First Clip Spanish English

Noise

Recording Please enter Your pass number at the tone

Noise

Recordrng Thank you.

Rrngtng

Mendez Hello?

Noise

Recording Esta llamada proviene de una pnsi6n federal
Esta es una llamada a cobrar CAC. E1 costo de
esta llamada es dos dolares, ochenta y crnco
centavos por el primer mrnuto, y cuarenta
centavos por cada minuto adicional. Esta
llamada es de [Voz masculina:] "Ingmar
Guandique," Cuelgue para rechazar Ia ilamada
o oara recibirla marque el cinco ahora.
This call originates from a federal prison. This rs
a CAC collect call. The charge for thrs call u'ill
be fwo dollars. eighry*-frve cents for the first
miaute and forqv cents for each additional
mrnute. This call is &om: [N4ale voice:] "Ingmar
Guandique." To refuse this call hang up, or to
accept it Dress five nou'.

Mendez Heilo?
6Alo?

Guandique Hello?
;A10?
Hou, are you'l
Mendez ;C6mo tu estAs?

Cuandique Bien. iY tu? Uood. How aDout Youj

Mendez iY tu me est6s ilamando a cobrar? '\:rd -i'ou are calling me collect?

Lf,,L n
Guandique iAh?
Mendez ;Y tu me est6s ilamando a cobrar'l -{le ,r'o': calhng nie coilect?

Guandique Dispensa. lRisita.l Forgir: nre. lGrggle l

\{endez ;,Y como andas'l

Guandique Bien. ;.Y njl

esa sc4,aresa que lre :stas liamanCc l .1.nC ir.',i' ..11i. \'cu i. :llliug me I \\'hat a
\{enCez iY

Grrandique I-irir.)
,,,\hJ

l',{endez f 33 g1;lplesa

Guandique .-\,h I c'.rando tba a se-, tuince ,iias t.'llaqre i Lh tLIl abc,ut fiiieen cia,'s ago i callei lc'u lnd
nadie contesio l1Lr ar l-lr' enS*'ef Cd,

\l endez lJli' Bttrnc, , \ ;.;c.' f. ,..';'.'.:ttt-' Ohi .rLrigirt. So. lel1 ine
 Guandique Hm hm Lih-huh

Mendez i,Recibiste mi carta? Did you receive my letter?

Guandique Si la recibi. Yes. I received it.

Mendez ;Cu6ndo? 6Hoy? \\hen? Today?

Guandique Lih, la semana pasada. LIh. last week

Mendez What?

Guandique La semana pasada. Last u,eek,

Mendez No. Yo te mandd otra. No, I sent you another one.

Guandique Ao. wh.

Mendez Esp6rate. lEstamos a que? 1A mi6rcoles? Wait. What day is it? Wednesday?
Fr ;'.:'
uuanclque si.
$'
Yes.

Mendez Si. Seguramente estar6s a recibir otra. Porque Yes. You are probabiy about to receive another
yo te escribf este fin de semana. one. Because I wrote to you this weekend.

Guandique ;Si? Realiy?

N{endez iY no has recibido nada esta semana? Ald haven't you received any'thing this week?

Guandique No. No.

Mendez Ah, pues esta semana .,. ;Tri no has estado Well, this week then ... haven't you ever been
nunca agui en N4iamr? here in Miami?

Guandique No, No.

Mendez lNunca? Never?

Guandique No. No.

14endez ;Y no tienes parientes ru nadie aqui? oNrnguna -\nd don'r i'ou have relarnes or anione ircre.'
familia? No family?
Guandique 'Fn \f innrir In IIiam-rl'
t-_- J
Lrltuc -_/ 1i 4. Lli-h uh

Guandique \o \,-'t

i{endez ,,I)e que pane de Ei Sai.,'acior ru r-resl \\Acre in E1 Sailador :ire r'.u ir-,r.nl
Guairdique San ]r{icuci. San lriieuei.

\ ienciez ; San \firuell S-rn \lre-el i

Guandique Si \-e s.

"icirdez Uhhhl Bueno. .,Y que te ciio por liarnarnte? t-hhi \\'eil. and -,r'hai ie d i,:L.r rc call rne?

Guandique Huh.' To ind out ho-,i -,',,ru lL

Mendez Ah. Estoy bien. Estoy bien. Ltr, I'm alright. I'm alright.
 ,Ahh. Yo te mand6 una carta. Yo no se si te Ahh. I sent you a letter. i don't know w'herher
guste mr carta. you're going to like my letter.

No se si te guste mi carta. I don't know wherher you're going to like mit

1efter.

Guandique : Por nrrA?

Por ... no se . lPero no 1o tomes mal. Okey? Because ... I don't know. But, don't take it the
wrong way, okay?

Guandique

Bueno.[pausa.j Bueno y cuentame m6s de ti. AJright. fpause] Alright. and tell me more about
yourself.

Cuentame m6s de ti, Tell me more about lrourself. You're \/ery shy
Tf eres bien penoso,
Un poco. fRisita.] A little. IGIGGLE]

lUn poco? Bastante. [Risa.] Cuentame m6s de A linle? "{ lot. IL.AUGHTER] feil me nrore
ri. about yourself.
 Third Clip

Mendez .Y tu que edad tienes ahora? ,A.nd how old are you now?
Guandique \/eintidos vol' a cumplr. I'm gorng to turn h&'enty-two,

Mendez 6\/erntid6s? Trventy-fwo?

Guandique si. Yes.
.T T.,r
Mendez leY. ohr
Guandique Vernrid6s aios voy a cumplir. I'm going to furn fwenfy-tw'o.
Mendez Ltn poquitico m6s y puedes ser mi hryo. A littk more and you could be mv son

Guandique Ah, Ah.

Mendez Yo tengo ... yo tengo un hijo ya dp veinte. I have ... I have a son u,ho is already i-wenry
years old.

Guandique : Qi?
Realiy?

Mendez si. Yes.

Guandique Est6 bien. A lrioht

Mendez ;Que tu crees de esto? What do you think about that?

Guandique aAh? Ah?

Mendez uQue ru crees de esto? What do you think about that?

Guandique Nada. Nnthino

N{endez Puedo ser ru mam6. I can be your mother.

Guandique No No.

\{endez ;\o.' Nol)

Cuandiqrie \-o.
l-\I:;'ldez .i.ei:gltir-r I \o.i iLaughrer.l
Rec;c,rding j-i'is c:ll rs iiorn a tbcieral Drison. fius r'all is i'rrir a rederai pnson

lrie nde z Lisien. lf I'm .., ilsren

Guandrque L,h-huh

\{endez 5i :le i uelves a liailar a cr,brar. lto le la i,oY e I i't,u i:ail rne ic,llect again. I u,on'i acceirt ii. j

eceDiaf.

Guandique Olier'. Okar

li{endez ; Ctt e,r I Okar'?

Bueno. Pero te la voy a aceptar esta vez porque Alright. But I'm gorng to accept if this trme
tienes una voz muv dulce. because vou have a verv sr.r'eet voice.

[Rrsita.] T[ tary,bi6n. Me gusta la voz fuya. fGiggle.l You do too. I like your voice.
Fourth
CIip

Mendez Bueno. Mra, te voy a decr en pocas palabras Alright. Look, I'm going to tell you in a few
lo que te mande a decir en la carta. words what I said to vou in the lener.

Guandique Okey Okay.

Mendez Okey. Pero no quiero que 1o tomes a mal. Okay. But I don't want you to take it the tnong
way.

Cuandique No. No.

Mendez BSsicamente, es que no me acuerdo bien 1o que
te escribi, Pero, b6sicamente, lo que te estoy
diciendo es que nr sabes ... y mis eso de 1o que
me contaste de esa muchacha que es muerta, tu
sabes eso ...
Basicalll'. rhe rhrng is thar I don't quite
remember what I rr"'rote to you. But basically,
u,hat I'm telling you is that you know ... and
plus the thing about what you told me about thal
girl who's dead, you know that,..

Cuandique si. Yes,

Mendez 6Tri sabes, a miesas cosas me asustan, no? You know, those thtngs scare me. Right?

Guandique si. Yes

]\tlendez Entonces, yo te digo en la carta, las unicas dos So I say to you in the lefter. the only two things
cosas ... yo le escribo a varios presos. ... I write to several pnsoners.

Guandique si. Yes

Mendez lNo? Entonces, 1o que siempre -vo pido son dos Right? So, what I alu'ays ask for is fi^'o things.
cosas. Es algo bien simple. Nrimero uno. es It's really simple. First is honesty. right? That
honestidad. iNo? Que no me digan mentiras they don't lie to me because I don't lie to
porque yo no le digo mentiras a nadie. anyone.

Guandique si. Yes,

\{endez Porque eso es muy importante, Y numero dos Because this is realir rrrponant. .-\nd nurnher
es que yo me tengo que sentir segura. Yo no ... nvo is that I need to feel safe. I don't...r'ou
nl iahes Y eqo cue lrav un ascsinato , Rrsa knorl'. 'fhe thing thai drere's a murder
ner, inra I dc unr rlucha;lrl. l-a csc ;ttc ia iNER-\'(IUS LAUGHTERI cf a l,oi::art, fhat
mucho rniedo. SCareS lne i'eri mU.-il.

Guandique si. ]es

it'iendez I, i'ir rne enirencies l

Guaniiique Sr. t cj,

L. i:;:Ccz EtltoncL's. !-so as iir que ia i-.r3i1d3 3 .leilli So. that \i'as nrv n'iess3ge ii' r'irr..!. tI-ailtG
iPausa larga.l Y i?ausal ;.il1i cue es lo que P\LSFl. -!o iP-\USF. l ."iic',',iiat:iii i,:'u d.rrns
haces ahi? iherel

Guarrdique (.''\qut' I'lere:

.r icnCe- Uir-huit. [-]-huh.

 Guandique Nada. Solo durmrendo. e.jercicio. leyendo. Nothrng. Just sleeprng. exercising, reading,
pensando en ti.. tirinking about you.

Mendez Hmmm. Pero tu ni me conoces. Hmmm. But you don't even know me.

Guandique Nose. ll I don't know. [uI]

Mendez T[ ru me conoces. Yo te tengo miedo. Fijate You don't even know me, and I'm afraid of you.
que cosa. What a thing.

Guandique Si fR isa I Yes. flaughter.l

Mendez 6Huh? Huh?

Guandique iPor qu6 me tlenes miedo? Why are you afraid of me?

Mendez Porque no . Because I don't

Guandique ;Hm? Huh?

Mendez Hm. No se. No me siento . Hm. I don't know. I don't feel

Guandique tl IL'I]
Mendez? iHm? ;Que? ;A-lo? Huh? What? Hello?

Guandique ;A10? Hello?

Mendez lAJo, alo alo? Hello, hello, hello?

Guandique A1o. Hello.

Mendez Eso es solo que no ... y ahora la remataste con No, just that .., and then you to top ir off wrh
ia llamada coilect [Pausa] So ... the collect call... IPAUSE] So ...

Guandique uCudntos aios tienes ru? Hor.r'old are you?

Nlendez Trer.nta y nueve Thirty-nine.

Guandique si. Yes.

I\4endez No. mentiras. \o renqn treinia r nuer e. Tcnco No. lies. I'm not 39. I'm 40 vears o1d.
cuarenta afros.

Guandique C'rarenia. Fcn1,

\4er.rciez L-h-n.rir p'r1 g5n le ii-r.,.: ... . i-:t.;t'rciiu Uh-huh. Tirat's niiv I'r.n teiling vou I ci.,uid'oe
nramd. ','our moiher,

Guandique -\1. 1'es

\ lenaez Si.,Jrce ei. Si. Yes. he sar.s, I CS,

Guandique \o in.iprtr.a It Coe sn't, natter

lr{endcz .5o' ; I \o? rutl

Gu:ndique f iuli i l"{uh.,'

\fendez \ tl nLr te iruDona. pero a lni sr nte lmpctrla You don'r care. itut -! iarc.
 Guandique ,p^, ^,,;? \vhy?
Mendez Ya te digo. No es lo de la ... bueno ... es lo de i'ii tell you. It's not abour the ... well ... it's the
la edad, pues claro. Yo no ... ;Qu6 voy a hacer age, of course. I don'r ...\\&at am I going to do
oon un muchacho de veintidos afros. incmar? wrth a 22 1,ear old guy, Ingmar?

Guandique Mra. pa'l amor no existe la edad. Look, for love age does not mafter.

Mendez lPero. qu6 yo voy a hacer con un muchacho de But, u'hat am I going to do u,ith a 22 year old
verntid6s affos? suy?
Guandique il illrl
Mendez Un poco m6s y tienes la edad de mrs hqos Alin1e older and you'il be my children's age.
iQu6 voy a hacer? What am I going to do?

Guandique ; Orre? What?

Mendez iQue yo voy a hacer con un baby como tu? What am I going to do with a baby like vou?

Guandique Hay mucho ... lno has visto muchas parejas,
hasta m6s menores que mi, con una mujer mas
mayor? A mi no me importa.
Mendez Pero a mi si! ;Qu6 yo voy a hacer con ... con
un poliito ... un pollito culeco como fu? [R:sa.]
There's a 1ot ... haven't you seen many'couples.
even younger than me, with an older woman. I
don't care.
But I dol \\4rat am I going ro do..,w.ith a baby
chick...with a head over heels babv cluck like
you? ILAUGHTERI

Guandique [] ila verdad? The ruth?

N,Iendez Ara
Lrh-huh,

Guandique l.tro se. Mira, desde la... de que... desde la I don't know. Look, from the...rhat...from the
prrmera carta que me mandaste. first lefier you sent me.
Mendez Ltr-huh.

Guandique No se io que me paso. Pero srento algo por ti I don't know whal happened io lne, Bur I have
AJgo muy especial, feeiings fbr 1'ou. Somethurg ven' special.

\4endez Bueno. rura. mira. mrra. mrra. Yo te r ov a .A.1right. look. look. look. look. i'm eoing to
propclner una cosa. nrake vou a proposal.

Guandique Finr-hrn, l-ih-huh

lvf errdez uQue ru crees,' \{ira. sr fu me pi'rtruetes a mi \-har.io -"ou thLlkl i r.;k. ri.,,ii -iailr.i. loi io
que r1o me r-uelles a ilamar collect. e11 me crilect.

Cuandique 1ra l--ir-huir.

Ier'dez Pero nre io iienes ,Jue irrometer

Guandique fe iir prcrnelC. I :rf t!nti11 1,tlt

\1q1lur1 \'. tc vt r .l .c,Jr-rir cscrrl^icnJo ii nrelr : ''t:'tlit-lS ir, )o-.

Guandique i-lm-iur. 't.-'h-truir
Mendez Yo no te iba a seguir escribiendo por el hecho I wasn't gor,ng to keep on writing to you because
de que ... ya te digo. ... no. no ... yo tengo que of the fact... I-ike I rold i,ou... no, no ... I have
sentirme bien. Yo no ... si 1,o siento un poco de to feel good. In other words ... if I feel a iittie
miedo, no me siento segura. ;Tu me fi:ightened. I don't feel safe. Do you understand
entiendes? Yo no ... yo tengo que sentlrme me? I don't ... I have to feel secure that I'11 be
asegurada que voy a estar bien con 1a persona safe wth the person q,ith whom i'm
con guien vo escribo. corresoonding.

lVes? Entonces, eso es lo que mand6 a decir ... You see? So, that's what I sent to you ,.. in the
en la carta. B6sicamente era como decir bye. letter. Basically, it was like saying "bire."

lNo? Pero si tu me prometes no volverme a Right? But if you promrse not to call me collect
llamar collect. agarn.

I promise you.

I'il keep on *ritrng to you.

Okey, pero sm compromlso. Okay, but with no commltment.

Como amrgos.

Porque ya te digo, tu puedes ser mr hijo, Because I'm telling you, you could be my son
;Okey? Okay?

Y muchas cosas que )/o no me siento a bien And rhere's a lot that doesn't make me feel nght
contigo. No io tomes a mal, pero es que no ... u,rth.r'ou. Don't take it the wrong rvay. but the
. Oker-'i thing is.,.Oka-v?

Guandique

lr.{tndez 1-rici. pcrl nc ilore s. no llc.res. I Ckai, b,lt Jctn't :'i-v. d,-tn t -r"
Guandique iliit.

You're not gilng lo,,'i-'l

l. llriJt'z , ' .,t , ,i t ..ti '

Guandique i.riic q'Iercs que haga.' \-har iio \iou ii ilnt ure io tlo.)

,Jit. ;Lo 11,:,res. \o iiores. F.:,breciro ii?-is.i. l I tlir. don't:n. Din'i cn'. Poc'r rhilg ll-aLrtilier'.1

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Fifth Clip

El pobre. Bueno, esta ilamada ya se v&a Poor thing. Alnght, tlus call is going to
Iv{endez
colgar. disconnect soon.

si. Yes,
Guandique

Mendez Bueno. P6rtate bien Alnght. behave Yourself.

Okey. Okay.
Guandique

Me prometes. Promrse?
Mendez 1o

si. Yes,
Guandique

Y endetezate tuvida. ,And get your life rn order.

Mendez

Hm-hm. Uh-huh.
Cuandique

vas a hacer? Are you going to do it?

Mendez ll-o
si. Yes,
Guandique

Bueno. Escribe. A,lright. Write.

Mendez

Okey. Okay.
Guandique

Bye-bye, Cuidate. B.ve-bye. Take care of Yourseii

Mendez

Bye. B)'e.
Guandique
Qleen ti oht
Mendez Duerme nco.

Okey Okav.
Guandique
B.ne
Mendez Bye.

Hey. IJer'
Guandique
He1',r
\{endez

\{ira. Lc,ok,
Guandique
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Guandique

\ {endez $.r 5q1 quc= ,,1;cine

Guandique 'TJrr ) FI';i',

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\o sa que ilcJiile I ic;r"r i:r-rt"i' "i'hat to S1'; io \':ru.

\ lcnciez
iUIl i icre r-ou.
Guandique I I fe anto.

lr,lcnde z ;lrlo mc conc,cssl

 No te conozco a ti. Eso ... eso 1o se yo. 36 que I don't know you. Thrs ... this I know. I know
no le conozco. Pero no sd. Siento aigo por ti. that I don't know you. But, I don't know. i feel
something for you.

Bueno. eres mi hermaruto' VaYa. Alright, you're my littie brother. Go.

Eres mi hermaruto. You're my iittle brother.

Guandique