Juventude Em Marcha

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00:01:32 I was a young girl.
00:01:35 I'd go swimming.
00:01:38 with shoulders wider
00:01:42 I'd go in the water
00:01:46 None of the boys
00:01:49 They'd shout from the beach,
00:01:52 "Sharks, Clotilde!
00:01:57 Then they'd sing...
00:01:59 Come back, my love
00:02:03 No shark ever got near me.
00:02:06 Sometimes
00:02:09 I'd leave him on the rocks
00:02:12 I wanted to never go back,
00:02:15 but I always did.
00:02:22 Poor Jójó would cry and cry.
00:02:25 He'd almost fall off the rocks
00:02:29 I'd swim back close to the beach
00:02:33 and watch him cry.
00:02:36 Sometimes it seemed
00:02:39 but he never did.
00:02:43 I'd sit with him
00:02:47 I knew the boys were still
00:02:50 but they had run out of steam
00:03:24 COLOSSAL YOUTH
00:03:35 Bete.
00:03:47 Bete.
00:03:50 Your mother's gone.
00:03:52 She doesn't love me anymore.
00:03:55 She doesn't want to spend
00:03:58 She doesn't want to move
00:04:01 She fought me every night.
00:04:06 I'm thinking back 30 years
00:04:11 as a young man working
00:04:14 I tossed and turned every night,
00:04:23 Ventura,
00:04:26 No, I don't.
00:04:27 I used to get it wrong
00:04:30 I'd come back drunk from work
00:04:32 and collapse in a strange bed.
00:04:35 I'd walk into Totinha's house,
00:04:40 and I'd fall asleep, even snore.
00:04:42 They'd take me home at dawn.
00:04:45 All the doors looked
00:04:47 You got the wrong door
00:04:50 Every time your mother gave birth,
00:04:56 She doesn't love me anymore.
00:05:02 She doesn't love her children.
00:05:10 My son is humble,
00:05:16 Born of our kiss
00:06:50 - How's it going?
00:06:52 - See you, Xana.
00:07:34 Not hungry?
00:07:38 I didn't eat last night.
00:07:46 Your mother left me.
00:08:10 She stabbed me with a knife.
00:08:17 The blood's already dry.
00:08:25 That woman wrecked the house.
00:08:31 Nothing's left in one piece.
00:08:35 She took
00:08:38 all my embroidered shirts
00:08:41 All she left me
00:08:49 Really?
00:08:51 In the bathtub, I think.
00:08:54 She smashed up
00:08:56 What woman?
00:09:00 She had Clotilde's face,
00:09:08 I don't know if it was Clotilde
00:09:12 - Eat.
00:09:34 Vanda!
00:09:40 Vanda!
00:10:02 Where do you live?
00:10:24 What do you want, Ventura?
00:10:27 - They gave you a basement apartment?
00:10:29 What do you want?
00:10:32 - You got money?
00:10:43 Your mother didn't come home?
00:10:50 Look, it's stealing the food.
00:10:56 She didn't sleep here last night?
00:11:08 Look at that little monkey.
00:11:12 She took the suitcase and left.
00:11:20 Ventura, my mother's buried
00:11:33 I looked all over for her.
00:11:37 What do you want me to do?
00:11:43 I'd like lots of things
00:11:48 I'd like to cut down
00:12:00 I'd like no more pain
00:12:04 I'd like to be at peace.
00:12:09 I'd like to have
00:12:13 but I don't.
00:12:17 I'd like to get unemployment
00:12:25 You don't even get
00:12:28 Nope.
00:12:30 I haven't gotten a thing
00:12:39 I'd like a little shrimp
00:12:44 You still have something.
00:12:51 I'd like a little luck... -
00:12:58 If my mother was still alive,
00:13:23 Shit! Why'd I wipe my eyes
00:13:29 That's what I get.
00:13:37 - Dodots?
00:13:40 I wiped my eyes with them.
00:13:44 Look at that snake! Christ!
00:13:50 An anaconda.
00:13:54 Look at that.
00:13:56 That one's gonna get it.
00:14:04 Dodots?
00:14:11 Look! He's huge, Papa!
00:14:14 Forty feet.
00:14:28 He got it.
00:14:33 Look at that crocodile.
00:14:42 Dodots?
00:14:45 Yeah, Dodots.
00:14:52 There goes the crocodile.
00:14:54 It's twisted all around it.
00:15:00 You see the size of those jaws?
00:15:08 What are Dodots?
00:15:09 Towelettes for wiping
00:15:16 These here.
00:15:18 You've never seen Dodots?
00:15:23 - Cloths?
00:15:27 He's eating the crocodile!
00:16:18 See you, daughter.
00:16:20 See you, Papa.
00:17:53 You're gonna eat this one.
00:17:56 Three points.
00:17:59 This one too.
00:18:03 Seven.
00:18:09 Nine.
00:18:23 Twenty.
00:18:40 I need you to write
00:18:43 - To send her money?
00:18:46 It's Arcangela's birthday
00:18:54 A sort of love letter.
00:18:57 "Nha cretcheu, my love,
00:19:01 meeting again will brighten
00:19:07 I'll return to you
00:19:12 I wish I could offer you
00:19:16 a dozen fancy new dresses,
00:19:20 a car,
00:19:22 that little lava house
00:19:25 and a 40-cent bouquet.
00:19:32 But most of all,
00:19:35 drink a bottle of good wine
00:19:40 The work here never stops.
00:19:43 There are over
00:19:46 Seventy-seven.
00:19:49 Forty-three.
00:19:51 What else?
00:19:53 - Go get a pen.
00:19:57 No pens in the shack?
00:20:19 That's sad.
00:20:26 Lento?
00:20:29 Lento, you asleep?
00:20:37 Listen good.
00:20:39 "Meeting again will brighten
00:20:45 I'll return to you
00:20:49 I wish I could offer you
00:20:53 a dozen fancy new dresses,
00:20:56 a car,
00:20:59 that little lava house
00:21:02 and a 40-cent bouquet.
00:21:05 But most of all,
00:21:08 drink a bottle of good wine
00:21:14 The work here never stops.
00:21:17 There are over
00:21:22 It's a beautiful letter.
00:21:24 Yeah, it is.
00:21:30 Good night, Lento.
00:21:32 Goodnight, Ventura.
00:22:25 I bought chicken.
00:23:38 Mr. Ventura?
00:23:42 That's me all right.
00:23:45 Retired laborer.
00:23:47 André Semedo, locksmith,
00:23:51 North or south islands?
00:23:54 Ch? o do Monte, águas Podres,
00:23:57 Principal, Ch? da Horta,
00:23:59 Your wife's not coming?
00:24:05 3:00 p.m., November 1, 2001.
00:24:08 Fourth floor, right.
00:24:20 My head's spinning,
00:24:23 I can't open it.
00:24:48 Temple, shack, household god.
00:25:18 Nothing's more joyful than opening
00:25:23 It's too small.
00:25:42 I want bedrooms for my children.
00:25:44 Bring me their papers.
00:25:59 There's no mention
00:26:02 - I want bedrooms.
00:26:04 Lots.
00:26:06 Everyone's asking
00:26:08 I need them
00:26:55 When I had my daughter,
00:26:59 In pain?
00:27:01 In my back.
00:27:04 I told my husband,
00:27:06 "I can't stand it.
00:27:12 "Careful, darling.
00:27:15 If you're feeling bad,
00:27:19 Three days in horrible pain.
00:27:21 I didn't want to go.
00:27:26 That was a Saturday.
00:27:28 I had my little girl on a Saturday.
00:27:32 The nurse put her hand on me and said,
00:27:36 I said, "Excuse me?
00:27:39 I've got to get home.
00:27:43 "Because the baby's head
00:27:48 "But I'm all alone here.
00:27:51 I have to go get my husband.
00:27:55 And she said,
00:27:58 Give me your address.
00:28:02 I was in such pain!
00:28:05 Waves of pain every ten minutes.
00:28:09 "Ow! It hurts so bad!"
00:28:14 Then it was every five minutes.
00:28:17 "Hey, it's getting worse."
00:28:21 "You're having your baby.
00:28:26 So I went.
00:28:29 They put me
00:28:33 and put this thing on my belly.
00:28:37 I had the same belly
00:28:41 I didn't even have a belly.
00:28:43 It was the same as it is now.
00:28:46 They put this CTG on me,
00:28:51 And I went,
00:28:57 "We can't, ma'am.
00:28:59 It's to listen to the baby's heart."
00:29:03 "Take it off me, or I will!"
00:29:06 "Ma'am, you can't do that."
00:29:10 When I realized
00:29:14 "My husband's outside.
00:29:19 "You were alone before,
00:29:23 "He's outside. Go get him."
00:29:25 - "What's his name?"
00:29:28 He came in.
00:29:31 "I can't stand it here.
00:29:33 Help me, darling.
00:29:38 Then an Indian man came in,
00:29:41 plus my husband and five others.
00:29:46 The Indian man
00:29:49 because when I pushed,
00:29:53 It was hard.
00:29:56 If she'd been big,
00:29:59 But the small ones
00:30:02 The doctor said,
00:30:04 "We have to do something.
00:30:09 And all those guys on top of me,
00:30:13 they kept pushing and pushing
00:30:17 until the baby came out...
00:30:21 Once she was out,
00:30:24 or if it was a boy or girl.
00:30:27 I never saw her again.
00:30:29 They said, "You're not going
00:30:34 "I'm not fucking sick!
00:30:37 I want out of here,
00:30:43 And my husband says,
00:30:45 "Shut up.
00:30:49 Shut up.
00:30:52 I was all stitched up
00:30:56 Otherwise I'd have left.
00:30:59 I wouldn't have hesitated.
00:31:02 They put me in a room.
00:31:06 First they put me on a gurney
00:31:08 next to another girl
00:31:11 She was young too.
00:31:14 We couldn't have a pillow.
00:31:18 so the blood could circulate.
00:31:22 So I raised myself up
00:31:25 "Hey, I'm starving."
00:31:28 "You can't eat, ma'am."
00:31:30 "Miss, bring me something.
00:31:34 The girl next to me said,
00:31:37 "You can't eat anything.
00:31:39 Lie back down.
00:31:43 "Then let it!"
00:31:46 I felt nauseous,
00:31:48 and I couldn't walk
00:31:54 When I looked up...
00:31:58 an hour later,
00:32:03 God knows where.
00:32:06 I covered that whole hospital
00:32:11 The doctor was pushing me.
00:32:13 We took one elevator... -
00:32:16 Then we took another one,
00:32:18 and I ended up
00:32:21 Me, all alone in a room.
00:32:24 - What?
00:32:27 I swear on my mother's soul,
00:32:33 I was left alone in a room.
00:32:35 And I cried every day.
00:32:38 My God! All I had was a TV.
00:32:41 I never saw the doctor's face,
00:32:45 They all wore masks.
00:32:49 I asked them,
00:32:54 Am I that sick?
00:32:58 "Nothing much.
00:33:02 and we have to be careful,
00:33:05 for your safety and ours."
00:33:08 Then I start crying.
00:33:12 One day I told my husband,
00:33:15 "Get me out of here
00:33:19 I'll kill myself.
00:33:22 Just like that lady did yesterday."
00:33:24 My husband got scared.
00:33:27 He told them,
00:33:30 "Keep an eye on her.
00:33:32 She says she's gonna use
00:33:35 I had one of those
00:33:41 If you open it, it's like gas.
00:33:46 Alone in a room, no windows,
00:33:51 Locked in.
00:33:54 "I'll open the canister,
00:33:58 Get me out of here, honey.
00:34:02 I want to leave."
00:34:06 Then one day,
00:34:08 "So you won't let me out?
00:34:13 Where's my daughter?"
00:34:15 I asked the doctor,
00:34:18 "She's in an incubator
00:34:24 You can't see her right now."
00:34:28 "I can't see my daughter?
00:34:32 "No, you can't."
00:34:34 After she left
00:34:38 and those paper slippers
00:34:42 You know, those paper slippers.
00:34:46 I slipped them on.
00:34:48 When they found me,
00:34:52 "Why can't I see her?
00:34:56 You took her away.
00:35:01 "You're out of your mind.
00:35:04 "What do you mean?"
00:35:07 From then on,
00:35:10 in a wheelchair.
00:35:13 Me in a wheelchair!
00:35:17 I went to see my baby girl.
00:35:19 But it was so painful.
00:35:21 She was in a bad way,
00:35:27 God, how she jerked up and down
00:35:32 You know,
00:35:34 She kept jerking up and down
00:35:39 That'll stay with me forever.
00:35:46 Shit.
00:35:48 But thank God, the kid's
00:35:53 She just has trouble breathing... -
00:35:58 May God help you both.
00:36:01 Raising them is hard,
00:36:05 - It's true.
00:36:08 Yours are grown.
00:36:11 - They all help me.
00:36:15 I feel so bad for my daughter.
00:36:17 Without her
00:36:21 That's no life.
00:36:23 Believe me, without my daughter
00:36:26 I'd still be on drugs.
00:36:28 - You'd be dead too.
00:36:31 I swear it.
00:36:34 My daughter
00:36:36 and God knows how much
00:36:40 If I told you his life story,
00:36:44 no man would have done that.
00:36:47 He didn't even know
00:36:50 I'd send him out to buy them.
00:36:53 I'd say,
00:36:56 and ask to speak
00:37:01 That's why
00:37:05 He helped me so much.
00:37:09 Are you off drugs, Zita?
00:37:12 Absolutely.
00:37:16 If I hadn't stopped,
00:37:21 Come on.
00:37:28 That's life.
00:39:14 You shouldn't work so hard, son.
00:39:36 Today's a holiday.
00:39:40 In my day,
00:39:49 More rice?
00:39:51 That's enough.
00:40:05 How are things at home?
00:40:08 - Come over for lunch Sunday?
00:40:14 And your wife?
00:40:17 Your daughter?
00:40:20 She's in daycare now.
00:40:27 When you were small,
00:40:31 piggyback,
00:40:34 up that way,
00:40:37 I'd come home exhausted.
00:40:50 "My love...
00:40:52 meeting again will brighten
00:40:57 I'll return to you
00:41:02 I wish I could offer you
00:41:06 a dozen fancy new dresses.
00:41:09 But most of all,
00:41:11 drink a bottle of good wine
00:41:17 The work here never stops.
00:41:19 There are over
00:41:28 Still no word from you.
00:41:32 Maybe soon."
00:41:33 Hurry up, Ventura. Let's go.
00:41:39 "I'm still waiting.
00:41:41 Every day, every minute,
00:41:44 I learn beautiful new words
00:41:48 Still no word from you.
00:41:51 Maybe soon..."
00:46:02 August 19, 1972.
00:46:05 I was on a big jet
00:46:07 with 400 immigrants,
00:46:11 It was me
00:46:15 Once in the air,
00:46:17 They served us horse steak
00:46:21 He didn't eat.
00:46:26 At the airport, we met his uncle.
00:46:28 He took us to Salitre Street.
00:46:31 The next day, we started work
00:46:34 on the Borges Brothers bank
00:46:39 I earned 1,800 escudos
00:46:42 At the barracks
00:46:45 "Nigger, nigger, stinky face!"
00:46:48 I left to work
00:46:51 They sent me here
00:47:14 I earned 7,500 escudos,
00:47:19 or 16,000,
00:47:24 This was all brushwood here.
00:47:27 Me and Correia, the mason, cleared out
00:47:31 and laid down sewer pipes.
00:47:35 Me and António, the tiler,
00:47:39 It was a carpet of frogs here... -
00:47:45 One day we set up the statues
00:47:50 They were in the middle
00:47:52 We planted grass
00:47:58 We watered it.
00:48:01 They say Mr. Gulbenkian
00:48:05 and lots of heirs.
00:48:12 Guarding this isn't like guarding
00:48:16 Here you wield an iron hand
00:48:19 There, it's just an iron hand.
00:48:24 Blacks, whites, gypsies,
00:48:29 So much hunger and sadness
00:48:33 I know what I'm talking about.
00:48:36 Here it's another world.
00:48:41 No one shouts or runs
00:48:45 It's nice and easy.
00:48:47 I can even take a little nap.
00:48:49 So afternoons here
00:48:54 It's trouble when someone
00:48:59 But you don't see people
00:49:02 We're left in peace.
00:49:06 I have to make a living.
00:49:14 - Your first child?
00:49:17 Boy or girl?
00:49:18 A girl. Her name's Tha:is.
00:49:22 I took a spill over there.
00:50:38 - Wanna play a hand?
00:50:41 Come and play.
00:50:48 I'm gonna make an egg sandwich.
00:50:51 Sit down and play.
00:51:44 Get this into your head.
00:51:47 "Nha cretcheu, my love...
00:51:52 meeting again
00:51:55 will brighten our lives
00:52:01 You need some rest.
00:52:04 "I'll return to you
00:52:14 I wish I could offer you
00:52:19 a dozen fancy new dresses,
00:52:22 a car,
00:52:25 that little lava house
00:52:28 and a 40-cent bouquet."
00:52:30 Don't tire yourself out.
00:52:32 "But most of all,
00:52:34 drink a bottle of good wine
00:52:41 The work here never stops.
00:52:44 There are over
00:52:47 Two days ago,
00:52:50 I thought about you
00:52:55 Did my letter arrive safely?
00:52:58 Still no word from you.
00:53:03 I'm still waiting.
00:53:06 I'm still waiting.
00:53:08 Every day, every minute,
00:53:11 I learn beautiful new words
00:53:17 tailor-made for us both
00:53:21 like fine silk pajamas.
00:53:28 I can only send you
00:53:33 Still no word from you.
00:53:36 Maybe soon."
00:53:43 You're a good player.
00:53:46 Lucky you had your hard hat on.
00:53:50 - Why?
00:53:56 A green pen and a black pen.
00:54:06 I'm hungry. Aren't you?
00:57:08 Raise your arms
00:57:20 Shout, O independent people
00:57:23 Shout, O liberated people
00:57:33 July 5th means freedom
00:57:37 July 5th, the road to happiness
00:57:45 Shout "Long live Cabral!"
00:57:48 Freedom fighter for our nation
00:59:37 Mama.
00:59:45 Mama okay?
01:00:06 Mother of God...
01:00:10 Silly...
01:00:13 Mama's sick, sweetie.
01:01:05 See how my daughter asked,
01:01:09 It's like she's asking,
01:01:13 Are you okay?"
01:01:20 My little girl...
01:01:23 Mama just wants to raise you.
01:01:33 It's okay. I'm better now.
01:01:44 Look at your little booties.
01:01:47 Look at your little suitcase,
01:01:58 I went to visit
01:02:01 - Who's that?
01:02:03 Is she still in Fontaínhas?
01:02:05 She's waiting for housing.
01:02:08 She likes shrimp just like you.
01:02:12 Was she having some?
01:02:14 No, not today,
01:02:18 She really likes them.
01:02:20 Then we'll have to get together
01:02:26 We'll stuff ourselves.
01:02:29 That's for sure.
01:02:34 Next time I see her, I'll tell her.
01:02:41 See, Papa, just three squirts of this
01:02:47 Then use it all the time.
01:02:48 No, that's bad for you.
01:02:51 It's just that when
01:02:55 I get panicky.
01:02:57 It's like that
01:03:01 I can't ride in elevators.
01:03:04 I do anyway,
01:03:07 It scares me, I don't know why.
01:03:12 It's right here, sweetie.
01:03:18 Listen to Mama, baby.
01:03:22 But when Franklin comes on,
01:03:28 My little girl asks me, "Mama okay?"
01:03:33 Because she feels what I feel.
01:03:37 That's why she... -
01:03:42 Dance, baby, dance!
01:03:45 Dance. Shake your butt.
01:03:49 Show me.
01:03:50 Show me.
01:04:01 She's worried.
01:04:03 She can tell I'm hurting.
01:04:06 Look at her little face.
01:04:20 Baby, Franklin is almost on.
01:04:37 Mama's sick.
01:04:43 You know what Mama... -
01:04:47 Mama doesn't think
01:05:02 Look at her dance.
01:05:05 Dance, baby!
01:05:11 How did Mama teach you?
01:05:30 Mama can't raise her child.
01:05:39 Sing, baby.
01:05:41 Ah, your mouth is full,
01:05:48 Dance, baby.
01:05:51 She's upset.
01:06:05 Look... - Franklin!
01:06:07 Let's turn this off now, okay?
01:06:11 All over.
01:06:16 Look at Franklin.
01:06:31 - Papa, it's Franklin.
01:07:12 My little flower,
01:07:20 I love you dearly
01:07:24 For our happiness
01:08:20 You know you have a dead son.
01:08:27 The one who drifted through
01:08:30 No one helped him.
01:08:33 The other day,
01:08:36 There were some workers there.
01:08:40 They were discussing
01:08:43 and mentioned a worker
01:08:47 but I don't believe
01:09:04 Remember when you were
01:09:06 and you cut him with the hoe?
01:14:38 You like this living room set?
01:14:42 I have a nice bedroom set too.
01:14:45 I don't need one.
01:14:51 Are you clean, Nhurro?
01:14:57 I'm not the same Nhurro
01:15:02 in that shantytown.
01:15:05 But really clean... -
01:15:16 Clean means
01:15:20 no more stealing
01:15:26 having a decent job,
01:15:30 knowing all the tricks.
01:15:39 Did they tear Fontaínhas down?
01:15:41 It's just empty lots,
01:15:50 They relocated everyone?
01:15:52 Bete's the only one left.
01:16:44 I'm here with you,
01:16:50 with my mother.
01:16:54 She stopped drinking
01:16:59 She's going through withdrawal.
01:17:03 She called and said,
01:17:09 When are you coming
01:17:13 I keep telling her,
01:17:18 There's no one
01:17:21 But the first chance I get,
01:17:26 And she says,
01:17:31 I'm sitting here waiting for you."
01:17:45 She's already been relocated.
01:17:47 I have to get her water
01:17:56 put in some lights...
01:17:59 a water heater, stove,
01:18:02 washing machine,
01:18:05 and give it a good cleaning.
01:18:26 My father called too.
01:18:29 "Son, I've got my ticket
01:18:35 "Wait, Papa.
01:18:38 I'll come help you call a taxi...
01:18:42 carry your luggage,
01:18:44 get you to the airport...
01:18:49 help you check in...
01:18:52 weigh your luggage
01:18:58 Then, if we have time,
01:19:02 just father and son.
01:19:05 I know you've always hoped
01:19:13 Mama thinks
01:19:17 Me... I don't know."
01:19:31 "Nha cretcheu, my love,
01:19:33 meeting again
01:19:37 for at least 30 years.
01:19:40 I'll return to you
01:19:46 I wish I could offer you
01:19:49 a dozen fancy new dresses,
01:19:53 a car,
01:19:55 that little lava house
01:19:58 and a 40-cent bouquet.
01:20:00 But most of all,
01:20:02 drink a bottle of good wine
01:20:06 The work here never stops.
01:20:08 There are over
01:20:11 Did my letter arrive safely?
01:20:13 Still no word from you.
01:20:17 Every day, every minute,
01:20:21 just for you and me,
01:20:26 like fine silk pajamas.
01:20:30 I can only send you
01:20:33 Still no word from you.
01:20:35 Maybe soon.
01:20:37 Sometimes I get scared
01:20:40 me with a pick and cement,
01:20:43 pushing you ever deeper
01:20:47 It hurts to see these things
01:20:52 Your lovely hair slips
01:20:56 Sometimes I grow weak
01:21:57 Good morning.
01:22:02 We're really having trouble
01:22:13 But we'll get it worked out.
01:22:16 How did you get in?
01:22:18 The door was open.
01:22:20 - Is it just you again today?
01:22:25 Better that way.
01:22:32 Second floor, to the right.
01:23:02 You can see
01:23:05 130 square feet
01:23:08 There's room for a sofa set,
01:23:11 a liquor cabinet, a TV.
01:23:13 It would make a great room
01:23:20 This move is important
01:23:25 This neighborhood has
01:23:29 an activities center
01:23:32 social services for everyone,
01:23:37 an ice-skating rink,
01:23:42 It's full of spiders.
01:24:07 This bedroom is perfect
01:24:14 Usually the wife comes along
01:24:19 Usually the whole family comes.
01:24:49 All that's left is to discuss
01:24:59 Unpaid rent means eviction.
01:25:01 Unpaid water bill
01:25:03 Unpaid gas bill
01:25:05 Unpaid electricity bill
01:25:09 Above all, no dealing
01:25:15 Is that clear?
01:25:41 Everything all right?
01:26:12 The city has nothing larger.
01:26:14 Five rooms
01:26:17 How many children
01:26:19 I don't know yet.
01:26:43 Yes?
01:26:44 - Does it work?
01:26:46 Good luck.
01:26:48 Thank you.
01:31:28 Papa, keep to yourself
01:31:34 I made a pledge
01:31:38 to Fátima... -
01:31:41 I won't.
01:31:44 I want to go on a group excursion
01:31:55 I promised that if she was born healthy,
01:32:00 I'd take her to Fátima.
01:32:15 I'll come along
01:32:24 The cripple wants to go too.
01:32:30 He keeps telling me so.
01:32:37 I help him out with the stamps
01:32:43 The state already gave him a leg.
01:32:48 He needs two pounds
01:32:53 Someone who didn't really need it
01:32:57 but since he really needs it... -
01:33:01 My methadone
01:33:07 The other day,
01:33:12 They had to call in the army...
01:33:16 to get us our methadone,
01:33:22 They finally showed up.
01:33:25 I hope they learned their lesson.
01:33:28 They should always leave two vials.
01:33:32 It has to be locked away.
01:33:37 It's true.
01:33:53 I have to lower my dose again,
01:33:56 'cause I'm sweating too much.
01:34:02 I cut it down to 40,
01:34:11 I've had enough suffering.
01:34:21 You can't imagine what
01:34:28 No one would do
01:34:32 I mean no one.
01:34:38 I'd find him crying alone at night.
01:34:44 It's true.
01:34:47 He sold everything
01:34:49 so I wouldn't suffer
01:34:54 TV, stereo, DVD player,
01:34:56 at least seven cell phones,
01:35:01 Every last bit of it.
01:35:07 The day I had Beatriz,
01:35:09 we had no money
01:35:13 We had to take the bus,
01:35:16 the 155 bus
01:35:20 And me in such pain... -
01:35:25 I've made a mess of everything.
01:35:32 She was born so tiny.
01:35:34 She looked like a little mouse,
01:35:37 with her skinny
01:35:42 The lord and master is home.
01:35:57 We ate already.
01:36:00 We didn't feel
01:36:04 Papa, want some fruit?
01:36:19 Did you come to eat with Vanda?
01:36:22 It's pork chops.
01:36:53 Try to borrow your boss's van
01:36:57 I'm sick of looking
01:37:02 Papa, I don't know what I see there.
01:37:06 Like a woman or a girl.
01:37:10 White shapes... moving around,
01:37:16 My daughter sees them too.
01:37:19 She never comes in here alone.
01:37:27 I have to get rid of this junk
01:37:32 Same for the bedroom furniture.
01:37:36 The bed creaks something awful.
01:37:40 If I had the money,
01:37:50 One day I found
01:37:53 brand-new.
01:37:56 If it had been nearby,
01:38:00 It had two panes of striped glass.
01:38:04 When I went back, it was gone.
01:38:10 And I found a box
01:38:13 but even bigger and newer.
01:38:16 He wouldn't let me take it.
01:38:22 He's ashamed of everything.
01:38:25 I'm not. When I'm alone,
01:38:34 Papa, what happened
01:38:38 Clotilde smashed it all up... -
01:38:40 or a woman
01:38:43 What happened?
01:38:45 She smashed everything
01:38:48 Didn't leave a thing,
01:38:52 A new black suitcase.
01:38:54 She took everything?
01:38:58 On the floor.
01:39:05 So that's how it is...
01:39:10 Did you two fight?
01:39:11 She stabbed me in the hand
01:39:43 Don't cross the silverware.
01:39:47 Had enough?
01:39:50 Papa, want some fruit?
01:39:52 I'm full.
01:40:07 Are you married to Vanda?
01:40:13 Some apple?
01:40:15 Okay.
01:41:05 Lento, is that you?
01:41:18 Lento!
01:41:20 Come and learn this.
01:41:41 "Nha cretcheu, my love,
01:41:44 meeting again will brighten
01:41:50 I'll return to you
01:41:54 I wish I could offer you
01:41:58 a dozen fancy new dresses,
01:42:01 a car,
01:42:02 that little lava house
01:42:05 and a 40-cent bouquet.
01:42:36 But most of all,
01:42:38 drink a bottle of good wine
01:43:13 Could you please open the door?
01:43:17 I'm the guy who comes by
01:43:21 I've come to ask for a little help.
01:43:24 If you could help me out...
01:43:27 - Paulo?
01:43:29 Sorry to bother you.
01:43:56 A guy came around asking
01:44:03 I wanted to give him something,
01:44:08 My mother...
01:44:21 My leg's still weak.
01:44:24 No more crutches, Paulo?
01:44:28 That guy's pathetic.
01:44:30 I taught him
01:44:34 Addresses, streets,
01:44:38 buzzers, doors.
01:44:41 He'd always wait downstairs.
01:44:43 I'd go up and ring the doorbell.
01:44:46 "Dona Gina, it's Wednesday.
01:44:51 "Fine, Paulo. Just a minute.
01:44:56 And she'd come back
01:44:58 with a bag of rice,
01:45:03 Then I'd hit the next floor.
01:45:05 "Dona Teresa, how are you?
01:45:09 Is your sister better?"
01:45:12 "Yes, thank God.
01:45:16 "I'm doing a bit better too,
01:45:20 "I'll see what I have."
01:45:22 And she'd come back
01:45:25 with some socks and sneakers
01:45:29 "These are my son's gym shoes.
01:45:34 "They should, Dona Teresa.
01:45:37 Thank you very much.
01:45:39 I hope your sister gets better.
01:45:43 Then I'd go downstairs.
01:45:45 "See what I got
01:45:49 Do like me and you'll get by."
01:45:54 So what does that moron
01:45:58 He gets a folder
01:46:03 puts on a half-clean shirt...
01:46:07 and gets right down to business.
01:46:10 He rings at Dona Gina's door.
01:46:14 "Dona Gina,
01:46:18 You know Paulo
01:46:21 They had to amputate his leg.
01:46:24 In despair, he climbed up
01:46:28 threw himself in front
01:46:31 - "It can't be!"
01:46:35 So I decided to come here
01:46:38 and ask for donations
01:46:43 from you and his other friends...
01:46:50 so he can have
01:46:52 I'll buy him some flowers,
01:46:56 a casket,
01:46:58 a headstone."
01:47:02 He just wasn't thinking
01:47:06 I'd be back at Dona Gina's.
01:47:10 Imagine the lady's shock
01:47:13 when I knocked at her door.
01:47:19 She almost had a heart attack
01:47:25 "Paulo, you're alive?"
01:47:27 "Yes, Dona Gina. Why?
01:47:29 My leg's doing better."
01:47:33 "Because a friend of yours
01:47:38 asking for money
01:47:41 "You're kidding me!"
01:47:45 Too bad for him...
01:47:48 Dona Gina was married
01:47:55 Last time I saw him,
01:48:07 I still go around
01:48:11 and they're even happier
01:48:27 Your mother left me, Paulo.
01:48:33 Why?
01:48:34 I don't know.
01:48:51 - This place is too big for just you.
01:49:08 What's in the bag, Paulo?
01:49:10 Toys I sell outside schools.
01:49:14 Of course not.
01:50:07 No use begging around here.
01:52:07 We'll need cooking gas,
01:52:16 If things get worse,
01:52:20 Just when things are working for us,
01:52:25 Soldiers all over...
01:52:29 in their armored cars,
01:52:35 They're bound to come here.
01:52:39 I went to confession.
01:52:42 The priest asked me
01:52:45 Come learn the letter.
01:52:56 Yesterday at dawn
01:53:00 They took Yaya up into the hills.
01:53:03 They beat him up
01:53:08 Poor guy was the first,
01:53:10 Please come learn the letter.
01:53:13 It's no use now.
01:53:16 The letter will never reach
01:53:19 "Meeting again
01:53:23 There's no more mail, Ventura.
01:53:26 No boats, no planes, no nothing.
01:53:30 They're all on strike.
01:54:26 One more gone...
01:54:28 Lena's daughter Zita.
01:54:30 The usual poison.
01:54:32 It wasn't the poison she took
01:54:34 but the poison everyone took
01:55:22 See ya, Ventura.
01:55:24 See ya, Xana.
01:56:10 You hear
01:56:14 Well, I do.
01:56:20 But I see two turtles
01:56:24 See 'em in the corner?
01:56:37 Now I see a hen
01:56:40 with its comb.
01:56:42 See it?
01:56:44 No.
01:57:00 Look, there's a uniformed cop
01:57:05 Behind him are lots of houses.
01:57:09 Under the cop, I see a lion
01:57:12 baring its teeth.
01:57:14 - A what?
01:57:17 baring its teeth.
01:57:20 I see a man and a woman.
01:57:26 - Where?
01:57:33 With a tail?
01:57:36 Then he's a devil.
01:57:45 And you? Are you
01:57:48 I'm a good man.
01:58:02 In the houses of the departed,
01:58:32 Where were you?
01:58:38 In Porto?
01:58:44 Did you see him?
01:58:47 I was in too much pain.
01:58:49 I just heard a man
01:58:57 You're a good man.
01:59:11 When they give us those white rooms,
01:59:16 It's true.
01:59:18 It'll all be over.
02:02:01 It's hot.
02:02:13 Papa, Zita was your daughter,
02:02:18 I know.
02:02:48 "Nha cretcheu, my love,
02:02:50 meeting again will brighten
02:02:56 I'll return to you
02:03:00 I wish I could offer you
02:03:04 a dozen fancy new dresses,
02:03:06 a car,
02:03:08 that little lava house
02:03:11 and a 40-cent bouquet.
02:03:14 But most of all,
02:03:15 drink a bottle of good wine
02:03:19 The work here never stops.
02:03:22 There are over
02:03:25 Two days ago, on my birthday,
02:03:30 Did my letter arrive safely?
02:03:33 Still no word from you.
02:03:35 I'm still waiting.
02:03:37 Every day, every minute,
02:03:39 I learn beautiful new words
02:03:43 tailor-made for us both
02:03:45 like fine silk pajamas.
02:03:48 I can only send you
02:03:52 Still no word from you.
02:03:55 Maybe soon.
02:03:56 Sometimes I get scared
02:03:59 me with a pick and cement,
02:04:03 pushing you ever deeper
02:04:08 It hurts to see these things
02:04:12 Your lovely hair slips
02:04:16 Sometimes I feel weak
02:04:30 That's an awful letter, Ventura.
02:05:01 It's me, Paulo.
02:05:29 I've had too much anesthesia.
02:05:32 My head...
02:05:38 They took flesh off this leg
02:05:42 to plug up the holes
02:05:51 It's a device like a scaffold
02:05:54 to stretch the bones.
02:05:58 But in my case,
02:06:05 The doctors
02:06:09 taking pictures, filming it.
02:06:13 They sent them
02:06:17 so their colleagues
02:06:26 They'll send me home
02:06:32 If they don't,
02:06:34 I'm leaving on my own.
02:06:38 It's costing me a lot.
02:06:42 I'm paying 12.50 euros
02:06:46 My girlfriend Paula can't pay.
02:06:50 She's sick.
02:06:52 It has to be my lady friends
02:06:57 Colina do Sol and Benfica.
02:07:01 But they've had enough.
02:07:03 "Paulo, will these operations
02:07:09 "No...
02:07:11 not if you find me
02:07:16 laborer,
02:07:19 tiler, carpenter.
02:07:27 Goldsmith would be perfect.
02:07:31 It's the trade
02:07:34 I can do it all:
02:07:37 weld chains and bracelets,
02:07:41 I even did wedding rings.
02:07:52 The mint was like
02:08:13 I want you to come with me
02:08:16 Your mother?
02:08:20 I know she does her crochet
02:08:25 at an outdoor café in Trafaria.
02:08:29 She's alone there.
02:08:32 I'm sure
02:08:35 if we go together,
02:08:38 she won't run away.
02:08:43 Seven or eight years ago,
02:08:46 it was a disaster.
02:08:50 I went with a buddy, Nhurro.
02:08:54 My Nhurro?
02:08:56 Yeah. She got scared.
02:09:01 It's understandable.
02:09:04 She gave me 5,000 escudos.
02:09:08 "What can I do with this,
02:09:12 Go up and get me more dough!"
02:09:18 If we went together
02:09:30 What would I say, Paulo?
02:09:36 "Good afternoon, Lurdes.
02:09:39 Remember this boy?
02:09:42 Does this face
02:09:46 This dirty hair...
02:09:50 these hands blue from the cold...
02:09:56 these legs full of bullets?
02:10:00 You don't remember, do you?
02:10:03 I do.
02:10:07 It wasn't you who washed him...
02:10:13 gave him hot soup at night,
02:10:18 went to get him
02:10:22 So what are these tears now?
02:10:26 Tears of remorse?
02:10:34 I've brought you your son,
02:10:39 I've done what I could."
02:10:44 I just want her to tell me
02:10:50 I haven't seen her in 15 years.
02:11:07 I found out a few days ago
02:11:53 Come on, sweetie.
02:11:56 Be careful.
02:12:06 Careful with your jacket.
02:12:12 You little monkey!
02:13:28 Are you in pain, Ventura?
02:13:35 Let me by.
02:13:38 Let me by, Ventura.
02:13:40 Is it that rat again?
02:13:42 The floor's shaking.
02:13:44 We gotta get
02:13:47 Have you eaten?
02:14:06 Tonight we'll sleep
02:14:18 You're barefoot?
02:14:22 Don't you want
02:14:34 I can't learn it. I can't write,
02:14:46 I'm gonna get
02:14:53 Electricity?
02:15:52 Monday I have to go
02:16:03 I have to go early
02:16:07 and wait in line.
02:16:22 I have to go to the cemetery
02:16:27 I haven't had the courage
02:16:41 Tomorrow I stop mourning.
02:16:51 It's like I'm in mourning
02:17:47 Papa, your socks don't match.
02:19:55 No more?
02:20:05 I took some grilled chicken
02:20:11 the day you were born.
02:20:14 I was working construction
02:20:18 My brother came to tell me
02:20:25 How did you win
02:20:32 It was at the águas Podres River,
02:20:36 She was scooping up
02:20:38 I was riding my donkey,
02:20:41 It took three years
02:20:46 At first, she wouldn't even
02:20:49 On July 5,
02:20:53 she was there
02:20:57 accordions and drums...
02:21:01 and she started to sing.
02:21:04 Fifth of July
02:21:08 Shout "Cabral!"
02:21:12 Peoples of liberated Guinea
02:21:17 Shout "Cabral!"
02:21:22 Raise your arms
02:21:30 But she didn't know how to sing.
02:21:32 I started to tease her.
02:21:35 "You sorry-Iooking
02:21:40 She whacked me with the flagpole,
02:21:46 Was she pretty?
02:21:48 Yes, she was.
02:21:51 And am I pretty or ugly?
02:21:53 Pretty.
02:22:02 It's a wonderful story
02:22:09 Good thing you told me.
02:23:24 They say you jumped
02:23:28 They say you jumped
02:23:31 with your wife
02:23:35 and landed on a car
02:23:38 They say you screamed a lot.
02:23:42 I screamed my head off
02:23:44 for my mother, my father,
02:23:48 St. Barbara the Generous.
02:23:51 I even yelled your name.
02:23:55 Then everything went black.
02:23:59 All burnt.
02:24:00 They were stuck to the wall.
02:24:06 I cried when I heard the news.
02:24:09 You cried for me?
02:24:11 I cried a lot for you once.
02:24:14 Was that you I heard crying?
02:24:16 I was afraid you'd die.
02:24:19 I was afraid you'd drowned
02:24:22 We were so afraid
02:24:44 This was the kids' room.
02:24:49 Nobody came.
02:24:51 We broke the window.
02:25:10 But...
02:25:12 neither the cops,
02:25:15 nor the revolutionary militia,
02:25:17 nor the gypsies,
02:25:19 nor the whites succeeded
02:25:22 I set fire to the mattress.
02:25:24 - Why?
02:25:28 - And now?
02:25:31 - What will you do?
02:25:35 We'll live here.
02:25:38 I'm just across the way.
02:25:41 We lived even closer
02:25:48 - Come live with me. I have lots of rooms.
02:25:54 Is that them I see
02:25:56 Is that Clotilde
02:25:59 Quit joking.
02:26:01 You got everything in the end.
02:26:03 Water, electricity,
02:26:07 You worked day and night.
02:26:09 I sleep alone.
02:26:11 "I wish I could offer you
02:26:15 a dozen fancy new dresses,
02:26:18 a car,
02:26:19 the little lava house
02:26:21 and a 40-cent bouquet.
02:26:25 But most of all...
02:26:34 drink a bottle of good wine
02:27:33 This is Arcangela's
02:27:36 This is where it all began.
02:28:08 See ya, Lento.
02:28:13 See ya, Ventura.
02:29:54 Good timing, Papa.
02:30:00 I'm gonna go clean
02:30:09 Stay with my daughter, okay?
02:30:11 Okay.