Dark Desire (Oscuro deseo)

FORENSIC MEDICAL SERVICES

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SIX WEEKS EARLIER

Violence, crime and gender.

Nancy, I've told you ten times.

Yes, please. Send the study plan to the coordinator, okay?

And don't forget to book Classroom 10 starting this Monday

through the end of the seminar.

Yes.

Okay, let me know if you need anything else or call me on my cell.

Have a nice weekend.

Thanks.

Zoe, I'm leaving.

Hi, mom.

Memento mori.

What's that?

In a nutshell, postmortem pictures

from Victorian times, and they are cool.

Yes, that I know. What I don't understand is why you enjoy these things.

Mom, it's fascinating.

Look.

Check this.

Look at their eyes.

They are dead.

Exactly.

There are eyes, but...

there is no gaze, no soul. It's just bodies...

It's amazing how you can tell even though it's a fucking picture.

I don't like them.

It's dismal and morbid.

I don't understand the obsession of modern generations

of portraying death as glamorous.

Mom, you do know that I'm going to be a medical examiner, right?

Yes. And do you realize how many femicides

are a product of this admiration of violence and death?

You know what, Alma?

Come on, go.

Go.

Have fun and get drunk.

-Talk to your dad, okay? -Yes, go.

Have a good time. Bye!

Andrés will pick you up.

Alma will come back on Sunday afternoon,

so we have all the time in the world.

I'll call you later, okay?

Who will you be calling later?

You're leaving, honey?

Who were you making plans with?

I was talking to Esteban.

But you said: "We'll have the entire weekend".

Well, yes.

I don't know if I'll see him today or tomorrow. I mean...

We'll meet at some point.

Sure.

-Take care. -Yes.

WELCOME TO MORELOS

DARK DESIRE

-My friend! -Hi, girl!

I'm so glad you came.

-Welcome. -How are you?

Come inside, it's raining.

I couldn't wait to see you.

Me too, you don't come here anymore.

-Want a Bloody Mary? -Yes, please.

I think he's fucking someone else.

Your husband?

The incorruptible and impeccable Mr. Judge?

Do you think I'm crazy?

Who do you suspect? Some slut, bitch, or husband stealer?

Brenda!

Sorry.

Do you think he's capable of it?

I don't know.

You tell me.

Well, it's a woman from his job.

He spends more time with this girl than with me.

Okay.

His secretary.

No, his executive assistant.

Classic!

And what's her name?

Is she cute?

Young?

Is she hot?

Although that doesn't mean anything.

Let me tell you, Roberto left me for an ugly woman,

an old lady with more cellulite than me.

Well, Edith is...

young.

Very beautiful.

Smart.

Are you ready?

I don't know her that well, but she's like those girls

that are always kind and attentive.

And she's always very thoughtful with Leonardo. It's like...

Like she's indispensable to him, you know?

Indispensable.

And you still have doubts?

How did you find out about Roberto?

No, girl. I did not know.

I had all the signs right in front of me, but I missed them.

Changes in his routine, working extra hours,

being overzealous with his phone and his computer...

Suddenly, he started going to the gym and taking care of his body.

What makes you think he's fucking her?

I don't know, it's like...

Women can sense these things, you know?

Look.

This morning he got super nervous

when I asked him who he was talking to.

And well... I don't know.

How is he in bed?

Well...

Obviously, it's not like it was when we were both young,

and wanted to fuck all day long, but it's...

No, wait.

I don't know!

We've been married 20 years, Brenda.

I don't know, what do you want me to say?

I think it's normal.

-Are you okay? -No.

Anyway, let's get back to your thing.

So, you had all the signs right in front of you and...?

And nothing.

I never realized what was happening

until Roberto came one day and said:

"I'm not in love with you anymore, I met someone else...

And I want a divorce."

What an idiot, right?

Honey...

I know what we are going to do.

We're going on a cruise.

On a cruise?

A cruise...

...for singles, seven days, six nights, through the Caribbean.

That's how you'll find your soulmate

or some guy you can fuck for a while.

We leave on Monday.

We?

No, I'm not looking for a single guy or a soulmate.

Besides, my seminar starts this Monday.

Come on, you urgently need a self-esteem boost.

And someone to remove the cobwebs in your head and your lady parts.

No, don't worry about that, I manage that perfectly fine myself.

"I manage that perfectly fine, of course, because I'm a complete woman,

and a complete woman doesn't need her other half."

Well, yes. Look.

Let's do this.

Let's go on a trip, you and me.

A friends trip, no single men.

Yes, okay.

Like the ones we've been doing since we were 15.

But I know how you can repay me.

And you won't be able to say no.

How?

Tonight,

you and I will go hunting.

How long has it been since your last orgasm?

How long has it been since you felt that tingling sensation?

How long has it been since you got wet?

Now that we're here, the average age in this place just went up to 25.

Shut up, Alma.

It's great.

Okay, and how do you dance to this?

Like this, wild.

Tribal.

You're fetishizing youth, Brenda.

Let's dance, come on.

I'll have dinner here and then I don't know when I'll be free.

Exactly, Zoe.

I am the judge, and judges don't need to explain ourselves.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Rest, little lady.

Edith, it's perfect.

I'm glad you like it.

Cheers.

All beers. Fuck.

Damn.

-What's up, Jas? -Zoe, how are you?

-Fine, and you? -Okay. Do you want a beer?

Okay, I'll have one.

-Hi, Bicho. -How are you?

How's the business doing?

It's kind of dead, right?

To what do I owe this honor?

My parents ditched me again.

Mom went to Cuernavaca with Brenda.

Brenda Castillo?

She just got divorced.

Really? How so?

How did that happen?

Well, well, why so interested?

Merely professional curiosity.

I think her husband cheated on her.

And your dad?

Did he have to work?

That's what he told me.

But... I don't know.

I think he's up to something.

My brother?