Hard Times
2005 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 347 VOTES · DIR. Manuel Martín Cuenca
Overview
When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of school, and his mother Ana isn't sure how to convince the boy that he's making a crucial mistake. Ana's client Carlos is a Cuban exile who makes his living selling cigars and artwork on the black market. When Carlos learns of Ana's dilemma, he calls on recently released convict Mikel to teach the boy how to play chess. Perhaps is young Gonzalo can master the game, he can learn to start living again. As the lessons get underway, each of these characters learns that in order to truly move on with their lives they much first break free of the bonds that prevent them from being who they really are.
Dialogue Timeline — 987 lines
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00:00:38 HARD TIMES
00:08:58 People think they can leave it all to us.
00:12:33 I'm not leaving this room.
00:16:02 It's not going badly.
00:20:46 - Have you eaten? - Yes.
00:24:40 You could talk to him.
00:28:16 nobody should take away from you.
00:31:30 Mum, I'm not coming out. I don't feel like it.
00:37:30 There was a Cuban world master... Capablanca.
00:39:40 and spread all over the world
00:42:03 Imagine I lost a game to you
00:45:34 And you left Cuba?
00:49:31 in a 2 by 2 cell.
00:52:51 It's a DVD. Carlos brought it for me.
00:56:30 A mother
01:02:19 - And when they catch me, they'll... - What are you saying?
01:04:28 And some things I decide for myself too.
01:12:02 HAVANA SMUGGLING RING DISBANDED
01:21:06 You were talking about the painting
01:24:45 Keep away from my home!
01:29:34 Ibram
01:35:54 to stop.
01:39:12 Nothing, nothing.
01:44:34 Your mother can't play, can she?