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My dear son Luca.

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A while ago,
here in our house in Paris...

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...your mother received a message
from Cuba...

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...saying that your uncle Ezequiel
had been arrested.

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And that he was sentenced
to six years in prison...

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...for selling his own cow.

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I saw how the message made
your mother angry and sad.

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And at that moment I knew...

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...that as a Dutch father...

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...I could never explain to you
what had happened.

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And I realised...

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...that if you really want to understand
your motherland...

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...you need to know the story
of your uncle Ezequiel.

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That's why we'll travel to
the heart of the Cuban countryside.

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So we can start your education.

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So you will be able to
say one day:

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'I will be part of this world.'

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Mum, do you think...

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...that we will get in trouble
if we talk about Ezequiel's case?

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No, I don't think so.

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But, well...

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You're making a film about our family
and this is a family problem.

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Just make sure you don't talk
about the place where he's being held.

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Don't dig up the reason
for his sentence.

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Don't tell anyone
how many years he has to serve.

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Don't claim that he's innocent
and should be released.

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You can talk about this issue
as long as you keep it superficial.

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You're intelligent.
You tell me if I'm right or wrong.

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No, I just wanted to get your opinion.

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This is Radio Havana, Cuba.

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Broadcasting from Cuba.

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A free state in the Americas.

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Before we travel to Sibanicú...

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...your mother will take you
the house of Aidita.

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Nurse.

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Member of the Communist Party.

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But first and foremost...

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...your grandmother.

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We're here.

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Good evening.

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My beautiful boy.

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Grandma!

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Dear grandson.

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We have always been country folk.

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During a very difficult period...

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...my father, your great-grandfather
who is no longer with us...

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...decided, together with your uncle Ezequiel,
to buy a farm and a piece of land.

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And leave the village,
in order to help the family...

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...and feed us.

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On a stretch of land called 'Paso Diez'.

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And even though it doesn’t
appear on any map...

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...it exists.

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And thanks to that farm and that land...

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...they were able to keep animals
and support the family.

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Animals like goats, sheep, turkeys...

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...as well as cows.

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Luca is asleep.

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Belga.

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Why are you so angry
at this country?

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Angry?

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Yes, rage.

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Impotence.

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Impotence.

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Explain what you mean
to these two Dutch guys.

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It's universal.

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If you are impotent, you become...

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...bitter.

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Impotence.
You're unable to do anything.

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You never know how things will turn out.

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Nothing depends on your decision.

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You have an idea,
but to achieve what you expect...

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...is an adventure.

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My son Luca.

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I'm trying to figure out
where I should start.

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But there is no way
to tell the story of your uncle Ezequiel...

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...without telling you my own.

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When I was 21 years old,
I crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Paris.

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To study...

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...and in search of a brighter future.

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But here, Luca,
in the village of Sibanicú...

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...so far from the sea
it's almost unimaginable.

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Here, where the roads
are dusty...

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...and where on the plains
only thorn bushes grow.

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Here, where your family lives.

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I keep my best childhood memories.

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What will we find there now?

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What will happen now during the film,
is that...

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...we're talking about personal things
with the family...

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...and I don't want them to see me
or Salvador as intruders.

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I will tell everyone:
Share what you want to share...

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- Or say nothing.

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Tell me: ‘I don't want to talk about it.’
Or tell me what you think.

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But not as intruders who come
to the village to ask questions...

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...about very personal
and private things.

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Also, I'm afraid there will be
a big fight...

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...because we're bringing things
out of the dark into the light.

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Maybe it's because everyone has
that fear inside them.

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In the family.

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That when they talk openly
about the subject...

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...knowing they are being filmed.

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Because that can have
many consequences.

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You can lose your job
or Party membership.

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You might pay a high price,
because that's how the regime works.

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Aidita.

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I heard someone in the family say
about you and your brother:

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'Aidita and Ezequiel are
two beasts with clothes on.'

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I don't think it was an insult...

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...but apparently you do look alike.

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Is that why Belga takes Ezequiel's case
so personally?

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Because you, her mother,
look so much like Ezequiel.

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Could be.

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Do you look a lot like your brother?

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Yes, it's true.

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Sometimes people call us a bit crazy...

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...or savages.

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No. We have studied.
We have jobs.

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But it seems it's a very specific
characteristic of ours.

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And because we come from
the same parents, we look alike...

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...except that he's white
and I'm more black.

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But we have the same parents
and the same strength.

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By strength I mean our spirit.
We are hot-blooded.

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And sometimes that's good,
and sometimes it's bad.

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In the end, it's bad...

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...because Ezequiel wanted a different life
for himself.

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More prosperous.

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Things didn't work out for him.

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Everybody makes mistakes,
and that's where...

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...Ezequiel lost himself.

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I declare...

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...that this year we will
start exporting cows.

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What a surprise for the imperialists.

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Because the moment our first cow
will arrive in Europe...

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...orders will start pouring in.

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Meat is a product
that is in such high demand...

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...that you may as well call it
'red gold'.

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You have 'black gold', which is oil.

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Well, beef is 'red gold'.

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You could say we have
already assured the market.

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Luca...

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When Columbus first set foot
on Cuban soil, he said:

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'This is the most beautiful land
eyes have ever seen.'

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And maybe he was right.

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But there's a difference
between someone who sees the land...

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...and someone who works the land.

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Let me try to explain it to you.

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'Cuba is a free country.'

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That's what they say.

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But the technical department
of the Security Police...

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...is still called Department K.

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Yes. The K of Kafka.

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And a horse is still considered
as a transport of war...

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...and the people as soldiers.

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But without rifles.

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And the farmers have to raise
their cows...

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...but they cannot eat their meat.

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This is your Uncle Jorge and his
most loyal friend in the world...

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...his horse Caminante.

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Uncle Jorge, tell me about the family,
the Quiros.

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The Quiros originally came
from Santiago de Cuba.

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They call us 'The Quiros'
because of our father's name, Quiro.

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And we came to this place
to unite the family.

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Uncle Armando got here first
and the rest of us moved here later on.

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The family was dispersed
and now we are united.

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We are the real 'Quiros'.

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And the family is getting bigger.
-Yes, it's growing.

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How's Ezequiel doing?
-He's fine.

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Is he strong?

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Very strong. Stronger than us.

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Could it have happened to you, Uncle?

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It could have happened to anyone
in the family. Anyone.

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Do you feel ashamed
that your brother is in prison?

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It depends...

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...sometimes I am, sometimes I'm not.

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Is it just or unjust?

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Unjust. It's unjust.

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Why?

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Because the law didn't work
how it's supposed to.

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He didn't bribe anyone,
he didn't embezzle any money.

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He just pays the price
of being a farmer.

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In front of you...

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...about thirty minutes on horseback
from the village...

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...you will find the farm
of your uncle Ezequiel.

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Twelve years ago he came here,
together with your great-grandfather...

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...trying to improve the life of the family.

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Do you have a license
to drive that carriage?

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I got permission.
-No, you need a license here.

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I'll show you my ID card with the permit.

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And this is Marisol.

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Wife of Ezequiel and his devoted lover.

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She lives on the farm
with Ezequiel's mother...

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...but every day, relatives drop in
to help them.

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She is very happy to meet you...

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...because she's your aunt.

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Marisol, when did you find out
that your husband was in trouble?

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It happened on a weekend.

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He went to the village.
It was Jorgito's birthday.

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I made him a list:

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Bring back vinegar, salad, soda...

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...and I had written:
'Dont stay away too long.'

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And he never came back.

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He had been arrested.

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Did you cry?
-I cried and cried and cried.

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I didn't know how to go on.
They had to give me pills...

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...because I kept shaking like crazy...

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...until they found me some pills.

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But wait...

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...Ezequiel's cows are actually
government property.

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And during the trial, he was accused
of illegally selling state property?

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Well...

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...that was...

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...that was a trial...

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...where they couldn't prove a thing.

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He was sentenced to six years
without any proof.

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Because Ezequiel is the farmer
who sells the cows.

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You follow?

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He has been accused
as an accomplice to fraud.

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For example:

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They said that Ezequiel sold
a 500-kilo cow to the abattoir...

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...that only weighed 50 kilos.

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However, he was paid
for a 500-kilo animal.

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And they arrested Ezequiel
to make an example of him.

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What does that mean?

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It means...

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...he was made an example
to prevent others from doing the same.

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And do you trust my uncle?

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Completely.

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Ezequiel doesn't get involved
in things like that.

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If you can be sure
about one thing...

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...it's that Ezequiel is innocent.

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Do they still sell beef
on the black market?

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Yes, on order.

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How much per order?
-100 pesos, now.

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Two kilos for 100 pesos.

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Listen, and I'm not exaggerating...

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...just listen to what I've got to say.

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Just listen to what I've got to say.

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In a 300-kilometre radius.
Listen carefully.

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In a 300-kilometre radius
of our village Sibanicú...

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...they didn’t slaughter a cow
in the last eight months.

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Uncle, listen...

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Not a single one.

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If you kill a cow here,
they'll catch you within three days.

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This is Quirito.

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Widower.

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:06.440
Father of two sons.

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Cockfight player.

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The oldest of the siblings.

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But above all...

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:15.000
...your uncle.

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When my brothers and sisters
were young...

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...I was the leader of my family.

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My parents counted on me.

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Because I'm the oldest of the gang.

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'Quiri, I need this.
Quiri, what do you think of this?'

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Marriage problems, problems at work,
health problems.

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Whatever the problem was.

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They came to see me.

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And now, Quirito?
-What?

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:06.800
Now you work for your youngest brother?
-Sure, why not?

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.880
I help my brother.

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Do they know
that we're talking about that?

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:14.920
The whole day.

00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:20.440
Day and night.
With all the work I have to do.

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Too much work.

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:27.920
You wake up early
to milk the cows.

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Then you continue
working the fields.

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:35.200
Release the animals at dawn
and get them back in at dusk.

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:40.240
It just goes on and on.

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:44.240
That's why the day feels long…

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:47.480
...and hard.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:56.320
Besides the hard work,
do you consider yourself a free man?

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:58.680
Yes, yes.

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Besides the responsibility
for my family…

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:05.920
...and respecting that.

00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:08.400
Apart from that
I feel like a free man.

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:12.600
Because when it comes to freedom...

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:17.400
...it tastes sweeter here in Cuba
than in other countries. For sure.

00:27:17.520 --> 00:27:22.800
Here in Cuba,
freedom is wonderful.

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:27.600
Freedom here is beautiful.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:30.920
Really.
You can walk wherever you want.

00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:32.920
Wherever you want to go...

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.120
...as long as you stay
on the right path.

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:47.600
Come darling, come Luca.

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:53.080
My little nephew.

00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.000
To understand something about my work...

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:02.840
...and about what happened
to your uncle Ezequiel.

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:08.040
First, you need to learn something
about it’s history.

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:30.600
A long time ago...

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.720
...the cattle industry in Cuba
was thriving.

00:28:43.760 --> 00:28:47.680
Before the revolution
there was a cow for every citizen.

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:54.000
But after the war
and the triumph of the revolution...

00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.320
...everything needed to be rebuilt.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:16.320
And priority was to make the
cow industry the best of the world.

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:31.880
In the 70s they built huge farms
with thousands of cows.

00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:45.640
If you combine red and black genes,
you'll get a black animal.

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:51.920
But if you combine a red gene
with a black animal...

00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:55.520
...then something very interesting happens.

00:29:57.560 --> 00:30:01.240
And in 1980, Fidel Castro assured...

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:06.480
...that Cuba would soon produce
more meat and milk than the Netherlands.

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:14.360
To achieve this, they started
to genetically modify the cows.

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:17.360
To create a superior breed.

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:23.480
But with the passing of time...

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:28.040
...it turned out that these cows
weren't resistant to the Cuban climate.

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:31.320
And they died one by one.

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:39.320
The red gene in combination
with the Cuban climate...

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:43.760
...makes the cows more resistant
and adapted to the heat.

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.800
We installed air conditioning
inside the stables...

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:54.920
...with a technology where
only their heads are cooled.

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:08.520
To protect the few remaining cows...

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:12.800
...the government came up with a law...

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:16.560
...against the illegal killing
and selling of cows.

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:20.880
Which allowed for punishments
to be given up to...

00:31:21.280 --> 00:31:24.760
...a twenty-year prison sentence.

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:48.360
Run, run, I'm going to get you.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:58.800
Here, in this rough world...

00:31:59.080 --> 00:32:02.400
...where the days are long and hot...

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:07.120
...your cousin Lili
firmly holds her ground.

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:11.760
She is the daughter of Ezequiel
and Marisol and she's 26 years old.

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:16.640
She lives in the village with her boyfriend
and studies to become a teacher.

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:21.960
But now, with her dad not around...

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:27.400
...she goes to the farm every day
to take care of the animals.

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:32.200
You don't have any neighbours?
-No, only plains.

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:35.360
The nearest neighbour lives there,
about...

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:39.280
How many kilometres?
-Not even a kilometre...

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:42.160
...but if we die, nobody would notice.

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:48.400
So all this land is in your name?
You are the owner?

00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:51.600
Yes. Officially, everything is in my name.

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:55.360
Because of the problem with my uncle.
-Yes.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:58.400
You don't grow crops?
-Not right now.

00:32:58.520 --> 00:33:02.400
But we will, because we
have new animals coming.

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:09.600
So we will plant cassava and bananas,
to feed the animals and ourselves.

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:14.920
That takes six months,
and then what?

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:21.000
I don't know.
Maybe take a month off work.

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:25.000
Can you just take a month off?
-Of course I can.

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:29.080
I told my parents:
Let's spend a weekend...

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.800
...in a hotel and just enjoy life.

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:34.080
A tourist hotel, all-inclusive?
-Yes.

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:37.320
But after my Uncle's release, right?

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.720
God willing, my uncle will be...

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:42.000
I mean, my dad...

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:44.880
...will be released next year.

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.760
The sentence is six years,
but he has no criminal record.

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.720
That he will be released on probation?
-Yes, indeed.

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:55.920
But you just don't know.

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:59.240
Isn't it too much responsibility...

00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:03.200
...with the farm and all the animals
in your name?

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:07.000
Sometimes it gives me a headache.
My hair is falling out.

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:09.480
Because when I get checked...

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.840
...and there's a cow missing.

00:34:12.040 --> 00:34:14.440
Because sometimes they don't
return from the fields.

00:34:15.040 --> 00:34:16.840
'Oh god, they haven't come back.'

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:18.720
And I will go out and look for them.

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:23.600
Sometimes my boyfriend and I
Spend all night looking for the cows.

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:26.000
Because somebody may take them
and kill them.

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:28.080
That's another risk.

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:32.880
And you are graduating next week?

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:35.720
Yes, and then I'll be a teacher.

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:43.280
In front of the class
you have a strategy, a program...

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:47.320
...which should motivate the students.

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:53.000
So the activity you're going to present...

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:58.200
...comes from a process of teaching
and learning...

00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:01.600
...and...
-And what?

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:07.200
A pedagogical solution based on research.
-That's it.

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:11.000
That's the correct answer.

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:14.560
Yes, I already lost my mind.

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:21.400
Luckily, I told my dad
before he went to jail:

00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:24.280
'Old man, don't get mad
if I fail my exam.'

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:26.200
And what did he say?

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:30.440
'Darling, this is already more
than I ever expected from you.'

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:38.520
Good morning, students.

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:42.440
We are here to learn
a lesson on my farm.

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:47.000
To show you what is allowed
and what is not allowed.

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:51.120
We can keep several kinds of animals:

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:55.000
Sheep, goats, turkeys...

00:35:55.120 --> 00:36:00.080
...cows, calves, horses and pigs.

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:07.760
But what happens...

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.320
Silence! I'm explaining here.

00:36:11.560 --> 00:36:17.880
A part of your animals will
always remain state property.

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:21.680
The horses and the cows.

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:27.600
They never become ours
and we can't eat them.

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:29.880
Because we give
the milk to the state...

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:34.760
...for the children, the elderly,
and pregnant women to consume.

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:41.680
We can be punished
for selling or slaughtering them.

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:44.040
Like...

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:49.160
...getting a fine or going to prison.

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:59.840
Radio Reloj reports: 'Ubre Blanca'
produced 93.5 litres of milk.

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:02.600
Radio Reloj repeats:

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:06.800
The famous cow 'Ubre Blanca'
sets a new milk record...

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:10.640
...by producing 93.5 litres on 28 July.

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:18.440
I have some good news to add.

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:21.800
Great news, even.

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:27.440
Yesterday, 'Ubre Blanca' produced:

00:37:27.560 --> 00:37:32.000
89.9 litres of milk.

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:43.600
Setting a new and extraordinary record.

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:28.560
Aunty, this is your work,
the day care.

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:30.400
This is my day care.

00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:35.000
I still work in the same place
where you used to go.

00:38:35.120 --> 00:38:38.600
I stay there because I like
the little ones.

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:44.400
This is the preschool
of your aunt Nubia.

00:38:44.520 --> 00:38:49.560
Here, you can play
and learn new things.

00:38:53.040 --> 00:38:56.440
Nubia, with her infinite energy...

00:38:56.560 --> 00:39:00.080
...helps to raise all the
children in the village.

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:04.320
But despite that you
won't notice it today...

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:09.400
...Nubia carries a great sorrow within.

00:39:13.560 --> 00:39:18.440
Do the children know they're in Cuba
and that they're Cuban?

00:39:18.560 --> 00:39:21.840
Yes, we teach them
about the flag.

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:27.760
About Cuba, that their village is called
Sibanicú, the province of Camagüey.

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:31.480
You have to talk about that
from a very young age.

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:37.040
And do you teach them about
Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, José Martí?

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:39.760
Because the bust of Martí
is placed in every entrance.

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:45.840
Everywhere, everywhere.
Every day we talk about José Martí.

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:52.680
Luca, let go of the toys.

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:55.200
I remember a line from Martí:

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:58.800
'Being educated is the only way
to be free.'

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:03.880
As a teacher who knows about Martí,
do you feel you're a free person?

00:40:06.040 --> 00:40:07.240
No.

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:09.000
No.

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:13.000
So...

00:40:13.120 --> 00:40:14.800
Being free...

00:40:15.520 --> 00:40:18.000
I don't know how to explain it.

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:20.360
Because I don't have
power over myself.

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.360
At work,
somebody is in charge of me.

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.160
At home...

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:28.840
...my husband.

00:40:30.120 --> 00:40:33.760
How do you explain
the concept of freedom to a child?

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.000
Well, to the little ones,
you can't.

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:40.760
But to the bigger ones, you can.

00:40:41.120 --> 00:40:44.040
They have to recite José Martí's poetry.

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:47.840
Memorise his poem 'The Pink Shoes'.

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:54.880
I also remember 'The Pink Shoes'.

00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:01.240
But now I understand, Luca...

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.960
...that the poem and the writer
weren't important.

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.800
The only thing of importance...

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:15.640
...was learn to be obedient.

00:41:30.040 --> 00:41:32.720
I don't want to sound too negative...

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:35.960
...but something strange happens to me
in Cuba.

00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:42.240
They say there's no danger in Cuba
and that people can feel safe.

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:45.760
But the paradox is...

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:49.920
...that I feel afraid in Cuba.

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:55.400
Because they raised me with fear.

00:41:58.840 --> 00:42:01.960
They planted the fear inside of me.

00:42:04.600 --> 00:42:08.240
And I hope you will never feel
the way I do.

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:16.720
Because even though everything seems
nice and quiet...

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:19.800
...and like a pleasant sensation.

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:24.880
I never feel comfortable here.
Never.

00:42:34.160 --> 00:42:36.960
When it happened
with my brother Ezequiel...

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:40.560
...it made a big impression on me.

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:42.160
I went crazy.

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:46.920
Insane, like someone
in a mental hospital.

00:42:47.040 --> 00:42:49.080
I suffered a lot...

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:54.320
...but I told my brothers and sisters.

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:56.480
We have to unite...

00:42:56.800 --> 00:43:02.440
...to support him
and help our brother Ezequiel.

00:43:02.560 --> 00:43:05.440
I went to the place where he was held...

00:43:05.560 --> 00:43:09.120
...and asked for a briefing
from the chief of police.

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:11.840
I said: Officer, we need an explanation...

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:15.480
...because you've held my brother
here for five days...

00:43:15.600 --> 00:43:19.320
...and we only found out today
that he was in here.

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:23.600
We want to know
what my brother has done.'

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:30.200
Because we were sure
that he was innocent.

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:42.560
I will tell you more.

00:43:43.560 --> 00:43:45.800
I will tell you something.

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:50.600
Because things happened in this family
that shouldn't have happened.

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:56.120
Your aunt Nubia is very sweet.
Nubia is divine.

00:43:56.240 --> 00:44:01.200
But Nubia screwed us over
in a terrible way.

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:03.200
Because, listen.

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.400
Ezequiel had been arrested.

00:44:05.520 --> 00:44:11.200
Nubia did it because she was convinced
she was doing the right thing.

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:13.920
But sometimes you think
you do good...

00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:16.480
...while doing the complete opposite.

00:44:16.600 --> 00:44:20.320
She wanted to speak to the chief of police.

00:44:21.520 --> 00:44:23.080
And she went.

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:27.640
At that moment the following
persons were present:

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:34.880
The chief of the Secret Police
just standing there.

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:37.200
The commander of police.

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.000
Some other police delegate.

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:44.440
And they took Nubia...

00:44:46.520 --> 00:44:50.600
...to the room where Ezequiel
was being held.

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:53.600
Of course, it was a setup.

00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:01.200
They told her to tell him:

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:05.400
'Ezequiel, just confess what you did.
Do it for our mother.'

00:45:05.520 --> 00:45:09.240
Hoping he would tell everything.

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:12.440
Ezequiel was quick...

00:45:12.640 --> 00:45:15.000
...and understood what was happening.

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:19.760
When he realised that Nubia
had been instructed, he said:

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:26.680
'Nubia, I don't need anything.
Let me be, just go away.'

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:32.280
Well, so...

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:37.680
...they took advantage of Nubia's naivety
to obtain information from Ezequiel.

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:43.160
Exactly, but listen
to what I'm about to say.

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:44.680
Listen.

00:45:45.720 --> 00:45:51.280
Sometimes it helps to talk.

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:56.280
But sometimes it's better to be quiet.

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:35.680
A storm is coming.

00:46:37.240 --> 00:46:39.600
We have to pass through here.

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:59.360
Salva, I lived here for over thirty years.

00:46:59.680 --> 00:47:01.560
Thirty years.

00:47:03.120 --> 00:47:07.600
We lived here with our children.
We were happy.

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:10.160
We were happy.

00:47:12.120 --> 00:47:16.600
I would love to live here,
you hear me?

00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:19.800
Why don't you live here anymore?

00:47:21.520 --> 00:47:23.600
Because of my misfortune.

00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:26.880
The death of my wife Noema.

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:35.520
My wife's death crushed me so much...

00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:40.120
...that I had to cry when
I looked at my children.

00:47:40.240 --> 00:47:42.680
To imagine and know...

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:45.960
...that they would never forget it.

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:50.120
Because when you're grown
and your mother is alive...

00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:52.840
...you can take care of her.

00:47:53.640 --> 00:47:55.520
They miss her.

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:59.760
'I want to be with my mother.
I want to talk to my mother.'

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:01.720
Like when my mother
embraces me...

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:03.680
...or gives me a kiss.

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:06.200
That's wonderful.

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:13.400
What does Salva want?
What happened with the accident?

00:48:20.120 --> 00:48:21.520
Luca.

00:48:24.560 --> 00:48:27.520
That day, we went to our new farm.

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:33.520
We went for the first time
to get to know the place.

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:43.600
But I wasn't happy with the place.

00:48:44.120 --> 00:48:45.920
I didn't like it.

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:48.800
The soil was no good...

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:52.200
...overgrown by thorn bushes.

00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:59.120
But still, we went.

00:49:01.080 --> 00:49:04.120
And on our way back to the village...

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:06.960
...the carriage broke.

00:49:08.240 --> 00:49:11.080
The metal rod hit the horse...

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:15.720
...and the horse got scared
and went wild.

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:22.560
She fell off when we hit a pothole.

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:27.800
She got a blow to her head.

00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:34.720
The fracture ruptured
the veins going to her head.

00:49:37.520 --> 00:49:40.880
And then it was over.
She was braindead.

00:49:44.120 --> 00:49:49.560
And there ended the happiness
of Quirito and his children.

00:49:51.040 --> 00:49:52.600
Just so you know.

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:06.040
Don't worry about what others say.

00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:10.760
Nor about other people's lives.
Someone else's life.

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:15.320
Watch your close ones, your family.

00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:19.400
Hey, you're sleepy.

00:52:15.640 --> 00:52:19.000
The thunder is harmless.

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:30.120
Chilly.
-Are you cold?

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:39.880
And this is Aida.

00:52:40.680 --> 00:52:42.840
Mother of eight children.

00:52:44.600 --> 00:52:46.840
Illiterate.

00:52:47.440 --> 00:52:49.640
Jehovah's Witness.

00:52:51.240 --> 00:52:56.440
But above all, the sweetest
great-grandmother you could wish for.

00:53:15.200 --> 00:53:18.280
The cows always pass here?
-Yes.

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:25.000
Should we walk back through that field?

00:53:25.200 --> 00:53:28.240
-No, it's full of thorn bushes.

00:53:30.640 --> 00:53:34.800
Your religion imposes rules on you, right?
-Yes.

00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:40.600
But those rules don't coincide
with the rules of the government.

00:53:40.720 --> 00:53:46.040
Do you believe that God thinks
it's justified that your son in jail.

00:53:46.160 --> 00:53:49.960
Yes. He allows it.
-Why?

00:53:50.080 --> 00:53:54.520
Because God says
you can't do anything...

00:53:55.200 --> 00:53:57.160
...sinful.

00:53:58.440 --> 00:54:01.400
Do you think your son is guilty?

00:54:03.320 --> 00:54:08.720
Belguita, they don't sentence someone
to six years in prison for nothing.

00:54:08.840 --> 00:54:11.360
So you think the rules...

00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:13.800
...that condemned your son
are justified?

00:54:13.920 --> 00:54:16.960
Yes. Because if he didn't do anything...

00:54:17.080 --> 00:54:20.440
...they would have investigated
and see he's innocent.

00:54:20.560 --> 00:54:23.880
He said:
'I'll be released because I'm innocent.'

00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:25.960
I believed him.

00:54:26.080 --> 00:54:32.360
But do you really think this government
punishes someone who's innocent?

00:54:34.760 --> 00:54:36.640
What do you think?

00:54:37.840 --> 00:54:43.360
I think he was convicted
for breaking the rules.

00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:45.800
He broke the rules.

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:48.640
Do you think the rules are fair
or unfair?

00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:50.800
-They are fair.

00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:57.040
Do you feel shame?
-No, because...

00:54:57.160 --> 00:54:59.760
...try to imagine.
It's too much.

00:54:59.960 --> 00:55:02.360
It's my child.

00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:09.280
I'll visit and help him any way I can.

00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:10.720
But, well.

00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:13.520
That's just the way it is, darling.

00:55:14.520 --> 00:55:15.800
He's my child.

00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:18.920
And for your children
you should do...

00:55:19.120 --> 00:55:21.600
...whatever is needed.

00:55:22.240 --> 00:55:24.760
And forgive them.

00:55:25.040 --> 00:55:29.720
Don't you think he regrets
being locked up?

00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:33.440
You should ask him.

00:55:33.600 --> 00:55:39.200
No. As if he would answer:

00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:42.240
'Oh, I regret it so much.'

00:56:36.880 --> 00:56:40.720
How are you, Uncle Ezequiel?
How do you feel?

00:56:42.080 --> 00:56:46.680
It's very rough and there are moments...

00:56:48.520 --> 00:56:52.400
...you lose your calm and patience.

00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:56.520
But I need to keep calm and patient.

00:56:56.640 --> 00:57:00.920
Or else nothing is going to work out.

00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:06.160
It's all a matter of work and sacrifice.

00:57:06.280 --> 00:57:09.760
As well as a lot of patience.

00:57:09.880 --> 00:57:16.840
It's the same way
when a crop fails or an animal dies.

00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:24.240
You have to persevere in order
to recover what has been lost.

00:57:40.040 --> 00:57:42.360
Belga.
-Yes?

00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:47.360
Are you worried the film will have
consequences?

00:57:49.520 --> 00:57:51.600
Regarding the family?

00:57:51.800 --> 00:57:53.560
Yes.

00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:57.640
No.

00:57:57.760 --> 00:58:00.520
Not within the family.

00:58:00.640 --> 00:58:02.680
But maybe...

00:58:03.120 --> 00:58:07.480
...for them it will, at some point.

00:58:10.680 --> 00:58:12.920
So why...

00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:18.680
...do we keep on going then?

00:58:20.200 --> 00:58:22.920
It's a risk. It depends...

00:58:23.120 --> 00:58:26.240
No, no.
What I mean, is...

00:58:26.560 --> 00:58:31.760
...why is it so important
to continue telling this story?

00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:39.920
Because I believe...

00:58:42.080 --> 00:58:45.240
...that telling this story to Luca is...

00:58:45.600 --> 00:58:48.600
...a way of giving recognition.

00:58:50.560 --> 00:58:55.160
It's not about justice or injustice,
rather it's about...

00:58:59.640 --> 00:59:03.680
...about showing their lives and struggle.

00:59:05.160 --> 00:59:06.600
That's why.

00:59:15.560 --> 00:59:17.400
Dear Luca.

00:59:19.080 --> 00:59:23.160
I've been looking
for some kind of explanation.

00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:27.560
And I have found out that Sibanicú...

00:59:28.840 --> 00:59:34.560
...which means 'river of stones'
in the language of the natives...

00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:39.400
...is only mentioned twice in history.

00:59:42.720 --> 00:59:46.640
The first time was in 1513...

00:59:47.720 --> 00:59:51.720
...in the diary of a monk called
Bartolomé de Las Casas.

00:59:53.800 --> 00:59:56.560
Where he described...

00:59:58.120 --> 01:00:02.840
...how the natives showed
the Spanish soldiers...

01:00:05.280 --> 01:00:10.760
...how to sharpen their swords
using the stones in the riverbed.

01:00:12.320 --> 01:00:15.440
But without knowing
that a bit later...

01:00:16.560 --> 01:00:20.840
...they would be slaughtered
with those same swords.

01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:29.440
The second time this place
was mentioned, was 100 years later.

01:00:33.280 --> 01:00:36.960
When a farmer called Francisco Daca.

01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:41.040
Registered a piece of land here.

01:00:41.880 --> 01:00:46.680
And the only thing he wrote
on the sales document was:

01:00:49.400 --> 01:00:54.040
'A piece of land to keep my cows.'

01:00:56.200 --> 01:00:59.360
So when you are here, Luca...

01:01:00.720 --> 01:01:04.920
...don't be surprised
when you get the strange feeling...

01:01:07.680 --> 01:01:14.160
...that past and present seem to intertwine.

01:01:42.080 --> 01:01:45.360
Today we will return to the city.

01:01:46.200 --> 01:01:48.480
But just as we're about to leave...

01:01:48.640 --> 01:01:52.440
...your Uncle Jorge
and his horse Caminante arrive.

01:01:55.120 --> 01:01:58.440
Jorge insisted on showing you
the place...

01:01:58.560 --> 01:02:01.800
...where he grew up with his siblings.

01:02:03.960 --> 01:02:10.160
As if that place was
the missing piece of the puzzle.

01:02:12.920 --> 01:02:16.200
This is Castellano.

01:02:16.320 --> 01:02:20.400
This is a new entrance.
The old one was over there.

01:02:22.080 --> 01:02:25.520
This was a cow company
owned by the state.

01:02:26.160 --> 01:02:30.840
There used to be houses here,
a village built for the workers.

01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:37.960
How many cows were here?
-Cows? Nearly 200.

01:02:40.480 --> 01:02:43.120
Daddy was the chief of
the cow company.

01:02:44.000 --> 01:02:47.200
My grandfather was chief
of a cow company?!

01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:52.200
We had wealth here.
Life was good.

01:02:53.560 --> 01:02:58.960
We used a rope to lower
the bucket into the river.

01:02:59.080 --> 01:03:01.360
A good system.

01:03:01.480 --> 01:03:06.920
This entire hill was clean.
Now you can hardly get through anymore.

01:03:07.040 --> 01:03:09.480
Look at all the trees.

01:03:12.280 --> 01:03:15.200
There always used to be water
in this river.

01:03:15.320 --> 01:03:18.760
It would flow with great force...

01:03:18.880 --> 01:03:21.680
What happened? Drought?
-Yes, drought.

01:03:21.920 --> 01:03:24.400
The drought of life.

01:03:24.680 --> 01:03:26.800
The years...

01:03:26.920 --> 01:03:31.080
Man los his chance with nature.
Destroyed it.

01:03:34.080 --> 01:03:36.840
What happened to the cow company?

01:03:37.240 --> 01:03:42.240
It was closed down,
because this country is a disaster.

01:03:42.360 --> 01:03:46.520
This land is barbaric.
Everything has been destroyed.

01:03:49.200 --> 01:03:50.600
Come. Don't go near the horse.

01:03:50.840 --> 01:03:52.400
Luca, no!

01:03:53.160 --> 01:03:55.160
The horse will kick you.

01:04:09.160 --> 01:04:11.280
Wait here, Caminante.

01:04:12.680 --> 01:04:16.680
Wait for Uncle Jorge, Mum.

01:04:16.800 --> 01:04:19.720
The horse has to wait as well.
-Yes.

01:04:19.840 --> 01:04:22.440
What's the name of Uncle's horse?

01:04:22.640 --> 01:04:24.840
-What's its name?

01:04:27.680 --> 01:04:30.320
-Caminante!

01:04:30.680 --> 01:04:32.640
He remembered.

01:04:53.320 --> 01:04:56.680
'Red Gold.'

01:04:57.600 --> 01:05:03.600
Since ancient times,
cows have been important to man.

01:05:05.200 --> 01:05:09.280
Today, our technology
allow us...

01:05:09.400 --> 01:05:13.280
...to keep cows on a large scale.

01:05:13.400 --> 01:05:16.760
What is 'intensive cattle farming'?

01:05:16.880 --> 01:05:20.960
Stables with shade,
where cows are protected from the sun.

01:05:24.800 --> 01:05:28.680
Large numbers of cows
on huge stretches of land.

01:05:28.800 --> 01:05:33.400
Without a doubt,
man took a giant step forward.

01:05:33.520 --> 01:05:37.120
Man ruled over the 'red gold'.

01:05:47.040 --> 01:05:51.640
Mum, why do you think
Ezequiel did what he did?

01:05:52.440 --> 01:05:55.200
Because of the temptation of money.

01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:04.520
It's difficult, because...

01:06:04.800 --> 01:06:09.560
...I understand that as a farmer
he's looking for a way...

01:06:09.680 --> 01:06:13.360
...to improve his farm
and the condition of his animals.

01:06:13.480 --> 01:06:15.520
Maybe that was his intention...

01:06:15.720 --> 01:06:18.320
What do you mean by temptation?

01:06:18.520 --> 01:06:24.040
Temptation of money means
to enrich yourself...

01:06:24.160 --> 01:06:26.640
...for the sole purpose of pleasure.

01:06:26.760 --> 01:06:31.480
What do you mean by pleasure?
Is he just partying?

01:06:31.600 --> 01:06:35.000
Pleasure, like taking trips to the beach.

01:06:35.120 --> 01:06:38.800
But that's his vacation.
A farmer can't go on vacation?

01:06:38.920 --> 01:06:41.200
Of course he can.

01:06:42.160 --> 01:06:46.360
I also think the government
can be very harsh.

01:06:47.040 --> 01:06:48.320
It hurts me...

01:06:48.840 --> 01:06:53.480
...because when the government
finds out they're being cheated...

01:06:53.600 --> 01:06:55.600
...they'll punish you severely.

01:06:56.240 --> 01:06:58.200
But mom, you're contradicting yourself.

01:06:58.480 --> 01:07:04.120
I don't understand your point of view
as his sister nor as a citizen.

01:07:04.240 --> 01:07:10.280
You have to survive
the same conditions of this country.

01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:13.240
You say he was tempted by money.

01:07:13.360 --> 01:07:17.520
But you also admit
that working conditions are minimal...

01:07:17.640 --> 01:07:22.240
...and he can only slowly progress
as a farmer.

01:07:22.360 --> 01:07:28.600
Whether he does it illegally or legally.

01:07:28.720 --> 01:07:33.280
So I don't understand
your position and opinion.

01:07:33.400 --> 01:07:38.480
You speak of temptation of money.
But what is temptation?

01:07:38.600 --> 01:07:41.120
I've already tried to explain...

01:08:43.760 --> 01:08:47.840
Belga, what they're doing now
with first-time offenders...

01:08:48.080 --> 01:08:50.400
...who are showing good behavior.

01:08:50.840 --> 01:08:54.120
Is that they will review
their case.

01:08:54.440 --> 01:09:00.160
They filed a request
with the Prison Commission...

01:09:00.280 --> 01:09:02.800
...to write an evaluation about him.

01:09:03.320 --> 01:09:06.720
Which will be sent
to the national court...

01:09:06.840 --> 01:09:09.080
...to reconsider his prison sentence.

01:09:09.320 --> 01:09:14.320
And they might release
him on probation...

01:09:14.600 --> 01:09:17.680
...before the end of his prison sentence.

01:09:18.680 --> 01:09:24.320
So possibly he'll be released
within the following months.

01:10:50.120 --> 01:10:53.720
And Luca, this is Ezequiel.

01:10:55.680 --> 01:10:57.480
Owner of the farm.

01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:00.560
'A beast dressed in clothes.'

01:11:01.280 --> 01:11:04.160
At last, free from prison.

01:11:05.280 --> 01:11:10.040
But only at the beginning
of his two-year house arrest.

01:11:12.040 --> 01:11:14.600
But apart from all that...

01:11:14.720 --> 01:11:17.360
...he is your uncle.

01:11:25.200 --> 01:11:28.840
Ezequiel, I think...

01:11:28.960 --> 01:11:33.680
...I know more or less what happened.

01:11:33.800 --> 01:11:38.560
But I still have a hard time
understanding it.

01:11:38.880 --> 01:11:43.560
Can I conlude that
all of this happened...

01:11:43.680 --> 01:11:46.240
...because of the sacrifice of a cow?

01:11:47.200 --> 01:11:50.200
Or the sacrifice of a farmer.

01:11:50.400 --> 01:11:51.920
That's how it is.

01:11:53.160 --> 01:11:54.840
More or less.

01:11:56.640 --> 01:11:58.480
But that's the way it is.

01:12:00.280 --> 01:12:04.760
Do you mind talking about this?
-No, not at all.

01:12:06.960 --> 01:12:10.480
Is talking about it dangerous?
-I don't know.

01:12:10.600 --> 01:12:12.560
It depends on how...

01:12:17.160 --> 01:12:19.360
...these communists will take it.

01:12:23.960 --> 01:12:27.400
Why did you choose this exact place?

01:12:27.800 --> 01:12:30.280
Why not a place...

01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:33.240
...less hostile and more fertile?

01:12:34.600 --> 01:12:39.280
Because the state was dividing
the useless land.

01:12:39.400 --> 01:12:44.240
Land the state couldn't use and maintain.

01:12:45.880 --> 01:12:48.360
So they just gave it away.

01:12:51.120 --> 01:12:55.600
So we moved to the countryside.

01:12:55.720 --> 01:13:00.160
To survive, we needed food.
There wasn't any in the village.

01:13:02.680 --> 01:13:06.200
Was it just you and your father?

01:13:06.360 --> 01:13:10.080
No, all of my brothers came along.

01:13:10.440 --> 01:13:12.320
But they all gave up.

01:13:12.520 --> 01:13:15.600
My father and I were left behind.

01:13:15.960 --> 01:13:19.120
Everyone else abandoned ship.

01:13:31.040 --> 01:13:34.000
Let's go. What are we doing here?

01:13:34.640 --> 01:13:38.240
Except for getting flea and tick bites.

01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:41.040
Uncle, where are all the cows?

01:14:42.960 --> 01:14:46.920
Gone. I can't go near them anymore.

01:14:47.040 --> 01:14:51.560
What?
- They have forbidden me to do that.

01:14:52.000 --> 01:14:56.360
They just said: 'You have to get
rid of the cows.'

01:14:56.840 --> 01:15:03.440
So you can't have cattle anymore
and find something else to do.

01:15:04.040 --> 01:15:07.640
What will you do now as a farmer?

01:15:07.760 --> 01:15:11.200
I can't be a farmer anymore.

01:15:14.360 --> 01:15:17.920
So all of this can't be registered
to your name.

01:15:18.040 --> 01:15:21.520
You don't exist anymore as a farmer?
- No.

01:15:23.040 --> 01:15:26.360
And now you have
to reintegrate into society?

01:15:26.480 --> 01:15:30.480
That's right.
Reintegrate into society...

01:15:30.600 --> 01:15:34.360
...without coming into contact with cattle.

01:15:35.240 --> 01:15:37.200
Or something similar.

01:16:15.160 --> 01:16:17.600
What a scorching sun.

01:16:17.720 --> 01:16:20.680
Marisol, when did you make the puppet?

01:16:23.240 --> 01:16:27.040
Salva, look. Look.

01:16:27.160 --> 01:16:34.640
This puppet means we can leave
this year's bad luck behind.

01:16:34.760 --> 01:16:40.880
Making sure the bad luck stays
in the past.

01:16:41.000 --> 01:16:44.920
Light it on fire.
Let it drive away bad luck.

01:16:52.920 --> 01:16:59.240
Marisol, the past years
have been difficult.

01:16:59.360 --> 01:17:04.360
But now it seems to me
that calm and happiness have returned.

01:17:05.360 --> 01:17:11.200
Peace at last. There was always
a lot of stress with him being in jail.

01:17:11.320 --> 01:17:14.320
What are you asking my wife?

01:17:17.520 --> 01:17:20.840
Come in.
-Into the scene?

01:17:20.960 --> 01:17:23.480
Yes, take a seat.

01:17:25.640 --> 01:17:32.520
Ezequiel, I have asked the family
their opinions on freedom.

01:17:32.640 --> 01:17:38.360
Seeing as you must be an expert,
I would like to ask you the same.

01:17:40.120 --> 01:17:42.120
I'm back home.

01:17:42.800 --> 01:17:46.320
But freedom, here...

01:17:47.200 --> 01:17:51.600
Here in the countryside,
freedom doesn't actually exists.

01:17:51.720 --> 01:17:56.040
Because one has to take care
of his animals full time.

01:17:57.480 --> 01:17:58.360
But...

01:17:58.680 --> 01:18:02.800
...my father always wanted
to have is own farm.

01:18:02.920 --> 01:18:05.960
And I didn't, to be honest.

01:18:06.080 --> 01:18:10.840
Never wanted or asked for it.
I just went to help my father.

01:18:10.960 --> 01:18:14.320
Would you rather have not
become a farmer?

01:18:14.440 --> 01:18:17.280
No, I wouldn't be a farmer.
I'm sure.

01:18:20.000 --> 01:18:24.360
Do you blame your father for that?
-No, no.

01:18:24.480 --> 01:18:27.800
I would never blame him.
There was no other way.

01:18:28.880 --> 01:18:31.600
Little salary for a big family.

01:18:32.240 --> 01:18:35.000
It's not his fault,
he did all he could.

01:18:35.240 --> 01:18:37.040
You were very close to him?

01:18:37.360 --> 01:18:39.360
Very, very close...

01:18:40.320 --> 01:18:43.920
...until his death.
He died in my arms.

01:18:44.480 --> 01:18:51.760
Aidita told me his death
was very hard on you.

01:18:51.880 --> 01:18:53.720
Very hard.

01:18:54.240 --> 01:18:59.880
We were always together. very close...

01:19:00.000 --> 01:19:01.960
...until he died in my arms.

01:19:02.200 --> 01:19:08.880
On his deathbed he asked his other
children to take care of Ezequiel.

01:19:16.560 --> 01:19:20.360
Maybe because you were the youngest.

01:19:21.440 --> 01:19:26.840
I don't know.
But when he decided to go to the farm...

01:19:29.960 --> 01:19:33.000
...I decided to follow him.

01:19:35.720 --> 01:19:40.760
I decided not to go my own way
but to follow him.

01:19:47.800 --> 01:19:50.480
To follow him
and to help him.

01:19:50.880 --> 01:19:53.280
Because that was his dream.

01:19:53.400 --> 01:19:56.120
To have his own farm.

01:19:56.480 --> 01:19:58.600
And you followed him.

01:19:59.760 --> 01:20:02.040
To support him.

01:20:07.000 --> 01:20:10.600
Until his last breath.

01:20:13.760 --> 01:20:18.080
While he was still alive,
I never did anything wrong.

01:20:18.200 --> 01:20:20.960
After his death,
I did what I did...

01:20:21.320 --> 01:20:23.600
...and ended up in prison.

01:20:33.560 --> 01:20:37.600
We are crossbreeding them.
Zebu and Holstein cows.

01:20:37.720 --> 01:20:42.600
We have millions of these cows.
But they don't produce milk.

01:20:42.720 --> 01:20:46.120
We are going to transform them
and make millions...

01:20:46.240 --> 01:20:50.040
...of Zebu and Holstein cows.

01:20:50.320 --> 01:20:53.720
Using insemination.

01:21:00.560 --> 01:21:03.320
Did you take the picture?

01:21:18.600 --> 01:21:20.840
My dear nephew.

01:21:25.440 --> 01:21:29.680
This place can be hard on people.

01:21:32.200 --> 01:21:37.440
I've known that ever since
I arrived here with my father.

01:21:42.480 --> 01:21:45.600
Twelve years later, I'm still here.

01:21:46.840 --> 01:21:49.000
And I'm not going anywhere.

01:21:52.960 --> 01:21:56.720
I think my father would be proud of that.

01:21:57.600 --> 01:21:59.800
I know I am.

01:22:01.200 --> 01:22:02.920
Because...

01:22:04.160 --> 01:22:07.200
...from my sacrifices...

01:22:08.360 --> 01:22:13.400
...I have built something
so we can survive.

01:22:20.040 --> 01:22:22.400
Uncle.

01:22:25.440 --> 01:22:29.560
Uncle, where are you?

01:22:31.000 --> 01:22:34.120
My story is nothing more...

01:22:35.280 --> 01:22:40.200
...than an insignificant episode
of the Cuban countryside.

01:22:43.840 --> 01:22:46.600
And I've lost.

01:22:48.480 --> 01:22:50.640
My brothers and sisters...

01:22:51.240 --> 01:22:53.840
...also have lost things.

01:22:56.280 --> 01:22:59.440
But we aren't victims.

01:23:01.320 --> 01:23:06.240
Because we keep control over
our own destiny.

01:23:08.240 --> 01:23:11.280
That's an important difference.

01:23:13.320 --> 01:23:15.680
Just so you know.

01:24:28.880 --> 01:24:30.720
Dear Luca.

01:24:33.640 --> 01:24:38.600
Explaining why things happen
the way they happen...

01:24:39.560 --> 01:24:44.320
...was an impossible assignment
from the beginning.

01:24:45.400 --> 01:24:47.000
So...

01:24:47.440 --> 01:24:51.080
...the only thing I can do now...

01:24:51.200 --> 01:24:56.440
...is tell you about the things
I have learned.

01:24:59.480 --> 01:25:03.040
That I've learned that a thunderstorm...

01:25:03.560 --> 01:25:06.280
...can last for four months.

01:25:07.000 --> 01:25:09.640
And that the roosters and
the dogs...

01:25:10.080 --> 01:25:13.760
...interrupt every conversation you have.

01:25:15.680 --> 01:25:20.040
And that we're all just
a small step away from misery...

01:25:20.160 --> 01:25:26.400
...and at the same time
we all try our best to deny it.

01:25:28.760 --> 01:25:31.800
That what is good, is bad.

01:25:32.800 --> 01:25:36.040
And that what is bad, is good.

01:25:40.320 --> 01:25:42.520
And I've learned about
your mother...

01:25:42.920 --> 01:25:45.280
...that she's doing fine.

01:25:45.400 --> 01:25:48.280
She is stubborn, like always.

01:25:49.200 --> 01:25:51.080
But she is near.

01:25:51.280 --> 01:25:53.920
And that's what is most important.

01:25:58.080 --> 01:26:00.800
We've opened the door for you, Luca...

01:26:01.600 --> 01:26:04.160
...now you need to enter.