Popi

Junior.

Time to go!

Time to go!

How many times I tell you to close the door?

Junior!

Carajo, somebody break the mailbox.

Some junkie did it, papi.

They thought there was money in there.

Well, I fix it when I come back.

He was too young to die.

Seventy-two?

Well, today 72 is young. What cemetery are we going to?

Holy Cross.

You got room in your car?

I don't have a car. I'm going with my brother-in-law.

He has a car. You don't have a car?

I get you a ride with my friend.

You and the boys. I get you a ride with my friend.

That's good. Julio.

Poor Mama. It's so crowded. How can she breathe?

Good boys. Good kids.

Junior's 11. Both good in school.

Luis is nine. Good in mathematics.

Junior plays the saxophone, is good in art. Good kids.

You want these boys? I'll give them to you.

Sign the papers, everything.

You think I'm joking? I'm not joking.

Nice kids. Don't give you no trouble.

Okay, boys. Come on, let's go.

Hey, come on, don't play with that stuff.

Come on, throw that away. Come on.

A trampoline!

Come on.

Hey, muchachos, come on, go upstairs and take a bath,

then you can come down and play.

Hey! Hey!

Get back in the house.

You said we could go out.

Get back in the house.

Who broke the mailbox?

How do I know?

The junkies. They steal everything.

What the hell are you hitting me for?

Who broke the mailbox?

I told you, I don't know. I ain't no fortune teller.

Who broke the mailbox?

I did.

What was in the mailbox?

I don't know.

You know what was in the mailbox.

You tell me.

A letter from the teacher. What it says?

That I wasn't in school Thursday or Friday.

Where'd you go yesterday? 42nd Street.

Who'd you go with? Silvia.

Where'd you get the money to go to 42nd Street?

Didn't have any money. We jumped the subway, under the turnstile.

What did you do on 42nd Street? Went to a show.

Where did you get the money for the show? I sold a transistor to a pal.

Where'd you get the transistor? I found it.

You... You stole it.

All right, I stole it from the drugstore. Call the cops!

I don't need... I don't... I don't need no cops.

What'd you do after the show? Came right home.

You come home to a party in Silvia's apartment

when her mother was working.

Just about six kids. That's all.

What'd you have to drink?

Some of the guys had some booze.

You didn't drink no booze?

No. No?

Just one little shot. I just wanted to try it.

Stop it!

What did you do in the bedroom with Silvia? She's crazy.

What'd you do with crazy Silvia?

The guys were kiddin' me, callin' me retarded, fag, this and that.

She's crazy and you're retarded.

What happened in the bedroom? You just wanted to try it.

Can I go out now?

No. You stay here and clean up everything.

Who is that?

It's me.

Hello, boys.

Hi, Lupe.

I was just passing by.

I just have time for one quick cup of bustelo.

Hey.

You're such a big boy, I got a job for you.

You don't love me anymore?

Don't talk like that.

You were at the cemetery today.

That's not it.

What is it, Abraham?

I don't know.

Every day I'm afraid.

Of what?

Everything.

Afraid to make love to me?

I got to get my kids out of this place.

Abraham, why don't we just get

an apartment in Brooklyn with two bedrooms?

That's no solution to the problem.

I make $100 a week, sometimes.

Then you get pregnant, what happens?

I want my kids to have everything.

Nice clothes, beautiful city. Nice house.

I want them to have cars, go to college.

I want them to feel high in their shoes.

That's a nice dream.

I know a way.

I've been thinking about it for three months.

It's terrific.

Fantastico, impossible.

But they'd have everything. Rich. Famous. I know a way.

What are you gonna do?

Is all right.

Steal?

I'm afraid to steal.

If I go to prison, what happens to the kids?

Gamble?

No, I'm afraid to gamble. I could lose.

No gambling, no kind of crime. I don't do nothing to nobody.

Well, then why can't you tell me?

'Cause I'm going to do it.

I got to do it.

Well, if you've got to do it and it isn't a crime, why don't you just do it?

'Cause it has to be perfectamente. Exact.

And I'm afraid.

Papi, papi! Hurry up! We need you!

Papi, hurry up!

Please, please, don't!

Please don't! I'll give you quarter.

Do something. Do something.

What's going on? Well, what is it?

Get out, get out. Get out of here. Get out.

Get out.

Get out from this building. Don't come back here no more.

Go back to your own place where you belong.

It's all right. Okay. All right, all right. Okay.

We tried to get the pigeon away from

and let it fly away.

He hit Luis and I jumped him, but he's too big.

It's all right. Well, you have to feel...

You have to feel sorry for that kid.

He's... He's confused.

Hey, hey, hey... Where's the laundry?

All over the street.

Carajo, go and get it.

He'll beat us up.

You get it.

Hey, don't go back there...

Because I just sprayed for the cucarachas.

It's terrible in there.

The phone.

Yeah, well, we can't go in there.

Don't you want to answer the phone?

No.

Hello.

Abraham. Telephone.

We'll wait out here until she puts her clothes on.

Just a second. It's...

Just a second. He's coming.

It's the super's wife. It's an emergency. She wants you to come over.

Today is Saturday. That's my day off.

A taxi costs two dollars!

All right, okay.

All right, okay, all right. All right, okay.

All right, all right, all right.

Where are the kids? Out.

I got 10 minutes to give them a little supervision

and they go away someplace!

They're kids. They'll come when they're hungry.

I don' want them to come when they're hungry.

I want them to come when I'm hungry!

I'll fix you a plate.

I don't got time. I gotta go to the hotel.

Abraham. How long can you go on this way?

Three jobs. Five hours sleep a night?

Winston Churchill got four hours sleep a night.

He was runnin' a whole country.

Ai! My new shoes.

Five dollars I pay for these shoes.

Hey, Mr. Rodriguez...

Mr. Rodriguez, you know how long I been outta work?

Seven months. Yes.

You work at the Hilton? That's right.

Maybe you could talk to the guy there.

Maybe they need somebody?

A sweeper? A janitor? A dishwasher?

You know, when you ain't workin', it's terrible.

But when you workin', it's terrible.

All right, get back to work. What's the matter with you?

You never seen a body before?

Hey, Rodriguez, you wanna bus for Steve? Yeah.

Okay. Help me take his jacket off. I'll fix it with the union.

Ho. That's... That's terrific, Mr. Pinellia.

I really appreciate that a lot.

Not to behold Emilia's face, her frame to view.

What was the contour of her eyes, and what their hue?

Manolo's voice has gone, its tones I do not hear.