Havana Darkness

Subtitles by explosiveskull

Oh my God.

It was a... Argh!

Ah, ah!

Help me!

Somebody, please... Help!

Please...

Please.

Oh, no...

Please.

No, no, no, please! Please!

Happy birthday, buddy!

- You forgot your birthday again, didn't you? - I guess I did.

Happy birthday, Carlos.

I'm worried about you.

Cheers! For Carlos!

- Thank you, guys! - The guy that will always be older than me.

Ugh!

So you, uh... You finished this yet?

Not even close.

Productive night then, huh?

Something like that, yeah.

Hey why don't you, uh... get away a couple of days? Clear your head.

Yeah I should probably do it, right?

"Hemingway's Cuba".

Theme's pretty self-explanatory. What's the problem?

I don't know... The problem is...

You know, in my head...

I have, sorry, everything I want to say but... I don't know how to say it.

Enlighten us.

It's obviously about Hemingway and his life and work in Cuba.

Which is your area of focus, right?

I don't know, I'm missing something, you know? I'm just...

I'm trying to find a hook to hang everything on.

Why don't you just write something else?

John!

John! No... This is what I want to do. I've been working on this for a while.

I don't know, I just...

I've been thinking about

going to Cuba and spend some time there.

Why don't you?

Yeah. I should probably do it, right?

I would love to go to Cuba someday.

Really? You never told me that.

You never asked.

Is your bathroom safe to use?

It's the cleanest room in this apartment.

Check it out.

Oh so you were serious about this?

Of course I'm serious about it. We've been dating forever.

Well, congratulations!

Don't pop the cork on the champagne bottle just yet. She hasn't said yes.

But she will. Everybody knows that she likes you, she's in love with you.

- You think? - Yeah.

Come on.

What's going on here?

So what's the plan?

Plan for what?

Your birthday, dumbass! What are we doing?

I don't know. Drinks, I guess.

"Drinksh it ish."

What time?

You guys what us to do seven?

So we'll see you at seven at Veryl?

Veryl is fine.

Seven at Veryl. Hey!

- Don't be late! - Never late!

- Don't be late! - I won't!

- Promise you won't be late! - I promise!

Can I help you?

Yeah. Uh, I'm looking for Joshua.

He's on vacation for a couple of weeks.

Really? He didn't mention anything to me.

And you are?

I'm Carlos Carrasco. I'm Joshua's friend. Come here all the time.

Oh, yes. Carlos.

We've never met.

Joshua did mention you though.

- Frank. - Pleasure to meet you.

Joshua asked me to look after his place

while he's out of town attending some personal business.

Nothing serious I hope.

Mmm... I'm not entirely sure of the details myself.

He did, however, say that you would be stopping by.

- He did? - Mm-hm.

In fact he left something for you.

Please, follow me.

Por favor.

Joshua mentioned you are working on an essay. Something to do with Ernest Hemingway, right?

Yeah.

Well, he thinks this might be of benefit to you.

- ¿Havana Darkness? - Mm-hm.

- What is this? - Look for yourself.

It's in Spanish.

Most of phrasing and wording is very disjointed.

Huh. My very same impression.

Who's the author?

Anonymous. But this is where it gets interesting.

Joshua spoke to some guy from an auction where he picked this up.

He was told that this belonged to his great uncle, Antonio Gattorno.

- Antonio Gattorno. - Mm-hm.

The manuscript came with a collection of letters.

Here.

Recognize the signature?

Yeah.

- That's... - Hemingway?

Who knows.

Antonio Gattorno was a Cuban artist and a very close friend of Hemingway.

He actually moved to New York and spent over twenty years living in this city.

Joshua said that this manuscript was part of a stack of books

that were brought here from Cuba in the eighties.

We strongly believe that this book was one of Hemingway's lost manuscripts.

At least part of it anyway because it appears to be unfinished. See?

"For him this place led to darkness...

which led to pain...

then to horror...

horror so unspeakable that hung on him forever."

Please, take it.

No!

No, I can't!

I mean... If this is what you say it is it must be worth a fortune.

As a matter of fact Joshua said that you might be interested in helping us with that.

Absolutely! Yeah, of course, but...

but I cannot take it with me.

He insisted you take it.

You sure?

I'm sure. Actually I'm certain.

Joshua will be back in a couple of weeks.

I promise I'll take care of this, okay?

If you talk to Joshua please tell him that I said thank you.

I'll be sure to tell him that.

"He stood across the street from that building in Havana.

The place was pure...

evil.

Nothing else.

There was some..."

- What's up? - What's up?!

It's eight fifteen and you are not here, that's what's up.

Just give me twenty minutes, I'll be there.

"Oh well, cash in their checks" and pays in freshman.

What did he do?

He took a swing!

Why am I not surprised.

Whose side are you on?

So? How's your essay coming along?

Good. Good. Actually, uh...

Something came up today that might help a lot.

Your table is ready.

You guys remember Joshua, right? The guy who owns a bookstore. 83rd and York.

Yeah, yeah, the sweet little thing.

Yeah the guy who wants to get in your pants, that one?

- He's not! - Anyway, listen.

This guy, he just recently acquired a lot of stuff at an auction.

And one of those things is this old book, it's a handwritten manuscript

and they believe it may have been written by

Hemingway.

- No! - Yes!

- It's amazing! - Aha.

And?

What do you mean, "and"? This is a big deal, don't you see it?

Hemingway wrote a lot of things that went missing over the years.

Especially when he was living in Cuba.

So these guys believe that this is one of those pieces.

So how do you know this is an original manuscript though?

That's exactly what I'm trying to learn right now. I'm working on that.

But if I can... if I can prove it is then I have a foundation for my work.

"Unlocking the mystery behind Hemingway"

or "Unlocking the mystery behind Hemingway's work".

Oh.

- It has a good ring to it. - No? Well it's a working title.

- It's a working title you know. - It's super catchy.

Yeah I mean just... read it.

I would go and spend some time in Cuba but there's no way to be certain.

What I've been telling you.

Why don't we go?

Why don't we go to Cuba?

This weekend. Why don't we go?

Okay, you've had one too many.

- Go together? - Yeah.

Just up and go?

Yeah. Hey. I don't work this weekend. You don't work this weekend.

Look. I'm gonna get us a round of shots.

But if you decide to go to Cuba I might be in.

It's not gonna be a hindrance to your research, right?

No, no, I...

Help me out, man!

- See me looking at you? - Yeah, but...

It is a perfect opportunity to give her the ring.

Right.

Yeah.

- And then are you with me? - Yeah. Of course. It's great.

Okay.

Well. Let's go to Cuba.

Yeah, let's go to Cuba.

So, what's the verdict?

Carlos, what's the verdict?

To Cuba!

Cuba!

Let's go.

So this is it.