Monday, August 20, 2012
Amor Bravío #11 (Uni 6) Mon 8/20/12 A Pact With the Devil
Lo de Nuevo
Dionisio: It seemed a good idea to me to appear to help your wife by meeting with the authorities. I'm going to Chile anyway so I offered to do what I can.
Alonso (mildly sarcastic): It's a coincidence you're going to Chile?
Dionisio: To Chile, and other countries in South America. (Alonso folds his arm over his chest again and bites a claw) What I will do is smooth out [alisarse] the claiming of the ranch for Camila. Remember that I an losing much. I have invested much money in this project, Alonso, and you agreed to deliver the land to me.
Alonso: I don't forget such things. What I couldn't anticipate is that the decrepit old man Daniel would leave it to this bastard son out from under us. [Salud!] Who would have supposed that?
Dionisio (subtly condescending): Enough with the commercial. You had better be grateful that I am making the deal to further our plans.
Alonso: It would not serve us for Camila to rent this place from her cousin. What we need is for the ranch to be ours. (points to his own chest, the arrogant little twit)
Dionisio: What do you think? I'm making this happen.
Alonso: Very well, very well, very well. Contact this Daniel Diaz Acosta (starts rubbing his head, turns to the door, then back) But can I ask a favor first? Don't talk to them again about this matter. Not Camila or anyone but me. (points to himself).
Alonso: Stop that! What were you thinking? (laughs. She mocks his laugh briefly)
Camila (catching her breath): That was too abrupt. [brusco] I was hoping that we don't default on the confidence my uncle had in me. (ranchera guitar and violin music begins) Despite the circumstances I still want things to excel.
Alonso: Why are you thinking this? We should do as well as ever; neither should anything go wrong.
Camila: What are you saying? (suspense music begins; it's high and in a minor key)
Alonso: That nothing will happen.
Camila: That nothing will happen? What does that mean, Alonso? It's our prestige, well, the prestige of my uncle, but that's how we live.
Alonso: I know, I know, say we encounter a problem here what do we do as an alternative to this ranch if it has the capacity...
Camila: Alonso, why are you saying this? I don't want to convert this ranch to anything else.
Alonso: No, no, I'm not talking about anything specific, Camila. Simply, I don't want you to worry. We'll leave things as they are but you need to recognize that all things have a cycle; things change.
Camila: Yes, you're right. Nothing more will stop me from defending what my uncle has built.
Camila (expression that says she'd rather not talk about it): No, I think we're going to have to wait a while, Mother. (turns back to facing forward)
Augustina: Well, then be patient. But I have to say it would make you feel better to start driving [manejar] again. It's time you did that.
Camila: The truth is I'm not interested. You drive me, I almost don't leave the ranch; I don't need to.
Augustina: But you need to get over this fear. It's for your security and so do don't have to depend on someone else to drive and take you places. It's difficult to see this in you when you are so independent in everything else.
Camila: Mother, I don't stick my nose in anyone else's life. (love theme of Camila and Luis is heard)
Augustina: I know, but what happened with Luis – may he rest in peace – was an accident.
Camila: Mother, I don't want to be rude, but I don't feel ready to yet. Could I ask you to stop asking about stuff that's not your business?
Augustina: Very well, very well. Would it help to get some medication for this? Shouldn't you get some pills for well, getting back – ?
Camila: Pills? What pills? You have a box full of pills.
Augustina: Some that will get you back to where you came from. Time has been flying by. I don't want you to be like this when my grandchild arrives.
Camila: Are you serious?
Camila: You haven't heard me, have you? It's going to be a long time before that happens. Perhaps you're demanding this?
La Malquerida, outside: To a four-note leitmotif of similar rhythm, Alonso checks that he is unobserved and then cuts the telephone lines outside the hacienda.
Alonso: Not now, Mama, right now, (turns her around and starts to shove her toward the sofa) I'm here to tell you something.
Alonso: Daniel Diaz Acosta. He called from the prison to talk to Camila.
Alonso: It's fortunate I was there. He called the office phone (makes a nervous gesture grabbing the back of his neck) I don't want him to have any contact with her.
Alonso (mad look in his eye): I don't want Camila to help him out of jail whether he sells her the ranch or not.
Alonso: It's not just that. If I don't comply in handing over the land as I promised, I could end up in prison. (tries to take her hands, but she pulls them back. He grabs his neck with his right hand, as before.)
Alonso: That this jerk tried to kill his wife and is in the jail, is a big stroke of luck, for us. [golpe de suerte] How are we taking advantage of it?
Alonso (looking angrily over the rim of the glass): Very well. (puts the glass on the table) I'll tell you. (hides his face for a few moments) I have problems with impotency.
Alonso (finally looking at her): I have. I have. The doctor said it's nothing physical, so he sent me to a psychiatrist. A psychiatrist, as though I were some madman he can do with what he wished.
Alonso (mumbling, so I'm not sure what he's saying): I've never been as tense as this. If everyone like this psychiatrist knows talks about how I'm having problems it does not suit us, understand that! (Music sounds like demons on the run)
Alonso: I know that. I know, I know, I know! Never have I had a problem like this before, Mama. This has never happened to me until Camila.
Somehow it doesn't seem likely that Alonso knows the Venus Butterfly.
brusco..... abrupt
manejar to drive
Labels: bravio
So I don't know about clues, but I do wish the creep had accidentally cut the power lines and moved that story line forward faster. ZZZZt for the SSSS.
I think that the lawyer looks like Jack Nicholson.
Cindy
I am glad Camila found a friend. Viviana seems so nice. Love Camila's dog, even though it's so big.
Mama Dragon is so horrible. And El Diablo too. I too think Mama Dragon is giving us clues. I don't like the advice she gave to Alonssso. It sounded like rape to me.
I hope Camila never sleeps with Alonso. Who would want to, he is so creepy and snakey. I don't blame her for not wanting to do it with him. I agree Urban I hope she gets a new bedroom on the opposite side of the hacienda. That cowpoke is sure cute.
Cindy, yes the lawyer does look like Jack w/his silly sunglasses.
Mads - the dog is huge but looks like a sweetie.
La Paloma
Camila could -- and should -- file for that annulment ASAP. However, I think Alonso could challenge it on the grounds that he is seeing a shrink for his problem. I could see Padre Baldomero responding with a suggested success deadline of six months.
Prediction; not spoiler: Alonso will attempt to rape Camila at some future point. The way he likes to sneak up behind her has creeped me out from the beginning.
La Paloma, the fans at the top of my posts are mine. I collect them and use them in the hot weather and I typically carry them to the opera. The ones I've posted in this blog were purchased in Spain and I led off with the ones that have pictures of bulls. When I've gone through all the ones from Spain I will probably go back to the first one and cycle through them again.
I want to punch Abe in his sanctimonious face. I don't even have sympathy for him losing his sister. But poor Daniel. Looks like we'll have a prison break soon. I wonder how the other two prisoners who have befriended Dan will use his computer skills to accomplish the prison break?
Yes, they are using two different dogs to play Maja, the cutest one with the dark ears. I guess there are laws about how long an animal can be used on set, just like babies. They are both lovely dogs, the the darked eared one is the prettiest. Both Gussy and Alonso are grossed out by the dog being in the house and that's why they were using hand sanitizer. But the Alonso actor obviously either loves dogs or was highly amused by Maja trying to get SN to play, because he could barely stay in character and keep a smile off his face. If that's the most "in character" scene they could use, I bet he was cracking up most of the time. SN is having a ball with the doggies.
I'm glad that she now has a friend in Viv. Someone who's an outsider and can probably pick up on stuff that Camila is missing.
I suspect you're right about the likelihood of Alonso raping or at least trying to rape Camila. I guess that the act of violence may turn him on enough to, um, perform.
I'm a little confused by Daniel's lawyer saying that he's been trying to call La Malquerida but hasn't received any return calls. If the phone line has been cut, how can he even leave a message? Or if the phone line has been fixed but the number has been changed (as Alonso asked), how would the lawyer know the correct number?
BTW, thanks for the vocab. One small correction: "manejar," not "manajar."
Daniel has to escape from that prison because Abraham will constantly think of ways to keep him locked up - such undeserved hatred. I didn't know if he was telling the truth about Miriam or not.
Also, it looks like Dionisio will miss the opportunity to have Daniel killed in the prison.
I really enjoyed listening to Daniel and his prison friend converse. Their accents are beautiful and both of them are understandable. OK, I lived in Chile for almost a year - but, that was eons ago.
Nothing like having your sex life - or lack of it the topic of conversation at dinner. And, how humiliating to have your own mother tell you to get on with it. Yuck.
La Paloma
I am now thinking that in addition to being a komodo dragon Isadora is also a preying mantis.
Channelsurfing between Uni and TM made me miss chunks of this, so I want to be certain of something Madelaine alluded to: the only onscreen verification of Miriam's death was when Abe told Daniel about it at the end of the episode, right? There wasn't an actual scene showing her body? As doomed as Miriam is/was, I can't see them whacking her offscreen...not to mention the pregnancy. But they don't need her on-canvas right now either, and Abe hates Daniel's guts no matter what, so...are we looking at a Mariana Aceves (El Talisman) situation here where she'll pop up as an amnesiac or something around episode 80?
(Unwanted mental image: Isadora making Alonso sit down and watch an instructional video on sexual techniques. I totally blame you for this, UA!)
A) stop Daniel from calling him for updates on Miriam
B) separate Miriam & Daniel
C) railroad Daniel into the Chilean carcel system.
I believe Miriam will die in order for Daniel / Camila to get together but I don't believe she's dead just yet.
Also, it looks like Daniel is busting out of jail tonight.
I hope Viviana is wearing a wig or a weave because her hair looks awful.
Off-screen deaths are not common in novelas, but it makes me wonder what motive Abraham would have for lying about this. I don't think he had any control over her inheritance, nor do I think he has a property large enough to do what Mathilde did in Yo Compro Esa Mujer. We'll see if there is a funeral scene tonight; traditional Jewish funerals are almost the next day.
I agree about Viviana's hair, but nothing looks worse than the wig worn most recently by Marlene Favela. That looked sooooo fake.
1. Large CGI block letters are used to identify a location;
2. a montage of running bulls appears onscreen (excepting the opening credits);
3. Alonso bites one of his claws (fingernails). (I see I missed that the first time; just corrected this one.)
4. The word "bastardo."
Should we add "delinquente" to that list?
How great is it that Natalia knows about caller id? And the internet! She's going to be a BIG help here.
Kelly
Leticia Calderon, of course, has the perfect face to play a female ogre and eyes from some species of reptillian aliens. I despise the characters that Median and Calderon play, but I admire them for their acting
I went into shock at her episode of Mujeres Asesinas. I wish Univision would bring that series back.
Perhaps Abe told Daniel that Miriam is dead to encourage him to admit to murder. It is not uncommon for police to lie to suspects to get them to confess. Abe did not seem grief-stricken when he told Daniel that Miriam was dead. He seemed more hateful and hostile.
Didn't you just want to slap Alonssso when he dissed Viv's picture?
Anya
I'm wondering too if Miriam is really already dead. Abraham only came because Daniel asked him to. As much as he hates Daniel, seems like he would've come on his own to spew venom at him as soon as she died (“You killed my sister and I’m going to see that you rot in here for it...”). With the Great Escape and presumably being on the run, I can see why Daniel wouldn’t be able to check the facts.
Love Maja. I got the feeling it wasn't in the script for her to be so playful on the couch with Camila. The other day they made growling noises for her with Alonso but clearly she was smiling.
Alonso's weirdness is fascinating to me. Someone earlier, sorry don't recall who, said he reminded them of Tony Randall. He's starting to remind me of a cross between Tony Randall and Peter Lorre.
I hope that escape scene is for real, and not ending up with them getting caught and sent back. But if Dionisio was there to know about Daniel's escape, that will follow him to Mexico too and Dionisio may turn him in. Who knows though.
I was actually nervous when the dog was on the couch with Camila. I kept expecting to see it hump her, lol, but I suppose they would have cut that out of the taping if that happened.
I still contend that Alonso looks like Mr Bean with those weird faces he makes.
I'm trying to figure out what creepy poncho guy is up to and what his purpose is. Nothing about him makes sense.
Thanks Vivi for pointing out that they're using two dogs in the cast. Thought I was seeing things.
Speaking of which, I LOVED the scene with Maja and SN on the couch. SN looked so natural and comforable with Maja. I absolutely laughed when Alonso pulled out the sanitizer! So funny -- i get the same response when I play with my dog (she's a Chihuahua, huge difference from Maya).
Alonso has some serious issues with women. His law degree and family money might have attracted some in the past, but I'm going to bet that a combination of his control issues, lack of sexual talent, and -- perhaps -- inferior equipment made them bail.
One thing we do know with his clothes on, he'd never perform in Solo Para Mujeres.
I just wondered about the Miriam death, cause they never showed it. I thought maybe Abe, being not such a fan of Daniel's, might have said it so Daniel would stop asking about Miriam and stop calling Abe. I don't know, we will have to see.
He still things he's a fugitive until Abraham finds him in Mexico during the ultimos capitulos.
Still not getting into this one. Think I just might not be in the mood for a TN right now. There's really nothing to complain about with this one--just my not liking SN being so subdued. But then I wouldn't like to think she was a one-note actor either.
Robey
I loved the scene with the dog and all of the dog-related comments, including the presence of two dogs that seem to look different and the vulnerability of the dog now that it's getting a lot of air time and plenty of continuing love from Camila. What a good, calm actress SN is to have the dog chewing on her and licking her throughout the scene.
Lots of action in the first few episodes and good set-
ups for many parallel stories. Looks like the cattle breeding is another potential area of conflict on the ranch.
I am enjoying this novela so far and hope that we can keep up this pace. There seems to be a lot of unanimity about our hope that Camila never sleeps with Alonso and our doubt that Miriam is dead. I had the same question as you, UA, about the baby surviving -- too many Law and Orders here, too.
The two mamas with boundary issues are creepy. I almost lost my lunch when Mama Metiche talked about her grandchild. Alonso must not be allowed to reproduce!
Is it just me or Camila and Alonso talk way too fast sometimes?
Ibarramedia
"We think she should move her own bedroom as far away as possible"
"Obviously Alonso has never been in the confessional booth"
"including a figure of a spotted cat taken from Montero Manor"
"Note to Camila: If you've read DH Lawrence, this ranch hand is the guy whom you should play Lady Chatterley with"
"the interfaith prayer Daniel needs: Oy, vey, Maria!"
not to mention alpha males not wearing pj's!!
Thanks for the the chuckles!
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