Ana and Manuel
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0:52 - 0:55Last summer I had the great idea of buying a dog.
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1:03 - 1:05Everything started when Manuel broke up with me.
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1:05 - 1:08And I couldn't think of anything better than replacing him with a big dog.
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1:10 - 1:11With a lot of fur
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1:13 - 1:14and an enormous mouth.
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1:19 - 1:21I have always been against having animals in the house.
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1:22 - 1:26It seemed cruel to the animal and unhygienic for the people.
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1:28 - 1:30I didn't even want to keep the turtle
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1:30 - 1:32that was given to Manuel for his birthday
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1:33 - 1:34by his co-workers.
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1:36 - 1:38It was big and ugly.
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1:42 - 1:44We had put it in the bidet for a couple of weeks.
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1:45 - 1:48Until I started having nightmares in which the turtle became giant
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1:48 - 1:50and pursued me around the entire house.
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2:05 - 2:07I managed to convince Manuel to leave it in the river
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2:07 - 2:09that flowed near the village.
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2:13 - 2:15We never talked about it again.
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2:15 - 2:18Although I knew perfectly that he would've liked to have a kitten
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2:18 - 2:20or a puppy, or a bird.
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2:25 - 2:30Maybe that was the reason, for revenge, that I decided to buy a dog.
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2:30 - 2:33"Now that you're not here anymore I'm buying a dog and you're not going to know."
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2:34 - 2:35But of course, he found out anyway.
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2:35 - 2:36- Should I return it?
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2:37 - 2:38Tiny revenge.
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2:42 - 2:45I was recommended to give it a name with one syllable
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2:45 - 2:46so that the dog can learn it easily.
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2:49 - 2:50I decided to name him Man.
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2:50 - 2:52I liked it because it was the half of "Manuel"
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2:52 - 2:54and it also meant "man" in English.
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2:55 - 2:58- Although you're only half of "Manuel", you're much more of a man than he is.
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3:15 - 3:17Manuel has one part of a man and another of an ox.
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3:18 - 3:20Why do we want that part that means nothing,
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3:21 - 3:23that only brings back memories and nostalgia?
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3:31 - 3:33In the beginning, when I walked him around the neighborhood,
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3:33 - 3:35I was a little ashamed to call him by his name.
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3:38 - 3:40But after hearing such stupid things
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3:40 - 3:44that other people had named their dogs, I stopped having any type of hesitation.
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3:49 - 3:51- Man! Come here!
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3:55 - 3:56- Good boy.
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4:03 - 4:06Man and I went out every Sunday and went to the market.
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4:06 - 4:07He loved it.
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4:07 - 4:09He spent the morning going from one place to another
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4:09 - 4:11behind everything that moved or drew his attention.
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4:12 - 4:14It reminded me that when I was with Manuel
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4:14 - 4:17he enjoyed teaching me all sorts of old tricks.
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4:17 - 4:19He made all the salesmen bargain nonstop.
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4:20 - 4:22He always told me that I had to bargain,
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4:22 - 4:26that they raised the price for the tourists but I was ashamed.
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4:29 - 4:30Man grew.
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4:30 - 4:32And although he had grown loving
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4:32 - 4:36after a few months living together I started to get sick of him.
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4:37 - 4:39He wasn't even half of what Manuel had been .
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4:40 - 4:43He was just a poor dog that deserved something better than living with me.
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4:51 - 4:52Christmas came.
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4:53 - 4:54And a friend of mine gave me a disk
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4:54 - 4:57in which one of the songs portrayed me perfectly.
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4:57 - 5:01It said that having a large dog when you are young and don't want to be alone
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5:01 - 5:02is already a sign of self-destruction.
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5:04 - 5:06If we were as free as we said we were
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5:06 - 5:08we wouldn't need dogs to replace anyone.
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5:13 - 5:14I felt terrible.
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5:14 - 5:17I played the song over and over while Man watched me
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5:17 - 5:20with those eyes that seemed to understand me.
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5:21 - 5:23I wanted to be free.
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5:23 - 5:26But that half of Manuel that was still with me was stopping me.
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5:28 - 5:31Maybe with another name it would have helped me forget him.
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5:31 - 5:33But it was too late to change it.
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5:34 - 5:36So I had to make a decision.
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5:37 - 5:38Like every year,
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5:38 - 5:41on the 24th me and my whole family went to dinner in my parents' house.
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5:42 - 5:44I hadn't told them about Man.
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5:44 - 5:46I also hadn't told them that Manuel had left me.
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6:15 - 6:18The dinner always ended with the exchange of the Christmas gifts.
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6:20 - 6:23Every year my mother made a lottery to decide who was going to give a gift to whom.
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6:24 - 6:26Last year I had Manuel.
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6:26 - 6:30I made him a wool scarf and he gave me an album full of photos.
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6:36 - 6:38This year I had my brother Javier.
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6:38 - 6:39I had bought him a cologne.
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6:40 - 6:41But when I was home wrapping it
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6:41 - 6:44I realized that that was my chance to get rid of the dog
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6:44 - 6:46and start a new life.
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6:48 - 6:50I left Man in the car during the dinner.
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6:50 - 6:53And when it was time to exchange the gifts I went down for him.
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6:54 - 6:56But in the place where I had left him
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6:57 - 6:59were neither my car, nor Man.
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7:00 - 7:02It was the second time I had my car stolen.
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7:03 - 7:06But the first time there was a dog inside.
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7:27 - 7:30The police found the car in a field a few days later.
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7:30 - 7:32But no trace of the dog.
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7:39 - 7:42I knew I should be happy for not having to worry about it anymore.
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7:43 - 7:44In spite of that I was sad.
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7:46 - 7:48Much sadder than when Manuel left me.
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8:03 - 8:05I put posters with Man's photo throughout the neighborhood.
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8:06 - 8:08There was no news for several days.
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8:08 - 8:11Until one morning the doorbell rang.
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8:23 - 8:23- Man...
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8:23 - 8:24- Manuel.
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8:25 - 8:26Manuel and Man together.
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8:27 - 8:28I couldn't believe it.
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8:29 - 8:32He told me he had just bought him that day at the flea market.
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8:35 - 8:37And that, although it was hard to believe,
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8:37 - 8:39he had had the feeling that the dog had
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8:39 - 8:41led him to my house.
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8:44 - 8:46In addition, he said he missed me
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8:46 - 8:48and that he wanted to be with me again.
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8:49 - 8:51Man immediately recognized me and started playing.
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8:52 - 8:53I didn't want to say anything to Manuel
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8:53 - 8:56and he was very surprised that the dog was so tender with me.
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8:58 - 8:59He said he had called him Max.
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8:59 - 9:01I thought it was great.
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9:01 - 9:03For the dog it sounded almost the same
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9:03 - 9:06and for me it was two-thirds of "Manuel" and part of an unknown "x"
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9:06 - 9:08that had made it so that all three of us were together.
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9:17 - 9:20Subtitles - DecemberSky
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- Title:
- Ana and Manuel
- Description:
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When And is left by Manuel, she can't think of anything better than replacing him with... a big dog... with a lot of fur... and a huge mouth.
A touching short film by Manuel Calvo who has won a number of awards. In it star the beautiful Elena Anaya ("Alatriste", "Lucía y el sexo", "Miguel y William", "Entre mujeres", "Lágrimas negras", "Van Helsing", "Hable con ella", "Sin noticias de Dios", "Rencor") and the charismatic Diego Martín ("Días de fútbol", "Aquí no hay quien viva", "Días de cine", "Hermanos y detectives", "Un buen día lo tiene cualquiera", "Los Borgia", "Mataharis").
- Video Language:
- Spanish
- Duration:
- 10:47