Rosebush Pruning

If our hair is thinning,

we shave our heads to make the bald patch less visible?

Yes?

- Wrong, George. - Oh.

If our hair's thinning, we don't shave our heads.

But we don't leave our hair long either.

- Exactly. - Okay.

Um...

Pointy sideburns.

Yeah.

Pointy sideburns, like...

Okay.

It's the sound they would make.

Um...

Wristwatches with large faces?

- Wrong. - Right.

Goatees?

No.

Right.

The first name of the Belgian designer Demeulemeester?

My best friend's name is George.

I met him ten days ago, but we got very, very,

very, very close.

I've learned many interesting things about Ancient Greece from George.

And he, in turn, has learned

many interesting things about fashion from me.

- Demeulemeester. - Uh-huh.

Say it.

Come on.

Ann Demeulemeester.

He is a doctor, a brilliant one,

attending a medical conference here.

We met each other by chance, when he gave me a ride to the city.

- Say it. - No.

- Say it. - No.

Georgie, don't be naughty.

Um...

What about my shoes?

Which brand are my shoes?

- Sebago. - Sebago? No, George.

- Don't be silly. - Hmm.

Come on, it's not even that hard.

Georgie boy, come on.

- Wow. - Wow.

Bottega.

Come on, your turn.

Don't be shy!

George, don't be shy!

Who's on that Navy ship?

Don't shoot.

Don't shoot.

Thank you for everything, these last months.

We've done so many useful things.

I don't know how to thank you.

I must go pack my things.

Time has come to say goodbye.

I'm afraid it has.

I do like George.

He's the kind of man I'd like to see naked.

I've never seen another man's dick besides mine.

And George...

George is just--

- Hello, hello? - Hello. Are you OK?

His blue shirt had the smell of a fantastic, cheap cologne

I will never forget.

It's been six years

since our family left New York for Spain.

And all that time, we've never quite managed to fit in.

My name is Edward Taylor.

I don't write, I don't read. I don't drive.

I hitchhike to where I want to go, and what I really enjoy is

thinking up proverbs and sayings that are all my own.

I get a thrill from people's expressions when they hear them,

acting like they understand when, really, they don't understand at all.

"Banana falls down, no matter.

"Melon falls down, it's over."

I like that one.

Another one I like is:

"People are roses, families are rosebushes.

"Rosebushes need pruning."

Edward Taylor.

1991...

to 2025.

When Mom found the house we're living in now,

she decided to leave the cold of the East Coast far behind

and move us all here.

The six iron deer at the entrance of the house

was a crucial element for her.

She thought it was a sign from above.

Six deer,

six members of the family.

It's me, Dad.

Jack.

How are you feeling, Robert? Feeling better?

Yeah, I'm okay, Dad.

No, no, no, wait, wait, wait,

till your sister's done serving this whole fish.

Okay, here we go!

One ladle or two, Jack?

Two, please.

Thank you.

There's no eggplant in it.

It's good.

God, you're looking very handsome today, Jack.

- Really? - Wine, please.

Thank you, honey.

- I really mean it. - Thank you.

- Yeah. - Huh.

Dad, if you could see him right now,

you would be a very, very happy father.

Looking so fresh.

Glowing.

Ed, don't you think that

Jack has been looking really handsome lately, really sexy?

Oh, yeah. Handsome.

- Sexy, too. - See? There you go.

I'm not crazy.

So is this new girl prettier than our Anna?

No girl is more pretty than my 'Bananna'.

How do you like my new watch?

- Yeah, it's really very nice, Dad. - Jack, what time is it?

It's...

- It's 10:15. - Oh.

Come to think of it, I don't see why you bought yourself a new watch,

when you have so many already.

I mean really, Dad, you can't even see the time.

Says it's time for me to go to sleep.

Good night, Jack.

Moving to Spain was a big thing for Mom,

because her favorite architect, Antoni Gaudí was born here.

The big thing for me and my siblings was that,

well, it's the birthplace of Cristóbal Balenciaga.

Mom's been dead almost two years now.

Her grave isn't a grave exactly, since nothing remained of her body.

It's a statue of her naked in the middle of our house.

Dad says she was attacked by a pack of wolves

that tore her limb from limb.

I've often thought what a ridiculous death that is,

to be devoured by wolves in this day and age.

Good morning!

Good morning, Anna.

Thank you.

I couldn't find anything bigger this time.

It's 13 kilos.

That's fine.

How is everyone? Your brothers, your father?

They're good. Jack's going to come to the shop to pay you,

if that's okay?

Give your father my regards.

Will do. Your red shirt looks very good on you.

Thank you.

It's not a white shirt filled with blood, right?

No. It's...

It's just a red shirt.

- Bye. - Hola, Manuel.

- Hola, Jack. - Gracias .

The butcher was just hitting on me.

He wanted to fuck me,

but I wasn't into it.

But I just started my period today.

We placed a makeshift cross

at the point where the attack took place,

and we leave a dead lamb at this memorial every month

because Dad says that if the wolves are well fed,

then they won't kill some other poor, unsuspecting person ever again.

That way, Mom can...

rest in peace.

Shit.

How many were there this time?

We all inherited lots of money after Mom died.

Five.

This fact, that none of us have to work ever in our lives

didn't affect our characters.

We always were interested only in music and fashion.

We were all lazy, mediocre, vapid egotists.

All of us, except for my eldest brother, of course.

Jack.

Jack's different.

Come here.

Come here.

Jack, it's late.

You should get up.

Jack is thoughtful and kind-hearted,

honest and polite,

handsome and sexy, too.

I love Jack.

I'm not sexually attracted to Jack, but I love him.

And I would do anything to help him lead a good life.

Where are you, my love?

- What are you having tonight? - Um...

A vegetable soup.

With butternut squash or without?

With.

I do like a butternut squash. It's eggplant I don't eat.

I think to myself sometimes, you know, I think,

if there was just one person in our family that deserves to live,

just one,

that would be Jack.

Just Jack.

- Did you see that? - No.