For many years, I was the only person
for whom Elmer displayed anything resembling love.
It was a faint echo of his feelings for me
from before we had that accident.
But it was enough for me.
Over time, I realized that Elmer
was the only man, out of all the ones I've met,
who was worthwhile.
A FEW YEARS EARLIER
What are you doing here?
Jeez. That's how you greet me after all this time?
The last time I saw you wasn't very pleasant, Tony.
What are you doing here?
Last time I saw you, I loaned you a ton of money to buy this.
You didn't loan me anything.
No. Just because you managed the money, didn't mean it was yours.
I earned it with my work.
Sure.
Well, I wanted to see you.
Yeah, right.
No, really. I wanted to see you. Things are good for me. Great.
But I can't forget you, China.
You're in here, and I can't get you out.
You look great.
How about a coffee?
It doesn't have to be coffee.
Come on. Can I help with this?
Come on, China.
It's been years since I had a couple of days off.
I need to rest.
What about your business? What will you do?
I have a couple assistants who help me with the new girls.
I don't know anyone anymore. Nobody at all.
They're good actresses. They do it well, but they don't have your charisma.
-Come on. -Nobody does.
I tell them, "You've never seen China Jurado live."
-Right. Obviously. Of course. -Right there, in the flesh.
What an actress.
Always such a smooth talker, Tony? Always?
Please.
That stage is behind me now, dear Tony.
And what about this one?
Will you stay here?
-In the middle of nowhere? -The middle of nowhere isn't bad.
-Life's good. I'm relaxed. -And bored.
China, you were born to make it in showbiz.
That doesn't just fade away overnight.
Nor with a car accident.
-You deserve to be happy. -I am, Tony.
But dreams come at a cost.
But you can live off of them.
Do you remember Tony?
Hm?
He's on holiday. He'll be staying for a few days.
Hey…
Just a little while.
This is why you came to my house, huh?
So they wouldn't lynch you?
-Nowadays, anything will get you canceled. -She's a child, Tony!
A minor!
-Sleazebag. -China…
China Jurado, where are you going? Stop banging, damn it.
-Where? -Hands off!
You bought this with my money.
-Don't forget. -Let go. It's not your money!
I worked for it.
-Your panties dropped when you saw me. -Fucking hustler. Out!
I'm suffocating, China. Suffocating!
You don't say!
Great. As if you don't know what needs to be done. Huh?
I'm leaving.
-Oh, you're leaving? -Yes.
-No kidding! -Yes, I need air.
No, you need to work, you bum!
-You're a bitter hag, China. -Bum!
-Bitter hag! -You're a fucking bum!
Bitter hag!
Here.
You have to make him leave.
I know.
Kick him out.
The nursery is ours.
I already kicked him out, Elmer.
I kicked him out.
But he comes back.
He always comes back.
I'm sorry, son. I feel so embarrassed that you have to see me like this.
PLANTS
YEW
EXTREMELY POISONOUS
Fucking disgusting.
What's this shit called?
I've had it with spices, with cilantro… I've had it with you.
-You don't like it? -No, I don't.
Don't fuck with me.
Get out of here, moron.
Elmer.
THE GARDENER
There you are. I was looking for you.
-Are you okay? -Me? I'm doing great, Elmer.
Happy and blessed
that you've chosen to fall in love.
It's my choice, and I'd like you to respect it.
You can't respect something so stupid.
You really want to have this fight every day?
No. Not every day.
Just until you start your treatment.
As far as I know, the doctors don't know how long it's been in my head.
Or how long it'll take to grow.
-It could be years before… -Before what?
Say it.
Say it, Elmer. Go ahead and say it.
-"Before I die." -That's enough.
That's what's at stake, Elmer. Nothing else.
So if you're gonna talk about it, say it. "Before I die."
I have to go. I have a date.
With her?
-Yes. Violeta. Her name is Violeta. -With the lovely Violeta.
Well, you better hurry. You don't have much time.
Goddamn son of a bitch.
-What's that? -The new edition of the Florilegium.
It contains over 300 illustrations of the flowers grown
in the most important German garden of the 17th century.
-Cool. -It's amazing.
Did you find the book you wanted?
No. I found this.
Which I love.
Well, my mom loved it. I've read it a thousand times.
I love how her characters always want to escape.
Where would you like to escape to?
Um…
Me?
I don't know. Somewhere exotic, maybe.
Exotic?
Something like this?
Yes, exactly.
If I disappear one day, look for me here.
Okay.
-You? -Paris.
Millions of lovers can't be wrong.
It's math.
Hello?
She's still alive.
Mrs. Costeira.
I know.
But I told you the job was complicated.
I told you I'd be very generous.
And I told you it would take time.
That it needed consideration. That we had to be cautious.
And that's what we're doing.
I call that girl every day
in the hope that she won't pick up the phone.
I've had it.
I know.
But it'll happen. Believe me.
I want that girl to disappear more than anyone.
Take a plant, please.
As a formality.
This whole thing is really messing with me, Mom.
After everything it took to get here.
Hear me, please.
Here.
Everything changed that day.
"He won't make you suffer ever again," he said to me.
Nobody had ever done anything so beautiful for me.
Go on, Elmer.
I know I corrupted that act of love. But I just wanted what was best for us.
Look at it.
We both know very well what I'm talking about. Right, Mom?
THE GARDENER
Nearly there, Elmer.
Last one.
On top of those bodies, I built a little world for us.
And we were happy.
Until that girl came along to ruin everything.
If he can't finish her off…
I'll have to do it.
Watch your step.
Hi. Let's go!
Let's go.
Hi. How are you?
See you.
Bye.
Help me.
Guide me.
Give me strength. Give me clarity. Make me transparent.
Amen.
Okay, girls. See you tomorrow. Be good.
Go on.
Hi.
Well, we'll see.
Okay, guys. Until the next coffee.
4B PRESCHOOL
Hey. Your mom called. She's on her way. Help me tidy up, okay?
That's yours, right?
It can't be.
What am I doing?
Stupid.
That bitch…
She's got more lives than a stray cat.
What am I thinking?
You'll come back.
I'll make you come back.
This is delicious, Mom.
So now the food tastes better to you, huh?
No, the food tastes the same. But I enjoy it more.
All the emotions I taught you to fake,
and now you pull this.
Who would've guessed?
Because now I know there are things that can't be faked.
Like what?
Love.
-What do you know about love? -Nothing, but…
I'm figuring it out.
How nice that you know that you know nothing.
Be quiet. Go on, eat.
Can you come here for a second?
Can you have a look at these photos?
Don't you think they have a certain resemblance?
Like it was all placed there on purpose.
I don't see anything odd.
This all seems like nonsense to you, right?
-I don't know. What do you want me to say? -Say there's something here.
That I'm not making it up because I'm bored working here.
I don't know. My head's gonna explode with all this crap.
I'm going to the bathroom.
Delicious. I'd eat a thousand.
Is it the same as last time? It tastes different.
Yes.
But first times are always special, right?
I knew it'd be nice today.
Don't say it too loud. You're in Pontevedra.
I always have that hope that the sun will come out.
-I like the rain. -It suits you.
-Yeah? -Yeah.
You're a winter boy. That's clear.
Well, yeah, I'm a winter boy. And you're a summer girl.
Of course. Everything is better in the summer.
Oh, yeah?
Look, the days are longer.
It doesn't rain. It's not cold.
And it's like people are in a better mood, right?
Like, they smile more. I don't know.
You're pretty cheerful, and it's winter.
Well, wait till you see me in the summer. You'll freak out.
I don't want to wait that long.
I'd like to see you like this in winter, spring, fall, summer…
-No? -I don't know. You might get tired of it.
I don't think so.
You got some on you.
-Where? -There.
Unsolved disappearances from the last ten years.
They all have photos of where they were last seen,
so maybe they have that signature.
There's no harm in checking.
How do we do it?
Half-and-half.
Alonso Méndez, 33 years old. Lawyer and amateur mountaineer.
Disappeared one morning on a hike.
His bicycle was left at the lookout where several hiking trails start.
Nobody saw him.
He defended a couple of local drug dealers in court.
And he'd just bought a huge house by the estuary.
Nieves Garrido, 59 years old.
Caregiver at a nursing home. Last seen at a bus stop.
It was outside her mother's village, where she went every Friday to visit.
They found two live chickens in a basket at the bus stop.
Her mother had given them to her along with other produce.
Lázaro Aguilar, 60 years old. Carnival worker.
He disappeared sometime between midday and 7:00 p.m.
That's when the rides usually start. But the Ferris wheel he ran never did.
Pablo Gómez del Valle.
Miriam Hernández.
Xosé Fontán Rubio.
Aurora Pazos.
They all disappeared as if by magic.
No witnesses, not a trace left behind…
It's like they were carried off by one of those claw machines.
Wow, I love this movie.
-Which one? -That one. They're showing it again.
-I don't think I've seen it. -What?
It's the most beautiful and saddest movie ever.
I'm sure it is.
I just haven't seen it. I don't know what it's like.
Well, millions of viewers can't be wrong.
Hi. Can I get two tickets, please?
Thank you.
You'll love it. You'll see.
Is it really that big a deal?
Yeah. I don't know.
You're the first person I've met who hasn't cried at this movie.
And believe me, I don't cry easily.
Take The Prince of Tides, for example. Everyone balls their eyes out. Not me.
The Notebook, Moulin Rouge, A Walk to Remember, all those…
Nothing.
What movie usually makes you cry?
Titanic.
Oh, yeah? Jack and Rose.
I didn't expect that.
I like it.
It's getting a bit late. I think I should go home.
You don't want to go have a drink?
I have an early start tomorrow, but I'll call you, okay?
Okay.
URGENT
MISSING RAMÓN SANTÍS
-Hi, son. How was your evening? -Mom? Where did you put the meds?
My meds. Where'd you put them?
What for?
I want to check something. Where are they?
In the tin with the little boat.
Here?
What's going on, Elmer?
Do you want to take them?
Son?
No.
I thought that…
-What? -Nothing. Everything's fine.
Dinner's there, son.
Hey, I had a shower thought today.
-What? -What's up with you and that boy?
-What? -What about it? What is it?
Have you done it?
-Okay, slow down. -Unbelievable.
Not yet. No.
-How come? -Nothing. We're easing in.
Taking it slow. I don't know.
Right, dude. Because you're such romantics, huh, cutie?
-Romantics? -You don't get it.
Are you telling me I'm not romantic?
-Well, not really. -Excuse me, why?
-You're not. -I'm a passionate, romantic person…
You've never bought flowers in your life.
Excuse me. Have you seen this guy?
-No. -You're Violeta, Xoan's girlfriend.
You and Mon argued at the tavern the day he vanished.
No. He came over and we exchanged a few words, and that's it.
-And no, I haven't seen him. -You never know anything.
Boyfriend dies, you know nothing. His friend disappears, same thing.
A bit odd, to say the least.
-Enough. -Anyone who bothers you dies.
Go to hell, huh?
-What the fuck are you doing? -Where is he?
-You know! -Get out of here.
Are you nuts? What the fuck is your deal?
-Go fuck yourselves! Let's go. -Assholes.
MISSING URGENT
A bus stop,
a lookout, a lot with carnival rides,
a rest stop, the dock at the harbor…
You can easily get to all those places in a car.
But getting a body into the trunk isn't as easy as you think.
Not sure if I want you to tell me why you know that.
Well, I mean, by car or anything else
that lets you get to these places without drawing attention.
What? What is it?
Nothing.
I just caught you smiling.
Well, sorry, my mind wandered. But continue, please.
Well, we should go to all those places, right?
Access couldn't be any easier, that's for sure.
The bike had been there since Saturday morning.
The only fingerprints on it were his.
What about his phone?
Neither his phone nor fitness tracker had a signal.
Nobody missed him until Monday when he didn't show up at work.
His backpack and camping gear were gone from the house.
All that stuff.
They did several sweeps, but no trace. They didn't find anything.
He was friendly with drug traffickers, right?
At first, they thought so. Some act of revenge or payback.
But it didn't fit the MO.
What are you doing?
Can you stand where the bicycle was?
-There? -Yes. There, where the bicycle was.
And crouch as if you're grabbing the bottle.
If there were no witnesses, as was the case,
someone could've knocked him out from behind so he wouldn't put up a fight,
dragged him to the van…
Come on… Jesus. Help me out, damn it.
They pushed him in through the side door. It's easy and there's plenty of room.
Well, now we know how our killer operated.
Are you sure they're all dead?
Dead and buried.
-Hi. -Hi.
You might be wearing too many layers.
Why's that?
Because we're going to a place that might be warm.
Don't ask questions.
Do you trust me?
Okay. Let's go.
Are you ready?
We're here.
Where are we?
You wanted to travel somewhere exotic.
It's gorgeous.
You're in a greenhouse that's over 100 years old.
For a long time, it housed
the biggest collection of exotic species in the country.
This is truly a very special place.
How did you manage to get us in here?
A good gardener never reveals his secrets.
Hey, you never told me how you got that scar.
My mom and I were in a car accident.
She lost a leg and…
I hit my head really hard.
I'm so sorry.
Hey, sorry if these questions bother you.
No, I don't mind.
Do you mind?
No. I love learning about you.
What?
Hey, is everything okay?
Yeah, all good.
Do you want some water?
Okay. Be right back.
Elmer?
What's going on, Elmer?
Son, are you okay? Elmer!
-Where did you put them? -What? Put what?
The meds, Mom. Where are they?
Elmer, what are you talking about?
Stop playing dumb. Just tell me where they are.
What's wrong? Don't talk to me like that. Sit down, and let's talk, okay?
You're making a mess in here. Knock it off!
Elmer, I'm talking to you.
I'm asking you where the meds are.
What's this?
Tell me. What is this? Did you ask the doctor for another box?
Look at me, Mom!
Why?
-Why are you doing this to me? Tell me! -Because you're my son.
-Any mom would do it. -No, not any mom would. It's my decision.
-Respect me. -What you're doing is foolish.
You don't know that girl.
That's enough, Mom! I'll never trust you again!
MURDERER
Subtitle translation by: Darina O'Hagan