30 Coins (30 Monedas)

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

What is this?

Look!

Stop!

Run!

30 COINS

PEDRAZA, SEGOVIA, SPAIN

I don't like this.

I told you it wasn't in the right position.

Now...

Oh, my God...

Technology applied to meat processing.

All controlled under the strict supervision of our health department.

Not now.

I'll just... Not now.

I'll just say two words: hygiene and respect.

- Respect? - Yes, respect...

Respect with responsible treatment that seeks the well-being of the animal.

- Not now. - What?

I have to go, darling.

- Now? - Yes.

During the inauguration? Are you crazy?

- Paco, you're the mayor! - That's why.

Something's happened at the Alonsos' place and I have to go!

Is it more important than this? Paco!

You'll do a good job. I'm sorry, but I have to leave you.

My wife will accompany you to the rest of the installations.

Thank you.

Follow me, please. This way.

- Where is it? - There in the stable.

- With Elena. - With the vet?

Who else would I call? It was supposed to be a calf.

- Where? - That way.

- Don't post on the Internet. - It's witchcraft, satanism or something.

- It's a miracle. - Let's calm down a little. May I?

Put your phones away.

No Instagram till we know what it's all about.

- And Facebook? - No Facebook, nothing.

You want this place filled with folks who'll laugh at us and call us hicks?

- We'll do things properly. - Call the police, Social Services...

If we do, it'll be leaked,

and we'll have TV here filming everything.

Are you sure about what's happened here?

- Curro filmed it. Show him. - Look.

You've got it there?

- Relax. - I'll give it back to you later.

What about the baby?

We'll see about the baby. Have you looked at him properly?

- Is he normal? - Yes, Paco. He seems to be fine.

You don't know that.

- Call the priest. - The priest?

- Yes. - Are we crazy?

I'm sure Don Manuel knows what to do in these cases.

- A priest? - Yes.

- That's not normal. - Normal?

I walked out on journalists to see a baby born from a cow.

That's what isn't normal.

- It's closed. - He's probably in his house.

What's up, Paco?

Sorry to bother you now, Don Manuel, but we need your help.

- Whose baby is it? - Satan's.

Look.

- That's where they made the swap. - What swap?

There! See? The camera follows you. You aren't looking.

Like a magic trick. They distract you and swap the calf for the baby.

- Who? What for? - The question isn't what for.

The question is why it's simpler to believe

a baby was born from a cow than to think someone tricked you.

You see how it was best to talk to him?

Now the question is "Who wants to get rid of a baby?"

And that, Paco, isn't witchcraft.

It's life, nothing more.

Shall we go get a drink?

The most sensible thing would be to call Social Services.

Fine, fine, but in the meantime they can take him.

He must sleep somewhere. She volunteered.

- Father, what would you like? - Espresso.

I'll have decaffeinated with semi-skim milk, lukewarm,

in a tall glass, not too strong, with saccharin, please.

- Water. - Paco!

Will you excuse me for a minute?

- What's this nonsense about a baby? - Don't worry. It's under control.

- Don Manuel is helping. - He's only been in town a few of days.

- Almost a year. - I don't like him.

- Why get involved in this? - They trust me to solve problems.

I have problems. I'm trying to get a company going.

Are you listening to me?

You pushed me into politics.

Being mayor is politics? You're here to sign permits.

If I hadn't stopped this, it'd be on the Internet now.

Be careful someone doesn't post you looking for who knows what.

Looking for the mother. You're right! That would reassure people.

If anyone wants to get rid of a baby, they don't organize a circus.

It's something more.

There's always something more: people's stupidity.

- You think everyone's stupid? - What's the best way to hide a lie?

Invent a much bigger one.

It's par for the course in politics.

Don Manuel, you could give us a hand in all this.

- Call the police, Sergeant Laguna. - But you... hear people's confessions.

You must know things. If anyone has information, it's priests.

Paco, you take your job very seriously.

- Of course. - Well, so do I.

Have you heard of the secret of confession?

Trini hasn't been to school for a week.

- Who? - Trini, she sits beside me.

She always talked about her boyfriend. They'd meet in the gym after class.

A week ago, I saw her crying. I haven't heard from her since.

We have a WhatsApp group, and she isn't answering.

Good afternoon, Jesús. Is your daughter here?

Do you know if she's been going out with anyone?

She's upstairs doing her homework. She doesn't go out with boys.

Jesús, I don't want to bother you here,

but your daughter hasn't been to school for a week.

She's been sick.

With a headache. Ask her mother.

If we can talk to her for five minutes, it would be a great help.

My daughter misses school, and the mayor comes looking for her?

- What the fuck is going on? - Don't get upset.

- It's only five minutes. - Calm down, Jesús.

Shut up and get into the house!

You don't know your daughter's not in school.

We just want to know if her friends

know about what happened at the Alonsos' house.

Call her. If she's involved in any of that, I'll kill her.

- Hi, Trini. - Hi.

- Sit down. - You don't have to be afraid.

We just want to know if you or any friends know...

Yes, well, we know that you haven't been to school for a week. A week, right?

And that you've been seeing... Well, it's more like a friendship...

- ...with this nice guy, Rober. - Roberto? From the supermarket?

For fuck's sake. Have you done anything with him?

- No, dad, I swear I haven't. - For fuck's...

We've seen the photos on Facebook. Anyone can see them.

- There's nothing wrong with it. - No...

- We just want you to tell us the truth. - I'm not pregnant.

- My God... - That's enough, everyone get out.

Now! And you, go to your room.

I'll go up now and we'll talk. Get the fuck out!

Please, calm down. Calm down.

Calm down? Aren't you ashamed the mayor has to tell me

what's happening in my own fucking house.

Jesús...

- Take it easy. - And you...

Stop interfering in everyone's lives and worry about your own.

What do I have to worry about?

Ask your husband, if you can find him.

You don't know where he is?

- You don't know, do you? - Enough!

In my own house!

Let go of him! I said let go of him!

You bastard! Let go of me!

Mom...

Move.

Again? Must you make that much noise?

What a brutish man. She's pregnant, for fuck's sake.

Well, she isn't the one we're looking for.

All ideas welcome.

Antonio... Keep an eye on him.

Excuse me. Are you looking for Paco?

They told me at the Town Hall he'd be here.

I tried to call him, but he doesn't answer.

Yes. I saw that. You called three times.

His phone is in the office, charging.

But tell me, what's wrong?

It's a bit delicate.

I'd prefer to speak to him.

He won't be here for a while.

We're trying to run a business, you know?

Yes, it mustn't be easy. This is enormous.

Everyone needs Paco for something!

He's not just a mayor. He's like a confessor for all sins.

- Paco! - Elena.

- Do you know my wife? - Yes, we've met before.

I'll leave you two in peace.

I've got a lot to do.

I'll be right back.

It was him. He made the swap. You can't see him clearly.

He's taking away the calf that the cow had.

- That's Antonio, right? - Antonio?

- Who? The town idiot? - Don't say that.

It's because he didn't vote for me.

- He isn't such an idiot. - He's just a dysfunctional person.

- He's always near the sacristy. - He couldn't have organized this.

But he does what he's told, even if it's crazy.

- Hello. - Hello, Father. My name's Antonio.

I was friends with the former priest.

I'm sure we will be friends, too.

But sneaking around my stuff isn't the best way to begin our friendship.

- What do we do now? - We have to hide it.

You can't tell anyone about this, Father.

No one.

They built it before the war, when priests and nuns were so mistreated.

When the militia came, they'd hide in there.

They had lots of things: ham, pork, wine, you name it.

- Antonio... - What, Father?

This is going to be our secret. Can you keep a secret?

You could've warned me before this.

It's my wife's birthday. We were going out.

It's nonsense, but people are scared.