01x03 - Episode 3

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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

- [kids talking indistinctly]
- Quickly! There is a mountain of presents.

Santa Claus must have come!

Woo!

[exhilarating music playing]

Merry Christmas!

[woman ]
Thank you.

[woman ]
How is the hot chocolate? Is it good?

It's delicious. You're an angel.

[woman ]
Good heavens!

Look at all these toys!
How will we do this?

- Let's take this off.
- One...

Two...

And three! Woo!

- Oh! They have names on them!
- [cell buzzing]

Mouse one, mouse two...

Yes?

Yes.

What?

Which hospital?

Did she give you my number?

[doctor]
Valentina?

Are you Esther's sister?

No, I'm not her sister, but yes...

[doctor]
Sorry, she said...

Never mind.

- Doctor Barrios, nice to meet you.
- Doctor.

Here are the care instructions.

The most important of all
is not to leave her alone, alright?

Why? What's wrong with her?

She attempted su1c1de.

She slit her wrists.

But superficial cuts?
She has always craved attention.

No, she was lucky they found her in time.

If it hadn't been for that
she would not have survived.

[sighs]

I'll give you both a moment.
I'll be over there to sign the discharge.

- Yes, thank you, Doctor.
- Thank you.

- Why did you call me?
- [Esther] I didn't call you.

The doctor did because you asked him to.

I thought you would enjoy
seeing me like this.

- OK, stay here then.
- Wait!

Lorena and my sisters
can't see me like this.

Will you help me get out?

You can take me to the exit
and when we get there

we can say goodbye for another years.

[soothing violin music playing]

[narrator] People think
that when you are about to die,

you only remember
the good moments of your life,

but it's not true.

The conscience is stubborn

and insists on bringing us back
to what we haven't resolved.

[girl]
I'm going to skate!

[narrator] A woman once said
that we only truly see the world once -

in our childhood.

The rest is just memory.

I agree.

I hope that my last Christmases
remind me of my first ones.

[panting]

[narrator] I'm dying.
I have six months, eight at the most.

But I refuse to dwell on it.

[María]
Sophie!

Splendid! You're back!

[María] I used to be faster
getting to the lake. Oof!

- [pants]
- [birds chirping]

You said minutes, María.
It's always the same.

Hey.

I also told you to go to the house
if you were bored and I would follow.

Mm...

- [exhales]
- I was worried.

Now who sounds like a grandma?

Ugh!

What do you have to tell your family
that you can't tell me first?

Ah! That's why you're so grumpy.

I'm not grumpy.

Come on! Let's go, please!

[scoffs]

What a nerve. [chuckles]

- [door opens]
- [María] Hello?

It smells wonderful, Adela!

Dad.

Dad, it's me.

I'm here. Am I the first one?

Dad, it's María.

[Sophie]
María!

Coming!

[whispers] Dad...

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas. [smooches]

- Merry...
- [Sophie] María.

- Yes.
- [Sophie] Come here, please.

I'll be right back.

[in French]
What the hell?

Adela, what the hell happened here?

Dad, where's Adela?

- As if he will answer.
- f*ck.

Adela!

Dad, what happened?

Are you OK?

Where's Adela?

f*ck, Adela!

[María, sighs]

- Adela!
- [Sophie] Should we call the cops?

[María] And tell them what?
There's some broken dishes?

Adela!

[panting]

Adela?

Dad is all alone. What the hell happened?

Are you OK? Where are you?

Call me back.

[sighs]

[chuckles]

[woman]
Don't say anything, Antonio.

Nothing.

You completely destroyed
the Christmas table.

I'm sick and tired.
I'm fed up with your outbursts.

I've had enough.

You're staying here and I'm leaving.

That's it!

Where's my grandma?

In heaven, Antonio.

With God.

[yelps]

[birds chirping]

I didn't know it at the time.

Maybe subconsciously I did.

But I married you because of your dad.

It's not that I liked him.

I felt guilty, I guess.

Fact is, the ice broke...

and we didn't help him.

[whispers]
We let him die.

My father?

I'm sorry. Goodbye.

[car engine revving]

- [shards clattering]
- [María] Adela!

- [Adela gasps]
- Where were you? What happened here?

You're here already. You're early.
Everything is still a bit of a mess.

What the f*ck are you talking about?

María! María, please, don't swear.

Alright, fine.

What happened here?

- María, we haven't kissed.
- [María] No. [chuckles]

- [chuckles] Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

Adela, why is everything
all over the floor?

I was about to call the cops.

Mm! This smells delicious. Give me a bowl.

[María]
Here.

Not that one. Another one.

- Adela, who did this?
- Did what?

All the dishes are broken on the floor!

Dad.

He woke up a bit nervous today,
with the excitement of Christmas,

and he knocked all the dishes
onto the floor.

- Dad?
- Yes.

- You don't believe me? Ask him.
- No.

Adela, dad doesn't say a word.

I'll take this over there.

- [María] Adela, what's going on here?
- [Adela] Oh, sorry.

[María]
Don't lie to me.

Don't worry.

This hasn't been a warm welcome.

[María]
Come on, Adela. You are a terrible liar.

I am a great liar.

I can lie.

But I am not...

- I'm not lying right now.
- [María] And Antonio?

What about Antonio?

Where is he?

- He must be sleeping.
- That's a lie!

Or maybe he went for a walk.
How should I know, María?

Adela! Antonio is senile.

Yes, Antonio is senile.
I'm well aware of that.

- Dad doesn't speak...
- Adela...

- Yes, of course, everything's my fault.
- Adela!

[Adela] I'm always the one to blame.
I'm used to it.

Adela...

where is Antonio?

I deserted him at the bus stop.

[laughs]

[María]
Excuse me?

[clock striking]

I couldn't take it anymore.

It's been a pleasure to see you again.

Hop in.

Are you giving me a ride?

I am responsible for you.
I will leave you at your daughter's.

Forget about it.

[Valentina]
Get in, Esther.

- Where does your daughter live?
- In Italy.

But is she spending Christmas here?

No. I haven't seen her for four years.

Where do you live?

I'll tell you the way. Let's go.

But you live alone?

Yes, I live alone.

I promise, I won't do this again.

Come on, take me home.

Can you put it out?
It smells awful. Toss it.

Blech!

[grunts]

Is there anyone
who loves you and will mind you?

Yes, lots of people.

Esther, tell me where I can take you.
I won't leave you alone.

- Take me to our family home.
- No.

- My sisters will be there.
- No, I'm not going back there.

María said
she had something important to tell us.

I'm here already, so I may as well go.

- Out of curiosity...
- Hold on.

You didn't want them to know
but you want to go there?

What are you up to, Esther?

It's you who doesn't want me to be alone.

[Esther chuckles]

Someone will find him,
call the cops and he'll be back.

- [Adela] No. Really?
- It's not time to eat.

- [Adela] Today?
- [Sophie] It depends.

Is he totally loony or lucid?

Well, he's normal sometimes,
but I like it better when he's cuckoo.

- I'm not surprised.
- Adela, the first car that finds him...

[Adela] They are all coming for lunch.
If they find out...

- Adela, what were you thinking?
- I wasn't thinking.

I am desperate. I don't know what to do.

Don't worry.
We'll go and pick him up before...

No!

If you bring him back and he comes round,
even for a second,

he will spill the beans.

[loud scraping]

[María]
Dad, where are you going?

He walks around.

Adela, sooner or later, he'll be back.

No, I don't want the kids to know.

It's the Christmas lunch.

If we're lucky,
when Antonio wants to come back,

they will have left already.

They're here.

Oh, my God.

Calm down. Why don't you just come clean?
They're your family, your kids.

- I'm the best mom in the world.
- Yes.

The best grandma, the best wife...

- Well...
- Maybe not, but they still think I am.

Please, help me keep this quiet.

Don't worry, Adela. I'll cover for you.

- Seriously?
- For once, she's made up her mind.

Ah!

- [boy] Grandma, did you see it?
- Yes.

Hello, my love.

- Quit smoking. Your father will k*ll you.
- Can you tell?

- My Antonio!
- [Antonio] Look who's here.

- Let's see.
- Look.

- Hi! Hello, my love.
- Hey! Merry Christmas, Mom!

Jose is quite the traveler.

He's been to Cuba, Canada,
Panama, Vietnam, Vietcong.

Now, he's in Senegal. Anywhere but home.

He's all over the place, right, María?

Antonio is asleep. Let him rest.

- No, Mom...
- Yes, if you need anything, just tell me.

- Thank you, Adela.
- Very good, Mom.

- Hi!
- Good morning! Hi!

Adela, you're amazing. You're the best.

- Well, make sure I don't mess it up.
- Sure.

[Sophie]
Eh...

With all that's going on,

maybe you could tell me
your little secret first

so that we don't complicate things more.

No.

Listen to me, María.

If it's important, I should know first.
Do you get that?

Accept that you can't control everything.

- [Adela] María?
- I'm coming.

[chuckles]

[kissing cheek]

[birds chirping]

Mm. [clears throat]

Go up there and knock on the door.

When I see
that someone is with you, I'll leave.

How do you know that once you leave
I won't go to the lake and jump in?

Hey, Esther...

do you want me to tell them?

Well then... Goodbye.

Goodbye.

See you soon.

See you soon.

Esther, the keys!

[inhales]
I want to tell you something.

And this time, it's something...

[inhales]

How do I do this?

I would have loved
for everyone to be here,

the four of us...

but by now I guess...

It's Esther.

Give me back the keys.
I'm not in the mood for games.

[María]
Esther!

Esther!

[Valentina]
f*cking sh*t! sh*t!

- [María] I am so happy!
- [Esther laughs]

You said you weren't coming.

- I am regretting it now.
- [laughs] You look beautiful!

- You too!
- [both chuckle]

Who brought you here?

[Esther]
Valentina. She's in the car.

[María]
Valentina?

- [gasps]
- [Esther laughs]

How did pull that off?

Fate, kid.

- [chuckles]
- Ah! I love you!

Esther, I am so happy
that you could make it!

Did you cancel your trip to Rome?

Who is it?

Valentina! Oh, God!

You look amazing.

Valentina!

How could you?

- We've felt incomplete without you.
- Give me the keys. I have to leave.

- Now?
- Yes.

- No.
- [Adela] Valentina?

Valentina!

You're here, Valentina.

It's been so long.
Too many years without you, Valentina.

- How did Esther convince you to come?
- [Valentina] She didn't convince me.

- [chuckles]
- [María] She says she has to go.

- I must go.
- No.

No, she must stay and we'll go in now
because they are waiting for us,

and I don't know how long
Sofía will put up with watching the soup.

I have to tell you all something.

I can't...

I can't stay.

I have a job.

Give me ten minutes.

No, I don't have them.

- Not even ten minutes?
- No.

That's your problem.

The keys, María.

Your keys for ten minutes.

Oh God, Valentina!

- You're here!
- Yes.

- It's a miracle.
- It's blackmail.

I will go check on the soup.

OK.

- [Adela] María.
- Coming!

[María]
Auntie Valentina is here.

- [Valentina] Hello.
- I'm Manuel.

Oh...

Hi, I'm Paula, Manuel's wife. Look.

- Hi, I'm Eli.
- [Valentina] Hi, Eli.

- [Antonio Jr.] Hi, aunt.
- [Valentina] Hi.

And Antonio is sleeping.

- [Antonio Jr.] Look, this is Alberto.
- [Valentina] Hello.

As I was saying...

f*ck, it's so great
to have you here, sisters.

- [Adela] María, there are kids here.
- Yes, sorry. I'm just so happy.

[sighs]

There's something I didn't do in the past
because I didn't have the guts.

It's just, in this house...

it's always been hard for me to be myself.

Weird, right?

It was hard for me
to be myself in my own...

in my own home.

That's why I want
to take the opportunity today.

It's like a do-over.

Voilà.

Sofía...

I feel as though
I never gave you the place you deserved.

I did at home and in our personal life,

but not in the outside world,
nor among my family.

I know that some of you already know

but we never called it by its name.

Sofía is...

my girlfriend.

[chuckles]

And she is...

Sofía...

you are my life partner...

and I'd like to tell you that...

I would like to marry you.

[all chuckle and applaud]

Eh...

OK...

I'll be right back.

Sophie!

[Adela]
To the bride and groom!

The brides! Well, I don't know, we'll see.

Who will finish setting the table?

It's Christmas.

And who can help with the appetizers?

[Sophie] You propose to me
before telling me you're sick.

I thought that was the secret.
Why didn't you tell me?

Because I wanted to avoid this.

[Sophie]
What? Talking to me?

Why did you read the report?
Since when do you read my mail?

When did you find out?
Why didn't you say something?

[María]
Because I need to go through this my way

and you won't let me do that.

And what "way" is that?

I'm not doing treatment.

- [Sophie] Ah, no?
- No.

- You can't decide that by yourself.
- [María] See?

I knew you wouldn't understand.

[sighs] I understand perfectly.

- [María] No.
- Yes.

No. Please.

I prefer to make the most
of the time I have left with you.

I don't care about the two or three months
that treatment could give me.

I would feel terrible
cooped up in a hospital.

It's not worth it.

- But I want you to fight.
- Sophie...

- Please!
- There is no cure.

- You don't know that.
- I do.

I do.

And the treatment only prolongs the agony.

- [sniffles]
- [smooches]

[whispers]
Try to understand.

- I want to talk to the doctors.
- No.

- Please.
- No.

- Give me that much.
- I have already decided.

[sniffles]

[sighs]

[scoffs]

This is typical of you all.

This family
never talks about their problems.

To top it off, you ask me to marry you.

Could you be more selfish?

What was the plan?

When were you going to tell me?
At the altar? On the honeymoon?

Tell me...

when?

When I couldn't hide it anymore.

[breathes deeply]

f*ck you.

Sophie...

[whispers]
Sophie, don't tell anyone!

[footsteps moving away]

Did you hear?

[birds chirping]

[exhales]

[gulps]

[gentle violin music playing]

Adela...

Adela!

- Antonio is...
- Sleeping.

- [Esther] No!
- He is.

[Esther]
He isn't.

[Adela gasps]

Antonio!

I'm thrilled to see you!

[Esther]
What's going on?

- Antonio...
- [Esther] Hey, Antonio.

- Antonio!
- [Esther] What's with the fighting, Adela?

- What's going on?
- [Adela] Antonio...

Antonio, you were disoriented,
weren't you?

You left by yourself,
you got lost, but then...

what luck that you found your way back.

Right? That's what happened, Antonio.

My father...

you all...

[shouts]
You left me there! You k*lled him!

You k*lled my father!

[Adela]
What are you talking about, Antonio?

[yelps]

- [Esther] Hey!
- [Antonio] b*tches!

Antonio! Enough!

b*tches!

[Esther]
Calm down, Antonio. Calm down.

Come on, Antonio, keep calm.

You are so strong for your age,
aren't you, John Wayne?

What a hunk!

Do you want a smoke?

Good. Good, good.

[chuckles]
Antonio...

[whistles]

Are you alright?

Yes... Yes, it was nothing.

[Esther]
f*ck, he hit you hard.

Really, I'm fine.

I'm fine, really.

It's not what you think, OK?

[Esther]
And what do I think?

I don't know.

He's beaten you before.

[melancholic music playing]

[María]
I don't want you to tell anyone.

What is it?

Cancer?

[María]
With an expiration date.

- Where?
- It doesn't matter.

I don't want to lose
any more time on this.

What is it?

Cardiac angiosarcoma. Same as mom.

It was stupid of me not to tell Sofía.

Now, she's ticked off,
and with good reason.

I'm sorry.

- It's not your fault.
- [cries]

If you hug me,
it better not be to comfort me.

[both chuckle]

[sniffles]

[María sighs]
Oh, Valen...

[Manuel]
Dad?

- Dad?
- [María] Sh!

Dad?

- Sh!
- [Manuel] Dad...

[whispers]
Don't shout! He just fell asleep.

He wasn't feeling very well. Right?

Let's get back
so your mom doesn't start worrying.

No, no. We don't know
where mom and aunt Esther have gone.

[María]
And Sofía?

She left.

- [car tires crunching]
- [María] Sofía!

[Valentina]
What's going on?

- María...
- Sofía!

Sofía!

But María...

why did you lie to him?

- Where is Antonio?
- Hell if I know!

Ah...

- What?
- [María] Come.

f*ck! He's back.

Come in.

María. María, help us.

What are you doing? You'll hurt him.

No, he has no idea what's going on.

- Do you, Antonio?
- Hmm?

- See?
- What happened?

- How did he get back?
- By himself.

He came back on his own.
He was crazy and he would blab.

- What have you all done?
- Adela had a moment of clarity.

She abandoned him at a bus stop.

On the country road. Not far enough.

OK, enough. Give me my keys, I'm leaving.

- No, Valentina.
- The keys. I'm going.

- I'm going!
- Don't go yet...

♪ In the name of my love
I say goodbye to you ♪

All these moments...

[shouts]
Murderers!

My father!

Antonio...

Good boy. Calm down.

Here. Here, here, here.

- So, you told him.
- No.

- It slipped out.
- f*ck, Adela! Are you insane?

Leave her alone. Leave her. It's done.

Yes, Adela has lost it,
a nervous breakdown,

but can't you two be normal sisters
for once in your lives?

This is absurd! This man is unwell!

- [Antonio burps]
- And a bastard.

A real bastard and I'm with them.

Hang on...

Adela...

go back home and talk to your kids

because this doesn't make sense
and it will end in tears for God's sake.

No way!

I've been putting up with him for years,
feeling guilty for what we did.

The four of us!

You have to help me. You owe it to me!

- I don't owe you.
- What do you mean? We saved your life!

[Esther, pants]

Valentina, forgive me. I'm so sorry.
I am very happy that you're here.

Sorry, it's just that...

I'm a bit jumpy.

[Valentina] Adela, I left this nightmare
a long time ago.

You stayed here, feeding your lie.

But you don't have the right
to treat him like that.

I think she has.
That's precisely what gives her the right.

He's been abusing her their whole life

and we knew it.

Did we do anything about it? No, right?

And you.

You left when you discovered
that your father was alive.

You didn't talk to him.

I went to the lake for years.

I waited for him to come for me every day,
as he promised he would.

He only came back
when your mother was dying -

not for me.

I should stay and talk to him? Eh?

[María]
No.

No, Valentina.

Well, I don't know.

But we would have liked to help you.

María...

Wake up, honey. We aren't sisters.

None of you felt that way for me.

- [María] No, Valen...
- You met me when I was , makes sense.

Stop idealizing everything,
for God's sake!

Your parents founded this family
on a lie and a dead body.

And you're still here in this shitty shed
repeating the same mistakes

because you cannot call
things by their name.

What a luxury!

You leave and you tell yourself
your own version of the facts

without anyone around to question it.

How about you? Eh?

Did you tell them
you had Lorena with my husband?

[Esther]
Drama queen.

I was the perfect excuse
to forget about your husband and leave.

I left my husband
because I didn't know how...

I couldn't forgive him
for having had a daughter with you.

You weren't in love with Juan.

You didn't want kids with him.

[María whispers]
I'm sorry.

Do you know what, Esther?

Having kids with someone
is not always a proof of love.

And you are the best example of that.

Give me the f*cking keys already!

[Esther]
Your father visited us for many years.

What was it? Seven years?

Yes, dad invited him every Christmas.

Until he...

He treated him
like another member of the family.

- Honest!
- [Esther] Yes.

They both put aside their differences
for a reason.

Each Christmas they got together
with the hope of seeing you again,

but you forgot about them.

One of them d*ed
without ever seeing you again,

the other hasn't uttered a single word
since you left.

So I had two fathers
who did every f*cking thing right by me?

They didn't even come looking for me.

- [Adela] Will she tell them about Antonio?
- No, don't worry.

You had to tell her
about her father right now?

- [Esther] I bet euros she will snitch.
- [María] I'm in. She won't.

[whispers] Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven...

Adela, I would like
to stay with you for a while

and help you with dad.

Oh, how wonderful.

And with Sofía, if she comes back.

Yes, if she comes back.

Time's up.

She didn't snitch.
They would be here by now.

[Antonio]
I'm thirsty!

Yeah... for whiskey, like me.

Well, that's it.

We give him his drink and when he's asleep
we'll put him in his room until tomorrow.

Huh?

[melancholic music playing]

[piano playing]

Merry Christmas.

Did I say that already?

The thing is,
María went to fetch more wood

and Esther went with her to help.

Anyway, everything's going great
and they will be back soon.

So, everything is phenomenal.

And... And... I said...

I said I had better go...

I had better watch...

the turkey.

[Manuel chuckles]

But, of course, the turkey isn't here.
The turkey is in the oven.

In the kitchen. The Christmas turkey!

It should be in the kitchen.

She sings... She plays so well!

[inhales]

[Adela screams]

Valentina.

Valentina, I know a lot about families

that don't tell the truth.

Even if parents don't love each other,

they love their kids.

Kids are loved.

They are loved, that's it.

- Mom...
- [Adela gasps]

Dad isn't upstairs.

- No?
- [Antonio Jr.] No.

Calm down, we'll find him.

[Adela]
Of course.

[Antonio Jr.]
Guys, listen...

- Tell them, Adela.
- [Antonio Jr.] OK? He left and...

Tell them.

[Antonio Jr.]
And you guys, go round back. Let's go.

[groans]

[ringing tone]

Sofía, pick it up, please.

- [ringing tone]
- [in French] sh*t.

[Esther]
Are you breathing, Antonio?

[María]
sh*t!

- [Antonio grunts]
- Of course he's breathing.

What's that?

Esther...

what happened?

Today's the day to reveal secrets.

I told you that I wasn't coming

because I had something to do.

What the f*ck did you do?

Don't worry, I failed.

[grunts]

You're a moron.

[chuckles]
That's what my shrink says.

How could you do something like that?

It's because of Lorena?

Shut up.

[María] How many years has it been
since you saw her?

You say sorry, Esther.

You don't f*cking k*ll yourself.

You're a coward.

- [chuckles] You have no idea.
- [María] I don't?

- No.
- [María] Go on, tell me.

Why would you want to die
and leave the people you love?

There are tons of things to do,

places to visit, the summer, the sea...

Don't you want to swim there again?

Every day is a gift, Esther.

Every single f*cking minute is a gift.

You're my role model.

Esther, you're my big sister.

[Esther chuckles softly]

I don't know my granddaughter.

[María]
She's beautiful.

[pants] And they are there,
waiting for you to call.

That's not true.

[María]
Oh? Wanna bet?

You will make me rich today.

[pants]

[sighs]

I never apologized to Lorena
for hiding who her father was from her.

Because I didn't want to...
[chuckles]

...out of pride, I guess.

Or stupidity.

Every time the subject would come up...
Hm...

I would get nervous
and start ranting a raving.

In the end...

we stopped speaking.

It got out of hand.

It's the same thing I did with Juan.

I lost both of them.

Oh, Esther...

They know! They know! They know!

- What do they know?
- [Adela] Oh, my God. Give him more.

- But he's out cold.
- Go on. Oh, God! What will we do now?

Antonio, have a sh*t.

Come on.

OK, another sh*t.

- [Antonio burps]
- The scarf!

Grandpa!

[Manuel]
Dad!

[Eli]
Grandpa!

[Alberto]
Grandpa!

[Paula]
Antonio!

[Adela]
Antonio!

Albertito, to the lake.

Run! Go to the lake!

His scarf.

I found his scarf
on the path heading to the lake.

Go to the lake. Run!

- Run!
- [Alberto Jr.] Let's go.

[Adela] Run to the lake.
I'm sure that he's at the lake.

Run!

[chuckles]

[sighs]

[cries]

[both breathe deeply]

[María]
Adela, your dress. I'm stepping on it.

[Esther]
Let's go! Almost there!

[indistinct chatter]

- [they pant]
- [María] Here.

- The tree!
- [they groan]

- [they pant]
- [Esther] Oy...

There's no f*cking way
we're getting him up there.

[Adela]
What should we do then?

[Valentina] Why don't we sit him
next to Mateo by the fire?

[Adela]
Oh, Valentina.

Deal?

- Deal.
- Deal.

- [María groans]
- [Esther] There.

[María]
Finally. What a pain!

[sighs]

OK, merry Christmas.

[scoffs]

[glasses clinking]

Merry Christmas.

Mm...

sh*t, that's strong.

- [Adela and Valentina chuckle]
- [Antonio gasps]

[Valentina]
Oh, God. What is it?

[María]
Antonio?

- [Adela exhales]
- Adela...

If he's wet himself, I'm not changing him.

Adela, I can't feel a pulse.

[Esther]
Let me check. Let's see.

[Adela whimpers]

It's true.

- [María gasps]
- [Adela squeals]

[María]
I'm sorry!

- [Adela] Antonio.
- [Valentina] Oh, God.

- I'm so sorry.
- [door opens]

[Adela]
Oh, Manolito.

Manolito, look, what a relief,
we found your father!

- Great news, Mom.
- [Adela] Yes.

[Manuel sighs]

- [shouts] Guys!
- [Antonio Jr.] Is he there?

- What do we do?
- [Manuel] He's back.

- [María] Adela.
- [Adela] Sh!

[whispers]
He's... He's asleep.

He's asleep.

We will let him nap for a while
and we will eat.

I have been cooking all week long
and we won't waste any food.

Don't do that again.
You scared us half to death.

[Manuel sighs]

[Paula chuckles]

You gave us quite a scare, Antonio.

[María]
What do we do?

It's Christmas.

We can tell them later, right?

- [Valentina] Yes.
- [Adela] Eh?

[Antonio Jr.]
Enjoy.

- [Paula] Thank you. You too.
- [Antonio Jr.] Thanks.

[Adela] Oh! Show me your letter
to the Three Wise Men.

[indistinct chatter]

[Paula]
Have you been good this year?

- [Eli] No.
- [Manuel laughs]

[laughter and indistinct chatter]

[Antonio Jr.]
It's delicious.

- [Adela] Yes?
- [Paula] Lovely. You've outdone yourself.

[Adela]
Thank you, Paula.

[Eli]
It's very good.

[Sophie]
María.

Sofía, where were you? I've been calling...

I know, but listen to me.
It doesn't matter. Listen to me.

I...

Things are usually clear to me, right?

- Yes.
- [Sophie] I'm never lost for words.

But now...

now...

I guess you...

[breathing heavily]

You were right, my love. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You're the only family I have and...

all these years we've spent together,
everything we've experienced...

has been...

It is wonderful.

You have made me very happy, my love,
and I don't want to miss anything.

Whatever happens...

I'll be there.

- Oh!
- [both chuckle]

[Sophie]
We've been together for years.

- Yes.
- And I love you now like the first day.

- [María sighs]
- [Sophie laughs]

Yes...

I do.

What? Marry me?

Of course.

Oh, wait! Wait!

[María pants]
I hope it fits.

[they chuckle]

Is it the right size? Yes.

Yes.
[laughs]

[both laugh]

[María]
Yes.

[cheering, clapping]

- [Manuel] Finally.
- [Valentina] Bravo.

- [Antonio Jr.] Bravo.
- Woo-hoo!

[cheering continues]

Grandpa!

[Esther]
f*cking zombi.

[Manuel]
Dad. That's nice.

- But how...?
- [Manuel] How do you feel?

- [chuckles]
- [Esther] It can't be...

- [Paula] The soup will get cold.
- [Manuel] Yes.

Sit down, Dad.

[Paula]
Your soup will get cold.

[sighs]

Well... here we all are.

- Give him a little wine.
- [Manuel] Better not.

- Yes, yes, a little wine.
- [Manuel] Don't, Mom.

- He will feel better. He loves it.
- [Manuel] Not with the medication.

- No, just a drop. Just a drop, that's all.
- [Manuel] Mom...

Yes.

- Her! It was her!
- [Manuel] What are you saying, Dad?

She abandoned me at the bus stop.

- Dad, don't be silly.
- [Antonio] She did!

This morning, she left me at the bus stop
and she left with the car.

He makes... He makes things up.

- You f*cking bitch!
- Dad, please.

Enough!

[Esther breathes deeply]

I did it.

I took him for a walk in the woods

and he ran away.

A slip-up.

[Antonio Jr.]
How could it be you?

- Wh... What do you mean?
- You don't have a car.

In my car. We went together.

We stopped for a moment
and he ran off while we were talking.

Why was dad with you?
Why didn't you tell us before?

[stutters]
Well, you guys will laugh.

[María and Esther laugh]

[María]
OK, it's like... it's a tradition.

- In this family...
- [Valentina] María, stop.

- I'll tell them.
- No.

[Valentina]
I should have told them a long time ago.

[María]
Valentina...

Adela, if we don't tell them
the truth now,

when will we do it?

Well, it was me.

I'm so sorry.

I had a lot of things
to talk about with your dad -

things from the past,
from before you were born.

I took him to the bus stop,
to be able to speak more freely,

we argued, and he decided to stay there.

There you go. I've told you.

I'm sorry.

[clears throat]

Merry Christmas.
[chuckles]

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

I have to go, Adela.

[María]
No...

Valentina.

Valentina.

Valentina, don't leave. Don't leave.

Please.

I am so sorry.

I am sorry but...

I couldn't take it anymore.

I tried to build
this perfect world for you,

like the one father built for us.

A perfect family.

But the truth is, it's true,
our family has a lot of secrets.

But... we also...

we also have what brings us together.

It's not...

It has nothing to do with blood,
Valentina, or genes.

It's...

It's...

that we love each other.

[María chuckles]

And we hid things
to avoid hurting each other,

but we were wrong.

Dad, you have no idea how much
I loved the world you created for us.

You never stopped trying...

to make it beautiful.

Your father, well... Your father...

I was never in love with him.

I felt guilty
because we didn't help grandpa Manuel.

He belonged to the Civil Guard
and he wanted to hurt Valentina.

And so when he fell in the lake,
we didn't help him and there, well...

we let him die.

And this morning,
I couldn't take it anymore...

and I abandoned him at the bus stop.

I am not the perfect mother
or grandmother.

I am sorry...

and I want a divorce.

[María gasps]

[Antonio]
Turkey.

I want turkey.

[Paula]
With...

- With gravy?
- [Manuel] Yes.

Yes.

[Paula]
Antonio.

[deep breath]

- ["Auld Lang Syne" playing on piano]
- [all sing along]

- [playing keys indiscriminately]
- [they laugh]

[María]
Esther!

You owe me bucks.

- [Valentina laughs]
- [María] Or more.

[woman]
Mom.

Lorena.

- It's your grandma.
- [Esther laughs]

Go on.

[whispers]
Come here. Come, come.

[laughs]

[shrieks, indistinct chatter]

Dad!

- Dad.
- Dad.

Dad.

- Mwah!
- [all laugh]

[María] My father always said
that Christmas is all about family -

that's why I like Christmas.

In a few months, when I start to fade,

when my entire life is nothing more
than a tiny remnant in my memory,

the last image
that will disappear from my mind

will be this house
in the middle of nowhere

with all four of us inside.

My home.

My family.

[chuckles]

As it turns out, it's true -

in the end,
you only think about the good moments.