A NETFLIX SERIES
Sofía.
What happened?
Where have you been?
Come by my office in a couple of days. I want to check your progress.
- And the treatment? - Clean and dry the injury,
and let it breathe for a couple of hours before applying the bandage.
- The stitches have to be dry. - All right.
Take one of these every eight hours.
- It will help you relax. - Okay.
Sofía.
- Hi. - Estrella told me to bring you this.
Thanks.
Today, your sister decided to start her acting career.
Did you hear?
You should've seen her doing Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
Careful. It hurts a little.
What did you do?
I don't know.
In the interview, I swore something was under my skin.
And I got the brilliant idea of removing it.
She stabbed herself with scissors.
Yeah. Madness may be hereditary. [chuckles[
Please don't even joke about that.
You've been under a lot of pressure.
Yeah.
- I'll show you out, Doctor. - Look after her.
Make sure she takes the pills and gets rest.
- Hey. - I will. Thanks.
It's fine. I'm all right.
Besides, you were right after all.
The interview was a really dumb idea.
And Ana Sánchez is a bitch.
Don't touch her, motherfuckers!
Get him out of here, and make sure he doesn't come back!
Sofía!
Leave him alone!
Sofía, we need to get out of here.
You are so close, Sofía. Don't throw away your progress now.
You're a bunch of lunatics!
Sofía.
Don't hurt him.
Sofía! You've been drugged! This is fucking insane! They're gonna kill you!
Yaldabaoth saw his reflection in the light.
And the reflection came alive, and it became the universe.
A lesser God, a blind God,
thought he could mimic Yaldabaoth's creations
and made this world of shadows.
This prison.
He created desire.
And love.
He created guilt, pain and even death.
And the chains that bind us.
But none of that is real.
It is all a ruse.
A lie to keep us from escaping here.
So how do I stop being afraid?
You won't be alone.
Your mother will be with you.
Sofía.
Sweetheart.
Perform the five veils.
Mom.
Come by my side.
I need you.
And I need you too.
What just happened?
Was that real?
She wasn't okay.
- What happened to her? - Sofía.
There's no pain in the kingdom.
You just have to reach the end.
Lord Jesus Christ,
who said to your apostles,
"Peace I leave you, my peace I give you."
Look not on our sins but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will.
You, who live and reign for ever and ever.
- Amen. - The peace of the Lord be with you always.
And also with you.
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Certainly, people were very fond of Father Ezcaray,
but his Masses were two and a half hours long.
This is much better.
- Peace be with you. - Peace be with you.
- How's the girl? - The injury isn't serious.
The problem is up here.
Pedro. Peace be with you. How are you doing?
Where's your son, Pedro?
You really should talk him into coming to Mass.
Kids today won't touch church with a ten-foot pole.
Christianity wasn't a done deal.
At first, there were many trends and people wouldn't agree.
One was Valentinus', which appeared during the second century AD.
- Mm-hmm. - And it is based on a very simple concept.
What kind of God would create a world like ours,
where there's war and pain?
Didn't he consider there was no God?
- And everything's our own fault? - Mm-hmm.
No, Valentinus believed the world we live in
was created by a cruel God.
And slightly stupid.
A God that will send you plagues, or require sacrifices, or destroys Babylon.
He wasn't wrong about that. The bastard had a mean temper.
Humans can escape this world
and return to the real one.
The kingdom.
And for that, you needed to achieve the gnosis.
GNOSTIC GOSPELS
Which could be described as true knowledge.
That's what they did at the mine.
Killed themselves to go to the other world.
But not everyone can do it.
According to Gnosticism, there are three types of human beings.
The perfect ones.
Their spirit rules over the flesh,
and they are the ones summoned to open the gates to the kingdom.
The psychics.
They are not aware of the deception,
but they can learn by following a perfect one.
And then there are the somatics, for whom salvation is impossible.
The material world dominates them, and so...
They're doomed.
I guess that's you and me.
But who would believe all this crap?
Don't you understand it? She wants to be here.
You're a bunch of pigs. You've drugged her so you could rape her.
You don't utter a word.
You weren't here.
You don't know who we are.
Say it. You don't know who we are.
I don't know who you are.
That's good.
Didn't he do a good job?
Sofía wants you to leave.
And that is what you'll do.
But if you talk to anyone,
we'll have to come after you.
Do I make myself clear?
When did you come back? You had me worried.
I went out to shoot some footage for Blood Fest.
- And you're leaving again? - I forgot something.
Sofía isn't home. I think she left with Estrella.
Yeah, I saw her leave a while back.
But I came here to talk to you, not to Sofía.
I just took a pill, and I'm feeling kind of sleepy, so...
- Well, what happened to you? - Drink coffee.
I need you to be alert.
I need you to go over all the missing person reports from the past two years.
This woman can't have come out of nowhere.
We still have to identify three victims.
Fine. I'll tell them to get on it.
Thanks.
Uh, excuse me, Lieutenant.
Regarding what I told you about the corporal, what will happen?
Hasn't he arrived yet?
No, no. He called in sick a couple of hours ago.
Marcos is a good officer.
He had reasons for searching the sacristy.
Talking with him will certainly clear things up.
All to preserve Ezcaray's reputation.
So nobody would know he was into young boys.
Our town is already notorious enough.
Leave it to me, all right? I'll see what I can do.
- And get started on the photo. - Okay.
Who's gonna carry the detectors for me now?
Mani? Ah, Mani's nowhere to be found.
Ah, he's a good kid.
Bit of a drug addict, but a good kid.
Who do I recruit now?
People are a bunch of scoundrels.
I'm sure, as soon as they find out where the orichalcum is,
they'll crack my head open and steal it from me.
Are you smoking again?
With those useless lungs of yours?
Hmm.
I can't stay here forever, Serafín.
I have to leave.
Estrella's been asking me about Dad.
I think she thinks I know where he is.
Are you okay?
Have you gone mad?
Thought I was the only one doing dumb things.
Do you want me to leave you alone?
After what happened to Mom and Dad? Are you also going to kill yourself?
Is that what you want? Don't you give a shit about me?
What are you talking about?
Stop treating me like I'm an idiot, Sofía.
Chisco was here.
He told me what you did.
- I don't know what he told you... - Don't even try.
I know you've been seeing cult members.
Chisco's freaked out.
Did you see what your friends did to him? They kicked his ass.
You wouldn't understand.
You're right. I wouldn't. Why the fuck are you involved with those lunatics?
- They're not lunatics! - Come on!
What did they make you believe?
We're going to the cops so you can tell them who they are.
I'm not going anywhere. And neither are you.
Or what?
You're okay with what they did to Chisco?
You want them to do that to me too?
Eva.
I've been an idiot.
I was so self-centered, I couldn't see what was happening to you.
But that's gonna change, because I'm gonna take care of you.
If you wanna take care of me, don't tell a soul.
They will split us up.
They'll put me in an institution, or an insane asylum.
- They won't do that to you. - Yes, they will.
They promised they would take me to Mother.
And I fell for it, like a sucker.
But, Sofía...
How could you fall for it?
I miss her so much, Eva.
I can't go on without Mom.
Sofía, I'm here.
I love you.
And I promise we're going to get through this.
How?
How are you gonna get Mom and Dad to come back?
Maybe it's the pills they gave me, because
I'm about to do something stupid.
But you have to promise me something first.
You'll never see those people again. Ever.
- I only saw them once. - Sofía!
I promise.
Okay, I'll tell Estrella that
we're going to Seville to rest for some time.
Once there, we'll tell them everything.
Okay.
We just heard the Nocturne from the year 1896
by Manuel de Falla, performed by our guest today,
from his new album, Manuel de Falla - Complete Piano Works.
His name is Juan Carlos Rodriguez.
We'll take a break, and when we come back,
Juan will tell us more about the reasons he chose Manuel de Falla...
SEE EACH OTHER SOON
It's the symbol for Saturn.
It looks a lot like a letter from the Coptic alphabet.
- Right. That's the tattoo they had. - Who?
The victims at the mine.
It is associated with a Gnostic god, Yaldabaoth.
Here.
Don't give me that look. I didn't choose the name.
Where does this lead us, Estrella?
We already know they were all crazy.
I wouldn't be surprised if they believed in a snake with a lion head
floating in space.
- Can you get the tarp down? - All right.
It's been a while since I asked Ezcaray to show me the altarpiece.
Ever since I came to work here, I'd always seen it covered. and I was curious.
Candela's father, who was mayor of Feria, paid for the restoration.
But when he died, no one would give any money.
See?
Huh? Pretty insane, isn't it?
But how long has the Cult of Light been in this town?
Does it hurt?
A little.
Did you tell everything to Eva?
I have this noise stuck in my head. Like a screeching that won't let me think.
Chisco, please. Come on.
I really need to know.
Did I tell her they raped you?
No, I didn't.
Don't ask me why. I don't even know myself.
Maybe I thought that was something you should tell her.
Because if I had, Eva would have had a stroke.
It all happened because I wanted it to.
Those people will hurt you.
Look what they did to me.
I could see her, Chisco.
I saw my mother.
Sofía, those things they put over our heads before we went there were wet.
They put something in them. I'm sure.
- It's why my head hurts, why we saw stuff. - You are in total denial.
Eva wants us to leave.
But I can't do that, I can't go.
I have to stay here.
Is this what you want?
What... what are you doing?
Do you want my body?
- Just take it. - I want you!
BLOOD FEST
You just don't understand, do you?
I've loved you ever since they sat us together in first grade.
Sofía, I don't wanna be just your friend anymore.
I don't want you to think of me as the clown,
or to laugh at my shitty movies.
No.
I want you to love me for real.
I can't do that.
I'm a fool, right?
How could you love me with this dumb face?
No. It's not like that, Chisco.
It isn't.
Please leave my store.
Get out.
Don't worry. I won't talk to anybody.
That's what they told me, and what you came for, right?
Don't touch me!
You've got what you wanted.
Leave, Sofía.
It won't be easy.
But you must free yourself, Sofía.
Your mother's waiting for you.
Are you hiring me to be in your movie?
You're quite an artist.
- I'll have to think about it. - Why?
I don't think you're a good director. Mm-hmm.
- You're too demanding. - I take it very seriously.
I work a lot.
They were looking for something in the sacristy.
And just this morning, we uncovered the unfinished altarpiece.
What?
What's going on?
Mar.
Not now. Go to your room.
I know your father started the restoration work on the painting.
I've been digging through church records,
but I didn't find any documents regarding the altarpiece.
- Perhaps you... - No, no, I don't know anything.
Do you think Ezcaray might've kept something?
Candela.
There's a connection between that altarpiece
and the cult that caused all those deaths.
What if what happened at the mine happens again?
I'm sure you don't want that to happen.
You were a very close friend of Ezcaray.
Look in his notebooks.
What notebooks?
Father Ezcaray wrote everything down in notebooks since he came to Feria.
If there's anything, it'll be there.
Thank you very much, Candela.
Dad, I have to leave.
- Would you take Mom to the cemetery? - No, you do it. Period.
I have things to do. And it's not a good day for your mother to be alone.
Come on. What does it matter whether we go today or tomorrow?
Dad, there's nobody in that grave.
Can't you ever think of anyone except yourself, Raúl?
That's what I do. Okay?
- Eva isn't well. - Oh, Eva isn't well?
- No. - And what about your mother?
Uncle Elías has been missing for 20 years now, Dad.
Nothing's gonna happen if, on his birthday,
we don't put flowers on a tomb that doesn't even contain his bones.
Look, Raúl.
Hmm.
If you don't know what you're talking about, at least shut up.
We clear?
Later.
- Hey, didn't you have the day off? - I have to go to the station. I'm sorry.
Fuckin' goddamn motherfucker.
We're standing on top of a palace.
Up here, the earth is dry and hard,
but underneath, it shines.
Since the girls are having such a rough time,
I thought I'd bring them a small gift.
Orichalcum!
I found this nugget in 1975, the year they closed the mine.
But there's more. A lot more.
And I'm about to find the mother lode. I'm so close.
This is for Sofía and you.
Hmm. Thank you. It's really lovely.
But you must promise me you're gonna take care of it.
That no one else will have it.
No one at all.
"I need to see you soon."
"Tonight. I'm at Serafín's."
"I have much to explain. I love you both."
When did he give it to you?
Ten minutes ago.
He brought the stone and left that note.
He's an old friend of Dad's.
He sometimes asked him to open the mine to look for that ori...
Orichalcum. I don't know, Sofía.
Serafín is not all right in the head.
Eva, it's amazing Dad is alive.
We can go without anyone noticing. We'll go tonight.
We'll climb out the kitchen window and it's done.
Eva, what's the matter? Are you not glad?
Dad is okay!
Yeah.
Yes, I'm glad. of course.
I just didn't expect it.
He'll explain everything. Just wait.
Perla, give me a pack of alginate and a can of talcum powder.
What is it? Chafing again? You need to exercise more, Chisco.
Yeah, sure, Perla. Whatever you say.
Hey, I saw your mother on TV.
With Lozano and all that jazz, yeah.
She looked fatter.
Watch it. You don't wanna get that fat.
Leave me alone.
Perla, you gonna be long?
Is that how you're going to get Sofía to fall in love with you?
Have you seen your face?
Quit laughing, for fuck's sake!
Don't listen to them, son.
How long will that doctor take?
She was just a bit upset.
Doctor Belda knows how to deal with your mother.
It's not the first time it happened.
So quit pestering.
Remember when pain didn't exist?
When everything was pleasure?
Whoever has known this world has found a corpse.
But this world is not worthy of those who found that corpse.
Whoever has known won't forget, Candela.
What are we waiting for, Eva?
I'm not sure it's a good idea.
- Maybe... - Maybe what?
Aren't you dying to see Dad?
What are you doing, Sofía? Wait!
What if they followed us?
- We'd better leave. - What are you so afraid of, Eva?
They didn't even notice that we were gone.
Sofía!
Dad!
Oh, I missed you two so much.
Oh!
Eva!
- Come here! - Daddy! Dad!
Eva!
I'm so sorry, Dad.
Freeze! Police! Don't move! Police!
Put your hands up!
Stay where you are!
- Hands where I can see them! - No! No!
- No! Dad! Dad! - Let me see your hands!
- No! - It's okay. It's okay.
- Nobody move! - No!
- It's okay. Sofía. Sofía, calm down. - Don't come any closer!
- Listen to me. - I said don't!
Pablo.
- No, Dad! No! No! No! - Get down!
On your knees! Now! Now! On the ground!
Let go of me! Daddy, come on!
- It's okay, Sofía. - No!
No, no! Eva!
Eva!
Eva.
Eva!
- Eva. - Sofía, calm down. We're going home.
Sorry, Dad.
Please don't worry.
Come on. Watch your head.
Son of a bitch! Let go of me!
Sofía!
Go after the girl!
Eva. Eva.
Sofía...
- Sofía! - Sofía!
No!
Sofía! Come on, let's go!
Is there anyone there?
Please!
Please, somebody help me.
Sofía.
Take me to see Blanca.
CALIFORNIA VIDEO
♪ Don't wanna be free of hope ♪
♪ And I'm at the end of my rope ♪
♪ Feels tough just to be alive... ♪
Leave that for tomorrow and go to bed. It's late.
- ♪ When I feel like the living dead... ♪ - Chisco.
- Take that off. You'll suffocate. - ♪ I'm givin' it up so clean ♪
- ♪ I'm livin' my life for me... ♪ - That wouldn't be so bad.
Chisco, son...
♪ Where am I going to... ♪
Do you think you're more handsome like that?
When are you going to realize you're a ridiculous baby, like me?
- We're the two clowns in town. - Shut up, Dad!
Why did your mother leave?
She'd rather be dead than be with you, like Sofía!
Are you going to shut up?
Are you gonna shoot me with your toy pistol?
- Do you wanna try it? - Why don't you try it on yourself first?
...did not expect that bun to be past its use-by date.
For real.
- Whoa! - Check him out.
Where are you goin', loser?
Psst. Chisco!
What are you wearing, Chisco?
- Is that your Sunday best face? - See this?
You should go straight home. You'll scare someone with that mug.
- Oh shit! - I'm outta here!
What are you doing, Chisco? Are you insane?
I'm not Chisco.
I'm the god of fire.
Yeah, of course.
Say it.
- I'm the god of fire. - Uh, you're the god of fire.
Well said.