El Espiritu de la Colmena

Ana:
[unable to sleep] Isabel?

Isabel:
[opening her eyes] What?

Ana:
[whispering] Tell me what you were going to tell me.

Isabel:
[whispering] About what?

Ana:
The movie.

Isabel:
Not now... Tomorrow.

Ana:
Now... You promised. Why did he kill the girl, and why did they kill him after that?... You don't know - you're a liar.

Isabel:
They didn't kill him, and he didn't kill the girl.

Ana:
How do you know? How do you know they didn't die?

Isabel:
Everything in the movies is fake. It's all a trick. Besides, I've seen him alive.

Ana:
Where?

Isabel:
In a place I know near the village. People can't see him. He only comes out at night.

Ana:
Is he a ghost?

Isabel:
No, he's a spirit.

Isabel:
Like the spirit Dona Lucia talks about?

Isabel:
Yes, but spirits have no bodies. That's why you can't kill them.

Ana:
But he had one in the movie. He had arms and feet. He had everything.

Isabel:
It's a disguise they put on when they go outside...

Ana:
If he only comes out at night, how can you talk to him?

Isabel:
I told you he was a spirit. If you're his friend, you can talk to him whenever you want. Just close your eyes and call him... It's me, Ana... It's me Ana...

[they hear what sounds like ominous footsteps and are silent]

Isabel:
Papa, have you ever picked a bad mushroom?

Fernando:
No. You know why?

Isabel:
Why?

Fernando:
Because I always do like my grandfather told me. [he gets up and starts to walk; the girls follow] If you're not sure a mushroom's good, don't pick it. Because if it's bad, and you eat it, it's your last mushroom and your last everything too.

[last lines]

Isabel:
It's me, Ana... It's me, Ana...