20 Centimeters
2005 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,974 VOTES · DIR. Ramón Salazar
Overview
Colloquially-told story of a few days in the life of Marieta, who's saving money for the last operation in her change from man to woman. She works as a prostitute in Madrid and longs for a legitimate job. Whenever she builds up her savings, her housemate and best friend Tomás finds ways to spend, lose, or cost her those funds. She meets Raúl, whom she likes and who likes her; the trouble is he also likes that part of her she wants removed. If that's not enough, she also has narcolepsy, and when she conks out, she dreams of musical-theater numbers in which she's the singing and dancing star. Are these dreams always going to be 20 centimeters out of reach?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,407 lines
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00:01:44 ~~ Life is a tombola. Tom tom tombola, ~~
00:07:39 I inherited it.
00:12:05 It's all love and sex down there.
00:14:29 I'll bring the kid down.
00:19:06 ~~ If you knew how much I need a bit of silence. ~~
00:23:19 Wait, I'll get in.
00:26:36 I wish every night was like this.
00:31:44 But harmony also comes from sex.
00:34:38 A general clean.
00:38:57 See what they weigh.
00:43:10 ~~ I care about you, and you, and you, ~~
00:46:58 Act like we haven't seen.
00:51:56 Gently.
00:55:27 Find it, Pili. Find it!
01:00:33 You'll come so fast, it's a waste of money.
01:05:56 - How intrepid. - That's how I am.
01:11:15 You fell asleep, I brought you home.
01:14:53 It's important, almost life or death.
01:18:13 Oh, no.
01:24:19 ~~ Nobody likes their job. Nobody got enough sleep. ~~
01:31:21 A bargain.
01:35:36 I only sold one season ticket to one of my teacher's friends.
01:39:15 All right, but hurry up.
01:48:38 ~~ that comes to waken me. ~~