[classical music]
♪ ♪
[classical music]
♪ ♪
[traffic honking and rushing]
- Mr. Pembridge?
Mr. Pembridge? Mr. Pembridge?
- I'm just a little delicate.
- How was your flight? - Oh, which part,
sitting on the tarmac in New York for three hours
or spending the night on a marble floor in Houston?
- Morning, darling.
Did you sleep well?
- Like a princess.
- Mm, that's not what it sounded like.
- Why, was I snoring?
- Mm, yeah, just like a little squirrel I had when I was child.
It was like-- - Oh, no. Come on, stop.
Oh, it's so embarrassing.
- No, don't be. Mm-mm, you're adorable.
You're just-- You are adorable.
- Hmm, and you are a wonderfully unexpected surprise,
but you probably should get going before somebody sees you.
- Well, if I'm such wonderful surprise, why should I sneak
out of your room like a peasant leaving his master's dacha?
- That's ridiculous.
[knock on door] There's a--oh, God, oh, hide.
Hide under the bed.
- I'm a man, I'm not gonna hide under the bed.
- Then--then--then get in the closet.
Pavel, Pavel-- - No, okay, will you--
- Please, we'll talk about it later, okay?
All right, come--coming.
Oh, Thomas, you made it.
- Oh, tell that to the hotel.
They've given away my fucking room.
You know, I haven't bathed or slept or had a decent meal
in the last 48 hours.
I'm totally shagged out.
I mean--and to boot, they lost my suitcase.
I'm sorry, darling, but do you mind if I just
put my head down for five minutes?
I don't--oh, I'm so tired.
- Yes, yes, you should rest.
Get some rest because our meeting with Delgado
is not for three hours.
- Oh, well. - Yeah.
- Not good form to keep a billionaire waiting, huh?
- No.
- Don't forget to wake me.
- Nope.
- Hey, meet me in the lobby at 6:30.
We got a cab to the restaurant.
- Perfect, can't wait. - Maestro.
- "Hai Lai," awesome playing last night.
- Thank you.
- It was sexy, but it was not together, not together, eh?
And well done for not eating those carnitas, Bob.
Yeah, that was also not together. Dee Dee, what's up?
- Checking out the Frida Kahlo museum.
Man, that lady does some tricky shit.
- Yeah, yeah, check out-- check out the [inaudible].
- Whoa, baby. [inaudible]. - How are you doing?
- Good, yes. Hey. Muy bien.
- Do you want to hear what we're doing today?
- Yes, tell me. "Hai Lai," tell me.
- Okay, first we have a press conference until 11:00.
Then you have a photo op with Miss Cancun.
- Is that Miss Cancun? - That is.
Then you have the big meeting with Juan Luis Delgado.
Then you have the--
Jesus! You scared me!
- Gracias, gracias, mucho gracias.
- Then you have the meet and greet with the Pumas soccer
team, and then you have dinner with the mayor.
- Hey, hi. "Hai Lai," do you know how to make God laugh?
- You tickle him.
- No, no, you don't tickle him because he's not ticklish.
Everybody knows that.
I'll show you how.
Come, come, come, come. - Wait, where are you going?
- Come, "Hai Lai," come, come, come.
"Hai Lai, Hai Lai."
- You're getting on the bus?
- [mutters] yes, yes, yes, come, come, come.
"Hai Lai," you're just seeing the little tip of the iceberg.
Mexico's this amazing, vast country,
so rich, so transversal, so contradictory,
full of mythology, full of an amazing narrative.
I think you will appreciate it. Look, look, that guy, that guy,
for example, the chubby guy?
- Yeah. - He's Tlaloc, the god of rain.
- Oh, he reminds me very much of this god we have in my country,
the great god SpongeBob.
- Oh, it's so good to see you smile, "Hai Lai."
- I smile.
- No, you've been a little bit,
you know, grouchy recently.
Yeah, it's my fault, okay? I put you to work a lot,
but today I'm taking you to a very special place.
- Where?
- Home.
[phone rings]
- Well, how's my favorite hard-ass lawyer?
- How's it going, world traveler?
- You know, honestly, I can't wait to get home to you,
but the show last night was amazing.
- Oh, I know.
The Latin rhythms, I mean, you totally nailed it.
I was smiling the whole time.
- Right, what are you talking about?
- I was there.
[laughs]
What are you doing for lunch?
- Where the hell is Rodrigo?
- You've got to be patient, Gloria.
It's hard to be king.
No, I think I'll rock the track suit one more day.
- Apparently Virgil saw Rodrigo and Hailey leave the hotel
over an hour ago.
They jumped on a bus?
- Oh, great. - Well, that's okay.
It's just you and me, baby.
Come on, let's go, just like the old days.
[mariachi music]
♪ ♪
- [sighs] - Hello.
- Welcome, Ms. Windsor. This way, please.
- Wonderful. - Oh, God.
- Come, Thomas.
- You don't think we're gonna be whacked, do you?
- Señora, where are you taking us?
- Mr. Delgado will join you in under one minute, Madame.
[helicopter blades whirring]
- So Maestro was too busy to join us? Unfortunate.
- Oh, he sends his deepest apologies.
A matter of urgent personal importance came up.
- Of course. Tell me, what is her name?
- Oh, you know the Maestro?
- I want to thank you, Juan Luis, for meeting with us.
As you know, we have a proposition.
- It's a beautiful country, yes?
You know, Ted Turner has about 2 million acres,
which is nice if you didn't have 3 million like I do.
Take us to the sanctuary.
- Oh.
- Okay, you see that down there?
- Do we have a choice?
- That is where I'm creating the largest mestengo sanctuary
in the entire world.
It is my pride and joy.
You call them mustangs.
- Wild horses.
- "Couldn't drag me away."
- Ah, you like the Stones, huh?
- They played at my daughter's quinceañera.
- Well, Mick played at my wedding
with half the bridesmaids.
Definitely got a bit of satisfaction there.
- Not to drag you two wild horses away,
but, um, everyone knows that MexiMundial
is looking to penetrate the American market,
and if you should decide to buy the naming rights
to our new symphony hall,
we could create a very lucrative synergy between our two brands.
- Yes, si, no, what you are saying is--
it's very practical.
My marketing team will be very pleased.
- Oh, yes, of course, what--
but the cross-promotional opportunities--
- Gloria, shh, please stop.
Quit while you're behind.
You're right, wild horses need sanctuaries,
but so do wild artists.
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, they were all geniuses, sure,
but they needed men of great vision
to bring their genius to the rest of the world.
Do you mind if I plug in?
[classical music playing]
See, you don't buy bloody naming rights
for some cross-promotional bullshit.
You do it to let the music live.
- "La Boheme."
- "La Boheme," beautiful,
and your name should take its rightful place
along the great patrons in history,
Emperor Franz-Joseph,
Cosimo De Medici,
Juan Luis Delgado.
- Juan Luis De Medici, I like it.
- Oh, fucking A, you do.
- You're pretty crazy, huh, Pembrook?
- Yeah, Pembridge, actually, but yes,
crazy like a fox.
[laughter]
- You know what?
I say we make this beautiful music together.
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- I thought that you grew up in Mexico City with Manu.
- Yeah, I grew up with Manu,
but then, you know, we would get into so much trouble,
and my parents send me here to my grandmother's right here.
- Is she still alive?
- Ho, she's so alive.
You'll see. She's, like, incredibly alive.
Okay, I got it.
- It's so beautiful. - You like it?
- Yeah, it's, like, from another time or something.
- Yeah, it's like this since I was a kid.
- Hey. - Look who's here!
Grandma, how are you?
Oh, my son!
What time did you get here?
You didn't tell me you were coming.
No, no, I had to escape from the orchestra.
- Such a devil child. - I had a press conference.
Ah, yes, this is Hailey, my friend from the orchestra.
My grandma Graciela.
He didn't have the courtesy to tell he was coming.
- I didn't have the courtesy
to tell you that I was coming.
- You look okay. - Yeah?
A little skinny.
Yeah, true.
That's okay, I'll feed you both.
- Ah, perfecto.
Nana, is that the washing machine
I bought you for Christmas?
- Yes. - Why's it still in the box?
It can save you so much time--
Oh, my son, what will I do with all that time?
Besides, I love the smell of clothes on the line.
[classical music]
♪ ♪
- I wish that we'd come here before the performance.
- Why?
- Because I would have played it with a different feeling.
- Better? Better than you did?
Hailey, my dear...
I need you to please go to the market
and get us a nice cut of beef...
- Ah, she wants us to go to the market and get some meat,
which is cecina,
...an onion or two and some avocados.
and two onions and some avocados,
- Don't let him choose. - and don't let me choose them.
Eh, abuelita, [speaking Spanish].
- Can I ask you something? - Mm-hmm.
- Seducing the union committee chair,
is that standard negotiating procedure?
- Honestly, I've never done this before.
You don't believe me. - I don't know.
I mean, you seem like someone who plots out every move.
- Oh. - Which is not a criticism.
- Well, you're right.
Normally I have everything all worked out,
but, well, something about you makes me want to improvise.
[phone ringing]
- Bob, hey, I was just about to call you.
- Uh, I'm in the lobby. I'm early, I know,
but whenever you're ready, no pressure.
- Uh, you know, I'm--
I'm just not feeling well.
I'm in bed, but you should go.
Take Dee Dee. - Well--
- Have fun.
- I'm not gonna go without you, Cyn.
I don't even like Mexican food. - I'm sorry.
I--you know, maybe next time.
- Feel better. - Good night.
I feel terrible.
He got this reservation at this great place,
and now he's not even going.
- What place? - Uh, Limo--
- Limo Cineros? - Si.
- Oh, my God, that place is supposed to be amazing.
Oh, there's no way we're giving up that reservation.
- Chin-chin. - It was just like the old days,
Thomas. You were soaring.
- Mm, just another bloody lion in winter, darling,
but hey, listen, I appreciate it.
Thank you.
- Excuse me just a moment, all right?
I'll be right back.
- We just sat down.
- The girl's room.
- You gonna powder your nose?
Ooh, what a nice ass.
Hey, Bobby, Bobby,
Bobby come here.
- Pavel, can't you see I'm busy with work?
- Ah, yes, you're very busy with the old man.
I thought we were gonna spend the afternoon together.
- And we will. - Yeah?
- Thomas and I were just having a celebratory drink.
We landed Delgado.
- Wonderful, then I join you.
- I--
- Oh, I see.
I'm sorry I'm not one of your rich donors
or dissolute ex-conductors
you flirt with for money or influence.
- Don't make this a class issue.
- In my country, I'm biochemical engineer.
- Pavel. - Ah, no more words.
- You know what this is? This is the place where I met--
where I met Maestro Rivera, around here.
- In this market? - Yeah.
- In the market? - I used to come with--yeah,
with some friends, you know, play music, and then--
[speaks Spanish]
And then--and we--you know,
this guy comes up and says "I've got a music school.
Are you guys interested?" and then
started to talk about Mozart. - Oh.
- And that's how everything came about, okay?
- Nope. - How many did she--
- You really don't know how to choose an avocado?
- Ay, "Hai Lai," honestly?
- You have to-- okay, take this.
You have to pull out this part,
and if it's green, then it's ripe.
- And then what? - And then you buy it,
and you eat it. - And then what?
- And then--[laughs]
That was the most delicious meal.
Muchos gracias.
- Ah, you are...welcome.
- [speaking Spanish] Bien, bien.
- Should we help to clean up?
What is it, Graciela?
- Ah, wait, wait. - Nothing.
- Is something wrong? - No, no.
She says nothing, but it's always something.
- See, she's reading the cup.
- Okay, well, if I'm gonna get hit by a bus,
she really doesn't need to tell me, so...
Here I see a connection between the two of you.
A connection? Of course there's a connection, Grandma.
We are friends in the orchestra.
No, there is more.
I see passion...
anger...
confusion...
love as well...
but not right away. One day.
I see kids!
- I--ay, ay, "Hai Lai." - Yeah?
- She said--okay, she said many things.
She said that there's a lot
of love and confusion and passion for music,
and that we are gonna have a big career,
and you especially.
You're gonna--like, yeah.
- That's great. - Yeah, yeah.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, thank you so much,
but these are too beautiful.
I would--you should keep them.
They've always belonged to you.
One day you'll understand.
- Gracias.
Thank you.
- You are welcome.
- I wanted to play the French horn,
but my mother thought I'd rupture a lung,
so she bought me a piccolo, and the rest is history.
- So your mother bought you your first piccolo?
- I know, believe me, I know.
- You know, we've worked together for ten years.
We've never had a mano-a-mano moment.
- Gracias. - Why is Mexican food
so much better in Mexico?
- Gracias.
Gracias.
- Holy shite.
- So this is awkward. - Oh, good.
Well, thank you for sparing us the
"It's not what you think" line.
- I thought you were in bed. - I was.
- She was. - Oh, yeah, in bed?
Oh, the two--wow.
I guess maybe that makes us piccolo brothers.
- Cyn, can I talk to you for a second?
- Sure. Excuse me.
- Thanks. Excuse us, Counselor.
- Well, I wonder what that makes us, Mr. Pembridge.
- Since when?
- It started a couple of weeks before we left on tour.
Look, it really has nothing to do with you.
- Yes, it does. She's our negotiator.
She's supposed to be representing us,
not sleeping with the boss.
You should know better, Cyn.
- I don't need a lecture from you, Bob.
- I get it.
You don't need anything from me. Come on, Thomas.
Let's go find another place to eat.
- Yeah, of all the taquerias
in all the towns in all the world, huh?
- Yeah.
[man speaking Spanish on TV]
- Come, come.
You're gonna sleep here tonight, okay?
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- Wow.
It's amazing how similar your room is
to my room growing up. - Really?
- Yeah, I mean, except I didn't have soccer.
I had a lot of Backstreet Boys,
and I had a Chopin bobble head, so...
- What did you expect my room to be like?
- I don't know, cooler?
- "Hai Lai," I'm sorry to burst your bubble.
I'm a nerd just like you.
What's happening here?
What are you doing?
Not in my house!
And not in front of Jesus!
Boy--
Grandma, please!
The coffee said in many years from now.
I don't care! Get out of here!
We're just friends. Nothing happened.
We're just friends. Yeah, right.
Devil child.
And I'm not kidding.
Good night.
- Buenos noches.
[classical music]
♪ ♪
Things have changed a lot since you left.
We've had many improvements,
mostly thanks to the donations.
- All the donations have helped a lot
to change the place a little bit.
- We have here the washer and dryer.
- Huh, the--yeah, finally somebody appreciated it.
- And my room is totally reconstructed.
My new library, my new bed, the TV, and it's--
it's very cozy, isn't it, Hailey?
- It's very cozy.
Our new group of kids is like a flock of sparrows
that grow together and fly
in perfect unison,
and now they're waiting for you.
They await the arrival of the new young king.
This is the concert we perform every week.
- Ah.
Come, come, come to the royal box.
["Danzón No. 2" playing]
♪ ♪
[music stops]
If I'm not mistaken,
this is the piece you conducted for the first time.
Yes. How could I forget?
It would please them.
if you would do it again.
- No, no.
- Por favor? - No, Maestro, no.
- Por favor.
- Bueno.
Fellow musicians,
don't make me look bad in front of the Maestro.
¿Listos?
♪ ♪
Good concert.
Thank you, Maestro.
This orchestra is crazy.
It's so impressive what you are doing with these kids!
Thank you.
They sound great.
- Gracias.
The problem is I'm very tired.
The work is getting harder. I can't do it anymore.
I'm an old man.
No, you are young in spirit and body also.
Each time I get older.
Not in reality-- Okay, very good.
I need you to be my heir.
I already made arrangements.
- I...
It's yours.
Maestro, I--
It's yours.
Maestro, I am honored by your offer, but...
But it's not an offer, Rodrigo.
It's not an offering.
Don't say that.
It's a sacrament
you need to fulfill, understand?
I need you to raise the baton
that' dropping from my hand.
But Maestro--
I can't because I have the orchestra, and they need me.
"Hai Lai," she's one of our youngest members.
She needs me, and--
You have a sacred responsibility.
Yes, but I accepted that when I was a child.
You're still a kid, with other desires now.
I need you.
I always did.
I trained you.
You know what?
I see this is pointless.
You broke my heart.
Children! Young ones!
Never be like this man!
You killed me.
You have cursed yourself.
- Hey, "Hai Lai," I am very sorry.
- For what? - Eh.
- Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to flight 115 Lina Americana,
nonstop service to New York City's John F. Kennedy airport.
We will be taking off shortly.
- "Hai Lai?" - Oh, hey.
- Hey, how do you feel? - Uh, I feel good.
I feel a little wiped out,but...
- No, yeah, but I feel I caught something.
You know, I might have-- have something here.
- I'm sorry about what happened with Maestro Rivera.
- Yeah, that was awful, right?
Ugh, that was really bad.
- Yeah.
- Do you remember when we went to my grandmother's house,
that we went to my room,
my--when I was a kid? - Yeah.
- Full of posters, you know, and we made the bed togeth--
- Yeah, no, I remember. It happened.
It's not our real lives.
I also--I realized that you're a really shitty translator.
- "Hai Lai"?
What--could you tell what my grandmother was saying?
- Yeah, two years of high school Spanish
goes a really long way, it turns out.
- Ay, "Hai Lai."
- It's okay, father of my children.
- Ay, no. I-- - We have a really long time.
That's what the coffee grounds said.
- Excuse me? - Yes?
- Sir? - Yes?
- Sorry, you have to go back to your seat.
- Ay, thank you.
Well, "Hai Lai," see you--
see you there.
- Okay.
- Look what I found in-- - Oh, it's lovely.
It's a good picture. - Arts section.
- Hey, good review, man, nice review.
- Thank you.
[indistinct chatter] n, nice review.