Habana Instant (Un instante en la Habana)

Hey.

How much do you charge me

if you don't have a taximeter?

What about my luggage?

All right, all right.

So, how much do I owe you?

What?

50, 50.

This good?

Is this Marcelo's home?

Marcelo?

Marcelo!

Are you Marcelo?

Yes, I'm Marcelo.

I'm Charlie.

Who?

Charlie, your brother.

Happy birthday, man.

I don't know who you are.

You don't remember me?

What are you doing here?

I came to see you.

I came to celebrate your birthday with you.

After 23 years you want to celebrate my birthday...

I don't know you, I don't know who you are.

I don't know you.

Nobody wants you here, you don't belong to this place.

So leave.

My brother Carlos...

Talked to me in Spanish, he was a real person.

He wasn't this.

You don't belong to this place, so please...

Close the door and just leave.

I may not speak to you in Spanish...

Cause I don't remember how.

But I remember this house,

I remember mom taking care of us, right here...

What do you want?

Huh, what do you want?

I came to see you.

I just wanted to be closer to you.

So you want to be closer to me now, huh?

You want to be with me...

Now.

Why?

Why now and not before it?

Huh?

What's the difference, I don't...

You want to be closer to me because

you feel bad for me, because you feel sorry for me?

Is that what it is?

Well guess what, I don't need your pity,

I don't need your money, I don't want you here.

You don't belong here, so leave this place right now please.

You took everything I was when you left, everything.

So just get the fuck out of here

and keep it to yourself!

Leave right now, get the fuck out of here!

Get the fuck out of here!

You took mom away.

Just get out of here.

For you?

Thank you, I was actually getting really thirsty.

What the hell is this?

It's just rum.

Drink more, you'll need it.

Drink.

Are you hungry or what?

No.

I mean I was thirsty,

but you gave me whatever that was.

I think you don't need that.

What?

Telling my phone?

What do you know about email, I was sending an email.

The service sucks here, horrible.

You know where you are?

Cuba.

Cuba.

Repeat after me, Cu-ba.

But I think you don't understand that.

This is not the place where you come to check your emails

or take photos of yourself outside of your friends.

I mean...

Really?

And how am I supposed to know that, huh?

You're from here, I'm not from here.

She's from here, everybody's from here.

You are from here, even if you don't remember it.

I brought you some water.

Real water.

I'm Karla, Marcelo's fiance by the way.

And she's my friend Yamila.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

I was the one who sent you the email, remember?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Everything's been shocking for him, for me,

for all of us.

But he loves you.

He's happy.

Kid, like a kid.

Just give him some time.

Nice to meet you.

You understand?

No wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

My name's Charlie by the way, okay?

Charlie.

Charlie.

Nice to meet you, but my name's Charlie.

Okay. Charlie.

My name is Robert.

Roberto, Bobby.

Ciao, Carlos.

What is that?

It's coffee.

I don't drink coffee.

I mean I'll have some decaf later, but the weather's...

What do you say, decaf?

That's for women, no?

Listen, I want to tell you something--

No, no, let me talk.

I don't think you understand

the rhythm and the speed of time here.

23 years...

Feel like 50, you know?

In this place.

And all this time I've...

I've only had one thing in my mind, one thing.

Hope.

The hope to see you again, you know...

To be like this with you again...

To answer all my questions, you know?

All the why's that I have here in my mind.

Why did mom take you in that boat and not me, why?

Why were you the last person who saw her,

what makes you different than me?

And you know, it's weird, it's...

It's so weird because

anytime I see this in front of me,

it brings love and hatred.

And sometimes you know, it's a weird mix inside of me

because the last time I saw you,

and the last time I saw mommy was right there.

It was right there.

You guys were jumping on a boat.

But at the same time this is...

This is all I have.

This is my memories with you and with mommy, you see?

This is all I have.

I did everything I had to do, I took care of grandpa...

I learned a language...

I learned English because I wanted to be able

to talk to you.

I wanted you to feel proud of me.

But it never happened.

It never happened because you never came back.

You never called, you forgot everything about your family,

you forgot everything about me,

you forgot your language.

You lost everything.

Now you've come back and...

And I don't know what to do.

Hey papa.

Forget it.

The Alzheimer has taken away his mind.

I don't know why I insist, you know?

Sometimes I want him to understand certain things

and he'll never get it.

You know what they say?

What?

Never give up hope.

Yeah?

Where?

Where do you hear that?

Not in this neighborhood.

I bet home is quite different than this for you, huh?

It's a little different.

Where do you live now?

I live in New York.

Wow, New York.

New York, New York huh?

The Big Apple.

It's more like the Crazy Apple.

I always wanted to go there.

I used to dream about walking the New York streets,

among the crowd, seeing all those buildings...

Yeah...

I know what you mean.

But believe me, it can be really exhausting after a while.

Marcelo!

God, Celia.

My neighbor.

She wants some congri that I've been saving for her.

What do you mean "saving"?

Well yeah, her fridge is broken, you know?

So I've been saving this in mine.

What was that?

That, that's her lift system.