Tonight is your night
Everyone's beaming with joy
On the date you were born, born, born
All of your closest friends
Join you on this night
They greet and wish you
A world of happiness and joy, joy, joy
I, for one, wish
This day is filled with light
Everyone's beaming with joy
On the date you were born, born, born
And this silver moon
And rusty!
Will shine just for you
And I plead to God to give you
A happy birthday!
With the diapers
that I got you for 5000 at the mall!
Happy birthday
Drums! Drums!
We wish you
A happy birthday, Juanchi
Happy birthday to you!
- Go, Juanchi!
- Blow the candles!
Blow them out!
I will give you something
Simn, I wasn't sure
if you were here. I've been calling you.
- My bad, I slept in.
- Okay, it's not that bad.
As usual, some clients called last minute.
I have to show the apartment.
Can you tidy up?
This one in particular
is a corner unit.
Which, for me, is one of the best layouts
in the building.
Here we are. As I mentioned,
the unit is currently unoccupied and
Simn, come on!
Pick up the speed!
I'm on it.
Cumin?
Freeze, m*therf*cker!
- I got you good!
- Oh, you think you're tough?
- How's it going, bro?
- All good?
- Chillin', all good.
- You good?
So, here I am, brother. What's up?
What do you think?
Are you for real?
How the f*ck am I supposed to get on that?
Are you scared?
Don't you know how to swim?
There's duct tape all over this sh*t.
It won't float.
Don't be a wuss, Chucho.
Help me get it out.
- You're sh1tting me, right?
- No way, man.
For real?
For f*ck's sake. We're going to sink.
Keep rowing, come on!
No way. Check this out.
Who's scared now?
Like Gattuso!
- Get over here!
- Come on, then!
Hey, coach, bench this fool!
Bring it!
You could've reached that.
Listen, bro.
I've been thinking
It's time.
Let's go back.
The sun's still up.
No, dumb-a*s. Back to Venezuela.
I think things have cooled down.
I say we fly to Colombia.
And we go in through Ccuta.
We have to avoid the airports.
If we get caught, we're f*cked.
Flights are like $500 right now.
We work for a month,
save up, and we're out.
We go back home, bro.
Simn, so good to see you!
- Helena.
- How are you?
How is everything? Good?
One second,
we just received new donations.
Families keep arriving
from Venezuela.
But tell me
Are you going to file for asylum?
Did you find a lawyer?
I don't think I can afford one,
right now I
You know what? I got you.
Melissa! Come here.
Melissa, this is Simn.
- Simn, this is Melissa.
- Hi.
She's a volunteer here.
And soon,
she'll be going to law school, right?
Potentially, yes.
So, Simn here needs help
with his asylum application.
Helena,
you don't have to, I can--
- Can you help him?
- Yes, I can totally help you with that.
Yeah.
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
And, hey,
just tell me if you need anything.
Towels, sheets, shoes, anything.
Helena, the mattress you gave me
the other day
it burst, I--
Yes, yes. It burst.
Those things don't even last a month.
The mattress.
Don't worry about it.
Meli, can you help him
to check if we have a mattress?
- Oh, yeah.
- I'm pretty sure there's at least one.
- Yeah, I think so.
- Yeah, okay.
Thanks.
So, I just met
with my professor from undergrad.
Basically, we need to submit
your application as soon as possible.
Before your tourist visa expires.
Okay. And then we'll wait for an interview
to be set by an immigration officer
and he will decide
whether to grant asylum or not.
Okay?
Um So, I'm thinking I'll record you,
if that's okay?
And then I can listen to it back
and I'll make sure to, um
you know, summarize the important details
on paper, yeah?
Okay. Let me set this up
Okay.
Okay.
So, maybe you can
tell me a little.
Okay, um
I started going to protests since 2014.
Me and my best friend.
But then, in the university, I
put together a team.
Because the dictatorship
kept getting worse
and there's no future for us
unless things change.
More students joined.
It soon became
an official student movement.
We were like a family, we
FREEDOM
What do you think, Joaqun?
Simn. Simn.
What happened?
Um
It's just I just needed some air.
You okay?
Could we do it here, like, just?
Yes, of course.
What did you study?
Engineering.
Fix and build boats.
You always knew you wanted to do that?
Yeah, I don't I
I just liked being in the ocean.
Me too.
I used to go fishing a lot with my dad.
We would catch these huge dolphins.
- You caught dolphins?
- Yeah.
Oh, no--
No, no, not the not the mammal.
What's it called? Uh
Like this, mahi-mahi.
Sorry, it's like a Florida thing.
- "Golden Fish."
- Yeah.
- In Spanish.
- Yeah.
It's great.
Your dad knows how to fish?
Yeah, he really did.
I never finished.
The university shut down a lot and
we spent more and more time
being activists rather than students.
We wish
A happy birthday, to you!
Blow them out!
Blow them out, Juanchi!
You missed one!
"Salita"!
I will give you
I will give you something
- I will give you something
- Come on!
Something that starts with a "B"
A beating!
Chill, chill!
- Cut it up!
- Who's got the knife?
- Happy birthday!
- Adri! Adri!
"Salita."
Did anyone bring gifts?
- Leave him alone!
- No one brought a gift?
Don't be so annoying.
How old are you now?
- No one brought gifts.
- Don't ask that.
How many fingers am I holding up?
At least we brought a bottle,
drink that sh*t up.
Bro, I want to see you hammered.
Hey!
Allegedly,
there was an internal investigation
and no one was found guilty
of the shots fired at Juanchi's face.
What?
What will we do about that?
We have to hit back.
- Chucho!
- With what?
Chucho,
we can't fight the military by force.
They look for any excuse to sh**t at us.
And then we're the ones
who end up screwed.
Screwed? We're already screwed!
- Adri. Here.
- What difference does it make?
I'm going to get real with you guys.
And you too.
Going out to the streets and protesting
It's over.
Look at Juanchi.
You want to keep hitting the streets
so they can keep k*lling us?
Because that's what's gonna happen.
They will keep k*lling us.
- Bro, you're just scared.
- Hey!
- Scared my a*s!
- Yeah, right.
How many more dead do you want, Chucho?
- It's always the same.
- Take it.
- What about the international community?
- Are you kidding me?
But we can launch a campaign
on social media to get more attention.
- Yeah, sure. Let's pay for ads.
- That doesn't work.
What do you think, Joaqun?
I think we should stop protesting.
- Are you insane?
- That's whack.
Are you serious, Joaqun?
The problem is the military.
We have to find a way
to get them on our side.
Make sure they know they won't be tried
if they support us and we achieve change.
- Yeah, keep on dreaming.
- It's been tried.
How do we convince them?
We bring them flowers?
Damn, Adri. Do you think it's okay
for the guy who shot Juanchi
to get away with it?
Huh?
No.
Those who sh**t
at their own people are f*cking done.
- That's right.
- They're done.
f*ck them.
Amnesty my a*s.
Guys, all you've been saying is
that we need to wait for someone else
to get us out of this mess.
The military, the international community
the opposition
- Right, the opposition.
- They're useless.
No one will get us out of this mess.
No one.
Egypt, Libya, Ukraine
It's always the same deal.
Everything begins
with people on the streets.
And that's us.
- But for how long?
- Simn, us again?
It's always us,
what about the others?
I know. Hey, guys, I know
I know we're tired of hitting the streets.
I know.
I know we've done it again and again
and we've even been millions at one point,
and we always get the same results.
So many have died
yet nothing changes.
On the contrary, it gets worse.
And while we're on the highway
taking fire and tear gas,
there are people three blocks away
ordering whiskey at a restaurant.
As if nothing's happening.
- It's true.
- The irony
The nerve.
But that's the problem.
That's the problem.
It can't just be some of us.
It has to be everyone.
Because you know
what the hardest truth is?
That everything we've done
in the past 20 years,
every generation before us
all the sacrifices we've made
everyone we've lost
All of that, still
it has not been enough.
It's not that the protests don't work.
No, no, no.
It's that if it hasn't worked,
it just has not been enough.
If the military haven't turned, Adri,
the pressure hasn't been enough.
If the international community
hasn't done sh*t,
the pressure hasn't been enough.
If we're still here talking sh*t
while the government is still in power,
it's because the pressure
Has not been enough!
What's wrong, Joaqun?
You were kind of quiet today.
You were smoking, weren't you?
Pass it down, don't be stingy.
What's up, Joaqun?
I'm scared shitless.
I'm scared, too. We all are.
Speak for yourself. I'm not scared.
Knock it off, Chucho.
We go out with cardboard shields
and they go out with tanks.
Of course it scares me.
But you know what scares me more?
To stop fighting
and lose the country for good.
That sh*t scares me.
It's going to be alright, brother.
We're in it together.
Why the hell did you stop?
- Back up! Back up!
- What the f*ck are you doing?
It's them! Back up now, man!
sh*t.
Chucho, send the team our location now.
Okay, I'm on it.
They're here. Juanchi, grab my phone.
What's going on?
- What's happening, Chucho?
- Just stay calm.
Which one is it?
Copilot.
Hey! Take that one.
What the f*ck are you doing?
Where are you taking him?
- Stay in the car!
- What did you do, Joaqun?
- Simn!
- Watch out for that one!
Stay in the car, Chucho!
Grab him!
Joaqun, what's happening?
Smarten up, man! Take him too!
Joaqun! What did you do?
He's coming with us too.
Can we finish this another time?
Yes, yeah, of course. Yeah.
Just one thing.
You should talk to your team over there
about getting signatures
to corroborate all of this.
It's considered
essential evidence to support your case.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WE'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK.
MEETING WITH THE TEAM
WE CAN MEET AT 8 P.M.
STUDYING WHILE STARVING DOESN'T WORK
The crimes against humanity
committed by the government of Venezuela
For 20 years,
this government has been in power.
People are getting beaten brutally
The government of Venezuela
is sh**ting and k*lling its own people.
This is truly a repressive regime
Protests filled
with extreme violence from the government.
Hundreds have been injured
and dozens have died.
My question is
how long will the protests last?
How do you overthrow a tyranny
when that tyranny
is backed by the military?
protests
and call for the military to back them up.
Doesn't he have a phone?
We still don't know where that is.
- What if he was threatened?
- There's no way he'll bail.
Guys!
Simn!
Simn, can you hear us?
I can hear you.
Simn, how are you?
Where are you?
Miami.
Damn.
Miami.
- How are the American girls?
- Seriously?
Simn, how are you?
How are you guys?
How are you holding up, Juanchi?
All good, brother.
I wish I could see you, but
I'm happy to hear your voice.
We've missed you.
I have a question, Simn.
Why didn't you write to us in four months?
For real.
Antonio, I'm sure he had his reasons.
Sure, I just want to know
what those reasons were.
What happened?
Antonio, we don't know
what happened to him
Of course we don't!
Nobody knows what happened to Simon.
- Enough!
- No one knows anything!
All we know is he left months ago
and never contacted us again.
Enough, Antonio!
So I can't just sit here
and pretend like nothing is wrong.
Antonio, that's enough!
- Come on, it's the first time he joins us.
- But we have a right to know why!
- This isn't the way!
- We're in the dark while he's in Miami?
- She's out!
- Not again.
Here, open this. Hurry!
Water.
- What happened?
- Adri fainted.
Give her space.
- Check her bag.
- It's got nothing.
- Anyone have any chocolate?
- Something sweet.
You need sugar, right?
- She's back.
- I'm good, I'm good.
- I'm fine.
- Don't you have anything in your bag?
No, but I'm good.
As you can see,
it's not the first time this happens.
Adri ran out of insulin
and we can't find any here.
I'm glad you saw that.
Though I'm sure now that you're in Miami,
you don't give a sh*t about any of this.
Antonio, stop.
Cut it out.
- You sure you're okay?
- Yeah, I'm alright.
I can get the insulin here.
Send me the prescription.
I'll get it here. Okay?
- Thank you, Simn.
- Thanks.
See? It's much easier to get it there.
He'll get it.
- Look!
- I know!
Helena, I was wondering
if it's possible to get insulin here
with a Venezuelan prescription?
I have to send some right away.
There's a Latin pharmacy
that sometimes sells without prescription.
- I can send you the address.
- Yes.
In fact check this out.
We are shipping these in three days.
Here we have all the medication
that has to be stored in a refrigerator,
like insulin.
And what do you know?
There's room for more.
When you get it, we can ship it with this.
But it needs to be ASAP.
This ships out Monday morning.
- Sounds good?
- For sure, yes.
Great.
Hey.
You ready to grab a coffee and finish up?
Yeah, uh
Can you send me the address?
I'd rather go right away.
Yep, I'll send it now. Head to Hialeah.
- Thanks, Helena.
- I'll send it now.
Do you mind
if we stop on the way?
Uh sure, yeah.
One second!
Sorry.
Was taking my lunch back there.
Haven't had food all day.
That's okay.
How can I help you guys?
I'm looking for insulin.
This type.
Yeah, sure, we got it.
How many do you need?
For, like, two months. So like, nine.
Okay.
You got a prescription?
I mean an American prescription.
The situation is
that the insulin is not for me.
- It's for my friend.
- It's okay.
No worries.
That's gonna be 2830.
Are you kidding me?
That's what it costs.
The insulin isn't for me.
My friend in Venezuela is dying.
Sorry about that.
I can pay part of it now
and give you my boss' number--
I can't do that.
You know what you can do?
If you can find an American prescription,
you go online,
you find one of those online coupons,
bring down the price to like a third.
We can do that, yeah.
She's not here.
I can't get a prescription or coupon!
I'm just trying to help.
- You're not.
- $3,000 for insulin?
- You're speaking English now?
- Just trying to help.
You were speaking Spanish before.
Why don't you talk to me in Spanish?
I'm sorry.
What the hell was that, Simn?
He was trying
What's going on? Talk to me!
Simn, talk to me. What's wrong?
Look at me, look at me.
What's going on?
Simn!
Fellas. Coming in.
Looking chubby.
Good morning.
I said, "good morning."
Bunch of rude pricks.
Do you know why you are here?
I'll tell you.
You're here for participating in riots,
insurrection,
coup plotting,
and whatever it is that you did.
If you cooperate,
everything will be fine.
You don't need to be so scared.
Relax, kid.
I'm telling you everything will be okay
if you cooperate, okay?
We're going to create some awareness here.
Work on reeducating you.
I don't know what you're doing out there,
trying to get shot and k*lled.
Makes no sense.
Are we clear?
Are we clear?
Are we clear?
I can't hear you.
Open your mouth.
- Yes.
- Okay.
Yes.
Were you looking at me?
That's what I thought.
Don't give me any attitude.
We got ourselves a big one.
Dude, what are you crying for?
Everything is going to be okay. Relax.
Lift your head up.
It's all good, don't worry.
Come on, play.
Are you deaf?
Play.
This guy won with--
He won with the double-blank!
The loser
hits the dentist.
I'll play one more, please!
- Shut up!
- I can play!
Please, let me play again!
Other arm here.
Hold him there.
Hey! All eyes here!
What's wrong with you?
You think this show is free?
Eyes here.
On what we are doing. Are we clear?
I don't want anyone distracted.
Whoever looks away,
they'll be next, okay?
Hey. This is your fault.
- No, no, no!
- Open up!
- No! No!
- Shut up!
No!
Open your mouth!
That's it.
I'm taking it out.
Stay still.
Shut up!
Get him out of here.
No! No, no, no!
No, no!
Why did they take you?
For tweeting.
How about you?
I was on my way to work.
There was a group rioting up ahead.
The National Guard chased after them.
They started running away.
They ran into me,
and they took me instead.
Listen
Our team is doing everything they can
to locate us to get us out.
So just hold on.
Team? You guys were also rioting?
Yeah, we were. Why?
You realize we're in here
because of guys like you?
Listen up, as*h*le. I highly suggest
you shut the f*ck up now or else--
If you'd just stayed put,
they wouldn't have come for us.
If we had all taken to the streets,
we wouldn't be in this mess.
What is this?
What the f*ck is that?
What's going on?
- They're going to burn us!
- No! No!
Bro, it's orange juice!
Wait, calm down.
Calm down!
- It's orange juice!
- It's orange juice!
Smell it! Just smell it!
Bro, calm the f*ck down!
Calm down! It's juice.
- Juice?
- Calm down, it's juice.
Orange juice?
Yeah, it's orange juice. Chill.
What's wrong with those dickheads?
f*cking assholes.
b*stards.
Pieces of sh*t.
sh*t!
What the hell is this?
- The f*cking orange juice!
- It's the juice!
Water!
Water! Water!
Simn, don't hold your breath.
You're okay. You're okay.
You're here.
Look at me, look at me.
Breathe.
It's okay, you're okay.
It's okay.
Okay.
What exactly is it that I can do for you?
We need a prescription.
I'm not sure what Melissa told you,
but I'm a psychiatrist,
I don't prescribe for diabetes.
Really, Mom?
Would you excuse us?
Melissa, it's fine, I can talk to Helena--
Mom, all you have to do is sign
a piece of paper.
Prescription fraud
is not only ill*gal,
I can have my medical license revoked.
Nothing?
Nothing.
What's with the long face?
You're scaring the fish off.
So what happened with the insulin?
Haven't found it yet.
When are they shipping?
- Day after tomorrow.
- Day after tomorrow?
Whatever, bro, don't sweat it.
We could get it to her when we go back.
I'm filing for asylum, brother.
You're filing for asylum?
Sure you are.
Are you serious?
Okay, so What about the team?
What are you saying?
No way. What's wrong with you?
- What do you want me to do, Chucho?
- What the f*ck do you mean by that?
We're going to abandon the team like that?
Seriously? After all we've been through?
Nah, cut the bullshit.
You're pissing me off, man.
We have to stop bullshitting ourselves
into thinking
we're going to change the country.
We'd better move on.
as*h*le!
Move on?
Be thankful no one from the team
heard that crap coming out of your mouth.
You think you can stay in Miami?
Living the life of Riley
while everyone is screwed back home?
While the team is struggling?
Good luck with that, Simn.
Let's see how you sleep at night.
You know what?
You're swimming back to shore.
Sorry, man, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It was me, sir.
I'm sorry, it's not gonna happen again.
You can take it out of my pay,
if you want,
but it's not gonna happen again, I swear.
Clean it up.
Come on!
I'll take care of it.
- Sure?
- Yeah. I'm sorry, man.
- Bye!
- Bye, take care!
Bye, Simon!
Bye.
Hey, yo, yo!
Heading home or what?
Yeah.
Hey, listen, man.
If you're tight on cash,
maybe we could, you know, do something.
Do what?
You know, it's crazy
how much stuff
people just leave in their car here.
Bro, I know a guy who can sell anything.
I had a car last week, Gucci bag,
Louis bag, brand new pair of sunglasses.
Cashed it in for two G's.
If I got somebody to spot me
It's a lot of cash, man.
I'm good.
You sure?
Hey, think about it.
What's up?
Oh, there's a girl at the door for you.
Let's talk We'll talk after, yeah?
- Hey.
- Hey.
What are you doing here?
I was just, um
on my way to the shipping center
to drop off the cooler and
I wanted to show you this.
I have nine more of them in the car.
Ships out tomorrow.
Meli, I'm gonna pay you
as soon as I get the money.
No, don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
It it really was much cheaper
with the prescription.
I got it somewhere else.
Okay.
We closed lunch,
but let me take you somewhere.
Oh, okay.
Thanks again, Meli.
By the way, about my mom
I'm really sorry,
I shouldn't have taken you there.
- No, it's fine.
- No, it's not.
The thing is
I'm not entirely sure
I wanna go to law school anymore.
My mom's pretty upset about it.
But
you know, I work as a paralegal
at this law firm right now
and I'm basically
a glorified secretary.
And none of the partners at the firm
seem to care
about anything
that's going on in the world.
I just thought
I was going to be making a difference and
I'm sorry, I shouldn't be complaining.
I thought
I was making a difference.
Hey, you. Come with me.
Where are you taking him?
Come on,
we're going to get you cleaned up.
You either come out or we drag you out.
- Bro
- It's okay. I'll go with them.
You sure?
Oh, boy,
will you look at these two?
I'll bring your boyfriend back.
That way.
Move it.
Chill out.
Take him to the showers!
He f*cking reeks.
m*therf*ckers.
On your best behavior.
Simn.
Damn.
You're being accused of acts of terrorism.
These are serious charges.
You could stay locked up
for a very long time.
Oh, so you don't agree?
Do you know what a t*rror1st is?
A t*rror1st is an individual
who commits acts of violence
for political purposes.
Didn't you take your little group out
on the street to attack the National Guard
for political reasons? Hm?
Don't worry, Simn.
I'm not here to get you in trouble.
No.
I'm here to get you out of trouble.
Okay?
SWORN STATEMENSign
and you and your friend
will be back home in an hour.
It just says that
you call for all students
to stop going out to the streets.
Damn.
You would stay locked up here
for something as childish as your pride?
Hm?
You all fall for the same story
time and time again.
Those so-called "opposition leaders,"
they fill your heads with ideas.
They talk of "freedom" and "justice."
Calling people to the streets
against a so-called "dictatorship."
There is no dictatorship here.
Can't you see?
All there is here
is a business.
Don't you think they're all up
in this business as well?
And you all go to the streets,
with your signs
and your little rocks
thinking yourselves martyrs.
You're no martyrs, Simn.
All you are is children
headed towards a slaughterhouse
because you haven't the faintest idea
what you're actually up against.
Tell me. Do you think that,
if you overthrow that fool,
things will change?
Nothing will change.
And if you don't sign this,
it won't make a difference either.
Because, if you don't sign,
the next one will.
The only difference, Simn,
is that when the people get tired
when the protests stop,
and people go back to their normal lives,
as they always do
The only difference
is that you'll have stayed locked up.
Rotting.
Like an idiot.
And you will realize
that nothing you do
nothing
will make any difference at all.
Sign, Simn.
And go home.
Sign.
Because otherwise
things here will start getting ugly.
SIGNATURE
DATE
Have you had a chance
to talk to your team about the signatures?
After we send the insulin.
Speaking of, I've
I gotta drop that off
at the shipping center.
You wanna come with me?
- You okay with time?
- Oh, yeah. They're open 24/7, after--
No, no, no. No, no.
Goddammit.
My bag and my laptop and my
f*ck!
The meds, the insulin! Someone took it!
Goddammit,
what am I gonna tell Helena?
It took Helena like two months
to collect all that stuff
and it's, like, medicine for 15 families.
Now what am I gonna tell her?
- What will I tell her?
- Stay here.
- What?
- Give me a second.
- Where are you going? Simn!
- Trust me. Stay here.
We have chardonnay if you'd like,
I could bring the whole bottle.
- Jordan.
- If you guys, uh
- Jordan!
- Excuse me, give me one second.
- Was it you?
- What are you talking about?
The car outside, was it you?
- Was it you?
- Come here.
Listen,
the cooler inside the car has insulin.
- Huh?
- My friend's dying, man.
I don't care if it was you,
I just need to get it back now.
Are you being for real?
Please, man, yes
Don't you understand English?
- I'll get it to you after my shift.
- I need it tonight.
- I'm working.
- I'll get it, where is it?
- It's in storage.
- What storage?
The storage where we take all the stuff
where we sell.
Where is it? I'll get it, man.
Oh, God.
Here you go. I'll text you the address,
don't touch anything else.
Send it!
This is just an office.
This way. It's a storage.
Okay
Where did he say it is?
It's like a "private" sign.
Let's search.
- Is this yours?
- Yes.
Hey!
Going to steal from me?
Put it on the ground!
- On the ground!
- Easy.
You can lower your weapon,
we're not armed.
- Who else is with you?
- It's just us two.
- You sure?
- Yes, it's just us.
Go back there.
- Now!
- Just turn around.
- Move, damn it!
- Easy or he will hurt us.
Shut up!
Stop!
Turn.
- What are you doing here?
- Sir, we just--
What are you doing here, Simn?
Simn, answer him!
What the f*ck are you doing here?
Tell me now!
- We're looking for medication that--
- There's no medication here.
Jordan took some medication by mistake.
He gave me the keys--
No! Keep your hands out!
- Sir, I work with Jordan.
- He gave you the keys?
Yes, that's how I was able to get in here.
- I have the keys here.
- Let me see the keys.
Slowly, slowly.
These are the keys, right?
Jordan gave them to me.
That's how I got in. Here.
I'll put them here.
Son of a b*tch.
Goddammit
Come on! Let's go.
- Hey!
- Hey, hey, no! Come on!
You little shits!
I can drive,
give me the key.
- Open, open, open!
- f*cking hell!
Go, go, go!
He's right there, he's right there!
- Go, go, go!
- Come back here, son of a b*tch!
Okay, okay.
Melissa, that was awesome,
you got the box!
Meli?
Meli, it's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Just look at me.
Look at me.
You're safe, you're fine. You're fine.
You're fine, Meli.
You're fine.
You're okay, you're fine.
You're fine.
You're fine.
It's okay.
DONE! CONFIRMED!
The insulin is on the way.
- Thank God.
- See?
- Thanks.
- Should be there in a few days.
Thank you, Simn.
Thank you, Simn.
I should've reached out months ago.
- It's okay.
- Don't worry about it.
Yeah, no worries.
It's fine.
Guys, I need to ask for a favor.
Of course, Simn. Tell us.
I'm filing for asylum.
I wanted to know if you could sign
some documents as witnesses.
- Yes.
- Of course, Simn.
- For sure.
- Of course.
Just tell me where, and I'll sign.
No problem.
By the way, Simn.
We managed to set a meeting with leaders
of universities across the country.
We're going to discuss what to do
now that the protests died out.
We decided that
you should be in that meeting.
It's tonight.
We'll send you the link so you can join?
You guys don't know what I did.
When I was in there
They asked me to sign something.
- It's okay.
- Yeah, it doesn't matter.
We don't mind.
We don't care whatever it is
you had to sign.
Listen to me.
You're still part of this team.
That's right.
- Always.
- Totally.
- Agreed.
- Yeah.
I didn't sign.
SUCK MY d*ck
- I'm already seated, as*h*le.
- Hey, hey! Be quiet.
Toss him there.
Bring him over.
Hey, man, look
Simn!
The group sent the link. Open up.
Open up. Meeting's in an hour,
we're going to be late. Move your a*s.
Chucho, I'm not going.
f*ck, man, you're getting on my nerves.
Stop messing around.
I'm standing outside your door. Open up!
I'm not messing around!
You're not listening!
I'm not f*cking going!
What the f*ck is wrong with you?
Who do you think you are
to be yelling at me like that?
That attitude of yours
is f*cking pissing me off, Simn.
First you say you're filing for asylum
or whatever it is you want to do,
and now this?
Huh?
You're telling me you can't be there
for a simple video call?
A f*cking video call!
Don't you get it's more than a video call?
Don't you get it?
I'm starting from scratch here,
barely making ends meet.
I don't have it in me to get involved
in what's going on over there.
I'm not f*cking going!
Listen, bro, I don't know
what the f*ck is going on with you,
but here's a quick reminder
We don't have the luxury
of not getting involved, and you know it.
If not us, who else is going
to get Venezuela out of that hellhole?
Huh?
What happened to your speech?
That we hadn't done enough?
Did you forget about that?
Don't go to the meeting
and see what happens, m*therf*cker.
I'll see you there!
Hey! Simn!
- You came!
- Yeah.
How are you?
- Good?
- Yeah.
Yeah? Let me introduce you
to some of my friends, yeah?
Hi, guys.
This is Simn. Simn, this is everyone.
- Scotty, it's his place. Renata.
- What's up?
- Um Lucas.
- What's up?
- This is Chloe.
- Hey.
Do you wanna grab a drink?
Yeah, Scotty is one of a kind.
Meli, I'm sorry.
For getting you involved
in all the insulin situation.
I'm sorry.
Are you serious?
Yeah, it was terrifying.
Yeah. And there was a moment
where I thought we might die.
But
when we got the cooler
to the shipping center
I'd do it all again.
By the way
they wanna go somewhere else after this.
Where?
Many Venezuelans.
How can you tell?
I heard them when we were coming in.
Yes. Come here.
Grab him! Take that one!
What's up, Joaqun?
Toss him there.
Bring him over.
Hey, man, bring him over.
Don't let him turn around. Hold him.
Come in, come in.
Quiet.
Chucho! Chucho! Chucho.
Simn.
- What did they do to you?
- Stay calm, I'm okay.
- What did they do?
- Don't say anything.
- Are you okay?
- Stay calm, Chucho!
Are you okay?
If any of you lay a finger on him,
I'll f*ck you up!
- Chucho, shut up! Stay quiet!
- Come at me, I wanna see you try!
- Stay calm, Chucho!
- Let go of me!
Here.
Just stay calm
and don't say anything.
Don't say anything, calm down.
Did you hear me?
Are you listening to me, man?
Hey, hey.
It's okay.
- It's okay, brother, it's okay.
- Chucho, just stay calm.
What are you going to do?
You're tough because I'm tied up, right?
- Otherwise, I'd f*ck you up, m*therf*cker!
- Shut up, Chucho!
I told you not to say anything!
Just don't! Don't humor them!
Come over here! It's me you want!
Get a man. This guy punches like a lady.
Chucho, aren't you f*cking listening?
Shut the f*ck up!
Don't--
- Please! Please stop!
- Don't let him turn!
- I said not to let him turn!
- Chucho! Chucho!
Listen to me, Chucho!
Let's see
what he's got to say now.
Chucho, please.
Listen to me.
Chucho, Chucho.
Chucho, don't say anything else, please!
Is that all you've got?
Don't listen to him! Come here! Hit me!
- Give me the brass knuckles.
- This guy punches like my little sister.
Come here! It's me you want!
Stop it!
- Come over here, you pieces of sh*t!
- Hold him, hold him.
- Stop! Please stop! Goddammit!
- Hold him upright!
Stop! Please!
Stop! Please, stop!
Please, stop!
For f*ck's sake, stop!
f*ck, I'll sign!
I'll sign it!
I'll sign it!
I'll sign it!
Please, I'll f*cking sign it!
I'll sign whatever you want!
Let's see what this p*ssy has to say now.
Chucho.
Chucho!
Brother, what happened?
Talk to me, Chucho!
Chucho, say something! What happened?
Chucho.
Chuchito.
Chucho.
Chuchito!
f*cking hell
What do you mean? What the f*ck happened?
- What the f*ck did you do?
- What do you mean "f*cking hell"?
What did you do to Chucho?
What the f*ck happened?
Chucho, talk to me, brother!
Chucho!
- Chucho! Say something!
- Get him out of here.
- Cover him!
- What the f*ck did you do to him?
You pieces of sh*t,
what the f*ck did you do to my friend?
f*ck! What the f*ck happened? Chucho!
Hold on!
Hey! Hey.
- Ma'am, step back.
- I'm fine.
- That's my friend.
- Step back.
That's my friend in there
- Step back.
- Fine, fine. Fine.
Do you have a wallet?
Driver's license?
Some form of ID or something?
No, sir.
Call Immigration.
as*ault. Undocumented.
I have a passport with a tourist visa
in my apartment.
I swear.
Call CBP. Run biometrics on him.
Hi, excuse me.
I need your help with something,
I'm looking for
Yes, I got the email.
She'll get back to you on Monday morning.
Okay, I'll make a note.
Simn. Simn.
Don't talk to them,
don't say anything, okay?
I'll get help, I'll get help. Call me.
Call me, okay? Um
Seven, eight.
- Six, six.
- Ma'am.
- Please, step away from the window.
- One, one.
Two, three.
- Five, seven.
- Ma'am. Officers!
I'm going. You got it?
- Ma'am, please step away.
- It's 7866112357.
I'm going, I'm going.
I'm going.
So now they have him in holding
and I'm not sure what to do.
It's hard to say
since they haven't charged him yet.
If they determine it
to be aggravated as*ault,
or moral turpitude,
they could deport him,
even if he's requesting asylum.
So, now what can I do?
Um What was the fight about?
Who did he punch?
I'm not sure.
Okay, well, try to find that out first.
See who the guy was,
maybe he'll cooperate.
Okay, I can do that.
- Thank you so much, this was helpful.
- You're welcome.
at 12:45 You have it?
Yeah, look.
Thank you.
CLASS XXII
HE WHO READS THIS IS A WUSS
BALL
Drop it!
Go, go!
Thanks.
Joaqun.
I'm a friend of Simn.
He's in jail and he might get deported.
What do you want me to do?
Just come with me to the station
and tell them it was a mix-up.
Tell them
the bouncer grabbed the wrong guy.
That's it.
Come with me, I'll drive you, please.
You know what will happen
if they deport him, please.
This is his ID.
He was the one who got assaulted,
but there was a mix-up,
and the bouncers grabbed the wrong person.
He can tell you.
We're still waiting on Immigration
to ID him,
there's really nothing we can do.
Well, I can ID him.
We can ID him. Let me show you.
Here.
That's him, that's his passport.
I've been helping him
with his asylum papers.
- Can I take this?
- Yes, yes, of course.
Is this your friend?
Yes, yes. This is Simn.
Is this the guy who assaulted you?
Is this him?
Is it him?
Didn't you ever wonder why I did it?
I don't give a f*ck why you did it.
It's just a misunderstanding.
- They're clearing it up.
- What do you think?
That I did it for money?
Because I felt like it?
They threatened my family. My family.
They had pictures of me in the protests.
They had pictures of my mom.
Of my little sister.
What was I supposed to do?
What would you have done?
You know if I said anything,
they'd come for my family.
For my little sister,
who has nothing to do with any of this.
What was I supposed to do?
I know what I did.
Don't you think
I bear that cross every day?
Knowing that it was me
who betrayed the team?
They screwed us all, Simn.
They weren't supposed to take Chucho.
- Don't you say his name!
- Is it him or not?
I was there, man.
I was there
when they f*cking beat Chucho to death.
They sat me in a chair
and beat him to his f*cking death!
- And that sh*t is on you!
- That's it.
So I don't give a damn what you say!
Explain that sh*t to Chucho!
Get the f*ck out of my face, you coward!
- No.
- Simn.
It's time to go. Out.
Joaqun!
Joaqun, please!
Please!
f*cking son of a b*tch!
He has the f*cking nerve
to come here with excuses!
It wasn't his fault.
Of course it was his fault!
If it weren't for him,
none of this would've happened!
It wasn't his fault, Simn.
He was just protecting his family.
In fact, they got to him
because he was with us.
Am I wrong?
It could have been any one of us.
You know it.
Are you really gonna blame him?
What was he to do? Keep quiet?
He got the short end of the stick.
It wasn't his fault!
It wasn't his fault!
Fine! It's true!
It wasn't his fault! It was mine!
It wasn't his fault! It was my fault!
So now it's your fault?
Yes, it was my f*cking fault!
I put the team together, Chucho.
I took you guys out on the streets!
I was the one who got it into your heads
that we, a bunch of students,
were going to save the country!
Yeah, right!
That's why they got to Joaqun.
That's why they f*cked Juanchi's face up.
That's why they took you! To get to me!
Because I'm a f*cking idiot
and too proud to sign!
That's why you're dead!
You're gone because of me!
Am I wrong?
It's my fault that you're dead!
You're right, Simn.
You're an idiot.
We all knew we could get into trouble.
That they could take us.
But you know what?
Everyone decided to own up to it.
You know why?
Because you set the example
and weren't full of sh*t like the others.
I don't regret anything, bro. It's okay.
It's okay.
Getting out of the car that night,
I'd do it a thousand times again.
And the fact that you didn't sign, Simn
It's the most badass sh*t ever.
And I'm proud to call you
my brother because of it.
I miss you, brother.
I miss you like hell.
sh*t, f*ck.
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611
Come on, come on.
Pick up
Hi, Meli. I hope this is your number.
Things are not good.
I think Immigration is gonna come get me.
But I just wanted to tell you
Thank you.
For everything.
Thank you.
And
One more thing.
Can you send a message to Joaqun?
Just tell him
"I understand."
- Simn!
- Hey. Hey.
What happened?
My professor got me
a meeting with the State Prosecutor
and then, um
Joaqun showed up
and he said he wasn't going to testify
if charges were pressed,
so he had to drop them.
You're free!
It's done.
Simn! Wait!
In your written statement,
it says that a couple of days later
you were released.
But it isn't clear to me
why they released you.
Could you explain that to me?
They let us go
because they wanted to.
That's what they do.
They
They take a group of people
and beat them and break them.
And then they release them.
And then they take another group of people
and they do the same thing
all over again.
It's like
It's like a revolving door.
So, everyone who's fighting them,
at some point, goes through there.
And
And then everyone's afraid.
Do you have any reason to believe
that you'd be taken again
if you went back?
When they released us, they
they told us
we needed to report back to them
every two weeks, in person.
Or they would come for us again.
But I never did.
I never reported back. I left.
You left?
After Chucho
I
I couldn't be there anymore.
So I got on a plane.
I didn't have a plan,
I didn't tell anybody.
I left.
And
why would they just let you
leave the country?
I'm not some important political figure.
I was just a student.
They don't care if I leave,
they only care that nobody there
is fighting them anymore.
And I'm not there fighting anymore.
I just left, so
in the end
they got what they wanted.
Okay, just give me one moment.
So, if I understand correctly
In 2022,
the UN reported years of continuous crimes
against humanity in Venezuela.
Arbitrary detentions,
t*rture and extrajudicial k*lling,
carried out by the government
to suppress the dissident.
To this day,
over 7.7 million Venezuelans
have left their country.
It is the largest exodus recorded
in the history of the western hemisphere.
EXODUS
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