- Hello, there. - Hi!
Hm.
- It's so nice to see you here. - How are you doing?
Hmm...
- Sleepy. - Mm.
When did you get here?
I've been here all the time.
What do you mean?
Since this morning.
We saw each other.
- Today? - You don't remember?
No.
You're so snoozy.
Mm. I'm sorry.
It's so good to watch you sleep.
Hm.
Have you just been sitting there all the time?
Been looking at pictures.
Ah...
That's beautiful.
Mm.
That one.
That's a new one.
It's so nice.
Mm.
I was just having a dream about a dog.
- Mm-hm? - Mm.
Mm.
This dog got run over in front of my house...
..and was just left there to die.
So, I picked him up and I took him to the vets.
And at the vets, they said he was really sick.
He needed either a blood transfusion
- or to be put down. - Oh.
So, I asked them to keep him there while I went home,
to speak to Juan about it.
But that night I started feeling all these symptoms.
Mm.
And I forgot about the dog.
And now I was just dreaming about him.
Do you think the dog has put a curse on me?
Do you want me to go and check on him?
Hm.
You know when I saw the dog out there,
I really thought, "God, people can be so cruel."
And then I went and did the same to the dog.
Infected?
No.
I took the sick ones to the lab already.
We don't use this bus pass any more.
My bank card is expired as well.
How long are they going to be doing construction next door?
There's no construction next door.
I heard it, really early.
- No. - It was still dark.
No. Maybe you're not used to our house yet.
Maybe.
Can you imagine a poem about fungi?
"What is this thing, that springs from the living?
"The scent of a virus,
"The perfume of decay...
"..making a verse of bacteria."
Go on.
"Fermented wound,
"Molecular spectacle,
"Plotting a dance without organs."
You inspire me.
Another poem for the book.
You can help translate it into English.
With my poor Spanish?
Your Spanish is perfect for poetry.
Do they need Paul's?
Yeah, especially the death certificate.
- I'm sorry. - It's all right.
That's the loan...
..and the transfer.
I sign here.
The wood swells and soaks up water
and whatever is in its surroundings.
It is hygroscopic.
Wood is a hygroscopic material.
Here, we can see...
how the presses holding the rings need several days to...
..for the materials to adhere, so that it lasts.
With a low quality instrument, it will peel away.
Small cracks appear.
Excuse me.
- Hernán? - Yes?
- Jessica. Nice to meet you. - Pleasure.
I'm Juan's friend.
Yes, of course.
Thank you very much for seeing me.
No, no worries. I used to study with Professor Juan.
I know.
Can you wait a bit, while I finish this?
Oh, sure! Do you want me to wait outside?
- No, no! No, you can stay. - Oh. Okay.
Please.
So...
..your sound is not a song?
No.
It's a sound.
It's hard to explain.
Where did you hear it?
- In a room. - Mm-hm.
It's like...
..a big ball...
..of concrete,
that falls into a metal well...
..which is...
..surrounded by seawater.
Maybe it's impossible.
No, no, no, no, no.
In fact, after Juan called, I prepared some tracks.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
How big is the concrete ball?
How big?
Um...
Bang!
And then...then it shrinks.
I mean, it probably sounds differently in my head.
Okay.
Listen this.
It has a different echo.
More metallic.
It's more...
..tierra.
It's, um...
It's more...more earthy.
It's... It's, um... It's...
It's like...
a rumble from the...
..core of the Earth.
I'm sorry.
Let me try something.
This is a library
of movie sound effects.
"Stomach hit wearing hoodie."
Let's...
- Is that it? - Uh-huh.
Ah.
What about this? "Body hits duvet hit woods bat."
Mm...
- Which one? - Just there, that one.
- There. - Ah, okay, okay.
Ooh!
Huh.
Yes, this is close.
I'll...import it.
Yes, that's it.
I'm sorry. But maybe something more...
..round.
Okay.
Look at this mountain.
And now listen to this.
Deeper, perhaps?
More...bass?
- Lower. Yeah. - Okay.
It's between 60 and 100 Hz.
The bass depends on what you use to listen to the sound.
On headphones, on a TV set, in a cinema...
..or with a sound system like this.
I don't know.
Okay.
Let me save it first.
Sorry, what's your name again?
Your name, again?
Jessica.
Can I help you?
Excuse me?
I need to get into that room.
Oh, I'm sorry. Right.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
Let me help.
Thank you.
I have no key to lock it and my team isn't here.
It's all right.
Do you work here?
No, my sister...
My, uh, sister is...
She's a patient on the ward here.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Is it a morgue?
Kind of, actually.
Would you like to come and have a look?
May I?
Right mandibular condyle shows joint damage.
Can you tell if it's a man or a woman?
A man?
There.
It's a girl.
- A young girl. - Oh.
She was found inside a tunnel under construction.
I'm leaving tomorrow to join the extraction team.
This is probably 6,000 years old.
A hole.
Yes.
A ritual, maybe.
They drilled into her head to release bad spirits.
Feel it.
- Jessica. - Hello!
- Hola. - Hola. ¿Qué tal?
- Good. You too? - Yes. Nice to see you.
Thank you for coming.
Yes, there it is.
I mixed my sounds in.
That's very touching.
I'm touched by your interpretation.
Thank you.
There was a little melody from my song.
- I have a band. - Ah!
Electronic, punk stuff.
What's your band's name?
The Depth of Delusion Ensemble.
Oh...
I'm sorry.
I don't mean to laugh.
It's, um... It's a great name.
- Sure? - Yeah. Yeah, it's great.
Thank you.
Maybe this song can be one of your future tracks?
Why not? It would be nice.
Mm-hm.
It's got some unique acoustic and...
..psychological aspects.
I'll list you as a collaborator.
The Depths of Delusion.
Bueno.
Have you been to Tokyo?
Yes, why?
I want to go there.
I have no idea what it's like - the people,
- the architecture. - It's really nice.
- Really? - Yes.
I would like to.
A concert in Japan?
You never know.
How many flowers do you intend to store?
A few hundred, different kinds.
It's for a farm.
- If you need an on-site cold storage... - Yes.
..we can provide you with the design and colour of your choice.
Here is our cold storage equipment,
especially designed for flowers.
This one is local. And this one is from the Netherlands,
in terms of the technology used.
They look identical.
This one "un-ages" the flowers better.
They last around 30% longer.
In here, time stops.
They are all coated with Nano-Seal,
which prevents all kinds of fungi and other pathogens.
Do you have a distributor in Medellín?
Yes, we do.
Careful.
The fridges are assembled here.
Those are the cutting machines.
For on-site cold storage... Let me think.
I have a client from last year. What's her name...
Let me give you the address of a farm not far from Bogota,
so you can see how it works.
I heard their sales skyrocketed when they started using our fridges.
- May I? - Sure.
Oh, I know where it is.
I'll prepare the quotes. I leave you to look around.
We can meet out front.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - No problem.
She says there is a farm in Guasca...
where they have the same refrigerators.
I can drive you there.
Great, thank you.
But it is two hours away, right?
Yes.
But I can drive fast.
I don't think I can afford it.
I can chip in.
Hm?
I want to help you buy the fridge for your orchids.
Why?
I've always wanted a giant fridge.
I have some savings.
Are you offering me a loan?
Not necessarily.
Then what?
For a farm in Medellín?
Why not?
Will we go back to the store?
What do you mean?
Protect me from what?
Maybe from the way you work.
Your relationship with your job.
- Or leave it... - Hi!
- Hola. - Hola!
I didn't expect to see you. What a lovely surprise!
- Hi. - Hi, there.
- What would you like to drink? - How are you feeling?
- Good, really good. - That's great.
Yeah! I got out today.
Andres kept saying that he was going to come to see me at the hospital,
so I had to get out quick.
- Who was? Who? - Andres.
He kept texting me every night.
Good evening.
Good evening. Thank you.
Which Andres?
The dentist.
Andres the dentist died last year.
No, Jessica, he's alive and well.
Yeah.
What are you having? What's good here?
- Osobuco is really good. - Oh, really?
- You want to try? - Yeah, if you've got some left.
Mm!
- Nice. - Beautiful.
I meant, the way you work. Your relationship to it.
If you could get some distance... or a different mind-set.
Or leave it. Leave the job.
No, I'm not leaving my job.
Why... Why would she change her work?
Okay, so, with Mapa Teatro,
the work that we are doing at the moment...has...
We're investigating this tribe
that lives in the middle of the Amazon jungle.
And they are called, like, "The Invisible People..."
Mm-hm.
..and they are uncontactable, you know, they choose to be uncontactable.
But also people believe that they're very dangerous,
so they never really get very close to them.
And, apparently, the elderly from that tribe,
in the evenings, they sort of gather together
and they start, with their minds,
they start sort of creating this...uh... I don't know...
- Like a spell. - Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Like a spell to repel people from actually getting close to them.
And Juan seems to think that that's what's getting me sick.
Oh.
So, you're not thinking...
it has anything to do with the dog any more?
What dog?
You remember? The dog you told me about.
Oh, the dog. Yes, of course.
Well, exactly, it could be the dog. I mean, it could be...
It could be the dog, it could be these people.
- It could be anything. - Why don't you tell her about this guy
that wanted to construct a road through the jungle
- and what happened to him? - Yeah, well... Yeah.
So, there was this guy that...
actually wanted to build a road that would cross, you know,
the Amazon from side to side.
So, he was chopping trees... wanted to chop trees and everything
to make an easy access from side to side because he did illegal trafficking.
You know, skins, you know, animal skins and plants or whatever.
So, he gathered a big group of people to help him start...
..building this road and then...
Yeah?
So, they started building this road...
and they got really, really quite far, but when they got to a specific place,
the people that were helping him basically said,
"We're not working any more, we're leaving."
So, they left.
But the other thing that he wanted to do also was colonize these people.
So, he decided to stay and, you know, continue with one more person.
So, the two of them went in..
- And he disappeared. - ..and then they disappeared.
Yeah.
- Yeah. - So, they both disappeared.
So, nobody knows if they're alive or not.
I think this guy's dead, though. I think.
Yeah. Well, he might be dead, of course. Yeah.
Who knows?
So, I don't know. But, I mean, I'm not going there exactly, am I?
I'm just sort of investigating...about it.
But you have... You're making contact with this.
Well...not literally.
You are making contact with this.
You're studying, you're investigating.
I still don't know what to order.
Mm.
It's a big menu.
What are you drawing, darling? An orange?
No.
It's...
- A pomelo. - It's a pomelo.
- It's a pomelo? - It's from a book I gave him.
Tomorrow, we will go to the market for the pomelos.
But those ones won't talk.
He's not three any more, Juan.
Is there a pomelo dish on the menu here?
No, Jess!
Ah, I think I'll just have the Osobuco.
Okay.
So, are you going in to rehearse with the others tomorrow?
Mm, yeah, of course, yeah. I have to go back as soon as possible,
because I was out for a few days, so we have a short time to get it ready.
Are they all all right?
Oh.
I don't know.
Excuse me, is Hernán here?
Hernán?
Hernán, the sound engineer...
who works upstairs?
In the mixing room?
No, no-one named Hernán works there.
Don't you mean Pablo?
In mixing, there is Pablo or Luis.
Oh...
Thank you.
He is around 30.
No, almost 30.
About this height.
Short brown hair.
Do you have a photo?
No.
Hm.
Never mind. Thank you.
Okay.
One, two, three four...
The excavation site is a little bit further down.
Depth...
31.
35.
And the bone measures...
..39 centimetres long.
Do you hear those bells?
Those animal bells.
Mm-hm.
I think I'm going crazy.
You are.
Me too.
It's not the worst thing to be.
I've composed a poem.
Poem of the Sleepless Nights.
"Beyond the petals...
"..and once furious wings...
"The air gasps...
"..at its fading shadow."
And?
That's it.
Look.
Are you in pain?
Sometimes, at elevation...
..blood pressure can cause a "pop" sound.
It's not a "pop."
Not a "pop"?
What kind of pillows are you using?
I use different ones because I travel a lot.
You should use an orthopaedic pillow.
- For travelling. - Yes, maybe.
Do you sleep well?
I don't sleep.
- You don't sleep? - Uh-uh.
It might be a hallucination.
I don't think so.
Does your father, mother, or any family member
have any medical problems?
Mental health issues?
No.
And your husband?
In this town, there are many people with hallucinations.
Maybe I just need something to relax?
A pill?
Are you asking me for a Xanax?
No, no.
Maybe, yes.
That type of drug is quite addictive.
It's not a real cure.
Looking at you, I think...
you could become addicted to it.
- Why? - Besides...
it will make you lose empathy.
You will no longer be moved by the beauty of this world.
Ah.
Or the sadness of this world.
Jesus is with you.
Read it.
Do you know Salvador Dalí?
Yes.
There's a painting of his hanging at reception.
I saw it.
Salvador Dalí understood the beauty of our world.
But...
don't you think he was taking something?
- No. - No?
No, I don't think so.
Definitely not.
Are you okay?
I know where you're staying.
Really?
At Eduardo's place.
His father used to run a cinema.
His brother is a detective.
Are you the anthropologist from Bogota?
No. I'm just passing through.
I live in Medellín.
I've never left this town.
No?
I remember everything.
So I try to limit what I see.
That's why I never watch movies...or TV.
You're missing some good things.
Like what?
Like sports...
..football.
I don't think football would do me any good.
Maybe music?
News.
Cooking shows.
Miss Universe.
There are plenty of stories already.
Like this stone...
I hear a man...
He was on his lunch break.
Two of his friends punched him...
and stole his pendant.
One of them said,
"Hey... Psst!
"Let's take his food, too.
"It looks delicious."
They took his bag and ran away.
He was beaten up again... for following them.
Did you know him?
No.
It happened a long time ago, but the vibrations...
..were embedded here, in this stone.
This stone was part of the rock he was sitting on.
The rocks, the trees, the concrete...
they absorb everything.
I, too, can feel the vibrations stored in my body.
I remember everything I've eaten.
The weather we've had every day.
The movement of my hand here, on this fish.
I realised that...
..I have no desire to go anywhere.
Experiences are harmful.
They unleash a violent flurry in my memory.
So, I work the land.
I scale fish.
Can I?
Thank you.
I'm Jessica.
Hernán.
That's the howler monkeys.
Their leader is not happy.
He wants to move on,
but the others don't want to.
Do you understand monkey language?
Yes.
In a few minutes, the sun will hit that mountain.
I remember...
..in space...
..we were searching...
..and then I was born.
I'm not sure if I understand.
We were in space with the others.
I spotted two lovers...
and then I was born.
These are a good human invention.
What are they?
Some pills.
I managed to get them from a very tough doctor.
I think you would like them.
But aren't they for you?
I don't think they will help me.
I hear this sound.
But now, I want more of it.
It's strange.
I just remember when I was a baby.
My mother's blouse.
My nose...was burning.
I heard very loud noises.
And I cried.
Do you also remember your dreams?
No.
I...
Our kind never dreams.
What happens when you sleep?
Nothing.
Can you show me?
Now?
Yes, sleep.
Hernán?
Do you want water?
No.
How was it?
What?
Death.
It's okay.
I just stopped.
The story of that one is my favourite.
Really?
Yes.
Sorry.
- Want some? - Yes.
I made it myself.
With my own herbs.
It's very strong.
This stuff brings me close to what you call a dream.
Yes.
Another good human invention...
..even made by you.
May I?
Yes.
Be careful.
You see that stain in the corner?
It's my blood.
That blade came from a blender.
I was hiding...under the bed.
With others.
We could hear everything.
They were searching for us.
They searched for us...all night.
I was here.
The cover was also blue.
My mother...
She touched and uncurled my fingers, one by one.
She put my palm against her lips.
I put my face in the pillow.
I moved my head from side to side.
My nose burns.
The skin was peeling.
The shadows on the ceiling...
You are reading my memory.
I'm like a hard disk.
And, somehow...
..you are an antenna.
It was dark.
It was 4am and I needed to pee, but I couldn't go.
So, I went there, under the bed.
I wasn't here, right?
No.
I was.
Why are you crying?
They are not your memories.
This sound...
..I keep hearing it.
Is it yours, too?
Yes.
But that was before our time.
Let's take his food, too. It looks delicious.
No, don't do it.
Stop it!
- You bastards!
Está aquí adentro, allá debe haber un bicho muerto.
Tio, yo creo que eso es radioactivo.
Entonces yo me convertiría en el hombre microondas.
Tremors at Machin Volcano, 10 km away,
was at level II, 2 km down.
Acoustic Monitoring System, 3 km down, reported at level III.
Colombian Archaeology and History Institute in Bogota
was notified.
And the positioning of the rock waste
was questioned last week by Santiago Andrés Gómez.
The pile was left out on the tunnel's dump.
I didn't see it myself, though.
The rocks may contain traces of arsenic and copper
that, as a result of rain, may lead to water contamination
in the area below.
A tomb with the remains of two people.
And the bones of a not-yet-identified animal.
No sign of tools, or they have decomposed.
Sadly, one of the skulls was crushed by the tunnel machine,
along with possibly some parts of the body.
From the pieces, it is unclear whether the skull was drilled.
We are extracting the left sixth and seventh ribs.