Exquisite Corpse (Cadáver exquisito)

Blanca?

Blanca?

Blanca!?

There’s no way of knowing, madam.

Blanca may stay this way for a day, a month or years.

It’s important that you stay with her. That you talk to her.

That you play some music to her.

Many patients that were in a coma

when they wake up, they remember things their families told them.

What happened to my daughter, doctor?

We don’t know, madam.

We are running some studies to try and understand the situation.

Plus, she’s lactating. There’s a chance of pregnancy.

Are you sure?

We’ll know for sure once the results are in.

But there’s a possibility.

Hi, darling.

How are you feeling?

I don’t know how I feel. Strange. I don’t understand anything.

Sure, of course.

You didn’t need to come.

It’s good for me to come. It distracts me.

Yes, you are right.

We were thinking about trying hair and make-up. You in?

-Yes, great. -Shall we do it now?

Perfect. Let’s go, Lucho. Make yourself comfortable.

Is that all right?

Clara!

Girl, you’ll leave no hair on him.

I’m sorry, Lucho. I don’t know where my head is at. I’m sorry.

Take a look, I made this beard for you to see.

It still needs the mustaches and eyebrows and finishing up the hair.

That’s perfect.

Put some hair gel on it.

And the mustache just a little bit thinner than the drawing, ok?

-The eyebrows this way? -Yes.

But hurry, we don’t have much time, ok?

-Love you. -Me too.

Did I tell you I’m going to look after you?

I’m so happy.

My name is Amaia and we are going to work hard to wake you up.

If you need anything, I will always be near.

Blanca...

What do you make of this?

How can we explain it has no pulse, no heart activity,

it’s not breathing but it still maintains a minimum brain activity?

It’s not working on animals the way we expected.

We have to try it on someone.

We have to figure out the tachycardia, the possible cardiac arrests.

It would be ideal if we could produce a synthetic oxytocin

that’s as efficient as ours.

Want to eat together?

-No, I already made plans with Clara. -Ok.

Honey, I won’t make it.

You should have told me sooner. I miss you.

Blanca?

Blanca?

Blanca?

Blanca?

Hello. I’m calling to get some information.

My name is Blanca Linares.

Yes...

The number is 800006034.

Yes, I had an test done some days ago

and I need to know if I’m pregnant or not.

Because I don’t understand them.

In one week?

Blanca!

How are you?

-Fine. And you? -Fine.

Rama, can I get two beers?

You know? I didn’t think you’d come.

I thought you were just fucking with me on the chat.

-Here you go. -Thanks.

Honey, I take my chats very seriously.

Cheers to that.

Shall we go to my place?

I can’t today. I have to close up in here.

Stop!

Hey, stop. Don’t go.

I want to show you something. Close your eyes, don’t peek.

Slowly, careful. You'll fall.

Where are we?

We are in my room.

Are those the guys that rent with you?

Yes, those are the ones that didn’t pay.

They are ghosts now.

Like yourself, you are kind of a ghost.

Sure, that’s true. I’m almost transparent.

You are also kind of like a rabbit, with those red eyes.

Sure, they are very light blue.

With red pupils. And my brain is white.

Send me a picture of you, I won’t recognize you.

You cannot not recognize an albino. Better send your photo.

Pretty. How old are you? Thirty.

You seem younger. See you tonight. I’ll come by your bar.

I’ll be waiting.

Good morning! I wanted to send some love.

I had a great time last night. Yeah, me too. Kisses from the lab.

Just so you don’t forget me...

Don’t forget we changed the class to Thursday.

Yes, sure. Thanks!

Excuse me...

-Yes? -Are you Blanca Linares’ doctor?

Yes. How may I help you?

I wanted to have some news about Blanca, about her condition.

And who are you?

I’m her friend. Her very close friend.

And I’m worried.

Okay...

She is in a vegetative state.

She’s not aware of herself or her surroundings.

But how? For how long?

I don’t know how long. It’s indefinite.

You need to be patient.

Now, if you excuse me, I have to see other patients.

I need to know if she’s pregnant.

Calm down.

I can only give that information to her relatives.

And I don’t know who you are.

Now, if you excuse me, I have people to see.

Look at all the stripes I have in my hand.

It’s this one. I’m getting more and more.

I don’t see anything.

You liar, how can you not see them?

I see you, my love.

Come on, explain it to me. How come you don’t see?

Look...

At this distance I see...

I think your nails are black or maybe brown,

but if we move a bit closer.

I really can’t tell yet.

But now, yes, I can see they’re black.

It’s the first time anything like this happens to me.

I don’t know, I feel...

I feel complete. I don’t need to be with anybody else.

Happy.

Does this happen to you? Did it ever happen to you?

I don’t know, I don’t think so.

Blanca...

Hi, honey, how are you?

Sure, I do want to sleep with you

but I wanted to let you know it won’t be possible.

I’m all tied up. Talk to you later.

Kisses.

-Hello, how are you? -Fine. And you?

-Fine. See you today? -Yes, at 9 pm?

Perfect.

Your friend’s got a nice house.

Maillard or Glycosylation,

that’s the name of the reaction between proteins and carbohydrates

that releases brown pigments.

That’s what makes food change its color.

Do you always think of stuff like that when you are cooking?

Everything I do, I think about it.

My heart rate went up from 60 to 130 bpm.

I released a lot of oxytocin, that makes me hot.

Everything all right?

Yes, it’s just the alarm clock, it goes off at the same time every day.

We should think about combining it with other compounds.

Look at this paper.

With this one we might be able to have more natural effects.

Less pain and contractions. More pleasure. Get it?

That’s good.

I want to test it on me.

I would like for you to do the follow-up and take notes.

Stop that. We already talked about that.

Fine, don’t worry. I was just saying.

Hello. Good afternoon, my name is Blanca Linares.

Yes, how are you? I called about a week ago,

I asked about a blood test I did.

A pregnancy test, yes.

A beta.

Sure, I hold.

Finally, the Sun came out.

I love the autumn light, it’s so orange.

The floor is all covered up with leaves.

We are almost done. Please wait outside.

There you go.

Who are you looking for?

Blanca.

I haven't seen her for a while.

There, you can come in now.

You look so beautiful.

I will comb you.

I like that,

for you to look at me when I talk to you.

It was always great when the two of us talked.

Let’s see what they’re feeding you.

It was obvious you weren’t pregnant.

Look how skinny you are.

There’s a message for the misses. Want me to read it? Fine.

Lucas says:

‘I’m waiting for you. Are you coming?’

Look at that, she woke up.

This Lucas must be important.

You want me to prepare you?

Shall I dress you?

Better not, just rest a bit.

Where are you?