It is 1936 and Sira and Ramiro have arrived in Tangier. They make friends with other Spanish expatriates. Sira discovers the hookah pipe and homosexuals. Ramiro discovers he enjoys spending Sira's money. This is when the cracks begin to show.
The typewriting academy isn't getting off the ground. Ramiro starts staying out all night, leaving Sira alone at the hotel. The cracks grow bigger.
Sira hasn't been feeling well and goes to the doctor. She's pregnant. Sira rushes back to the hotel to tell Ramiro the news only to find a letter from him. Ramiro has already lit out for greener pastures, taking all her money and jewels with him. He's sure she won't mind. Oh yeah, he also advises her to get out of Tangier quickly as there are a couple of dudes he owes money to and they may take it out on Sira when they can't find Ramiro.
With one suitcase (and a fetus), Sira heads to the nearest bus station. She hops on the first bus out of town, which happens to be heading to Tetouan. Along the way she has a miscarriage. While recovering at the hospital, Sira learns war has been declared in her home country and all traffic has been closed between Spain and Morocco, so she's stuck there.
When Sira wakes up she discovers she's handcuffed to the hospital bed. Now she's really stuck. The cops have caught up to her for the unpaid hotel bill. Also, she's now being accused of having stolen the jewels her father gave her. Hmm, seems Dad's legitimate son had a beef with his old man giving the family jewels away to a bastard.
One cop seems slightly sympathetic towards poor Sira. He helps her find a place to stay and convinces the hotel to give her a year to pay the debt off. He takes her to stay with a woman named Candelaria, who may be the pistol packing mama from the first episode.
And that's it. That was a rather short episode.
No comments:
Post a Comment