No News from God (2001)

Victoria Abril: Lola Nevado

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Carmen Ramos : History vindicates us, and you know it.

  Lola Nevado : History vindicates no one. History's a deaf man answering questions he wasn't asked.

• [on Carmen] 

  Lola Nevado : Bad people never let you down, because bad people never change

• Lola Nevado : I presume you know the Bible.

  Carmen Ramos : Shit, Lola! I'm a pro!

• [last lines] 

  Lola Nevado : When I'm out, I'll come visit you. Marina owes me a favor.

  Carmen Ramos : By then I'll be in Circle 10.

  Lola Nevado : So what?

  Carmen Ramos : I'll be a man at last. What if I'm not your type?

• Lola Nevado : Manny, listen, you can't go back to boxing.

  Manny : Yes, I can.

  Lola Nevado : If you do, I'm leaving.

  Manny : [pauses]  Know what the ring is called where I come from? "The Stage of the Brave." When you're up there, you're somebody. Even if you lose, you're somebody. But when you win... when you win, you're a god. You can't understand that.

  Lola Nevado : Sure, I do... but you can get killed.

  Manny : So?... So what?