How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer Script - Dialogue Transcript

How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer Script

  
  
Unh!

  
Good morning!

  
Good morning.

  
Hello.

  
Oh!

  
Ama.

  
Blanca!

  
Blanca, get in here

  
and say hello to your Nana.

  
Oh! She is driving me crazy!

  
Let her be.

  
They ran out of the tomatoes

  
that were on sale,

  
so I got you some other ones.

  
And I can't stay for long.

  
I gotta go open the shop.

  
Hey, and what is that

  
hunk of junk sitting outside?

  
It's mine.

  
What?

  
The car. It's mine.

  
You're joking, right?

  
No. I bought it.

  
With what?

  
I had some money saved up.

  
What money?

  
You can barely survive on your

  
Social Security checks.

  
I've been saving a little

  
here, a little there...

  
What is it that you need

  
that you need to buy a car?

  
I can fit this whatever it is

  
into my schedule.

  
Ama...

  
You don't even know

  
how to drive.

  
I can learn.

  
I'm not that old.

  
Seņora Rodriguez still drives,

  
and she's only five years

  
younger than me.

  
So she says.

  
She's been driving

  
her whole life.

  
I... I thought...

  
maybe you can teach me.

  
Oh, forget it.

  
I don't want any part of this.

  
Trust me, it's for

  
your own good, okay?

  
The car goes.

  
Your grandmother

  
has gone crazy.

  
Your grandmother,

  
she's driving me crazy!

  
What?

  
Did you see the monstrosity

  
that she bought?

  
You mean that car is hers?

  
Not for long.

  
I thought it was cool.

  
"Cool."

  
Do you want your Nana

  
to kill herself?

  
She doesn't even know

  
how to drive.

  
Mom, what's the big deal?

  
She'll just learn.

  
I don't know what

  
got into her head.

  
Maybe she's lonely.

  
Lonely...

  
How could she be lonely?

  
She has us, doesn't she?

  
What more does she want?

  
Give us some candy.

  
Two tostadas!

  
Who's gonna pay

  
for all this?

  
Um...

  
What can you give us

  
for free?

  
Jesus!

  
You really shouldn't take

  
the name of the Lord in vain.

  
Fuck off, Rose.

  
So, we saw your abuela's

  
new hotrod.

  
How do you know about that?

  
Please. You can't fart in

  
this town without everyone

  
smelling it.

  
That's true.

  
So, what do you think God

  
thinks about farts?

  
Leave her alone.

  
What? I just figured

  
a future nun would...

  
She's not a nun yet.

  
Yeah, when are you gonna

  
tell your parents?

  
I don't know. They're kinda

  
set on me going to college.

  
They want me to be

  
the first Reyes to go.

  
New face.

  
Who do you think he's after?

  
Maybe he wants to do you.

  
What makes you say that?

  
Please. Ever since you

  
sprouted those, you've become

  
a hot commodity.

  
Okay, what about yours?

  
Until Mercy loses that ass of

  
hers, no boy's gonna be

  
chasing her.

  
My mother says there's

  
nothing wrong with a little

  
meat on your bones.

  
Of course she would say that.

  
Your boyfriend's here.

  
He's not my boyfriend.

  
Thank you.

  
Doesn't he creep you out?

  
Oh!

  
Hi. I wanted to get

  
a head start on the pork

  
in the back.

  
Oh, I'm...

  
I'm sorry.

  
I got it.

  
You were... you were smiling.

  
What?

  
When you came in...

  
you were smiling.

  
It's been a while since...

  
It was nice.

  
Well, there isn't very much

  
to smile about around here.

  
I'm surrounded by a bunch of

  
smelly pigs all day.

  
Ah...

  
I know.

  
That's not what I meant.

  
I'm not made for eating,

  
I know that.

  
We couldn't get a very good

  
batch of chorizo from here.

  
Your father, he couldn't

  
stand the smell either.

  
He used to place his chair

  
outside.

  
He figured if anyone wanted to

  
place an order, it was just as

  
good a place as any.

  
It just gave him better

  
access to pinching the ladies'

  
asses as they passed by.

  
At least that's what people

  
would say.

  
Well...

  
I better get back to work.

  
These pigs won't cut themselves.

  
Hey.

  
Chica. Como estas?

  
Guess what your mother

  
did this morning?

  
She bought a car.

  
You knew?

  
Of course I knew...

  
she's my mother.

  
And you let her?

  
Hey, guess what!

  
She already knows.

  
What are you doing here?

  
Where's Maria?

  
My husband keeps

  
running off the help.

  
The other day he sat down on her

  
lap like it was no big deal.

  
Scared the living daylights

  
out of the girl.

  
She didn't come back the next

  
day or the day after that.

  
I told Victor he has to quit

  
scaring away the help.

  
I don't mind cooking and

  
cleaning once in a while,

  
but every day? No.

  
Give me a fresh chicken, please.

  
Jose Luis!

  
Get me a fresh chicken.

  
You better keep an eye

  
on your mother.

  
First a car, and then

  
who knows what?

  
Yeah. Remember Doņa Loda?

  
She got the little dog to keep

  
her company after her

  
children left?

  
Well, you saw what happened.

  
She now has twelve. Inbreds.

  
And their heads are so big for

  
their body, and all they do

  
is yap.

  
Are you saying my mother

  
is gonna end up with a fleet

  
of cars?

  
Well, Doņa Petra

  
got her boobs done

  
when she turned sixty.

  
She did not get

  
her breasts done.

  
I don't know why

  
she bothers.

  
Nobody wants to touch 'em.

  
She did not get

  
her breasts done.

  
They are padded.

  
Just like yours.

  
And anyway, um...

  
Ama has been talking about

  
getting this car for a while,

  
and I just, you know,

  
I don't see the harm in it.

  
Well, I'm just saying

  
you should be careful.

  
I'm done.

  
I'll be back next week.

  
Thank you, Don Pedro.

  
You know,

  
I can help you with this.

  
The car. I have a license.

  
I can teach you how to drive.

  
That isn't necessary.

  
What? You afraid I'll...

  
dirty the car?

  
Oh, no, that isn't it at all.

  
Of course not!

  
No.

  
Then what?

  
Good.

  
Then we'll start next week.

  
But... but... I...

  
I can't pay you!

  
No mujer, es un favor.

  
No, no, no, no!

  
First...

  
you turn it on.

  
Tell your mom to buy

  
a washer already.

  
Why would she,

  
when she has me?

  
Let's call someone.

  
There's nobody to call.

  
What about Jose?

  
Jose #1 or Jose #2?

  
Get in.

  
Where are you going?

  
What's it to you?

  
I'm not going without

  
my friend.

  
Which one's your friend?

  
It's your pick.

  
You.

  
Nice tits.

  
What? What did you say?

  
I said, nice tits.

  
Okay, okay, I heard you

  
the first time.

  
You're a real conversationalist.

  
Sure. I'll be whatever

  
you want me to be.

  
Can we go now?

  
Five more minutes, okay?

  
So, um, how long are you

  
here?

  
Supposedly forever.

  
Supposedly?

  
Yeah. I'm here to help out

  
my uncle at his garage.

  
But there's not much

  
to do here, huh?

  
Um... No, not really.

  
Yeah. I don't think I can

  
last here much longer.

  
You've been here two weeks.

  
How'd you know that?

  
Everybody knows everything

  
around here.

  
What else have you heard?

  
That you got some girl in

  
trouble, and you're here

  
hiding out.

  
I'm not hiding... ohh!

  
Stupid small town people.

  
Hey!

  
I'm sorry.

  
Anyway, I don't really care

  
why you're here.

  
You don't?

  
No, I mean, so what if

  
there's another girl?

  
She has nothing to do with me.

  
Right?

  
You know you like me.

  
You know I'm a funny,

  
nice guy.

  
Come on.

  
What I would do to hips

  
like yours... Mwah!

  
I don't think you should be

  
talking to me like that.

  
Oh, jeez, Sal, we picked

  
ourselves up a couple of

  
virgins.

  
What's your problem?

  
Shut up, virgin!

  
Please! I can smell you

  
from a block away.

  
I think you should

  
take us home now.

  
Hey.

  
Hey, hi.

  
Yeah, hey, you wanna, um,

  
come over and play some cards

  
or something?

  
Let him cook his own dinner.

  
Oh, no, that's okay.

  
No, it's okay.

  
Thanks. Bye.

  
Hey, Nora, hi.

  
Um, you wanna come over

  
and, um, you know, have

  
a couple of drinks

  
or something?

  
I, uh, I got plenty of beer.

  
Oh, well, they can

  
come over too.

  
They can play over in

  
Blanca's room.

  
Oh.

  
That's okay.

  
Yeah, I'll see you around.

  
Okay. Bye.

  
# (man singing love song

  
in Spanish) #

  
Do you think it's true

  
what they said?

  
What?

  
That he can smell a virgin

  
a block away?

  
Don't be stupid.

  
They're just being jerks.

  
Anything?

  
You?

  
Assholes.

  
Mom.

  
Mom, come on.

  
No! God.

  
Just... no, leave me alone.

  
Mom, go to bed. Come on.

  
Up. Up, up, up, up, up.

  
Oh, jeez.

  
Come on.

  
Okay, okay, okay, okay.

  
You know, Mom, you should

  
really get yourself a boyfriend.

  
Yeah, like that's gonna solve

  
all my problems.

  
No, actually, it wouldn't,

  
but at least it would give you

  
something to do on

  
Saturday nights.

  
Just keep your legs shut.

  
What does that have to do

  
with anything?

  
Boys your age

  
only want one thing.

  
Any age, really.

  
That is the biggest cliche.

  
Honey, cliches exist

  
for a reason... that's because

  
they're true.'Night.

  
All right, good night.

  
No, no, no!

  
You're doing it all wrong!

  
You have to put in the first

  
gear all the way in, first.

  
Perhaps my daughter is right.

  
I'm too old for this.

  
No, no, no.

  
No, no.

  
She's wrong.

  
Good morning.

  
Good morning.

  
Something wrong?

  
Unh-unh.

  
I'm sorry about your son.

  
I know.

  
I tried calling you, uh,

  
but, uh...

  
They told me you weren't

  
taking calls.

  
Your mother-in-law said

  
you were going crazy.

  
I was.

  
No mas llorando y fumando,

  
fumando y llora, y llora

  
y llora.

  
I wouldn't eat...

  
I wouldn't shower...

  
And my husband had to take

  
care of my little girl.

  
I was no longer cooking

  
for either one of them.

  
Then I saw my face in the

  
mirror, and I didn't

  
recognize myself.

  
My...

  
My cheekbones had gotten

  
so boney.

  
I tried on my wedding dress...

  
which hadn't fit me since

  
the day I wore it,

  
and it was baggy.

  
Miguel came home and saw me

  
like that...

  
and I told him...

  
"don't I look pretty?

  
Just like the day we first met."

  
And that was the only time

  
that he cried.

  
How did you snap out of it?

  
I heard my little girl tell

  
Miguel that she wished

  
that she had died...

  
then her mommy wouldn't

  
be so sad.

  
I cleaned myself up

  
that very night.

  
And that's how it was.

  
You...

  
You go ahead and you say hi to

  
Miguel and Ana for me. Okay?

  
Okay.

  
No. No.

  
Fine.

  
Lolita, gracias.

  
Adios.

  
Um...

  
Uh, what are you doing here?

  
Your wife just, uh,

  
bought some meat a couple

  
of days ago.

  
I'm not here for the meat.

  
Lolita, if you sold beets,

  
I'd be eating beets every day.

  
Same thing with ice cream...

  
all the time.

  
I don't care... nails, wood...

  
whatever.

  
Um, we just...

  
anything you got to sell,

  
I would be buying.

  
We just sell meat here,

  
so what will it be?

  
How about a smile?

  
One. Come on.

  
A little smile.

  
All right, give me a pound

  
of chorizo.

  
Um, Jose Luis,

  
a pound of chorizo, please.

  
So, um...

  
That'll be a dollar.

  
A dollar?

  
A dollar.

  
It says ninety-nine cents.

  
I'll give you change.

  
Thank you very much.

  
No!

  


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