The Paper Man (El hombre de papel)

THE PAPER MAN

- Stop him! - Stop him!

- Stop him! - My wallet!

He stole my wallet!

Stop him!

- Stop him! - Stop!

Stop!

- Stop! - My wallet!

My wallet! My wallet! Stop him!

He stole my wallet! Stop him!

Wait!

- My money! - Wait!

Here's your money.

Where's my 10 grand bill? My 10 grand bill is missing!

Ten grand! Didn't you mean a million?

I'm telling you, I had a 10 grand bill in my wallet.

Yes, in my wallet! Behind Saint Christopher...

... who protects the travelers.

My wallet! Where is it?

Over there.

Everything costs 5 cents more.

Really, everything's more expensive.

When have I stolen a cent from you?

Look at me.

- What's wrong with him? - He can tell by the eyes...

...when they want to cheat him. He's mute, but not stupid.

Coffee?

Fourteen.

Seventeen.

Twenty-two.

Eight.

Come on!

You'll have to tell me if a car is coming, man!

Mute man. Get yourself someone to feed you.

My daughter and I are leaving tomorrow.

I've found that forgetful father-to-be.

Pay me.

I've charged for it already.

You'll thank me when the baby's cry...

...reminds your mason of the souvenir he left you.

I'll do what you want me to, won't I?

Why talking about my business?

Soon there will be so many journeys...

... to the moon and back...

...that a space traffic station...

...will be required.

Come on! Lmagine the cops on their clouds!

A cloud for each one of them. Come on!

- Pay attention! - Go on!

Read!

Because when the atoms become disintegrated...

...they generate the energy unchaining the reaction...

...that, when integrated in the form or heat...

...and of...

...and of...

- Of what? - Yes, what?

Well, the rocket flies really really fast...

...because of that atom thing, right?

And of course, because of the jet reaction.

Oh!

The reading is free, but the newspaper isn't.

Pay me.

Pay me.

What do I care about space journeys!

I won't go to the Moon!

But what about the news about that old decree?

- Which one? - The President's decree.

He gave us this community's electricity for free.

Have you forgotten, Mite?

Tell me... how much have you saved in candles and oil?

That's right.

Who wrote the list the Government asked for...

...for you? - What list?

The list of people who are going to get...

...those 3,000 new houses.

If it wasn't for me you wouldn't be getting...

...a house at all.

- Pay him! - Okay! Okay!

But I'm paying him just because of the house.

Cut that nonsense!

Pedro, it's bedtime.

I made a hole in it like you said and it's not working.

Try it now.

You're so clever, Dad!

Hey!

It's just a "beep", not a "tra-la-la-la".

Hey, the mute man is more clever than you!

You meddler!

Oh, Bartolini, how sad is life!

What a sad life, Bartolonini!

Oh, Bartolonete, how sad life is!

I don't want to sing anymore.

Why not?

He's trying to compete with us.

Don't say that. This man's a friend.

A friendly thief.

Titino, don't be rude. He is a beautiful person.

Beautiful?

He isn't.

He looks like a kangaroo with a hat.

Hey, what museum did you escape from?

Answer me!

Oh, you're mute!

What's your name?

"Mr. Nape"?

Oh, "Mr. Apple"!

Adam.

His name is Adam.

Just like our father Adam.

No, my father's name is Chencho.

Oh, my batteries are low.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you could spare some change...

...for Titino to keep on singing...

...we'd really appreciate it.

Children...

...l've got to wind Titino.

That's enough for five cents.

My throat is dry.

Hang in there.

No.

Drink some tequila.

Well, just to get my voice clear, okay?

Excuse me.

Go ahead.

Another sip.

No, no, I'll get drunk.

One more sip or I won't sing.

Okay, okay.

You make such a big sacrifice for me, right?

Hey!

Poor kid, he's lost. Hand him to the cops.

- I'm in a hurry. - Wait, wait!

Wait here, don't move. I'll be right back.

Eighteen.

Where did that little garbage come from?

Your son?

Oh, that was a secret well kept!

But he can't deny being your son.

He's just like his father.

What's that?

What do you mean yours?

What?

We'll hand him to the police right now.

You're so stupid! They'll say you're a kidnapper!

Oh, he's sucking you up already, man!

What about his parents?

The boy's parents, don't play dumb.

What about the kid's parents?

What? Too bad for them, right?

Lmagine how worried they must be.

Look at me, I'm talking to you!

Am I right or not?

There, we're handing him in.

That's enough, man!

Besides, we're here already.

Come on.

Really?

We'll do as I say!

Leave that kid alone or I'll say you stole him.

It's for your own good, man.

So you won't have 20 years of a life sentence.

Give him to me.

Come on, son!

Give me a hand, don't just stand there!

You'd be the perfect son-in-law for me...

...but you make too little money.

No, at the 3,000 houses you'd be too far from the city...

...and you're a city man.

All those people get their jobs done within 2 hours...

...without leaving, right?

But you'd rather walk all over Mexico...

...even though the pay is less.

Why?

That's why!

You're a man who likes to walk the streets...

...among the cars.

Because you're a civilized man.

Pay me.

Don't start it!

What? I don't like working for someone else to get paid.

Look, Mite, this is the last time I tell you...

...that I do the thinking for you.

I represent you at the union...

...I teach you and let you know...

...what's going on in the world.

You'll try to impress us with your...

...megaphone radio. - Megaton!

Fellows, tell this scavenger what will happen...

...when one of those bombs hit us.

Tell him!

- We'll die. - Of course!

- It's active radio. - It's the other way round!

- Pay him now. - Come on, pay him.

Here. I'm just doing it for the bomb.

You pig!

Mute man, mute man...

Mute man...

Give me a lollipop.

Thanks.

Here comes Torcuato!