Hot Milk

Sofia. You didn't answer your phone.

Sofia?

Isn't she lovely?

Do you think you'll ever marry, 'Fia?

There is a reason why the man is called the groom.

It's an ominous title.

Is that yours?

Yes, you. Does that handbag belong to you?

Rose.

He is unbearable, even at a distance.

The jellyfish or the medusa, it has no bones,

no brain, and no heart.

What it does have is an ability...

They are so young, Maggie and Tom.

And the water is so loud.

The mill.

And the town condemns her.

Fuckers.

Oh, again?

I quite like how primitive it is here.

It reminds me of my mother's house.

Will you fix it, 'Fia?

And would you get me a spoon?

Of course.

That man should be shot,

keeping his dog chained on the roof.

Blech.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

-Sleep well. -You, too.

Don't smoke near my dress.

The grammar in this letter is startling.

We have to be there at 2:45 their time.

Shall we order a taxi for half past 1:00?

- It'll be very early. - Mm.

This cranial testing he's talked about,

I mean, nobody's mentioned that before.

It's going to be wonderful, Sofia.

I'm optimistic.

I can't. I can't do it. I just can't. I can't.

I just can't tell my story all over again, I just can't.

It's...

Perhaps we should just go home.

Come on, Rose.

You mortgaged our house for this.

My house. What if it doesn't work?

This dress is wrong. Can we change it, 'Fia?

Hola.

W-We're from London.

No problem.

So, sometimes you do feel your legs.

Yeah, I-I can walk. Um, perhaps once a year.

I have no idea why I can when I do, it just happens.

You were a librarian. What were your duties?

I do the cataloging. I indexed and classified books.

- Hmm. And you were born? - I'm 64.

- In Ireland? - Yes, in a small town.

- The population was... - No one. No one.

And you moved to London when?

I left home, and I went to university there.

I was the first person in my family to do that.

And your parents were proud?

My father was, yeah.

Sofia. You live with your mother?

Yes.

And what do you think about your mother's condition?

Rose hasn't been able to walk since I was four.

Julieta, estarás a cargo

de las terapias físicas, por favor.

And is anyone else in the family?

No. There's no one else. Just me and Sofia.

I waited a long time for my only.

Hmm. And you work?

In a coffee bar.

I deferred my studies.

Sofia is a permanent student of anthropology.

Wonderful. You study patterns.

Doctor Gomez.

Just Gomez, please.

Where do you feel pain now?

Um, in my leg. Uh, in my right elbow.

And I have chronic knuckle pain here.

And you feel nothing below your knees?

That's right. I'm a rare case.

Sofia, you may go and come back in two hours.

Um, you feel nothing here?

Nothing?

-Sofia... -Yeah? Thanks.

Gomez has taken me off three of my pills.

-Really? -You know, other doctors,

they talked about iron deficiency and diabetes.

Well, it's far more complex than that,

but we have begun.

-Oh, good. -Nurse Sunshine is my daughter,

and today it's her birthday.

-Et j'ai rempli les papiers. -Et c'est signé?

-Oui, Papa. -Très bien.

-Do you need some help? -No, we're fine.

-We're fine, thanks. Thanks. -Thanks.

-I'll see you tomorrow? -Yeah.

Happy birthday.

These are to be chucked.

Don't you want to wait?

For what?

Someone is making money out of my prescription.

I mean, you've watched me.

All those pills. You are my witness.

They fed me like an ardent child in a sweetshop.

He cares. I can tell.

You paid him 25 grand.

Hmm. Euros. Which is less.

Have faith, 'Fia, would you?

Isn't it dangerous to just stop?

Why don't you go out and just do some work?

I will.

And just...

I need a different water.

Would you get me another type?

Hola, guapa.

I'd rather be dead, wouldn't you?

Than shackled.

You should rent a different place.

I like it here.

I went walking once...

...when I was your age.

By the sea.

And then up this cliff.

And the people on the beach,

they stared as I started up this incline.

The grass is so lush

and the rain was so soft on my hair.

And I kept looking over the edge.

And wondering how I would look if I fell onto the rocks.

How my death would look.

I was happy.

I had no bag.

Just a cheese roll and some tobacco.

I stood at the top there and I...

just had a cigarette.

You should go back there.

Find it.

Hmm?

I can't walk.

What would you do if I could walk?

I'd be happy.

Gomez is the last one.

Er, laces.

A subject that we kept returning to

was the Balinese trance dance,

where young women fight against a witch.

What's your full name?

Sofia Papastergiadis.

You have to stay here five minutes in case

you have a reaction.

Age and occupation here.

Do many people ride horses here?

Try not to touch the wound.

Oh, sorry.

I'm done.

Hi.

The water's still wrong, 'Fia.

This book, I realized, is not about love.

It is about shame.

What's happened to your arm?

Jellyfish.

Well, you'll have to get that seen to.

I already did.

Well, come here, let me have a look.

God. Put water on that and blow on it.

Well, you know, at least you can swim.

Pain won't last long.

Can we go out now?

Yeah.

Watches. I want one.

Why?

My father always wore one.

Did Christos have one?

Sort of digital horror he had. With lights.

And then he had such nice hair.

I sort of fell in love with the way his hair fell.

You have different hair.

What are these watches then?

Wh-What have you got there?

Oh, yeah, that's... No, no, no.

They are very simple. They're three --

They're three personnages.

Uh, the father, the mother, and the child. Right.

Which is the father?

I don't care. But I am the child.

Okay. You are the child?

I am the child.

Gracias.

Do you smoke?

Yeah.

Do you have cigarettes?

Yeah.

Okay. Let's go.

Ingrid.

What do you do in London?

I'm writing about Margaret Mead at the moment.