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00:00:30The immutable sense of despair is only due to your mind's work.
00:00:43It's the way our brains process time and space.
00:00:46You see, now we could be in our childhood home with our grandmother baking a cake.
00:00:51A moment later, we could be experiencing a sense of failure, an exam, perhaps, that we
00:00:58fear we're not going to pass.
00:01:00And all of this is happening right here, right now, in the present, where nothing is really
00:01:06transpiring.
00:01:07Meanwhile, your body experiences all the nostalgia and all the fears germinating from thoughts
00:01:15of past and future.
00:01:18Hi ladies, beautiful day today, and the guys at the office just sent me over the first
00:01:26batch of our awesome Silkderm Hydration Cream SPF 50+.
00:01:29Today's the perfect day to try it on.
00:01:31I've just put some on my chest.
00:01:32It's so smooth and refreshing.
00:01:35Don't forget, the launch is in less than two weeks, so get your pre-orders in now.
00:01:40No, Ma, tonight we have people over, okay?
00:01:49You can swing by before seven, otherwise let's do something tomorrow.
00:01:53Yeah.
00:01:54Tell Pa not to be lazy, okay?
00:01:56No, let me...
00:01:57Yeah, let me talk to him.
00:01:58Put him on.
00:01:59Hey!
00:02:00Pa!
00:02:01Como va?
00:02:02Pasado el mal...
00:02:03Um...
00:02:04Uh, detest?
00:02:05We're doing brunch tomorrow morning, okay?
00:02:06I forgot we're having Andrew over tonight.
00:02:07Yeah.
00:02:08Uh-huh.
00:02:09Yeah, sure, I'll ask her, but dinner shouldn't be a problem.
00:02:10Uh-huh.
00:02:11Andrew?
00:02:12Andrew?
00:02:13Andrew?
00:02:14Andrew?
00:02:15Andrew?
00:02:16Andrew?
00:02:17Andrew?
00:02:18Andrew?
00:02:19Andrew?
00:02:20Andrew?
00:02:21Andrew?
00:02:22Andrew?
00:02:23Andrew?
00:02:24Andrew?
00:02:25Andrew?
00:02:26Andrew?
00:02:27Andrew?
00:02:28Andrew?
00:02:29Andrew?
00:02:30Yeah.
00:02:31No worries at all.
00:02:32Cool.
00:02:33Bye.
00:02:34Hey, Dennis.
00:02:35Did you find that lamb shank?
00:02:36I was thinking maybe we can do that recipe he told me about last time, you know the lamb
00:02:38tajine or whatever the fuck?
00:02:40Andrew would love it.
00:02:41Something exotic, you know?
00:02:43Mediterranean.
00:02:44Sure, not too much animal, please.
00:02:46Caroline and I are doing that challenge, remember?
00:02:49Let's do salad for you two, then.
00:02:52So you're going to have lamb shank and some other refined dishes while we have salad?
00:02:56Good!
00:02:57Can we talk?
00:02:59Your mother dropped this off.
00:03:01What's this?
00:03:04Bindi masala.
00:03:06She never disappoints.
00:03:07You can have that instead of the salad.
00:03:11Okay.
00:03:12Come with me.
00:03:13Let's go.
00:03:14Can you tell me why you called her?
00:03:29Uh, who?
00:03:31Her.
00:03:32It's Andrew and Caroline for God's sake.
00:03:34We're not hosting a Christmas dinner.
00:03:36It's casual.
00:03:37And we can't afford to hire a maid every time we have people over.
00:03:40Last time we had them over here was six months ago.
00:03:42And you know what they're like, okay?
00:03:44It's a lifestyle and all.
00:03:45We gotta keep up.
00:03:46Of course I do.
00:03:47That's why we stopped hanging out with them.
00:03:48When I have to trade hiring a new PR for a bottle of whoever the fuck cares, that's when
00:03:52I go for coffee.
00:03:53She offered, Annie, and we haven't hired her in over three weeks.
00:03:57Come on.
00:03:58So we're doing charity now?
00:04:01I've been waiting for a philanthropist to come along.
00:04:03I didn't know I had one in the house.
00:04:06No.
00:04:07Listen.
00:04:08It'll be fine.
00:04:09Okay?
00:04:10Of course it'll be fine.
00:04:14Don't put inspiration on me over a fucking dinner.
00:04:16Leave it to your crowd, tribe, whatever you call it.
00:04:19I mean your sunscreen launch?
00:04:20Look, you put a lot of work into this and it's gonna be great.
00:04:23You're gonna be great.
00:04:25Steve.
00:04:26I don't snap about the maid because of other reasons, but because of the maid herself.
00:04:31I know we need to keep up this facade, this lifestyle in the eyes of the guests and residents,
00:04:36but can't we at least try to do it on the cheap?
00:04:39That's all I'm asking.
00:04:42Now, please get out of my face.
00:04:44I need to call my mom.
00:04:50Thank you, Douglas.
00:04:52Okay, so what's a good substitute for eggs then?
00:04:55Cornmeal?
00:04:56How about disappointment?
00:04:59It's a challenge and just for a month.
00:05:01To be honest, I already feel better.
00:05:03Great?
00:05:04Oh, I feel great.
00:05:05Andrew.
00:05:06Excellent, my friend.
00:05:08Great choice.
00:05:09Bordeaux.
00:05:102018, it's a classic.
00:05:12Nobody cares.
00:05:13You know, summer extended way into September that year, giving us this excellent vintage.
00:05:17This man, always so obsessed with his wine.
00:05:19Yes, I am.
00:05:20Just look at the color.
00:05:21It's fucking beautiful.
00:05:22You know, we implemented a plant-based diet for our employees.
00:05:25We tried to encourage the use of standing desks, gym breaks.
00:05:28We built a fucking pool for these guys, but you know programmers, they're in Arcadia 18 hours a day.
00:05:32I don't know.
00:05:33Stop it.
00:05:34When they disconnect, they barely remember their names.
00:05:36I can't even sit still for more than 30 minutes straight.
00:05:40You know, in the end, diet is a secret to a long and healthy life.
00:05:44Oh, Jesus Christ.
00:05:46My Nono would smoke like a chimney.
00:05:48And he ate chicken like every day and he lived to like what?
00:05:52104, I think.
00:05:53You want to know why?
00:05:54Olive oil.
00:05:55Oh, again with your Nono and his olive oil.
00:05:59He's Italian.
00:06:00Being obsessed with food comes with a territory.
00:06:02Thank you, Caroline.
00:06:03If I were Swiss, I'd eat chocolate and check the time.
00:06:07And this lamb was excellent, by the way.
00:06:11Did you guys hear the story about cadavers not decomposing as quickly because of all the preservatives we take in?
00:06:16Oh, baby.
00:06:18I wouldn't trade mac and cheese for fast decay on my deathbed.
00:06:20You know, if we can afford a healthy plant-based diet, we should go that route.
00:06:26I mean, our parents didn't have the options we have today.
00:06:29You know what?
00:06:30I agree.
00:06:31My father had steaks when he moved here.
00:06:33Before that, it was only steak.
00:06:36Before that, it was only noodles and cabbage.
00:06:38Okay, there's no point discussing serious topics with you guys.
00:06:45What the hell was that sound?
00:06:47It must be the coyote again.
00:06:49You guys have coyotes here?
00:06:50Dennis, could you please check outside?
00:06:53I will.
00:06:56We haven't had a coyote.
00:07:06So what was it?
00:07:22Nothing.
00:07:23Must have been that coyote.
00:07:24It's fine.
00:07:30I added a little something extra for the cab in the late night.
00:07:34Thank you again for dinner.
00:07:35It was fantastic.
00:07:36No, thank you.
00:07:37Let me know if you need anything else.
00:07:38Sure will.
00:07:39You have a good night, okay?
00:07:40Good night.
00:07:41Bye.
00:07:42Bye, Annika.
00:07:51You know, I didn't like Andrew's joke about his father eating steak.
00:07:55It was just a joke to tease you.
00:07:57It's not like my parents became carnivores once they moved to North America.
00:08:00They were vegetarian in Mumbai and they still are in Vancouver.
00:08:03Is that another glass?
00:08:05I'm finishing the bottle.
00:08:07Yeah, the one you just opened.
00:08:09The level of energy you have.
00:08:11What energy?
00:08:12I'm going to bed.
00:08:13You coming?
00:08:14Forbes just released an interview with Goran Manami.
00:08:16This year is the year he'll sign with Eltron,
00:08:18probably end up first on the list of greatest influencers of the 21st century.
00:08:23The guy's practically bent.
00:08:24I think there's someone outside.
00:08:33Huh.
00:08:39He has a movie.
00:08:42What should we do?
00:08:44Let's wait and see.
00:08:48Do we have any valuables outside?
00:08:52Only the prototype to my sunscreen.
00:08:55Worst case scenario, he'll steal the formula and become a millionaire before I do.
00:09:01Let's see what happens.
00:09:03If we pretend we didn't notice him.
00:09:06After staring at him for five minutes straight?
00:09:08Yeah.
00:09:10Oh, sorry. It must have been a shadow.
00:09:12You must have got confused. Just see what he does.
00:09:14See what he does.
00:09:16Okay, let's pretend I'm brushing my hair and we're having a smart conversation.
00:09:21A smart conversation.
00:09:23That's a staple in this house.
00:09:26Shit, he's gone.
00:09:29Okay, I'll make sure the alarm's on.
00:09:32Check the doors and windows. We need to send a warning out to the police station.
00:09:40Hi, we just saw someone trespassing on our property.
00:09:45Nope, he disappeared right after.
00:09:48Yeah, are any of you patrolling Eagle Heights tonight?
00:09:50Just want to give you a heads up, we're at 4624 Carmine Street.
00:09:54Okay.
00:09:554624 Carmine Street.
00:09:57Okay, thanks.
00:10:00Now what?
00:10:24It's happened before.
00:10:25You know, ex-residents that just can't afford this kind of lifestyle anymore.
00:10:29I guess they miss it. I don't know.
00:10:31Hi, ma'am.
00:10:32I was just telling your husband that that man there was circling your house,
00:10:36intending on breaking in.
00:10:38Ex-residents, you know, sometimes they just want to get back in with the rich and the famous.
00:10:59Oh my god.
00:11:08That gate is a piece of shit.
00:11:13How do you do it?
00:11:14Anybody can force open that little wooden gate, Annika. We need to reinforce it.
00:11:18Maybe add a lock instead of a latch.
00:11:20No.
00:11:21How did he find this house?
00:11:24The agent said he found it in the basement.
00:11:27The house?
00:11:28The agents were very clear ex-residents wouldn't have a way back to the property.
00:11:32It was in our contract.
00:11:34It's their fault this happened.
00:11:36It might be an old tenant from a different house. Go figure.
00:11:42What the hell?
00:11:57What the fuck is that?
00:12:00It won't stop. Is this a new app you installed?
00:12:04Why is it on the TV?
00:12:06I have no idea, Annika.
00:12:19Annie, there's one in the bathroom as well.
00:12:27Anything reflective?
00:12:29It's not on the wall. It's on the mirror.
00:12:32The mirror. You know the mirror?
00:12:34The mirror that reflects your fucking image. You know the...
00:12:41Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to swear.
00:12:43Okay.
00:12:44Yes, I apologize.
00:12:48He hung up on me just now.
00:12:50I'm sorry.
00:12:51I'm sorry.
00:12:52I'm sorry.
00:12:53I'm sorry.
00:12:54I'm sorry.
00:12:56He hung up on me just because I swore. Can you believe these people?
00:13:00What do you think an electrician would know about a countdown on a mirror?
00:13:03You know, who am I supposed to call here? A watchmaker?
00:13:06The agent!
00:13:07And what would the agent know?
00:13:08It's happening in the house! And you have to call them anyway about the break-in!
00:13:11Attempted break-in! Attempted break-in!
00:13:13Whatever! They should know what's going on!
00:13:16Hi. My name is Steve Loretto. Account number 768542.
00:13:20I'm calling regarding a couple of issues we had recently.
00:13:24One of which we're still experiencing.
00:13:27Yeah.
00:13:29I'm on hold.
00:13:38All of them. From...
00:13:40...the break-in.
00:13:43All of them. From the bathrooms to my wife's vanity.
00:13:46It's everywhere.
00:13:48Okay, so we wait and see.
00:13:50Can we schedule an inspection anyway?
00:13:52Just in case some problem emerges?
00:13:56Okay.
00:13:57Thanks.
00:13:59What did they say?
00:14:00To wait until the end of the countdown and see if something happens.
00:14:04I don't know.
00:14:05Do they know what it could be?
00:14:07No. He said it might be an issue with how the main door opens.
00:14:10No. He said it might be an issue with how the main frame...
00:14:13...how it connects to the lenses.
00:14:15Basically tech lingo you didn't understand.
00:14:17It's not a fucking word.
00:14:19Okay.
00:14:20Let's wait and see what happens.
00:14:40I'm on hold.
00:14:41I'm on hold.
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00:15:09Roy?
00:15:11What's wrong?
00:15:15Why am I so sleepy?
00:15:20Me, too.
00:15:22What the hell is going on, Steve?
00:15:23I don't know.
00:15:26But I feel like taking a nap.
00:15:29Well, it's the middle of the day.
00:15:30It's a perfect time for a nap.
00:15:33What about the countdown?
00:15:35What if something happens while we're asleep?
00:15:37while we're asleep.
00:15:38I'll try to stay awake, okay?
00:15:39I'll wake you if something happens.
00:15:42It's almost over.
00:15:48I think I can do it.
00:15:50Hmm.
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00:18:31Mr. Rossetti, Ms. Patel, welcome to the center.
00:18:34Please deposit your pods and lenses over there
00:18:37and follow me.
00:18:38Dr. Lin is waiting for you.
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00:20:37When did we as a species inherit this nomadic feature,
00:20:41this itinerant behavior?
00:20:44You must admit it's utterly suspicious that individuals,
00:20:47regardless of race, nurture, or location,
00:20:50would at one point or another question their own milieu.
00:20:53Wondering about an outer world where they could thrive
00:20:57despite the disadvantage this new habitat
00:21:00would certainly present.
00:21:04To this day, it's still a fascinating mystery to me.
00:21:09Don't you agree?
00:21:13I'm sorry, but I have no clue what you're talking about.
00:21:16You've been expelled from the platform.
00:21:18What platform?
00:21:19You see that little wristband there?
00:21:22It's rebuilding your memory structure as we speak.
00:21:25In the next four to eight hours,
00:21:27you will slowly start recollecting
00:21:29the past year of your life.
00:21:31The feeling would be one of a dream,
00:21:33a fairly detailed and a very long one.
00:21:36A year?
00:21:38That's how long you've been in the vacuum
00:21:40since your Acadia permit got accepted.
00:21:42But unfortunately, the system has rejected
00:21:44your synaptic linkage,
00:21:46consequently evicting you from the platform.
00:21:49So my job here today is to assess your memory
00:21:52to ensure that nothing has been compromised
00:21:55by the ejection.
00:21:57Name?
00:22:02It's Steve.
00:22:05It says Ramo.
00:22:08Ramo Rossetti.
00:22:10Name?
00:22:14It's Meera Patel.
00:22:16Who's Annika?
00:22:18Annika's the name of your avatar.
00:22:20I just remembered a pool.
00:22:22I was talking to a camera.
00:22:24And I was in a bikini all the time for no reason at all.
00:22:27Their features, whether you're pleased with them or not,
00:22:30are a consequence of your initial requests.
00:22:33Steve.
00:22:35Motivational speaker.
00:22:37Wine lover.
00:22:39English speaker.
00:22:41Italian heritage, but no Italian accent.
00:22:44Hmm. That's very specific.
00:22:47Annika.
00:22:49Successful lifestyle entrepreneur.
00:22:51Internet blogger.
00:22:53Entrepreneur.
00:22:55Internet prime influencer.
00:22:57Changing the world for the better.
00:22:59It's a classic.
00:23:01I was about to launch my sunscreen.
00:23:03I remember.
00:23:05Yeah, I just hit 2 million followers.
00:23:07This is good. This is progress.
00:23:10Let's expand on the bakery and the aromatherapy store, shall we?
00:23:14The pre-Arcadia time frame.
00:23:17Bakery?
00:23:19That was a very long time ago.
00:23:22Just over a year?
00:23:24Yes.
00:23:26I moved to Canada.
00:23:27I was working at a pizzeria,
00:23:30then a winery.
00:23:31The winery where we met.
00:23:33Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:23:35You ordered the Pinot Grigio.
00:23:37And you were wearing the dress with the...
00:23:39Okay, let's not dwell on irrelevant minutia.
00:23:41Let's continue with the big milestones.
00:23:45How I end up working at the bakery?
00:23:48It's not for me to tell.
00:23:49And why was I working at the aromatherapy store?
00:23:51What about the other places?
00:23:53The mining office, the tech lab?
00:23:56The work permit.
00:23:58Yes, the work permit.
00:24:00It was expiring. We had to leave the country.
00:24:02And?
00:24:03And leave each other going back home.
00:24:05So?
00:24:06So we decided to sign up to...
00:24:10Arcadia.
00:24:12Excellent, excellent.
00:24:14Well done.
00:24:16But why?
00:24:18Well, the immigration office considers your application to Arcadia
00:24:21as an extension of your ordinary work permit,
00:24:24as to allow you to stay...
00:24:25No, but why did we get disconnected?
00:24:27Yeah, we signed...
00:24:30Yeah, yeah, we signed for the platform two years, I remember.
00:24:36Yours is a unique case,
00:24:38which explains my presence here.
00:24:41Nobody connects to Arcadia Canada from Canada.
00:24:46We were willing to undertake your experiment,
00:24:48but as we have discussed during your profiling,
00:24:51the procedure is highly unstable.
00:24:53Arcadia is meant to be experienced solely by individuals living abroad.
00:24:58It's a way for suitable immigrants to indulge
00:25:01in the ideal life they'd have
00:25:03if they'd eventually decide to move here.
00:25:05Millions of people from around the world
00:25:08connect to Arcadia as we speak.
00:25:10And how many people are being disconnected as we speak?
00:25:12None.
00:25:14Unlike you two, all of our residents live outside of Canada.
00:25:19If you're already here,
00:25:20why would you want to live your ideal life in Canada
00:25:23via a virtual platform when you can live it in the real world?
00:25:27Wow, you mean just working 10 hours every single day at a bakery?
00:25:31And there's no pool in my aromatherapy memories.
00:25:34Certain things take time and character.
00:25:38A tadpole has to grow legs to become a frog.
00:25:40Okay, so how do we get back in?
00:25:44Well, if that is your ambition,
00:25:46you're more than welcome to submit a second set of paperwork
00:25:48together with the fee.
00:25:50Perhaps on the second attempt,
00:25:51your stay in the vacuum would last longer.
00:25:54We can't guarantee, but we are open to explore that option.
00:25:59This is no way to run a business.
00:26:00And what are we supposed to do?
00:26:02Pay another submission fee?
00:26:03And what was that, $10,000?
00:26:05Hey, it's just another day at the bakery.
00:26:08Your work permit extension has been reactivated effective immediately.
00:26:13You will be able to work in the country for a total of 21 days,
00:26:17after which you will be expected to leave Canada.
00:26:19Unless, of course, a new work permit or an Arcadia permit is issued.
00:26:23This is bullshit.
00:26:25What are we supposed to do?
00:26:27Find a new job and earn $10,000 in three weeks?
00:26:30I'm sorry if this is not to your satisfaction,
00:26:33but there's nothing we can do.
00:26:36Nurse Mary will take you to the property room
00:26:38where you can retrieve your belongings.
00:26:40A driver will take you home.
00:26:42Good luck, and thank you for choosing Arcadia.
00:27:06Arcadia
00:27:36Arcadia
00:28:06Arcadia
00:28:36Arcadia
00:29:06Arcadia
00:29:09Arcadia
00:29:12Arcadia
00:29:22accordion music plays
00:29:27phone rings
00:29:36Hey Meera, finally!
00:29:38I got a message from Arcadia.
00:29:40Is everything okay?
00:29:42They kicked us out of the simulation.
00:29:44Was there a problem?
00:29:45Some sort of malfunction?
00:29:47Now we only have three weeks left to find a job.
00:29:50We'll have to leave the country.
00:29:52You've always been skinny.
00:29:54What did you eat, at least?
00:29:56I'm fine, Mom.
00:29:58I tried to see your Arcadia videos on the internet,
00:30:01but I don't know where to find them.
00:30:03Only on Internet Prime.
00:30:05You can't watch them if you don't have an apartment.
00:30:07It's expensive.
00:30:09I was also using an avatar.
00:30:11So what are you doing now?
00:30:13Are you coming here to work on Arcadia?
00:30:15In Italy, it costs too much
00:30:17and the structure doesn't work well.
00:30:19They're even worse after the collapse of the Euro.
00:30:22Yes, I've spoken to Raiji's son, Amal.
00:30:24He'll give you two a place here in Arcadia.
00:30:27You know, they've opened up a new headquarters in the city.
00:30:31But we'll have to start all over again,
00:30:33with new accounts and new avatars.
00:30:37You know, Mom and Dad didn't want us to be apart.
00:30:44Yes, and they also wanted me to be an eye surgeon, Karan.
00:30:49I spent $50,000 in business school,
00:30:52started a business after a lot of trials and failures,
00:30:54and spent a year in Arcadia.
00:30:58I have no intention of leaving all this.
00:31:02Why don't you take a break and come and spend some time here?
00:31:08Mira would be very happy to live in Italy.
00:31:12Mom, everyone is leaving Italy.
00:31:15It's no longer the country where you grew up.
00:31:17You were the first to tell me to leave.
00:31:21But you can't be a motivational speaker on the internet,
00:31:25like everyone else.
00:31:27There's no market on the internet.
00:31:30The only way is the internet prime, in English.
00:31:33No one is interested in Italian.
00:31:35Okay, let's say you got the money to live in Arcadia
00:31:38with your pool and your followers,
00:31:41but Mira, you're still not living in the real world.
00:31:45On the common internet,
00:31:47you can unlock different upgrades
00:31:49and can become a landlord once you reach a certain level.
00:31:52You become conscious of your avatar status
00:31:54and can disconnect any time.
00:31:56It seems a bit far-fetched to me.
00:31:58I mean...
00:31:59Does that mean you can contact me anytime?
00:32:02Yes, I can come anytime.
00:32:04When your work permit expires,
00:32:07come back.
00:32:08We have to find a way to stay here, at any cost, Mom.
00:32:12What if you can't?
00:32:14For now, let's keep trying.
00:32:20With my father, who lost his job,
00:32:22the translocation this year,
00:32:24and all this bad news on TV,
00:32:27honestly, it wasn't easy to move forward.
00:32:31That's why I'm happy you're with me, guys.
00:32:36Your messages have helped me a lot.
00:32:39Really.
00:32:40You were so young.
00:32:41When was this?
00:32:432028.
00:32:44Before I moved here.
00:32:46Back when the channel was still making money.
00:32:49Do you remember this?
00:32:52One of your prototypes?
00:32:53Yeah, nail polish for pets.
00:32:56What's the difference with nail polish for people?
00:32:59Exactly the customer's point.
00:33:08I missed your face.
00:33:12I missed your face, too.
00:33:15I didn't miss this.
00:33:16A basement filled with nostalgia of a past I don't want to remember.
00:33:22They're looking for an assistant motivator in a company downtown.
00:33:27Do they offer sponsorships for a work permit?
00:33:30I don't know.
00:33:31I hope so.
00:33:33I found a networking event for Friday night.
00:33:35I can meet some companies face-to-face
00:33:37and see if they're looking for someone.
00:33:39That's good.
00:33:40Okay.
00:33:41Help me with these boxes.
00:33:43Let's clean up this place.
00:33:45I can't concentrate on this mess.
00:34:02Remo.
00:34:03Remo.
00:34:04Ramo.
00:34:05How do you pronounce it?
00:34:06It's Remo in Italian.
00:34:08But you can call me Remo like many people.
00:34:12All right.
00:34:13So, Mr. Rossini.
00:34:14Rosetti.
00:34:16Uh-huh.
00:34:18You're already aware of our services?
00:34:20We're helping people to achieve their best selves through the power of words.
00:34:25And what power that is.
00:34:27When a child gets hurt and cries, where does he go?
00:34:31He runs to his mother.
00:34:33Is he looking for a hug?
00:34:35Sure.
00:34:36Is he looking for someone to wipe away his tears?
00:34:39Well, certainly.
00:34:41The thing he craves to get,
00:34:43what he needs more than anything else in the whole world,
00:34:48are words of consolation.
00:34:51And that's what we do.
00:34:52We give words of consolation.
00:34:54To children?
00:34:56Children.
00:34:57Why children?
00:34:58Like in your example.
00:35:00We're helping people when they're at the bottom rung, Mr. Rossini.
00:35:03Rosetti.
00:35:05When they've gone off the deep end.
00:35:06At their nadir.
00:35:08Of course. Their nadir.
00:35:10What's a good Italian example?
00:35:13Before they get the last offer they can't refuse.
00:35:18The last pasta before they go,
00:35:20Mamma mia!
00:35:23That's a good one, right?
00:35:26Well, I can see from your resume that you were a motivational speaker in Italy.
00:35:31Yes.
00:35:32That was an Italian, right?
00:35:34Yes.
00:35:36Common internet, I suppose.
00:35:38I had enough of a fan base to sign for the internet prime,
00:35:42but then, you know, the economy went down,
00:35:44the euro failing,
00:35:46the views went down.
00:35:48Lots of people trading in their Ferraris for Vespas, I guess.
00:35:52So, my only option was to move away.
00:35:55Hey, do you know the Italian who went to Malta?
00:35:58No.
00:35:59The meme.
00:36:02So I go into my room in a hotel.
00:36:04There's no sheets on my bed.
00:36:07I call the manager and I say,
00:36:08I need a sheet.
00:36:09He says, go to the toilet.
00:36:11I say, I need a sheet on my bed.
00:36:13He says, you better not,
00:36:14there's sheets on the bed,
00:36:15you son of a bitch!
00:36:20That was a good one, right?
00:36:22So good.
00:36:23So good.
00:36:37How did it go?
00:37:01Same old, same old?
00:37:03Mm-hmm.
00:37:06The networking event has a $100 entry fee.
00:37:09$50 if you knew someone to refer you,
00:37:11and unless you're in management and I don't know it,
00:37:14I'm not going anywhere.
00:37:18So we're left with only one option then.
00:37:21Being deported is another.
00:37:24Sounds better than what you have in mind.
00:37:33Nothing has changed since you left.
00:37:35Only orders got bigger
00:37:36and labor is a real pain to find these days.
00:37:39Look at this, look at this.
00:37:42So you see, it's too demanding.
00:37:44People leave after two days.
00:37:45So I spoke with the immigration officer.
00:37:48If you guys are committed to the job,
00:37:50can handle the work,
00:37:52I can talk to my manager
00:37:53and we can start on those papers right away.
00:37:55What do you think?
00:37:56Gino, that would be really helpful.
00:37:59Our permit expires in 3 weeks, so we can start anytime.
00:38:03If your manager's okay with this.
00:38:05I'm the chef here. I decide when you guys start.
00:38:08And when you guys start is whenever you want.
00:38:12Let's go.
00:38:42Let's go.
00:39:12Isn't today a great day?
00:39:24I got my espresso.
00:39:26The first batch is in the oven.
00:39:28And look at this.
00:39:30A new order came in.
00:39:322,000 cakes by the end of the month.
00:39:35Isn't that exciting?
00:39:37Isn't that exciting?
00:39:39Exciting.
00:39:53I don't think I can do this.
00:39:56We have no choice.
00:39:58I'm going to call the aromatherapy store.
00:40:01They're needing you any day of the week.
00:40:13Gino, ciao.
00:40:15So, I have great news for you guys today.
00:40:20I know I said two to three weeks,
00:40:21but I spoke to my manager
00:40:22and because of the fairly urgent situation
00:40:25and the order that came in two days ago,
00:40:27he said to go ahead with your contracts.
00:40:30Yay!
00:40:31Exciting, right?
00:40:32That's good.
00:40:33Okay, so only caveat,
00:40:35a small proviso really,
00:40:37is that we cannot really hire you guys
00:40:40both full-time right away.
00:40:42We have to go for a part-time agreement,
00:40:44which I guess will leave you time
00:40:45for other activities, right?
00:40:47Okay, I need your signature here.
00:40:59Fourteen dollars an hour?
00:41:00What the fuck are we going to do
00:41:01with fourteen dollars an hour?
00:41:02And part-time?
00:41:05My brain is fried.
00:41:06And those Italian songs, Jesus Christ,
00:41:07ten hours of that crap?
00:41:09No, you just don't understand the lyrics.
00:41:11They're actually very beautiful.
00:41:13Are we really talking about the songs right now?
00:41:15I don't care about the songs.
00:41:17Can you imagine yourself doing this shit
00:41:18every single day?
00:41:20Until when?
00:41:21Two years of minimum wage?
00:41:22No, we just work until we save enough
00:41:25to join back Arcadia.
00:41:26Maybe six, seven months.
00:41:31With fourteen dollars an hour?
00:41:33Listen, we just need to
00:41:37look at what you call it,
00:41:38the golden line.
00:41:41The silver lining.
00:41:42Thanks to Gino,
00:41:43we have a way to renew our work permit.
00:41:45Stay in the country.
00:41:48And to answer your question,
00:41:49no, I don't see myself
00:41:50feeling pastries for two years.
00:41:52I see myself making videos,
00:41:54helping people with their lives.
00:41:58Why don't you do it then?
00:42:00Do what?
00:42:01We spent a year in a simulation
00:42:02doing what we always wanted.
00:42:04Why can't we just make it happen here?
00:42:06Didn't we try that
00:42:07before signing to Arcadia?
00:42:09Yes, but now it's different.
00:42:10We lived our vision.
00:42:12We know what it looks like
00:42:13and how to reach it.
00:42:14Let's just make it happen again.
00:42:16Well, you think we should just do
00:42:17what we used to do in Arcadia?
00:42:19Yes, and I'll make a product
00:42:21and market the shit out of it.
00:42:22I have half the eloquence
00:42:25and ten times the accent of my avatar.
00:42:28Maybe there are other Italians like you
00:42:30stuck in shitty situations
00:42:31trying to find some consolation,
00:42:34some motivation.
00:42:36Here it is.
00:42:38Remo and his daily inspiration pills.
00:42:47You feel you've been abandoned.
00:42:52Or you feel you've been left alone.
00:42:55No, abandoned is too dramatic.
00:43:00Leaving the place you call home
00:43:02can be a grudging...
00:43:07Leaving the place you call home
00:43:09can be a dressing feeling.
00:43:13One, you're loud.
00:43:14Two, you sound like
00:43:15a pharmaceutical commercial.
00:43:16Three, the word you're looking for
00:43:17is distressing.
00:43:20Distressing, distress.
00:43:25Grazie.
00:43:28And why does this, how,
00:43:31how does it feel to
00:43:36Where does this feeling come from?
00:43:41Coming from where?
00:43:45Maybe you just feel lonely.
00:43:50Maybe you just feel lonely.
00:43:55Maybe you just feel lonely.
00:44:06Maybe you just feel lonely.
00:44:14Maybe you just feel lonely.
00:44:23Maybe you just feel lonely.
00:44:29Hey girls, this is just a short video
00:44:31to thank you all for the overwhelming support
00:44:33for my Silk Derm Hydration Cream SPF 50+.
00:44:36I can't believe I finally did it
00:44:38and I'm so happy that I can share this moment
00:44:40with all of you.
00:44:41As you know, I've been...
00:44:42So you don't remember
00:44:43posting a video like this?
00:44:45No, never.
00:44:46And she's talking about feedback comments?
00:44:48Look here.
00:44:49Oh my God, this cream is so phenomenal.
00:44:51Makes my skin so smooth.
00:44:52It's a fake comment.
00:44:53I can spend hours on this.
00:44:55Thanks to Silk Derm Hydration Cream.
00:44:57It's a fake comment too.
00:44:58Who cares?
00:44:59That's not the point.
00:45:00The point is, that's me.
00:45:02That's Anika.
00:45:03Who sent you this video?
00:45:05Caroline.
00:45:06Caroline?
00:45:07What, you mean Andrew's wife?
00:45:09Yes, but again,
00:45:10aren't they supposed to be avatars?
00:45:12This, this is strange.
00:45:14Thank you for finally catching on.
00:45:16Videos like this
00:45:17shouldn't be able to leave Internet Prime.
00:45:20You'd think that
00:45:23You try and reply the sender?
00:45:25Caroline?
00:45:26No, I just received it.
00:45:28If they have videos of Anika,
00:45:30maybe they have videos of Steve too.
00:45:32Okay, maybe.
00:45:34Okay, maybe.
00:46:05Anika
00:46:08Anika
00:46:11Anika
00:46:14Anika
00:46:17Anika
00:46:20Anika
00:46:23Anika
00:46:26Anika
00:46:29Anika
00:46:33Anika
00:46:38Hi, this is Meera.
00:46:45Look at you.
00:46:47Aren't you a darling?
00:46:49I'm Karim,
00:46:50but you can call me Caroline.
00:46:52Nice to meet you.
00:46:54Yes, I know.
00:46:55Let's go.
00:46:56It is all a big bag of BS,
00:46:58like my mother used to say.
00:47:00Bullshit with a capital B.
00:47:02Arcadia has been experiencing glitches
00:47:04even before we signed up.
00:47:06And every time it happens,
00:47:08they come up with some excuse.
00:47:10Oh, you were resident before.
00:47:12Oh, your work permit is in conflict
00:47:14with some class up my father's ass.
00:47:16They're just experiencing an overload of users,
00:47:19and they servers they can't keep up.
00:47:21That's all.
00:47:23Eight months we spent inside.
00:47:25Eight glorious months.
00:47:27And then, boom.
00:47:29Back to reality.
00:47:31Reason?
00:47:33An issue with Ying's name on the passport.
00:47:36Do you miss it?
00:47:38The vacuum?
00:47:40Hmm.
00:47:42I was having a blast as Caroline.
00:47:44Always dressed to impress.
00:47:47Prima donna to the bone.
00:47:50Yes, Prima donna to the bone.
00:47:53I own $3,000 pajamas and slippers
00:47:56that could pay for my rent.
00:47:58And now,
00:48:00I work at the retail store.
00:48:02Can you believe it?
00:48:04Me, Caroline LaBelle, stylist, trendsetter,
00:48:07reduced to a mere clerk.
00:48:09Sparely replaceable.
00:48:11What about Andrew?
00:48:13Jing?
00:48:14How's he holding up?
00:48:16He got the job as a programmer.
00:48:18It went through him this time.
00:48:20He wants to open his own company one day,
00:48:22just like he did in Arcadia.
00:48:24But the transfer back to this
00:48:26hit him pretty hard.
00:48:28The result is the video I sent you.
00:48:31He hacked into Arcadia's servers
00:48:35in search for the life we used to live.
00:48:40Did he find more videos of Anika?
00:48:42What about Steve?
00:48:45The video I sent you is one of nine others
00:48:48that we dug up from your page.
00:48:50Anika's page.
00:48:52She's been posting for the last two weeks
00:48:54as if nothing has ever happened.
00:48:56And Steve, that tall drink of water,
00:48:58he's still going strong as well.
00:49:00Did he find more videos of him?
00:49:11The tethered response to your actions
00:49:13is only the surface of a conversation
00:49:15you're having with yourself first.
00:49:17And you're quick to cast judgment on others
00:49:20before digging inside the dynamics
00:49:22your ego is conceiving.
00:49:24You see, all too often...
00:49:26This guy's good.
00:49:28He's good, but he's not you.
00:49:33You sure these aren't pieces that got lost
00:49:36when they reconstructed our memories?
00:49:38No, this video is from two days ago.
00:49:40Look, everything I found is content produced by your avatar
00:49:43after you left Arcadia.
00:49:45Did you try to communicate with them?
00:49:47With who?
00:49:48The avatars. Did you DM them?
00:49:50Have you ever responded to a single message
00:49:52your fan sent you?
00:49:53We're not fans. We're...
00:49:55Okay, I see your point.
00:49:58So, who's behind this?
00:50:00Who's impersonating us?
00:50:02There's no us.
00:50:04We are not them anymore.
00:50:05Arcadia uses avatars as characters in a video game.
00:50:08Once you're out, another person takes over.
00:50:11Which makes total sense.
00:50:12Why waste all of the progress a character has made on Arcadia?
00:50:15Just put someone else in and see how they perform.
00:50:17What? You're saying there's just some new person
00:50:19just leaving Steve's life?
00:50:20Consider Steve like a horse.
00:50:22I'm not a horse.
00:50:23You're not Steve.
00:50:24Look, once a rider is replaced,
00:50:26another person takes over and they see how far this one goes.
00:50:29Okay, but this guy is starting better off.
00:50:33I've already built everything for him.
00:50:35And what about my followers?
00:50:37What about my followers?
00:50:38How we know this new Steve is giving good advice?
00:50:40How we know he's a good person?
00:50:42What makes you think you didn't start better off either?
00:50:45Because I built it.
00:50:48No.
00:50:54Do you remember Steve's penis?
00:50:57What does that have to do with this?
00:50:59It's a legit question.
00:51:01Do you remember going to the washroom?
00:51:02Or the first script you ever wrote?
00:51:04Or the first video you ever recorded?
00:51:06Or the first comments your fans sent you?
00:51:09You don't.
00:51:10Like a role-playing game, they give you a backstory.
00:51:13You just customize the features.
00:51:15Steve was me.
00:51:18Certain things he said.
00:51:20His love of good wine. Soccer. It's me.
00:51:24Sure, I mean, you were in the driver's seat,
00:51:26but everything else was already created for your own pleasure.
00:51:30You weren't a successful motivator, Remo.
00:51:33You were just impersonating one.
00:51:36Like a chimney, every day.
00:51:38You want to know why?
00:51:39Fucking olive oil.
00:51:41No, that's a secret.
00:51:55He's Italian.
00:51:57He's Italian.
00:51:58Being obsessed with food comes with a territory.
00:52:26I love you.
00:52:57The day my father passed,
00:53:00my mother made sure no one saw her crying.
00:53:02She bathed him, clothed him,
00:53:04and performed the funeral service
00:53:06without a hint of sadness on her face.
00:53:09The week afterwards, she refused to get up from bed.
00:53:13I'd seen her tired before, but this was different.
00:53:16This was the agony of losing the man she spent 45 years with.
00:53:21Sometimes, she'd regain her sharpness
00:53:25and think of a future for me, of a lawyer, of an eye surgeon.
00:53:29Others, she just stared at an empty corner for hours.
00:53:34Despite her presence, she died of loneliness.
00:53:39I fled India to flee this pain,
00:53:42to find a new family and a new community,
00:53:45but the only family I have is you.
00:53:49Are we setting ourselves up to walk the same path, Remo?
00:54:01You know, my brother was right.
00:54:03India is my Arcadia.
00:54:05I know its customs, its needs,
00:54:08and it'll be easier for me, just like Italy would be for you.
00:54:12Nothing is left in Italy for me.
00:54:15And even if we go back to our countries,
00:54:17that would mean leaving a part.
00:54:19What? Forever?
00:54:22We thought we could change the world,
00:54:24that we were going to do something.
00:54:26But we can't! We won't!
00:54:28Mira, we spent one year in a video game.
00:54:34A video game that we thought would lead to a better life.
00:54:38They fooled us.
00:54:42And I'm not going anywhere without answers.
00:54:47I love you.
00:55:09Mr. Rossetti, Ms. Patel, my name is Eleanor.
00:55:12I was in charge of your file when you were in the vacuum.
00:55:16So, let me rephrase your concern, Mr. Rossetti,
00:55:20just to make sure I understand.
00:55:22You say you've received links to new videos of your Arcadia character
00:55:27and that you never made these videos, is that correct?
00:55:31Yes. Why is he still active if I'm here?
00:55:35Steve's my character.
00:55:37And the penis thing?
00:55:39Yes, the penis thing.
00:55:42The penis thing.
00:55:44Why don't I remember Steve's penis?
00:55:47In other times, I showered or peed or...
00:55:51I see.
00:55:53It's called induced amnesia.
00:55:56When your memory is reconstructed,
00:55:58the algorithm in your bracelet chooses certain memories over others.
00:56:03If it were to flood your brain with the entire repertoire
00:56:07of all the thoughts and recollections of an entire year of life,
00:56:11you'd be sent into an instant case of shock.
00:56:14And in some cases, extreme cases,
00:56:17people have been known to experience irreversible coma,
00:56:20a rare but possible outcome.
00:56:23So, we use an algorithm to infuse only those memories
00:56:29that will help you make sense of your time in Arcadia,
00:56:33leaving behind all the meaningless activities
00:56:36such as showering and brushing your teeth
00:56:39and, yes, even sex.
00:56:42Okay, but why is he still active?
00:56:45Those videos, whether new or old,
00:56:48are simply those memories your bracelet did not retrieve for you to remember.
00:56:54So, I did launch my son Steve then.
00:56:57Will I ever be able to access those memories?
00:57:00Oh, if you ever want to return to Arcadia,
00:57:02your account will be fully reinstated and you will be Steve again,
00:57:06complete with the entire repertoire of your memories.
00:57:11But until then, please tell your friend or whoever it was
00:57:17that gave you those videos to stop hacking into the system.
00:57:22There's only one way to be a part of Arcadia,
00:57:26and that is to be worthy of it.
00:57:29Good day, Mr. Rossetti, Miss Patel.
00:57:36ARCADIA
00:58:07ARCADIA
00:58:13It's her, a hundred percent.
00:58:15So, why does she look like Dany's?
00:58:18Maybe they used her as a model for the virtual Dany's?
00:58:22Or maybe she was in Arcadia too, an ex-resident like us.
00:58:28But why look like yourself in a virtual world and be, what, a maid?
00:58:35Who's that?
00:58:40Mira, guys, they found us.
00:58:42They caught Ying. We got tracked.
00:58:44We're getting deported.
00:58:46We have to leave the country by midnight tonight.
00:58:48I don't know what's going to happen, but I just wanted to say,
00:58:50take care out there.
00:58:52It was lovely knowing you.
00:58:55Shit.
00:58:58I knew we had to be careful with those people.
00:59:00Well, we each people. What we be careful about?
00:59:02Clueless, you ratted them out.
00:59:04Ratted them out? What does this mean?
00:59:06You told the lady from Arcadia about Jin and his hacking.
00:59:08Someone like Jin would be careful to hide his, what you call it,
00:59:11GST, IP, GPS, whatever.
00:59:16And what? What are you doing?
00:59:22Oh, shit.
00:59:24Don't know if you break it.
00:59:28Hey, don't use too much olive oil.
00:59:33Ugh.
00:59:41Hi. How much to get to Waterfront Station?
00:59:43Around 25, ma'am.
00:59:45Sorry, we don't have that kind of money.
00:59:47All right.
00:59:49Now it's time to rent a car.
00:59:51We can't take a cab to chase Dennis.
01:00:03Ugh.
01:00:05How much longer are we going to wait? Why?
01:00:07Why are we waiting for him?
01:00:09Why? I just had a thought.
01:00:11What if somebody, we've been here for two hours,
01:00:13what if somebody is watching us, watching her?
01:00:17Well, it is kind of strange that we're, what, just sitting, waiting in the car?
01:00:20People are like, oh, why are these people still in the car?
01:00:22So, just be normal now, okay?
01:00:24They probably think we're going to, what, steal something.
01:00:26Hey, hey, there she is. Okay, okay.
01:00:28Okay, what do we do? What if we wait for her to do what?
01:00:31Okay, wait for her to get around so she doesn't see us.
01:00:34And then we go.
01:00:36No, wait for it, wait for it.
01:00:38Okay, here we go. Here we are, here we are.
01:00:40Okay, um...
01:00:42Ah, you know what, sorry.
01:00:44Ah, here we are, here we are.
01:00:46Today is the day we find you.
01:00:48Okay.
01:00:53Why is she going so slow?
01:00:55Look at this.
01:00:57No, she's going the slowest speed possible.
01:01:00Maybe she wants us to follow her.
01:01:02Maybe this is part of her game.
01:01:04You don't think she'll get suspicious if we follow this closely?
01:01:08Okay, she's not going to find us.
01:01:10Can you stop with the commentary? It's making me nervous.
01:01:14This is kind of a lame car chase.
01:01:16Couldn't she have turned there, like, four times?
01:01:18What is this? She's acting very strange.
01:01:21Do you hear a signal?
01:01:23Uh, no.
01:01:24Can you just stop with the commentary?
01:01:26She's not going to get suspicious if you don't...
01:01:28Wait, I have to stop. There's a red light.
01:01:30Yeah, yeah, I'm saying don't get too close because she can see us.
01:01:32Look, we can see her.
01:01:33I am being careful.
01:01:34Okay, but now you're kind of far.
01:01:36What if someone hops and we lose her?
01:01:38Okay, she's turning, she's turning.
01:01:39Okay, yes, I know.
01:01:40You have to signal.
01:01:41No, she's not going.
01:01:42Well, she was going.
01:01:43Yeah, but you told me to.
01:01:45I can't see the light.
01:01:47Hello. Hello, stranger.
01:01:49We are just normal people.
01:01:51Oh, my God.
01:01:52Okay, okay, she's turning, you see?
01:01:54Okay.
01:01:55Signal, yeah.
01:01:56Yes.
01:01:57Oh, my God.
01:01:58Okay, go, go, go.
01:01:59Okay, okay, okay.
01:02:00I'm coming.
01:02:01I'm going, I'm going.
01:02:02Yeah, it's okay.
01:02:27Reema, is that...
01:02:39It's our house.
01:02:42How is that possible?
01:02:43Maybe it's just a model or...
01:02:47It's identical.
01:02:49Should we knock at the door?
01:02:52Let's go from the back.
01:02:53I don't want them to see us, whoever they are.
01:02:58Okay.
01:03:04Can you open the latch?
01:03:06Someone put a lock on it.
01:03:08A lock?
01:03:09Wouldn't the right mind put a lock on a...
01:03:27What the hell?
01:03:37Where are we?
01:03:39They're waking up.
01:03:40Don't get too close, okay?
01:03:41Hey.
01:03:45Hi.
01:03:47You guys okay?
01:03:50What the hell is going on here?
01:03:52What are you doing here?
01:03:54What are you doing here?
01:03:55Who are you?
01:03:57You're...
01:03:58You're me.
01:03:59You're Annika.
01:04:02How do you know my name?
01:04:04How does she know my name?
01:04:05Were you guys trying to break in?
01:04:06What's happening?
01:04:07It's our house.
01:04:09You put a lock on the gate.
01:04:10I had to, man.
01:04:11That latch was shit.
01:04:12Stop being so polite with them.
01:04:14Were you trying to hurt us?
01:04:15Hurting you?
01:04:16Your psycho maid knocked us out.
01:04:17Yeah, yeah.
01:04:18She assaulted us.
01:04:19Whoa.
01:04:20It was a personal defense.
01:04:21She thought you were thieves.
01:04:22Look at you.
01:04:23Who fucking cares?
01:04:24Bitch, you know my name.
01:04:25Why are you asking me, Annika?
01:04:26Don't call me bitch.
01:04:27We know both your names.
01:04:28You're Steve, the motivational guy,
01:04:29and you're Annika, the sunscreen seller.
01:04:31Sunscreen seller.
01:04:32That's very diminishing.
01:04:34They're fans, Annie.
01:04:36We are you.
01:04:37You are us.
01:04:39You're supposed to be in Arcadia right now.
01:04:43What the fuck are you talking about?
01:04:45Arcadia.
01:04:48Oh.
01:04:50I see.
01:04:52They are...
01:04:53Residents.
01:04:54This house has more comings and goings
01:04:56than a goddamn brothel.
01:04:58We have double copies of all our residents' keys
01:05:01in case something like this happens.
01:05:02Something like what happens, Doctor?
01:05:04Did you have something to do with this?
01:05:06Are we inside Arcadia right now?
01:05:07There's a lot of questions to answer, Doctor.
01:05:09We have an agreement.
01:05:11We're not supposed to meet our residents?
01:05:13300 Spartans weren't supposed to win Thermopylae either.
01:05:17Oh, Jesus.
01:05:18You're correct, Mr. Loretto.
01:05:20The contract you signed with one of our agents
01:05:21specifically stated that we will put every effort
01:05:23into ensuring no contact between you and your ex-residents.
01:05:27However, these two are of a different kind.
01:05:32Oh.
01:05:35We are of a different kind.
01:05:36The kind that built an empire from nothing.
01:05:39I own this house, right, Doctor?
01:05:40That's my fucking shawl, by the way.
01:05:42Calm down.
01:05:43Who do you think is the brain
01:05:44that's got a silk tampon in his neck?
01:05:46This girl right here.
01:05:47What are you talking about?
01:05:48Good.
01:05:49Could write those speeches all by himself.
01:05:50I do, I actually do.
01:05:51Three, yes.
01:05:52Three, yes.
01:05:53No, no, no, no.
01:05:54Who are you, man?
01:05:55Rolling up here like you fucking want three months.
01:05:57I'm trying to take my fucking shawl.
01:05:59Get your filthy hands off me.
01:06:30Look what she did to my face.
01:06:31I'm going to sue you.
01:06:32I'm not a bitch.
01:06:33Enough.
01:06:34Keep calm.
01:06:35Mr. Rozetti, Ms. Patel.
01:07:03Mr. Rossetti, Ms. Patel,
01:07:06I understand your confusion and I apologize if the ambiguity of the situation has led to any hardship.
01:07:11I will try my utmost to be clear with you from now on.
01:07:16You have never lived in this house.
01:07:21What?
01:07:22We get thousands of requests every year from foreigners who wish to sign up to Arcadia.
01:07:29Europeans,
01:07:31Asians,
01:07:32Africans, Americans, all connect to Arcadia from their own country to get a taste of what it would be like to live here.
01:07:41Our mission, in truth, is to motivate them to reach for a better life,
01:07:48to see what this world has to offer and strive to achieve it
01:07:53outside of the platform,
01:07:55possibly in their own country,
01:07:57to inspire them to see the beauty
01:08:01despite the challenges.
01:08:05But we were here. I sat in these chairs. I swam in this pool.
01:08:13It's lens technology.
01:08:15Mr. and Mrs. Loretto have contact lenses permanently implanted in their eyes. You had lenses too during your stay in the vacuum.
01:08:23Mr. and Mrs. Loretto are what we call landlords who rent out their lens spaces to individuals
01:08:31residents who wish to experience what it feels like to live
01:08:34this lifestyle.
01:08:40Mira, if you recall during your profiling with us you spoke of
01:08:48cultural differences.
01:08:50You said people here thought you were too aggressive in your approach and that your personality doesn't suit this country.
01:08:58You felt alone and misunderstood.
01:09:03So you wanted to join Arcadia to be someone who didn't have these obstacles,
01:09:07someone with the trusted network of people around her and most importantly a family
01:09:14that supported her.
01:09:18And Remo,
01:09:19you wanted to be a motivational speaker, an inspiration for others.
01:09:24But how could you succeed in a country where you don't even speak the language?
01:09:32To succeed in the art of the rhetoric,
01:09:36constructing grammar in a language so different than the one that you grew up with.
01:09:42How could you be an inspiration to others when they make fun of your gestures and the way you speak?
01:09:48So we ran our program through the pool of landlords subscribed to Arcadia
01:09:54and we found the perfect couple.
01:09:57First-generation Canadians with only the immigrant background inherited from their families and none of the disadvantages.
01:10:10So what you're saying is I never created self-determination?
01:10:15You were virtually connected to Annika,
01:10:17seeing her life through her lenses, a connection which she could stop at any time by pressing a button on her watch.
01:10:24She could share with you the most glamorous moments
01:10:28and none of the fights, fears, and the financial stress.
01:10:36Fights? I don't remember fights.
01:10:39Believe me my dear, fights in this house are as common as...
01:10:42Don't inflate the situation to make it more dramatic.
01:10:44He almost bankrupted us twice. We're still recovering from it, but who cares? Let's just have another drink, right?
01:10:49You know what? I don't hear you complaining about the pool though, right? That's okay.
01:10:52Arcadia paid for half our mortgage. If it was up to you, we'd be living under a bridge with no money, but still a mate to serve you.
01:10:58What about the two business loans you took out? That didn't impact their finances.
01:11:01We're not going to give you that right now, Steve, okay? Look at my face!
01:11:04When it serves you, it's okay. When it serves me...
01:11:06You bought a bottle of Chateau Le Pin once.
01:11:10That bottle was $2,000.
01:11:14That was an excellent wine. I remember that. It was a French wine.
01:11:17I know I should be a little more generous towards their Italian heritage,
01:11:20but my friends have quite the delicate palate.
01:11:24And you gotta respect that.
01:11:26Your friends have a delicate palate?
01:11:32My friends don't have a delicate palate.
01:11:36The few I have would be horrified at me drinking a $2,000 wine.
01:11:44Because here, a bottle of Chateau Le Pin is two months of rent, if you live with your partner.
01:11:52One, if you live in a basement.
01:11:58$2,000 is a month's rent.
01:12:02Basement. $2,000 is a month's stipend for a baker, pizza maker,
01:12:09or any other job you get if you come to this country thinking you're going to make it.
01:12:16Now, what's the point?
01:12:19Even if I show to the people who were born here that I deserve a little bit of that spotlight,
01:12:25they still don't trust me like they're friends.
01:12:28The people who speak their language,
01:12:31who watched the same TV shows when they were kids,
01:12:34who have dad to go golfing together,
01:12:37who went to the same high school and ate the same brand of ice cream,
01:12:44who had all the options since they were teenagers,
01:12:51who can travel to the country of their parents,
01:12:59but call the place they leave home.
01:13:04So when you talk about your Italian heritage,
01:13:09watch your mouth.
01:13:12Because you're about as Italiano as I am Canadian.
01:13:21We're going to hire a lawyer.
01:13:24And we're going to reveal what Arcadia is doing
01:13:26if it's the last thing we do in this country.
01:13:29Okay?
01:13:51You are of a different kind, Mr. Rossetti.
01:13:54Both of you.
01:13:57You came to this country with nothing but hope.
01:14:00Yet you're still here.
01:14:02Fighting. Hustling.
01:14:05You are a successful and beautiful couple already.
01:14:10But you're not alone.
01:14:13You're not alone.
01:14:15Hustling.
01:14:17You are a successful and beautiful couple already.
01:14:21You have wealth, but you can't show.
01:14:25But you can share.
01:14:27Share it with those less fortunate.
01:14:31So when you land,
01:14:34Uncle Antonio wanted to pick you up at the airport.
01:14:38He's organizing a little party at the winery with all the others.
01:14:42We'll land this morning.
01:14:44If we don't have a jet lag, that's fine.
01:14:46Okay, then. Let me know.
01:14:49I'll be waiting for you.
01:14:52I'll be waiting for you.
01:14:55I'll be waiting for you.
01:14:57I'll be waiting for you.
01:14:59I'll be waiting for you.
01:15:01Bye.
01:15:03Bye, Mom.
01:15:05Okay.
01:15:12So now you can work while traveling?
01:15:15Yes, traveling is useful.
01:15:18Shamit Uncle wants to meet both of you.
01:15:21When will you go to Kerala?
01:15:22I don't know. I'll check my schedule.
01:15:25I should be in the South by the third week.
01:15:28We've booked a fort for dinner.
01:15:32Isn't it too big?
01:15:34Yes, everyone wants to meet you.
01:15:37Even Vatsal is coming from Rohtak.
01:15:39Sounds like quite the party.
01:15:41Okay, Karan. I have to go.
01:15:43You know,
01:15:45Mom and Dad are so proud of you.
01:15:50I'm not a surgeon, Karan.
01:15:52You're happy and that's what's important.
01:15:58Okay. We'll talk later.
01:16:02Okay, Meera.
01:16:05We'll talk later.
01:16:22Bye.
01:16:38Ciao, guys.
01:16:39Today I've had this wine breathing for a little while
01:16:42because I want to share with you something
01:16:45that is very special to me.
01:16:49This is an Amarone 2013 from Vaporicella.
01:16:56I first tried this wine when I was with my father.
01:17:00He used to drink wine only casually.
01:17:04But when it came to special occasions,
01:17:08he wanted to treat his guests to something truly exceptional.
01:17:19Vaporicella
01:17:29When I sip this wine,
01:17:31it's not the cherry, the black fig,
01:17:36or the carob that I focused on.
01:17:41It's the smell of my mother's tortelloni with ragout.
01:17:46That smell would stay in the kitchen for an entire afternoon.
01:17:55It's the memories of my father,
01:17:57telling me stories from his childhood,
01:18:00when he proposed to my mother
01:18:03on a rainy night in the Olive Grove.
01:18:05Vaporicella
01:18:15It's the invisible beauty of things we don't notice,
01:18:21but persist beyond our base senses.
01:18:29For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning,
01:18:33wrote the poet Carillo Di Blan,
01:18:36sharing a glass of wine with those you love,
01:18:43hearing an old story from a friend,
01:18:51realizing for a moment how special this all is,
01:18:56and that there's nothing you would cherish more
01:19:00in that ephemeral instant.
01:19:25Vaporicella