ANGEL Angel is dark skinned. Deep brown eyes. He

ANGEL
Angel is dark skinned. Deep brown eyes. He looks very
intense, nervous, frightened. His father kisses him. He gets
panicky. He tries to move but he doesn't go anywhere. The
father leaves. Angel's eyes become cold and distant. His face
is frozen.
Years later. Angel wearing a T shirt showing his muscles is
playing pool. Suddenly he stops playing. He looks straight
into the distance. Slowly, he starts walking to meet his
father. They both walk out of the pool hall into the street.
Outside, they both walk side by side. The father looks at
Angel. Angel doesn't return the looks.
FATHER
Te busco por todo el mundo y te
encuentro a dos cuadras de la casa.
Nada cambia.
Angel keeps walking as if he is walking alone.. He has the
presence of a Buddhist monk. Delaying the answer.
ANGEL
No exageres.
Father puts his hands on Angel's shoulder but Angel softly
slips away. The Father looks at Angel doesn't know what to do
and gets upset.
FATHER
Como murió la abuela?
Angel looks straight to his father in the eyes. His father
get nervous and looks down. They keep walking, silent. The
sounds in the street stop.
The father is standing against a wall. A women comes up and
kisses him sexually.
WOMAN
Te estoy esperando.
She leaves. He follows her with his eyes, lovingly. The
sounds in the street come back.
FATHER
Murió sola?
Angel doesn't respond.
(CONTINUED)
2.
CONTINUED:
FATHER (CONT'D)
(loud)
Vos tenias que cuidarla!
Angel looks straight to his father in the eyes. The father
looks in the other direction. They keep walking. The sounds
in the street stop.
Father has just finished talking to grandmother.
GRANDMOTHER
You're always leaving everything
behind to follow women...I'm too
old!
The sounds in the street come back. Angel spits on the side
walk.
FATHER
(loud)
La abandonaste
Angel walks ignoring his father. The father is nervous. He
looks at Angel. The sounds in the street go lower.
Father kisses him and leaves. Angel looks at her
grandmother. Emotionless, the grandmother looks at Angel. She
is neutral and distant. Angel can't move. His body is stuck
to the ground, paralyzed.
FATHER (CONT'D)
Porque no me informaste? Estabas en
la carcel?
ANGEL
Como lo sabes?
FATHER
Tu tatuaje. Solo los presos los
hacen asi.
ANGEL
Ya estaba libre y no me acuerdo
cuando murió exactamente.
FATHER
Ni te importó. Y la casa? Mi casa?
(Screaming)
Mi casa!
Angel walks a bit faster. He is uncomfortable. He wants to
go. Father stops him, grabs him from the throat and pushes
him against the wall.
(CONTINUED)
3.
CONTINUED:
FATHER (CONT'D)
Ladrón. Te robaste todo. Y la
dejaste morir. La matastes vos. Vos
y tu silencio. Tu arrogancia.
Father is about to hit Angel. Angel grabs him from the hands,
squeezing them very hard. The Father surrenders to the
crushing grip and gets scared because of Angel's strength.
Angel points at the house in the other side of the street.
ANGEL
Hay está tu casa.
Angel leaves, the Father stays looking at the house. The
neighbor Celestina is looking out of the window, The sound in
the street stops.
Father comes out of the house smiling, happy. The neighbor
Celestina is looking out of the window. The woman is waiting
for him in the car. He goes in and kisses her. The car
leaves. The sound of the street is back.
Father crosses the street. Celestina comes running out of the
house. She hugs and kisses the father.
CELESTINA
Romancito te reconocí a la milla.
your mother left this for you. You
haven't changed.
She hands him and envelope and a set of keys.
FATHER
Gracias Tina.
He opens the envelope. It reads.
ENVELOPE
Querido hijo. No tengo mucho que
contarte, solo que me estoy
muriendo y no se donde estás. De tu
hijo, al año de tu partida lo
encontré en la cama de tu
habitación con un chico menor que
él, llamé a la policia. Vinieron
le dieron una paliza y se lo
llevaron a la carcel por
pervertido. Nunca más volvió, nunca
más lo vi. La casa es tuya para que
te sientes cabeza de una ves por
todas.....la enfermedad se gasto
mis ahorros......
(CONTINUED)
4.
CONTINUED:
Father stops reading, he closes the envelope. We hear a
siren, a ambulance stops in front of the house. In the other
side of the street Angel is looking how the paramedics take
the grandmother on a stretcher......The ambulance leaves, the
sound of the ambulance mixes with the sound of wind and waves
crashing against the boardwalk. Angel is staring at the lake.
Pedro is sitting beside him. He caresses his face and wakes
him up from daydreaming. Melancholic, Angel scans Pedro with
his eyes.
PEDRO
When are you let me go into those
beautiful brown eyes to see what is
keeping you so distant from
me?...and others?
Angel smiles and kisses him in the mouth.