Paraiso Travel

Hello?

Hello?

Hello!

Hello!

What happened?

Nothing, a woman answered, but she hung up.

There was a weird tone, it sounded like a recording.

Give me more coins.

- That's all that's left. - Give them to me.

Why spend what little we have left on that telephone, Reina?

How are we supposed to let them know we're here, huh?

Hello!

Hello, it's Reina.

It's Reina, I'll call back later.

Why didn't you tell them we were here?

You could've given them this address.

I'll call them back later.

With what? We ran out of coins.

I don't know, someone will lend us a phone,

or we'll come up with an idea.

What idea?

You and your damn ideas!

Did you forget all this shit was your idea?

Right, because you never have any ideas.

Sure, just look where you brought us.

Or was this rat hole a part of your plan?

What were you expecting, a suite at the Hilton?

No, but I thought we'd be staying with your cousin.

New York is already too big for you, Marlon.

You should've stayed in Medellin eating shit.

Of course.

As if we're not screwed and eating shit here too.

Yeah, but it's American shit, so it's different.

What are we going to do?

Tell me, Reina, what are we going to do?

Why don't you just kill yourself, Marlon?

Don't you go out on the street, Marlon Cruz!

Brooklyn, New York

Hey! Let go!

Did you find it?

Yeah, here it is.

What's the matter?

You went looking for dessert, didn't you?

No, you saw me drop it.

Come, let's go take a walk.

I'll tell my father we're going out.

Hey, didn't you promise to teach me how to play pool?

No dessert?

Dad... I'm going out for a bit.

It's very hot.

Be very careful, dear.

This neighborhood is full of potheads now.

Yes, sir.

Nice! It's good.

You're learning.

Of course, with such an awesome teacher, how could I not?

- Really? - Yeah.

You like it? Yeah?

I spoke with Fabiola.

What's that tramp telling you now?

She said she can get us in.

Come on.

You know that's all bullshit.

Aren't we supposed to go to the embassy first?

You know, fill out some forms,

go here, there, do this and that?

Yes, but they are never going to give us a visa.

Or at least not to me.

It doesn't hurt to try.

I'll ask you the same questions Fabiola asked me.

Do you have a credit card?

Do you have a bank account?

- No. - Do you have a steady job?

- No. - What about property?

- A house? A car? - No... I don't! I wish!

An uncle in the government, secretary of any darn thing?

I wish I did!

See? You have nothing.

With nothing, they won't give you a visa.

No, but I have you.

But having me won't get you a visa.

But why New York?

Why so far away?

Because that's where it's at.

Look at the pictures my cousin Gloria sent me.

She says we can stay with her if we want to.

Come here...

Where were you hiding those pictures?

Keep your hands to yourself and sit down, would you?

Can you imagine me and you living in a little apartment...

with a big tub we can get into every night and make love?

Why don't we start now?

You know all this is yours...

but once we get there.

But why?

Let's go slowly.

No... let's come slowly.

I'd better get home.

But we were just getting started.

That's just the point.

Hey, Giovanny, a thief! Grab him, grab him!

Get him, throw him out of here!

Get that rat out of here!

I don't allow thieves in here; kick him out!

Wait, hold on!

Out!

Let go!

Come inside, Giovanny.

I'm not a thief!

There she is...

- Hi. - What's up man.

Look.

Look how pretty it is there when it snows.

Rather than that fucking mud pit we get here every time it rains.

You should stop looking at those pictures.

Oh, relax, just calm down.

I'm perfectly calm.

No, no, don't worry about them, just give them to me; thank you.

Well, well.

I have the vouchers and the passports

with visas for Guatemala for those who paid.

The group is leaving on the scheduled date

with those who've paid.

Those who haven't will have to wait until we plan another trip.

But when does this group leave?

No "buts," we're serious people here,

and what we say is what we do.

The tickets include the flights from Medellin to Panama

and from Panama to Guatemala.

In Guatemala, if anybody asks,

you just say you're there for a week's vacation.

You shouldn't need to make up anything else.

There, you will be greeted by our representative

and once you get settled at the resort,

he'll explain how you'll take the fluvial route to Mexico.

From there, a first-class surface transport

will take you to the border.

From there it's a hop, skip, and a jump

and then you'll start seeing signs saying:

"Welcome to the United States."

Excuse me, one question: "fluvial, " what is that?

Fluvial! By river! By river!

Ah, Okay...

And now, one little tip for when you're there.

There, my dears,

anybody wearing a uniform is an official of some sort,

and remember... the last thing you people need

is any kind of official for anything.

So, when you're there and you see some guy in a uniform,

and he's coming towards you, you walk in the opposite direction.

Do you understand?

Now, it's $3,000, per person, "by next week."

If not, "So sorry, babies, no fly."

All right, questions?

Damn it, Marlon,

we have to figure out a way to get that money somehow.

- That's a lot of money, Reina. - So?

We'll never come up with that kind of money.

There's only three ways to raise that kind of money:

working, gambling, or stealing.

Here you go, sweetheart, Miguel Correa?

Right here!

Here you are... black, black like you're wearing now, yes.

Cristina Beltran, here you go.

Please, dad, give me that job.

I know this city better than you do.

I'm going to tell you something.

Everything I've done in my life has been

so that you can get a good education and build a career.

Not so you can drive a taxi.

But wasn't that how you started?

And now you've got four taxis.

Look how well you're doing.

That was different, son, I started at the bottom.

But for you it's different, thanks to what I've done.

Now it's time for you to go to the University.

Mateo, sit up straight, like I told you.

Don't you want to go to college, Marlon?

You know, our contact there is making some progress.

They told me just the other day,

when the strike is over, you can start.

That's just it, Mom.

In the meantime, I'd like to earn a few pesos.

- Marlon, I said no! - Why not?

How come Juancho's family gave him work?

That's Juancho's family, not this one!

Do you know how many of my drivers

have been mugged this week?

- Mom told you to say that! - Nobody has told me anything.

Besides, I don't have any free taxis,

they're all working double shift..

I don't want to talk about this again, understood?

Mateo, pick up your spoon and eat properly.

You're hungry, aren't you?

You know you just can't enter a place like a madman

and steal food without permission.

Are you Colombian?

Colombian just like you.

Giovanny, go and see if you can find something for a fever.

But ma'am, didn't you see he was trying to steal food?