The Fish Child (El niño pez) (El niño pez)

Lala?

Do you have a travel permit?

You'll have to show it at the border.

THE FISH CHILD

Come on. It's late.

- What's this? - A present.

Serafin.

Hi.

- Liar! - I ain't, You're beautiful,

Shut up, Guida,

Good morning.

Go.

Why I'd lie to you?

You know it's true...

You exaggerate,

Not at all,

Light me up here,

Wherever you want, baby,

Don't be rude,

Let's go out on Saturday,

I'm working,

- Sunday, then, - I can't,

Do you like him?

No.

Then, don't see him again.

Him or anyone else.

Ask me in Guarani.

I don't know how to say it.

I love you, I want you to be mine,

I love you, I want you...

Serafin, get out of here!

Give me a hand if you like.

- What should I do? - Take this.

You'll be fired if you fool around.

Stay out of it,

Let's take the empanadas.

Lala, you shouldn't be doing this.

Ailin, we need more wine.

1, 2, 3 Paris! 1, 2, 3 Paris!

Look at us!

So, you're writing a new book...

that'll start a fire?

If they don't burn me first...

A toast! To the Paris marathon!

I've run out...

- Could you... - I don't have any.

I want to go back.

To the farm.

Go back? You just came out.

You were discharged. You're fine.

Think about what you'll study instead of hiding.

The body of the controversial Judge Fernando Bronte...

has been found at his home in Buenos Aires,

in the study...

where he had been writing his memoirs,

Or, as he liked to call them,

his "death certificate",

What did he tell you?

- Your relationship? - Leave me alone,

It is considered suicide or suspicious death,

His wife is thought to be abroad,

- running in the Paris Marathon, - And his wife?

She's coming back,

The maid was the only one home,

She found the judge's body,

- You called the police? - The guard did,

Worked there long?

- Years, - How many?

- Six years, - Were there threats?

I have no idea,

- Who found the body? - I did,

Who was at home at the time?

Nobody, There was nobody home,

Was his son hospitalized for drug abuse?

Where is his daughter?

I don't know where she is,

The police are looking for her,

It's a two-day trip.

From the border to the lake will take half a day.

848 pesos.

5,000 guaranies.

I'll keep this one. For luck.

Keep this too.

It belongs to your mom.

Keep it.

At this rate, we'll never leave.

Unless... we think bigger.

It's your mom's. She'll blame me.

She won't notice it's gone.

- Let's change it for money. - Leave it to me.

You're the cutest mouse in the world.

You should shave your head.

You do it.

- Go on. - Do you dare?

Sure. Get the scissors.

- You wouldn't dare. - Try me.

I'd rather you stay ugly...

so no one else looks at you.

Last night you spoke in your sleep again.

What did I say?

Mitay Pyra.

Tell me again,

What?

The legend of the fish child,

I've told you a thousand times.

Tell me again.

Maybe I'll cut off just one lock...

- What'll we do with him? - Take him with us.

When do we go?

We need the cash for the painting.

- Let's leave tomorrow. - We'll leave in a few days.

Look what a kid you were when you got here.

You've flourished here.

You're prettier now.

Buy some lamb. I want everything to be perfect today.

We'll end up on our own...

Are you OK?

Is this why you don't want to leave?

Look at us...

- You were so small. - Look.

Will you choose one of me?

- This is Mendoza. - Yes.

I'll do it. We're a place short.

I set three places.

One for you. It's Nacho's last meal.

Bring another plate.

- Nothing from the past. - The present, then.

Get the camera from my study.

Sit there.

Now everybody's here.

What would you like?

It's all the same to me.

It can't be all the same.

Was it all the same to stay in Paraguay or come here?

- No. - See? Things are not all the same.

It's not all the same to Nacho to stay here or go back to the farm.

To take the photos or not.

What do you want?

- Out of life. - Leave her alone.

Don't be jealous.

To sing.

You want to be a singer?

- In Guarani. - Only in Guarani?

I can only sing in Guarani.

Sing something for me.

Don't if you don't want to.

She does.

The moon is singing to me,

while I sing for you,

so that you can sleep,

my baby...

That's how Guarani women mesmerized the Spaniards:

Singing to them.

I'll go pack.

I'll take your photo. Then you can all do as you like.

- I can take it. - No. You're part of this family.

Come here. Close to me.

Forthe present.

Bring more wine.

Lala, I want to show you something,

Don't mess with her.

You're right.

Get her out of here.

Remember when I fell off the tree?

You were 4 and I was 5.

I'd climbed on that branch.

Dad came over, put his hands like this,

and said to me: "Jump, I'll catch you".

I jumped,

he moved his hands...

I fell on the ground.

And you know what he said?

"So you learn not to trust anyone".

- He's still awake. - I don't care.

Come on. Help me.

I hear you've been hanging around my house.

I'm Ailin's dad.

What're you doing here?

- Waiting for her. - My daughter?

You won't find her here.

Got a place to sleep?

Come with me.

- Where do you live? - Asuncion.

Once I've sold this house, I'll never come back.

It's my stage name.

Socrates Espina.

She watched you.

She didn't miss a single episode.

Two years ago, they ran that show.

A Yankee took that photo.

I'd just started working on TV.

He mailed it from Texas, USA.

You haven't seen her in ages?

Not since I left for Asuncion.

A year after that photo.

Here's the bathroom.

- That door. - Why didn't you see her again?

Because I didn't hear from her...

until a friend came to visit,

and told me what people were saying.