Luigi Pistilli: Father Pablo Ramirez
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Tuco : [to his brother the priest] While I'm waiting for the Lord to remember me, I, Tuco Ramirez, brother of "Brother" Ramirez will tell you something! You think you're better than I am... where we came from, if one did not want to die in poverty, one became a priest or a bandit! You chose your way, I chose mine. *Mine* was harder! You talk about Mother and Father... you forget that when you left to become a priest *I* stayed behind! I must have been ten, twelve, I don't remember which, but *I stayed*! I tried, but it was no good! Now I'm going to tell you something... you became a priest because you were too much of a coward to do what *I* do!
[Pablo strikes Tuco across the face. Tuco retaliates with a right hook that sends Pablo crashing into various items. Tuco heads for the doorway]
Father Pablo Ramirez : Tuco...
[Tuco pauses at the doorway, then, without turning around, gives a dismissive wave and exits. Pablo stares ruefully after him]
Father Pablo Ramirez : Please forgive me, brother.
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Tuco : What about our parents?
Father Pablo Ramirez : Only now do you think of them? To begin after nine years...
Tuco : [startled] Nine years?
[tries to laugh it off]
Tuco : So it's nine years. Nine years!
Father Pablo Ramirez : Our mother has been dead a long time now.
[the smile fades from Tuco's face]
Father Pablo Ramirez : Our father died a few days ago. That's why I was away. He asked for you to be there... but there was only me.
[Tuco is hit hard by the news. Pablo studies him]
Father Pablo Ramirez : And you... outside of evil, what else have you managed to do? It seems to me you once had a wife somewhere.
Tuco : [pulls himself together and turns to face Pablo, his eyes still brimming with tears] Not one, lots of them! One here, one there, wherever I found them!
[almost snarls]
Tuco : Go on, preach me a sermon, Pablo!
Father Pablo Ramirez : What good would that be?