Voyage to Nowhere (El viaje a ninguna parte)

"No, I mustn't think that I once loved you ...

that it is better to forget than to suffer ".

Must remember.

Must remember.

It is the "Trío Calaveras" that sings, and the song is called "Caminemos".

No, I'm "Los Panchos".

Many years have passed.

I once saw "Los Calaveras" in a very glamorous ballroom.

Some of us stayed after the closure of the venue.

In those days, places closed very early.

You know, Franco .... Since he didn't go out at night ...

There were María Asquerino, Jorge Mistral, Lola Flores, Rabal ...

I didn't know any of them personally, I had just arrived from the cities.

JOURNEY TO NO PLACE

I had just been discovered by Miguel Mihura, a belated discovery, but I owe my greatest to him success, and the best years of my life.

I wasn't going to tell it now, but it appeared suddenly my son, that lazy young man.

Sometimes I have memory lapses ...

- Your mother sent you, didn't she? - Certain.

- I do not know what to say .... - Me neither.

- We hardly ever met. - Never.

I saw you in the pictures your mother sent me.

You grew, and you grew, and you grew ...

Certain.

Well, then hug me, boy!

While we were embraced, I kept thinking he was a lazy man.

Carlos! We are leaving!

- So your name ... What's your name? - Carlos, like you.

- I know, I mean the last name. - Piñeiro López, like my mother.

I don't have his surname.

Don't be so formal with me, it's old fashioned.

I'm formal because I don't know her.

- Carlos, the bus is leaving. - Dad, this is my son.

- Your nephew. - Oh! It is you?

What a handsome young man!

You will lead the way! Hug me, nephew!

What an emotion!

What an emotion!

He is taller than you!

And you have to grow still, because you have ...

- 17 years. - Seventeen ...? How time passes!

- Do you like theater? - I do not know.

- Have you ever seen a play? - Only one, but it was ridiculous.

- Haven't you seen any others? - One on family matters, even that quite ridiculous.

They were well dressed. Some so good they seem ridiculous.

Come on, Carlos.

- He is my son? - Come to Cabezales.

Here we go.

- When are you going back to Galicia? - My mother told me to stay here.

- Did she tell you? - Yes, she says she took care of me for 17 years,

my father can take care of it for 3, until my registration.

Well, but sometimes I sent some money ....

Yes, my mother wrote it to me.

I have it here.

"When I was two, I received 50 pesetas for San Carlos.

At 4, another 125 pesetas, for San Carlos.

At 12, as a Christmas present, 3 kg of sausages and a bottle of wine ".

- So he packed your bags and off you go with your father. - Not a suitcase, just a box.

She gave it to me when she went to Mexico, and two pairs of pants. - Two pairs of pants? - Yes, and half a cheese.

- What are you wearing now? - Yup.

- And what's your job? - Nobody.

- It's about time, right? - I was a mechanic, I got very dirty.

- You'll have to tell Juanita. - Forget it for now.

Whoever drinks or plays, must leave, to watch the show, you have to ask for another drink.

Carlitos, my son, remained impassive, sat until the end of the show.

"Even if I'm po ... po ...

... poor, what we need is ...

and and ..

-... is ... - Support us?

Send you all to town!

- Raskal! - Mom, I love him!

I ... I ...

- I ... - Mom, stop it!

I'll kill myself if I ever see my daughter with this wretch.

Is it contagious.

Leave them, Lucrecia, leave them.

When two hearts come together ... they are stronger than any reason. "

- They laughed, didn't they? - Come on, nephew, talk.

Do not be shy. What do you think?

Ridiculous.

It's not you, you were very funny, but looking at you with that trick.

I don't know the theater. I do not know.

Now I know what his problem was.

He met me for the first time there, with the curtain, the audience.

His opinion would have been different if he had me met years later, for example, on awards day of the "Spanish Cinema Club".

And now, the winner for Best Supporting Actor! For his performance in "Flowers for Mom": Carlos Galván!

To give the prize, we have the head of the National Union Showbizz, and Carlos Galván himself will receive it.

You should work with us.

- I miss the vocation. - What do you know?

I know, a friend of mine had it and became a priest.

- So what's your calling? - Be an accountant.

- An accountant? - Yes, I know how to divide.

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The vocation comes by looking at others. At least in acting. - In Vigo, a friend of mine, did his bills in a stationery shop.

- But why do you like it? - My friend Pepiño has two stationeries of his own, and a car, and he dresses very well.

Where did he get the money to start? With a salary ...

- By marrying the owner's daughter. - Excellent!

But he was able to marry her because he was an accountant.

If he had been a comedian, he couldn't have.

Maldonado does it, he is an actor, as well as a manager.

You are a comedian, Carlitos!

- Juanita I need to talk to you. - Certain. "Clear and round", as they say.

If you get angry before you start ...

... you understand that it is not easy for me to tell you.

I see it clearly, you have a son, tall like a cathedral. You didn't tell me because you're a pig.

- We don't talk about these things. - What, then? Weather?

Juanita, that was a long time ago.

Looking at the boy, he must be about ... 40 years old.

- You see ... - Do not touch me!

I forgot, we have a lot to talk about.

Our love. Our work.

- I told you more. - Who, Marianito?

But he lives with his mother. Make up your own mind, this boy, who will he live with? - For a few days, he will sleep with me in my bedroom. - But really? Where will I sleep?

You better say no more, I don't know what I'm going to do.

I just don't know.

We stop a lot these days because directors who go from city to city are a great skill.

And this considering that they carry old broken films.

Rosa is your second cousin. - I don't think we are.

She is the daughter of Julia, who is my second cousin.

No, Rosa is Carlitos' aunt, because she is my daughter.

Did you understand? Carlitos, the famous anonymous Galván.

Signor Arturo, your grandfather, the lead actor.

Mrs. Julia, your great-aunt, Rosa, your aunt ...

Juanita, another workmate.

Stop joking, Maldonado, and stop drinking.

And Maldonado, another colleague. Let's drink to the new gentleman.

May it be crowned with bay leaves without forgetting the vines of Bacchus.

- Health. - Health!

Funny situation, right?

Just like one of those comedies that make you cry.

Because?

Two men, unknown until yesterday, sleep together in the same bed.

And those men, Carlos Galván and Carlos Pinero ... - Piñeiro! - Carlos Piñeiro are father and son.

- Funny situation, right? - Yes it is.

I'm still a stranger, even if we are in bed together, right? - Certain.

Do you know what the call of blood is?

- I heard something about it. - From your mother?

No, in a movie.

- Can you hear the call? - No.

I can't do it either, son. It's too early.

If you heard it, it would tell you that you have to be a comedian.

- I'd die of shame. - Because?

- It's a job like any other. - You must be cheeky.

There is no other work here.

I can't be a comedian.

- Why not? - Because of my Galician accent.

- You came right now. - But no, dad.

Read.

- Now? - Now!

- No, dad, no. - Read!

It's a comedy we're going to do one of these days.

You play Luis. That character never appeared until now, we were reading a letter with his part, we are too few.

You will read it tomorrow.

Read.

Mr. Count ...

... today I leave Caramona. - Not Caramona, Carmona!

Carmona.

I'm going to Por ... to ... gallo.

Read, let me see how it's done.

Lord Conte, today I leave Carmona, I go in Portugal, where I will be able to leave for Africa.

I know what I was about to do is felony.

I wish Marta to be very happy. Here you are.

- You read very quickly. - I know by heart. Go ahead.

Mr. ... ok, I skip this, I've already read it.

Read it all again.

Today ...

... I ... I'm ...

... I'm going ...

... Carmona.

I am going to Portugal, where I could go to Africa.

I know what I was about to do is felony. - To felony!

- Fellonia. What is that? - It does not matter. Keep it going.

I wish Marta to be very happy.

- Is that how you read? - Yup.

Comedians, turn off the lights, it's late!

What you want is me to give him a wake up call, right?

- What a way to express yourself! - But you understand me.

The boy needs something to take away his shyness, the voice of blood means nothing to him.

If you haven't seen any comedies ...

Today, at 6:30 in the afternoon, in the Círculo Castellano ...

... the Great Company ..

... Hiniesta-Galván.

... will perform the funny comedy:

"Beware of the Marchesa".

4 pesetas per chair.

2,50 pesetas, per bench.

At 6:30 at the Círculo Castellano.

It's not the same show as last month.

The drum and cymbals must be brought down, the chairs up. The benches opposite, on the platform, as always. There was a dance yesterday.

Watch your head. You are very tall.

- What do I do with this. - Mattilo at the foot of the stairs.

- It's very dark. - There is a light bulb.

- Where does it light up? - The switch is next to the window.

- I can not find it. - Right, below.

- Sorry, I tripped. - It's normal, it's dark.

- There he is. - Switch on.

- There is no light. - Did you turn it on?

- It must be merged. - Or it's loose. Let me see.

- Get me a chair. - As?

Arrange!

- Oh! Excuse me. - You do it on purpose?