Arráncame la vida

[first lines]

Catalina Guzman:
[narrating] Many things happened in the country that year. Among other things, I met Andres at a cafe under the arches. Where else could it be? Everything happens in Puebla. From courtships to murders. As if no other place existed.

Andres Ascencio:
They're a bunch of pricks.

Catalina Guzman:
Who is?

Andres Ascencio:
Just say yes. I can see in your eyes that you agree.

Catalina Guzman:
Okay, but who are you talking about?

Andres Ascencio:
All of them. Who else?

Catalina Guzman:
[narrating again] Of course I agree. To me, "all of them" were the people from Puebla who acted as if they owned the city. Not us, children of a farmer who stopped milking cows because he'd learned to make cheese. Not him, Andres Ascencio, who became a general out of luck and every trick other than having been born in a military family.