Operation Golden Shell (Operación Concha)

Sir...

they have entered the palace gardens.

Marquis! In the name of the people!

My daughters! No!

Sign or your daughters shall be sacrificed for the cause!

Hold it!

Cut!

Cut!

I said "cut", damn it!

Yeah, cut. Cut my balls off, too.

Are you deaf or do you have shit for brains?

- What's this about? - Nothing.

We've lost the fucking funding.

If you have any questions, ask Sabino.

He'll explain to you about settling up.

Get to it, Sabino.

You can't do this...

I can, Alfonsito. It kills me, but I'm doing it.

Back in the day you'd mortgage your house to save a film.

Don't give me that! Don't provoke me!

"Thirty years in the business, this is the sweet smell of success."

- I said that? - Yes.

My sense of smell is gone, too! Love you.

They've cancelled the film.

Cancelled, terminated, it's over!

You know damn well I left the series to do this crap!

You know it!

It's your look out!

Another one of your setups. It's not funny!

- Better be the last time... - OK.

- It's part of your job. - No.

I crunch numbers. You show your face.

I'm just the bookkeeper.

Some are friends of mine.

You mean they were.

Same as this project was...

a fucking disaster!

Let's focus on Zalacaín The Adventurer.

You think it's a piece of cake.

I can't believe Silvela is coming on board.

The Mexican has cash. They want Silvela.

Five million, I reckon. Five.

OPERATION GOLDEN SHELL

Move it, idiot!

Ray Silvela is expected to arrive from LA next week.

The actor will be staying with us until Sunday to collect the Donosita Award

and present his latest film, Brokers Lovers, co-starring Joselyn Morales.

Silvela is too famous for us.

They called to remind you...

I owe six month's rent. See? I remembered.

Otherwise, they evict us.

All everyone ever does is ask for money!

What's that?

You gave me holidays to make up for what you owe me.

When we start production, I'll call you.

You'll thank me for this.

How did it go?

They're so angry.

They hate us all.

Don't count me in on this film. Not this time!

Little boy, tell Grumpy here what you told me.

I believe in the project.

I'm risking my reputation.

A crap reputation.

Whatever. The director believes in it.

Do you believe in him?

You believe in the director.

And I believe in you guys.

With Ray Silvela it's a definite winner.

- Erika Richards, Silvela's agent. - Take it.

Zalacaín was our dream project.

I don't dream even when I'm asleep.

We have to make that film whatever happens.

We owe it to Telmo.

Don't bring my brother into it.

He's dead and I've...

been putting up with your stories for too long.

You're up to your neck.

All you care about is grabbing what you can.

The film and the cash!

That rich woman is the perfect investor.

Widow, super rich, bored.

An alcoholic.

And she likes that Wunderkind.

Who is that kid?

Oscar-Gerrika-something-or-other. Mexican screenwriter.

He's excited about the project.

Lucky for us, his girlfriend is that rich woman.

Damn! She hung up.

Ray Silvela...

He won't do the film.

Andrés Beltrán is perfect to star in it.

Even Edgar Martínez.

He's very popular in Hollywood.

Ray Silvela is a must.

Lambkin...

- Julen is the director, if he says... - Who's funding it?

You, Lambkin, but this is film stuff...

So I should keep quiet? You're the know-all screenwriter.

And I have to keep quiet and just put up the money.

Thing is, gentlemen, Oscar wrote the screenplay...

for Silvela to star in it.

If Silvela isn't in it, Oscar isn't either.

And if Oscar isn't involved, you won't see a penny.

Is that clear?

You have 24 hours.

Hey! Hang on a second, miss!

This is the sweet smell of success...

What happened?

God!

It's all crap!

It was nice while it lasted.

God!

I have an idea.

You?

Isn't it about tricking her?

Let's go all the way, then.

We'll make her believe we got Silvela.

We'll organise a meeting with a fake Silvela, a double.

He'll ask for twice the money.

What about the film?

We don't make it.

We take the cash the "actor" asks her for as an advance.

Brilliant idea, Mr. Bookkeeper.

And where the hell do we find a double?

I'll explain that to you at the Blue Cat.

What's that?

Sabino, babe.

Damn you, Sabino!

There he is.

Who? That guy?

His name is Litarco, but around here they call him "The Trickster King"

Looks the same, huh?

Do you really think "Lambkin" will believe it?

She doesn't know him personally.

This guy is amazing.

He tells really funny jokes.

Do you have shit for brains or what?

This guy is perfect.

He's been in jail.

This is crazy, right?

I'm amazed, too, but it just might work.

What when she finds out there's no film?

Nothing, she's laundering the cash.

Is she going to report us to the police?

Oh, God.

What the hell, I like it.

We need to figure out if this guy is any good.

Here he comes.

Baldie told me you have a business proposition

but he hasn't told me what yet.

Take a seat.

Know who Ray Silvela is?

I'm tired of being told I look like him.

I'm Julen Irizar, film director.

I'll turn you into a Silvela clone.

Is this Attack of the Clones?

We only have eight days.

Eight days? Reckon I'm gonna give up my job?

Get lost, man!

I send money to my wife every month.

This idiot makes me work for it.

Wait.

If you do it, you get 5,000.

Five thousand dicks!

20,000 at least.

Don't try and be funny, man.

Ten thousand, take it or leave it.

You show your face a couple of times.

We turn you into him.

Show you how he gesticulates, moves, talks.

Teach me how to talk like him?

I don't know...

Five thousand to start, ten thousand at the end.

OK.

Fifteen thousand.

Good one, champ.

All right, give me ten minutes.

Since I'm leaving, I need to pick up my stuff.

OK, see you later...

losers.

You're in luck, a film has been cancelled.

They just called us.

We were having dinner...

and couldn't wait to tell you guys.

His LA agent put us in touch with him.

Really? Ray Silvela?

With the one and only Ray Silvela.

Just spoke to him.

I told him the story. He wants to read the script.

Brilliant role for an actor like him.

- Hot property. - Marcos says "hot property"!

One more thing.

They're asking for six million.

Six million?

- Dollars? - Yes.

You know he's worth it, Oscar.

You recoup your investment with pre-sales alone.

After that, it's all profit.

With Silvela, a major studio can invest 30 million in P&A.