever need another.
He's disciplined, responsible,
good person, smart
Okay, okay, okay.
You must relax,
my young Venezuelan machine gun.
[people chuckling]
Please, take a seat.
Make some room.
Hello, hello.
- Hi.
- Hey there.
- [Dino] So you like to serve drinks, Pol?
- I do.
Do you know how to make cocktails?
But of course.
And how is your Bloody Mary?
It's delicious.
And why does a student of philosophy
want to work at my bar?
Well, if I told you
I really need to make money,
then I'd only be telling you
half the truth.
So tell me the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
I think too much at the university.
- Oh, and here we don't think at all.
- [laughs]
As you can see, one's physique
is not entirely important to work here.
- [groaning]
- Oh, Dino!
But as a study from the University
of Chicago claims that
that contemplation of beauty
causes thirst.
And I'm thirsty.
[chuckles]
Please, stand up.
[Dino]
What are you wearing under your jacket?
- Um, just a t-shirt.
- [Dino] Take off the jacket.
[chuckles]
Go to the bar, and then in
two hours, I'll come see you,
and count how many drinks you've served.
[jazz music playing]
[Dino] Mmm.
[exhales]
Wow, he is so handsome.
[people teasing]
[chuckling]
[melancholic music playing]
[sniffs] Mmm.
[moaning]
[clicking]
[fizzing]
[crackling]
[dog barking]
[Spanish song playing]
[indistinct chatter]
What can I get you?
Hold on! Coming through. Coming through.
Okay, okay. One second.
Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. After you.
- Can I get a tequila, please, sweetheart?
- What do you want?
- Tequila.
- Tequila. Coming right up, no problem.
[indistinct chatter]
Oh, me too!
[music stops]
[grunting]
[exhales]
Don't shave, Pol.
We're missing
the buffalo-hunter type here.
Did I get the job?
[breathes in]
I need to know something before that.
Loyalty is a feeling here
that overcomes ambition.
And honestly,
you look like a bit of a rascal.
You're going to let me down?
I don't like feeling betrayed, kid.
I'm not going to work here.
I guess I'm a traitor.
Today, I betrayed my father.
And a friend, who failed her exam
because of me.
I spend all day pretending
in front of everyone.
Especially in front of the guy
I like most.
And I can't make Bloody Marys.
[breathes heavily]
Just trying to survive here.
[amusing instrumental music playing]
Come with me, kid.
Put four ice cubes
in this cocktail shaker.
Next, add vodka.
[bottle cap popping, clatters]
[vodka sloshing]
Good. Now the blood we weep
Add a little salt
- [salt bottle thumps]
- Five drops of Tabasco
Worcestershire
- [Dino] Enough.
- [Pol] That's enough?
Yep.
And now a little pepper.
Now you shake.
[clattering]
Hey, whoa, slow down, kid.
You gotta take it easy.
As if Zeus himself sat in front of you
and you were massaging his balls.
[ice slowly clattering]
Now you serve.
[glass thumps]
[music continues playing]
[closet door opens]
- [closet door closes]
- [keys jingle]
- You're closing up.
- Me?
So that you know that I trust you.
[clatters]
"Pol". I don't like that.
I'll call you
Apollo.
[majestic music plays]
[Spanish music playing]
[music ends]
NETFLIX PRESENTS
AN ORIGINAL MOVISTAR+ SERIES
[melancholic music playing]
[Xavier] There's a barber in Barcelona
who only shaves Barcelonians
whom they, themselves, don't shave.
However, here comes the paradox:
The barber
he also lives in Barcelona.
So the barber is gonna shave himself if,
and only if,
he actually doesn't shave himself.
- This is a contradiction, guys
- [thumping]
in which, listen up, "alpha"
is only true in the case
of "no alpha".
Welcome to the world
of self-referential paradoxes
that this semester will discover
in the philosophy of language.
- [waves splashing]
- [seagulls squawking]
[huffs and puffs]
[phone ringing]
Hey, Oti.
Wow, I didn't know if you'd answer a call
from a friend.
Sorry, I took a few days off to disconnect
after the thing with Etienne.
[Oti] I understand.
Did you hear I got an A in Ethics?
Pol, dude, we miss you, all right?
And Biel can't stop staring at my tits.
[chuckles]
I really miss you guys too. [pants]
We started language of philosophy.
Guess I'll need your notes.
You'll have to get them from me.
[sighs]
[sighs]
All right, you win, I'll come back today.
[seagulls squawking]
[theme music playing]
THE STORK
[ethereal music playing]
- [Alfonso] Pol!
- Yeah?
[pills clattering]
Nothing, I was just wondering if, uh
if you were going to the university today.
Yeah. Yeah, the faculty strike's over now.
I see
How are you at the car park?
The same, with the little boss man busting
my balls
Have a good day.
Ah, very well.
I'll also be late today.
A young chess master is teaching us
some moves,
and I want to be there for that.
Oh really? Oh, well, That's fun.
- Mm.
- [kiss]
- Have a good day!
- You too.
[door opens, closes]
Don't give me that look.
Once you start lying,
it gets hard to stop.
Yeah.
I would tell her the truth,
if only I were as brave as you.
[ethereal music playing]
[grunts]
[lock clicking]
[grunts]
[pills clattering]
[exhales, sniffles]
[exhales, sniffles]
[exhales]
[heavy breathing]
- Hello there.
- Hey, how are you?
I come here begging. You smoke, right?
- Yeah, take one.
- Oh!
I've run out of cigarettes.
Sorry to disturb your process,
fine master.
It's nothing.
- You smoke in here?
- Yes.
- No worries, everything is under control.
- No, no, no, no.
I'll light it up outside.
Oh!
No wonder you stopped attending my class.
You're the only one
who can fix this prison.
Maybe I'll escape someday.
[sighs] Escape, escape.
Sounds really nice.
I might check out the class
on metaphysics.
You can go and listen to any class
you want in this school.
Isn't Metaphysics more important
than Philosophy?
Not necessarily.
[lighter clicks]
Well, ethics has existed
as long as humans.
[lighter clicks]
But metaphysics, you know,
is about what already existed.
- It's like the real philosophy.
- [puffs]
- Are both your parents still alive?
- [exhales] Yes.
Tonight, I'm going to kill both of them.
And then tomorrow, you and I
will discuss metaphysics properly.
Okay. [laughs]
[whimsical instrumental music playing]
[lawnmower whirring]
Alfonso!
[shouts] Alfonso!
[whirring continues]
[shouts longer] Alfonso!
[grunts]
- [crashes]
- [gasps] Fuck me! What the fuck?
Are you deaf, too, or what?
Ma'am, what's the problem?
What are you doing touching my underwear?
How do you mean? I was doing the laundry.
- That's not your job, that's Herminia's!
- Okay!
But just so you know, at my house,
it's me who does the laundry.
Don't touch my panties, all right?
I am not your wife, Alfonso.
Okay. Okay, okay. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Ah, and while you're at it,
pick up that plant I threw at you.
Jesus yikes.
[student] Oh, I'm gonna be late,
I'm gonna be so late
Hey, I hope you're giving Alfonso a push.
Hey, Pol Rubio, about time.
Where were you?
I took a little break.
You know, it was hard to accept
my dad's current situation.
Yeah.
So I gave you a hard time, Rai.
I made such a scene, man.
- No problem, it's cool.
- The atmosphere is weird at home.
Gloria's still upset about the fine
from the tax office.
Are you okay now?
- I'm great.
- Then everything's fine.
I even took a rich guy holiday,
like you do all the time. [chuckles]
- Look who we have here. Hi.
- Hey!
- Woo!
- Hello!
How are you, guys?
Did you think I was dropping out or what?
I'll study my heart out before I do that!
[laughs]
- What's up, Biel?
- Not much.
Come on, let's celebrate
and have a dinner at my place.
- It's about time, right?
- Oh, caviar.
You can come after your work
at the parking garage.
I no longer work
at the parking garage, dude.
The boss kicked me out.
He didn't renew my contract.
I don't know, I'm looking for a job.
Hey, do you know who could give you
a hand? Angel.
- Angel? The guy from Satanassa?
- Yes, yes, yes.
He's helping me host a "Philosparty"
and has great ideas.
But the thing is that,
as a waiter, he makes like,
a hundred euro just in tips.
- [Arnau] Shit! Not too bad.
- Wow.
I might get that job, too, right?
Come on, shut up,
you live off your parents.
I guess I'll call him
since I might not keep my scholarship
with that Ethics exam, you know.
[ethereal music playing]
[chuckles]
Hey there, here's the missing man.
- How are you?
- How are you?
Are you okay or what?
Last time, you were a little upset.
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
I had a fight with Rai
over some misunderstanding.
Huh.
- I made such a scene.
- It's okay.
I liked seeing you like that.
Is that right?
[chuckles] Well
[stutters] Yeah, I don't know,
you look like a tough guy,
but I saw you are also vulnerable.
So you like people who are miserable,
is that it?
- Did I say miserable?
- No, no.
Well, but like, I don't know, you like
to see people having a hard time.
Or what?
You're a little sensitive, aren't you?
No, come on. It's just that people
are not made of stone and
I guess I saw you aren't either.
No, no, yeah.
We could meet up, right?
It's about time. You have plans?
Um, well, today, I'm looking for a job
through an old friend of mine.
I hope it works out.
Yeah, well, we'll see.
I'm off to Bolaño's class. What about you?
You coming, or you have work?
I should work.
[jolly instrumental music playing]
[María] Each year, first-year students
show up less and less prepared.
And really,
you all look like next year's lot.
- Rude as hell!
- [María] Hey!
To you, the universe began
only when you were born.
You don't care about what came before you.
You all are primitive creatures,
full of information,
that's superfluous.
[indistinct chatter]
Come on now, my little
"This Land is Your Land's".
[clicks tongue]
Saying this to you was useful as an
introduction to the following question:
If we were completely honest
with one another, would ethics exist?
[Rai] I don't think so.
Why's that?
Because if we always spoke the truth,
life would be
[chuckles] chaos.
[María] Meaning that the lack of honesty
helps maintain an order
that prevents us from living as savages.
Dostoevsky once wrote:
"If humans told
their most intimate secrets,
then the world's stench would be
the most dirty and non-breathable."
[laughter]
- How disgusting, man.
- [laughter]
[María] Yes?
I believe that ethics would still,
you know, exist even if we were,
um, be totally honest.
Explain yourself.
[indistinct chatter]
[female student] What did he say?
Um [stutters] I don't know. Hmm.
I mean, us, human beings,
tend to overcome
the worst possible circumstances
we encounter, so, I mean, uh
for the sake of pure survival,
when we just
wouldn't we just create new ethics?
That's a good point.
And ethics would require a balance
between telling the truth
and doing what's considered correct.
Because "ethics"
is not a synonym of "truth."
Even if it's as necessary
as the air that we breathe.
Yeah, Joaquim Torné's son is in charge.
The master carpenter.
Now, he's retired in Emporda,
and he left his business to the son, Axel.
He'll have quite a career.
Axel!
Axel!
Hello?
Oh, good morning.
Uh, could you please call Axel?
The members of the board are here.
Oh, I think he went to class.
Yeah, right, I almost forgot.
We gave Axel an empty room
so he could store materials.
This way, he has more working space.
More
[indistinct chattering]
Oh, I see.
As soon as we make peace,
you ask me to buy you something.
I really like this table.
Laura, I won't buy you any furniture,
because you and Víctor
don't have an apartment yet.
Because you don't like
any of the apartments.
Oh, you're being such a pain with this.
Most apartments in Barcelona
are shitty, anyway.
Hi there.
Hi.
[Laura] Do you remember me?
Yeah, of course, I remember you.
- How are you doing?
- [Laura] I'm fine, and you?
- Go wait in the library.
- [Laura sighs]
All right.
So are you here to review the exam?
I wanted to see
if you'd let me retake the exam.
[laughs sarcastically]
Did you forget to draw pubic hair?
You want to raise your grade?
María, I really screwed up.
I don't know, I had a mental block,
but I need to pass ethics
for my scholarship.
Well, you should've thought of that.
Even if you don't think so
I'm a professor with ethics.
I'm not asking for you
to just pass me, okay?
Just that that you let me repeat it.
I I can even do it today.
I won't give you favourable treatment.
No matter what you bring to my apartment.
This wasn't just some whim of mine.
- I am not well, María.
- I know that.
I see it in your face. Both of us.
But I can't let you retake it.
Well, maybe I should've just cheated
like the others.
Come again?
Who cheated?
[comical music playing]
- I really can't tell you.
- Tell me right now who cheated
on an exam from María Bolaño.
I'll forget about my professional ethics,
and you can retake the exam.
[silence]
[chuckles, exhales]
[amusing instrumental music playing]
Have a seat. This will only take a second.
Yeah.
Wow. Yeah, yeah, awesome.
[stammers] I mean, I'm very happy.
I didn't expect it.
- No wonder, you got a ten!
- Yeah, yeah.
[chuckling]
Cross out the one.
[chuckles nervously]
Cross out the one.
But but why?
Because I sure enjoyed watching you cheat
with your phone.
And I've looked forward to this moment.
[chuckles]
Seeing your face go from joy
to total misery.
Look, I I'm so sorry
Oh, your explanations
are so boring. [chuckles]
I just asked you one thing,
and I already said it twice.
Don't make me say it a third time.
[sighs]
[amusing instrumental music playing]
- Excuse me, Madam.
- [Vicky gasps]
[sighs] Do you have to appear
like a ghost?
- My apologies.
- What's up?
We've yet to discuss the terms
of my contract.
Again. Just talk to Rai.
I'm afraid I can't get paid
under the table.
- [sighs]
- One more thing.
Would it possible for me
to leave a little early today?
Look, Gloria, my partner
she has no idea I'm working here
to pay off my debt to the tax office.
[stammers] I can't think of any more
excuses to cover why I'm not at home.
I wouldn't want Gloria to get upset.
I'm a widower.
I've been alone for too long in my life.
We'll make you a contract.
And you can leave whenever you want.
[mellow instrumental music playing]
[Alfonso clears throat]
[footsteps receding]
Say goodbye to your employment.
I get to the main hall with the board,
and they tell me
you were sitting in on a class.
And then I find this little shit.
Dr. Llorenc, let's talk about it
I won't be remembered as the president
who burned the main hall.
Your father told me
I had to keep an eye on you.
- He said that?
- And I confirmed it
when I talked to him today.
- So you told him.
- Obviously. It's the first thing I did.
Look, I don't doubt your talent,
but the fact that you smoked
near centuries-old wood
that's just unacceptable.
You can go now.
Well, how do you know that butt is mine?
Ah, it isn't yours? Whose is it?
- One of your worker's?
- No, no. Not at all.
There are a lot of people
at the university.
Oh. [laughs] Yes.
Jesus, you have a good sense
of humour, huh?
And you wanna make me look like a fool.
[laughs]
The butt isn't mine,
and it's not my team's, either.
I'm just asking you to investigate
before accusing me.
All right. You want me to investigate?
Fine, I'll investigate.
Axel, who smoked in the main hall?
Look, kid, I'll explain it simply.
Do you want to keep your job?
Whose butt is that?
[jolly instrumental music playing]
Psst, psst, psst. Psst.
I was seconds from firing Axel.
- Axel?
- Yes.
The brat who sits in on your classes.
I thought it was him who had smoked
inside the main hall
but I know it was you.
- Are you
- No, no, no, don't deny it. I know.
What do you plan to do?
You have tenure, so I can't fire you,
but I can warn you.
And what are you warning me about?
I know you are going through a tough time.
Anxiety, distress, so much to overcome,
that's fine.
But, look,
if you do something
that causes me distress,
then that's when we have a problem.
María, listen close:
you are not burning down
my main hall today.
And next time,
I will pull all the necessary strings
so you're gonna be smoking at home.
[melancholic music playing]
[Oti] Unbelievable.
- Fucking zero.
- Playing with Bolaño is very risky.
I mean, she first gave me a ten
and then
- Mm.
- I don't get it,
it's like very evil, you know?
Don't worry, I'll help you study
for the next test, all right.
I have some techniques that I think
you might find pretty useful.
How cute. Do we start today?
Okay. Do you wanna come to my place?
With Arnau there? No, no, hard pass.
- You come to my place.
- Mmm.
- Oh! Ah!
- No, no.
Why the fuck would you do that, Rai?
- You're an asshole, Rai.
- [laughs]
- [exhales]
- You scared me to death.
Well, I have firecrackers at home.
- We can use them after dinner.
- Dinner?
Yeah, I just ordered sushi for everyone.
Let's meet at 9:00, okay?
- Dude, I lost my appetite.
- Come on.
I just got a zero on the ethics exam.
Plus, Biel is teaching me
study techniques.
Yeah. Rai, uh
It takes 45 minutes to get to your place.
- Come on, Biel, don't exaggerate, dude.
- But what's the occasion?
- Nothing, just dinner with friends.
- [chuckles]
And since I sold the San Pedro painting,
I need some ideas to decorate my room.
- Like what?
- No way!
- Yeah.
- But didn't you love that painting, Rai?
- Well, not anymore.
- Rai, don't be upset with us but
let's take a rain check.
Freeze the sushi, okay?
[Vicky] A bed two-and-a-half meters wide.
You and Ferran won't find
each other at night.
- No, I sent him the location yesterday.
- [laughter]
Maybe that's what they want,
not to find each other.
- What a bitch.
- Not at all, we're falling in love again.
- [chuckles]
- [Vicky] Aww
Oh, and what about you guys?
I feel bad about talking about Ferran,
you seem so lonely.
I'm proudly single.
You know that very well, my dear.
Vicky, isn't it time you find someone?
[sighs]
Mmm, excuse me.
Madam, I am leaving.
I left you some broth in the fridge.
[Vicky] Alfonso,
we have plenty of broth
[Alfonso]
Yes, but this is from my special recipe.
I even added some chicken bones to it.
I call it "the Alfonso touch."
[inhales, grunts]
[exhales] Well that's all.
Have a nice day. Excuse me.
All right, all right,
all right, all right.
Who is this old man?
Alfonso is here to replace Henry.
Ah!
He's only taking care
of the house and nothing else.
- [Susana] But he's quite old, isn't he?
- Oh
I hope he won't fall down the stairs.
[chuckles]
Yeah, it's true. He doesn't look very fit?
Well, Rai insisted a lot.
And it's only for a few months.
[Judith] He seems like a good man, right?
- [Vicky laughs]
- And he made broth, the Alfonso touch.
- You can't ask for more.
- [Susana] Yes. [laughs]
But the chicken bones part
As long as it's not just
from the supermarket, right?
[laughter]
[clock ticking]
[Susana sighs]
[footsteps approaching]
Are you praying right now?
I just broke every principle of ethics
there is.
Oh.
How'd you do that?
By telling the truth.
Well, damn.
So, I guess, I did the opposite,
I bypassed ethics by lying.
[tools clattering]
But you said it in class.
It's all survival, right?
Or or egotism.
[exhales]
[melancholic music playing]
- [Pol gasps]
- [Axel clicks tongue]
[speaking Latin] Ego te absolvo.
[man] I listened to your mother.
And the very first thing you do
is try to burn down this place?
[Axel sighs]
About time you showed up.
I asked the president
to give you another chance.
For the record, I didn't do it for you.
But for your grandfather,
for me, for the company.
The problem is you don't accept the way
I work or what I want to do.
Oh. And your way is smoking here?
And listening in on classes?
Jesus. And that kid too?
Why do you enjoy ridiculing me?
Only because that's how you make me feel:
ridiculous.
Look, the president knows I didn't smoke.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He told me.
A professor, right? [chuckles]
[inhales]
I don't know if that woman smoked in here,
but I am sure you did, because I know you.
[sighs]
Passion
sacrifice
satisfaction
And you lack those three things.
[scoffs]
[sad instrumental music playing]
Because if you study and listen
to something Baroque at the same time,
your brain kind of expands,
you know what I mean?
Does it only happen with Baroque music?
- [doorbell buzzes]
- Uh
[Oti] Yes?
Ugh. It's my mom.
- What's the problem?
- My mom!
Okay, let's pretend we're studying, okay?
Open books and get some paper
and do something.
[stammers, sighs]
[grunts]
[door opens]
- [door closes]
- [grunting]
- Lluisa, my my mother.
- Hello.
I was just helping Biel study.
What's going on?
Oti [sighs]
your father is very worried.
He just talks about you.
We think you're lost.
And all that because I'm not dating Arnau?
[sighs]
Honey, I can't talk in front of this kid.
- Uh I can just leave.
- No, no, stay.
Mom, he's not my boyfriend,
and besides, he's gay.
- Uh [chuckles]
- [Lluisa sighs]
- You look like you're a good student.
- Oh, yes. [chuckles]
And you, Oti?
She got an A in ethics.
Right, Oti? You got an A.
Did you fail ethics?
Mom, enough.
So you are failing your subjects.
Tell me the truth. Do not lie.
If you want me to help you
with your father
All right. Yes, I failed an exam.
So what, you never failed an exam?
[sighs] I won't tell your father.
But I promise, when next year,
he has to pay your tuition
and he finds out, he'll cut you off,
- for sure.
- Oh, Mom, why don't you just leave?
[sighs] Oh, Oti
Are you really interested in philosophy?
And what about after you graduate?
Hmm?
[amusing instrumental music playing]
[water sloshing]
[indistinct chattering]
[zipper zips]
[lighter clicks]
After so much work with termites
you learned how to behave like one.
- Listen, I didn't mean
- Don't tell me you didn't mean it.
You meant it.
Okay, then yes.
Then own up to it, damn it.
I wanted to save my ass
by unfairly accusing you.
Within you is the bad temper
we all need to survive.
- Sure, I guess so.
- Hmm.
If storks do it, why wouldn't you?
Storks are just mean to their offspring.
Is it tiring to feed three little birds?
Let's throw the weakest one out
and problem solved.
That's what it's all about.
Axel.
[clicks tongue]
You were right.
The Metaphysics class with Silvia Montoliu
is mostly worth it.
She was my student.
I hope you are not planning
to come back to my class
with that fanny pack on you.
[quirky music playing]
[footsteps fading]
Okay, Angel. [grunts]
Yeah, yeah. I'll see you at the Satanassa.
Yeah, don't worry.
I know it's just a meeting.
Yeah, yeah. Bye. Thank you.
[men speaking Russian]
[men speaking Russian]
- They arrived today. They're Russians.
- [men laughing]
Why do tourists always laugh?
At least there's someone laughing,
because here at home
it seems there are many secrets lately.
I'm not stupid.
Alfonso has absolutely
no interest in chess.
[continuous Russian chatter]
[continuous Russian chatter]
He got fined by the tax office.
Seven thousand euros.
He's working over at Rai's now.
He's too ashamed to tell you.
[sighs]
[men laughing]
- [sighing]
- [men speaking Russian]
[men speaking Russian]
[romantic saxophone music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Kevin] Hi there.
Hi, uh, is Angel here?
[Angel] I'm here.
I'm here.
Kevin, get the bill for tables two
and four. Can you do that?
Hello, hello, hello! The Discobolus!
- How are you doing?
- Fine, fine.
Come, time to meet Dino.
- And who's Dino?
- Well, the owner of all of this, honey.
He's going to perform now,
but you'll talk after, okay?
Okay. And, and is he nice or what?
Well, Dino, he is he's quite special.
He might see you
and hire you right away or
Ah, excuse me.
He might talk to you and say:
"I'm not interested."
Okay. Then do me a solid, dude.
Of course.
But first of all,
you need to smile
like you're meeting Walt Disney.
[applause, cheering]
Yes!
[indistinct chatter]
I have seen things
you people wouldn't believe.
I have seen
the attack of a group of macho men
in the seats of an adult movie theatre.
[laughter]
I have seen the rays of the sun
glimmer over Las Ramblas,
near the gates to the Liceu.
[patrons in unison] Oh
And all of those moments
will be lost in time, just like tears
down the drain of some toilet
in Chinatown. [laughs]
Hail, my appendage!
[applause]
Some of you know that my mother
passed just a month ago.
[patrons in unison] Oh
I know there's a rumour
going around Gayland
[people chuckling]
and I'm very glad to disappoint you,
hyenas of Babylon
[laughter]
because it's not true
that I've decided to spend my savings
to clone my mother.
- [laughter]
- No.
No, I'm not Barbra Streisand,
and my mom's not her little dog Sammy.
[laughter, applause]
[cheering]
- Damn, Amy, you are fucking good, dude.
- [laughs]
- I know! And you too!
- Mmm.
I guess we have something in common.
Well, uh, two things, right?
We're both Republicans.
- Are you stupid?
- [Biel] I'm home.
- Okay, okay, sorry.
- [Oti] Hello?
This is exactly the reason why I can't
have an orgasm when I have sex with men.
- Arnau, are you driving Amy crazy already?
- Oh, Oti, shut it!
I'm a Democrat,
but that doesn't mean I can't support
weapons and the Second Amendment.
Well, yeah, if you need us,
we're gonna be in my room
because, uh, I have to explain to her
techniques to study.
[Amy laughing]
[gunshots on video game]
By the way, so, uh
the orgasm thing, are you serious?
Yeah. I don't know.
It's like I freeze around dicks,
you know? [chuckles]
I try, I try, I give it my all, but
I can't climax.
Anyway
[mumbling]
- Come on, shoot!
- Shoot, shoot
Okay, but it's not unusual for a mom
to ask what her kid wants to do.
She wanted to be an asshole,
and she succeeded.
[chuckles] She or you?
Okay.
[sighs] I don't know,
I'm just so sick of my parents.
Plus, they're constantly threatening
to get divorced,
but in the end, they never do!
- Yeah.
- [Oti exhales]
Never mind.
It's just I don't know what I want
but I know how I want to live.
And
how do you wanna live?
[scoffs] Like the majority of people,
I guess.
I don't want to enslave myself working,
you know?
I want a life that's easy and fun.
And now I want to fuck.
[chuckles]
What?
I saw how you looked at me in class.
I think it's time
we touch each other, hmm?
[moaning]
[kisses]
Oti, can I touch your boobs?
And I'll touch your cock.
[both panting]
[panting]
[jazz music playing]
[laughter]
[shushes]
People. I still remember that very day
Dino and I,
we were walking along a back road
in Almendralejo?
Was that 1985?
- Mmm maybe 1984?
- [Penny] That's it!
Then two policemen
arrested us.
- Very handsome.
- Yes, we were lucky.
What?
Because
both the officers were tops!
[laughter]
Dino, um
Sorry to interrupt.
I'd like to introduce you to a friend.
He's a student of philosophy.
- His name's Pol.
- Ah! Last name: "Dancer."
Pole Dancer.
- [laughter]
- Penny, simmer down!
- Hi there.
- [Angel] He came to see your show.
And he wants to be a waiter,
if you ever need another.
He's disciplined, responsible,
good person, smart
Okay, okay, okay.
You must relax,
my young Venezuelan machine gun.
[people chuckling]
Please, take a seat.
Make some room.
Hello, hello.
- Hi.
- Hey there.
- [Dino] So you like to serve drinks, Pol?
- I do.
Do you know how to make cocktails?
But of course.
And how is your Bloody Mary?
It's delicious.
And why does a student of philosophy
want to work at my bar?
Well, if I told you
I really need to make money,
then I'd only be telling you
half the truth.
So tell me the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
I think too much at the university.
- Oh, and here we don't think at all.
- [laughs]
As you can see, one's physique
is not entirely important to work here.
- [groaning]
- Oh, Dino!
But as a study from the University
of Chicago claims that
that contemplation of beauty
causes thirst.
And I'm thirsty.
[chuckles]
Please, stand up.
[Dino]
What are you wearing under your jacket?
- Um, just a t-shirt.
- [Dino] Take off the jacket.
[chuckles]
Go to the bar, and then in
two hours, I'll come see you,
and count how many drinks you've served.
[jazz music playing]
[Dino] Mmm.
[exhales]
Wow, he is so handsome.
[people teasing]
[chuckling]
[melancholic music playing]
[sniffs] Mmm.
[moaning]
[clicking]
[fizzing]
[crackling]
[dog barking]
[Spanish song playing]
[indistinct chatter]
What can I get you?
Hold on! Coming through. Coming through.
Okay, okay. One second.
Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. After you.
- Can I get a tequila, please, sweetheart?
- What do you want?
- Tequila.
- Tequila. Coming right up, no problem.
[indistinct chatter]
Oh, me too!
[music stops]
[grunting]
[exhales]
Don't shave, Pol.
We're missing
the buffalo-hunter type here.
Did I get the job?
[breathes in]
I need to know something before that.
Loyalty is a feeling here
that overcomes ambition.
And honestly,
you look like a bit of a rascal.
You're going to let me down?
I don't like feeling betrayed, kid.
I'm not going to work here.
I guess I'm a traitor.
Today, I betrayed my father.
And a friend, who failed her exam
because of me.
I spend all day pretending
in front of everyone.
Especially in front of the guy
I like most.
And I can't make Bloody Marys.
[breathes heavily]
Just trying to survive here.
[amusing instrumental music playing]
Come with me, kid.
Put four ice cubes
in this cocktail shaker.
Next, add vodka.
[bottle cap popping, clatters]
[vodka sloshing]
Good. Now the blood we weep
Add a little salt
- [salt bottle thumps]
- Five drops of Tabasco
Worcestershire
- [Dino] Enough.
- [Pol] That's enough?
Yep.
And now a little pepper.
Now you shake.
[clattering]
Hey, whoa, slow down, kid.
You gotta take it easy.
As if Zeus himself sat in front of you
and you were massaging his balls.
[ice slowly clattering]
Now you serve.
[glass thumps]
[music continues playing]
[closet door opens]
- [closet door closes]
- [keys jingle]
- You're closing up.
- Me?
So that you know that I trust you.
[clatters]
"Pol". I don't like that.
I'll call you
Apollo.
[majestic music plays]
[Spanish music playing]
[music ends]