The Uncovering (El desentierro)

Maybe part of everything we saw and heard

hides other things that I will never discover...

But now I know

that all actions, even if all the earth buries them,

will be unearthed sooner or later for human eyes to see.

2 days earlier

...reconciled with the Father.

Carried on the shoulders of the Good Shepherd...

and added to the eternal King's entourage,

rejoice in God's everlasting glory,

and the company of the Saints.

We are in the town where, at this time,

the funeral service for Councillor Felix Montaner is taking place.

As you can see, the square is packed with family, party members

and locals who have come to bid their farewells to their former mayor.

His wife Dora Betancor has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit

in the Malva-Rosa Hospital, where she will be treated by...

What are you doing here?

I...

...was late for the service.

Right... Classic.

I'm really sorry, shorty.

How are you?

How did you get here?

By plane.

Yeah, fuck.

I hired a car at the airport.

How's your mum?

Let's go and you'll see her.

Why did you leave town?

My parents sent me to a Numerary boarding school.

Numerary? What's that?

Nothing, you don't want to know.

Now I'm living with some friends in Perpignan.

And what do you do?

What do you do for work?

I write. I'm a writer.

Writer?

That's good.

And what do you do for work?

No, what do you write: Stories, novels...?

Can you live off that?

Poetry.

Poetry?

Nice!

Recite something, man.

No... no.

Go on.

- No, no way. - Something you know by heart.

A stanza, a verse...

A verse, that's what you call it... A verse.

Recite a verse.

Hold this.

What are you doing?

Nothing, I have a blog where I sometimes post my stuff.

“The peace that I am forging will be for the child.

And in the end,

your heart and mine will be cast away in an ocean

of irredeemable bones, and all that remains

will be a woman and a man worn out by kisses."

It's...

You're very good, shorty.

You're good.

Thanks.

Poet.

Some funny guy you ended up being...

Spanish humour?

Vera is alive.

Eh?

I said Vera's alive.

Yeah, sure...

I saw her this morning, at the church.

You're fucking with me, right'?

Vera!

Diego?

Jordi...

She's conscious now,

but it's best not to bother her. She has severe concussion.

"Malva-Rosa" Hospital

Take this. The police brought it.

They're your father's things.

And the mobile phone?

They kept it.

They said they'll return everything to us in a couple of days.

Are these the house keys?

...at a bar by chance and he began to show me...

you make quite a lot with cars...

What the fuck?

Diego, Diego.

What are you doing with that?

What if there's somebody inside?

What are you doing with that?

Diego.

It was my father's.

Really?

Stop, fuck! Stop!

It's a fake.

My mother bought it for him in case somebody broke in'

You're out of your mind.

Jordi!

Sorry, man.

I'll put it down.

Good evening.

Diego Montaner?

That's me.

I'm inspector Alonso, from the UDEF Department.

I'm in charge of your father's case.

They've broken into your parents' flat in Valencia too.

They haven't taken any money, only computer hard drives.

Do you know if your family has received any threats lately?

I have to eat protein.

At home it's aubergine, courgette,

alfalfa all day...

Mum only feeds me greens.

What's up?

Are you still living with your mum?

What's wrong with you, man?

All right! Things over there are difficult

What? Do you think money grows on trees in Argentina?

How old are you?

You've got a comfortable life over there, right?

You do whatever you want...

What the fuck are you talking about?

You live in the countryside,

write poetry,

you wait for your daddy's cheque to arrive...

I would like to write a book, too.

And travel around the world...

So do it.

Yeah... I might do.

Why are you so sure your father is still alive?

Why?

Why not?

It's been 20 years.

And where is he buried?

"La Pobla”, 1996

I'm scared.

This has got out of control.

Have you spoken to the police?

I'm leaving with the girls...

but I need the money.

You've brought your family over from Argentina for this?

Félix...

I'm going to sign the sale of the land. Don't worry about that.

But I want the money now.

Please...

All right.

Tomorrow morning.

But only...

if you go far away.

Out of the country...

and no questions.

That night was the last time I saw your father.

Thank you.

It was a few weeks before you and your mum went back to Argentina.

But let it go, cousin.

It's water under the bridge.

Do you think...

my dad might have had something to do with...

the “Marjal“ corruption case?

Your father was the only one with the balls to stand up to my family.

The only one.

I'm gonna take a shower.

Diego,

are your sure it was her?

Do you think I'm lying to you?

Vera saw me too!

Take it.

November, 1996

"The Treehouse"

Hey.

Was here many years ago.

I'm looking for a woman...

Hello?

Hi.

I'm looking for a woman that lived here with her daughter.

Tirana.

Do you know her?

Have you lived here for long?

Very kind of you!

Hello.

I'm looking for Ricardo,

“El Richi”.

Are you his father?

Who is it, Dad?

Excuse me.

And why are you leaving?

Why?

Yeah, why?

I'm sick of it.

I'm fucking sick of this village.

Ones and zeros, huh?

Look... all my work...

here...

put away in a fucking box.

You see.

Do you take sugar?

Yes, thanks.

Do you smoke?

No, I don't. I quit a while ago.