Croma Kid (2023) Movie Script
1
(Garage door opening)
- Hector Sepulveda? - Emi!
You haven't changed at all.
- [Hector] Same.
Time waits for nobody, son.
- [Emi] (grunting) There you go.
- [Hector] Your family must
be thrilled to have you in town.
- [Emi] Yeah!
I haven't been here in years.
Need help? - [Hector] Yes, yes.
- [Emi] There we are.
- [Hector] Go ahead.
Welcome.
- Wow.
(Rolling wheels)
What are you guys filming here?
- A cowboy flick.
- Cowboys in the Caribbean?
- Well...
The plot takes place in New Mexico
but we're shooting it on green screens.
- [Emi] Banana Western.
- Something like that...
- [Emi] Thank you for helping me.
I couldn't locate these machines.
- [Hector] Everything
is digital these days.
(synthesizer music)
So, what are we doing with these?
- [Emi] Let's get started with this one.
I'll tell you a story.
(Tape loading)
(Machine motor)
(Click)
(Click)
- [DJ] And that was "Sin
Palabras" by Etiqueta Negra...
with the hottest track right now!
And on a day like today, February 14th...
the day of love and friendship...
we will be rewarding
our first five callers...
who dedicate a song to their secret lovers.
The phone lines are feeling the love!
Let's meet our first winner.
-[Emi] Hey.
- [DJ] Hello young lady, to
who do I owe the pleasure?
- [Emi] Emi.
- [DJ] Good morning Emi.
Where are you tuning in from?
- [Emi] From Santo Domingo.
- [DJ] Emi, the city boy.
And what would you like to hear?
- "Tiburn" by Proyecto Uno.
- [DJ] Okay, okay.
"El Tiburn" by Projecto Uno! A spicy tune!
And now, in order to
win all you have to is...
Hello? Hello?
Well, Emi, heres your song. Hit it!
I went to the club to see
if I could get a cold one
(Key rattling)
- [Emi V.O.] Ever since I can remember,
we've had a small TV studio at home.
That's where my grandparents made a living.
They produced all kinds of shoots.
My grandmother was the producer,
and my grandfather the editor,
photographer... the magician.
He would dream of something,
and she took care of the rest.
Everything they did together was good.
Until, my grandmother got sick.
My grandfather had to close
the studio to care for my mom.
(Betamax player noise)
(Blowing)
- Go back where you belong, pop.
- [Emi] Until, my parents met,
and my grandfather had an idea:
a TV show.
(Singing in Spanish) Don't
stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
-[Emi] We rehearsed for a
whole year in our living room.
And I took it very seriously.
(Tape deck loading)
The show premiered.
No pity nor glory.
We had no ratings,
so they kicked us off the air.
And so, I grew up,
in a world full of tricks,
and disappointments.
- How do I look? - Let's go.
- These four are for you...
- [Emi] I don't want to.
(Click)
- [Lito] Good morning Emi.
- Good morning, Lito.
- [Emi V.O.] This time my
grandfather didn't give up.
And I had to help him.
That's where I learned what
happens behind the scenes.
I understood the machines,
the illusions,
the chroma.
- [Lito] Do you want to disappear?
- [Emi] No, I'm fine like this.
- [Lito] Come on.
Go.
A little more to the center, Emi.
- [Emi V.O.] He taught me that
there are two types of magic.
- Forewarned, let's go.
- [Emi V.O.] The one that
you create, with a trick,
and the magic that has no explanation.
Like the infinite.
(Glass harp)
()
- [TV] This is "Entre Nos with
Daniela" and on this episode,
we have once again
invited a great human being,
a friend of ours and of
the family, and of course,
the author of the book
"Across the Black Hole."
With us, the philosopher
and writer, Dr. Freddy Recio.
(Synth music)
- [Freddy] Thanks.
My interest for the Big Bang begins
with the birth of the universe itself.
- Look, Emi! Look.
- [TV] For example, every
time we make a decision,
a space time is created,
Parallel to each of its variables.
- [Brandon] Shazam!
- [TV Daniela]... And
speaking of space time,
- [Brandon] I think
it's looking pretty good.
- [Lito] Let me see.
- [Brandon] So guys, how do I look?
- No, you're not... totally invisible.
- [Brandon] Oh.
I feel like it's too tight. It
looks like I'm wearing a floatie.
- [Lito] You're just fat.
- [Brandon] Lito, I have the
same waistline since we met.
- Brandon, nobody will see that.
- I'm retaining liquids, that's all.
- [Lito] Emi, why don't you
want to help us record the show?
- Me?
- [Danila] Brandon, don't provoke him.
- Dad, you look more ridiculous than ever.
- Daniela, you should...
- [Danila] Me? You raised him like this.
- You're so bitter. - Bitter?
I don't want guys acting ridiculous on TV.
- Doing what?
- Ridiculous? - [Emi] Ridiculous.
- This is not...
- [Lito] You think our show is ridiculous?
- [Brandon] You should
support our dreams as a family,
- Get involved a little more.
Thats how your contribute
to - [Danila] Our dreams!
And yours as well.
It would be ridiculous not
to seize this opportunity.
- Seize what?
- He's out of the show.
(Clapping to get attention)
- Alright, alright. Stop arguing.
Remember, we are only
going to see the studios,
we aren't filming anything yet.
- [Brandon] Should I take
you to school like this?
Let's go, let's go, we're late.
(Engine sounds) (Upbeat music)
()
(Pounding dashboard with palms)
Let's go, Emi!
(Radio playing in Spanish)
Instead of red roses.
- [Brandon] The roses.
(Click)
What happened man, the
best part was about to start...
- I wish you all disappeared.
- What did you just say? - Nothing.
No, no no, I heard something. What was it?
- We're late and the bell already rang.
Why don't you have a normal
job and dress like a normal person?
- What's a normal job?
- I don't know.
At an office. Wearing a suit...
- No... no!
Please, how boring is that!
That's not normal. I
do whatever I feel like.
- [Emi] What, play music?
Nobody likes your music.
- Well, Rachmaninoff isn't for everyone.
- [Emi] The theremin.
- [Brandon] Ah, the
theremin is an acquired taste.
- [Teacher] (Speaking French) Good morning
ladies! Come on, hurry up, get to class.
-[Brandon] (Speaking
French) Good morning, Sophie!
- [Teacher] (Speaking French) Good
morning Emi and Dad, late again.
(Speaking French) Reason?
- Well, we're working on a new trick
at home, it's a version of Houdini's,
And, it's looking very nice.
- [Emi] (Speaking French) He slept in.
- (Speaking French) Emi, hurry up!
- (Speaking French) Goodbye, Emi! Goodbye.
(Footsteps)
- Ah!
(Thud)
(Zipper)
- Want one?
- Thanks.
- What are you doing here?
- I got into a fight.
- Who won?
- Me, obviously.
- How come you're all alone?
- What about you?
- I shouldn't be alone either.
- Come on, I told you about me.
- You're a kid, you won't understand.
- I'll get it, tell me!
- I got caught doing something.
- What?
- No.
(Knocking on the window)
- (Speaking French) Emi! You can come in.
(Speaking French) I'd like you to take
some responsibility for what happened.
(Speaking French) This is
the third tardy this semester.
(Speaking French) We need
a word with your parents.
- [Teacher] (Speaking French)
Zoe, come to the library.
- [Zoe] (Speaking French)
I'm being punished?
- (Speaking French) Hello, Emi.
(Speaking French) I know what happened.
(Speaking French) You'll be
classifying books in the library.
-[Principal] (Speaking French)
Don't take this as a punishment,
but rather a meditation...
- [Teacher] (Speaking French) So...
Which team would like to go first?
Vero and Emi.
Emi.
- (Speaking French) "L'invitation
au voyage" by Charles Baudelaire.
- (Speaking French) Listen to this.
(Speaking French) Looking
forward to their present, enemies
(Speaking French) of their
past and deprived of a future,
(Speaking French) we are
like those who live behind bars,
- [Zoe] due to... - [Librarian]
Work in silence please!
- Aren't you gonna work?
- How old are you?
- Thirteen.
- No one in your grade is thirteen.
- Twelve. You?
- Seventeen.
Do you know any magic tricks?
- My parents are the magicians.
- [Librarian] (Speaking in
French) Emi, that's not a toy!
(Skateboard)
(Keys landing on table)
(Keyboard typing)
Experiment 072: Trip to Infinity
Eighty trips around the world in a second
Come.
(Inaudible)
(Sped up music)
()
- [TV] Cheese!
And we drop him. 1... 2...
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
() (Noise)
- These four are for you.
- I don't want to.
- You don't want to use these? - No!
(Motor noise)
- [Brandon] Emi.
- [Daniela] Emi.
(Door closing)
[Daniela] What happened here?
- Sorry.
- [Daniela] Emi, you
fried the Croma device!
I need to use it for my interviews.
Id like to know what was
going through your head?
- [Brandon] Emi, if you share
with us, we won't ground you.
- [Daniela] Of course we're grounding him!
- [Brandon] Well, you
won't be that grounded.
- [Daniela] Brandon, you
know how much I use that thing.
- I don't want to talk.
- [Daniela] OK.
- Come on son, let's go to your room.
I'll help you fix this mess.
- [Daniela] Ah, I get it.
I understand the dynamics.
So now I'm the bad guy
and you are the good guys.
Is that it?
- It's not that. He needs a little space.
- Brandon, he's a teenager.
That was disrespectful.
- I understand, but...
- [Emi] (Sobbing)
(Synth music)
- [Lito] Don't worry.
I'll fix it.
- [Brandon] Act two is the
magic trick with the coffin.
Perfect.
Act three... I'm not sure.
- [Daniela ]Let's do Ravel's "Bolero."
You have your number.
I want to have my own.
- [Brandon] Daniella, we will please you.
- [Brandon] Let's go
dad we're already late.
()
[Brandon] Oh Emi, wait.
Uhmm...
We'll be in there. If you get hot, come in.
[Brandon] This is unbelievable.
- [Daniela] Look...
Tricolor News
- [Brandon] Is that the new Ikegami?
- [Lito] There you have it.
- Greetings.
- Hi. - Hi.
- We have an appointment
with Rafael Guzman.
Yes, right away. - Thank you
- Excuse me, are you...
Mr. Gautier?
- Yes sir.
It's a pleasure to meet you engineer.
Truly. I'm Hector
Sepulveda, at your services.
I loved the Croma Kid Show...
That was one of my favorite shows!
- How do I look? - Spectacular.
Beautiful.
- Take a picture of me. - No.
- Come on Brandon.
- I've only got two left.
Go on. Take it.
- Film rolls are expensive these days.
Here we go...
Croma Kid!
- Godfather?
- Hey.
Daniela, but how long?
- Two years.
- I was actually thinking
about you because...
we have an investigative journalism
show and you should shoot a camera test.
- Well, about that, I'd like to tell you...
I have an arts and culture show.
We are on the air at MicroVision.
But I'm sure we can come to an agreement.
It's called "Entrenos with Daniela..."
Rafa!
- How are you? - Good, good and...
Where's the little one?
As I said,
I got you a super special
price for the studio.
However, I need an advance so that...
- I'm working on that.
I'll have it as fast as I can Rafa.
- What do you mean?
- [Lito] I'll take care
of it, do not worry.
- [Rafa] Tomorrow?
- [Lito] Tomorrow for sure.
- Well, if it is so...
Eh,
- Excuse me.
You've got a call.
- I'll take it here.
Guys, I'll be back. Ill be back.
- Thank you, Godfather. - Yes, eh.
- Take your time.
- [Brandon] I think,
the size is super good.
-[Lito] Wonderful.
- [Brandon] I love the idea.
- I knew it wasn't going to be free.
- [Brandon] Bubu... It's
a figure of speech, like...
- It's not a figure of speech.
[Lito] Nothing in life is free.
[Brandon] It's a figure
of speech like saying...
Don't worry it's free.
- Guys, we don't have
the money to pay for this.
Not even the pilot. - It's an investment.
An investment.
(Suspenseful music)
(Sound of cables)
()
- (Calling out) Emi!
- Emi!
Emi!
- [Emi] I'm coming!
(Car door slamming)
- Come on, run!
- What's that?
- No, it's mine! - Let me see it!
Don't treat your grandpa like that.
Let me see.
(Vehicle starting)
How does it feel to have a famous
family with their own show, baby?
Yeah!
(Keys striking table)
(Unplugging sounds)
(Rummaging)
(Soldering sizzle) (Click)
(Click)
[TV] - These four are for you. I'll...
- I don't want to.
- You don't want these... - No!
I don't care!
- Emi.
- Emi..
I don't know what's going on...
- You think we're not showing
him enough of Jacques Tati?
- You go first then.
Go for it!
(Sound of breaking glass)
- Did I break it?
- If you play the high notes
you're bound to break a glass.
- Lito!
- What are you doing?
- Why did you unplug it?
- Where did you get this from?
-We can use it for the show. -No!
- No!
- Why not?
-[Daniela] Emi, bring the broom.
- [Emi] I don't want to...
- Emi, please.
(Sound of thunder)
[TV] - President Trujillo's wall is opaque
and the Colonial Wall cannot be seen.
So what's more important?
I ask you.
Something made in the 16th century,
or a reinforced concrete wall?
Made at this level the wall of Trujillo...
-[Lito] Daniela!
[TV] ...hollow it out and turn
it into a sculpture to make it.
- [Lito] The pasta is getting cold!
[TV] If I don't turn it into a sculpture.
(Click)
- Is that alright?
- [Daniela] It good, thank you.
- [Brandon] Family!
I've arrived.
Up everyone.
Don't all stand up at once.
Hey squirt. How's it going?
- I think I need glasses.
- [Brandon] That's great.
- Hello. - [Brandon] Hello.
- Where were you?
- [Brandon] Who, me?
- [Danila] Mhm.
- At Randy's... playing.
- That was earlier, what
did you do after that?
- Afterwards? - Um, hum.
- [Brandon] I...
...was...
on the streets solving things...
Errands.
- Bubu, I spoke to Rafa
and reserved the studio.
- How?
- I rented the studio to record the show.
- No dad, you didn't understand me.
How do you plan on paying that?
- I got a loan from Arturo Lopez.
- The pasta is delicious. It
came out really good... right?
- [Lito] Delicious.
- Yeah..
What did you put up as collateral?
Don't worry, his dad is like my brother...
When we get the sponsorship, we pay him.
- Dad...
What did you put up as a guarantee?
- The Bambi and the instruments.
- [Daniela] Huh?
- The Bambi, the theremin
and the instruments.
- The car and the instruments?
This can't be happening.
- It wasn't enough with the Bambi,
I had the instruments in the car...
- [Lito] The important thing is
that I got a superb price from Rafa.
- Wow! Superb price.
- [Lito] Super price.
- No.
Don't let this be true.
No! No!
No!
You took the money from
the mortgage payment!?
- Not all the money
- Go to your room.
No, not you.
Stay, you're in this too.
- [Lito] Fine.
- Emi.
(Clank)
Please tell me, what happened?
- If we do not take this moment
we will lose the opportunity.
- Oh dad, that's a dream of yours. Please.
- [Lito] This is for all of us.
- [Daniela] But how dare you
use our mortgage for this...
Seriously, you're scaring me.
It's not fair!
I'm the only one who works in this house!
And you two just bum around.
- Bubu...
- No.
- First of all, don't call me Bubu.
- [Lito] Bubu.
When have I failed you?
- [Daniela] If mom were still here...
I'm sure none of this would be happening.
(Door closing)
Count me out of this.
- [Lito] Go talk to her.
- [Daniela] I am raising
three boys in this house!
Risking everything on a show
that we haven't even rehearsed.
(Knocking)
- I don't want you guys to do the show.
- Why?
- Because everyone is going
to make fun of me at school.
- I know what it's like to be made fun of.
But in time you'll realize,
that being different
is the best thing ever.
And having a family that loves you,
even though we're different,
That's the greatest gift
that life can give you.
What if this show becomes a hit.
And you'll be the coolest kid in school...
- Are you telling me that
I don't have any friends?
- No, no...
I mean, you'll have more friends.
And you'll have the Super Cool family!
- Dad, "Super Cool" is not cool.
- Since when?
- Dad?
- Mhm. - Qu es una hipoteca?
- What's a mortgage?
That's a...
magic trick that Lito and I do,
to make things disappear.
Your mom doesn't like it.
Time for bed.
- Good night, dad.
- Good night, my son.
(Tap)
(Click)
(Servo spinning)
(Click)
(Suspenseful music)
-[Daniela] Ay, Emi, my love,
Nancy is taking you to school today.
And I forgot to tell you.
- [Brandon] We love you squirt. Take care!
Bye.
- [Nancy] (Speaking French) Eh... 6+8?
(Speaking French) - Sixteen! - Fourteen!
- [Nancy] (Speaking French)
Good! Very good Catalina!
(Speaking French) And six times eight?
- If you start from two identical worlds,
And a butterfly flaps its wings
in the first, but not in the other...
in the long term, both worlds
will turn out very different.
It's the beginning of the chaos effect.
- [Librarian] (Speaking French)
Stop talking and get to work.
- (Speaking French) And he's always late.
- I know.
- Show me a magic trick.
- I don't do that stuff.
- Emi.
- Hand me those two rubber bands.
Take one, like this.
My rubber band will go through yours.
So, in the middle I can't get out
On the sides, either.
But if I make an effort,
They separate.
That happens.
- [Librarian] (Speaking
French) Stop talking guys.
I want those books organized.
(Whispers)
- Want to see another trick?
Come.
(Latch rattling)
- Emi
- It's my grandpa's I swear.
- Um hum.
Listen to this.
- I like it, who is singing?
- It's me.
- No way.
But you've never sung in the talent show.
- I don't sing in front of people.
- Why?
- I don't know.
I'm scared.
I don't think they'll make fun of me,
but they'll listen the lyrics.
- Who cares if they listen to the lyrics.
You shouldn't be embarrassed.
Anyway, if you like it, it's enough.
- What do you know?
- I like it.
(Car engine revs)
(Dog barking)
(Latch opening)
- [Brandon] Yes, I'm going!
Where were you?
Emi.
They called from school
and told me you ran away.
What happened?
- Nothing.
You're lucky it was me who picked up
because your mom would kill you.
We talk about that later...
(Typing)
- [Daniela] Hey squirt.
- Hey!
- Sorry,
Mr. Emi.
- What's a mortgage?
- Uhm...
Mortgage.
They are...
payments you make to own a house.
- And what happens if we don't pay them?
- If you don't pay them...
Emi, I don't want to talk about that.
- Mom,
why did you tell dad and Lito...
that none of this would be happening
if grandma was here?
- Look, Emi.
When your grandmother died...
...things changed.
Uhm...
I had to take on a lot.
I had to learn not to fail.
- Are you?
- No.
- So?
- I'm afraid to fail.
- But you never fail.
- Look, it's like...
Remember when you learned
to ride your skateboard?
Well...
It's the same.
- But I'm not scared
anymore and you still are.
- What's this?
- [Daniela] Even though
you don't deserve it,
I have a present for you.
- [Off camera] Zo!
(Speaking in French) What's up duck face?
- (Speaking in French) You're an idiot.
- [Brandon] Look at my
fingers. They are all cut up.
- [Daniela] Oh my...
- [Lito] Can we rehearse please?
- [Daniela] Thank you dad... yes.
- [Brandon] I had nightmares about this.
- [Lito] Let's rehearse.
- [Daniela] I just hope you
don't break another mirror.
Stop ruining my mirrors, okay?
(Talking in the background)
- [Lito] It arrived twenty minutes ago.
- [Daniela] Eh, Brandon? - [Brandon] Yes?
- Come. No, this goes in there first.
The blue one.
- [Brandon] What?
- [Daniela] Blue one goes first,
take the other one out
because it has delicate things.
- [Brandon] Blue first, Okay.
- [Daniela] Yes.
This.
Easy my love, easy...
[Daniela] Big guys. - [Brandon] Vamos!
Come on Emi, Let's go son.
(Muffled voices outside)
- [Brandon] We're going.
(Inaudible conversation
behind car engine noise)
- [Lito] Camera one, wide, all the time...
Camera two, tighter.
You can zoom in when you
find something interesting.
And on three I'll feed
the image for the chroma.
- Where is the floor manager? - Right here.
He knows what he's doing.
Emi!
Get off that camera.
- [Brandon] They came out awesome. Really.
- Give me a sec.
- It's a little tight here.
- Exactly, it squeezes me there too.
- Do you have the ball?
- [Asistente] Mm, hum. Sure.
- Set it up, please.
- I loved these, honestly...
(Background voices)
- Right there.
- Right there. -You hear Mo.
I love them.
I actually don't like them very much.
(Background voices)
- [Lito] It is very
important not to repeat...
- [Emi] Lito!
- [Lito] Camera one in the background.
- [Emi] Lito...
- [Lito] That can't happen...
Under any circumstance.
- Lito!
- What are you doing?
- Emi... get out of there, don't touch it.
- Does that thing work? - Yes, I fixed it.
- [Lito] Yes, I fixed it.
- I'm the one who fixed it.
- The important thing is
that it's here and it's working.
And we'll be using it in the show.
So, here's our cassette.
- Croma Kid Show. (Laughing)
I'm excited.
- Let's do this. -Alright. Easy peasy.
- Alright. Easy peasy.
(Voices in the background)
(Key tapping)
- Raise the mic.
(Door closing)
- Hey rugrat, get up...
Get up...
Go on pal.
(High-pitched sound)
(Door closing)
- Hector, is the old man listening?
- [Hector] Standing by Robert.
The old man can hear you.
(Tape deck loading)
(Servo spinning)
All in set and... five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
And, action!
(Synth music)
()
- Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
Many moons have passed since we last met.
Maybe some of you remember me,
others might not.
But I'm extremely happy to announce,
that the Croma Kid Show is back!
(Applause)
None of this would be possible,
without my beloved collaborators.
Magic Bubu...
And the invisible...
Brandini.
(Slow, suspenseful music)
()
()
()
- Robert, please by.
Camera 1.
(Fabric swoosh)
(Telephone ringing)
- This is so silly.
- [Lito] Camera 1.
- Here in the switcher.
- [Lito] Camera 1.
Greetings, engineer. How are you?
- Camera 1...
What's going on man?
- Thirteen minutes ago... - Robert!
- Emi, do me a favor. Get in there.
[Lito] Robert, come in.
- [Robert on phone] What can I tell
you, I dont know much about magic.
- [Lito] Ok, we're back.
Go Camera 2.
(Applause)
Quickly... Camera 1.
Buddy, come on.
Get up.
- [Lito] Come on
Robert, we're still rolling!
- What? You don't know how
to speak. Everyone speaks.
Don't you know how to read?
What does it say?
- [Lito] Let's go Camera 1!
Robert what are you doing?
(High-pitched sound)
(Crying in pain)
- [Daniela] What is going on?
(Static and high pitched sound)
- Emi! - Lito!
(Static and high pitched sound)
- Hector, what was that?
- Where are they?
(Somber music)
[Vanished]
- [Emi V.O.] Nobody understood
what happened that night.
My grandpa closed the studio,
under lock and key.
And I finally understood
what a mortgage was.
We had to pack up and move.
(Voice on radio) Good
morning, Santo Domingo.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
Today is a very special
morning to listen to:
"El Jardinero" by Wilfrido Vargas.
I have a rose garden
(They are all for you), beautiful
I have a rose garden
(They are all for you), beautiful
I have a rose garden (Hacer click)
- [Radio] Keep in mind the presence
of the sixth tropical storm of the season.
(Inaudible)
- Thank you.
- We'd be back with
Tropical Storm Frederick.
But before we'd like to remember
our colleague Daniela Gautier...
who disappeared a year ago
with her husband Brandon Rivas.
Our phone lines still open for anyone
with information of their whereabouts.
- [Lito] I've got a doctor's appointment.
See you later.
()
(El pestillo de la llave funciona)
(Door closing)
- Good afternoon, young man.
- Hello
- Is the engineer here? - Uhm... No
- Look, I am the architect,
Leopoldo Monteiro.
I spoke to your grandfather
about seeing the property.
Can we come in?
- I suppose.
- Thanks.
Let's go.
(Camera shutter click)
- I imagine this is your room?
- Yes.
That's my parents'. - Ok.
Living room...
Kitchen.
- [Leopoldo] This house is a gem.
What a shame they'll tear it down.
(Camera shutter click)
(Camera shutter click)
(Click)
(Synthesizer music)
(Click)
(Videotape ejection)
(Videotape loading)
Around the world in eighty seconds.
- [Daniela] Come. - [Brandon] Come.
- [Daniela] Dad.
- [Emi] But my...
- [Daniela] It's mine. No it's Emis.
[Daniela] Thank you, my love.
- [Emi] You're going to freeze.
- [Brandon] Picture time...
[Brandon] How cold, how cold!
Take a picture of me!
(Laughing)
- [Daniela] Let's carry Emi.
- [Brandon] Cheese!
Now let go. 1... 2...
(Music in French)
()
- [Brandon] These four are for you. I'll...
- [Emi] I don't want to.
- [Brandon] You don't want these four?
- [Emi] I just dont!
- [Brandon] Why not?
- [Emi] Because I don't care!
Aaah!
- [Brandon] Emi?
(Music in French)
- Emi!
- [Brandon] What's up with him?
- [Daniela] Kick us off.
(Crystal Harmonica Music)
(Sound of breaking glass)
- Go get a broom.
- [Brandon] Do we have a broom?
I told you not to play the high notes.
- [Daniela] Don't walk
around, go get the broom.
- [Brandon] I dont know
where is it. Do we have a broom?
- Emi, bring the broom!
(Videotape ejecting)
(Music in French)
(Skateboard sound)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
- [Teacher] (Speaking French)
A big round of applause!
(Emi screaming)
(Background Conversation)
Let go of me. Christian, stop!
- Are you alright?
- See you after school.
(Sound of waves)
- [Emi] You can put your stuff here.
- Who do you live with?
- With my grandpa.
- Where is he?
- At the doctor, he'll be back soon.
Can you help me cut this?
(Cutting board hitting table)
(Sound of dishes and silverware)
-Eviction Notice-
Hey, you're not supposed
to be reading that!
- Is it yours?
- Yeah.
We have to move this weekend.
- How come?
- Because my grandfather
sold the house to pay off a debt.
- Where are you moving to?
(Telephone ringing)
- Hello.
- Lito.
What happened?
- Nothing happened.
They kept me to run some tests.
You know how it is...
They'll come up with anything
to get more money out of you.
- Are you alright?
- Hi.
- Hey, I'm Zoe.
- Hey Zoe, I'm Lito.
- Nice to meet you.
- She's a friend from school.
- Just friends huh?
- Well, I left my book bag at your
house but I can come by tomorrow.
Get well soon Lito.
- Bye Emi. - Bye.
- [Lito] Is she your girlfriend?
I see the way you look at her.
Tell me the truth.
- That's the truth.
- Do you hold each other's hands...
- Stop it, Lito.
- Look, he's blushing.
These kids...
Enjoy it.
- [TV] This is a small TV camera.
Capturing images much like a film camera.
To transmit them over radio or wires.
This is the "Iconoscope."
The heart of the system.
The lens projects an image that
disintegrates into a thousand points.
Thanks to the electrons that...
- [Lito] Emi, have I ever
told you about Mexico?
And about your uncle Cristobal?
- Not much.
- We lived in Mexico in 1965.
Your uncle was the assistant
to an engineer called Camarena.
The one who invented the Color TV.
That man was a magician with machines.
- Lito...
Magic is just tricks and lies.
- He invented the Croma 65.
- Which one?
The classic chroma.
- Lito, I don't want to talk about this.
- Magic lets us see the
other dimensions around us.
Not just what you see...
Here and there...
What you learn to see.
Magic is the gate.
Eh.
To change your own reality.
Everything is connected.
You have to find out what happened.
Go find them.
- Do you think I can find them?
- Things don't just disappear,
they have to go somewhere.
Some other dimension...
Some other place.
(Somber music)
- Happy Birthday, Lito. - Thank you, Emi.
- I love you.
- I love you very much.
(Alarm clock)
What's it? Where are you going?
- I have to finish packing.
I have to pack mom and dad's room.
- I'll be there later to help
with the heavier things.
OK?
Emi.
Good luck.
(Upbeat synth music)
(Synth music continues)
(Glass breaking)
(Glass hitting floor)
(Videotape loading)
(Sound of audio playback sped up)
(Videotape ejecting)
(Montage of repeated mechanical sounds)
- Come on baby, come on.
Good!
(Upbeat synth music)
(Upbeat synth music continues)
(Upbeat synth music continues)
- [Lito on TV] Good evening
ladies and gentlemen.
Many moons have passed since we last met...
Maybe some of you remember me...
others might not.
But I'm extremely happy to announce,
that Croma Kid Show is back!
None of this would be possible,
without my beloved collaborators.
Magic Bubu...
And the invisible... Brandini.
(Synth Music)
- Dad! Dad!
(Psychedelic music)
Lito!
Mom! Mom!
Lito!
(Psychedelic music continues)
- Robert, stand by.
Ok, Camera 2!
(Telephone ringing)
Camera 1.
Camera 1 - This is switcher.
Camera 1!
Emi, do me a favor. See
whats happening in there.
Robert. Go ahead, Robert.
Robert!
- [Robert on telephone] What can I
tell you? I don't know much about magic.
- Switch to Camera 2.
- Ok. Right away boss.
Come on pal. Get up.
- Come on Robert we're rolling.
Robert doesn't speak twice. Cant you read?
- [Lito] Hurry up, Camera 1.
Camera 1.
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no!
(Musical montage of electronic sounds)
(High-pitched sound increasing in montage)
(Electronics frying sound)
- Lito! - Emi!
Lito!
(Multiple distorted sounds)
(Fabric flapping)
- Hector, are you ok?
What happened?
(Videotape ejecting)
- Now on the count of three... 1... 2... 3.
- [Emi V.O.] Nobody understood
what happened that night.
And even though we only
had one season on the air.
It didn't matter.
We were able to pay the mortgage.
After that day, I saw things differently.
I understood that every
instant has infinite possibilities.
And whether you believe in magic or not,
you have the power to change your reality.
(Videotape ejecting)
- Okay.
I think we've transferred
everything for today.
It works.
- What are you doing tomorrow?
Can we continue?
- We are committed here.
- Thank you very much, Hector.
- So, how long are you staying?
- My flight leaves in a week.
- Well, we have time to organize
a dinner with your parents.
()
El Jardinero (The
Gardener) by Wilfrido Vargas
I have a rose garden.
(They are all for you) beautiful.
I have a rose garden.
(They are all for you, ah)
I have a rose garden.
(They're all for you) I
have carnations (Carnations)
I have violets (Violets)
I have pompoms (Pompoms)
Also myosotis (Myosotis)
I grew them, because one
day I want to see you here
And I will give you in my
flowers all my love for you
I'll see you fall into my
arms crazy with love for me
(You fall, you fall)
You fall, you fall, you
fall (You fall, you fall)
I'll see you fall, I'll
see you fall (You fall)
I'll see you fall (You fall)
As a branch fell from
a mature bush (You fall)
The more you harvest, the
harder you will fall when you fall
You'll fall like a soursop
that crumbled as it fell
I'll see you fall, I'll see you fall
And I don't know how
you dare tell me that
you don't tremble when
I talk to you like that
And I don't know how
you dare tell me that
you don't tremble when
I talk to you like that
If women blush when they give
love, they laugh and put on a show
And I laugh, and it's not
a mess, this is not a mess
What would they say if they found out
my hearts way leaves them spellbound?
And so you know, I'm bringing
you roses, and violets too
Bouquet of honeydew and pompoms
too all made from my love for you
It's not that I'm a
romantic nor a playboy
But all the girls always go where I go
If I stop anywhere, they
come up to me with ice cream
If they try to win me with a
spell I still ask your blessing as well
Im simple, sure but let me
say, Ive got cash in my pocket today
Ive got a Mercedes, smooth and clean
way better than some old machine
Ive topped the Trujillo familys
gold but Im just a simple soul, all told
Simple, simple,
elegant, rich and simple
As simple as a gardener
who lives from flower to flower
Collecting the prettiest
ones for the love of my loves
I am a rich gardener who
lives for watering flowers
And I choose the prettiest
one for the love of my loves
I am a rich gardener who
lives for watering flowers
And I choose the prettiest
one for the love of my loves
I found that I passed the test
Everybody knows now who's the best
Best of the east, best of the west
Best of the south, best all the way
Your rocking rocket,
ooh, you better be known
Then stopping, weave then dodge it
Let's go, men, take that stage
We got to do it, do it, do it, aurgh
(Instrumental interlude)
(Ah, be-be) I'm a be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be, be-be-be,
be-be-be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
I say, I'm a be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be, be-be-be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be that's good to be (Ah, be-be)
A be-be-be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be that's good to be, come on
If the music keeps on funking
Ill join the park at seven
Down the block, seven and two oclock
Im in the mood to swing and can we rock
Down the block, don't be late,
play it like a radio, rock all night
Say, stomp your feet, hands in the
air and you been stopping everywhere
Then people at the park, people
in the party, people at the side
People in the street
have a heart attack
Let's go, man, Im stuck outside
she called me everyday
Don't let it torment your friends
Or they go tumbling down the street
Then people at the park, people
in the party, people at the side
People in the street
have a heart attack
Let's go, man, Im stuck outside
she called me everyday
Don't let it torment your friends
Or they go tumbling down the street
I say ey, ey, ey, ey, ey, oh, oh
(Ey, ey, ey, ey; oh, oh, oh)
(Garage door opening)
- Hector Sepulveda? - Emi!
You haven't changed at all.
- [Hector] Same.
Time waits for nobody, son.
- [Emi] (grunting) There you go.
- [Hector] Your family must
be thrilled to have you in town.
- [Emi] Yeah!
I haven't been here in years.
Need help? - [Hector] Yes, yes.
- [Emi] There we are.
- [Hector] Go ahead.
Welcome.
- Wow.
(Rolling wheels)
What are you guys filming here?
- A cowboy flick.
- Cowboys in the Caribbean?
- Well...
The plot takes place in New Mexico
but we're shooting it on green screens.
- [Emi] Banana Western.
- Something like that...
- [Emi] Thank you for helping me.
I couldn't locate these machines.
- [Hector] Everything
is digital these days.
(synthesizer music)
So, what are we doing with these?
- [Emi] Let's get started with this one.
I'll tell you a story.
(Tape loading)
(Machine motor)
(Click)
(Click)
- [DJ] And that was "Sin
Palabras" by Etiqueta Negra...
with the hottest track right now!
And on a day like today, February 14th...
the day of love and friendship...
we will be rewarding
our first five callers...
who dedicate a song to their secret lovers.
The phone lines are feeling the love!
Let's meet our first winner.
-[Emi] Hey.
- [DJ] Hello young lady, to
who do I owe the pleasure?
- [Emi] Emi.
- [DJ] Good morning Emi.
Where are you tuning in from?
- [Emi] From Santo Domingo.
- [DJ] Emi, the city boy.
And what would you like to hear?
- "Tiburn" by Proyecto Uno.
- [DJ] Okay, okay.
"El Tiburn" by Projecto Uno! A spicy tune!
And now, in order to
win all you have to is...
Hello? Hello?
Well, Emi, heres your song. Hit it!
I went to the club to see
if I could get a cold one
(Key rattling)
- [Emi V.O.] Ever since I can remember,
we've had a small TV studio at home.
That's where my grandparents made a living.
They produced all kinds of shoots.
My grandmother was the producer,
and my grandfather the editor,
photographer... the magician.
He would dream of something,
and she took care of the rest.
Everything they did together was good.
Until, my grandmother got sick.
My grandfather had to close
the studio to care for my mom.
(Betamax player noise)
(Blowing)
- Go back where you belong, pop.
- [Emi] Until, my parents met,
and my grandfather had an idea:
a TV show.
(Singing in Spanish) Don't
stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
Don't stop, keep going, keep going
-[Emi] We rehearsed for a
whole year in our living room.
And I took it very seriously.
(Tape deck loading)
The show premiered.
No pity nor glory.
We had no ratings,
so they kicked us off the air.
And so, I grew up,
in a world full of tricks,
and disappointments.
- How do I look? - Let's go.
- These four are for you...
- [Emi] I don't want to.
(Click)
- [Lito] Good morning Emi.
- Good morning, Lito.
- [Emi V.O.] This time my
grandfather didn't give up.
And I had to help him.
That's where I learned what
happens behind the scenes.
I understood the machines,
the illusions,
the chroma.
- [Lito] Do you want to disappear?
- [Emi] No, I'm fine like this.
- [Lito] Come on.
Go.
A little more to the center, Emi.
- [Emi V.O.] He taught me that
there are two types of magic.
- Forewarned, let's go.
- [Emi V.O.] The one that
you create, with a trick,
and the magic that has no explanation.
Like the infinite.
(Glass harp)
()
- [TV] This is "Entre Nos with
Daniela" and on this episode,
we have once again
invited a great human being,
a friend of ours and of
the family, and of course,
the author of the book
"Across the Black Hole."
With us, the philosopher
and writer, Dr. Freddy Recio.
(Synth music)
- [Freddy] Thanks.
My interest for the Big Bang begins
with the birth of the universe itself.
- Look, Emi! Look.
- [TV] For example, every
time we make a decision,
a space time is created,
Parallel to each of its variables.
- [Brandon] Shazam!
- [TV Daniela]... And
speaking of space time,
- [Brandon] I think
it's looking pretty good.
- [Lito] Let me see.
- [Brandon] So guys, how do I look?
- No, you're not... totally invisible.
- [Brandon] Oh.
I feel like it's too tight. It
looks like I'm wearing a floatie.
- [Lito] You're just fat.
- [Brandon] Lito, I have the
same waistline since we met.
- Brandon, nobody will see that.
- I'm retaining liquids, that's all.
- [Lito] Emi, why don't you
want to help us record the show?
- Me?
- [Danila] Brandon, don't provoke him.
- Dad, you look more ridiculous than ever.
- Daniela, you should...
- [Danila] Me? You raised him like this.
- You're so bitter. - Bitter?
I don't want guys acting ridiculous on TV.
- Doing what?
- Ridiculous? - [Emi] Ridiculous.
- This is not...
- [Lito] You think our show is ridiculous?
- [Brandon] You should
support our dreams as a family,
- Get involved a little more.
Thats how your contribute
to - [Danila] Our dreams!
And yours as well.
It would be ridiculous not
to seize this opportunity.
- Seize what?
- He's out of the show.
(Clapping to get attention)
- Alright, alright. Stop arguing.
Remember, we are only
going to see the studios,
we aren't filming anything yet.
- [Brandon] Should I take
you to school like this?
Let's go, let's go, we're late.
(Engine sounds) (Upbeat music)
()
(Pounding dashboard with palms)
Let's go, Emi!
(Radio playing in Spanish)
Instead of red roses.
- [Brandon] The roses.
(Click)
What happened man, the
best part was about to start...
- I wish you all disappeared.
- What did you just say? - Nothing.
No, no no, I heard something. What was it?
- We're late and the bell already rang.
Why don't you have a normal
job and dress like a normal person?
- What's a normal job?
- I don't know.
At an office. Wearing a suit...
- No... no!
Please, how boring is that!
That's not normal. I
do whatever I feel like.
- [Emi] What, play music?
Nobody likes your music.
- Well, Rachmaninoff isn't for everyone.
- [Emi] The theremin.
- [Brandon] Ah, the
theremin is an acquired taste.
- [Teacher] (Speaking French) Good morning
ladies! Come on, hurry up, get to class.
-[Brandon] (Speaking
French) Good morning, Sophie!
- [Teacher] (Speaking French) Good
morning Emi and Dad, late again.
(Speaking French) Reason?
- Well, we're working on a new trick
at home, it's a version of Houdini's,
And, it's looking very nice.
- [Emi] (Speaking French) He slept in.
- (Speaking French) Emi, hurry up!
- (Speaking French) Goodbye, Emi! Goodbye.
(Footsteps)
- Ah!
(Thud)
(Zipper)
- Want one?
- Thanks.
- What are you doing here?
- I got into a fight.
- Who won?
- Me, obviously.
- How come you're all alone?
- What about you?
- I shouldn't be alone either.
- Come on, I told you about me.
- You're a kid, you won't understand.
- I'll get it, tell me!
- I got caught doing something.
- What?
- No.
(Knocking on the window)
- (Speaking French) Emi! You can come in.
(Speaking French) I'd like you to take
some responsibility for what happened.
(Speaking French) This is
the third tardy this semester.
(Speaking French) We need
a word with your parents.
- [Teacher] (Speaking French)
Zoe, come to the library.
- [Zoe] (Speaking French)
I'm being punished?
- (Speaking French) Hello, Emi.
(Speaking French) I know what happened.
(Speaking French) You'll be
classifying books in the library.
-[Principal] (Speaking French)
Don't take this as a punishment,
but rather a meditation...
- [Teacher] (Speaking French) So...
Which team would like to go first?
Vero and Emi.
Emi.
- (Speaking French) "L'invitation
au voyage" by Charles Baudelaire.
- (Speaking French) Listen to this.
(Speaking French) Looking
forward to their present, enemies
(Speaking French) of their
past and deprived of a future,
(Speaking French) we are
like those who live behind bars,
- [Zoe] due to... - [Librarian]
Work in silence please!
- Aren't you gonna work?
- How old are you?
- Thirteen.
- No one in your grade is thirteen.
- Twelve. You?
- Seventeen.
Do you know any magic tricks?
- My parents are the magicians.
- [Librarian] (Speaking in
French) Emi, that's not a toy!
(Skateboard)
(Keys landing on table)
(Keyboard typing)
Experiment 072: Trip to Infinity
Eighty trips around the world in a second
Come.
(Inaudible)
(Sped up music)
()
- [TV] Cheese!
And we drop him. 1... 2...
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
Don't stop, keep going
() (Noise)
- These four are for you.
- I don't want to.
- You don't want to use these? - No!
(Motor noise)
- [Brandon] Emi.
- [Daniela] Emi.
(Door closing)
[Daniela] What happened here?
- Sorry.
- [Daniela] Emi, you
fried the Croma device!
I need to use it for my interviews.
Id like to know what was
going through your head?
- [Brandon] Emi, if you share
with us, we won't ground you.
- [Daniela] Of course we're grounding him!
- [Brandon] Well, you
won't be that grounded.
- [Daniela] Brandon, you
know how much I use that thing.
- I don't want to talk.
- [Daniela] OK.
- Come on son, let's go to your room.
I'll help you fix this mess.
- [Daniela] Ah, I get it.
I understand the dynamics.
So now I'm the bad guy
and you are the good guys.
Is that it?
- It's not that. He needs a little space.
- Brandon, he's a teenager.
That was disrespectful.
- I understand, but...
- [Emi] (Sobbing)
(Synth music)
- [Lito] Don't worry.
I'll fix it.
- [Brandon] Act two is the
magic trick with the coffin.
Perfect.
Act three... I'm not sure.
- [Daniela ]Let's do Ravel's "Bolero."
You have your number.
I want to have my own.
- [Brandon] Daniella, we will please you.
- [Brandon] Let's go
dad we're already late.
()
[Brandon] Oh Emi, wait.
Uhmm...
We'll be in there. If you get hot, come in.
[Brandon] This is unbelievable.
- [Daniela] Look...
Tricolor News
- [Brandon] Is that the new Ikegami?
- [Lito] There you have it.
- Greetings.
- Hi. - Hi.
- We have an appointment
with Rafael Guzman.
Yes, right away. - Thank you
- Excuse me, are you...
Mr. Gautier?
- Yes sir.
It's a pleasure to meet you engineer.
Truly. I'm Hector
Sepulveda, at your services.
I loved the Croma Kid Show...
That was one of my favorite shows!
- How do I look? - Spectacular.
Beautiful.
- Take a picture of me. - No.
- Come on Brandon.
- I've only got two left.
Go on. Take it.
- Film rolls are expensive these days.
Here we go...
Croma Kid!
- Godfather?
- Hey.
Daniela, but how long?
- Two years.
- I was actually thinking
about you because...
we have an investigative journalism
show and you should shoot a camera test.
- Well, about that, I'd like to tell you...
I have an arts and culture show.
We are on the air at MicroVision.
But I'm sure we can come to an agreement.
It's called "Entrenos with Daniela..."
Rafa!
- How are you? - Good, good and...
Where's the little one?
As I said,
I got you a super special
price for the studio.
However, I need an advance so that...
- I'm working on that.
I'll have it as fast as I can Rafa.
- What do you mean?
- [Lito] I'll take care
of it, do not worry.
- [Rafa] Tomorrow?
- [Lito] Tomorrow for sure.
- Well, if it is so...
Eh,
- Excuse me.
You've got a call.
- I'll take it here.
Guys, I'll be back. Ill be back.
- Thank you, Godfather. - Yes, eh.
- Take your time.
- [Brandon] I think,
the size is super good.
-[Lito] Wonderful.
- [Brandon] I love the idea.
- I knew it wasn't going to be free.
- [Brandon] Bubu... It's
a figure of speech, like...
- It's not a figure of speech.
[Lito] Nothing in life is free.
[Brandon] It's a figure
of speech like saying...
Don't worry it's free.
- Guys, we don't have
the money to pay for this.
Not even the pilot. - It's an investment.
An investment.
(Suspenseful music)
(Sound of cables)
()
- (Calling out) Emi!
- Emi!
Emi!
- [Emi] I'm coming!
(Car door slamming)
- Come on, run!
- What's that?
- No, it's mine! - Let me see it!
Don't treat your grandpa like that.
Let me see.
(Vehicle starting)
How does it feel to have a famous
family with their own show, baby?
Yeah!
(Keys striking table)
(Unplugging sounds)
(Rummaging)
(Soldering sizzle) (Click)
(Click)
[TV] - These four are for you. I'll...
- I don't want to.
- You don't want these... - No!
I don't care!
- Emi.
- Emi..
I don't know what's going on...
- You think we're not showing
him enough of Jacques Tati?
- You go first then.
Go for it!
(Sound of breaking glass)
- Did I break it?
- If you play the high notes
you're bound to break a glass.
- Lito!
- What are you doing?
- Why did you unplug it?
- Where did you get this from?
-We can use it for the show. -No!
- No!
- Why not?
-[Daniela] Emi, bring the broom.
- [Emi] I don't want to...
- Emi, please.
(Sound of thunder)
[TV] - President Trujillo's wall is opaque
and the Colonial Wall cannot be seen.
So what's more important?
I ask you.
Something made in the 16th century,
or a reinforced concrete wall?
Made at this level the wall of Trujillo...
-[Lito] Daniela!
[TV] ...hollow it out and turn
it into a sculpture to make it.
- [Lito] The pasta is getting cold!
[TV] If I don't turn it into a sculpture.
(Click)
- Is that alright?
- [Daniela] It good, thank you.
- [Brandon] Family!
I've arrived.
Up everyone.
Don't all stand up at once.
Hey squirt. How's it going?
- I think I need glasses.
- [Brandon] That's great.
- Hello. - [Brandon] Hello.
- Where were you?
- [Brandon] Who, me?
- [Danila] Mhm.
- At Randy's... playing.
- That was earlier, what
did you do after that?
- Afterwards? - Um, hum.
- [Brandon] I...
...was...
on the streets solving things...
Errands.
- Bubu, I spoke to Rafa
and reserved the studio.
- How?
- I rented the studio to record the show.
- No dad, you didn't understand me.
How do you plan on paying that?
- I got a loan from Arturo Lopez.
- The pasta is delicious. It
came out really good... right?
- [Lito] Delicious.
- Yeah..
What did you put up as collateral?
Don't worry, his dad is like my brother...
When we get the sponsorship, we pay him.
- Dad...
What did you put up as a guarantee?
- The Bambi and the instruments.
- [Daniela] Huh?
- The Bambi, the theremin
and the instruments.
- The car and the instruments?
This can't be happening.
- It wasn't enough with the Bambi,
I had the instruments in the car...
- [Lito] The important thing is
that I got a superb price from Rafa.
- Wow! Superb price.
- [Lito] Super price.
- No.
Don't let this be true.
No! No!
No!
You took the money from
the mortgage payment!?
- Not all the money
- Go to your room.
No, not you.
Stay, you're in this too.
- [Lito] Fine.
- Emi.
(Clank)
Please tell me, what happened?
- If we do not take this moment
we will lose the opportunity.
- Oh dad, that's a dream of yours. Please.
- [Lito] This is for all of us.
- [Daniela] But how dare you
use our mortgage for this...
Seriously, you're scaring me.
It's not fair!
I'm the only one who works in this house!
And you two just bum around.
- Bubu...
- No.
- First of all, don't call me Bubu.
- [Lito] Bubu.
When have I failed you?
- [Daniela] If mom were still here...
I'm sure none of this would be happening.
(Door closing)
Count me out of this.
- [Lito] Go talk to her.
- [Daniela] I am raising
three boys in this house!
Risking everything on a show
that we haven't even rehearsed.
(Knocking)
- I don't want you guys to do the show.
- Why?
- Because everyone is going
to make fun of me at school.
- I know what it's like to be made fun of.
But in time you'll realize,
that being different
is the best thing ever.
And having a family that loves you,
even though we're different,
That's the greatest gift
that life can give you.
What if this show becomes a hit.
And you'll be the coolest kid in school...
- Are you telling me that
I don't have any friends?
- No, no...
I mean, you'll have more friends.
And you'll have the Super Cool family!
- Dad, "Super Cool" is not cool.
- Since when?
- Dad?
- Mhm. - Qu es una hipoteca?
- What's a mortgage?
That's a...
magic trick that Lito and I do,
to make things disappear.
Your mom doesn't like it.
Time for bed.
- Good night, dad.
- Good night, my son.
(Tap)
(Click)
(Servo spinning)
(Click)
(Suspenseful music)
-[Daniela] Ay, Emi, my love,
Nancy is taking you to school today.
And I forgot to tell you.
- [Brandon] We love you squirt. Take care!
Bye.
- [Nancy] (Speaking French) Eh... 6+8?
(Speaking French) - Sixteen! - Fourteen!
- [Nancy] (Speaking French)
Good! Very good Catalina!
(Speaking French) And six times eight?
- If you start from two identical worlds,
And a butterfly flaps its wings
in the first, but not in the other...
in the long term, both worlds
will turn out very different.
It's the beginning of the chaos effect.
- [Librarian] (Speaking French)
Stop talking and get to work.
- (Speaking French) And he's always late.
- I know.
- Show me a magic trick.
- I don't do that stuff.
- Emi.
- Hand me those two rubber bands.
Take one, like this.
My rubber band will go through yours.
So, in the middle I can't get out
On the sides, either.
But if I make an effort,
They separate.
That happens.
- [Librarian] (Speaking
French) Stop talking guys.
I want those books organized.
(Whispers)
- Want to see another trick?
Come.
(Latch rattling)
- Emi
- It's my grandpa's I swear.
- Um hum.
Listen to this.
- I like it, who is singing?
- It's me.
- No way.
But you've never sung in the talent show.
- I don't sing in front of people.
- Why?
- I don't know.
I'm scared.
I don't think they'll make fun of me,
but they'll listen the lyrics.
- Who cares if they listen to the lyrics.
You shouldn't be embarrassed.
Anyway, if you like it, it's enough.
- What do you know?
- I like it.
(Car engine revs)
(Dog barking)
(Latch opening)
- [Brandon] Yes, I'm going!
Where were you?
Emi.
They called from school
and told me you ran away.
What happened?
- Nothing.
You're lucky it was me who picked up
because your mom would kill you.
We talk about that later...
(Typing)
- [Daniela] Hey squirt.
- Hey!
- Sorry,
Mr. Emi.
- What's a mortgage?
- Uhm...
Mortgage.
They are...
payments you make to own a house.
- And what happens if we don't pay them?
- If you don't pay them...
Emi, I don't want to talk about that.
- Mom,
why did you tell dad and Lito...
that none of this would be happening
if grandma was here?
- Look, Emi.
When your grandmother died...
...things changed.
Uhm...
I had to take on a lot.
I had to learn not to fail.
- Are you?
- No.
- So?
- I'm afraid to fail.
- But you never fail.
- Look, it's like...
Remember when you learned
to ride your skateboard?
Well...
It's the same.
- But I'm not scared
anymore and you still are.
- What's this?
- [Daniela] Even though
you don't deserve it,
I have a present for you.
- [Off camera] Zo!
(Speaking in French) What's up duck face?
- (Speaking in French) You're an idiot.
- [Brandon] Look at my
fingers. They are all cut up.
- [Daniela] Oh my...
- [Lito] Can we rehearse please?
- [Daniela] Thank you dad... yes.
- [Brandon] I had nightmares about this.
- [Lito] Let's rehearse.
- [Daniela] I just hope you
don't break another mirror.
Stop ruining my mirrors, okay?
(Talking in the background)
- [Lito] It arrived twenty minutes ago.
- [Daniela] Eh, Brandon? - [Brandon] Yes?
- Come. No, this goes in there first.
The blue one.
- [Brandon] What?
- [Daniela] Blue one goes first,
take the other one out
because it has delicate things.
- [Brandon] Blue first, Okay.
- [Daniela] Yes.
This.
Easy my love, easy...
[Daniela] Big guys. - [Brandon] Vamos!
Come on Emi, Let's go son.
(Muffled voices outside)
- [Brandon] We're going.
(Inaudible conversation
behind car engine noise)
- [Lito] Camera one, wide, all the time...
Camera two, tighter.
You can zoom in when you
find something interesting.
And on three I'll feed
the image for the chroma.
- Where is the floor manager? - Right here.
He knows what he's doing.
Emi!
Get off that camera.
- [Brandon] They came out awesome. Really.
- Give me a sec.
- It's a little tight here.
- Exactly, it squeezes me there too.
- Do you have the ball?
- [Asistente] Mm, hum. Sure.
- Set it up, please.
- I loved these, honestly...
(Background voices)
- Right there.
- Right there. -You hear Mo.
I love them.
I actually don't like them very much.
(Background voices)
- [Lito] It is very
important not to repeat...
- [Emi] Lito!
- [Lito] Camera one in the background.
- [Emi] Lito...
- [Lito] That can't happen...
Under any circumstance.
- Lito!
- What are you doing?
- Emi... get out of there, don't touch it.
- Does that thing work? - Yes, I fixed it.
- [Lito] Yes, I fixed it.
- I'm the one who fixed it.
- The important thing is
that it's here and it's working.
And we'll be using it in the show.
So, here's our cassette.
- Croma Kid Show. (Laughing)
I'm excited.
- Let's do this. -Alright. Easy peasy.
- Alright. Easy peasy.
(Voices in the background)
(Key tapping)
- Raise the mic.
(Door closing)
- Hey rugrat, get up...
Get up...
Go on pal.
(High-pitched sound)
(Door closing)
- Hector, is the old man listening?
- [Hector] Standing by Robert.
The old man can hear you.
(Tape deck loading)
(Servo spinning)
All in set and... five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
And, action!
(Synth music)
()
- Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
Many moons have passed since we last met.
Maybe some of you remember me,
others might not.
But I'm extremely happy to announce,
that the Croma Kid Show is back!
(Applause)
None of this would be possible,
without my beloved collaborators.
Magic Bubu...
And the invisible...
Brandini.
(Slow, suspenseful music)
()
()
()
- Robert, please by.
Camera 1.
(Fabric swoosh)
(Telephone ringing)
- This is so silly.
- [Lito] Camera 1.
- Here in the switcher.
- [Lito] Camera 1.
Greetings, engineer. How are you?
- Camera 1...
What's going on man?
- Thirteen minutes ago... - Robert!
- Emi, do me a favor. Get in there.
[Lito] Robert, come in.
- [Robert on phone] What can I tell
you, I dont know much about magic.
- [Lito] Ok, we're back.
Go Camera 2.
(Applause)
Quickly... Camera 1.
Buddy, come on.
Get up.
- [Lito] Come on
Robert, we're still rolling!
- What? You don't know how
to speak. Everyone speaks.
Don't you know how to read?
What does it say?
- [Lito] Let's go Camera 1!
Robert what are you doing?
(High-pitched sound)
(Crying in pain)
- [Daniela] What is going on?
(Static and high pitched sound)
- Emi! - Lito!
(Static and high pitched sound)
- Hector, what was that?
- Where are they?
(Somber music)
[Vanished]
- [Emi V.O.] Nobody understood
what happened that night.
My grandpa closed the studio,
under lock and key.
And I finally understood
what a mortgage was.
We had to pack up and move.
(Voice on radio) Good
morning, Santo Domingo.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
Today is a very special
morning to listen to:
"El Jardinero" by Wilfrido Vargas.
I have a rose garden
(They are all for you), beautiful
I have a rose garden
(They are all for you), beautiful
I have a rose garden (Hacer click)
- [Radio] Keep in mind the presence
of the sixth tropical storm of the season.
(Inaudible)
- Thank you.
- We'd be back with
Tropical Storm Frederick.
But before we'd like to remember
our colleague Daniela Gautier...
who disappeared a year ago
with her husband Brandon Rivas.
Our phone lines still open for anyone
with information of their whereabouts.
- [Lito] I've got a doctor's appointment.
See you later.
()
(El pestillo de la llave funciona)
(Door closing)
- Good afternoon, young man.
- Hello
- Is the engineer here? - Uhm... No
- Look, I am the architect,
Leopoldo Monteiro.
I spoke to your grandfather
about seeing the property.
Can we come in?
- I suppose.
- Thanks.
Let's go.
(Camera shutter click)
- I imagine this is your room?
- Yes.
That's my parents'. - Ok.
Living room...
Kitchen.
- [Leopoldo] This house is a gem.
What a shame they'll tear it down.
(Camera shutter click)
(Camera shutter click)
(Click)
(Synthesizer music)
(Click)
(Videotape ejection)
(Videotape loading)
Around the world in eighty seconds.
- [Daniela] Come. - [Brandon] Come.
- [Daniela] Dad.
- [Emi] But my...
- [Daniela] It's mine. No it's Emis.
[Daniela] Thank you, my love.
- [Emi] You're going to freeze.
- [Brandon] Picture time...
[Brandon] How cold, how cold!
Take a picture of me!
(Laughing)
- [Daniela] Let's carry Emi.
- [Brandon] Cheese!
Now let go. 1... 2...
(Music in French)
()
- [Brandon] These four are for you. I'll...
- [Emi] I don't want to.
- [Brandon] You don't want these four?
- [Emi] I just dont!
- [Brandon] Why not?
- [Emi] Because I don't care!
Aaah!
- [Brandon] Emi?
(Music in French)
- Emi!
- [Brandon] What's up with him?
- [Daniela] Kick us off.
(Crystal Harmonica Music)
(Sound of breaking glass)
- Go get a broom.
- [Brandon] Do we have a broom?
I told you not to play the high notes.
- [Daniela] Don't walk
around, go get the broom.
- [Brandon] I dont know
where is it. Do we have a broom?
- Emi, bring the broom!
(Videotape ejecting)
(Music in French)
(Skateboard sound)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
(Singing in French)
- [Teacher] (Speaking French)
A big round of applause!
(Emi screaming)
(Background Conversation)
Let go of me. Christian, stop!
- Are you alright?
- See you after school.
(Sound of waves)
- [Emi] You can put your stuff here.
- Who do you live with?
- With my grandpa.
- Where is he?
- At the doctor, he'll be back soon.
Can you help me cut this?
(Cutting board hitting table)
(Sound of dishes and silverware)
-Eviction Notice-
Hey, you're not supposed
to be reading that!
- Is it yours?
- Yeah.
We have to move this weekend.
- How come?
- Because my grandfather
sold the house to pay off a debt.
- Where are you moving to?
(Telephone ringing)
- Hello.
- Lito.
What happened?
- Nothing happened.
They kept me to run some tests.
You know how it is...
They'll come up with anything
to get more money out of you.
- Are you alright?
- Hi.
- Hey, I'm Zoe.
- Hey Zoe, I'm Lito.
- Nice to meet you.
- She's a friend from school.
- Just friends huh?
- Well, I left my book bag at your
house but I can come by tomorrow.
Get well soon Lito.
- Bye Emi. - Bye.
- [Lito] Is she your girlfriend?
I see the way you look at her.
Tell me the truth.
- That's the truth.
- Do you hold each other's hands...
- Stop it, Lito.
- Look, he's blushing.
These kids...
Enjoy it.
- [TV] This is a small TV camera.
Capturing images much like a film camera.
To transmit them over radio or wires.
This is the "Iconoscope."
The heart of the system.
The lens projects an image that
disintegrates into a thousand points.
Thanks to the electrons that...
- [Lito] Emi, have I ever
told you about Mexico?
And about your uncle Cristobal?
- Not much.
- We lived in Mexico in 1965.
Your uncle was the assistant
to an engineer called Camarena.
The one who invented the Color TV.
That man was a magician with machines.
- Lito...
Magic is just tricks and lies.
- He invented the Croma 65.
- Which one?
The classic chroma.
- Lito, I don't want to talk about this.
- Magic lets us see the
other dimensions around us.
Not just what you see...
Here and there...
What you learn to see.
Magic is the gate.
Eh.
To change your own reality.
Everything is connected.
You have to find out what happened.
Go find them.
- Do you think I can find them?
- Things don't just disappear,
they have to go somewhere.
Some other dimension...
Some other place.
(Somber music)
- Happy Birthday, Lito. - Thank you, Emi.
- I love you.
- I love you very much.
(Alarm clock)
What's it? Where are you going?
- I have to finish packing.
I have to pack mom and dad's room.
- I'll be there later to help
with the heavier things.
OK?
Emi.
Good luck.
(Upbeat synth music)
(Synth music continues)
(Glass breaking)
(Glass hitting floor)
(Videotape loading)
(Sound of audio playback sped up)
(Videotape ejecting)
(Montage of repeated mechanical sounds)
- Come on baby, come on.
Good!
(Upbeat synth music)
(Upbeat synth music continues)
(Upbeat synth music continues)
- [Lito on TV] Good evening
ladies and gentlemen.
Many moons have passed since we last met...
Maybe some of you remember me...
others might not.
But I'm extremely happy to announce,
that Croma Kid Show is back!
None of this would be possible,
without my beloved collaborators.
Magic Bubu...
And the invisible... Brandini.
(Synth Music)
- Dad! Dad!
(Psychedelic music)
Lito!
Mom! Mom!
Lito!
(Psychedelic music continues)
- Robert, stand by.
Ok, Camera 2!
(Telephone ringing)
Camera 1.
Camera 1 - This is switcher.
Camera 1!
Emi, do me a favor. See
whats happening in there.
Robert. Go ahead, Robert.
Robert!
- [Robert on telephone] What can I
tell you? I don't know much about magic.
- Switch to Camera 2.
- Ok. Right away boss.
Come on pal. Get up.
- Come on Robert we're rolling.
Robert doesn't speak twice. Cant you read?
- [Lito] Hurry up, Camera 1.
Camera 1.
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no!
(Musical montage of electronic sounds)
(High-pitched sound increasing in montage)
(Electronics frying sound)
- Lito! - Emi!
Lito!
(Multiple distorted sounds)
(Fabric flapping)
- Hector, are you ok?
What happened?
(Videotape ejecting)
- Now on the count of three... 1... 2... 3.
- [Emi V.O.] Nobody understood
what happened that night.
And even though we only
had one season on the air.
It didn't matter.
We were able to pay the mortgage.
After that day, I saw things differently.
I understood that every
instant has infinite possibilities.
And whether you believe in magic or not,
you have the power to change your reality.
(Videotape ejecting)
- Okay.
I think we've transferred
everything for today.
It works.
- What are you doing tomorrow?
Can we continue?
- We are committed here.
- Thank you very much, Hector.
- So, how long are you staying?
- My flight leaves in a week.
- Well, we have time to organize
a dinner with your parents.
()
El Jardinero (The
Gardener) by Wilfrido Vargas
I have a rose garden.
(They are all for you) beautiful.
I have a rose garden.
(They are all for you, ah)
I have a rose garden.
(They're all for you) I
have carnations (Carnations)
I have violets (Violets)
I have pompoms (Pompoms)
Also myosotis (Myosotis)
I grew them, because one
day I want to see you here
And I will give you in my
flowers all my love for you
I'll see you fall into my
arms crazy with love for me
(You fall, you fall)
You fall, you fall, you
fall (You fall, you fall)
I'll see you fall, I'll
see you fall (You fall)
I'll see you fall (You fall)
As a branch fell from
a mature bush (You fall)
The more you harvest, the
harder you will fall when you fall
You'll fall like a soursop
that crumbled as it fell
I'll see you fall, I'll see you fall
And I don't know how
you dare tell me that
you don't tremble when
I talk to you like that
And I don't know how
you dare tell me that
you don't tremble when
I talk to you like that
If women blush when they give
love, they laugh and put on a show
And I laugh, and it's not
a mess, this is not a mess
What would they say if they found out
my hearts way leaves them spellbound?
And so you know, I'm bringing
you roses, and violets too
Bouquet of honeydew and pompoms
too all made from my love for you
It's not that I'm a
romantic nor a playboy
But all the girls always go where I go
If I stop anywhere, they
come up to me with ice cream
If they try to win me with a
spell I still ask your blessing as well
Im simple, sure but let me
say, Ive got cash in my pocket today
Ive got a Mercedes, smooth and clean
way better than some old machine
Ive topped the Trujillo familys
gold but Im just a simple soul, all told
Simple, simple,
elegant, rich and simple
As simple as a gardener
who lives from flower to flower
Collecting the prettiest
ones for the love of my loves
I am a rich gardener who
lives for watering flowers
And I choose the prettiest
one for the love of my loves
I am a rich gardener who
lives for watering flowers
And I choose the prettiest
one for the love of my loves
I found that I passed the test
Everybody knows now who's the best
Best of the east, best of the west
Best of the south, best all the way
Your rocking rocket,
ooh, you better be known
Then stopping, weave then dodge it
Let's go, men, take that stage
We got to do it, do it, do it, aurgh
(Instrumental interlude)
(Ah, be-be) I'm a be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be, be-be-be,
be-be-be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
I say, I'm a be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be, be-be-be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be that's good to be (Ah, be-be)
A be-be-be, be-be (Ah, be-be)
A be that's good to be, come on
If the music keeps on funking
Ill join the park at seven
Down the block, seven and two oclock
Im in the mood to swing and can we rock
Down the block, don't be late,
play it like a radio, rock all night
Say, stomp your feet, hands in the
air and you been stopping everywhere
Then people at the park, people
in the party, people at the side
People in the street
have a heart attack
Let's go, man, Im stuck outside
she called me everyday
Don't let it torment your friends
Or they go tumbling down the street
Then people at the park, people
in the party, people at the side
People in the street
have a heart attack
Let's go, man, Im stuck outside
she called me everyday
Don't let it torment your friends
Or they go tumbling down the street
I say ey, ey, ey, ey, ey, oh, oh
(Ey, ey, ey, ey; oh, oh, oh)