01x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

[match scratching and sizzling]

[mellow piano music playing]

[liquid bubbling]

[dramatic music playing]

[bubbling]

[door opens, door chime jingles]

Apologies. We're not open.

[horse whinnying]

I'm sorry to bother you,

but I'm in urgent need of a remedy.

[woman] Daniel?!

[tender music playing]

[both laugh]

[Daniel] What, you didn't recognize me?

[woman] You've grown up!

[sighs and chuckles]

When did you arrive?

I've always been here.

[chuckles]

[tender music playing]

[woman] How long has it been
since we've seen each other.

[Daniel] Five years.

[gasps softly]

You haven't changed, have you?

[Daniel snickers]

No, but I see you still love to cry.

-[scoffs]
-[Daniel laughs]

My little celestial blue-clad crier.

[laughing] Idiot!

Crier and a brat, huh?

Will I see you later?
Are you coming to the meeting?

[woman] Of course.
But where are you rushing off to now?

Ugh, you know me.
Always looking for trouble.

Well, then, I'll join you.

[chuckles]

[bells tolling distantly]

[distant chatter]

All right.

If I tell you to run, you run.

So, I take it this is serious?

[lighthearted music playing]

CLOSED

[vendor 1] Fresh flowers and vegetables.
I have it all.

OINTMENTS, PERFUMERY ARTICLES, TONICS

SAURI APOTHECARY

What are you mixed up in?

I should know.

[chatter continues indistinctly]

[uplifting music playing]

MONTHS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION

[horse whinnying]

[man] Good day, Miss.

-Morning.
-[boy 1] Sir! Sir!

What's in the bag?
What is it? Please, sir!

[Daniel] We have things
for all the children. Call the others.

[vendor 2] Beautiful fabrics!
It's a bargain!

[indistinct chatter]

[boy 1, laughing] What is it?

[boy 2] Can I have one too, please?

There's some for everybody.

[boy 3] Give me one!

-Over here.
-[boy 2] Thank you.

Here, please share it.

-[boy 3] Thank you.
-Hey!

[girl 1] Thank you!

Oh!

[children shouting]

INVITATION

[ominous music playing]

[girl 2] Can I have one, please?

Can I please have one?

[girl 3] Sir, can I have one
as well, please?

-I have one, thank you.
-[girl 3] Bless you!

-Over here! I didn't get one, sir.
-Here. There.

[girl 4, chuckling] I got mine!

[girl 5] Wait, I didn't get any, Miss!

[boy 4] Can I have one?

[Daniel] Look, can you read this?

-I think so, yes.
-For your brother. Understand?

Give it to him and your father.

He owed money from the company store
he had with his boss.

They arrested him.

Then I'll see you on Monday
at the company square.

Tell everyone about it.

The more people we are,
the less danger we're in.

[vendor 3] Finest fabrics in the city!
You won't regret it!

[girl 6] Can I have one, please?

Oh.

[blows nose]

[girl 7] Thank you very much, Miss.
I got one.

Please?

-[woman] How long have you had this?
-I don't know.

Take soap and clean it up.

I want you to come to Sauri Apothecary.
Know where that is?

It's on 4th North.

[woman chuckles]

[laughs]

[paper rustling]

[dramatic music playing]

-Hurry! Run!
-[officer 1] Hey!

-[Daniel] Follow me.
-[officer 1] Stop!

Hey! You three, stop!

[suspenseful music playing]

-Stop!
-[police whistle blowing]

[officer 2] They went that way!

[boy] Hurry, come on!

[overlapping chatter]

[Daniel] Go, go. Emilia, hurry.

[officer 2] Do you see them?

-[boy] Faster!
-[officer 1] Through here! This way!

-Hey! I said stop!
-[officer 2] Quickly!

[woman] Ah! Let's go home, come on!

-[officer 2] Hey! Where the hell are they?
-[officer 1] This way, I believe.

[suspenseful music continues]

[chickens clucking]

[donkey braying]

[boy] Over here.
Go inside. In the temescal.

Go!

[officer 1] Quickly!

-Over there!
-Take your clothes off.

[officer 1] Find them.

[Daniel] If they find us
dressed in here, I'm dead.

[gasps and sighs]

[Daniel panting]

[breathing heavily]

[police whistle blowing]

Find them! Over there, go!

[breathing heavily]

[dramatic music playing]

[officer 1] In here! Here!

[steam hissing]

[breathing heavily]

-[officer 1] Where are they?
-[boy] Who?

-[officer 1] The two running with you.
-[boy] I've been here all morning.

-And I wasn't running.
-[officer 1] Look in the temescal.

[boy] No, sir.
My sister is inside bathing.

-[officer 1] I don't care.
-[boy] Please don't go in.

[gasps softly]

[Emilia] What's going on?

[boy] I told you she was bathing.

-You see?
-[rooster crowing]

[chickens clucking]

[pig squeals]

[officer 2] Come on.

[footsteps recede]

[hay crunching]

[fire crackling]

Hmm.

[sighs]

[exhales]

[gentle music playing]

[exhales]

[gasping softly]

-[hay crunching underfoot]
-[boy] They're gone.

You can come out now.

[chuckles]

I'd say campaigning
against our dictator is...

on the more serious side, wouldn't you?

[both laugh]

[string music playing]

[dramatic piano music playing]

LOVESICK
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ÁNGELES MASTRETTA

[gentle string music playing]

[wolf whistles]

Look at that! Oh my!

They even had your undergarments
brought in from Madrid.

Yes, and of course,
everything fits but the dress.

Where have you been?
Our mothers have been together for hours.

[sighs]

What happened? Your skirt is all wet.

It's about Madero.

He's coming.

And Daniel's back.

Daniel, Daniel?

[gasps] Since when?

Since today.

How long is he staying?

I don't know.

How do you feel?

[sighs]

I'm so jealous.

Josefa, you're a lifesaver.

Mwah. Mwah.

Three seamstresses
are already working around the clock

on all the honeymoon clothes.

But the dress for the big day?

I don't trust anyone with it.

[Josefa] Oh please, it's no worry.
I enjoy keeping my hands busy.

I'm here!

To the summons of the pleats we go.

Ah, Milagros.

Thank you for coming.

It's about time.

There's enough tableware for hundreds.

Mm, well, they'll have two haciendas,
a house in the capital,

an atelier in Paris and so much more.

They'll have use for all of it.

[Milagros] And my gift?
Is it lost in the indulgence?

[clock ticking]

[woman] It's right here. Milagros Veytia.

Hmm.

It's amazing. So perfect, thank you.

-Well, I hope the children will enjoy it.
-Oi.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the florists
should've been here an hour ago.

I swear this wedding...

[gasps]

it'll be the death of me.

[groans]

That woman would drown in a puddle.

[chuckles] Well, you're not
one to speak either.

I saw you swap the card.

[horse whinnies]

Oopsie-doodle.

I will not waste money
on a gift for a couple

who already have the wealthiest people
in the country spoiling them.

And what I would've spent on that clock,
I could free 20 prisoners from jail.

There's no question, it's all beautiful.
You can see the expense.

[laughs]

[bells tolling distantly]

Does it just hang there
between their legs?

It looks different
than the illustrations in the books.

What do you mean?

It's so much larger.

-Emilia!
-[both laugh]

But why were you chased by the police?

Oh, you know how it goes.

-Just trying to help.
-So, will you marry him then?

Did you ask him what he has to offer?

You mean other than his alluring
nomadic vocation and flair for revolution?

Emilia, it's no joke.

You mustn't go gallivanting about
like that without a ring on your finger.

Look at that.
Any larger and you'd topple over.

[both laugh]

Well, other than engaging
in some light political propaganda,

my morning was uneventful
and my decorum remains intact.

For the moment.

[chuckles]

You know I don't want a ring, though.

So, what sort of life do you want?

I'll think of something, don't worry.

-[Josefa] Emilia?
-[Emilia] Hello, Mother.

Where'd you get off to?
Your father had to open by himself.

Oh, I'm sorry.
She was with me all morning.

[Emilia] There was so much to do.

Sol has enough bodices and pajamas
to clothe a whole army.

Zero fit.

[Sol and Emilia laugh]

[Sol] Josefa, I can't thank you enough.

Happy to help.

-See you later?
-Yes!

I wouldn't miss it.

-Emilia says she's playing the cello.
-[Emilia] Oh, please, don't remind me.

And your father? Will he let you
come to one of our meetings finally?

[Sol] Yes! He says he's willing
to make an exception,

as it's my last week of freedom.

[horse whinnies distantly]

She actually managed a smile when
she said it was her last week of freedom.

-Not all marriages are prisons, honey.
-Exactly. Take your parents, for example.

If you're so open to it,
then why not marry Rivadeneira?

Huh?

Because I would ruin the poor man's life.

You act as if you haven't
already ruined it

by forcing him to repeatedly ask you.

How about we focus on the more pressing
matters happening in the country

and not potential marriages?

I'm guessing you blame Díaz
for all that too?

I'll blame that old man
for whatever I want, thank you.

-Although not for much longer, I pray.
-[horse chuffs]

But enough gossip.
We'd better finish Sol's dress,

because if Evelia
doesn't marry her off quickly,

she'll be marrying a man in ruins.

Oh, they aren't hurting financially.

They own half the state of Puebla
and a large piece of Veracruz.

Why do you really think
Evelia's in such a hurry?

Because she's never had any foresight,
the poor woman.

And, Emilia, I'd recommend that you eat
as much as you can at that wedding.

You'll be happy you did
when food starts running out.

Recently, I've been reading
lots of books about w*r.

Oh, there's no w*r coming.
Just stop, all right?

You've always been
the anxious one in the family.

On the contrary,
I think I'm the most inspired.

Make sure neither of you
are late for the meeting, okay?

[vendor] Fresh produce,
vegetables, fruits, flowers!

Whatever your heart desires!

[man singing in Italian]

-You moved everything around.
-I just organized the shelves.

How am I supposed
to find anything around here?

It's easy,
everything's in alphabetical order.

-But you've ruined my system.
-Your system was chaos.

You wandered around, confused, saying,
"Where did I put it?"

Then find me preserved cassia fistula.

-Would you like flowers or buds?
-Flowers.

[humming]

And its purpose is what?

It's used as a purge
for those who are more delicate.

Sassafras bark?

Located in S.

I don't know what it's used for,

I just know Mother takes it
when she's feeling a little muddled.

It has many uses.

Some say it even acts as a love potion.

-[sniffs]
-Then perhaps Sol could use a dose.

I've never seen a bride
less in love before.

We'll prepare her a prescription then.

She asked me
what I'm gonna do with my life.

Ah, good question.

Why do you think Auntie Milagros
never wanted to tie the knot?

[Josefa] Because she's stubborn.

I told you not to listen to her.

Father, do you think a w*r is coming?

Emilia, listen to me.

Don't worry.

Because no matter what happens,
your life is yours to live.

What about the apothecary?

An opportunity.

To learn about medicine?

[father] You could be
the first Sauri doctor.

Don't fill her head with nonsense.
There are no women doctors.

There've been many,
and there are more to come.

Not in Puebla.

Well, you know the times are changing.

Our baby will grow up in a new world.

[Josefa] You're setting her up
for disappointment.

There's nothing wrong with having
big dreams, but don't be unrealistic.

Life often gives us things
we never expected.

-And yet, we always crave more.
-Mm-hmm.

I'm perfectly satisfied.

Because you were born under a full moon.

What was I born under?

You were born in a hospital, sweetheart.

God knows how many things
you're gonna want in this life.

[band playing upbeat brass music]

How's it all going?

No police yet, and no punches have been
thrown so far, which is promising.

A success.

[man] Yes, yes, yes, I'm telling you,
it's important we stay together.

[Josefa] The front of the house is huge.

-Milagros.
-It's quite spectacular.

It's good to see you.

-Here, come.
-Excuse me.

Looking for someone?

Sol.

-[Milagros] Troublemaker.
-[guests clapping]

[Emilia] Wow, you look so beautiful!

[giggles, lips smack]

Here, I'll explain who's who.

So, there are more than


They're all fighting each other,

but somehow Auntie Milagros
gathered nearly all their leaders.

What do they want?

You know, they want everything.

But for now just fair elections.

They are fair.

Father supports Díaz and votes for him
every four years without fail.

[chuckles]

That's Aquiles Serdán.

He's the leader of the most radical clubs.

He got arrested
for marching with his group

in that parade on the 15th of September.

[both laugh]

Bruno Oropeza.
He's the leader of the conservatives.

They don't see eye to eye, but he's here
because he's known Dr. Cuenca

since he fought with Díaz
in favor of Benito Juárez.

He lost his hand in the battle.

Isn't Dr. Cuenca Daniel's father?

-It's been said, yes.
-[laughs]

It wouldn't be a terrible inheritance,
that big house.

[Sol chuckles]

[man] Emilia.

[Emilia] Salvador.

[Salvador] How have you been?

[Salvador laughs]

This is my close friend, Sol.

Salvador Cuenca.

-My pleasure.
-[laughs]

Cuenca? Are you Daniel's brother, then?

-No, it's more like he's my brother.
-[Emilia] Mm.

[giggles] Well, I'm like
a sister to Emilia.

I'm not sure I see the resemblance.

Uh, chosen sister.

[all laugh]

Those are the most legitimate.

Emilia, where's your cello, darling?
You're up next.

It's in Dr. Cuenca's office. I'll get it.

You two are in capable hands, hmm?

-Where do you live?
-Oh, just here in Puebla.

How haven't I seen you before?

Well, it's actually my first time
coming to one of these meetings

because my father works
for the governor and...

I live in a different Puebla.

Which one?

Ah, that Puebla.

[distant chatter]

[footsteps approaching]

Coming, Auntie!

Emilia?

Dr. Cuenca.

-Here!
-What is it?

I saw a boy today who had pustules
unlike any I've ever seen before.

-Mm-hmm.
-Could they just be malnutrition?

I don't know.

Do they hurt him?

No. But it's not dry skin.

-[Milagros] Emilia!
-[Emilia] I'm here, Auntie.

What are you doing?

Dr. Cuenca was just
helping me find my cello.

-[Dr. Cuenca] Mm-hmm.
-The large one I'm standing right next to?

-Hmm.
-Um... Thank you.

We must have just missed it.

Let's go.

Coming.

I need you to keep everyone
entertained between the acts.

Is this your card?

-The joker?
-[man 1] Oh wow!

[man 2] Well done.

[Rivadeneira] Thank you, ladies
and gentlemen, for allowing yourself...

You won't stop growing.

-Oh, stop.
-"Oh, stop."

You know if you have nothing better
to say, it's just best to say nothing.

[plays note]

[Rivadeneira] ...is actually something
of a veteran on this small stage.

-Emilia Sauri.
-[applause]

[playing melody]

[inaudible]

-[laughs]
-[man] Daniel, it's a pleasure.

-Aquiles.
-Good to see you.

-Yes, how are you?
-Well, thank you.

Bruno.

-Appreciate you coming.
-Hello.

May I introduce Aquiles Serdán.

Aquiles Serdán.

[playing solo]

[playing the Mexican national anthem]

[all singing the Mexican national anthem]

-[applause]
-[man 1] Bravo!

Bravo!

[man 2] Gorgeous.

[man 3] Incredible.

[dramatic music playing]

[both laughing]

[both breathing heavily]

[sighs]

I made a mistake this morning.

What?

You have changed, haven't you?

[chuckles]

You're the reason I'm back.

You're such a liar.

You're here to work.

Perhaps I'm a consolation prize?

[Daniel sighs]

What kind of revolutionary
abandons his post?

Quite surprising, Daniel.

Just yesterday, you regaled us with tales
about setting the country ablaze.

Admittedly not the fire
I was expecting from you.

And you, Emilia,
it's one thing for me to turn a blind eye,

but you cannot just disappear
and leave me alone with your mother.

Come on, go.

Get your head out of the clouds.
It's time for your number, Romeo.

[Emilia] Oh, what's he gonna do?

[Milagros] He's going to say a few words.

[indistinct chatter]

Is that Daniel?

I saw you with Salvador.

I understand why my father didn't want me
coming to these meetings before.

[both chuckle]

[flute being played]

[chatter stops]

This stage is burned in my brain.

I've been on it ever since I was a child.

My father, Dr. Cuenca,

always filled our house
with inspiring people of ideals.

People who, like him,

knew that we could better
this broken world of ours together.

[Josefa] Isn't it great? Daniel's back.

[Daniel] But time is not our ally,
and it waits for no one.

And things feel like
they're ready for an expl*si*n.

Yes!

Social change in our country
is more than just necessary, it's urgent.

And if it can't be done out of morality,
it'll be out of desperation. Period.

-Well said!
-Bravo!

-[man 1] Hear, hear!
-[man 2] Excellent!

There's no room for fear
in this revolution.

The current peace is terrifying enough.

-[bell clanging]
-No true peace can exist without justice.

-Yeah!
-Yes!

How can there be peace
when people are hungry?

And what kind of peace inspires so many
who are willing to die to break it?

Today, we will help those patriots, right?

Today, we will fight
for a peace that is true!

-[man 3] Yes!
-[Daniel] Hurrah!

[crowd] Hurrah!

-[Daniel] Hurrah!
-[crowd] Hurrah!

We don't open the door
to anyone who has to knock.

Clear out anyone of importance. Go now.

[crowd] Hurrah!

Hurrah!

A round of applause
for the young man, please.

We're now going to resume
with musical acts,

so sit back and enjoy.

Go on, quickly now.

[bell continues clanging]

-[softly] Careful.
-[acoustic guitar being played]

-[Salvador] Sol.
-You have to go?

Much to my regret, I do.

I wish you the best
and your husband the worst.

[acoustic guitar music continues]

[in Spanish] ♪ Star of the roads ♪

♪ May the memory not return... ♪

-[whistle blowing]
-[pounding on door]

[bell clanging]

[pounding continues]

I rambled on too long, but we did great.

[laughs]

[whistle blowing]

I'll tell her. You need to go.

-[pounding continues]
-Go on, son.

The apothecary?

Be safe.

Let's go.

[bells clanging continues]

-[whistle blowing]
-[pounding continues]

[woman singing in Spanish distantly]

[doors open]

♪ May this crying go away ♪

Officers, good evening.

That's "Sergeant."

We're responding to a noise complaint
from the neighbors.

We need to see Dr. Cuenca.

The doctor's getting
some well-deserved rest.

It's been a long day.

However, I know he agrees
with the neighbors about the noise.

He left the gathering
in our hands, you see.

I'm sure you can imagine
how embarrassed we are.

But we simply couldn't deprive ourselves.

Music of this caliber is rare.

♪ I dream when I sleep ♪

-A party?
-Good evening, Sergeant.

Soledad García García, at your service.

Pleasure to meet you.

Uh, please pass along my regards
to your father, Don Edmundo.

Happily.

Sergeant, can I offer you some port?

That's very kind. Just a small one.

Thank you.

[Josefa] Please, take a seat. Enjoy.

♪ I leave my love ♪

♪ Under your hair ♪

[Daniel] I couldn't leave
without saying goodbye.

I want you to know, no matter where I am,
my heart's always with you.

[woman singing in Spanish]

♪ When can we meet? ♪

[crowd applauding]

[Josefa] I was beginning to think
the sergeant would never leave.

The man polished the bottle.

[Emilia] Did Sol tell you
how smitten Salvador was with her?

But it's irrelevant how he feels.
In a few days I'll be wed.

[Milagros] Only if that's what you want.

You don't have to go through with it, Sol.

Remember, we can destroy
the bridal gown if you want.

No need.

I'm sure I'll be excited eventually.

[Milagros sighs]

[engine chugs]

[ignition starts]

[indistinct chattering]

[Mr. García] Soledad, how dare you
come home at such a late hour?

And with this company?

Are you trying to stain my good name?

The same way this woman
has done to her father?

-[Evelia] Ignacio!
-I will not permit it.

I do apologize
for keeping her out so late, sir.

You have to reason
to apologize to us, ma'am.

We know all about you.
Now come down here immediately.

She's gonna wait in here with us
until you adjust your tone.

[Mr. García] I won't be
adjusting anything.

Soledad is my only child.
She's mine to order. You hear that?

Luckily for me,
I didn't have to raise you.

I hadn't realized
we won the lottery until now.

You offend us, sir,
by insinuating your daughter

was in any danger under our care.

[Mr. García] Your influence
is a danger to all around you.

You're a woman who lives on her own
and sins with an older man.

Uh, define your issues with me again.
Those two things are not compatible.

Milagros, I'd better be going.

-[Josefa] Good night.
-[Emilia] I'll see you soon.

[Mr. García] I would assume
that somewhere in this city,

there's a man worried about you
getting home safely, Emilia.

And what about you? Your husband, Josefa?

[Milagros] Her husband's a man
of proper judgment and not your concern.

Good night, sweetheart. Evelia.

[Evelia] Milagros.

I won't be saying good night to you.

[dog barking distantly]

[engine putters]

People like that woman right there

ruin our country for everybody.

Men like him
are why change is so important.

And his wife calls him "angel."

Just imagine what that woman's idea
of hell must be, though.

No wonder she's so afraid of damnation.

Evelia's afraid, and fear paralyzes you.

That's why it's best for her to lose
herself in frivolities once in a while.

[sighs]

-[Josefa] The meeting's taking too long.
-Panic is the last thing we need now.

Just concerned.

-[loud thud]
-[man groans]

[gasps] Diego!

-[Diego groaning]
-Did they find you?

Were you hurt?

Just by you.

What happened?

[laughs]

Oh, the poor man tripped
over the draft stopper.

[Diego] Your fear of a breeze is gonna
be the death of me one these days, woman.

[Emilia] Does it hurt?

[Josefa] I'm not fooled, though.
Your mind was elsewhere.

What was said at this meeting
that kept you all there

until two o'clock in the morning?

[sighs] In Madrid at this hour,

the streets are full of people
singing and shouting.

We blended in. We had to.

That's why we were there so late.
This city is too much.

[Josefa] Oh, don't start.
You live here because you want to, Diego.

If you stayed in your native land,

the pirates or the federals
would've eaten you alive.

The federals will be the death of us
no matter where we are.

Don't listen to that, Emilia.

These are good things
for her to learn about.

They almost caught
her and Daniel this morning.

What happened this morning?

Nothing.

If this is going to keep happening,
then it's best we all know.

What is "this"? Explain it, would you?

This is the w*r for our country.

Friends and families
uniting against the dictator.

Somebody needs to know where the refugees
and political prisoners have gone to.

[sighs]

And how much of this
did you know about, Emilia?

Everything.

I'm also aware that Madero's coming

and that Daniel and Salvador
are working with him.

You should make
some chamomile tea with anise.

[sighs]

I'm only making it for one.

[crickets chirping]

[inhales deeply]

[sighs]

[door opens]

[Daniel breathing heavily]

[Emilia gasps softly]

[exhaling heavily]

I want to marry you.

[breathing heavily]

Whenever you want.

[Daniel panting]

[exhaling]

[tender music playing]

[chuckles]

[kissing]

[gasps softly]

[kissing continues]

-[Emilia moaning]
-[both gasping]

-[Daniel] Do you want me to?
-Mm-hmm.

Keep going?

[breathing heavily]

[gasps]

[tender music continues]

[sighs heavily]

[Emilia gasping]

[emotional violin music playing]

[both breathing heavily]

[Emilia sighing]

[breathes heavily]

[moans]

[emotional violin music intensifies]

[panting]

[moans]

[Daniel gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[both laugh]

[Daniel sighs]

[birds tweeting]

[inhaling deeply]

Have you thought about your life?

[Daniel] What?

What you'll do with it?

Be with you.

[chuckles]

You know my friend Sol
is getting married Saturday to Titi Conde.

[laughs]

I hope that the acres
and acres of sugar mills

will make up for all the boredom
she'll have to face.

She hopes that as well.

[whistles]

[chuckles]

Would you come with me?

To the wedding?

It's Saturday?

-[groans]
-[Emilia] Mm-hmm.

[sighs]

Uh, I don't know if I can.

Madero's coming,
and I have meetings, you know?

I have to talk with the leaders to see...

Shh! It's okay, don't come.

[Daniel laughs]

Emilia.

You know I don't have sugar mills.

I do.

But I'm doing important things.
I want to change the world.

For now, let's just focus on this.

[both laugh]

[Emilia moans]

[sighs]

[door closes]

[door chime jingles]

[horse hooves clopping]

[door closes]

Pedro!

I'm glad you remembered to come in.

Please put your hand on the counter.

Any pain?

I want you to put this on twice a day.

If it doesn't improve,
I want you to come back, hmm?

Good boy.

-You going to see the candidate Friday?
-Shh! Come, come.

Yes, we're going, but we don't talk
about that publicly, understood?

Hmm.

[door opens]

[sighs]

[door closes]

[flipping pages]

You okay?

You're okay.

[tender music playing]

[Josefa] We know Daniel
spent the night here.

[sighs] I know you know.

God help us.

[scoffs]

And don't you ask me which god.

[footsteps recede]

We're living
in different times now, Josefa.

What more could a parent hope for
for their daughter?

-She's found true love.
-Mm.

It doesn't matter to me if she mixed up
the order of the ceremonies.

It's important.

Don't you want her to have the same
experience we did? It's tradition.

History doesn't always
have to repeat itself.

No, don't start your lecturing, I beg you.

This is already complicated enough for me
without your lecturing.

Just think, though.

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands
of people who will never experience

the miracle that is happening to Emilia.

[sighs] Will it last, though?

Is he really the man for her?

He could, at a moment's notice,
go off to lord knows where,

trying to be the hero of the rebellion.

The only lasting thing
in any union is boredom.

-Love comes in fits and starts.
-Yes.

I know that.

Because, for example,

today I haven't loved you at all.

If you want me to say
you're right and she's wrong,

that it's best
we don't allow Emilia to love Daniel

and we should keep them apart,
well, I'm sorry, Josefa, I can't.

-[Josefa sighs]
-There are bigger things at stake.

This country is going to burn,

and our daughter's virginity won't matter
to even Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Won't you allow me a little sadness?

[wistful music playing]

I just hope that it's not jealousy.

[chuckles softly]

As long as you're not planning
on leaving me for a younger woman.

Not at the moment, no.

No.

Then I guess at the moment,
I have no reason to be jealous.

[both chuckle]

[indistinct chattering]

-Excuse me, pardon me.
-[man] Watch yourself, sir.

[laughs]

What happened to being discreet?

There's too many of us
for them to take action.

[Salvador] Daniel!

Salvador!

Go. Go.

[laughs]

-[man 1] There he is!
-[man 2] Yeah! Madero!

[cheers and applause]

Long live Madero!

Madero!

-[cheers]
-[bells jingling]

Will wonders ever cease?

He's brought a nun
and a businessman with him.

[Madero] Dear people of Puebla.

The passion with which
you have greeted me here today

is the long-silenced cry for liberty

that has been suppressed
by that dictator for over 30 years.

Those of you standing here today

shall be amongst the fierce patriot
who fight for a better tomorrow.

Who fight to reclaim their liberty!

[all cheer]

[man] Liberty for the people!

[dramatic music playing]

[Diego] What a disaster.

This man Madero is going to put us
all in a mess that even he can't escape.

You're exaggerating now.

[sighs]

I'm going to bed.

[Josefa] What do you think, honey?

I agree with you.

[Diego] You're just jealous because
Daniel admires this man so much.

There's no reason for me to be jealous.

Please, Daniel can obsess over that man
all he wants until he gets us our freedom.

[Josefa, chuckling] Oh!

I'm gonna need you
to bring this to Soledad.

[Emilia] Mm-hmm.

She's getting married soon.
She could use your company now.

I got married yesterday
and she was nowhere around.

Marriage only requires two people, Mother.

Not all the time.

[inhales sharply]

Would you have preferred
to marry me off like Sol?

Hmm.

You would've loved that, wouldn't you?

[gentle music playing]

Yes, but less pleats.

[bells tolling]

[choral singing]

[priest] The Lord looks down and asks you,

Patricio Alberto Conde y Cuéllar,

do you accept María de la Soledad Casilda

de Los Sagrados Corazones
de Jesus y María García y García

as your wife?

[Patricio] I do.

And do you, María de la Soledad Casilda

de Los Sagrados Corazones
de Jesus y María García y García...

Her name's a monstrosity.
Why would they do that to the poor girl?

[priest] Do you accept
Patricio Alberto Conde y Cuéllar

as your husband?

I accept him.

[priest] What our Lord Jesus desires
and what our God unites,

man cannot put asunder.

I now pronounce you husband and wife.

[Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" playing]

[applause]

[Emilia] Did you know that
the red carpet goes from their house,

crosses the length of the park
into the church

and continues along
the sidewalks to the patio

where the dinner's being held?

Horrible.

[Emilia] I wonder if any of them would
sacrifice anything for someone else.

Look, Auntie, they own everything.

-Well, they do until they don't.
-[Rivadeneira snickers]

[man] Good afternoon.

Good day, sir.

My name is Antonio Zavalza.

I'm sorry for listening in.
It's a great honor to meet you.

[church bells tolling distantly]

[excited chatter]

So, other than eavesdropping
on conversations, what else do you do?

I'm new in town.

Where from?

Fresh from school.

I studied in Mexico

and then Chicago and Paris.

What were you studying?

Medicine.

To be a doctor?

You must be the youngest doctor around.

I don't know, I'm just hoping
I get to become one at all.

But why here in Puebla?

I grew up here.
Though I moved when I was young.

Now the only family I have left
is an uncle who lives here.

I had imagined that Mexico
would also be in more need of doctors.

Besides, my professor in Chicago
recommended me to a doctor here in Puebla.

A Dr. Cuenca.

Wait, Dr. Cuenca?

Yes. You know him?

All of Puebla knows Dr. Cuenca,
but he's my...

He's like my family.

We... We're very close with him.

I'll be sure to be on my best behavior
to ensure you put in a good word for me.

So far, you've done well.

[both chuckle]

[horse whinnies]

Is Daniel supposed to come?

He chose not to.

You mean he couldn't.

[woman] Soledad looked so beautiful.

[waltz music playing]

[host] Good evening, madam.

I was just saying that I arrived in Paris,

and small hats
are in fashion at the moment.

Oh, Lord. Please, no.
They're so hideous, my dear.

-I find them flattering myself.
-[woman] The cake is gorgeous.

[indistinct chatter]

[all] Cheers!

Emilia.

Would you do me the honor?

Of course.

Come on.

[waltz music continues]

Forgive my clumsiness.

-[music ends]
-[applause]

[music resumes]

So, another round, Miss?

Oh, for sure.

[Diego] Did you see us on the dance floor?

The archbishop's son is so handsome.
Oh my goodness.

-Zavalza?
-Mm-hmm.

He's also one of the most
well-regarded great-grandsons

of the Marquise of Selva Nevada.

His father passed away last year

and, rumor has it,
left him a fortune in his inheritance.

Although, the young man
has been studying medicine.

And, if you can believe it,

he donated the entirety of the estate,
as he insists on living off his own work.

I'd imagine you think him
foolish for that.

Why invite him then?

His uncle asked me to.

And everyone knows medical school
is like going to hell and back.

And I was told he was engaged
to one of the Márquez's nieces.

After he broke off the engagement,

his uncle felt it best for him
to come and make new connections.

Poor man's barking up
the wrong tree, though.

[Evelia] I don't know.
He looks quite delighted with Emilia.

You know me and my predictions.

Sol's so very happy.

Look at her.

[Milagros] She's ignorant, not happy.

Did you give her the courtesy
of explaining how things are,

or will that be a pleasant surprise?

Oh, Milagros,
of course I explained everything.

She knows how to behave with her in-laws
and has the manners of a queen.

She knows asking too many questions
is trouble, and not to say anything

that'll cause unnecessary problems, hmm?

But tonight, will she know what to ask?
Meaning what to ask her husband?

[spluttering]

[scoffs] I...

Mila, don't you worry yourself about it.

Well, then, poor girl.

[waltzing music continues]

Have I completely ruined your life?

Not quite yet.

I like my house.

It's beautiful.

But I like knowing only I have a key.

I much prefer to come and go as I like.

As long as sometimes
you allow me to come in for a visit.

[man 1] Everything is so stunning.

They must have spent a fortune on this.
What is it?

[Rivadeneira] Did you see
who just walked in?

What's he doing here?

[man 2] Do you know who that is?

[man 3] Yes, yes. No, of course.
My goodness.

-[Zavalza] Who is that?
-It's the governor.

[Mr. García] Please come in.
Make yourself at home.

[Milagros] I assume they're rushing over

because they can't wait to ask his wife
how she can possibly stomach

sleeping with a bloodthirsty m*rder*r.

[Emilia] Rivadeneira, please don't let her
get anywhere close to him.

Don't you worry.

-[Milagros] Hmm!
-[governor] Thank you. Nice to see you.

Good evening, ma'am.

Thank you.

Have you chosen sides?

What are my options?

You heard the conversation, didn't you?

[inhales deeply and sighs]

They recently discovered
these cells that grow inside you.

That can be anywhere.

But they start k*lling the healthy cells.

No one can explain why
until the patient has passed on.

Personally, I'll always side
with the healthy cells.

[gentle music playing]

That sounds like it would be nice, yes.

What's that for?

You were right before about Emilia.

Ah, you love me today?

[laughs]

Only today.

[knock on door]

[Emilia] Your mother said
you wanted to talk to me?

Yes. Instead of me throwing the bouquet,
I want you to have it.

[Emilia chuckles]

Your aunt Milagros wasn't wrong.

These garments are an abomination.

What happened?

My mother told me

there are moments in a marriage
when you have to just close your eyes

and pray the Hail Mary.

Have you heard of that too?

You just need to breathe, okay?

Come. Down here.

[whispering] He's gonna
take off all his clothes.

Will he really?

He will.

[whispering] Then he's gonna take
that thing that hangs between his legs

and put it inside you.

-It hurts but it feels nice.
-[chuckles]

Ti... Titi won't have
a clue how to do that.

It's important that you both feel good.

If you find yourself bored, just pretend.

[both laugh]

I'll help you dress.

If you're really struggling,
you can use your imagination.

[gentle piano music playing]

The bird that makes you truly fly
is under your hat all the time.

[laughs]

[uplifting music playing]

[applause]

What did she tell you?

That she's gonna try to be happy.

[uplifting music continues]

[horse hooves clopping]

[Daniel] Emilia!

Emilia!

[panting] Emilia!

-Daniel?
-[Daniel] Emilia.

They arrested Madero.
When news broke about the protest...

-[Emilia] You all right? What happened?
-[Daniel] It's not mine.

It's Salvador.

Come, Zavalza!

Antonio Zavalza. Pleasure.

Daniel Cuenca.

-[Emilia] Get him on the table.
-[Zavalza] Careful, watch his head.

[Emilia] I got it.

You're all right. It's okay.

Father, we need some morphine, now.

And, Mother, towels
and some boiling water.

What? Oh my God.

Breathe.

[Milagros] What happened?

Where is your father?

He was too far. We had no time.
The apothecary was closer.

Don't worry, Zavalza's a doctor.

[suspenseful music playing]

[breathing heavily]

Okay.

-[Zavalza] One, two...
-[Salvador groaning]

There's no exit wound.

[Salvador breathing heavily]

[dramatic music playing]

-Doctor.
-[Emilia] I got it.

[Salvador breathing heavily]

-[Zavalza] You know what to do?
-[Emilia] Yes.

Thank you.

[groaning]

[Dr. Cuenca] How is he?

The b*llet's in there.

[Salvador] Father.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Salvador panting]

[winces and groans]

-[Emilia] There.
-Good.

Yes.

[groans]

[strained screams]

[groaning]

[Salvador breathing heavily]

[dramatic music playing]

No wonder she's so bad at playing cello.

[tense piano music playing]

[dramatic sting playing]

[gentle acoustic music playing]

[women vocalizing]

[woman singing in Spanish]

[song ends]

[dramatic music playing]

[gentle string music playing]

[music ends]