El Norte (1983)
David Villalpando: Enrique
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Quotes
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Enrique's friend : You have to learn to talk like a Mexican. Tell me it's a hot day.
Enrique Xuncax : It's a hot day.
Enrique's friend : No! You won't make it two miles past the border. "It's a fucking hot day." Mexicans are always saying fuck. Fuck this, fuck that. Now try it again.
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Border patrol officer 1 : [to Enrique and Rosa in Spanish] Do you know how to read and write?
Rosa Xuncax : [to Enrique in Mayan] Why does he want to know that?
Enrique Xuncax : [to Rosa in Mayan] I don't know, but I think it's a trick. We'd better lie.
Border patrol officer 2 : What are they saying?
Border patrol officer 1 : I don't know. They're not speaking Spanish. They must be speaking some kind of Indian language.
Border patrol officer 2 : Well, what the fuck good are you?
Enrique Xuncax : [to the officer in Spanish] No, we can't read or write.
Border patrol officer 1 : They don't know how to read and write.
Border patrol officer 2 : Well, that's some great system you got there.
Border patrol officer 1 : Okay.
[takes a map of Mexico out and asks Rosa and Enrique in Spanish]
Border patrol officer 1 : Show me exactly where you are from.
Enrique Xuncax : [in Spanish] What the fuck? What's this fucking thing you're showing me? What the fuck are you talking about?
Border patrol officer 2 : Well he sounds like a Mexican to me.