Spanish Fly (1998) Movie Script
[FLY BUZZING]
[FLY BUZZING LOUDLY]
[FLYSWATTER SWATS]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I like a woman
with big ones...
The bigger they are,
the more woman.
That's what I like.
Big hands... big enough
to pin you down.
There are two kinds
of "macho".
The "machista",
who doesn't believe
women have rights...
and the icon of a sexy,
virile, fearless macho
who women love.
A real man like me.
Women are stronger than men
and can handle pain better.
Men are really like dogs.
They eat what you
put in front of them.
[CARAVANINSTRUMENTAL PLAYING]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
With women,
technique is everything.
There is a position where
friction from the pubic hairs
can give her pleasure.
And if she gets
an orgasm first,
she won't become pregnant.
WOMAN: Uh-huh.
Shit.
Hablasany English?
[IN SPANISH]
It's broken?
[GARBLED TAPE]I think it's broken.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
"What attracts you
to a woman?"
No, no, no. Um... y-you...
the tape recorder's broken.
I don't understand
a word you're saying,
so we have to finish.
Entiendes?"Finish."
Finito, basta.
Arret? Terminado?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
You're a real cutie.
Guapa.We have to guapa.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
You really don't know
any Spanish, do you, guapa?
Excuse me?
Excuse me? Excuse me?
I'm Antonio.
Oh. God, but you're
three hours late.
I'm Zoe.
[IN SPANISH] A pleasure.
ANTONIO: How are
the interviews going?
I have no idea.
It was mostly in Spanish,
and the tape recorder broke.
Now that I'm here,
you won't need one.
Actually, I will,
but I have this video camera,
except the battery's out.
[ANTONIO CHUCKLING]
Who wrote these questions?What's so funny?
I... I did. Why?
Y-You had them translated?Yeah. Why?
You're not going to get
honest answers from these.
"How do you feel about women"?
[SINGING]
ANTONIO: [IN SPANISH]
You can go now.
No problem.
What? Hey!
Wh-What are
you doing?
I'm not finished
with him.
Por favor,sit.
You're wasting
your time
with this guy.
If you don't mind, I'd like
to continue the interview.
Sit. Siente...
ti, te, ti...
por favor.
Thank you.
Thank you.
ZOE: Now, please...
ask him if he believes
women should work.
[SCOFFS]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
How did you meet her?
I was having tapas
and she wanted
to buy me a drink...
I said, "Why not, guapa?"
You didn't find that strange?No, she's American.
You know how Americans are.No, I don't. How are they?
Wh-What is...?
[IN SPANISH] How long
have you been here?
Twenty minutes or so...
What-What's he saying?
He said you were
making passes at him,
and he's playing along.
That's not what he said.But that's what he meant.
I didn't hire you
for your opinion.
I may understand
certain subtleties
you will miss.
You're an interpreter.
You're supposed to interpret.
That's what I'm doing.
You see a Spaniard
talking about sex
to a foreign woman,
he's bound to lie.
It's his patriotic duty.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Do you know her well?
She's my girlfriend. Get lost.
Go fuck yourself!
He said he had to run.
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[SIGHS]
Where in the States
are you from?
New York.New York?
[CHUCKLES]
I love New York.
Elizabeth Street?
Little Italy.
You know it?
Intimately.
[CHUCKLES]
So the book
is about Spanish men?
No, the book
is about machismo.
Uh-huh. Why are you
writing it?
I have a contract.You like Spanish men?
Excuse me?
I am curious because
many American women come
to Spain just to meet men.
I got to go.
Oh... sorry.
Senor.
Uh... Senor.
Senor.I'll bet you don't
have a boyfriend.
Oh? How would
you know that?
I can tell by the way
you carry yourself.
You're a little...
insecure and just
a bit too serious,
which could
put some men off,
but you have
certain naivete
which is quite charming.
Gee, thanks.
Senor,
por favor.
[SIGHS][SNAPS FINGERS]
WAITER: [IN SPANISH]
Right away, sir.
I didn't mean to offend you.
Boy, are you ever sensitive.
Boy, are you ever
a cocky son of a bitch.
ANTONIO: What does
"cocky" mean?ZOE: Look it up.
ANTONIO: You're the machote.What's a machote?
ANTONIO: Get an interpreter.
Yeah, one who can
speak English.
I don't want
to work for you, anyway.
Taxi!
[MAN WOLF WHISTLES]
[TIGER GROWLING]
Guapa!
[PANTING
SUGGESTIVELY]
[IMITATES
DONALD DUCK]
Taxi?
[LAUGHING]
[CHUCKLES]
[IN SPANISH]
Bordadores Street, please.[SINGING IN SPANISH]
You forgot
to turn on the meter.
James Brown.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
He's equal to Cameron.
You like James Brown?
[INSERTING CASSETTE]
Men make them happy...
DRIVER: [SINGING]
Cause it's a man's
A man's...
Ooh...
[CONTINUES SINGING
DIFFERENT LYRICS]
ON CASSETTE:
Everything he can
You know that man
makes money
To buy from other men
This is a man's world
But it wouldn't
mean nothing, nothing
Not one little thing
without a woman or a girl
He's lost
[ENGINE REVS]
In the wilderness...
[FLY BUZZING]
[IN SPANISH]
You have ink on your leg.
He's lost...
[CHUCKLES]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Take it easy, miss.
And bitterness...
This is fine.
Here, here, thank you.
Here. Thanks.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
What did I do now?
[TIRES SCREECHING]
You're crazy!
...man's, man's world
But it wouldn't
mean nothing, nothing
Without a woman or a girl
[COINS CLINK]
[PLAYING CARAVAN
ON THE CLARINET]
Excuse me.
[IN SPANISH] Pardon.
Street Bordadores,
please?
Sorry,
we are French.
Oh.American?
Yeah. How did
you know?
[CHUCKLES]
It's obvious.
You came here
to meet men?
No, not us.
We are together.
My sister's
the crazy one.
Don't blame me.
I live in England.
What about
French men?
[ALL GROANING]
Liars.
What kind
of man
do you like?
Um, um, men
who are-are
thoughtful,
communicative...
who understand
women.
[CHUCKLING]Are you sure it's a man
you're looking for?
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
I'm not convinced.
I think if two people
are intellectually
compatible,
the physical part
will work, too.
Ah, really?
I don't know
about you,
but I never had
an orgasm from
a good conversation.
[LAUGHING]
[IN FRENCH] I told you,
Americans are poorly fucked.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHTER ECHOING]
[DOG BARKING]
Don't I know you?
Columbia University.
Oh, my God.
Professor...
Carl Livingston.
It was Philosophy.
Hi.Hi.
Oh.
Um... God,
this is a shock.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Um, are-are you
working here?
Uh, I opened the place.
I figured, uh...
Madrid could use
a decent English bookstore.
That's right.
Uh, that's...
I mean, this is...
This is
a great store,
great books.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Um... Oh, this one,
too. Yeah.
Having man trouble?
Uh, no, no.
It's research for
a book I'm writing.
Novel?
No. Um, uh, it's
based on a study
based on an article
I wrote in Vanity Fair.
I approached
the publishers,
and they accepted.
They gave me
an advance,
so here I am.
Wow, that's fantastic.
I figured you'd be doing
something interesting.
You did?
Yeah.
A girl in my class
went out with you.
Who? Romaine or Sarah?
Nickie.
Nickie...
Oh... Yeah.
[CHUCKLES]
Those days.
I'm practicing Zen now.
[CHUCKLES]
[CHUCKLES]
You think I'm kidding.
Here's ten.
Thanks.
[BELL DINGS]
Oh, great.
Thank you.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Well, [CLEARS THROAT]
I'll see you again,
I guess.
I hope so.
Bye.Bye.
Oh. Sorry.
You want to, um...
We should...
grab a coffee sometime?
I... That'd be great.
Okay.
I'll stop by
the shop sometime.
Anytime's fine.
Okay.
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE ROARING]
How about now?
I mean... if you're free.
[CHUCKLES SHEEPISHLY]
You're probably not, though.
I think we have to
reevaluate these primal
sexual roles and evolve.
Men dominating,
for instance.
[FLY BUZZING]
Exactly... 'cause
in-in the Ice Ages,
men were hunters,
and women were
gatherers.
Our needs
were different.
[TIGER GROWLING]
S-S... uh...
So I'm, uh... try...
I'm trying to...
To figure out what
makes men f-feel
the need to be dominant.
I mean ma-ma...
I mean, m-macho,
or machisto,
as they call it here.
They lack
communicative skills,
so they dominate.
Otherwise,
they'd feel emasculated.
That's what I think.
Well, Zoe,
I'm glad you're here.
[IN SPANISH]
Until tomorrow.
[IN SPANISH]
Until tomorrow.
T-Taxi.
Taxi.
[HORNS HONKING]
[BRAKES SQUEALING,
HORN HONKING]
[VEHICLE DEPARTING]
Antonio!
[TIRES SCREECH]
[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Look! A taxi stand.
[IN SPANISH]
She's a little unstable.
I'm afraid to leave her alone.
Zoe, we're stopping
here for a drink,
and then I'll drop you
at Bordadores, okay?
Okay?
Uh, yeah, sure.
You know Tricky?[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]
No.
It's great
music for sex.
[IN SPANISH]
Look, she's shy.She's not shy.
She is shy!She's not shy!
Sorry, sorry.[LAUGHING]
Uh...
[IN SPANISH]
I'm going to
request a song.
She's funny.
[CHUCKLES]
She gets on my nerves.
So why do you
take her out?
[CHUCKLES] She helps me
with my income tax return.
I don't believe
in long-term relationships.
Why not?Because they expire.
What do you mean,
"they expire"?
All relationships
really only last two years.
After that,
the passion dies,
and love is just
a word you say
when you hang up the phone.
That's not true.
Really?
So where is your
happy relationship?
And how happy are you?
At least I have
a satisfactory sex life.
Yeah, if you call
meaningless sex satisfying.
Love and sex don't
necessarily go together
like they're supposed to.
You know, you'd be
an interesting guy
if you weren't such a jerk.
Thank you.
[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Let's dance.
No.Come on.
Come on!
"You know Tricky?
"I loveTricky.
"Great music for sex."
Poof.
What are you doing?
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
You like it!
[STALL DOOR BANGS]
[WOMAN GRUNTING]
[MAN PANTING]
[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Are you crazy?
WOMAN: Are you crazy?MAN: Be quiet!
WOMAN: Are you crazy?MAN: Be quiet!
[MUFFLED MOANING]
[SCREAMING]
[WOMAN MOANING]
[FLUSHING]
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
You like to watch, eh?
[IN FRENCH]
What a face!
[IN SPANISH] This light
would kill Garbo.
Sorry.
[IN SPANISH]
Are you all right?
[CHUCKLES]
[IN SPANISH]
Didn't I tell you to
call the babysitter?
MAN: [IN SPANISH]
We just called.Oh, God.
WOMAN: [IN SPANISH]
Do it!Fuck.
WOMAN: [IN SPANISH]
Wait. Kiss me first, tiger.
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
Bye.
Oh, hey, hey
Oh, no, no, no
[SIREN BLARING]
[HORN HONKING]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Taxi!
[IN SPANISH]
Bordadores Street, please.
[IN SPANISH]
Hello, guapa. Right away.
[SHIFTS GEARS]
[MUSIC FILTERS
THROUGH WALLS]
Are Spanish men
very macho in Madrid?
Oh, one, two, three.
Si,it's possible.
Very, very much.
A thousand millions machos.
In Madrid? No.
[READS IN SPANISH]
"When you have sex
with a woman,
"do you tell
all your friends?"
Yes.
What's the difference
between an English man
and a Spanish man?
Um, body hair.
You mean it's a myth?
Have you ever
met a god in Greece?
A-Are you macho?
Yes.
[IN SPANISH] You?
No.
Si, si, si,
si...No.
[IN SPANISH]
Between love and sex...
Love and sex!
For me as a woman?It says "woman."
Of course, as a woman.Of course, as a woman.
It's not on here either.
Which one?Emancipation?
Who wrote this?
These questions
have no meaning
in this day and age.
Greece... that's the most
macho country in the world.
[IN ITALIAN]
You're kidding!
The Greeks are all gay.
Argentina.
Swiss.
Swiss, yes.
She
Says she scares herself
She feels too much
She
Says she's seen enough
Dreams, like tears...
[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
ZOE: [GASPS] Shit.
[SOBBING]
[PHONE RINGS]Hello?
WOMAN: [OVER PHONE]
Zoe, I've been calling you
all day. Where've you been?
I went to your apartment
to water the plants.
There was a man in there.
It's what's called
a sublet, Mom.
A sublet? Zoe, I worry
about you in Madrid.
It's a crazy city.
Anyway, sweetheart,
there's no point
in running all around Spain
looking for him.
I wish you would
talk to me about it.
I'm not looking for anyone.
I'm here writing a book.
I've got a contract,
for Christ's sake.
Darling, I worry about you.
By the way, your agent called.
What? When? This morning.
I'll tell you what...
next time, you can call me.I gotta go.
Uh, Zoe calling
for Cassian Stern.
[SIGHS]
Again, from Spain.
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON TV]
I drank your blood.
That's a way
to bewitch someone.
Don't be afraid.
It's as painless as a kiss.
I saw you come here
and I followed you.
You forgot your flowers.
[WOMAN MOANS]
CARL: [ON PHONE]
How's your book going?
ZOE: Well, I've been
in this sublet
for two weeks.
I lost my interpreter,
can't speak
a word of Spanish...
can't find one
macho guy in Madrid.
Otherwise,
I'm doing great.
Sounds like
you need some company.
Absolutely.
CARL: In Zen,
being lost
is recognizing the seed
of a new identity.
Oh, God.
Kierkegaard said that.
Yes. Kierkegaard, yes, yes!
No, no, no, don't, don't...
Oh, I'm sorry.
ZOE: That's okay.
It's not you. It's me.
It'll get better.
Carl... do you
really remember me
from Columbia?
[PHONE RINGS]
Hello?ZOE'S MOTHER:
Did you just call?
No, Mom, I didn't. Because the phone rang,
and by the time I got to it,
there was nobody there.
Well, it wasn't me.
Zoe, how are you, darling?I'm fine.
I worry about you in Madrid.Oh, yeah, yeah.
Zoe...Look, I can't talk.
Sweetheart, you okay?
Yeah. This just
isn't a good time.
I don't know why
you always have to be
so rude to your mother.
Okay, okay, can't we... Oh, by the way,
John's in Madrid.
He just called,
and I gave him your number.
What? You didn't?
I thought you'd be thrilled.Can we talk another time?
You know, I can't really
talk right now.
You know what? Fine. Bye.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
My mother.
God, you can see
we really don't
get along very well.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hello?
JOHN: [ON PHONE]
Snookie, I'm in Madrid.
John, what are you
doing here?
I'm following
Hemingway's footsteps...
you know, fishing.
Fishing? My men's group.
You'd love them.
Will you join me and the boys?
Please? Say, Thursday night?
It's been very difficult
for me...
Snookie...
I don't know, um... Please, darling?
It's so unresolved between us.
I've got to see you
and talk to you.
I've never seen you
so assertive.
Of course I'm assertive.
I've changed.
Piatresa Ristorante...
John.
[RECEIVER CLICKS,
DIAL TONE]
[SIGHS]
That was my...
[CHUCKLES] ...ex-boyfriend.
[SNORING]
[SIGHS]
[BABY CRYING]
[IN SPANISH] Miss,
there's something for you.
You have an admirer.
Someone in the building?
ON TAPE: I know
that we are not new...
ZOE: [CHUCKLES] "Cocky."
And in the forest,
they smiled...
Gracias, gracias.Not at all.
Bye, good afternoon.
And both of us must try
Your eyes are soft
with sorrow...
Hi.Hi.
Thank you
for the flowers.
They were beautiful.
Oh. I knew they'd
get me my job back.
[LAUGHS]
You wasted
your money.
You're the only
interpreter who
answered my ad.
Oh. Well, maybe
they can get me a date.
Sorry, cowboy.
I'm already
seeing someone.
So who's the lucky man?
He's, um...
He's American.
[LAUGHS] What?
You came all the way
to Spain just to meet
an American?
You're a cynic.
You know
what a cynic is,
don't you?
What?A disillusioned
romantic.
Hey, let's have
a truce, okay?
Friends?
ZOE: I wonder how long
this will last.
Oh, man...
3:00. He said 2:30.
Man...
I don't believe this guy.
[GASPS]
You're late.
We're not
doing interviews today.
What do you
mean we're not
doing interviews?
Interviews don't
tell you what
people are really like.
If you want
to understand
Spanish men...
Why did you
want this job back?
To practice
my English.
You mean
to learnEnglish.
[CHUCKLING]
Come on.
Where are we going?I have a surprise
for you.
Tomorrow, interviews.Yeah, yeah.
WOMAN: Excuse me.
Do you speak English?
Isn't it true
about the direction
of the bullfighter's,
you know,
the bulge in his pants?
It's true.
I read it in a magazine.
The magazine said
if the bulge
is on the right,
it means he's married,
if it points
straight down,
it means he's shy,
if it's on the left,
it means he's gay,
and if it points
straight up,
it means he's macho.
Would you like
some nuts?
[FANFARE SOUNDING]Here we go,
here we go, here we go.
On the right.
He's married.
Well... that wouldn't
be the first time for me.
Looks like you found yourself
a date for tonight, huh?
What are you
talking about?
Don't play innocent.WOMAN: Look at this one.
ZOE: Is there any truth
to this thing?
ANTONIO: Well,
as we say in Spain,
todo es toro.
SPECTATORS: Ole!
What does that mean?It's all bull.
I haven't seen
a basket like that
since Tom Jones
hit Vegas.
Can I see?
Thank you.
WOMAN 2:
He is a real macho.
[TIGER GROWLS]
What's wrong?
He's swell.
Do you think
he can see us?
Well, Antonio, I guess
you can just curl up
with a book tonight.
Hmm.
ANTONIO: [IN SPANISH]
Freud didn't say that.
[IN SPANISH]
He did.
Tell me.What for?
He's inventing it all.
Okay, well, I'd like to hear
what he's inventing.
I said that
men go to a whore
to sleep with the men who
have slept with her before.
You speak English.
[IN SPANISH] What?
[IN SPANISH]
And you know about bullfights?
The bullfighter is the female
and the bull is the male.
Everyone knows that.No one knows that.
And you know about the tango?
In Argentina, when there
weren't enough whores,
and the men were
waiting for their turn,
[GIGGLES]
they would tango
with each other.
Stop that.And the most romantic
dance in the world
began between men.
[LAUGHING]
ZOE: Well?He said he fantasizes
about doing the tango
with his boyfriend.
[IN SPANISH]
Rossy! Precious!
Your boobs
are bigger everyday.
Aren't they fantastic?
You're going to get
all the dwarfs
with those tits.
Sit down, queenie.
They're journalists.
Really?They're doing a study.
About what?
About "The Spanish man"...
Really?
Men are no mystery.
Men are simple. We are
the complicated ones.
We have many erogenous zones.
Our ears, our necks,
even our knees can be
erogenous zones,
if you do it right.
Men have only one
reflex point.
It pops up or not,
depending on your luck.
Um... "Women
are very demanding."
That's not what
she said. She spoke
for a long time.
ANTONIO:
Well, Spanish
is a long language.
Are there many
machos in Spain?
No, we don't have
a surplus of them.
Most are unknowingly
homosexuals.
She said
she has bad luck with men.
No, she didn't.
You said, "Machos
are homosexual,"
right?
Algunos.Some of them,
some of them.
So how do you know
which ones are...?
Ah, that is very easy.
When a man says
"touch me here,
kiss my nipple,
lick my ear..."
he's queer.
Perfect!
Well, I gotta go.
But I got to go.
I have a lot
of things to do.
Such a pleasure.
[SLURPS]
Watch out for the men,
if you can find one.
Take care, bonbon.Bye, bye, "sky."
Does your gun
remind you of anything?
[INTERPRETS IN SPANISH]
[IN SPANISH]
To shoot. To hunt.
"To shoot,
to hunt..."
What does it make you
think of, your gun?[ANTONIO TRANSLATES]
[IN SPANISH]
Ducks.
Uh, "Ducks...
Rabbits...."rabbits."
How does it make you feel, um,
when you... when you shoot it,
you know, when you shoot it
and then you clean it
and wipe it?
[TRANSLATES]
Hmm?
What is he here for?
He's-He's
my interpreter.
I speak English.
Oh, that's good.
Antonio...
I get the feeling
he doesn't want you here.
And?
Can't you just
take a drink
or something?
Come on.
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Do you think
men are smarter
than women?
[SNAPPING
FINGERS]
[CHUCKLING]
Nice.
Do you think men
are smarter than women?
What are you doing?
Just taking
this off.
Oh, God. Please.
Let me see you
like this.I'm...
I'm fine.
I don't need...
thank you.
Yeah, I like it.
Good. All right,
do you wanna answer
my questions or...
Ask me another question.
Okay.
Um... let's see.
Oh. What attracts you
to a woman?
Ahem.
There are
those who talk
and those who do.
If you want to know
what a real man is like...
I can show you.
I would like to be
between your legs.
Between your legs.
Between your legs.
Between your legs.
[TIGER GROWLING]
Nice girl.
All those guys
who play at Club Flamenco
are drug addicts.
I should have
known better.
[IN SPANISH] Miss, if you want
real macho, go down South.
He's from Andalusia,
the south.
The south?Mm-hmm.
[IN SPANISH]
You macho?
From here up.
The downstairs elevator
doesn't really work anymore.
[ALL LAUGH]
He said
of course he is.
I want to go
to the south...
to Mojacar.
Mojacar? Why Mojacar?
I heard a lot
about that place.
From whom?
Can't remember.
Hotel del Sol.
Why don't you go with your
smart, respectful American...
what's his name?
Carl.The feminist.
You don't think a man
can be a feminist?
A feminist man...
that's like saying
a male chicken,
but if it works in bed,
who am I to say?
[CARL CLEARS THROAT]
C-Carl.Hi.
Um, do you
know Antonio?
Hi.Not as well
as he seems to know me.
This is the
lousy interpreter?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Thank you, but
it's not actually
my main profession.
What is it that you do do?
I'm a writer... a novelist.
Why aren't you at work
writing novels?
"A block is a block
is a block."
Gertrude Stein.
You didn't tell me
you were a writer.
Well, I haven't written
anything in over a year.
I'm about as much of a writer
as I am a feminist.
I don't doubt that.
It's a good line
for the American girls.
It won't work
for you.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
W-We got to go.
Um, thank you.
No, no, no, no, no.
My treat. Yes.
Bye.Bye.
Adios, muchacho.Adios, asshole.
[CHUCKLES]
Aah.
CARL: It's not that I mind
being tied down.
It's just that
I find monogamy...
possessive and unnatural.
Hmm.So, this guy...
you were with him
for three years?
Hmm?Your ex-boyfriend.
Oh, John.
Yeah, I thought he was safe.
What happened?After three years,
we were finally
going to get married...
not that there
was any great passion,
but at least
we were compatible,
and then he flipped out
and joined this men's group.
How was the sex?
How was the sex?
The sex? The sex?
Hmm?
Sorry I asked.
It's always been
a problem for me.
Maybe I should try some
Spanish fly or something.
Spanish fly.
Oh, my God.
I haven't heard
of that in years.
You know it's a myth,
don't you?
I thought it was
a sex pill made from
ground insect wings.
My dear, Spanish fly
was a hoax.
The wings
are a mild irritant
from Morocco
that was marketed
in the '70s
as an aphrodisiac
by some shrewd guy
who's probably
a millionaire by now.
If it didn't work,
why is the guy
a millionaire?
But it did work.
You see, most...
Most sexual problems
have to do with timidity.
If you just spiked
a woman's drink, you
wouldn't have any luck,
but if you told her
you spiked her drink,
a lot of women would
lose their inhibitions
and allow their libido
to take over guilt-free
because it's all supposed
to be out of their control.
It's all in the mind.
Great, now it'll
never work on me.
[BESAME MUCHO
PLAYING ON RADIO]
[SINGS ALONG] Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ultima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte despues
Quiero tenerte muy cerca
Mirarme en tus ojos
Estar junto a ti
Piensa que tal vez manana
Estare muy legos
Muy legos de aqui
[DISTORTED] Besame
Besame mucho...
[MUSIC SEGUES
TO HEAVY ROCK BEAT]
ZOE: [IN SPANISH]
Bordadores Street, please.
[TIGER GROWLING]
Right away, miss.
[PASSIONATE MOANING]
[DISTORTED]
Hi.
I'm John,
the old boyfriend.
[DISTORTED]
Oh, hi. I'm Carl,
the new guy.
What's with
this chick?
I don't know, buddy.
She couldn't
get off with me.
I don't know, buddy.Don't waste your time.
I don't know...
buddy.
I don't know, buddy.
I don't know.
[MEN HUMMING
CONTINUOUS TONE]
Zoe...
Don't get up.
Continue, please.
Do whatever it is
you're doing.
Thanks.
[CHANTING]
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa.
Zoe, have a seat.
MAN: No kissing...
remember our pledge.
Pledge?
It's ritualistic.
What, like boxers
before a fight?
Exactly. Except we go
fishing and hunting.
Men have forgotten
how to be real providers.
That's our problem.
Women have held us back.
What are you saying?
I held you back
from fishing?
And chanting
and drumming.
And pretty much
hanging out with
your good buddies.
[LAUGHING]
This is my
bonding partner,
Barking Nugget.
Good to know you.
Hi.
Love you.
Mean it.
Hate you. Don't.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
MAN: Ungawa.
MEN: [IN UNISON] Om.
[DOG BARKING]
Any heat
in the belly?
"Heat in
the belly"?
I don't know,
is your belly hot?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Actually, I'm...
I'm getting married.
Married? To who?
It's only been
four months.
Well, when it works,
you just know it.
So why did we bother
spending three years
together?
I feel we didn't
really challenge
each other, Zoe.
We were living by rules.
We were bored.
Wow, marriage.
I'm really happy for you.
[SNIFFLES]
MEN: [CHANTING]
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
Oh, God...
I got to go.
I'm sorry, Zoe.
Yeah, it's okay.
[CHANTING]
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
Hope the fish bite.
You, too, snookie.
...hebwa-hebwa
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
[WOMAN TALKING][PHONE RINGING]
ANTONIO: [IN SPANISH] Hello?It's Zoe.
I just had dinner
with my ex-boyfriend.
The guy's
totally flipped out.
He's a loony.
He's joined a men's movement.
And, um...
and, uh...
[CRYING]
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
...and he's
getting married.
[IN SPANISH]
Look what you've done.I don't know
how he could be so happy
when we broke up...
ANTONIO: Zoe, I'm sorry,
what did you......three months ago.
[LAUGHS]
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
I-I'm sorry, Zoe.
Fuck you!
[MUTTERING]
I hate fucking men.
I don't want fucking men
in my life. Taxi!
[IN SPANISH] To place
Club Flamenco, please.
[BOLERO MUSIC PLAYING]
[TIGER GROWLING]
[MAN SINGS IN SPANISH]
May I...
[SPEAKING SPANISH BADLY]
[SIGHS]
[IN GERMAN ACCENT]
There's nowhere else to sit.
Are you by yourself?
[APPLAUSE]
[IN GERMAN]
God, it's hot.
I'm Gregor.
I'm from Hamburg.
Hamburg in Germany,
you know?
Entiendesany English?
[IN SPANISH] What do you
want with my girl?
I-I was just
sitting here.
Huh? Go sit
somewhere else.
Come on. Quick.
Oh, look at that,
there's seats.
[TIGER GROWLING]
No, I can't do this.
Why not?
I can't do this.
Yes, you can.
[MOANING]
Stop. Stop.
No, stop.
Stop?
[SIGHS]
Hello.
CARL: Oh, God!
Mother...
Hegel said that reason
is the substance
as well as the youth
and the power,
that reason is, for itself,
the infinite material
of all natural
and spiritual life
as well as
the infinite form,
and that... That...
[YELLS]
[SIGHS]Oh, my God...
[SNORES]
[SENSUAL MUSIC PLAYING]
She
Says she scares herself
She feels too much
She
Says she's seen enough
Dreams...
[PHONE RINGS]
Like tears in her...
ANTHROPOLOGIST: [IN SPANISH]
Animals, insects, plants...
A woman gives herself to a man
and she is taken by a man.
It's like a plug in a socket.
...got it wrong
Yes, you saved her
She's a falling star
She's breaking
She's been pushed too far
She's a conquest
[THINKING IN SPANISH]
She thought that all he wanted
from women was sex...
On the edge of town...
...but that was all
he was getting.
This woman was the best, worst
woman he had ever met.
She
Knows his time is up...
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON TV]
Men and women are different.
One has to penetrate
the other.
It's written in our genes,
like lions or pigeons.
We can change
a few things emotionally,
culturally and socially...
[FLY BUZZES]
...but evolution is slow.
[PHONE RINGS]
ZOE'S MOTHER: If I waited
for you to call,
I'd probably be dead
by the time you did.
Not again. What happened with John?
Nothing. I don't want
to talk about it.
Zoe, I thought that
you might get back together.
Stop bugging me!
Did you talk
about getting married?
Mom, you make me nervous.
You ruin all my relationships.
Stay out of my life! I will never call you again.
Shit! Mom? Hello? Hello?
Shit!
[SCREAMS]
[BUZZING]
...on the edge of town
She's a dancer...
[MOTOR SPUTTERS]
La, la, la, la-la, la-la
Fuck!
[IN SPANISH]
Hey, American!
No boyfriend?
I have no nothing.
Hi. Sorry I'm late.
My, uh, video camera broke.
I was trying to fix it.
Anyone you know?
My video camera, my work,
my camera, my interviews
broken.
What happened to your hair?
Oh, my blow-dryer broke.
Looks like shit.
Just kidding.
Kid, please.
Zoe, I want you to meet
Professor Britell
and Julie, my partner
at the bookshop.
They know you.
Well, I told them
all about you.Hi.
Yes, Carl was telling us
how you two met up again
after all these years,
and... how did he put it?
"Quickly consummated
your relationship."
Oh, that was you.
I also told them
all about your book.
Oh, yes, and we
lovethe idea.
ZOE: Come on.
It's really about time
that somebody busted
those machos.
I wouldn't say
I'm busting anybody.
I'm not sure anymore...
You're showing how
machismo victimizes
both men and women...
Carl, you
interrupted me.What is your problem?
Maybe I'm just not
cool enough for you, Carl.
But I strongly object
to you discussing
our pathetic personal life
in front of strangers.
Stop it.
That's enough, okay?
Okay? That's enough.
Zoe, this is very unpleasant.
Would you please sit down?You know what my problem is?
Men are my problem.
You're my problem.
Your pretentious
little theories...
How you doing?You're full of shit!
I'm full of shit!JULIE: Hey, Carl.
What do you expect?'Cause I don't know
what I believe,
and I haven't written
anything I believe in.
I want romance!
I want jealousy!
I want passion in my life.
Where's... Where...
Where's my bag?
What bag?
My bag with my books
and my work and-and...
everything I've been doing
up until now.
Where is my fucking bag?
Stop it.
We really don't
need this here.
Oh, man.
All right.
It's all right.
Sit down.
Have a drink. Relax.
[JULIE LAUGHS]
Nice girl.
[LAUGHING]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[PRINTER WHIRRING]
[PHONE RINGS]
Hi, Mom. You didn't
have to hang up on me.
MAN: This is
not your mother. This is
the Morris office calling.
I have Cassian Stern for you.
One moment, please.
STERN: Hello, Zoe.
Cassian... Um, hi. I've been
trying to reach you.
I had a call from
the publishers.
They decided to drop
the whole project.
As you know, you're way
beyond the deadline.
You haven't
sent them anything,
so we may have to pay
them back the advance.
[BEEP] I got another call.
I'll keep you posted. Ciao.
[DIAL TONE]
La, la, la, la-la
La-la
La, la, la, la-la
La, la, la, la-la
La-la
La, la, la, la-la
ANTONIO: So why Mojacar?
I thought you wanted
to go to the south
with what's-his-name.
I'm not with Carl anymore.
Ah. What happened?
He just turned out
to be another mistake.
Really?
What a surprise.
Oh, shut up. Look at you...
bimbo after bimbo.
That's some challenge.
I'm moving on
from all that.
Really?Uh-huh.
What's the next chapter?
It's not just a chapter,
it's a whole book.
[GUITAR PLAYING]
What kind of book?
Mystery, thriller
and love story
all in one.
Actually,
it's about you.
Yeah?Mm-hmm.
ANTONIO:
This is the Hotel del Sol?
[WHISTLING TUNE]
[DOG BARKING]
[WAVES CRASHING]
The last guy who
stayed here must
have been Don Quixote.
Can we stay here, please?
Well, if you ask
in that way.
[DOG BARKING]
[IN SPANISH]
Shut the fuck up!
[IN SPANISH]
Two rooms, please.Here?
Yes.
Did your car break down?No.
We have only one room.
You mean you're full?Only one room is habitable.
They only have
one room.
Okay.
You have to pay
up front. Cash.Okay.
Oh, wait.No, it's okay.
That won't be necessary.
Hello.BOTH: Hello.
[IN SPANISH] Andres,
please show our guests
to room number one.
One, of course.
Please.
[FINGERS DRUMMING]
[DRUMMING CONTINUING]
Uh... did someone actually
suggest this place to you,
or did you just
like the look of it?
[CHUCKLES]
Are you finished
with the loo?
Yeah.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[SNIFFING]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
I'm Rosa.
Hi.
Compliments of the house.[BIRD TRILLING]
He's singing?
Where is he?
It's a male. [SNIFFING]
I can smell him.
Where is he?
Uh, the bed.
I forgot the bed. Sorry.
You're my
first customers.
I just bought this place.
I'm going to fix it up.
If you come back
in a month, you will
not recognize it.
What made you come here?
I was in love.
It's over now.
How-How did it end?
He left...
and I stayed.
Too bad.No. Actually, it isn't.
I've fallen in love
with this country.
You know, sometimes
if you look for one thing,
you discover something else
completely different.
You have to trust
your instincts.
Here are some candles
in case the electricity
goes out,
which happens
quite often.
Be open to him.
Who?
Oh. We're...
We're not together.
No? Too bad.
I was hoping
you would bring
[WHISPERING]
some of that magic.
I have to leave you.
So, since you are
my first customers,
your stay is on the house.
I do hope you come back
when the place is restored.
It will be beautiful.
[DOOR OPENS]
I just had the most
bizarre conversation.
Really?
Well, there's no toilet paper
in this ridiculous place.
That's pretty bizarre, too.
[SURF ROLLING IN AND OUT]
Zoe?
What?
You don't want to do
anything, do you?
What?
Just say "no"
so I can sleep easy.
No.
Thank you.
Good night.
ANTONIO: Is that your mother?
She's beautiful.
"Hotel del Sol."
It's her old hotel,
isn't it?
Who's the man?
Your father.
He is Spanish?
Hmm.
What's his name?
Pedro.
Pedro what?
I have no idea.
Where is he now?
I don't know.
Hey.
Come on.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
ZOE: Place must have been
a lot different then.
How did she meet him?
She was 18.
She traveled around Europe
with a girlfriend
and... stayed here
for a while with him.
She must have really
cared about him.
I found the photograph
in her night-table drawer...
when I was 13.
Till then, I-I thought
my father was someone else...
this asshole...
she was married to
for a few years.
[SIGHS]
So then
she told me the truth.
Apparently they
had some fight
and she left
and she got back
to New York,
found out
she was pregnant.
Did she tell him?
She said
she lost touch
with him.
We-We-We can't really talk
about it because we fight.
I don't really know
the details.
I've never forgiven her
for lying to me.
He's handsome, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Big... Big warm eyes
eat you up.
I used to...
have this hope that
I'd meet him somehow
and he'd recognize
me instantly.
Then he'd look at me,
and everything would be okay.
He'd... just fill in
all those years
of my childhood
with one look.
Why don't you
try to find him?
You really think he-he'd
want to know about me?
It's just...
it's just...
a childhood fantasy
I used to have.
Anyway, he wasn't there,
and that will never change.
Maybe he would
have wanted to be.
He's an asshole, okay?
Okay.
Change subject.Mm-hmm.
You know that
every single thing
which happens to you
in your life
makes you
what you are,
and I think
you're great, Zoe.
No, I'm not.
I'm-I'm... impossible
to get along with.
[LAUGHS]
That's why every relationship
I've had has been a failure.
Because you choose...
You choose the wrong men.
I do?
You think
they're safe and...
Are you safe?
[ON RADIO] Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ultima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte despues
[SINGS ALONG]
Quiero tenerte muy cerca
Mirarme en tus ojos
Estar junto a ti
Piensa que tal vez manana[DRUMMING]
Estare muy legos
Muy legos de aqui
Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La utima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte despues
Quiero tenerte muy cerca
Mirarme en tus ojos
Estar junto a ti
Piensa que tal vez manana
Estare muy legos
Muy legos de aqui
Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ultima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Wow. [LAUGHS]
What were you doing?
I was just...
You think you look
like your mother?
You don't.
You resemble your father.
Fuck you.
You are so unpredictable.
Yeah, well, you can
be very insensitive.
Why? Because I think
you look like your father?
I don't look like
my father!
You don't really know
what happened here.
Do you?
Why jump to conclusions
that it was his fault
that he abandoned you?
Can't you give him
the benefit of the doubt?
Maybe he
even loved her.
If he loved her,
why did he let her go?
Why didn't he
go after her, huh?
Well, if she was
anything like you...
The fairy king who fucks
everything that walks!
Fuck you!
Zoe, you've got to
get over this anger.
Don't you realize
how it limits you?
Get off me!
Doctor, heal thyself!
[DOOR OPENS]
Zoe, we're better off
just being friends.
[RUSTLING]
ANTONIO: So irritating.
[IN SPANISH]
Son of a bitch!
[LAUGHING]
[GULLS SQUAWKING]
[DOG BARKING]
[YAWNS]
[IN SPANISH]
Have you seen my friend?
Rosa took her
to the train station
early this morning.
You look like shit.
How about a Bud?
No, thank you.
The ultimate
[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]
I like to get mellow,
you know what I'm saying?
The ultimate
The ultimate
The ultimate
Yeah
[DOOR HINGES SQUEAKING]
[RINGING]
[IN SPANISH]
You like my bike?
That's not a bike,
it's a donkey.
A bike has at least
120 horse power!
Well, well...
JULIO: This is
the suicide bridge.
If I ever
break your heart...
[LAUGHS]
I don't think I'd jump.
I'm afraid of heights.
Good. I lost two
girlfriends that way.
[RINGING]
[IN SPANISH]
To you, Maestro!
[CAT MEOWS]
I'm gonna show you
what a real man is like.
Um, this...
This is a little
difficult to say...
[SHUSHES] Don't speak.
We should... We should
use some protection.
Some what? Come on,
I'll be careful.
Yeah, but...Yeah.
No, but it's dangerous.
I could get pregnant.
Don't talk like that.
I don't know...
um...
Here.
I'm going to
reveal to you
your own body.
You know what is this?
This is the teat.
You know what this is?
The meat.
And this...
This is good.
Touch me.
Yeah, stroke me.
Yeah.
Kiss my nipple.
Yeah.
Yeah, like that.
[MOANING]
Almost there.
Ooh, yes...
I like.
[HACKING COUGH]
What was that?
That's just my mother.
Your mother!
[SHUSHES] Don't worry,
she won't wake up.
[SNORING]
[DOG YAPPING]
[STARTLED GRUNTING]
[LAUGHING]
[IN SPANISH]
My little one!
Julio!What?
Did you give
my little Lolita a cookie?
Yes, Mama.
Daddy will give you
another little treat.
And a goodnight kiss
for your mama, Julio!
Yes, Mama.
[YAWNING]
[DOG YAPPING]
Don't move, okay?
I'll be right back.
[IN SPANISH]
Come here, you little fuck!
You little shit! You're always
fucking up my life.
JULIO: Hey, hey.
Hey, oye,
where are you going?
Oh... Sorry, Julio,
I got to go.
Why? What happened?
Thanks.
It was enlightening.
[IN SPANISH]
You're gonna miss
the best dick in Spain!
Shit! Fuck!
[DOOR SLAMMING][DOG BARKING]
[BELLS TOLLING]
[MAN PLAYS CARAVAN
ON CLARINET]
Mom? It's Zoe.
Sorry to wake you.
Zoe? Darling, are you okay?
I, uh, I went to Mojacar.
I just wanted
to see the place.
Oh.
The Hotel del Sol,
it's still there.
It's not in very good shape,
but...
you know, it has...
I felt something.
[SOBS]
What did you feel, Zoe?
...as I wander
in my time...
You, I guess.
And him.
How it was.
...as your love
stays with me...
[SIGHS]
Zoe?
[CRYING]
Zoe?
But let's not talk
of love or chains...
Mom, I need to know
what happened.
I mean, you got to tell me.
Was it a...
Was it a fling?
Did he care about you?
Why did you leave?
Mom? Mom?
Yes, Zoe.
What did you fight about?
It was something stupid.
I don't even remember.
Did he care about you?
Did he love you?
Yes, he did.
So why didn't he
come after you?
He did, Zoe.
He was killed.
Motorcycle accident.
Yes, many loved before us
I know that we are not new
In city and in the forest
They smiled...
Why didn't you tell me?
I didn't find out
till years later, darling.
I had been married.
You had a different family.
By then, I thought
it was too late to tell you.
How can you say that?
You must have known
how important it was to me.
Zoe, you were 13,
you were angry,
and I didn't know
how to talk to you.
I didn't know.
I just couldn't
live through it again.
I'm so sorry, darling.
Many loved before us...
It was a long time ago,
and I don't regret it.
It got me you.
They smiled
like me and you
But now,
it's come to distances
And both of us must try
Your eyes
are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way
to say goodbye
[CHILDREN SHOUTING]
I'm not looking for another
as I wander in my time
Walk me to the corner,
our steps will always rhyme
You know my love
goes with you
As your love stays with me
It's just the way
it changes like
the shoreline and the sea
But let's not talk
of love or chains
And things we can't untie
Your eyes
are soft with sorrow
Hey
Hey, that's no way
to say goodbye
I loved you in the morning
Our kisses deep and warm
Your hair upon the pillow
like a sleepy, golden storm
Yes, many loved before us
I know that we are not new
In city and in forest...
[IN SPANISH]
Who are you
looking for, guapa?
Antonio Molina.
He left five minutes ago.
Oh, okay. Gracias.
De nada. Adios.
Your eyes are soft
with sorrow...
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey, that's...
Si.Yes.
Hello?Hello? Antonio?
Hello?
[SIGHS]
Antonio?
Hello?
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE]
Oh!
Antonio.
I think you forgot this.
Thank you.
Are you going?
Yeah, I'm going back
to New York.
I got another assignment.
Magazine... article.Um, Zoe, I was wrong.
No, Antonio,
you were right.
I was wrong.
I'm not talking about
your mother and father.
I'm talking
about you and me.
We have some
unfinished business.
[SIGHS]
[MOANS]
It's too late for...Shut up.
[ZOE GASPS]
[MOANING]
Sorry.No, it's good.
Instinct. That's good.
[BOTH MOANING]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[MOANING AND GROANING LOUDLY]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[MOANING CONTINUING]
ZOE: Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
[LAUGHING]
[ANTONIO LAUGHING]
[CARAVANPLAYED
IN FLAMENCO STYLE]
[FLY BUZZING LOUDLY]
[FLYSWATTER SWATS]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I like a woman
with big ones...
The bigger they are,
the more woman.
That's what I like.
Big hands... big enough
to pin you down.
There are two kinds
of "macho".
The "machista",
who doesn't believe
women have rights...
and the icon of a sexy,
virile, fearless macho
who women love.
A real man like me.
Women are stronger than men
and can handle pain better.
Men are really like dogs.
They eat what you
put in front of them.
[CARAVANINSTRUMENTAL PLAYING]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
With women,
technique is everything.
There is a position where
friction from the pubic hairs
can give her pleasure.
And if she gets
an orgasm first,
she won't become pregnant.
WOMAN: Uh-huh.
Shit.
Hablasany English?
[IN SPANISH]
It's broken?
[GARBLED TAPE]I think it's broken.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
"What attracts you
to a woman?"
No, no, no. Um... y-you...
the tape recorder's broken.
I don't understand
a word you're saying,
so we have to finish.
Entiendes?"Finish."
Finito, basta.
Arret? Terminado?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
You're a real cutie.
Guapa.We have to guapa.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
You really don't know
any Spanish, do you, guapa?
Excuse me?
Excuse me? Excuse me?
I'm Antonio.
Oh. God, but you're
three hours late.
I'm Zoe.
[IN SPANISH] A pleasure.
ANTONIO: How are
the interviews going?
I have no idea.
It was mostly in Spanish,
and the tape recorder broke.
Now that I'm here,
you won't need one.
Actually, I will,
but I have this video camera,
except the battery's out.
[ANTONIO CHUCKLING]
Who wrote these questions?What's so funny?
I... I did. Why?
Y-You had them translated?Yeah. Why?
You're not going to get
honest answers from these.
"How do you feel about women"?
[SINGING]
ANTONIO: [IN SPANISH]
You can go now.
No problem.
What? Hey!
Wh-What are
you doing?
I'm not finished
with him.
Por favor,sit.
You're wasting
your time
with this guy.
If you don't mind, I'd like
to continue the interview.
Sit. Siente...
ti, te, ti...
por favor.
Thank you.
Thank you.
ZOE: Now, please...
ask him if he believes
women should work.
[SCOFFS]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
How did you meet her?
I was having tapas
and she wanted
to buy me a drink...
I said, "Why not, guapa?"
You didn't find that strange?No, she's American.
You know how Americans are.No, I don't. How are they?
Wh-What is...?
[IN SPANISH] How long
have you been here?
Twenty minutes or so...
What-What's he saying?
He said you were
making passes at him,
and he's playing along.
That's not what he said.But that's what he meant.
I didn't hire you
for your opinion.
I may understand
certain subtleties
you will miss.
You're an interpreter.
You're supposed to interpret.
That's what I'm doing.
You see a Spaniard
talking about sex
to a foreign woman,
he's bound to lie.
It's his patriotic duty.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Do you know her well?
She's my girlfriend. Get lost.
Go fuck yourself!
He said he had to run.
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[SIGHS]
Where in the States
are you from?
New York.New York?
[CHUCKLES]
I love New York.
Elizabeth Street?
Little Italy.
You know it?
Intimately.
[CHUCKLES]
So the book
is about Spanish men?
No, the book
is about machismo.
Uh-huh. Why are you
writing it?
I have a contract.You like Spanish men?
Excuse me?
I am curious because
many American women come
to Spain just to meet men.
I got to go.
Oh... sorry.
Senor.
Uh... Senor.
Senor.I'll bet you don't
have a boyfriend.
Oh? How would
you know that?
I can tell by the way
you carry yourself.
You're a little...
insecure and just
a bit too serious,
which could
put some men off,
but you have
certain naivete
which is quite charming.
Gee, thanks.
Senor,
por favor.
[SIGHS][SNAPS FINGERS]
WAITER: [IN SPANISH]
Right away, sir.
I didn't mean to offend you.
Boy, are you ever sensitive.
Boy, are you ever
a cocky son of a bitch.
ANTONIO: What does
"cocky" mean?ZOE: Look it up.
ANTONIO: You're the machote.What's a machote?
ANTONIO: Get an interpreter.
Yeah, one who can
speak English.
I don't want
to work for you, anyway.
Taxi!
[MAN WOLF WHISTLES]
[TIGER GROWLING]
Guapa!
[PANTING
SUGGESTIVELY]
[IMITATES
DONALD DUCK]
Taxi?
[LAUGHING]
[CHUCKLES]
[IN SPANISH]
Bordadores Street, please.[SINGING IN SPANISH]
You forgot
to turn on the meter.
James Brown.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
He's equal to Cameron.
You like James Brown?
[INSERTING CASSETTE]
Men make them happy...
DRIVER: [SINGING]
Cause it's a man's
A man's...
Ooh...
[CONTINUES SINGING
DIFFERENT LYRICS]
ON CASSETTE:
Everything he can
You know that man
makes money
To buy from other men
This is a man's world
But it wouldn't
mean nothing, nothing
Not one little thing
without a woman or a girl
He's lost
[ENGINE REVS]
In the wilderness...
[FLY BUZZING]
[IN SPANISH]
You have ink on your leg.
He's lost...
[CHUCKLES]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Take it easy, miss.
And bitterness...
This is fine.
Here, here, thank you.
Here. Thanks.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
What did I do now?
[TIRES SCREECHING]
You're crazy!
...man's, man's world
But it wouldn't
mean nothing, nothing
Without a woman or a girl
[COINS CLINK]
[PLAYING CARAVAN
ON THE CLARINET]
Excuse me.
[IN SPANISH] Pardon.
Street Bordadores,
please?
Sorry,
we are French.
Oh.American?
Yeah. How did
you know?
[CHUCKLES]
It's obvious.
You came here
to meet men?
No, not us.
We are together.
My sister's
the crazy one.
Don't blame me.
I live in England.
What about
French men?
[ALL GROANING]
Liars.
What kind
of man
do you like?
Um, um, men
who are-are
thoughtful,
communicative...
who understand
women.
[CHUCKLING]Are you sure it's a man
you're looking for?
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
I'm not convinced.
I think if two people
are intellectually
compatible,
the physical part
will work, too.
Ah, really?
I don't know
about you,
but I never had
an orgasm from
a good conversation.
[LAUGHING]
[IN FRENCH] I told you,
Americans are poorly fucked.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHTER ECHOING]
[DOG BARKING]
Don't I know you?
Columbia University.
Oh, my God.
Professor...
Carl Livingston.
It was Philosophy.
Hi.Hi.
Oh.
Um... God,
this is a shock.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Um, are-are you
working here?
Uh, I opened the place.
I figured, uh...
Madrid could use
a decent English bookstore.
That's right.
Uh, that's...
I mean, this is...
This is
a great store,
great books.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Um... Oh, this one,
too. Yeah.
Having man trouble?
Uh, no, no.
It's research for
a book I'm writing.
Novel?
No. Um, uh, it's
based on a study
based on an article
I wrote in Vanity Fair.
I approached
the publishers,
and they accepted.
They gave me
an advance,
so here I am.
Wow, that's fantastic.
I figured you'd be doing
something interesting.
You did?
Yeah.
A girl in my class
went out with you.
Who? Romaine or Sarah?
Nickie.
Nickie...
Oh... Yeah.
[CHUCKLES]
Those days.
I'm practicing Zen now.
[CHUCKLES]
[CHUCKLES]
You think I'm kidding.
Here's ten.
Thanks.
[BELL DINGS]
Oh, great.
Thank you.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Well, [CLEARS THROAT]
I'll see you again,
I guess.
I hope so.
Bye.Bye.
Oh. Sorry.
You want to, um...
We should...
grab a coffee sometime?
I... That'd be great.
Okay.
I'll stop by
the shop sometime.
Anytime's fine.
Okay.
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE ROARING]
How about now?
I mean... if you're free.
[CHUCKLES SHEEPISHLY]
You're probably not, though.
I think we have to
reevaluate these primal
sexual roles and evolve.
Men dominating,
for instance.
[FLY BUZZING]
Exactly... 'cause
in-in the Ice Ages,
men were hunters,
and women were
gatherers.
Our needs
were different.
[TIGER GROWLING]
S-S... uh...
So I'm, uh... try...
I'm trying to...
To figure out what
makes men f-feel
the need to be dominant.
I mean ma-ma...
I mean, m-macho,
or machisto,
as they call it here.
They lack
communicative skills,
so they dominate.
Otherwise,
they'd feel emasculated.
That's what I think.
Well, Zoe,
I'm glad you're here.
[IN SPANISH]
Until tomorrow.
[IN SPANISH]
Until tomorrow.
T-Taxi.
Taxi.
[HORNS HONKING]
[BRAKES SQUEALING,
HORN HONKING]
[VEHICLE DEPARTING]
Antonio!
[TIRES SCREECH]
[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Look! A taxi stand.
[IN SPANISH]
She's a little unstable.
I'm afraid to leave her alone.
Zoe, we're stopping
here for a drink,
and then I'll drop you
at Bordadores, okay?
Okay?
Uh, yeah, sure.
You know Tricky?[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]
No.
It's great
music for sex.
[IN SPANISH]
Look, she's shy.She's not shy.
She is shy!She's not shy!
Sorry, sorry.[LAUGHING]
Uh...
[IN SPANISH]
I'm going to
request a song.
She's funny.
[CHUCKLES]
She gets on my nerves.
So why do you
take her out?
[CHUCKLES] She helps me
with my income tax return.
I don't believe
in long-term relationships.
Why not?Because they expire.
What do you mean,
"they expire"?
All relationships
really only last two years.
After that,
the passion dies,
and love is just
a word you say
when you hang up the phone.
That's not true.
Really?
So where is your
happy relationship?
And how happy are you?
At least I have
a satisfactory sex life.
Yeah, if you call
meaningless sex satisfying.
Love and sex don't
necessarily go together
like they're supposed to.
You know, you'd be
an interesting guy
if you weren't such a jerk.
Thank you.
[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Let's dance.
No.Come on.
Come on!
"You know Tricky?
"I loveTricky.
"Great music for sex."
Poof.
What are you doing?
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
You like it!
[STALL DOOR BANGS]
[WOMAN GRUNTING]
[MAN PANTING]
[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Are you crazy?
WOMAN: Are you crazy?MAN: Be quiet!
WOMAN: Are you crazy?MAN: Be quiet!
[MUFFLED MOANING]
[SCREAMING]
[WOMAN MOANING]
[FLUSHING]
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
You like to watch, eh?
[IN FRENCH]
What a face!
[IN SPANISH] This light
would kill Garbo.
Sorry.
[IN SPANISH]
Are you all right?
[CHUCKLES]
[IN SPANISH]
Didn't I tell you to
call the babysitter?
MAN: [IN SPANISH]
We just called.Oh, God.
WOMAN: [IN SPANISH]
Do it!Fuck.
WOMAN: [IN SPANISH]
Wait. Kiss me first, tiger.
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
Bye.
Oh, hey, hey
Oh, no, no, no
[SIREN BLARING]
[HORN HONKING]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Taxi!
[IN SPANISH]
Bordadores Street, please.
[IN SPANISH]
Hello, guapa. Right away.
[SHIFTS GEARS]
[MUSIC FILTERS
THROUGH WALLS]
Are Spanish men
very macho in Madrid?
Oh, one, two, three.
Si,it's possible.
Very, very much.
A thousand millions machos.
In Madrid? No.
[READS IN SPANISH]
"When you have sex
with a woman,
"do you tell
all your friends?"
Yes.
What's the difference
between an English man
and a Spanish man?
Um, body hair.
You mean it's a myth?
Have you ever
met a god in Greece?
A-Are you macho?
Yes.
[IN SPANISH] You?
No.
Si, si, si,
si...No.
[IN SPANISH]
Between love and sex...
Love and sex!
For me as a woman?It says "woman."
Of course, as a woman.Of course, as a woman.
It's not on here either.
Which one?Emancipation?
Who wrote this?
These questions
have no meaning
in this day and age.
Greece... that's the most
macho country in the world.
[IN ITALIAN]
You're kidding!
The Greeks are all gay.
Argentina.
Swiss.
Swiss, yes.
She
Says she scares herself
She feels too much
She
Says she's seen enough
Dreams, like tears...
[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
ZOE: [GASPS] Shit.
[SOBBING]
[PHONE RINGS]Hello?
WOMAN: [OVER PHONE]
Zoe, I've been calling you
all day. Where've you been?
I went to your apartment
to water the plants.
There was a man in there.
It's what's called
a sublet, Mom.
A sublet? Zoe, I worry
about you in Madrid.
It's a crazy city.
Anyway, sweetheart,
there's no point
in running all around Spain
looking for him.
I wish you would
talk to me about it.
I'm not looking for anyone.
I'm here writing a book.
I've got a contract,
for Christ's sake.
Darling, I worry about you.
By the way, your agent called.
What? When? This morning.
I'll tell you what...
next time, you can call me.I gotta go.
Uh, Zoe calling
for Cassian Stern.
[SIGHS]
Again, from Spain.
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON TV]
I drank your blood.
That's a way
to bewitch someone.
Don't be afraid.
It's as painless as a kiss.
I saw you come here
and I followed you.
You forgot your flowers.
[WOMAN MOANS]
CARL: [ON PHONE]
How's your book going?
ZOE: Well, I've been
in this sublet
for two weeks.
I lost my interpreter,
can't speak
a word of Spanish...
can't find one
macho guy in Madrid.
Otherwise,
I'm doing great.
Sounds like
you need some company.
Absolutely.
CARL: In Zen,
being lost
is recognizing the seed
of a new identity.
Oh, God.
Kierkegaard said that.
Yes. Kierkegaard, yes, yes!
No, no, no, don't, don't...
Oh, I'm sorry.
ZOE: That's okay.
It's not you. It's me.
It'll get better.
Carl... do you
really remember me
from Columbia?
[PHONE RINGS]
Hello?ZOE'S MOTHER:
Did you just call?
No, Mom, I didn't. Because the phone rang,
and by the time I got to it,
there was nobody there.
Well, it wasn't me.
Zoe, how are you, darling?I'm fine.
I worry about you in Madrid.Oh, yeah, yeah.
Zoe...Look, I can't talk.
Sweetheart, you okay?
Yeah. This just
isn't a good time.
I don't know why
you always have to be
so rude to your mother.
Okay, okay, can't we... Oh, by the way,
John's in Madrid.
He just called,
and I gave him your number.
What? You didn't?
I thought you'd be thrilled.Can we talk another time?
You know, I can't really
talk right now.
You know what? Fine. Bye.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
My mother.
God, you can see
we really don't
get along very well.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hello?
JOHN: [ON PHONE]
Snookie, I'm in Madrid.
John, what are you
doing here?
I'm following
Hemingway's footsteps...
you know, fishing.
Fishing? My men's group.
You'd love them.
Will you join me and the boys?
Please? Say, Thursday night?
It's been very difficult
for me...
Snookie...
I don't know, um... Please, darling?
It's so unresolved between us.
I've got to see you
and talk to you.
I've never seen you
so assertive.
Of course I'm assertive.
I've changed.
Piatresa Ristorante...
John.
[RECEIVER CLICKS,
DIAL TONE]
[SIGHS]
That was my...
[CHUCKLES] ...ex-boyfriend.
[SNORING]
[SIGHS]
[BABY CRYING]
[IN SPANISH] Miss,
there's something for you.
You have an admirer.
Someone in the building?
ON TAPE: I know
that we are not new...
ZOE: [CHUCKLES] "Cocky."
And in the forest,
they smiled...
Gracias, gracias.Not at all.
Bye, good afternoon.
And both of us must try
Your eyes are soft
with sorrow...
Hi.Hi.
Thank you
for the flowers.
They were beautiful.
Oh. I knew they'd
get me my job back.
[LAUGHS]
You wasted
your money.
You're the only
interpreter who
answered my ad.
Oh. Well, maybe
they can get me a date.
Sorry, cowboy.
I'm already
seeing someone.
So who's the lucky man?
He's, um...
He's American.
[LAUGHS] What?
You came all the way
to Spain just to meet
an American?
You're a cynic.
You know
what a cynic is,
don't you?
What?A disillusioned
romantic.
Hey, let's have
a truce, okay?
Friends?
ZOE: I wonder how long
this will last.
Oh, man...
3:00. He said 2:30.
Man...
I don't believe this guy.
[GASPS]
You're late.
We're not
doing interviews today.
What do you
mean we're not
doing interviews?
Interviews don't
tell you what
people are really like.
If you want
to understand
Spanish men...
Why did you
want this job back?
To practice
my English.
You mean
to learnEnglish.
[CHUCKLING]
Come on.
Where are we going?I have a surprise
for you.
Tomorrow, interviews.Yeah, yeah.
WOMAN: Excuse me.
Do you speak English?
Isn't it true
about the direction
of the bullfighter's,
you know,
the bulge in his pants?
It's true.
I read it in a magazine.
The magazine said
if the bulge
is on the right,
it means he's married,
if it points
straight down,
it means he's shy,
if it's on the left,
it means he's gay,
and if it points
straight up,
it means he's macho.
Would you like
some nuts?
[FANFARE SOUNDING]Here we go,
here we go, here we go.
On the right.
He's married.
Well... that wouldn't
be the first time for me.
Looks like you found yourself
a date for tonight, huh?
What are you
talking about?
Don't play innocent.WOMAN: Look at this one.
ZOE: Is there any truth
to this thing?
ANTONIO: Well,
as we say in Spain,
todo es toro.
SPECTATORS: Ole!
What does that mean?It's all bull.
I haven't seen
a basket like that
since Tom Jones
hit Vegas.
Can I see?
Thank you.
WOMAN 2:
He is a real macho.
[TIGER GROWLS]
What's wrong?
He's swell.
Do you think
he can see us?
Well, Antonio, I guess
you can just curl up
with a book tonight.
Hmm.
ANTONIO: [IN SPANISH]
Freud didn't say that.
[IN SPANISH]
He did.
Tell me.What for?
He's inventing it all.
Okay, well, I'd like to hear
what he's inventing.
I said that
men go to a whore
to sleep with the men who
have slept with her before.
You speak English.
[IN SPANISH] What?
[IN SPANISH]
And you know about bullfights?
The bullfighter is the female
and the bull is the male.
Everyone knows that.No one knows that.
And you know about the tango?
In Argentina, when there
weren't enough whores,
and the men were
waiting for their turn,
[GIGGLES]
they would tango
with each other.
Stop that.And the most romantic
dance in the world
began between men.
[LAUGHING]
ZOE: Well?He said he fantasizes
about doing the tango
with his boyfriend.
[IN SPANISH]
Rossy! Precious!
Your boobs
are bigger everyday.
Aren't they fantastic?
You're going to get
all the dwarfs
with those tits.
Sit down, queenie.
They're journalists.
Really?They're doing a study.
About what?
About "The Spanish man"...
Really?
Men are no mystery.
Men are simple. We are
the complicated ones.
We have many erogenous zones.
Our ears, our necks,
even our knees can be
erogenous zones,
if you do it right.
Men have only one
reflex point.
It pops up or not,
depending on your luck.
Um... "Women
are very demanding."
That's not what
she said. She spoke
for a long time.
ANTONIO:
Well, Spanish
is a long language.
Are there many
machos in Spain?
No, we don't have
a surplus of them.
Most are unknowingly
homosexuals.
She said
she has bad luck with men.
No, she didn't.
You said, "Machos
are homosexual,"
right?
Algunos.Some of them,
some of them.
So how do you know
which ones are...?
Ah, that is very easy.
When a man says
"touch me here,
kiss my nipple,
lick my ear..."
he's queer.
Perfect!
Well, I gotta go.
But I got to go.
I have a lot
of things to do.
Such a pleasure.
[SLURPS]
Watch out for the men,
if you can find one.
Take care, bonbon.Bye, bye, "sky."
Does your gun
remind you of anything?
[INTERPRETS IN SPANISH]
[IN SPANISH]
To shoot. To hunt.
"To shoot,
to hunt..."
What does it make you
think of, your gun?[ANTONIO TRANSLATES]
[IN SPANISH]
Ducks.
Uh, "Ducks...
Rabbits...."rabbits."
How does it make you feel, um,
when you... when you shoot it,
you know, when you shoot it
and then you clean it
and wipe it?
[TRANSLATES]
Hmm?
What is he here for?
He's-He's
my interpreter.
I speak English.
Oh, that's good.
Antonio...
I get the feeling
he doesn't want you here.
And?
Can't you just
take a drink
or something?
Come on.
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Do you think
men are smarter
than women?
[SNAPPING
FINGERS]
[CHUCKLING]
Nice.
Do you think men
are smarter than women?
What are you doing?
Just taking
this off.
Oh, God. Please.
Let me see you
like this.I'm...
I'm fine.
I don't need...
thank you.
Yeah, I like it.
Good. All right,
do you wanna answer
my questions or...
Ask me another question.
Okay.
Um... let's see.
Oh. What attracts you
to a woman?
Ahem.
There are
those who talk
and those who do.
If you want to know
what a real man is like...
I can show you.
I would like to be
between your legs.
Between your legs.
Between your legs.
Between your legs.
[TIGER GROWLING]
Nice girl.
All those guys
who play at Club Flamenco
are drug addicts.
I should have
known better.
[IN SPANISH] Miss, if you want
real macho, go down South.
He's from Andalusia,
the south.
The south?Mm-hmm.
[IN SPANISH]
You macho?
From here up.
The downstairs elevator
doesn't really work anymore.
[ALL LAUGH]
He said
of course he is.
I want to go
to the south...
to Mojacar.
Mojacar? Why Mojacar?
I heard a lot
about that place.
From whom?
Can't remember.
Hotel del Sol.
Why don't you go with your
smart, respectful American...
what's his name?
Carl.The feminist.
You don't think a man
can be a feminist?
A feminist man...
that's like saying
a male chicken,
but if it works in bed,
who am I to say?
[CARL CLEARS THROAT]
C-Carl.Hi.
Um, do you
know Antonio?
Hi.Not as well
as he seems to know me.
This is the
lousy interpreter?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Thank you, but
it's not actually
my main profession.
What is it that you do do?
I'm a writer... a novelist.
Why aren't you at work
writing novels?
"A block is a block
is a block."
Gertrude Stein.
You didn't tell me
you were a writer.
Well, I haven't written
anything in over a year.
I'm about as much of a writer
as I am a feminist.
I don't doubt that.
It's a good line
for the American girls.
It won't work
for you.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
W-We got to go.
Um, thank you.
No, no, no, no, no.
My treat. Yes.
Bye.Bye.
Adios, muchacho.Adios, asshole.
[CHUCKLES]
Aah.
CARL: It's not that I mind
being tied down.
It's just that
I find monogamy...
possessive and unnatural.
Hmm.So, this guy...
you were with him
for three years?
Hmm?Your ex-boyfriend.
Oh, John.
Yeah, I thought he was safe.
What happened?After three years,
we were finally
going to get married...
not that there
was any great passion,
but at least
we were compatible,
and then he flipped out
and joined this men's group.
How was the sex?
How was the sex?
The sex? The sex?
Hmm?
Sorry I asked.
It's always been
a problem for me.
Maybe I should try some
Spanish fly or something.
Spanish fly.
Oh, my God.
I haven't heard
of that in years.
You know it's a myth,
don't you?
I thought it was
a sex pill made from
ground insect wings.
My dear, Spanish fly
was a hoax.
The wings
are a mild irritant
from Morocco
that was marketed
in the '70s
as an aphrodisiac
by some shrewd guy
who's probably
a millionaire by now.
If it didn't work,
why is the guy
a millionaire?
But it did work.
You see, most...
Most sexual problems
have to do with timidity.
If you just spiked
a woman's drink, you
wouldn't have any luck,
but if you told her
you spiked her drink,
a lot of women would
lose their inhibitions
and allow their libido
to take over guilt-free
because it's all supposed
to be out of their control.
It's all in the mind.
Great, now it'll
never work on me.
[BESAME MUCHO
PLAYING ON RADIO]
[SINGS ALONG] Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ultima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte despues
Quiero tenerte muy cerca
Mirarme en tus ojos
Estar junto a ti
Piensa que tal vez manana
Estare muy legos
Muy legos de aqui
[DISTORTED] Besame
Besame mucho...
[MUSIC SEGUES
TO HEAVY ROCK BEAT]
ZOE: [IN SPANISH]
Bordadores Street, please.
[TIGER GROWLING]
Right away, miss.
[PASSIONATE MOANING]
[DISTORTED]
Hi.
I'm John,
the old boyfriend.
[DISTORTED]
Oh, hi. I'm Carl,
the new guy.
What's with
this chick?
I don't know, buddy.
She couldn't
get off with me.
I don't know, buddy.Don't waste your time.
I don't know...
buddy.
I don't know, buddy.
I don't know.
[MEN HUMMING
CONTINUOUS TONE]
Zoe...
Don't get up.
Continue, please.
Do whatever it is
you're doing.
Thanks.
[CHANTING]
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa.
Zoe, have a seat.
MAN: No kissing...
remember our pledge.
Pledge?
It's ritualistic.
What, like boxers
before a fight?
Exactly. Except we go
fishing and hunting.
Men have forgotten
how to be real providers.
That's our problem.
Women have held us back.
What are you saying?
I held you back
from fishing?
And chanting
and drumming.
And pretty much
hanging out with
your good buddies.
[LAUGHING]
This is my
bonding partner,
Barking Nugget.
Good to know you.
Hi.
Love you.
Mean it.
Hate you. Don't.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
MAN: Ungawa.
MEN: [IN UNISON] Om.
[DOG BARKING]
Any heat
in the belly?
"Heat in
the belly"?
I don't know,
is your belly hot?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Actually, I'm...
I'm getting married.
Married? To who?
It's only been
four months.
Well, when it works,
you just know it.
So why did we bother
spending three years
together?
I feel we didn't
really challenge
each other, Zoe.
We were living by rules.
We were bored.
Wow, marriage.
I'm really happy for you.
[SNIFFLES]
MEN: [CHANTING]
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
Oh, God...
I got to go.
I'm sorry, Zoe.
Yeah, it's okay.
[CHANTING]
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
Hope the fish bite.
You, too, snookie.
...hebwa-hebwa
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa,
hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
Hey-baba-hebwa-hebwa...
[WOMAN TALKING][PHONE RINGING]
ANTONIO: [IN SPANISH] Hello?It's Zoe.
I just had dinner
with my ex-boyfriend.
The guy's
totally flipped out.
He's a loony.
He's joined a men's movement.
And, um...
and, uh...
[CRYING]
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
...and he's
getting married.
[IN SPANISH]
Look what you've done.I don't know
how he could be so happy
when we broke up...
ANTONIO: Zoe, I'm sorry,
what did you......three months ago.
[LAUGHS]
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
I-I'm sorry, Zoe.
Fuck you!
[MUTTERING]
I hate fucking men.
I don't want fucking men
in my life. Taxi!
[IN SPANISH] To place
Club Flamenco, please.
[BOLERO MUSIC PLAYING]
[TIGER GROWLING]
[MAN SINGS IN SPANISH]
May I...
[SPEAKING SPANISH BADLY]
[SIGHS]
[IN GERMAN ACCENT]
There's nowhere else to sit.
Are you by yourself?
[APPLAUSE]
[IN GERMAN]
God, it's hot.
I'm Gregor.
I'm from Hamburg.
Hamburg in Germany,
you know?
Entiendesany English?
[IN SPANISH] What do you
want with my girl?
I-I was just
sitting here.
Huh? Go sit
somewhere else.
Come on. Quick.
Oh, look at that,
there's seats.
[TIGER GROWLING]
No, I can't do this.
Why not?
I can't do this.
Yes, you can.
[MOANING]
Stop. Stop.
No, stop.
Stop?
[SIGHS]
Hello.
CARL: Oh, God!
Mother...
Hegel said that reason
is the substance
as well as the youth
and the power,
that reason is, for itself,
the infinite material
of all natural
and spiritual life
as well as
the infinite form,
and that... That...
[YELLS]
[SIGHS]Oh, my God...
[SNORES]
[SENSUAL MUSIC PLAYING]
She
Says she scares herself
She feels too much
She
Says she's seen enough
Dreams...
[PHONE RINGS]
Like tears in her...
ANTHROPOLOGIST: [IN SPANISH]
Animals, insects, plants...
A woman gives herself to a man
and she is taken by a man.
It's like a plug in a socket.
...got it wrong
Yes, you saved her
She's a falling star
She's breaking
She's been pushed too far
She's a conquest
[THINKING IN SPANISH]
She thought that all he wanted
from women was sex...
On the edge of town...
...but that was all
he was getting.
This woman was the best, worst
woman he had ever met.
She
Knows his time is up...
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON TV]
Men and women are different.
One has to penetrate
the other.
It's written in our genes,
like lions or pigeons.
We can change
a few things emotionally,
culturally and socially...
[FLY BUZZES]
...but evolution is slow.
[PHONE RINGS]
ZOE'S MOTHER: If I waited
for you to call,
I'd probably be dead
by the time you did.
Not again. What happened with John?
Nothing. I don't want
to talk about it.
Zoe, I thought that
you might get back together.
Stop bugging me!
Did you talk
about getting married?
Mom, you make me nervous.
You ruin all my relationships.
Stay out of my life! I will never call you again.
Shit! Mom? Hello? Hello?
Shit!
[SCREAMS]
[BUZZING]
...on the edge of town
She's a dancer...
[MOTOR SPUTTERS]
La, la, la, la-la, la-la
Fuck!
[IN SPANISH]
Hey, American!
No boyfriend?
I have no nothing.
Hi. Sorry I'm late.
My, uh, video camera broke.
I was trying to fix it.
Anyone you know?
My video camera, my work,
my camera, my interviews
broken.
What happened to your hair?
Oh, my blow-dryer broke.
Looks like shit.
Just kidding.
Kid, please.
Zoe, I want you to meet
Professor Britell
and Julie, my partner
at the bookshop.
They know you.
Well, I told them
all about you.Hi.
Yes, Carl was telling us
how you two met up again
after all these years,
and... how did he put it?
"Quickly consummated
your relationship."
Oh, that was you.
I also told them
all about your book.
Oh, yes, and we
lovethe idea.
ZOE: Come on.
It's really about time
that somebody busted
those machos.
I wouldn't say
I'm busting anybody.
I'm not sure anymore...
You're showing how
machismo victimizes
both men and women...
Carl, you
interrupted me.What is your problem?
Maybe I'm just not
cool enough for you, Carl.
But I strongly object
to you discussing
our pathetic personal life
in front of strangers.
Stop it.
That's enough, okay?
Okay? That's enough.
Zoe, this is very unpleasant.
Would you please sit down?You know what my problem is?
Men are my problem.
You're my problem.
Your pretentious
little theories...
How you doing?You're full of shit!
I'm full of shit!JULIE: Hey, Carl.
What do you expect?'Cause I don't know
what I believe,
and I haven't written
anything I believe in.
I want romance!
I want jealousy!
I want passion in my life.
Where's... Where...
Where's my bag?
What bag?
My bag with my books
and my work and-and...
everything I've been doing
up until now.
Where is my fucking bag?
Stop it.
We really don't
need this here.
Oh, man.
All right.
It's all right.
Sit down.
Have a drink. Relax.
[JULIE LAUGHS]
Nice girl.
[LAUGHING]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[PRINTER WHIRRING]
[PHONE RINGS]
Hi, Mom. You didn't
have to hang up on me.
MAN: This is
not your mother. This is
the Morris office calling.
I have Cassian Stern for you.
One moment, please.
STERN: Hello, Zoe.
Cassian... Um, hi. I've been
trying to reach you.
I had a call from
the publishers.
They decided to drop
the whole project.
As you know, you're way
beyond the deadline.
You haven't
sent them anything,
so we may have to pay
them back the advance.
[BEEP] I got another call.
I'll keep you posted. Ciao.
[DIAL TONE]
La, la, la, la-la
La-la
La, la, la, la-la
La, la, la, la-la
La-la
La, la, la, la-la
ANTONIO: So why Mojacar?
I thought you wanted
to go to the south
with what's-his-name.
I'm not with Carl anymore.
Ah. What happened?
He just turned out
to be another mistake.
Really?
What a surprise.
Oh, shut up. Look at you...
bimbo after bimbo.
That's some challenge.
I'm moving on
from all that.
Really?Uh-huh.
What's the next chapter?
It's not just a chapter,
it's a whole book.
[GUITAR PLAYING]
What kind of book?
Mystery, thriller
and love story
all in one.
Actually,
it's about you.
Yeah?Mm-hmm.
ANTONIO:
This is the Hotel del Sol?
[WHISTLING TUNE]
[DOG BARKING]
[WAVES CRASHING]
The last guy who
stayed here must
have been Don Quixote.
Can we stay here, please?
Well, if you ask
in that way.
[DOG BARKING]
[IN SPANISH]
Shut the fuck up!
[IN SPANISH]
Two rooms, please.Here?
Yes.
Did your car break down?No.
We have only one room.
You mean you're full?Only one room is habitable.
They only have
one room.
Okay.
You have to pay
up front. Cash.Okay.
Oh, wait.No, it's okay.
That won't be necessary.
Hello.BOTH: Hello.
[IN SPANISH] Andres,
please show our guests
to room number one.
One, of course.
Please.
[FINGERS DRUMMING]
[DRUMMING CONTINUING]
Uh... did someone actually
suggest this place to you,
or did you just
like the look of it?
[CHUCKLES]
Are you finished
with the loo?
Yeah.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[SNIFFING]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
I'm Rosa.
Hi.
Compliments of the house.[BIRD TRILLING]
He's singing?
Where is he?
It's a male. [SNIFFING]
I can smell him.
Where is he?
Uh, the bed.
I forgot the bed. Sorry.
You're my
first customers.
I just bought this place.
I'm going to fix it up.
If you come back
in a month, you will
not recognize it.
What made you come here?
I was in love.
It's over now.
How-How did it end?
He left...
and I stayed.
Too bad.No. Actually, it isn't.
I've fallen in love
with this country.
You know, sometimes
if you look for one thing,
you discover something else
completely different.
You have to trust
your instincts.
Here are some candles
in case the electricity
goes out,
which happens
quite often.
Be open to him.
Who?
Oh. We're...
We're not together.
No? Too bad.
I was hoping
you would bring
[WHISPERING]
some of that magic.
I have to leave you.
So, since you are
my first customers,
your stay is on the house.
I do hope you come back
when the place is restored.
It will be beautiful.
[DOOR OPENS]
I just had the most
bizarre conversation.
Really?
Well, there's no toilet paper
in this ridiculous place.
That's pretty bizarre, too.
[SURF ROLLING IN AND OUT]
Zoe?
What?
You don't want to do
anything, do you?
What?
Just say "no"
so I can sleep easy.
No.
Thank you.
Good night.
ANTONIO: Is that your mother?
She's beautiful.
"Hotel del Sol."
It's her old hotel,
isn't it?
Who's the man?
Your father.
He is Spanish?
Hmm.
What's his name?
Pedro.
Pedro what?
I have no idea.
Where is he now?
I don't know.
Hey.
Come on.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
ZOE: Place must have been
a lot different then.
How did she meet him?
She was 18.
She traveled around Europe
with a girlfriend
and... stayed here
for a while with him.
She must have really
cared about him.
I found the photograph
in her night-table drawer...
when I was 13.
Till then, I-I thought
my father was someone else...
this asshole...
she was married to
for a few years.
[SIGHS]
So then
she told me the truth.
Apparently they
had some fight
and she left
and she got back
to New York,
found out
she was pregnant.
Did she tell him?
She said
she lost touch
with him.
We-We-We can't really talk
about it because we fight.
I don't really know
the details.
I've never forgiven her
for lying to me.
He's handsome, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Big... Big warm eyes
eat you up.
I used to...
have this hope that
I'd meet him somehow
and he'd recognize
me instantly.
Then he'd look at me,
and everything would be okay.
He'd... just fill in
all those years
of my childhood
with one look.
Why don't you
try to find him?
You really think he-he'd
want to know about me?
It's just...
it's just...
a childhood fantasy
I used to have.
Anyway, he wasn't there,
and that will never change.
Maybe he would
have wanted to be.
He's an asshole, okay?
Okay.
Change subject.Mm-hmm.
You know that
every single thing
which happens to you
in your life
makes you
what you are,
and I think
you're great, Zoe.
No, I'm not.
I'm-I'm... impossible
to get along with.
[LAUGHS]
That's why every relationship
I've had has been a failure.
Because you choose...
You choose the wrong men.
I do?
You think
they're safe and...
Are you safe?
[ON RADIO] Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ultima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte despues
[SINGS ALONG]
Quiero tenerte muy cerca
Mirarme en tus ojos
Estar junto a ti
Piensa que tal vez manana[DRUMMING]
Estare muy legos
Muy legos de aqui
Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La utima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte despues
Quiero tenerte muy cerca
Mirarme en tus ojos
Estar junto a ti
Piensa que tal vez manana
Estare muy legos
Muy legos de aqui
Besame
Besame mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ultima vez
Besame
Besame mucho
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Wow. [LAUGHS]
What were you doing?
I was just...
You think you look
like your mother?
You don't.
You resemble your father.
Fuck you.
You are so unpredictable.
Yeah, well, you can
be very insensitive.
Why? Because I think
you look like your father?
I don't look like
my father!
You don't really know
what happened here.
Do you?
Why jump to conclusions
that it was his fault
that he abandoned you?
Can't you give him
the benefit of the doubt?
Maybe he
even loved her.
If he loved her,
why did he let her go?
Why didn't he
go after her, huh?
Well, if she was
anything like you...
The fairy king who fucks
everything that walks!
Fuck you!
Zoe, you've got to
get over this anger.
Don't you realize
how it limits you?
Get off me!
Doctor, heal thyself!
[DOOR OPENS]
Zoe, we're better off
just being friends.
[RUSTLING]
ANTONIO: So irritating.
[IN SPANISH]
Son of a bitch!
[LAUGHING]
[GULLS SQUAWKING]
[DOG BARKING]
[YAWNS]
[IN SPANISH]
Have you seen my friend?
Rosa took her
to the train station
early this morning.
You look like shit.
How about a Bud?
No, thank you.
The ultimate
[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]
I like to get mellow,
you know what I'm saying?
The ultimate
The ultimate
The ultimate
Yeah
[DOOR HINGES SQUEAKING]
[RINGING]
[IN SPANISH]
You like my bike?
That's not a bike,
it's a donkey.
A bike has at least
120 horse power!
Well, well...
JULIO: This is
the suicide bridge.
If I ever
break your heart...
[LAUGHS]
I don't think I'd jump.
I'm afraid of heights.
Good. I lost two
girlfriends that way.
[RINGING]
[IN SPANISH]
To you, Maestro!
[CAT MEOWS]
I'm gonna show you
what a real man is like.
Um, this...
This is a little
difficult to say...
[SHUSHES] Don't speak.
We should... We should
use some protection.
Some what? Come on,
I'll be careful.
Yeah, but...Yeah.
No, but it's dangerous.
I could get pregnant.
Don't talk like that.
I don't know...
um...
Here.
I'm going to
reveal to you
your own body.
You know what is this?
This is the teat.
You know what this is?
The meat.
And this...
This is good.
Touch me.
Yeah, stroke me.
Yeah.
Kiss my nipple.
Yeah.
Yeah, like that.
[MOANING]
Almost there.
Ooh, yes...
I like.
[HACKING COUGH]
What was that?
That's just my mother.
Your mother!
[SHUSHES] Don't worry,
she won't wake up.
[SNORING]
[DOG YAPPING]
[STARTLED GRUNTING]
[LAUGHING]
[IN SPANISH]
My little one!
Julio!What?
Did you give
my little Lolita a cookie?
Yes, Mama.
Daddy will give you
another little treat.
And a goodnight kiss
for your mama, Julio!
Yes, Mama.
[YAWNING]
[DOG YAPPING]
Don't move, okay?
I'll be right back.
[IN SPANISH]
Come here, you little fuck!
You little shit! You're always
fucking up my life.
JULIO: Hey, hey.
Hey, oye,
where are you going?
Oh... Sorry, Julio,
I got to go.
Why? What happened?
Thanks.
It was enlightening.
[IN SPANISH]
You're gonna miss
the best dick in Spain!
Shit! Fuck!
[DOOR SLAMMING][DOG BARKING]
[BELLS TOLLING]
[MAN PLAYS CARAVAN
ON CLARINET]
Mom? It's Zoe.
Sorry to wake you.
Zoe? Darling, are you okay?
I, uh, I went to Mojacar.
I just wanted
to see the place.
Oh.
The Hotel del Sol,
it's still there.
It's not in very good shape,
but...
you know, it has...
I felt something.
[SOBS]
What did you feel, Zoe?
...as I wander
in my time...
You, I guess.
And him.
How it was.
...as your love
stays with me...
[SIGHS]
Zoe?
[CRYING]
Zoe?
But let's not talk
of love or chains...
Mom, I need to know
what happened.
I mean, you got to tell me.
Was it a...
Was it a fling?
Did he care about you?
Why did you leave?
Mom? Mom?
Yes, Zoe.
What did you fight about?
It was something stupid.
I don't even remember.
Did he care about you?
Did he love you?
Yes, he did.
So why didn't he
come after you?
He did, Zoe.
He was killed.
Motorcycle accident.
Yes, many loved before us
I know that we are not new
In city and in the forest
They smiled...
Why didn't you tell me?
I didn't find out
till years later, darling.
I had been married.
You had a different family.
By then, I thought
it was too late to tell you.
How can you say that?
You must have known
how important it was to me.
Zoe, you were 13,
you were angry,
and I didn't know
how to talk to you.
I didn't know.
I just couldn't
live through it again.
I'm so sorry, darling.
Many loved before us...
It was a long time ago,
and I don't regret it.
It got me you.
They smiled
like me and you
But now,
it's come to distances
And both of us must try
Your eyes
are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way
to say goodbye
[CHILDREN SHOUTING]
I'm not looking for another
as I wander in my time
Walk me to the corner,
our steps will always rhyme
You know my love
goes with you
As your love stays with me
It's just the way
it changes like
the shoreline and the sea
But let's not talk
of love or chains
And things we can't untie
Your eyes
are soft with sorrow
Hey
Hey, that's no way
to say goodbye
I loved you in the morning
Our kisses deep and warm
Your hair upon the pillow
like a sleepy, golden storm
Yes, many loved before us
I know that we are not new
In city and in forest...
[IN SPANISH]
Who are you
looking for, guapa?
Antonio Molina.
He left five minutes ago.
Oh, okay. Gracias.
De nada. Adios.
Your eyes are soft
with sorrow...
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey, that's...
Si.Yes.
Hello?Hello? Antonio?
Hello?
[SIGHS]
Antonio?
Hello?
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE]
Oh!
Antonio.
I think you forgot this.
Thank you.
Are you going?
Yeah, I'm going back
to New York.
I got another assignment.
Magazine... article.Um, Zoe, I was wrong.
No, Antonio,
you were right.
I was wrong.
I'm not talking about
your mother and father.
I'm talking
about you and me.
We have some
unfinished business.
[SIGHS]
[MOANS]
It's too late for...Shut up.
[ZOE GASPS]
[MOANING]
Sorry.No, it's good.
Instinct. That's good.
[BOTH MOANING]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[MOANING AND GROANING LOUDLY]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[MOANING CONTINUING]
ZOE: Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
[LAUGHING]
[ANTONIO LAUGHING]
[CARAVANPLAYED
IN FLAMENCO STYLE]