Simón

And rusty!

With the diapers that I got you for 5000 at the mall!

- Drums! Drums! -

- Go, Juanchi! - Blow the candles!

- Blow them out! -

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Simón, I wasn't sure if you were here. I've been calling you.

- My bad, I slept in. - Okay, it's not that bad.

As usual, some clients called last minute.

I have to show the apartment. Can you tidy up?

This one in particular is a corner unit.

Which, for me, is one of the best layouts in the building.

Here we are. As I mentioned, the unit is currently unoccupied and…

Simón, come on! Pick up the speed!

I'm on it.

Cumin?

Freeze, motherfucker!

- I got you good! - Oh, you think you're tough?

- How's it going, bro? - All good?

- Chillin', all good. - You good?

So, here I am, brother. What's up?

What do you think?

Are you for real?

How the fuck am I supposed to get on that?

Are you scared? Don't you know how to swim?

There's duct tape all over this shit. It won't float.

Don't be a wuss, Chucho. Help me get it out.

- You're shitting me, right? - No way, man.

For real?

For fuck's sake. We're going to sink.

Keep rowing, come on!

No way. Check this out.

Who's scared now?

Like Gattuso!

- Get over here! - Come on, then!

Hey, coach, bench this fool!

Bring it!

You could've reached that.

Listen, bro.

I've been thinking…

It's time.

Let's go back.

The sun's still up.

No, dumb-ass. Back to Venezuela.

I think things have cooled down.

I say we fly to Colombia.

And we go in through Cúcuta. We have to avoid the airports.

If we get caught, we're fucked.

Flights are like $500 right now.

We work for a month, save up, and we're out.

We go back home, bro.

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Simón, so good to see you!

- Helena. - How are you?

How is everything? Good?

One second, we just received new donations.

Families keep arriving from Venezuela.

But tell me…

Are you going to file for asylum? Did you find a lawyer?

I don't think I can afford one, right now I…

You know what? I got you.

Melissa! Come here.

Melissa, this is Simón.

- Simón, this is Melissa. - Hi.

She's a volunteer here.

And soon, she'll be going to law school, right?

- Potentially, yes. -

So, Simón here needs help with his asylum application.

Helena, you don't have to, I can--

- Can you help him? - Yes, I can totally help you with that.

Yeah.

- Thanks. - You're welcome.

And, hey, just tell me if you need anything.

Towels, sheets, shoes, anything.

Helena, the mattress you gave me the other day…

it burst, I--

Yes, yes. It burst.

Those things don't even last a month.

The mattress.

Don't worry about it.

Meli, can you help him to check if we have a mattress?

- Oh, yeah. - I'm pretty sure there's at least one.

- Yeah, I think so. - Yeah, okay.

Thanks.

So, I just met with my professor from undergrad.

Basically, we need to submit your application as soon as possible.

Before your tourist visa expires.

Okay. And then we'll wait for an interview to be set by an immigration officer

and he will decide whether to grant asylum or not.

Okay?

Um… So, I'm thinking I'll record you, if that's okay?

And then I can listen to it back and I'll make sure to, um…

you know, summarize the important details on paper, yeah?

Okay. Let me set this up…

- - Okay.

Okay.

So, maybe you can…

tell me a little.

Okay, um…

I started going to protests since… 2014.

Me and my best friend.

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But then, in the university, I…

put together a team.

Because the dictatorship kept getting worse

and there's no future for us

unless things change.

More students joined.

It soon became an official student movement.

We were like a family, we…

FREEDOM

What do you think, Joaquín?

Simón. Simón.

What happened?

Um…

It's just… I just needed some air.

You okay?

Could we do it here, like, just…?

Yes, of course.

What did you study?

Engineering.

Fix and build boats.

You always knew you wanted to do that?

Yeah, I don't… I…

I just liked being in the ocean.

Me too.

I used to go fishing a lot with my dad.

We would catch these huge dolphins.

- You caught dolphins? - Yeah.

Oh, no--

No, no, not the… not the mammal. What's it called? Uh…

Like this, mahi-mahi.

Sorry, it's like a Florida thing.

- "Golden Fish." - Yeah.

- In Spanish. - Yeah.

- It's great. -

Your dad knows how to fish?

Yeah, he really did.

I never finished.

The university shut down a lot and…

we spent more and more time being activists rather than students.

Blow them out!

Blow them out, Juanchi!

- You missed one! -

"Salita"!

A beating!

Chill, chill!

- Cut it up! - Who's got the knife?

- Happy birthday! - Adri! Adri!

"Salita."

Did anyone bring gifts?

- Leave him alone! - No one brought a gift?

Don't be so annoying.

- - How old are you now?

- No one brought gifts. - Don't ask that.