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
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:44 ~~ Life is a tombola. Tom tom tombola, ~~
00:07:33 It's a cello, Marieta.
00:11:23 - I'm off, ladies. - So long, Marieta.
00:14:10 You're the slut, Candelaria!
00:18:37 If only you could understand.
00:22:33 That's venereal.
00:25:56 What do you think I'll do?
00:30:54 Adolfo?
00:34:03 so you don't fall asleep.
00:38:02 What?
00:41:44 ~~ I care about you, and you, and you, ~~
00:45:44 Tell me where you work.
00:49:33 What Berta?
00:53:59 We'll get drunk and stuff ourselves.
00:58:19 The kid isn't in bed yet.
01:04:02 Fuck, man, no.
01:08:25 ~~ You're the one I'm dreaming of. ~~
01:13:01 We got to know each other bit by bit.
01:16:08 She's a delinquent and a bad mother.
01:20:02 Yeah.
01:27:08 How are you?
01:33:17 Mom didn't come to pick me up.
01:36:24 And you, love, lend me some clothes.
01:40:28 I want a pussy, you idiot.