Magical Girl (2014) 80% 2★

– Can I ask you something?
– Of course, honey.
– Can I smoke a cigarette?
– But…
– I want to know how it feels. I never smoked before.
– You have to take it to your mouth. You have to swallow the smoke with conviction. If you doubt, you'll cough.
– If you could choose a magical power, what would it be?
– I don't know…
– Come on, what would you choose?
– To be invisible.
– If you could choose two?
– To be intangible, so nobody could touch me.
– But that would be like not existing, wouldn't be?
– A bit, yes.
– Do you know which one I would pick?
– Which one?
– To be able to become whoever I wanted. I had thought of becoming the king and give a speech like…"Dear Spaniards, I feel proud that you kill the rest of Spaniards."

– What can you do? Even if you get rid of the politicians, nothing will change…Olives or chips?
– Olives.
– The problem in this country is that the banker is as corrupt as the worker. That's the problem. …Here you go.
– I guess so.

– You have an amazing home, it's beautiful.
– Thanks.
– What do you do?
– Nothing. I watch the TV. My husband supports me.
– What have you watched on TV lately?
– I watched a report on two neighbors who were angry at each other because…one blamed the other of pouring pee on her each time she'll go in and out of the house. So the lady would wear a raincoat and a bin bag each time she'll go by. She was very funny.
– Why did you find it so funny?
– Why not?
– I don't know. I don't like those shows that exploit others' miseries. It seems they'd tell us not to complain because, deep down, we're not as bad.
– We're not as bad.
– Not as bad? I guess it's easy to say so living here.
– What do you do?
– I used to be a teacher. Now I'm unemployed.
– What did you teach?
– Literature.

– Do you know why I watch those TV shows? Because I like to see people more miserable than me.

– Do you like bullfights?
– No, not much to be honest.
– Neither do I.
– But it's funny that Spain is the country where bullfighting is most popular. Do you know why Spain is in perennial clash? Because we don't know whether we're a rational or an emotional country. The Nordic countries, for example, are cerebral countries. Still, Arabs or Latinos have accepted their passionate side with no complex or guilt. They all know which side dominates. We Spaniards are in a balance hanging right in the middle. That's the way we are. Like bullfights. And what are bullfights? The depiction of the struggle between instinct and technique. Between emotion and reason. We have to accept our instincts and learn to handle them…like if they were a bull, so they don't destroy us. This is exactly what we offer our clients. Could you remove your clothes, please?

– I want you to go to the library in Puerta de Toledo…and leave the money inside the Spanish Constitution book.
– You want me to leave 7,000 euros in a public library?
– Nobody is taking that book.

– Do you know who's playing?
– Pardon?
– I asked if you knew who's playing.
– No, not really.
– You don't like football.
– Not much.
– A mortal sin in this country.
– What about you?
– I like to watch it. I like to watch the NT games, but I don't follow any club. I like sports, but not the business
– Few things are not businesses anymore.

– Education, which is the cornerstone of a critical society…Well, which politician is interested in a critical society nowadays? I'm telling you, no one.