"Dejala , hombre. Estar hecha polvo!"
(Leave her alone, man! She must be exhausted.)
AWWW!
Oh, you are so screwed!
I can't! I need to rant! Ahaha Sorry!
Not tagging cause... people who know it will catch it from the first sentence!
And those who don't know, no need to bother.
Watching Spaniards speak and trying to read the subtitles in English, which is not my native language, was a very bad not good idea.
Hence the reason I missed THAT line the first time I watched. The second time with adequate subtitles, still far from perfect, but much better, and I caught that little gem!
And several others I missed.
But damn! This scene!!!
The man is already fucked, and he doesn't know it. He realized it much later...
This is such fun!
This ship is insane! There is so much to unpack. It's like a juicy steak, and you just can't wait to sink your teeth in it!
My mind is going in so many directions...
But there are little things, that scream volumes.
From the way they agree on small things, the way he nods when he listens to her mind works when she talks and gives orders, the way she figures out things in a matter of seconds about things he planned probably for days, if not more. The way it looks they are having a conversation when actually he just reacts to her words, they are not talking to each other.
I love how Sergio gives her space to decide how to act on her own terms. It's all about her choice.
He lets her choose - she initiates the dates, later, with the first kiss, he just stays there, waiting, doesn't touch her, doesn't step toward her, doesn't attempt to do anything, lets her take her time and decide if she actually wants this. He doesn't push, or demand, which may easily be a manipulation, considering he knows her ex is controlling and the nature of their relationship. But even after the revealing of his identity and in her anger, he still doesn't attempt to defend himself, he just lets her lash out, scream, and hit. He doesn't react! There are no nasty exchanges, no offensive words, no anger. When he overpowers her, he is so careful not to hurt her! And again - gives her the choice to decide what to do.
This might be just a conscious decision on his side, to win her over, to manipulate her, but he could have got away and left much earlier, he was risking the whole plan, realising how late he is, and how many things can go wrong, and still he is willing to indulge her. Raquel is no longer a threat after he is untied, even before that, in the bathroom, or in the car - he could easily take over and run. And he shows her at the end - here, I could have done that, but I didn't.
Later on in the storage, again, she hits him, she bites him, there is no retaliation, no anger, no yelling even.
And I am pretty sure, that after that stupid move, after she kicked him, she was bracing herself for impact as if waiting to be hit.
I don't think it was the speech that convinced her to be on his side. It feels like it wasn't the speech itself. It was more like what he didn't do in that moment that sealed it, and it was a reminder of why he is like that and what he is.
Otherwise, it was much earlier. When she sits against him with the lie detector and reacts to his story and to his tears.
His behaviour might be normal for a nonviolent person, but everyone gets angry in some situations. He doesn't, even after she hits him multiple times, yells at him and calls him names.
Maybe he thinks he deserves it. Maybe he is just a person who doesn't like this kind of thing or can't fight. (That last one is proven wrong later)
But then again, after the behaviour of everyone else toward her, even the ones who know her, even the ones who claim to be her friends, and her arrest. After calling her names, humiliating her, and being unnecessarily violent... Like, come on - 3 grown-ass armed men, against an obviously unarmed woman, she doesn't carry anything and you can see it. After throwing her on the floor, and then frisking her, which again - where is she going to hide a weapon? And she knows them by name. It felt like a punishment for her being their boss and a woman, and now she fucked up, and they have a legit reason to humiliate her. (There is a part of me that is trying not to spin it in that direction - toward male vs female shit because let's face it, it's not always that easy and the only answer, AND because at times it is reaching, but at the same time my mind goes there, because of the way it was shot maybe ) Dunno, but the way her colleague was shocked and angry by what he saw... In a way, the authorities managed to screw up just enough to help the robber's case.
It was perfection!
Also, as someone wrote, she is sorta shameless AND I FUCKING LOVE that for her! That's one of the things that makes her different - she doesn't shy away from uncomfortable topics, and she reaches out when she wants something, she asks for it, she says it, sort of a matter of fact! She is all in when she expresses her feelings, and it's awesome to watch!
That emotional flexibility seems way more healthy than the reserved manner, which I have seen so many times - oh, the strong women who don't cry, don't show emotion and all that crap. Like f off - nature has given you all that emotional range to use it when it's necessary, not to avoid and repress half of it... This is a strength! If she can't open up and keep people at arm's length, she is alone. Being open is a risk. And it's scary. Yet she does it. Even after she has been hurt so badly.
That combination of emotional vulnerability and shamelessness, between sharp intelligence and naivete is what does it!
In the end, that look of defiance when he manages to escape - the big fat wordless "fuck you" she gives to the authorities, just by the way she looks at them!
My thoughts are all over the place... But this is just too good!
