The Club (El club)

God saw that the light was good...

and he separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:4

Father Vidal!

Let's go, Rayo.

12.57 seconds.

Are the Manzurs there?

They are.

- Hi. - How are you?

Come, Rayo.

Two. One.

He's off.

He won!

He won.

He won.

He won.

With the last race we totaled 470,000 pesos. Not bad.

That money is a blessing.

- I would split it. - What do you need money for?

For expenses.

We need more dogs. One greyhound is not enough.

I'd have an army of dogs, all from the same mother.

I think we're doing very well with Rayo.

The last champion from Santiago won by 12.37 in the 200-yard race.

We're very close.

Rayo ran it in 12.57 seconds. A difference of 0.20 seconds.

Really? That's great.

Will the dogs be as fast as those black Jamaican ones?

Rayo will be the champion.

What? The race is in Santiago.

But I can go with Rayo.

How could you go? Who would stay with us?

You could find a substitute.

Impossible.

But we simply must find a way to take that dog to Santiago.

Let's win the regionals and then we'll see.

Perhaps some of you have met him already.

But let me introduce Father Matias Lozcano.

From now on, he will join you in your home...

in this community of yours.

Father Matias.

Let me introduce Father Vidal, Father Ortega...

Father Silva and Father Ramirez.

I'm Sister Monica.

We're very happy to have you here.

Welcome.

This house is very important to the church.

A shelter, a house of prayer.

Is anybody else coming, Father?

No, not that I'm aware of.

Father Matias, you will sleep on the first floor.

You're very lucky. You'll have a room to yourself.

It's a little room next to the chapel...

that the Fathers and I have been sprucing up for some time.

It's very nice.

Father, do you like animals?

Yes.

I have a cat they wouldn't let me bring.

Excuse me, were you in a parish in San Antonio in the '80s?

No. Father Matias is from Chillan.

He's a “Chillanejo.”

ls the correct term “Chillanejo” or “Chillanense”?

However you like.

If you'd given us notice, we could've put some meat on the grill...

to celebrate the Father's arrival.

Some pork sausages from Chillan.

From Chillan.

Did you bring any sausages, Father?

We wake up in the morning and pray. Then we have breakfast.

Then there's some free time for personal matters.

We hold mass at noon.

The fathers take turns officiating, the same with confession.

If you are in need of confession, just let me know.

I will speak with the fathers and one of them will help you.

We have lunch at 1:00. After that, we sing.

Then we have some free time, and at 8:30, we have dinner.

We say the rosary at 8:00 and have dinner at 8:30.

You cannot go into town...

unless it's between 6:30 and 8:30 a.m. or 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.

If you want to go out during those hours, you can, but only alone.

You can't be on the streets together.

It's absolutely forbidden to communicate with any person outside of this house.

Also forbidden is any activity involving self-flagellation...

or self-pleasuring.

You are not allowed to handle money or cell phones.

Excuse me, Sister, but I don't know why I should have to be...

subjected to the same rules as those men.

Maybe you don't know why I'm here.

I didn't commit any crime, any sin.

I'm not a queer.

I had a bit of trouble...

- Porcelain heart... - but it was resolved.

The one who loves you is called Sandokan.

A rose fell from the sky. The wind pulled its petals.

And each petal said, “My name is Sandokan.”

Chinese orange, French lemon.

Give me a kiss because I'm thirsty.

Sister.

Give him something to eat.

No, I think we should give him money.

- Yes, that would be better. - Wouldn't it?

I saw you arrive in a black car.

Why don't you come out and talk with me?

Why don't you come talk with me?

Why don't you come talk with me, Father Matias Lozcano?

When the priests came to get us-

When they would come to get us at the children's home...

to introduce us to the word of God...

they would recite the sermon of Jesus from the Bible...

when the priests brought us in.

When I had to serve them as altar boy...

and we had to serve the chalice to them.

And there were a bunch of priests that would touch their genitals.

There must have been like three priests who touched their genitals.

Then they would proceed to masturbation, self-masturbation...

that they would perform by moving their foreskin.

You could see very clearly how the foreskin went back and forth...

back and forth until the ejaculation came.

Then they would molest us-

I knew it. Silva, I told you.

- They would penetrate us anally- - I told you this shit would happen!

And they would come on our faces.

Why am I in this house? Why am I in this fucking house?

- I knew it! I told you, Silva! - Stop it. Don't yell.

You. Hey, you.

I know you're in there, Father Matias Lozcano.

- Is that one of your kids? - Remember coming on our faces?

Is that one of your kids, degenerate?

Go talk to him!

You'd make me pray and then you'd say-

“That's not oral sex, fucking orphan. This is oral sex!”

And you'd stick your penis in my mouth.

It was a big penis, like this.

And since I was a child, sometimes the corners of my mouth would hurt.

As a child, my mouth couldn't open wide enough for a priest's penis...

but he'd do it to me anyway.

And sometimes, the semen would make me vomit.

The semen would make me vomit.

Later, the priest would give me breath mints.

Excuse me, mister!

That way, the semen wouldn't feel so dirty.

- Why don't you come in? - So strange, so salty.

- The priests thought highly of themselves. - Please, sir.

- Please! Come in. - He'd say, “Look.

Everything you see around you...

is the work of God.”

And I would tell the priest-

Enough, Father Matias.

Go outside.

Go give that guy a bad scare...

before the whole town hears the ruckus he's making.

- I don't know him. - Yes, you do!

Go to the window! Look at him!

Don't you recognize him? He recognizes you!

You take care of this!

Father Matias, listen to me!

Scare him, you hear?

And he eats the foreskin.

You're a degenerate! Go outside!

- I don't know him. - Go outside! Don't play dumb!

They'd take us to the bathroom and we would suck their penises.

We'd make love again.

We'd come back from Burger King, with a Happy Meal.

We'd come back from buying beer, and they'd make love to us again.

“You will be my child while you eat the head of the glans...

and you move back fast...

and you eat and swallow that vital seminal fluid...

that eventually will enter into your body, my son.

Because you have been with the messenger of God.”

“The Lord has touched me.

The Lord has touched me,” you used to tell me.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of-

Of course, we stayed inside because we were very scared.

You're saying this is a-

A retreat for priests...

who can no longer work and must leave their parishes.

He was very sad, very worried. He didn't want to eat or drink.

Nothing. Not even tea. He didn't want-

He didn't want to pray or sing.

We were sitting at the table watching a reality show...

when he suddenly got upset about something.

He went downstairs...

and came back with a gun.

We got scared and hid in the bathroom.

After a while, we heard a gunshot.

You should rest.

Here's what will happen.

We came here and collected the necessary evidence.

We'll wait for ballistics and give you a call, all right?

- All right. I'm sorry. - Excuse me.

I said he suddenly got upset...

that I didn't know why he went downstairs and got a gun...

and that we were scared and hid in the bathroom.

And that we heard the gunshot.