"Vanilla Sky" quote: language translation
September 5, 2010 9:44 AM   Subscribe

"Vanilla Sky" Quote--Spanish to English phrase translation please.

I recently watched "Vanilla Sky" and I'm piecing together the plot. Penelope Cruz (Sophia) whispers a phrase to David (Tom Cruise) in the bar scene in Spanish. David replies as if he understands, but when Frank asks him what she said, David replies that he has no idea.

Penelope delivers the line too quickly for me to make the phrase out with my limited Spanish language skills. I can't find a translation of the quote online. If anyone knows the phrase, I would be grateful for an English translation. Thanks a bunch.
posted by effluvia to Media & Arts (11 answers total)
 
"Abre los ojos." It means "Open your eyes." Which is also the name of the film Vanilla Sky is a remake of.
posted by macadamiaranch at 10:17 AM on September 5, 2010 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Thanks for your reply, but her phrase is much longer than that. The film has a lot of phonetic puns.
posted by effluvia at 11:20 AM on September 5, 2010


Do you have a video clip? I checked Youtube quickly but didn't see one. Since it's not a very recent film, that would be helpful.
posted by cmgonzalez at 11:47 AM on September 5, 2010


Here's the (terribly formatted but complete) script. You can probably find the scene from the surrounding dialogue; I haven't seen the movie in a while so I'm not sure where it is.
posted by griphus at 12:19 PM on September 5, 2010


Response by poster: Unfortunately, I do not. The scene I am talking about is at the pivotal pavement juncture, somewhat like Minority Report--where Anderton asks what time it is, and Spielberg makes that second/measurement exactly the number of seconds to the end of the film.

I think the secret in "Vanilla Sky" is that part of the puzzle lies in the dialog (open your ears) rather than the eyes. At the beginning of the film, for example, it is Sophia's voice on the wake up call, not Julie's. At the close of the film, it is Julie's voice, not Sophia's---so David "wakes up" to his worst nightmare come true.
posted by effluvia at 12:19 PM on September 5, 2010


Response by poster: Thank you Griphus.
posted by effluvia at 12:20 PM on September 5, 2010


You're very welcome. Now here's the actual link.
posted by griphus at 12:22 PM on September 5, 2010


Response by poster: Rats. I read through the script and they don't translate her line. Rats.
posted by effluvia at 12:57 PM on September 5, 2010


If, by "they don't translate her line" you mean her line is in the script but in Spanish, then you can use Google translate or other such services to put it in English.

But I'm guessing you knew that and its not in the script at all?
posted by Admira at 2:43 PM on September 5, 2010


Response by poster: Her line is in Spanish, but it in not included in the written script Griphus provided above. I'm not surprised in a way, since it's at the juncture where David is being secretly filmed by his best frenemy, Frank. The film is a great, great metaphorical puzzle. I just sent it back to Netflix, but I am going to reorder it. Julie is Time, David is Love, Sophie is Spirit, Frank is Truth, LE is Lies. It's really a great series of convoluted puns.
posted by effluvia at 3:41 PM on September 5, 2010


This is how it's written in Crowe's script:
         INT. FLORENTINE'S BAR AND GRILL - DAY

          Sofia laughs. A perfect laugh. David admires her, sits
          next to her, holding her hand. Theirs is the unmistakable
          closeness of a couple in the first real throes of a sexual
          relationship. They share a giddy open secret. Across the
          table, we reveal Brian. He's got a tiny high-tech camera.
          Sofia speaks sweetly and passionately to David in Spanish.
          David replies knowingly - "si" - every few words. It's a
          deep communication. She exits.
It's likely it was just improvised by Cruz and is probably not relevant to the story. I recall she says "Je t'aime" at the end of it, but without digging out the movie, I can't tell you what she says in Spanish...
posted by benzo8 at 5:28 AM on September 6, 2010


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