while the wolfs away (Mientras el Lobo No Está)

While the Wolf's Away

During the splendor and glory of the Roman Empire a child was born.

Now, this child was something special.

He was going to shake the foundations of that civilization as no one had ever done before.

Glory wasn't enough for the empire.

They lived in corruption and immorality.

What they didn't know is that in the forests of a distant rebel province

the poison that could kill them was brewing.

Every time they attacked that little village,

each time, this boy pleaded with his father to take him to fight.

The father knew that the right time was yet to come.

Finally, at the end of some battle,

the father, still hot blooded, takes his son from the feet

and holding him above the pyre

in which the bodies of the fallen were burning

makes him swear, makes him swear,

that one day he would destroy Rome.

Time passed, the child grew up,

the right time came.

He knew it wasn't going to be easy, that he would have to cross the darker paths.

He took his humble army and marched on elephants to Rome.

Arriving at the majestic Alps

his weak, hungry generals,

claimed that it would be impossible to cross.

Day after day they lost lives from famine, disease, cold.

And in that moment, that very moment,

when he thought that nobody believed in him anymore,

the man, becoming a child again,

began to doubt.

And then?

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

I'll find a way, else I'll make one.

That's what the great Hannibal told his soldiers,

just for the sake of fulfilling his oath.

Lady, gentleman,

I also took an oath.

That same oath: find the way, or make one

so that these young people correct their path.

These are the only keys to the place.

Single entry.

Single exit.

What you did is very serious, but you came to the right place.

Ricardo. Welcome to Hell.

-Howdy? Hi, I'm Duck. -Alex.

-Have you seen the girls? -Just one.

It's difficult to see them.

They live by the other building.

Did you bring more cigars, or was the one you were going to light the only one?

A pack.

-Did you steal it from your dad? -What did you do to be brought here?

You are not here for nothing.

So?

I crashed my dad's car.

They wouldn't have brought you just for that.

He is lying.

What are you staring at?

Hey, did you hear?

You also heard it. Right?

They put me into that thing.

-He's a rat! -He always spies on us.

No, don't do it.

Don't interfere. He must die.

Leave him alone.

Mind your own business.

Come on, spank the damn shaggy rat.

Everyone to his bed.

We're doomed.

Someone else?

The others go to your bedroom.

What, didn't you hear?

Rat!

Look, son, the thing is very simple:

That boy sometimes gets confused and misconstrues the facts.

I don't think that being your first night here

you had the courage to participate in that stupid thing.

Is it so?

Now I want you to tell me who started all this.

So?

I think that after all I was wrong on my first impression of you.

I should have imagined it.

Now make a row.

Goodnight.

-I thought you were going to snitch. -Silence.

Assembled.

All present.

All present, except Jorge, Patricio, Rubén, and the new one.

You may join.

All right.

Do you know what day is today?

Well, I'm going to tell you what day is today.

Who is she?

Today is just another day.

Don't even dream of it.

One more day here, in the middle of nowhere.

What's her name?

Where there's only you lot and me.

Don't.

This place has clear rules.

And the one who breaks them does so with full awareness of what he's doing.

Dismissed.

What have you got there?

-Nothing. -Nothing?

I saw you picking up no nothing.

Stop picking up garbage.

What does the paper say?

Nothing.

Don't tell me "nothing". Bring it here.

Daniela gave it to him. I have the right to know.

What does the paper say?

Cute pants, handsome.

She's mine. If you approach her or smile to her on our way back, I'll kill you.

She's not yours. And she does not even know who you are.

Of course she knows who I am.

Besides, it wasn't his fault that she fancied him.

-I don't fancy her. -He does not fancy her…

Someone else fancies her.

Isn't it so?

He is watching us.

We should spank him today again.

All night long, spank the hairy rat.

No. It's best not to get into trouble.

You are the worst chicken I ever met in my life.

Scaredy chicken.

There are many rumors, that's why.

Come on, there you go again.

Some people tried to escape.

Do you want to know what he does to them?

No, I don't.

You won't like to know what he does to them.

Yes, do mock. It seems that it's true.

Ann and Iesca escaped.

A few girls have managed to leave.

But do you know how many boys?

-Zero. -One.

They say that the guy was as hard as the walls of this place.

He wouldn't bend on anything.

There was no punishment to made him give up.

Punishments were hard, and he endured them all.

Because he liked pain.

His face was the face of the devil himself.

It seems that every blow for him was like woman's caresses.

Until one day he got bored, he just got bored, and he didn't like it anymore.

Like you're boring us now.

That day he went to the bedroom, grabbed his suitcase, and with everyone watching,

the students, the nuns, the guards, and the Mustache,

he walked out through the main gate.

And never returned.

It's the stupidest story I've ever heard in my life.

Even if they wanted to stop him, they couldn't.

-And them girls? -Who?

The girls.

How did they get out?

They... just vanished.

I swear I don't understand how you do it.

It's black magic, I've checked everything.

Check this out.

-Is it useful? -Hey!

We take advantage of the generosity of our sponsors

to announce the World Fair of Inventions,

that you can't miss

A wonderful world full of innovations...

What's "innovations"?

Ingenious inventions that will make you stay awake 24 hours a day.

How I wish I could go to the world's fair of inventions!

Yes, me too.

So let's go.

Come on, we must go there. We must escape.

Good luck with that!

I hate this place.

What about that story, the story of the girls who ran away?

Ricky's always talking nonsense, making things up.

Forget it. We're never going anywhere.

Gabby Jorge!

I got it well?

Now it's your face.

-Cover me. -Hey! Where are you going?

Please, don't make a noise. I have to talk to you.

You can't be here.

Where are they?

They're all outside waiting.

Hey, I need to ask you something.

Where is everybody?

It's the last group.

-What's your name? -Isabel.

Isabel... Hello.

You must leave. Please.

Do you already know about the girls who ran away?

What? No, I don't know of anyone who has escaped.

We are looking for an exit.

So to leave here.

If you find one, let me know.

Excuse me, sir. I forgot this.

Look forward. Put your hands down.

Now, silence.

You, Patricio, comb your hair.

Lift up that forelock.

-Where were you? -In the bathroom. Sorry.

OK, are you all ready?

One, two, and...

-Where were you? -I went to the bathroom.