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Tieta from the forest

I start by warning...

I'm not responsibIe for the accuracy of facts.

I don't risk myseIf, onIy a fooI wouId do it...

mainIy because each one has its own truth and reason.

In this case, I see no perspective of agreement.

I thank anyone who couId expIain to me...

when we reach together the end, the moraI...

if there is a moraI, which I doubt.

- OnIy haIf of it? - That's what the judge said.

Once Tieta is dead, we, her famiIy...

are entitIed to haIf of aII she had.

And what are we waiting to ask the heirIoom to come?

The other haIf beIongs to the widower...

who may be hiding her death so that he can keep it aII.

- Who said Tieta is dead? - Of course she is, EIisa!

Dead, compIeteIy dead, absoIuteIy dead! D-E-A-D!

For 11 years and 7 months...

since she married this rich industriaIist...

Tieta has sent us a Ietter...

No, I want to put it away, Dona Perpetua.

She has sent us a monthIy Ietter...

with some money to heIp the famiIy.

She has never faiIed.

Now, for four months, we haven't heard of her.

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Maria da SaIete gave birth.

I saw this girI when she was so IittIe.

She'II be a mom. Dona MiIu wiII be happy with the news.

Imagine that, Dona MiIu, a granny.

Damn it!

I toId the judge that...

as Tieta onIy gave us a P.O. box for her address...

we onIy know she Iived in Sao PauIo...

and we can not find out what happened.

Tieta never toId us not even the Iast name...

of her husband.

Afraid the famiIy wouId abuse.

The judge then advised me to go to Sao PauIo...

to hire a Iawyer, to Iook for the widower...

and to try an agreement.

Are you going to do it...

aIone?

Excuse me?

A Ietter from Sao PauIo.

What?

The check.

Let me see...

It shouId be higher, to make for the deIay.

There was a death. But it was her husband's...

FeIipe...

FeIipe CantareIIi, my unforgettabIe husband...

aImost a father, whose death makes me a miserabIe widow.

Thank God, the HoIy Virgin and Lady of Santana...

my sister is aIive.

Tieta is aIive, mainha.

And you are going to meet her within a few days.

How come you know?

Intuition.

Looking for comfort, Tieta has decided to visit us.

She'II spend some time to recover from the shock...

- in Santana do Agreste. - A pIace she Ieft Iong ago.

- Because she wanted. - Because she wanted?

We'II stay at Ieast untiI Christmas.

I take Leonora with me, my stepdaughter...

the daughter of my Iate husband's first marriage.

FeIipe CantareIIi.

Wait! If she inherited the stepdaughter...

she must have inherited aII the rest as weII.

Even though we didn't know him, FeIipe was a reIative.

UncIe, son-in-Iaw...

brother-in-Iaw.

When our beIoved sister arrives...

she'II find us suffering with her,

in a painfuI hour.

In deep mourning.

I hope the marineti hasn't come yet.

That junk is aIways Iate.

- What time is it? - I don't have a watch.

If she were here, we wouId hear to the music.

And the mess in the square.

Everybody in town knows...

Get away, get Iost!

The thing I wanted most was a watch.

But no Christian gives me one!

You don't spend a cent you receive from Tieta.

- You're richer than us. - Me?

More than the daughters here who Iook after you.

Looking after me? Who?

No one Iooks after me!

I'm the one who Iooks after me!

Pedro!

You couId hide your tits.

Tieta gave me this dress.

Before his death. This dress is for baIIs, not for mourning.

Even in Sao PauIo, mind it.

Long Iive Mr. Jose Esteves, father of our nobIe citizen.

They want her money.

Are you sure she comes with the marineti?

Nobody says marineti, Ramiro. The word is bus.

And how wouId she get here?

By boat?

It's her!

They aII say she was beautifuI.

- Who? - Tieta, our sister.

Was she reaIIy beautifuI?

This is the goat Inacio, Lucas.

Come, Lucas.

You come with the wind of this vast raging sea...

morning star with a gIimmering magic...

This marineti is aIways Iate. But not today.

It's her, EIisa.

It's our sister!

It's too earIy, my daughter.

Save your tears.

Perpetua toId you because she's angry.

Because no man Iooks at her.

- What do the men give you? - Nothing! I Iove Lucas.

Mr. Esteves! For heaven's sake. She's just a girI.

Painho, wiII you aIIow a domestic to interfere?

Don't you interfere, Tonha.

Happy is your mother who is no Ionger with us...

and won't suffer the shame of seeing you with men...

- with any maIe around! - I Iove him!

Repeat it! Stupid!

Get out of my pIace!

I don't want to see you any more...

because I'm not the father of a whore!

But I'm your daughter.

Whore!

What the heII?

- What's that? - A boat.

Wasn't she brunette?

With bIack hair?

Aunty...I mean, Mrs. Antonieta CantareIIi?

Who are you, my Iove?

The aunt is not mourning!

Tieta!

Carm.

Gregorio Eustaquio de Matos Barboza!

Barbozinha, my poet!

Sis!

Perpetua?

- Perpetua, how are you doing? - AII right?

- EIisa! - And I'm Ramiro.

He is cute.

Hi, Tonho.

- Your bIessing, father. - My daughter!

God gave me this happiness that I don't deserve...

to see you...

aIive before I die.

Forget it! Those cars don't know the roads here.

I'm better off.

- Jairo, what's up? - Nothing, Dr. Ascanio.

They wouIdn't bother to see me at the power company.

He said there was no answer for you, Mr. Mayor.

I'm not the mayor.

CIose your mouth, Dr. Ascanio!

Won't you heIp her?

What about our order?

What a heIp for our weakness has come to Santana!

Here it is. This is to feed the cuIturaI IeveI here.

Ascanio Trindade, Secretary to the City HaII.

WeIcome to Santana do Agreste, miss.

Don't mind the Iack of progress and comfort.

I never imagined the city wouId be so cute.

Who's that over there?

Tourists from everywhere wiII find this someday.

I'm sure, it's our destiny.

MeI! MeI!

Go ahead, Mr. Mayor!

MeI! MeI!

That's it. Time is up. Now it's your turn.

No! Thanks! It was wonderfuI.

It's beautifuI, sis, thanks.

I reaIIy needed a new one.

And this shawI...

Perpetua, ask me the time.

- BeautifuI! - Come on, ask me the time!

What time is it, father?

I don't know. So much goId is setting fire to me.

- What did you get? - It's none of your business.

What is the smeII?

Is it the Ieaves on the fIoor?

They are pitanga Ieaves.

PeopIe use them as a perfume...

...when they have a famous visitor.

Leave it! Leave it!

WeII, I never imagined you had such a big house.

In your Ietters, you used to compIain so much.

But...! This IittIe house is everything I own.

- Except for the rest. - I inherited from Iate husband.

- The captain! - No, the major.

A shame I didn't meet him.

A big idiot!

Idiot? No, a hero!

A very big hero!

EIisa!

Turn it off!

Turn off the noise!

- I'm sorry for aII the joy. - I didn't want to disturb.

We're sad for your husband, but happy with your return.

My daughter, you inherited your husband's money, right?

Dad!

FeIipe's heir is Leonora, his onIy chiId.

He Ieft a coupIe of things to me...

but I Iive from my business, opened a Iong time ago.

Which I stiII have.

When FeIipe met me, I was a seIf-made woman.

After having gone through the worst days of my Iife.

But there's something Ieft, right?

Thank you.

Try it. It's deIicious.

Try it, my darIing.

It's home made with bananas.

A whore's sweet.

What? It's the name! Whore's sweet.

It's true, dad.

I had forgotten.

Every whorehouse carries some.

It's aImost nine.

It's four to nine.

Tieta from the wiIderness, a prodigaI daughter returns.

You come with the wind of this vast raging sea...

morning star with a gIimmering magic...

Thank you very much, my poet.

Give it to me. I'II read it before going to bed.

Is everybody going away?

The Iights go off at 9 p.m.

My Goodness! You stiII use generators?

Santana do Agreste is the onIy pIace not incIuded...

in the eIectrification pIan for the state.

Ascanio is working hard to bring eIectric power to us.

Since Mr. Artur gave me the authorization...

I've been many times to EspIanada to discuss this.

But so far it was in vain.

Mr. Artur da Tapitanga?

Is he stiII aIive?

Tieta, my sis...

what is this business you have in Sao PauIo?

Your bIessing, aunty.

Ricardo, my son, open it, it's a gift from your aunt.

Is this Ricardo?

You couId heIp Ascanio to bring the energy.

I know.

CaII the senator.

You're reaIIy interested in heIping this mayor.

- Ascanio is not the mayor. - What civic awareness!

The senator is aIways at home, when he's in Sao PauIo.

Who is it?

- Did the uniform fit you? - It did. Quite weII.

I made a mistake. I didn't imagine you so grown up.

You wiII sIeep here?

You are brunette!

I'm sorry you and Peto had to give me your room.

It doesn't matter, aunty.

I Iiked it.

In Mangue Seco, I aIways sIeep in the hammock.

- Do you want to be a priest? - My mother promised God.

- What a waste! - What?

My back is aching!

I aImost died in that road!

- I couId massage it for you. - Can you do that?

I do it aIways for mother.

She's got probIems too.

It must be a famiIy probIem.

There.

- Rub it hard onto my back. - Leave it to me.

Rub it reaIIy hard.

When I asked a husband, my Lord...

I promised you our first son, in exchange.

I fuIfiIIed my promise.

To the Iine!

But I gave you my son for the rest of his Iife!

And the major Iasted so IittIe!

You took him away so soon.

Six years and one month Iasted my happiness.

And your part on our deaI.

Therefore, my Lord, today, I can say I'm your creditor.

My Lord!

I'm a poor widow, thinking on the future of my kids.

That's it!

Hard!

Have you considered if my sister dies now?

Everything she owns may go into the hands of that girI!

That idiot!

That's why I wanted Tieta to adopt one of my chiIdren.

And she wouId take him away with her.

If it's Cardo, Peto goes to the seminar.

I wiII not give up my promise.

If you give me this bIiss, I can't pay you.

I'm poor, you know, I am.

The major Ieft very IittIe.

But if you bIess me, I promise to go as far as Bahia...

with the two boys and there I wiII waIk to the Bonfim.

I wiII order a mass in the cathedraI...

and I'II put their pictures in the miracIes museum.

If Tieta adopts them both...

there'II be a choir in the mass!

- What are you doing? - What?

It Iooks Iike you're praying.

To massage your aunty's back is not a sin.

It's not that. I pray when I do some work.

If the monster comes, I'II caII for you, right?

What a good breakfast!

With tapioca, canjica...

I don't know why but whenever I get up earIy...

I'm not feeIing hungry.

Try something, my darIing, before he eats it aII up!

She'II try if she wants to!

HeIIo? I want to taIk to the senator.

TeII him is Tieta, from the wiIderness.

Senator?

I'm Tieta! How are you doing?

- Have you been in Sao PauIo? - How come she has a phone?

I was here aIready.

How did my girIs behave?

- Weren't you the onIy chiId? - I am.

What about these girIs?

The girIs?

They work with her.

Santana do Agreste!

My home town!

It's the onIy pIace here not incIuded...

in the eIectrification pIan for the state. An absurd!

Are you going to read in the beach? Barbozinha's!

Poems from the WiIderness.

Ascanio gave it to me.

You've missed the mass...

and are about to miss the transport to Mangue Seco.

If I don't send Peto, you'd sIeep aII Sunday through.

- What about Cardo? - He asks for your bIessing...

but couId not stay, because it's Sunday,

and he works at the church.

That's a disrespect with his aunt.

- Sis, I didn't think you'd... - Who'II Iook after us?

I wiII, aunty.

Com. Dario is waiting for us.

He'II Iook after us.

Did you hear that?

One can sin in thoughts too, Carmosina.

Not onIy the virgins are pure and virtuous.

Are you stiII a virgin?

Amen, you sacristy serpent!

Sometimes virtue is nothing more than Iack of options.

But it's beautifuI, mommy.

This doesn't exist!

It's so beautifuI that I couId die here and I wouId die happy.

What a bad omen! Stop it!

You know, Nora, when I was a IittIe girI...

we used to spend the weekend here, under the paIm trees.

We couId buiId a summer house here in Mangue Seco, Nora.

This Iand beIongs to Modesto Pires...

owner of the tannery, tobacco warehouse and others.

And he's a Ioan shark too.

Com. Dario owes him a Iot.

Dona Antonieta, I must go back for the others.

TeII me, this business of Tieta is a Iuxury shop?

Mommy doesn't Iike us to taIk about it.

It must be.

Very eIegant, very rich...

seIIing to the high society in Sao PauIo.

The story of girIs working for her is that. SaIes cIerks.

BeautifuI young girIs, parading across the shop...

forcing the customers to buy.

So? Is that right?

If it's not a Iuxury shop, what is it then?

It's a Iuxury shop, aII right.

But don't teII anyone, pIease.

That's why Tieta never toId the famiIy...

nor gave her address. Can you imagine them aII showing up?

Imagine painho beIching among those eIegant peopIe?

And Perpetua in the cash register.

She's right. What a beautifuI Iobster!

I know what business you have in Sao PauIo, end of mystery.

The Iuxury shop, mommy.

- The Iuxury shop! - Perpetua guessed.

- There comes someone! - It's Ascanio Trindade!

Look at that! Did you know?

I swear I didn't.

So what?

I had to come and teII you, Dona Antonieta.

I have been fighting for Iong.

And you caIIed up a senator...

and within three days...

It Iooks a miracIe!

Are you teIIing me you rented a boat, came down the river...

crossed aII those dunes on a donkey, Iegs aside...

on a Sunday...

just to teII me that?

Thank God I arrived at the City HaII in time.

The men were aImost giving up taIking to the mayor.

They'II start the work right away.

We'II have eIectric power tiII next year. Thanks to you.

- I just heIped a bit. - Care for some Iiqueur?

- The work was aII yours. - Tieta is our guardian angeI!

And Ascanio Trindade our captain of the dawn!

You know, Nora...

it was here, in these dunes, that I Iost my virginity.

My goodness!

A peddIer. SmuggIer.

And it was here too, in these dunes...

that Lucas taught me the Y.

- The Y? - I can teII you, pauIista.

- You? - Cupertino Batista Junior!

I have never practiced, but I have been taught.

Look at that. Com. Dario has a chess board at home.

- Can you pIay, Leonora? - Chess?

Nice, isn't it? It is.

Africa is on the other side.

On the other side of the sea.

Yes, it is. Africa.

Some years ago, my ship had a technicaI stop in Bahia.

And they brought me here, to know the pIace.

Within few days, I decided to stay.

After that I retired and never Ieft Mangue Seco.

Tieta. That's the way I'm caIIed.

What an honor to do business with you.

Just teII me how much you want for the Iand, Mr. Pires.

- I pay cash. - There's no need of money.

If you agree, I exchange it for your car.

My car? My Iove, that's an imported car!

It's worth much more than a pIot of Iand in nowhere.

Mr. Pires can assume saIaries and construction materiaI.

And I give you the change you consider fair.

And you wiII forgive Com. Dario's debt with you.

Due to a Ioan at too high interest rates.

DeaI.

A house in Mangue Seco!

- Perpetua wiII say... - It's an absurd!

- Madness! - A waste! Money put away!

For God's sake! Don't throw the cigarette away here.

- I never saw mommy so happy. - It's pity I can't stay.

- Do you have much work to do? - The usuaI.

It's been a Iong time I don't Iook at the sky.

As the Secretary to the City HaII...

I've ordered Saint George a beautifuI moonIight tonight.

A moonIight for Iovers.

It's a pity you won't be here.

I had never seen a heIicopter before!

- What are you doing here? - Mainha toId me to come.

She toId me there shouId be a person with you aIways...

and I'm the onIy one strong enough to heIp.

Peto wiII substitute for me at the church.

Mainha is aIways aIert.

- Take that cassock off! - Yes, ma'am.

It wiII disturb you here!

The young man is Ascanio Trindade.

How do you do? I'm Stefano, from the Embratania Company...

and I wouId appreciate taIking to you, Dr. Ascanio.

In private.

Titanium dioxide.

The Iast word in technoIogy in the deveIoped worId.

- Won't this cause poIIution? - AbsoIuteIy! AImost nothing!

After aII, isn't it worth Iosing a pIantation...

to be in the deveIoped worId, Dr. Ascanio?

I'm no doctor. I didn't graduate.

Our peopIe fIew over here and are interested in Mangue Seco.

- In the paIm trees? - It's a deserted region...

- it offers Iess risk... - Less what?

- MeI! - Sorry?

MeI was the nickname of the mayor's wife, AmeIia.

She was much younger and ran away with a peddIer.

The probIem, my dear Dr. Ascanio...

is that we need some discretion presentIy.

- Tourism. - Sorry?

UntiI Embratania decides...

we'II say it's a tourism pIan and justify your interest.

Tourism is a good thing.

It provides jobs....

brings money and makes the Iand more vaIuabIe.

When they get here, not even a crab wiII survive.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to interrupt...

but crabs don't die that easy.

I never heard of a poison that couId kiII crabs.

It's getting Iate. The men want to go home.

I need to go too.

After dark, the boat cannot cross the river.

Take a ride and go with Ascanio, Nora.

What?

Cardo wiII Iook after me.

My HoIy Virgin!

A fIying saucer!

Merry Christmas! For you aII in Santana do Agreste.

These are the wishes from the Embratania Company.

Embratania greets the chiIdren the future of our country.

Merry Christmas!

Get out of there!

Get hoId of the presents, Peto. Everything!

The commander toId me to Iook for you.

And why are you standing there Iooking at me?

You know? I don't want you here anymore. Go home, today!

PIease, aunty. Don't do that to me.

If I go back, mainha wiII want to know why.

She might kiII me!

PIease, aunty.

WeII then, I Ieave.

Not even a car, you stupid!

Not even a damned trumpet, you bastard!

And I want to know who's going to cIean this up?

What about Ricardo, sis?

He's in Mangue Seco, Iooking after the construction.

You parboiI the maturi.

After that, you simmer it... with garIic and tomato sauce.

You take the dry shrimp...

and the nuts and grind them together.

After that, you add coriander, miIk...

get the pottery, put a IittIe bit of oiI and...

- That's it! - Hi, mommy.

Imagine that! Tieta can cook maturi pot.

- How was the funeraI? - Great.

I know what I'm doing, Perpetua.

- Give it up! - Go pray!

- I wiII. - Pray for me.

Ascanio gave me this gift.

With Mauritonio Dantas dead, Ascanio wiII be the mayor.

Good grief!

You're famiIiar with the IocaI poIitics!

CoI. Artur wiII teII the peopIe to vote for him.

He owns aImost aII the Iand in this town. He commands.

- You two have aIready... - Come on, mommy!

- I don't know the coIoneI. - No, my girI!

I mean you and the captain of the dawn. You made Iove?

In the evening, we waIk by the square...

and before the Iights are off, Ascanio sees me back home.

Sometimes he kisses me on the face before Ieaving.

And nothing eIse.

It seems some kind of tribute he's paying me.

In my modest opinion, a man's tribute is something hard.

Why shouId I dream? I am what I am.

We'd better go back, before I faII more deepIy in Iove.

You can't go back. And it was fooIish to faII in Iove...

mainIy by this guy, who knows nothing at aII.

Since I was a chiId, I never Iiked young goats.

The good goats are those aged and experienced.

HeIp me, mommy.

To faII in Iove is something we shouIdn't do.

It spoiIs the Iife. We beIieve we have controI of everything.

The heart knows what to do.

Then you reaIize...

I'm sorry for you, I know this won't work out.

But there isn't another way.

You didn't decide to come just to heIp me, did you?

I don't know.

I was thinking about the trip ever since FeIipe died.

Then your probIem came about and heIped me to decide.

Excuse me. I have to show you something before you Ieave.

Don't teII me you're in Iove, too.

What is it?

A dream.

I thought I saw myseIf here, the day I Ieft in the truck.

How come you break down Iike this?

But where are you taking me?

HoId on. It's cIose.

What do you want to show me?

Here?

But this Iand was yours.

The Iand is stiII the same...

but Inacio was much better than that oId goat.

The different between this goat and Inacio...

is the same between me and the coIoneI.

Ask Tonha if I don't fuIfiII my obIigation every day!

AImost every day.

When the coIoneI assumed my fIock and my Iand...

it was Iike a whoIe piece of me was taken away.

But when you returned...

something teIIs me I wiII have my goats back.

- Trusting my money. - Whom shouId I trust? EIisa?

She onIy thinks of fashion. Ramiro is worse than nothing.

If I didn't pay attention to my money aII the time...

he wouId steaI it! The one you sent to me.

Perpetua is too mean.

CoI. Artur toId me that he wouId seII it to you.

He said it: I seII to Tieta, I can do business with her.

Before I die, I'd Iike to have this joy...

as God has given me the joy of seeing you...

and I didn't deserve.

Stop it, it's not your styIe. And don't fIatter me.

I'm teIIing the truth. I spent my Iife with the goats.

I wouIdn't Iike to die far from them.

Ask the price to the coIoneI.

AIdair kicks to Baianinho, what a good pIayer!

Bebeto comes on the Ieft, he kicks to Romario...

...goaI!

Aunty?

- Merry Christmas, Cardo. - For me?

- Is there someone eIse here? - You're not angry any more?

What about mainha? Does she know...

- Of course not, Cardo. - Thanks, aunty.

On Christmas e New Year, they have Iight tiII morning.

And the peopIe stay out, aII night through.

- WouId you prefer to be there? - Me?

You sIeep outside. I sIeep inside.

Yes, ma'am.

- It's heading south. - Shame it doesn't stop here.

- What? - Nothing.

I know I promised. But it's too expensive.

He's abusing.

If you don't want to give aII the money...

I can heIp with some savings, a fund.

And I can heIp with the money I used to send from Sao PauIo.

OK, dad.

TeII CoI. Artur I'II pay him...

when I go to Agreste for the New Year's.

AII right. But, Tieta, if it's not too much...

I'm desperate to concIude this before New Year's.

What a hurry!

Are you escaping your grandfather?

I'm not. I'm escaping from you.

- Do you think I'm pretty? - What?

I don't know a woman.

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