[birds chirping and singing]
[dramatic music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
[woman 1] Hi!
-[woman 2] I'll see you next class, okay? -[man] Wait.
[professor] What exactly is a wormhole?
Think of it as a portal, a temporary shortcut.
A wormhole connects two distant points in the space-time continuum,
through which we can pass from point A to point B.
To make this journey
requires a constant flow of special particles
that travel much faster than the speed of light.
These particles are called tachyons.
According to one theory,
a wormhole forms every 30 years in our solar system,
when the planet Earth and all the other planets
fall into exact alignment.
This is the groovy part.
If we subscribe to this theory,
it opens the possibility of traveling to another time.
[machinery humming]
[uplifting music playing]
OUR TIMES
That's all the time we have today. See you all tomorrow.
As always, remember to keep an open mind.
Doctor, have you thought about my proposal?
Please say I can work with you.
[sighs] I don't know.
I'm so sorry, Julia.
All the other doctors here get assistants.
And you're the reason that I want to study science.
For me, you're just incredible.
All of your studies,
all of the things you've accomplished at this university.
-I'll try my best, okay? -Thanks.
["Kissin' on the Phone" by César Costa playing]
[students chattering indistinctly]
[telephone ringing]
-[woman speaking indistinctly] -Good afternoon. How are you, Berta?
[time clock clicks]
NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
[typewriter clacking]
-Hard at work, Sandra? -Always.
Hey, uh, we got a delivery from the Soviet Union, right?
Uh, that information goes straight to Dr. Quijano, normally.
But if you were to get your husband to ask,
he'd be given that information immediately.
-[Sandra chuckles] -[door opens]
Professor! I'm out the door, but what can I do for you today?
[Nora] I heard we got a shipment from the Soviets.
I'm wondering whether they sent me my transducers.
Yes, yes, yes. My sincere apologies.
I… I completely forgot to give the news to Dr. Esquivel.
They have arrived.
Mm. But the order didn't come from Dr. Esquivel.
-It's my order. -Uh…
There's something else. I'd like to request an assistant.
-I have a volunteer. -Assistant?
Listen, sweetheart,
I already gave you what you wanted so badly.
-Mm-hmm. -Your class.
Now you want an assistant? I'll keep it in mind. How about that?
If you'll excuse me, sweetheart.
[typewriter clacking]
[mischievous music playing]
Maria?
[mischievous music continuous]
MANUFACTURED IN USSR
[power tools whirring]
ENTRY PROHIBITED AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY
[lock clicks]
[keys jingle]
[man on radio] And let's get the romantic music going.
[fanfare plays over radio]
[hammer clanging distantly]
[blowtorch crackling]
[thudding]
This next song is climbing the charts,
and it's sure to set some hearts aflutter this afternoon.
Here is another soon-to-be timeless classic from the musical pantheon.
It goes out to all you lovers out there.
["Acompáñame" by Rocío Dúrcal playing]
[singing in Spanish]
[both singing]
[machinery rumbling]
-[water trickling] -[clock ticking]
[singing continues over radio]
[sighs]
You got it at last.
-[laughs] -This is the moment.
-Come on. -[gasps]
[door creaking]
[machine powering up]
[sighs]
It works.
-[buttons and switches click and beep] -[electricity humming]
[crackling]
We've opened the portal, Héctor.
[machine thrumming]
Ready?
[lever cranks]
[thrumming intensifies]
Come on, come on, come on.
-[Héctor laughs] -[Nora] It's working.
[thrumming intensifies]
-We're doing it. -We're doing it.
-[metallic creaking] -[thuds]
[electricity crackles]
[Nora] No.
-What happened? It barely even got going. -[machine powering down]
[sighs]
I think this means we're going to need a lot more money.
Have you thought about how to get it?
I invited Dr. Carrasco to come eat at the house this evening.
For dinner? It's much simpler to meet him in his office.
I know, but he's been interrogating me about all the money that we've spent.
That man just makes me mad.
I know. Sometimes he drives me around the bend.
Come here.
It just means we need to butter him up a little bit.
Keep that river of money flowing our way.
We're coming so close, Nora.
Almost. I can taste it.
[chuckles softly]
Shut up and kiss me, you fool.
[both chuckle]
[sizzling]
[Héctor] Get this, honey.
Mexico City is going to have its own subway system.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
It says they'll start building it within a year.
They're getting pretty fancy here.
Maybe a subway means we'll have a city without all those traffic jams.
We really are living in the future.
Hey, Héctor.
[Héctor] Hmm?
What's the plan for Dr. Carrasco?
We just tell him what we're working on.
Sure, but then he's going to make us show him some results.
[Héctor] Nope. No way. We're not ready to do that, Nora.
[doorbell rings]
-Hello, Nora. -My darling!
I'm so glad to see you!
-Hello, Rebeca. -How are you, Héctor?
[clock ticking]
What's that look in your eyes?
[Rebeca] Let me give you a clue.
It begins with an egg,
and it turns into a human being.
[gasps]
[laughing]
Congratulations!
-Very happy for you, Rebeca. -Thanks, Héctor.
You may not have wanted kids, but you're stuck being aunt and uncle.
[both laugh]
The happiest ones in the world.
What did Vincent say?
He doesn't know yet. I wanted you both to hear it first.
He's going to be over the moon.
Come up for dinner later. You can watch him when I break the news.
-[chuckles softly] -Okay?
Mm… it's just, we already made plans.
We're having Dr. Carrasco over for dinner.
Meeting about the project?
The top secret one?
Come on, tell me!
It's just that… you know the university keeps it under wraps.
Oh!
But tomorrow, we'll have dinner together.
And I'll make that big apple pie that you always love so much.
Mm? [chuckles]
Baby sister.
You're going to be a wonderful mother.
Oh!
[Nora laughs]
-My sweetheart. -[laughs]
Okay, enough. Time for me to go.
-See you, Héctor. -[Héctor] Bye, Rebeca.
-Goodbye, my darling. -Goodbye, my darling.
[door closes]
-[Carrasco] Cheers. -[Héctor] Cheers, Doctor. To science, hmm?
[Carrasco] Mm-hmm.
-Mmm. -[Carrasco] Mmm.
Ah, now that's a Chianti.
-You like it? -A fine bottle.
Doctor, have you heard that students want to take down
the statue of ex-president Alemán?
That's ridiculous. Unless they blow it up.
[all laugh]
["Roto" by Benny Ibarra playing on radio]
So perhaps, with your permission, it's time to talk business.
Tell me, Doctor, how are the experiments going?
Well, fine. Uh…
[Carrasco] Doctor, for many years I've had your back, defended you.
But the university has spent an arm and a leg
on this research project.
-Right, of course. -I need your help.
Show me some results, for God's sake.
Yes, Doctor. I owe a lot to you. In fact, everything.
Let me be perfectly honest.
The truth is, we need more time and another round of funding.
No, no, no. Do you want me to have a fit?
-[Héctor] Of course not. -We developed a theory.
No, no. Honey pie, no.
This institution didn't dig deep into its pockets
just for you to dream up some silly theory.
You need to show me exactly what you are doing.
Where is the money going?
Right, Doctor, but we need a couple of weeks, maybe more.
No, no, no, no. Impossible, impossible.
Give me results I can take to the honchos. They're putting the screws to me.
When we're ready to unveil a prototype, you'll have the whole university begging--
You, Doctor, are about to put Mexico on the map.
The faculty. The university.
Us two.
This is gonna revolutionize science, turn physics upside down.
This'll…
This'll have an effect on the history of humanity.
-Yes. -[Carrasco] Mm-hmm.
[laughs]
Have I ever told you the story
of when I met Kennedy and his wife, Jackie?
Uh, no.
Watching them together, I realized what the secret of their success was.
He looked after the important matters of state.
She took care of the cameras.
And each one knew what their role was.
[inhales sharply] If you have the components you need,
but they're installed the wrong way round…
the system doesn't work.
-Hmm? -[clock chiming]
[gasps]
That's it, Héctor.
That's it.
That's… that's…
That's it.
Is she all right?
[Nora] That's it. That's it.
I'm afraid to say, given that you have nothing to show me,
I find myself obliged to advise the governing council
to terminate your experiments.
Doctor, we worked on this for years.
-If you could only-- -Doctor.
First thing tomorrow, we can give you a demonstration.
Very well.
I wish you good evening. Thank you for the dinner, Dr. Esquivel.
Those fritters your wife makes are out of this world.
-I know, right? -Thanks.
-All right. -Please give my regards to Mrs. Carrasco.
I'll make fritters for her another time.
-My husband will see you out. -Allow me.
Bye-bye.
[door opens]
[Nora] We've got the answer, Héctor.
[Héctor] What answer?
[Nora] The answer provided by the insufferable Dr. Carrasco.
We have all the pieces of the puzzle, but they're just not in the right order.
[Héctor] I don't see how the machine's malfunctions
have anything to do with the water in a toilet.
The Coriolis effect.
Which is, if I flush the toilet in the Southern Hemisphere,
the water spirals one way,
but if I'm in the Northern Hemisphere, it goes the opposite.
We'll change the settings so the machine turns in the other direction.
-[exhales excitedly] -Give me a screwdriver.
What's Carrasco's problem, anyway?
Extreme stupidity.
A Phillips head now.
Sure, he's an idiot,
but you don't stand up to him.
You want me to pick a fight with him?
Make sure you don't mix up the sequence of the cards, okay?
I'm not saying pick a fight with him, but at least show him you value my role.
And no, I'm not going to mix up the sequence of the cards.
This one goes here.
-[computer beeps] -And this one here.
This one…
[machinery humming]
-Ready to go. -[Héctor laughs]
[Nora] Plug in the transducer.
[electrical crackling]
[machinery powering up]
[loud rumbling]
[clicking]
Héctor, the portal is still open.
And we've still got a signal.
[turbines powering up]
Nora.
Shall we travel?
[machinery rumbling]
-Okay. [exhales sharply] -Let's travel.
[Héctor] Hatches.
[Nora] Hatches.
[hatch closes]
Héctor.
Shall we travel to the past?
Or to the future?
The future.
[Nora] How far?
Maximum 15 minutes, okay?
[Nora] Fifteen minutes.
[Héctor] Turbines?
[turbines whirring]
[Nora] Turbines activated.
[Héctor] Oxygen?
[buttons beep]
Oxygen activated.
Power level?
[punching buttons]
A hundred percent.
Tachyons?
TACHYONS
Generating tachyons.
Levels on Gauss meter?
Gauss meter is stable.
The levels are green.
[exhales]
All set.
[beeping]
Nora…
You're a wonder!
[whirring intensifies]
[whirring continues to intensify]
[Nora echoing] I'm not going back.
[Héctor, echoing] Let's go back… Let's go back… Let's go back…
This here's the future, huh… Future… Future…
[distorted laughter]
[Alondra] No, Aunt. Not by themselves. They came together.
[Nora] All this… All this…
is both of us.
[deep rumbling]
[powering down]
-[panting] -[groans]
[both breathing heavily]
Are you okay, Nora?
-Uh, yeah. I think so. -Yes? You sure?
You?
My head is whirling.
I'm getting pins and needles all over my body. You?
-Same here. -Really?
It's so weird.
[groans]
[Nora sighs]
Nora, what is this place?
Uh…
Why aren't we…?
Why aren't we still in the lab?
Come on.
[latch locks click]
[ice cracks]
[both breathing heavily]
[Héctor] What was that?
[metal groans]
-[Nora] No-- -[Héctor] What's happening?
Nora?
Hey, hey. Did you do something?
No, no.
[dramatic music playing]
We lost all power.
-Nora, the transducer. -Huh?
[sniffs]
It got fried.
[groans]
[grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[Héctor] This can't be right. That's…
We definitely traveled further than 15 minutes, huh?
The university…
has got to be…
up that way, or…
or a few miles that way.
It all depends on…
On how much time we've traveled…
in the future.
[whimsical music playing]
Héctor?
[Héctor] It could be that we miscalculated the velocity of the tachyons.
We traveled…
into the future.
[whimsical music continuous]
Ah!
[gasps] Ah!
-Mm! -[laughs]
[both moan]
[Héctor] We did it, honey!
We pulled it off. Nora, we did it.
[exhales sharply]
[exhales then sniffles]
What's the plan?
-Uh, the biggest priority… -[music fades]
We need to replace the damaged transducer.
And run all the calculations again to pinpoint the mistake.
-[sighs] -We have to find the university.
The university. Right.
[whimsical music resumes]
MEXICO IS FEMALE VOTE RUTH
THE FUTURE IS TODAY!
[car door hissing open]
[music fades]
[door hissing closed]
-[engine whirring] -[tires screech]
[engine warbles]
[Nora] So do you suppose this is some kind of grocery store?
But a much more modern one?
Huh.
Héctor, exactly how far did we travel into the future?
Who knows? Come on.
Good evening to you.
[pop music playing over earbuds]
[Nora] Excuse me, miss?
Hello there?
No, no, no, she can't hear us. She has some condition or other.
-That's why she has the… -Yeah.
Oh. Which flavor would you like?
Uh, pardon?
What flavor condom would you like? Like, which flavor?
Or did you want to go with one of the textured ones?
-No. -Condoms? No, no, no.
[Héctor laughs]
How could I ask such a thing in the presence of two women?
Oh, well, I don't know.
Um, did you say they have flavors?
[clerk] Yeah. You've got passion fruit, big banana, cherry pie, watermelon.
-There's one called kumquat. -Look.
-[clerk] Which is weird. -Nora.
Look.
[Nora] We traveled…
Fifty-nine years into the future.
[whimsical music playing]
[laughs]
[newspaper ruffles]
[Nora sighs]
[music fades]
Do you…?
Do you happen to know how to get
to the University of National Autonomy of Mexico?
-The UNAM. -Yes.
Did you get here by car?
No. Not precisely by car, no.
So then your best bet is to take the subway.
You go down this street, hang a left, in two blocks you're at the station.
-Subway? -Yeah.
This I've got to see.
Thanks a lot. Good night.
Catch you later.
EXIT
[pensive music playing]
What are those contraptions?
They all have one.
Perhaps…
it's a machine that hypnotizes them?
-You think? -[sighs]
Pardon me? Um, which way do we go to get to the UNAM?
-Two stations further up. -Then transfer to the green line.
-Thank you. -Transfer to the green line.
Huh!
-[chuckles] -It's amazing, isn't it?
[train horn blares]
Look at that.
Incredible.
Héctor!
[dramatic music playing]
[police siren wailing distantly]
[Héctor] Nora.
[Nora] Where's the great Alemán?
[tense, pensive music playing]
I told you so.
[Nora] Everything looks the same as before.
[Héctor] A little run-down, but otherwise…
[Nora] Mm-hmm.
If nothing has changed, the equipment room should be open, right?
-As usual. -Yes. Let's hope it is.
Héctor, Héctor, Héctor. What in the world is this?
DEATH TO PATRIARCHY
Is…
Is it, uh, a student thing?
I guess, but-- But what's this about death to patriarchy?
What patriarchy do they mean?
Uh, no idea, Doctor. Come.
[Nora] Is it working? Yeah?
[Héctor] Yeah.
[lock clicks]
Got it.
After you.
[camera whirring]
Héctor?
This isn't the equipment room for physics.
No doubt about that.
Seems to belong to architecture.
How are we supposed to find the transducer?
-[sighs] -Who knows? Maybe…
Maybe they moved the stuff upstairs.
[Nora] Mm…
"No smoking"?
What do they have against smoking?
-[female guard] Hey, you two. -[Nora] Héctor!
-Put that back where it belongs. -Evening, officer.
[male guard] Mm, hello there.
Oh, hello.
What exactly are you up to here?
-But we haven't stolen a thing, officer. -Mm-hmm.
Because we busted you.
Tell them we're looking for the physics department equipment room.
We're looking for…
Okay.
Officer, the truth is, the two of us are faculty here.
My name is Dr. Esquivel. This is Dr. Cervantes.
In fact, take us to the dean. He knows us perfectly well.
-Right. Right. -You said, "He"?
-Faculty, huh? -Yeah, right.
You say you work for the university, but your only proof of employment
is a weird little ID card.
Issued in the year 1966.
[clicks tongue]
I think Pee-wee Herman wants his bow tie back.
-Who's Pee-wee? -You know, like Pee-wee's Big Adventure?
What's the big adventure?
[female guard] Oh.
What planet have you been living on?
-We traveled in time from the year 1966. -[tense music playing]
Our time machine suffered some damage,
and we're stranded here in 2025 by accident.
All we need is to replace the transducer, power up the system,
check that everything works and return to the year we came from.
Mm. Take a seat, mister.
We're gonna need to run a toxicology screen.
-She wants to test us for drugs? -You want to test us for drugs?
We are not drug addicts, officer.
[tense music swells]
[female guard] Good morning, ma'am.
Good morning to you.
That'll be all for now.
Good morning.
-Let's go, Carlos. -You can go too. Wait for me outside.
[dramatic music playing]
Um…
[door closes]
[tender music playing]
You came back.
I knew you would.
The two of you
went through a wormhole to get here.
-It's amazing! -Yes.
It's true. Uh…
Pardon me, but…
who are you exactly?
Julia Villalba.
-I was your student once. -[gasps]
-And now I'm the dean of the university. -Julia…
It's Julia, from my class! Julia?!
-No way! -Yeah!
You're the dean?
[gasps]
-Oh! -[Julia chuckles]
Julia.
I had a feeling.
I knew that you would go really far in life, Julia!
No, no. Not nearly as far as you.
[sighs]
I was sure that you must have traveled in time with that machine of yours.
I told them.
But no one believed it.
What-- What do you mean? I-- I always believed you.
This is Alondra.
She's Rebeca's grandchild.
Huh?
She's one of the brightest students in the university.
It must run in the family.
Y-Y-You're the daughter of…
[spluttering] Who's your mother?
Rebequita? Rebeca is my grandma.
-Of course! Rebeca! -Ah! Rebeca!
Rebeca had a daughter!
A bunch of girls!
[both laugh]
-God! -[sighs]
[music fades]
I never thought I'd meet you.
The brilliant Dr. Nora.
-My great-auntie. -[Nora laughs]
Because of you, I study physics.
-For real? -[Alondra] Yeah!
-Such a cute little nose! -Is it?
[Héctor] Well, thank goodness that you know each other.
It's a relief to know you're all aware of our situation.
-That's right. -Uh, Julia…
Sorry. Dean.
We need your help.
The portal that let us time travel, mm, is still open for now,
but it could shut down at any moment.
Yes. It might happen in days, or even hours.
We won't be able to get an exact idea
unless we can start the machine and run a complete systems check
on all the instruments,
look for any damage to the components,
repair them,
and run the numbers to see where our calculations were off.
You want… to return?
It's very important
that we tell absolutely no one what you are doing here
until I can find a way to explain this to the scientific community.
So many things have changed.
[Nora] Oof.
Our technology has created a world of…
endless surprises.
[Héctor] Hmm.
-[Alondra] Where to start? -Yeah.
-[lock chimes] -[computerized voice] Door unlocked.
Mom? I'm home.
-[Rebequita] Coming! -There's some people I want you to meet.
Héctor.
-[Héctor] A pleasure. -Hello, Héctor.
[Alondra] And this is Nora.
[Rebequita] Hello, Nora.
I'm your auntie!
[laughs] Oh, really? You…
My father's side of the family or what?
My God.
You look…
[tender music playing]
You look exactly like your mother.
I don't get it.
No.
[cries softly]
Auntie Nora?
Yes.
[Rebequita] It's a miracle.
[both laughing]
[Rebequita] Here's the house specialty.
The famous apple pie.
Absolutely. We bake it every Sunday.
-We never miss a week, right? -Never.
I learned to make this from a recipe I found in my mother's cookbook
And here it is.
[Rebequita laughs]
-Oh, thank you. -But why…
Why didn't Rebeca show you how to bake the pie herself?
She made that recipe a million times.
Is she living in the same place still? I want to go see her.
[Rebequita] Mom, uh…
passed away shortly after the two of you went missing.
Just after I was born.
What do you mean?
On the highway, in a car accident.
-[gasps] -[Rebequita] She never gave up.
She looked for you high and low.
[somber music playing]
[Nora sighs]
No.
Héctor.
Héctor, we gotta go back.
[spluttering] She…
She wouldn't have died if we hadn't been…
If we hadn't been missing.
No, but don't even think that. No one ever saw it that way.
Besides, if you go back,
everything would be different.
Maybe we should try to get a little rest, yeah?
And you and I can make up the bed in the guest room, Alondra.
-Sure, Mom. Sure. -No, no, please don't bother.
It's okay. Dean Julia arranged a place for us.
Mm.
Hey, uncle, wouldn't you like to look someone up?
Don't you need to see your family?
You're looking at an only child, Alondra.
Nora is my only family.
[poignant music playing]
[car horns blaring]
Hey.
What do you think?
How do I look?
[Nora] Hmm.
-Nice. -Yeah?
[music fades]
But a little strange, no?
It's just…
It seems to me these pants aren't quite long enough.
Yeah, I know, but when I wear them like they're supposed to go, look.
My underwear's showing.
[both laugh]
All right.
Let's put them back up.
-You think? -Yes.
Better to show off your ankles than to show off your underwear.
-I agree. -My turn?
Let's have a look.
Hold on now. Aren't these a little tight for you?
-No, they fit me just fine. -Yeah?
You look beautiful.
But whenever I look at you, I'll be thinking that you dressed up like a man.
[both laugh]
[Nora] Hmm.
[Nora chuckles]
It's a lot to deal with.
Yeah, I know.
Did you see that television thingie?
Like the ones they carry around with them.
Yeah, but this one is three times the size.
So I see.
[Nora] How does it work?
Who knows? But they're always touching the screen. Try touching it.
Okay.
[over speakers] ♪ Baby, shake that booty We're dancing at the party ♪
♪ We're rough and we've just got here ♪
♪ We live for the night life ♪
♪ I stand by myself And I don't mingle with the trash, right ♪
♪ Baby, shake that booty for me ♪
♪ Baby, shake that booty for me, for me ♪
♪ She fell for a rascal like me ♪
♪ I'll stay on the streets Where I feel happy-- ♪
-[turns music off] -Let's turn it off for now.
Yeah.
How poetic.
[Nora scoffs]
Let's stick with silence.
-[laughs] -It never goes out of style.
[both chuckle]
[Nora] Look at all these high-rises.
[Héctor] Hmm.
Seems like this city has nowhere to go but up.
[distant traffic ambience]
[whimsical, pensive music playing]
-Héctor? -Hmm?
I can't believe that…
that we're living in the future.
[laughs]
Iodine.
Livermorium.
Uranium.
[Nora chuckles]
I love you too.
You do?
[Nora] Mm.
What do you say to…
a little lovemaking…
in the future?
[laughs]
[man coughing]
[pen scratching]
Okay.
-Good morning, all. -[all] Good morning.
The documents that we are about to consider
are strictly confidential and for your eyes only.
Please do not share them with anyone.
Sorry, but, well, um…
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this.
I've spent my whole career studying theories about space and time,
and now the proof of every one of them is sitting right here, looking at us.
As we heard the dean say, we must maintain a state of absolute secrecy.
Until we at least understand the important effects this could have on humanity.
Doctor, you asked us to repair the machine.
-Mm-hmm, yeah. -Say we're able to achieve this.
But let's stop to consider the perils of paradoxical outcomes
of sending them back to the past.
Imagine, what if it affects the present reality that we inhabit?
[man] The doctor raises a valid concern.
If I may, Dean Villalba?
[Julia] By all means.
As you can see, we've proven that traveling to the future is possible.
Now, traveling back to the past is still just a-- A hypothesis.
It entails some risks,
and we imagine there will be a few surprises.
But the theory, uh…
Our theory
says it's very important to find the exact moment that allows us to rejoin the past.
Our analog meter malfunctioned,
but with your highly advanced instruments, we should be okay.
[Nora] This explains why we jumped ahead 59 years and not 15 minutes.
You'll find a full and detailed analysis in the report you see before you.
[Nora] Exactly.
Doctors, uh, what do you suggest
is the next step for us?
[Héctor] Well, of course,
the most important thing is to get the machine running.
Yes.
We will need, um, components that are compatible with this technology
and obviously your experience and advice.
It's crucial for us to measure the magnetic field
to verify that the wormhole is still open and is thus a viable means of time travel.
If the wormhole closes,
we will have to wait another 30 years to go back.
[Julia] Rogelio, if you would, please?
We'll be supplying each of you with a cellular phone.
Everyone, please give them your contact information
-and make yourselves available 24/7… -Just like on the subway.
…should the doctors need anything.
-Assuming that you all agree… -Yes. Cool.
…I will formally ask the university
to put your current research projects on hiatus
so that you can devote all your energies to our situation.
Now, I propose we establish the work hours for the project.
[Héctor] Excuse me.
How does it work?
Touch the screen with your fingers. Help them out, Alondra.
Uh, I think this one's broken?
-No, it doesn't-- -Here, allow me.
Press this button here and hold it down.
-Ah. -Here's yours. Right there.
It means that in the screen there must be many semiconductors,
and touching the screen closes a circuit.
-Ingenious. -[laughs]
This here's the future, huh?
[chuckles]
[soft jazz music playing over speakers]
-Héctor? -Hmm?
What exactly is this thing, "the Internet"?
Well, according to the Internet,
the Internet is a series of computers sending information to each other
in every part of the world.
And they connect to each other with networks that have no wires,
using a radio frequency of 2.4…
Whoa.
…and even 5 gigahertz!
-Gigahertz? -Mm-hmm.
[scoffs]
Those signals must be going everywhere.
Wave after wave.
It's omnipresent.
-[imitating ghost groaning] -[chuckles]
[both laugh]
[Nora] The lab is unrecognizable.
[Héctor] I'd rather have the old clutter. It's more romantic.
My head is spinning with all these screens.
[machinery humming and whirring]
[Nora sighs]
It's amazing that this tiny device can hold so much information.
Why aren't you using yours?
[door opens and closes]
[laughs]
The transducers.
These aren't Russian.
Why Russian? They're Chinese.
I think the university gets them on Republic of El Salvador.
[whimsical, pensive music playing]
The… the street here?
Downtown?
Ah.
[woman] Doctors?
We ran a complete series of continuity tests.
All the circuits are good.
Perfect.
[buttons beeping]
[machinery humming]
[man] All the controls are up and running.
The turbine is producing power.
[machinery buzzing]
[Héctor] Let me see.
Let's see.
[Nora] The magnetic field is getting weaker.
The portal could disappear any minute now.
[Héctor] The apparatus is working. The needle is moving.
But we're not getting any tachyons.
[sighs]
This can't be happening.
The machine appears to be working.
So far,
we have rebooted the tachyon generator three times, but…
I can't figure out why it's not generating tachyons.
[cork pops]
[sighs]
Doctor, I think what you need is a little time off.
[exhales]
-Here. -Let's see…
-Cheers. -Cheers, Dr. Dreamboat.
-Ooh! -Mm!
-This wine's terrific. -Because it's from our times, Doctor.
-[laughs] Come on. -Mm-hmm.
[Nora] Mm.
Never…
will I cease to admire your beautiful eyes, Nora.
Never.
Shut up and kiss me, you fool.
[chuckles]
Look at you two hard at it.
-[Héctor] Hmm? -Hi.
-[Alondra] Hi. -[Héctor] Hi, Alondra.
-How's it going? -[Nora] Uh…
Bad.
You two look exhausted.
-Why don't you call it quits? -[Nora] Mm!
You want me to order you a Lyft?
A what?
Mm!
-This stuff is primo. -[Nora] Mm-hmm.
Take a Lyft back home. You can hail a cab from your cell phone.
Ah, a Lyft.
-[chuckles] -No, that's okay, sweetie.
We should stay a little longer and run some numbers.
Up to you.
[Nora] Mm.
-So I'll see you tomorrow, I guess. -[Nora] Mm-hmm.
-For sure. Good night. -Okay. You too.
[Nora] Bye.
[Héctor sighs]
Okay. I've got a better idea.
A friend of mine invited me to her place for a little thing.
You can have a few drinks, you can take it easy.
Blow off a little steam.
Plus, it's like research. Exploring the world of the future.
[pop music playing]
I'm down.
-[Alondra] Down! -What?
It's the new lingo. Get with it, Nora.
Nice work, uncle.
-[Héctor] Thank you. -[Alondra] You coming?
[sighs] Oh.
I guess I'm down too.
-Yes! -Cool. We're on.
[dance music playing over speakers]
Hey, whatever you do, try not to make it weird, okay?
We don't want to clue anyone in that you come from the '60s.
Be cool!
-Alondra! -Hey there.
-I thought you wouldn't make it. -Yet here I am.
Where'd you get the old farts?
[Alondra] My aunt and uncle.
They're Mennonites.
No way.
Sure, I guess they make cheese all day,
and when they leave the village everything seems pretty weird to them.
[laughs nervously]
-Shall we? -Yeah, sure.
[record scratching]
[R&B music playing over speakers]
[woman singing in Spanish]
Paloma?
No. My name is Nora.
How are you doing?
Mm, very well, thank you.
[girl giggles]
Oh! You slut. You're busted.
No way.
That dude doesn't know his ass from his elbow.
-Guess who I went out with. -With who, you tramp?
[girl] Pablo.
The dude you screwed in the bathroom at the concert?
What happened with Denise?
That bitch has no clue what she wants.
I can't tell if she is into me for real or if I'm just her backup.
Make up your mind, babe. Male or female?
I don't go by gender, I go by vibe.
I have no preference.
Sure, I feel the same way.
[laughs]
And what do you say?
You have a preference?
Me?
I, uh…
What?
-Ah! -Ah!
-We're just kidding! -We got you! Drink up!
Your health.
[both] Chug! Chug! Chug!
[partygoers] Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!
[all cheer]
-[laughing] -[Nora] Mm!
[laughs nervously]
[partygoers cheering]
[electronic music playing over speakers]
[woman singing in Spanish]
[Nora] Look, look. See how they're dancing together?
[Alondra] Huh?
[Alondra gasps]
Is that how you dance too?
-Depending on the song. -No, don't dance like that, Alondra. No.
-Why not? -No!
[both laugh]
Oh, it's just everything has changed so much.
Back in my day, a girl never went alone to a social event.
You always had to have a chaperone.
Sometimes your father, or sometimes a brother.
A woman had to be accompanied. Without exception.
You see those girls?
Drinking shots, smoking cigarettes.
Uh-uh. And they don't have preferences.
Well…
[laughs]
Look at them, look at them.
[electronic dance music playing over speakers]
They seem so happy.
And they came by themselves.
No, Aunt, not by themselves.
They came together.
-[R&B music playing over speakers] -[man singing in Spanish]
[Nora] Héctor.
I can't stop thinking.
It's possible we'll never get back to the past.
Of course we'll get back.
I know it.
And when we do,
and we return to the exact same point in time and space that we came from,
we'll find everything just like it was.
I'm sure of this because it's what our love is like.
A force in the past.
A force in the future.
It's…
omnipresent.
It's all around us.
At this point, you're supposed to say, "Shut up and kiss me, you fool."
But you're not talking, Nora.
-It's omnipresent. -[Héctor] Yes?
Signals going everywhere like the Internet, Héctor!
It's the only thing that's changed.
[both] Wave after wave at a frequency of 5 gigahertz.
And so all those signals are interfering with…
-The machine. Of course. -The machine!
-Now shut up and give me a kiss, you fool. -Okay! Mm!
Mm.
Without question, that's the right course of action in this case.
Doctor, what's the word you used for the, uh…?
-Signal inhibitors. -[Nora] Signal inhibitors.
[woman] The mechatronics engineers are working on them.
Wow, Doctor, thanks for the reminder of why I love the field of physics.
Your ability to adapt to new variables is the difference between talent
and, well… genius.
[Nora chuckles]
[Julia] All right, it's time for me to go.
All hands on deck. Keep up the wonderful work.
And, Doctor, let me know when the machine is back in working order.
By all means, Julia. Thank you.
[man 1] Well, let's keep pushing the mechatronics, people.
Doctor, can you help me get the batteries, please?
-[man 2] Sure, Doctor. -[Alondra] I have to go to class. Later.
-Goodbye. See you later. -Thanks. Bye.
-[Alondra] Bye. -Thanks a lot.
[inhales sharply]
[sighs]
[Nora] What's wrong?
[Héctor breathes deeply]
[computers chiming]
You know I'm proud of how brilliant you are, right?
[machinery whirring]
But I feel left out.
It's as if…
all of this is your achievement,
and I just happen to be your assistant, you know?
Héctor…
that could be the way they think about us, but it doesn't matter.
All this…
is both of us.
I know.
[poignant, pensive music playing]
-[button clicking] -[machinery beeping]
Nora.
The portal is closing.
[ominous music playing]
I really hope the engineers get somewhere soon with the inhibitors.
Those folks in mechatronics know what they're doing.
I'm sure they'll finish them today or tomorrow.
I hope so.
Hey. What about this guy?
For what? Hmm?
[Alondra] Look.
Here, you check out the guy,
and if you don't like what you see, you swipe to the next one.
-[Nora] Ah. -[Alondra] And the next one, and the next.
-And so on. -[Nora] Huh.
Groovy.
[Alondra laughs]
Is that how people get married these days?
No. Get married? No.
And what's so bad about marriage?
For one, in your career, you might end up sacrificing your ambitions
for the sake of the other person.
Or people, if you have kids.
Maybe, but being married also has its advantages.
-Mm. -There's companionship.
There's security.
There's stability.
Not to mention, being married means you get to…
you-know-what.
[both laugh]
Granted, but come on.
You-know-what happens all the time outside of marriage, you know?
Oh no, maybe, yeah, sure.
It's possible.
-Sure, if you're into that, but not-- -Whew!
It's what I'm into, all right.
Sweetheart!
You mean that?
But you're always so well-behaved.
You wear glasses.
Auntie, come on! All that good-girl stuff is over now.
You don't have to worry about it anymore.
Besides, you don't screw just when you want to get pregnant, Aunt Nora.
You do it when you want to have fun.
Sure. Sure, I know that.
I guess.
That's groovy.
Okay. I want you to tell me something.
Be totally honest and come right out with it.
Let's have it.
-Um, do you masturbate? -[quirky music playing]
-What? -Hurry up.
-Spit it out. -You can't ask me that question.
-No way, forget it. Are you kidding? -Huh?
Come on, what? Did your palms get all hairy?
Alondra! No!
Auntie…
That's not a topic of polite conversation.
-You're not even able to say the word. -No, of course not. No.
No, thank you, no.
No.
I'm gonna take you to a sex shop.
[buzzing]
[Héctor laughs]
[Héctor] Holy moly!
Oh!
[buzzing stops]
Nora, have you tried this toothbrush that works with electricity?
It's one of my favorite things.
[mischievous music playing]
Nora, your beauty is like…
a rainbow of color refracting from a…
No, it's more like the implosion-- Implosion of a quasar in…
-[Nora] Héctor. -Or…
You like it, or not?
[seductive music playing]
[whispering] I love it.
[giggles]
Wait, hold on a minute.
[music fades]
Look what I bought.
You bought condoms?
Not regular condoms.
These condoms come with a ring that vibrates.
And this is a vibrator that you can control and I can wear.
-Hmm. -I love this one.
Delay condom.
Why-- Why would you buy a condom that delays the man's climax?
Well, isn't it obvious, Héctor?
[mischievous sting plays]
[sighs] Was Alondra there when you bought all of this?
Huh?
She was.
Well, it was her idea to go to the sex shop.
You mean a house of prostitution?
A house of prostitution?
No.
It's just a store.
Same place…
[seductive music resumes]
…where I bought this for you.
Why would you discuss details of our intimate life with anyone but me, Nora?
How are you, Nora?
How are you doing?
[sighs]
Fine.
I guess.
And what do you think of this world of the future?
[Nora] Mm…
The advances in science are… overwhelming.
The technology is incredibly specialized. It just blows me away.
Let's sit for a minute.
No, I'm not asking your opinion
on all things scientific.
I want to know how you're doing as a woman.
Oh.
[sighs]
You know, I was so accustomed to the role we were given,
that I'm not sure if I can understand the new one.
-Yes, it must be difficult. -Mm.
But these times are so much better than the '60s for women,
and for women scientists.
[sighs]
Hmm.
I've been thinking.
I can see that your mind is so active, always working.
I propose
that you present something at a conference tomorrow.
-A conference? -Mm-hmm.
But what about the plan to keep a real tight lid
on all the stuff to do with time travel?
No need to mention where or when you come from.
What I want is that you talk about your research,
that you share with us your amazing intellect.
Oh, that would be a real honor.
I'd have to check with Héctor if he's willing to present something.
Well, in this instance,
the conference is only soliciting your participation.
Not that of Héctor.
[laughs] It's just that
this is a conference that's happening for 8M.
Oh.
But at 8:00 a.m., not many people will show because it's pretty early.
No, Nora, the 8th of March.
That's International Women's Day.
[laughs]
So there's an International Women's Day?
There is one now.
No, but…
Okay.
But what could I possibly say to these women, Julia?
-[laughs] -I mean…
I am literally the voice of-of-of the past.
No, Nora.
This may be a bit difficult to explain and understand,
but you are the voice of the future.
[smooth jazz music playing]
[door opens]
I saw Julia at the university…
and she was telling me about a conference.
A conference?
[Nora] Mm-hmm.
To talk about our invention? The top secret one?
No, no.
It's to present our theory.
Sounds like a bad idea. I'm not into it, okay?
[Nora] Sure, that's okay.
The invitation was only meant for me.
Only meant for you?
Mm. She says the faculty has organized this event
to celebrate 8M, March the 8th.
International Women's Day.
[chuckles softly]
International Women's Day?
Mm-hmm.
And when is the international day for men?
Alondra says all the other days of the year
are the international days for men.
[scoffs]
Nora, haven't you noticed?
You haven't noticed how they look at me as if I'm only your assistant?
No, I've never said anything of the sort, no.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't know, since I never got to have an assistant.
Well, that wasn't because of me.
But here and now, you're not standing up for me, Nora.
Standing up for you?
Oh, if it's really bugging you,
why not make an effort and tell Julia to invite you to the conference?
That's what I had to do back in our day.
That's precisely my point, Nora.
Our perspective is…
different.
Their eyes see something else, you know?
Well, maybe it's a good idea.
To try to see what they see.
Yeah, it's no surprise that you view it that way.
But you're getting influenced because the situation benefits you.
Letting our eyes get used to this world would be a mistake.
Because as soon as we're back in the '60s…
we won't be able to see clearly.
Héctor, now more than ever…
I'm seeing everything with total clarity.
[car horn blaring distantly]
[music fades]
[applause]
-[clears throat] -[feedback squeals]
Good afternoon.
I'd like to say thank you to the Faculty of Sciences
for helping me to organize this colloquium,
called "Women Transforming Physics,"
in celebration of International Women's Day.
I'm proud to present to you today
distinguished physicist, Dr. Nora Cervantes,
who has traveled a great distance to present to us
some important discoveries from her research.
Welcome, Doctor.
[applause]
I'd like to say a little something.
A couple of words, Julia, if I may.
[Alondra] Wait, why's he doing this?
Good, uh-- Good afternoon to everyone.
I would like to help celebrate International Women's Day
with some thoughts for all women.
Be lovable…
but not available.
Be respectable, but not arrogant.
Laugh, but don't cackle.
Look around, but demurely.
Be tender, but not compliant.
Be cheerful, but not frivolous.
Talk, but with discretion.
Be a woman…
but not a puppet.
Best wishes, little ladies.
[scattered applause]
[indistinct murmuring]
-Thank you. -[loud applause]
[woman shouts and whoops]
Many thanks.
So, well, time, as we know, never stops moving.
When they founded the Institute of Physics around about 1938 or so,
this auditorium didn't exist yet.
Where a grove of maples stood, now there's a gymnasium.
And probably in the course of time, this will vanish in its turn
because everything is in constant flux.
And science is no exception.
I say this by way of introduction to a theory that, mm…
That I've been working on for almost 20 years.
Three reformulations of equations developed by Einstein.
This was a collaboration with my colleague, my husband,
Dr. Héctor Esquivel.
[sparse applause]
[man coughs]
So together, we made the discovery, or the observation,
that in the last few decades, all of us in physics have overlooked
four serious problems in the equations published by Einstein.
Tell them about the, uh, formation of tachyons.
What?
If you don't explain the role of tachyons,
no one is going to follow your lecture, Nora.
-[audience murmuring] -[Nora] Oh. Right.
Okay, so all this is connected to what we describe as the--
The emission of tachyons. Yes, and if I may jump in, Doctor.
I'd like to provide a quick overview of what we mean by a tachyon.
It's an extraordinary and elusive particle that can travel at speeds
approaching or even exceeding the speed of light.
Yes, uh, precisely what I was just about to explain.
Uh…
[sighs]
Why don't you let me handle this?
I should explain this part, don't you think?
Héctor, please stop jumping ahead of what I'm about to say.
-Hmm? -I'm the expert on tachyons.
Aren't I, Nora? Huh?
If I don't explain it, people won't understand a thing.
Héctor, I don't need any help from you.
Back off, will you?
[dramatic music playing]
[woman 1] But he-- He's messing up everything.
Women, right?
[woman 2] Wow. What?
[audience murmuring]
Women.
[woman 3] I can't believe he just said that.
On the topic of women,
I'm so very grateful as both a woman and a scientist
to have the support and guidance of an amazing woman,
our dean, Dr. Julia Villalba,
who has invited me here on this wonderful occasion.
Speculations on the structure…
Excuse me, Doctor?
Hi. I'm Professor Cossío. Pleased to meet you.
Dr. Esquivel. H-- Héctor. A pleasure.
-Don't tell me they kicked you out? -Of course they didn't.
I totally get your position here.
Okay, whatever you say.
The reverse sexism of the dean is driving us all crazy around here.
-For instance, that. -[ominous music playing]
Why isn't your name there?
Where's your photo?
That just isn't right, huh?
It's not cool. Where's the credit you deserve?
I couldn't care less.
Hold up. What the hell are you doing? You can't smoke here.
Oh, right.
Us guys are getting a beer. Want to come?
I'm in.
[Nora] Thus, it opens the possibility of traveling to another time.
Thank you for your attention.
[cheering and applauding]
[music crescendos]
[Nora sighs]
[Julia sighs]
[girl] Doctor, your talk was amazing.
Thank you very much.
[Rebequita] Oh.
That was so exciting, Auntie Nora.
Lots of it went right over my head,
but even I could see that you really know your stuff.
[laughs]
Well, I had trouble understanding some of what happened in there too.
[Nora sighs]
What's happened to Héctor, though?
[singing "Acompáñame"]
-Where'd you get that one from? -It's all over the radio.
-[all laugh] -[man] Yeah, maybe 50 years ago.
You know what I think?
In the old days, things were…
fine.
Hmm.
The old days were when everyone knew who they were.
Don't get me wrong, okay?
I totally agree that there should be more opportunities for women.
Make things equal for everyone? Fine.
But I don't accept how nowadays, guys like us are the fucking devil.
-[Cossío] I hear you. -We can't even pat them on the shoulder.
Look at how these days a man is expected to feel bad and embarrassed
for paying a woman a compliment.
The devil, man!
-Mm-hmm. -[ominous music playing]
Words of wisdom from Dr. Esquivel.
[laughs]
-Whoo-hoo! -[man] Yes, sir.
[man laughing]
-Cheers. -[Cossío] Cheers, Doctor.
Cheers.
[Julia] Your lecture was an absolute triumph.
You won over even the most hardheaded.
Even the skeptics.
Thank you so much, Julia.
Here's an idea.
The faculty is reorganizing the Physics Department management.
Mm-hmm.
Therefore, we would like to propose that you dedicate
some of your time to catching up with things
and learning about all the ways the university has changed
so that when the time comes,
we can nominate you to be the Director of Physics
in the Faculty of Sciences.
[gasps] Oh my God.
We know your value here, Nora.
Please.
We need you to stay with us.
[footsteps approaching]
And you're considering it?
Do you feel you have more to offer to the world of today?
[Nora sighs]
Or maybe the world of today has more to offer you, Auntie?
-[sighs] -[glasses clink]
I don't know.
What I do know is that I… I have a duty to go back for my sister.
I have to prevent that accident.
[puts glass down]
Nora.
What happened to my mom wasn't your fault.
[poignant music playing]
Everything would have been different if you had been there.
Maybe yes, but maybe no.
She might have died the next day for some other reason.
You should live for yourself, not others.
People die, Nora.
You'll have time to come to terms with that.
I accepted my mother's passing away many years ago, and Alondra did the same.
Now we are at peace with our story.
[tense, pensive music playing]
[sighs]
[door opens]
Where have you been all this time?
Why didn't you answer your cell phone?
Because I didn't hear it.
Well, my talk went very well.
That is, in case you're interested.
Of course your talk went well.
You're a woman on the move in the year 2025.
What do you mean by that?
-That I don't deserve to be successful? -Not at all.
Of course you deserve to be successful.
But right now,
you're confused, Nora.
From all of the applause for the doctor!
-No? -No, no, no. It's not like that.
No.
What's happening is--
What's happening? What's happening?
What's happening is I am getting the fuck out of here with my machine.
-Your machine? -My machine. My machine!
My machine.
Who was it who came to you and said,
"I've solved one of the paradoxes in time theory"?
Which would have had absolutely no relevance
if I hadn't done all that research on Einstein's equations first.
What? You mean what you published
only after I persuaded the journal editor to consider it?
So I owe everything to you, is that it?
And you must be delighted.
Very proud to be a member of your brotherhood of…
chauvinist mediocrities.
Yeah, sure. I'm dying to get out of here
and be with my fellow chauvinists and mediocrities, where I belong.
[both scoff]
Well, okay, then.
If you're so sick of this, of our collaboration,
of us too,
then what the hell are we even doing together?
You go. I'm staying here.
As you wish.
[music turns poignant]
[man and woman singing in Spanish]
[Héctor] We finally got the inhibitors.
[music fades]
This thing is almost ready to take us home.
Why did you say that garbage?
What garbage?
This.
-But I don't accept how nowadays… -This garbage.
…guys like us are the fucking devil.
Yeah, turn it off.
I know exactly what I said. Turn that thing off.
I was there.
And you meant what you said? All those things?
Yes, Nora. Mm.
Why shouldn't I?
Everything I said there,
everything I said back in my time was what made me a good man.
But you said so yourself.
Now their eyes see different things, their ears hear different things.
And you?
You believe it too, don't you?
You think I'm some macho man?
A misogynist? Seriously?
A stalker? Huh?
-No. -Huh?
-No, no. -Huh?
-[sighs] -Nora, you know me.
You know me inside out. You--
You saw how in my own time I was a good man.
I was attentive, gallant, respectful, loving, affectionate.
And if not for all those things, would you have fallen for me?
[sighs]
Okay.
That's what made me fall in love with you.
But right now…
we're victims of our times, Héctor.
[computers chirping]
[chirping]
We're going to lose the portal, Nora.
[meter readings crackling]
I'm sorry.
I was wrong.
Nora, let's go home.
["Detenme" by Reik playing]
I'm not going back, Héctor.
Nora.
["Detenme" by Reik continues]
[Julia sighs]
Oh!
[song fades]
The comments are very negative.
And as a public institution,
we have an obligation to repudiate any views that are misogynist or…
patriarchal.
I think we're being unfair to Héctor.
Those unfortunate comments of his
weren't at all intended to offend anyone.
It's just that he was raised in other times.
In our times, Julia. You know that.
Sure. I know that.
Because I know where you come from.
But no one else does.
These times have really…
changed us.
We're not the same anymore.
[students chattering indistinctly]
[Alondra] Catch you later. Bye.
Auntie!
-Hi, sweetie. -Hi.
[Nora] Mm.
I've been thinking about you two.
How are you?
Well…
I think I'm getting more adapted to the values of the present, huh?
Uh, what do you mean?
It's like you say.
Matrimony is now…
an outdated concept.
Uh, yes.
I said that.
But it doesn't have to be true in your case, Auntie.
You know, for many years…
I was happy with Héctor.
Very happy.
Yeah. Of course.
I'm sure in your time, Héctor was amazing.
More than amazing.
[sighs]
Héctor is the love of my life.
[computers chiming]
Oh no.
[poignant music playing]
No.
[breathing heavily]
No, no. Héctor. No, no, no.
[whimpers]
[Héctor] My love.
We've spent our whole lives trying to understand time.
[buttons beeping]
We thought we'd found a way to control time, but…
our times found a way to catch up to us.
[sighs]
Together,
we stretched the boundaries of science and tested the limits of our love.
Oh. Oh.
[Héctor] And nothing can take away what you and I have accomplished.
[machinery powering up]
[clicking and beeping]
Now, I see how free you are.
How successful you can be in this time you are making your own.
You are destined for great things, far beyond what you have imagined.
And that's why, even though it causes me great pain,
I can't let a man who is stuck in the past
stand in the way of your future.
[breathing heavily]
[exhales sharply]
[grunts]
[wistful music playing]
[shaky breathing]
Goodbye, Nora.
Nora…
[crying]
…I'll keep in my heart every "I love you,"
every song we danced to…
and every time you told me to shut up and give you a kiss.
Yours forever,
Héctor.
[wistful music continuous]
What's wrong?
Are you okay?
Héctor went back.
What?
[sobs]
[music fades]
[sirens blaring distantly]
[computerized voice] Imaginary mass is a hypothetical concept
in mathematics and physics.
It arises when we take the square root of a particle
with a negative mass.
This concept is often associated with tachyons…
Give me a minute, please.
Where is the machine?
-Did he take it? -["Rocket Man" by Elton John playing]
♪ She packed my bags last night Pre-flight ♪
[Nora] The portal has closed, Julia.
♪ Zero hour, 9:00 a.m. ♪
I'll have to wait for 30 years.
♪ And I'm gonna be high ♪
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
♪ As a kite by then ♪
Nora.
♪ I miss the Earth so much ♪
♪ I miss my wife… ♪
You have been the inspiration of my life.
And he… he was yours.
Now… it's your turn.
This is your moment.
[exhales]
You have to live it.
♪ And I think it's gonna be A long, long time ♪
♪ Till touchdown Brings me 'round again to find ♪
♪ I'm not the man They think I am at home ♪
♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪
♪ I'm a rocket man ♪
♪ Rocket man ♪
♪ Burning out his fuse up here alone ♪
♪ And I think it's gonna be A long, long time ♪
♪ Till touchdown Brings me 'round again to find ♪
♪ I'm not the man They think I am at home ♪
♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪
♪ I'm a rocket man ♪
♪ Rocket man ♪
♪ Burning out his fuse up here alone… ♪
[man] If you were to sum it up in one sentence,
what would it be, Dr. Cervantes?
[Nora] I'd say we are time.
QUANTUM PHYSICS COULD REDEFINE TIME
[echoing] …We are time… I'd say we are time…
[announcer] The National Science Award goes to Dr. Nora Cervantes.
[woman 1] …Dr. Nora Cervantes.
[woman 2] It's not enough to call you Woman of the Year.
I would say of the decade, of the century.
♪ And there's no one there to raise them ♪
[woman 3 speaking French]
[man speaking Japanese]
[audience applauding]
♪ And all the science ♪
♪ I don't understand… ♪
[Nora] I had a great love, but we lived in different times.
♪ My job five days a week ♪
♪ A rocket man ♪
-[song fades] -[birds singing and chirping]
[footsteps approaching]
Nora!
Nora, what did you do?
[inhales sharply]
I did what my heart told me to.
I made the most of these years.
I lived my life.
And when the time came…
I built my machine.
And I came to find you.
To spend the rest of my life with you.
[laughs]
Iodine.
Livermorium.
[lips smack]
Uranium.
[chuckles]
So do I.
[whimpers]
I love you too.
["Acompáñame" by Rocío Dúrcal playing]
[song ends]