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Why was blood in Juan's urine? Por qué había sangre en la orina de Juan?

posted 10 years ago by juliofantastico
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There was a random scene in the movie with Juan urinating blood and then passing out. I realize that blood in urine can be the result of a number of medical conditions, but that scene seemed really out of place and there was no explanation later on in the film for its inclusion.

Había una escena al azar en la película con Juan orinar sangre y luego se desmaya. Yo sé que la sangre en la orina puede ser el resultado de una serie de condiciones médicas, pero esa escena parecía realmente fuera de lugar y no había explicación más tarde en la película para su inclusión.

[–] timlin-4 10 years ago

I think we're supposed to get the impression that he is dying of prostate cancer, but continuing to work to make up for his past

[–] juliofantastico 10 years ago

Ah yes, it's true that he was taking some sort of pills throughout the film. I forgot about that.

[–] timlin-4 10 years ago

and the "psychic" tells him that his time is almost up

[–] MrBelette 9 years ago

and the "psychic" tells him that his time is almost up

But she has no real "talent" so she can't be taken seriously.

[–] Nemesis42 9 years ago

Well she must have, she was right.

[–] tobridges 9 years ago

[–] JeoksKerjuna 9 years ago

How did you come up with prostate cancer? Pedro says early in the film that Juan is involved with brothels, so it's obviously related to that. I also think that the idea of his regret is much more nuanced than that too. The things he did under Franco seem to stop him from sleeping, and also perhaps cause him to kill Sebastian so violently (possibly seeing the part of himself which he hates in that character), but it also allows him to enables him to violently interrogate people involved in the case, he appears to be (outwardly at least) in denial about what he did, and at the end seems to think that he's a good guy.

[–] yakadee 8 years ago

I was thinking a bad STD, or perhaps bladder cancer. Either way, he's toast.

[–] jorvaor 10 years ago

En la película se nos muestra que Juan es promíscuo, así que supongo que se trata de una infección de orina por transmisión sexual. Las pastillas que toma deben de ser antibióticos (aunque por la cantidad de orina en sangre, el desmayo y las alucinaciones de pájaros no parece que le estén haciendo mucho efecto).

http://jorvaor.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!A4F38CCBF7246EAC!442.entryAnimadrid 2008