Guernica (2016)

María Valverde: Teresa

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• Henry : So, what's your life's story?

  Teresa : I wanted to be a writer. But when the war happened, the loyalists needed people who spoke languages, and knew how to deal with journalists.

  Henry : So you're dealing with me?

  Teresa : Well, in my way.

  Henry : And because you didn't become a writer, you deal in editing what other people write.

  Teresa : Well, circumstances delimit one's choices, don't they? To be honest, I'm like you. I don't fit in many places.

  Henry : You're a Communist?

  Teresa : Loyalist. I wish to see a democracy for Spain.

• Teresa : [knock on the door]  Come in.

  Carmen : Teresa? These are the new journalists. Marco Navas. He works for a Portuguese newspaper. And these two are the oneswith the car that broke down.

  Marta : No, it didn't break down. It was bombed.

  Carmen : Marta Vonier, photographer from Le Figaro. And Henry Howell, from the New York Herald Tribune. American.

  Teresa : I studied your writing at college. I... I think I've read it all. Short. Sharp. Very inspiring. Your style has evolved over time, hasn't it?

  Henry : Well, I'm still a growing boy.

  Teresa : I just read this article of yours about Bergara. You write of a battle at a castle where our soldiers were firing from the battlements. I think it was a pretty good piece. It's quite interesting because there are no castles in Bergara. Why? Why did you write it? Is it even about the truth anymore?

  Henry : Well, maybe I got the name of the town wrong. There's so many.

  Teresa : Don't play with us. For you, it's a story. But for us, it's life and death.

  Vasyl : Obey the rules, Mr. Howell. They're simple enough even for you.

  Henry : I'm sorry. You are?