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Tetuán, June 1937
Damn it!
I'll get it, miss.
Good afternoon, miss.
Hello.
Remember what I promised you?
It was sooner than later.
Ramiro has been arrested. Not here, in Tangier.
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
I pricked myself with a needle.
What will happen now?
Ramiro and you will have an audience so we can hear your perspectives.
- Do I have to see him? - Yes.
I'm sorry, but it's necessary.
Can I give you advice?
Put alcohol on it to avoid infection.
Wounds need to be cured until the end.
Even if they sting and hurt.
Do you understand?
Thanks.
I'll let you know as soon as we have him at the sheriff's.
I have a problem.
Tell me. Do you want to take a seat?
I'd prefer a drink first.
I'm sorry to show up like this, but something unexpected happened and
I need to go dressed as a princess.
I urgently need an evening gown.
A muito, muito elegant dress.
I have your evening dress almost ready for you to try it again.
It will be... ready in a couple of days.
It'd be too late. This is very urgent.
When do you need it for?
Could it be ready for tomorrow night?
No, that's impossible. I'm very sorry.
Or do you have any other model ready?
Even if it's for another client, I can buy it.
I don't have any ready. I just make them on request.
When I moved from Tangier to Tetouan
they lost several... trunks.
Trunks. All my dresses.
Anyway, I was just invited to a dinner tomorrow night for the German consul.
It's the first time I'll publicly attend
an event by the side of...
someone with whom I have a special relationship.
It's very important for me to make a good impression on the German community.
And I'd really love to help you.
But a dress like that requires at least two or three days of exhaustive work.
- I can't help you, I'm sorry. - Don't worry, I understand.
I just needed to try. Do you understand?
Thanks, anyway. I have to go.
I'll get it, miss!
Have you seen what time is it?
What are you doing here?
Listen to this. You won't believe it.
I knew something about Patricio Rubio.
The man who can help your mother.
I know that man is invited to the German consul's dinner tomorrow night.
But that's a very elegant dinner.
It's like you were telling me Patricio Rubio would be on the moon tomorrow.
A client came to ask me for a dress so she could attend, and I couldn't help her.
I'm just telling you what I know.
But well, it might be the last chance.
- This is the dress we need. - A Delphos?
Like Mariano Fortuny's.
Exactly.
Delphos are made in Venice.
They are only sold in very high- profile stores in big European cities.
How to get one is a secret.
So it's practically impossible to get one.
Where will we buy one?
We'll try to make an emergency Delphos, a fake Delphos.
Do you think that's possible?
Yes. I think we can get it.
What time is that dinner?
So I won't be able to get the dress to your house.
What will we do?
You'll have to come get dressed here.
Bring makeup, get combed and ready to go.
With the shoes and jewelry you'll use.
The dress will look much nicer with simple accessories, understood?
Of course. I'll be here.
- Thanks! - I'll work! We don't have much time.
Jamila!
Don't loosen it. It needs to dry in the sun as wrinkled as possible.
- Are you okay? - Yes.
Come here, carefully.
Can I know what you are doing?
A false Delphos.
A long story.
- Good afternoon, Carla. - Hello.
Let's go, Mother, they'll close up.
Come on.
Jamila, tighten it over there.
Yes, like that. Keep it wrinkled.
How can we dry the cloth without sun?
I think they are just a few clouds. The sun will come out soon.
- Or not. - What will we do now?
Come, let's go downstairs.
Tighten it more! Over there.
Give me more cloth.
Like that.
Let's see.
Give me more cloth.
It is...
Precious.
She's here!
Go open the door. I look terrible.
- Do you like it? - It's the best dress in the world.
Let's go.
Ready.
Thanks, thanks.
Thank you so much.
I'm glad you like it.
I have to tell you something.
It was done so quickly that it will be unwrinkled by tomorrow.
You'll be able to wear it just for tonight.
A night is all I need.
You've saved my life. How can I help you?
Well...
I don't want you to think I'm taking advantage.
But I need to ask you a favor.
Ask me anything you want to! Anything!
Say it, don't worry.
I want to get my mother out of Madrid.
I'm very worried for her.
Because just thinking about all the dead people, and wounded ones...
I don't know how many more years the war will last.
I'd do anything to get her here in Tetouan with me.
There will be a guest at the dinner.
His name is Patricio Rubio.
I've heard he has a business to get people out of Madrid illegally to here.
I'd do anything to talk with him, but I can't.
I'll talk to him. Don't worry.
- Thank you very much. - I'll do everything I can.
Really, I promise. I promise.
It's the least I could do.
- Hello. - Hi.
Is that woman I saw on the stairs the one with the false Delphos?
Yes, Rosalinda Fox.
Thank you so much.
Go have a rest.
You've grown so quickly!
Rosalinda Fox! Her?
I don't get it, FÃ©lix.
Are you telling me you don't know who Rosalinda Fox is, darling?
The one you made an impressive dress for in a couple of hours?
An English woman who spent most of her life in India and has a five-year-old son.
If you worked a little less and went out a little more
you'd know that English woman
is one of the most popular people in Tetouan in these days.
All thanks to her lover, of course.
Does she have a lover?
And who is he? A German man?
- Cold, cold. - Who?
Someone.
Important.
So important that maybe your client is the most powerful woman
to solve any problem in the protectorate.
Your friend is the Chief Sheriff's lover.
- Sheriff Vázquez? - Oh, darling, come on.
Claudio Vázquez is only in charge of the police.
Your client is Colonel Juan Luis Beigbeder y Atienza's lover.
Chief Sheriff of Spain in Morocco
and general governor of sovereign islands.
Does he have a relationship with Rosalinda?
May my mother live to her 80s in good health if I'm lying to you.
And how is he? How old?
Old enough to be her father.
They say he's a very wise man. That he speaks many languages.
Not like the dictators we are used to
but sadly he's on the same side.
Are you okay?
I think I'm a little nervous, my love.
Don't be. You'll charm everyone with that dress. You'll see.
Is he so important?
He got the post practically when the war started.
They say Franco is very happy with him for he gives him many monkey soldiers.
- Is he married? - Probably.
It's not common for colonels to bring their families with them.
I can't believe it.
Believe it then.
He was delegate of indigenous matters, a discreet and solitary man.
But now he has the most important post in the protectorate.
From one day to the next he turned into
a very, very powerful man.
- Good night, sir. - Good night.
- Madam. - Nice to meet you.
- Let's say hello to the consul. - Fine.
- Is she his wife? - No. His lover.
Consul.
Excuse me, miss. The police are at the door.
At this time?
He says Sheriff Vázquez wants you to go to the station.
I'll go right now.
- Ramiro? - Yes, I guess he got to the sheriff's.
You have to be brave, okay?
Excuse me. I'm sorry.
I'm looking for someone.
Could you tell me who Patricio Rubio is?
Thank you.
Let me help you, please.
Thanks.
Patricio Rubio.
Nice to meet you.
Likewise.
Thanks for coming.
The sooner we're done, the better.
- Is Ramiro here? - He is.
But I'm afraid I'll need to tell you something first.
Ramiro is dead.
This morning, my partners in Tangier
transported him to Tetouan by the highway.
I went pick him up myself.
Everything happened in a moment. A policeman had an oversight
and Ramiro took his gun.
We had no other choice than to shoot at him.
You don't know how sorry I am.
I want to see him.
Look, it's not... it's not necessary.
Please, I need to see him.
Come with me.
Tell me, Patricio. What do you do?
You seem pleasant. I don't want to bore you.
Well, and you haven't told me your name yet.
My name is Rosalinda.
Mr. Rubio.
So you are Rosalinda Fox.
Well, well. Oh, yes.
You were telling me about you.
I haven't told you anything about me.
Okay. I understand.
I know who you are.
I need to ask you something.
I know you take people from the red zone to Morocco.
I have no clue what you're talking about, miss.
No? I think you do.
- What is this, a trap? - Excuse me?
Please, don't pretend.
Everyone knows you are lovers with...
Please, could you go to the dinner room?
You're right. But let's keep this between us.
Juan Luis must not know.
Don't you see I would be in big trouble too?
I really don't know what you are talking about.
Please, it's not for me.
It's for a friend.
She only wants information about what she would need to do.
Just information.
Please.
Okay.
To begin with, tell your friend it's not something cheap.
- Are you okay? - Yes, darling.
I wished death on him so many nights after he abandoned me.
I don't know.
I guess I wanted revenge.
For him to suffer a little part of what I was suffering.
But...
Now, seeing him dead...
in this bed.
I can only think about the good times.
Not even someone like him deserves to end up like this.
Has someone reclaimed the body?
No.
As communications are broken because of the war...
We can't move the body back to Spain.
I'd like to cover the expenses for the burial.
Girl, that filthy bird, may God have him in his glory...
he doesn't deserve a single tear from you.
You've done enough paying for the burial.
- I know. - So come on.
Come on.
But keep me informed, okay?
God.
I see you're much better.
Much better.
I'd like to talk with Sheriff Vázquez.
He's not here, but you can wait for him.
Sit down, if you want to.
Thank you so much.
God! That girl!
Oh, yes. I'd take her home and have a good time.
Come on. She's a decent one.
You take her home and she'd make you pray to the rosary.
She's more intelligent than you, I guarantee it.
Juárez! Go to the main street. There was a knife fight.
Cortez, if you don't have the factory report in my office on the count of ten
I'd throw you out with a single kick.
Palomares.
Miss, what are you doing here?
I need to talk to you.
Very well, come to my office.
- Sit down, please. - Thanks.
How are you doing with that rabble thing?
I'm better, thank you very much.
Well, tell me.
I need to get my passport back.
May I know what for?
To go to Tangier, to renegotiate my debt with the hotel.
To renegotiate it?
I need more time to pay them back.
I thought you were doing great with the workshop. You have good clients.
Yes, yes. That's true.
I've saved enough money to pay back my debt.
But other things came up, and I need money for those too.
Family issues.
I thought your family was in Madrid.
That's the reason.
I want to get my mother out of there and bring her to Tetouan.
When would you like to go to Tangier?
As soon as possible. If you authorize it.
Palomares! Bring me a frontier pass for the Bork post, immediately!
Good afternoon, Ms. Quiroga.
Good afternoon.
What is it? Are you on vacation?
Lord! How fast is that lady prospering!
I still remember when we caught her in the nuns' hospital. She must've had fleas.
Palomares! Shut up or I'll send you to stand guard at Monas Peak.
Come on, guys.
Good morning!
Hello.
Are you waiting for the bus?
Yes, I'm going to Tangier.
Absolutely not, my dear.
I'm going to Tangier too.
Get in!
Come on!
Thanks.
You're very kind.
Please, don't be so courteous.
We're friends now, right?
Did you know Juan Luis helped to get the Muslims on Franco's side?
No, I didn't know.
Yes. He speaks Arabic, he's a good friend of the Moroccan people.
He's not a military man like others.
He's an intellectual.
And he's so, so romantic.
Is he?
For me it's as if our story had been written in the stars.
I went to visit him when I settled in Tangier.
I imagined I'd find him wearing an astonishing uniform covered in medals.
But no. He was wearing a simple dark suit.
Morocco is a country like no other, with its mixture of blood.
We shared an unforgettable lunch.
He spoke and spoke about Morocco.
Moroccans come from the ancient Phoenicians.
After lunch we took a little walk.
He picked up two stones
a white one and a black one.
'Choose one hand.' he said.
'If the black stone comes out'
'I won't see you ever again.'
'If the white one comes out'
'Then that would mean destiny wants you to stay by my side.'
Did the white stone come out?
Yes.
And since then we are only apart when his duties demand it.
We obviously don't live together.
Because he's a married man?
No, it's not because of that.
I'm married too.
Germans and Britons are not very good friends.
They wouldn't like our relationship.
And the Spaniards owe too much to the Germans in this war.
They need to keep them happy.
But there's no reason to distrust him. I mean...
He could be with you and still be faithful to the Germans.
Yes, he is.
- Of course. - How's that?
They have reasons to think I'm a bad influence.
Because I'll do everything in my hands so Juan Luis can be friends with England.
- Really? - Things are getting very bad in Europe.
If there's a new war I'd like your country to be by our side.
But do you think he will let you interfere in his official matters just like that?
Of course, my dear. Juan Luis adores me.
In his own words...
'I'd be capable of going down to hell for my Rosalinda.'
Thanks.
Good morning. I'd like to talk with the hotel director.
Your name, please.
Sira Quiroga.
A moment, please.
Come with me.
An extension on the debt?
Just a few more months.
I'm sorry, but I can't do what you're asking me.
Please understand me.
My mother is the only family I have. And she's alone in Madrid.
I need that money to bring her to me.
Everyone has family suffering because of this damn war.
Can you imagine what would happen
if all the customers in this hotel asked me for the same?
I'll pay with interest.
Miss, this hotel has been very generous to you.
So don't ask me the impossible.
Is there any way to convince you?
No. I'm sorry.
I don't want to have to denounce you.
Very well. This is all of it.
We're done with this.
Sira, dear!
- A drink? - Okay.
Do you know Dean? He's an old friend.
Dean, this is Sira Quiroga, my dressmaker.
- Nice to meet you. - Rosalinda, darling.
Hello.
How are things doing in Tetouan?
It was a surprise for us all to hear about your departure.
It happened so fast!
Oh, my life is marvelous.
I have a dream house and fantastic friends. This is Sira.
She has the best dress workshop in North Africa!
Oh, so we'll need to visit her some day!
We're a little bored with Tangier's dressmakers. Right, Mildra?
We'd love to go see you in Tetouan. It'd be great.
You know, many people in Tangier
would love to know your new friends!
Well, we all would love to know one of your friends particularly.
We've heard he's someone really, really special.
Maybe you could invite us some night to one of his parties.
- We'd love to be there. - You can bet on it, Olivia.
Should we ask for more cocktails and get a table?
- As you wish. - Dean.
Get us two more drinks to that table, please.
- Good idea. I want a... - You are not invited.
- And why not? - Because you're two bitches.
How do you say that in Spanish, Sira, darling?
What does 'bitches' mean?
Opportunists, shameless.
Bad people.
- Pair of pigs. - That's it. Thanks.
Pair of pigs.
- I'm sorry, but I'm so sick of opportunists. - Don't worry.
I wish I had your attitude.
Tell me now, how have you been this morning?
Bad, very bad.
I'm very sorry to hear that, my dear.
Was it something important?
Yes, it was for me.
You know I want to get my mother out of Madrid.
Well, for that I needed to postpone another urgent payment.
- And I couldn't do that. - That's a shame.
So I won't be able to help my mother for the moment.
Thanks. And I think, based on what they say...
It's getting harder to move from one zone to another every day.
Is your mother alone in Madrid?
Yes, absolutely alone.
It must be very hard to know your mother is in the red zone.
She's in danger of everything among all those people.
No, Rosalinda. Those people are her people.
My mother is with her people, in her house, in her neighborhood.
If I want to bring her it's not because I'm afraid of what may happen to her.
But because she's the only thing I have.
And it's getting harder every day to know nothing about her.
- But they've told me your family was... - No.
I know. Almost everything that's said about me in Tetouan isn't true.
That I come from a wealthy family.
That I have a fiancÃ© in Argentina.
Yes.
My family is my mother and I.
And we're just humble dressmakers.
So you aren't engaged either?
No.
This is my life. Do you see?
Very different from yours.
Who the hell cares from where you come if you're the best dressmaker in Morocco?
You'll find your mother.
I can't promise anything.
But I know someone who may help us.
Leo Marten. He's the director at the Bank of London.
He has many friends and he might know something.
Two hours waiting.
Do you think this is a good or a bad sign?
We're about to find out.
I'm sorry I made you wait so long.
The situation is very complicated right now.
What happened?
I'm not quite sure I reached the person you need.
But I think it's worth a try.
If you don't make it
I could try it again with someone else.
- With whom? - He's a British journalist.
But he has one condition to help you.
What does he want?
He wants to talk with you personally, Ms. Fox.
You know how journalists are, they're scavengers.
They always want something in exchange.
They are not the only ones, my dear. They are not the only ones.
Anyhow, get him to me. Let's see what he wants.
You can talk in the office next door, it's empty.
I'll get him on the phone.
Get me Marcus Logan.
And transfer the call to two.
Mr. Logan?
Yes, this is Rosalinda Fox.
Yes, that's correct.
Perhaps.
Well, send me a telegram with the date of your arrival in Tangier.
Sira, we can go now.
Leo, my dear, thanks for everything. You are the sun.
Will you tell me what he told you?
It was just blackmail.
How do you say that in Spanish?
When someone says he'll do something for you
but only if you do something in exchange.
- Blackmail. - Blackmail, that's it.
What kind of blackmail?
A personal interview with Juan Luis
and a week of access to political life in Tetouan.
In exchange he said he'll get in contact with the person we need in Madrid
and get everything started.
And what did you say?
I told him to send me a telegram with the date he lands in Tangier.
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