The bathroom has only one towel, and both are naked when he realizes her discomfort, Miguel surrenders the towel to Ángela. Miguel tries as well and concludes that it has locked from the outside. After they take turns in the shower, Ángela becomes frustrated when she can not open the door. Ángela rises to wash it off, and he follows her to the bathroom. Surprised, Miguel wordlessly spreads paint over her naked body. When she turns to leave, Miguel stops her and says that he hopes she will one day respect him for his boldness.Īs Miguel smokes a cigarette, he hears the boards creaking, and Ángela steps through the doorway wearing nothing but an open shirt.

When she balks, he tells her that he has been true to his nature and never hidden his motives. Soon, he enters the bedroom and point blank asks Ángela to strip naked. Miguel alternates between cynical advice and derisively ridiculing romantic notions of journalism. Miguel walks over Luis' paintings, and, when Ángela objects, he says that Luis would prefer them to be marred by life and experience. She agrees, and they continue their discussions there over whiskey. Miguel explains that Luis will be gone until Monday, and they will have the place to themselves. He asks to keep the sample and invites Ángela to his friend Luis' house. When he reads a sample of Ángela's writing, Miguel dismisses much of it, though he says that she is talented. Throughout the interview, Miguel expresses his contempt for idealism and style. Ángela has missed many of her lectures and needs to write an essay she has chosen to use Miguel as her subject. In 1987, Miguel, an old and bitter journalist, agrees to meet with Ángela, an idealistic young journalism student, for an interview at a local restaurant.

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