1 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:09,878 In Abraham's Vale, 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,359 land of the man, God in vain forced to confront his own pride, 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,674 his own anger and shame, 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,956 things happen that seem to come from a world of dreams, 5 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,829 a world of sheer hypocrisy. 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,758 Abraham had the archaic custom 7 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:37,672 of using his wife's looks to get out of trouble. 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,755 He said she was his sister, 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,790 which made life easier when men fancied her. 10 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:57,353 Abraham's Vale 11 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,795 A FILM BY 12 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,794 SCREENPLAY 13 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,277 BASED ON THE NOVEL BY 14 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,834 In the 18th century, the river Paiva 15 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,753 was the southern boundary of the district of Lamego. 16 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,989 A clever doctor, an expert in phlegm, 17 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,119 called Abraham of Paiva, lived there. 18 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,432 He was caught in bed with a woman from Moimenta, 19 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,434 who later suffered a sordid abortion, 20 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,111 so he went down to Balsem�o 21 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,992 and vanished, which was all he deserved. 22 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,593 Such is Abraham's Vale: its shade and estates 23 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:31,708 still bear the trace of a Moorish road, 24 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,191 busy with Granada's Orient trade. 25 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,430 Today, the blood of the Paivas runs in Carlos, 26 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,151 who studied medical science in Oporto, 27 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,512 married to a widow and settled on the estate in Abraham's Vale. 28 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,994 One day, Carlos Paiva came to Lamego, near Abraham's Vale. 29 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,438 It was the feast of Rem�dios. 30 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,672 There he met the 14-year-old daughter 31 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:11,193 of a respectable man, eating eels in the main square. 32 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,640 In the star outside Ema saw an omen. 33 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:33,309 Pure honey. 34 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,315 They are perfect! 35 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,119 No, no! 36 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,353 You have them, they are a specialty. 37 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,437 Say thank you to the nice man. 38 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:49,949 Mr.? 39 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,671 Carlos, Carlos de Paiva. 40 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,754 Carlos? Thank you, Mr. Carlos. 41 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,508 Doctor and ploughman, at your service. 42 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,116 Doctor and ploughman! I have been ill... 43 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:08,115 Please take a seat... 44 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,548 Symptoms, minor complaints, 45 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,396 which oddly, time seems to heal. Strangest of all... 46 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,599 His soul lit up on meeting a doctor and ploughman, 47 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,789 so he told him the saga of his many diseases, 48 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,833 but not much about his wife. 49 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,195 She wasn't long dead and he missed her beauty. 50 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,432 Ema, his only daughter, took after her. 51 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,999 Ema's just like her. 52 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,117 I've an uncle in Estremadura. 53 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,596 I have family there myself. 54 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,078 That Estremadura connection drew them together. 55 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,155 The old man gave him his address 56 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,199 and said he'd call him if he was unwell. 57 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,428 I got better and became an almost healthy person. 58 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,509 A doctor's fate! I'm only ever asked over for purges and bleeding. 59 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,878 Ema thought him a fool. 60 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,430 Nobody purges or bleeds any more. 61 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,472 She noted his masculine grace 62 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,513 and didn't see him again. 63 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:20,796 Or think about him. 64 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,317 Carlos Paiva returned home. 65 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,832 His wife was washing her feet. 66 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,716 She had a fungus between the fingers, where she put yellow powder. 67 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,116 She was sullen, shouted very loud and dressed badly. 68 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,749 Suddenly, Carlos realized all that 69 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,198 and became gentle and soft to her. 70 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,669 He kept saying she was right. She got suspicious. 71 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,229 He saw someone. 72 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,199 She thought, as lucid as someone sentenced to death. 73 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:53,828 She began spying upon him. 74 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,916 Time passed and nothing happened. 75 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,156 We never know when the heart suffers 76 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,513 or gains coal to maintain the heat. 77 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,111 Where's Romesal? 78 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,674 Where's Romesal? 79 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,155 Tell him! 80 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,515 Romesal? Straight on... but be careful! 81 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,471 Yes, watch out! 82 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,474 There was nothing to say when Paulino called him up. 83 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,156 He was wearing an old jacket. 84 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,792 It was a cold autumn day 85 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,635 and there was no heating in the drawing-room, up the stairs. 86 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,755 What brings you here, Dr. Carlos? 87 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,509 Carlos... 88 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:03,398 Paiva, Carlos Paiva. 89 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,235 That's right, Doctor Carlos Paiva. 90 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,110 I'm looking for a good wine 91 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,995 and knowing your expertise... 92 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,591 It's got to be right, 93 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,393 from a good cellar. 94 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,388 I haven't got it. 95 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,033 But I'm sure we'll manage. 96 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:22,352 It'll be expensive, Doctor. 97 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,752 A royal beverage! 98 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,636 Though even kings drink plonk and think they're doing OK. 99 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,151 I swear, I'm... 100 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,553 Ema seemed even prettier, 101 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,311 her blonde locks falling 102 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,196 on a coarse-knit fisherman's sweater. 103 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,109 Do you remember Doctor Carlos, from Lamego? 104 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,277 No, I don't remember. 105 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,710 But Ema did remember. 106 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:16,031 She thought he was handsome, with his neat, salesman's teeth. 107 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:21,151 Ema thought salesmen must have nice teeth to smile so much. 108 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:23,393 In Lamego? 109 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,669 Yes, in Lamego. 110 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,753 I must attend to my patients. 111 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,192 Even if this is a sick call... 112 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,954 Ema, bring a glass of wine and some biscuits. 113 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,119 There aren't any biscuits. 114 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:51,629 Don't go to any trouble. 115 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,789 Carlos noticed an antique altar 116 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,829 of surprising and original beauty. 117 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:03,597 It's a good piece, an inheritance 118 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,872 that my sister Augusta worships. But she's not home today. 119 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,718 Shut up, Jord�o! What's wrong with you? 120 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,912 Cardeano showed Carlos the way out, the same way he came in, 121 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,552 through the main gate, which was never used. 122 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:35,312 Absurdly, Carlos left feeling bitter. 123 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,953 'Who does she think she is?', he thought. 124 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,275 Ema was orphaned at the age of six. 125 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:01,075 Once, when she had earache, they put her mother's milk in her ear. 126 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,876 She remembered a trickle, the feel of her mother's breast. 127 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:41,833 The rest was a secret connection with the belly whence she came, 128 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,751 where everything moved with elastic ease. 129 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,993 Perhaps the walls of the womb, with plenty of give, 130 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:58,071 nourishment, growing hands and feet. 131 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,119 Aunt Augusta takes communion every day, 132 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,758 you pray so much you must have earned yourself an armchair in heaven. 133 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,233 You're right. 134 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,349 God knows I can't go long without resting my elbows. 135 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,157 But you ought to believe in God, Ema, 136 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,229 and pray, 137 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,636 instead of reading all those love stories. 138 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,713 Women have no business reading those books. 139 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,313 They aren't any concern of ours. 140 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,515 Why not? 141 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,635 Why not? 142 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,992 Because they are overpowering. 143 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,391 Even without reading Amadis of Gaul or Orlando Furioso, 144 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,399 who loved ladies with no culture, 145 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,592 ignorant of Latin. 146 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,875 Ema gazed at the altar, 147 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,669 as if unburdening herself of a uniform, 148 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,628 heavy with lace and ornaments, 149 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,759 as if the memory of the cruel drama 150 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,391 of her mother's death stood by this altar 151 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,989 that was like a theatre set. 152 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,711 Aunt is frightened of me. 153 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,077 You'd be happier if I was a nun. 154 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,109 You'd like to see me in a habit, 155 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,436 with a rosary at my belt, like yours. 156 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,270 Her laughter was crystalline, 157 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,148 like a female response 158 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,428 to the male nightingale's song. 159 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,678 Behave yourself, miss! 160 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,192 A nun? The young lady? 161 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,674 That's what they're saying. 162 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,233 That's all we need! 163 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,273 Marina was tough. 164 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,349 Boys who tried it on, soon thought twice. 165 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,034 Well, I'll tell you this, 166 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,672 she's too young and too pretty for a convent. 167 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,471 Branca was easier-going. 168 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,037 She liked men, without submission, just for the heck of it. 169 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:26,838 Alice had a plan - she was going to marry someone with money. 170 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,950 All of them liked Ema and gossiping with her. 171 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,711 The washerwoman was dumb, from a family of idiots. 172 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,791 But Ritinha was cunning and curious about the world. 173 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,198 She was as strong and as flexible as a vine. 174 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,711 The house was a hive of rumors, 175 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,636 abuzz with plots and gossip, 176 00:16:55,480 --> 00:17:00,793 where the talk was of sex, desire and all the hurts of love. 177 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,676 She can't hear, don't talk to her. 178 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,115 She knows a thing or two 179 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,395 more than we do. 180 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,633 She can tell the type of grape from the wine stain 181 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:22,189 And blood on sheets, if it's nice and red, she says it's a virgin's. 182 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,358 If it's dark, it's a married woman's. 183 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,518 If it's heavy, then it's nearly over. 184 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,110 Hey, what else do you know? 185 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,840 How can you tell, since she can't speak? 186 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,475 You can see in her eyes what she doesn't say 187 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,551 and from the way she moves. 188 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,230 A man's got to react with so many lovely women! 189 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,676 Look at that! 190 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,310 I can say that myself. What a waste to have your arms 191 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,752 in cold water instead of around a man's warmth. 192 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,309 What next, scarecrow? 193 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,040 Give me a go with one like you. 194 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,592 Get out of here! 195 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,514 Men! 196 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,273 Are you sighing, woman? 197 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,158 What about you, eh? 198 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:18,878 - No. - You are! 199 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,389 - I am not! - You are! 200 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:22,755 That's it, I'm not. 201 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,199 That's it, you are! 202 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,995 Sometimes yes, sometimes no! 203 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,510 Sometimes no, sometimes yes! 204 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:39,197 Ritinha was too pretty to escape masculine attention. 205 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,109 She was fascinated by the depths of men's gaze. 206 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:45,588 But she resisted them. 207 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,715 Even when she liked someone, she always said no. 208 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,111 She sensed that her children would be deaf and dumb 209 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,035 and that her husband would commit suicide as a result. 210 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:03,236 So she remained a virgin until the end. 211 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,159 Till she was fourteen, 212 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:10,477 Ema never left the house. 213 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,151 She was confirmed 214 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,675 at the family altar. 215 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,235 Only once, she went out to present herself to the Mello ladies, 216 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,156 very tasteful and respectable they were. 217 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:25,912 They spent winters in Cascais 218 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,079 and received Ema now in their house in Viso. 219 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,070 They were two sisters, one of them widowed. 220 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,598 Ema tried to hide her slight limp. 221 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,956 She climbed the stairs and took fright 222 00:19:55,240 --> 00:20:00,234 when she suddenly saw herself in the mirror. 223 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,110 She stood mesmerized. 224 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,070 She entered the drawing-room. 225 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,430 As soon as the sisters saw her, 226 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:39,839 the same dreadful thought occurred to them: 227 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,109 "this girl is already a formidable woman". 228 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,789 Ema conveyed some kind of extreme. 229 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,993 Her beauty was exuberant 230 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,909 and thus dangerous. 231 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,075 There's something unpleasant, 232 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,630 something sinister about her, 233 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,870 including her looks. 234 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,952 Do you really think she's a beauty? 235 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,713 I don't know how to put it... 236 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,439 Her beauty is a kind of genius. 237 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,039 Come closer. 238 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,233 We want to have a look at you. 239 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:03,669 Yes... 240 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,789 We want to have a good look at you. 241 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,749 You're very lovely. 242 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:36,709 Isn't she, sister? 243 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,752 Not bad. Not bad at all. 244 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:46,079 Ema smiled as if to bite them, 245 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,872 which convinced the sisters, absolutely and doubtlessly, 246 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,632 that she'd grow into a very threatening woman. 247 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:45,519 How were the ladies? 248 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:48,595 Look, Father... 249 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:55,237 It was horrible. They sniffed at me as if I was an animal. 250 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,953 They are educated women. 251 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,748 Maybe, but it's a tough education, 252 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,480 not for the faint-hearted. 253 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,909 Aren't you being a little harsh? 254 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:11,838 I'm telling you what I think. 255 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,397 I've got a surprise for you. 256 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,910 A memento from your confirmation. 257 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,912 The cheek! They'll pay for this! 258 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,075 Ema didn't know how to deal with obvious lust, 259 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,956 capable of undressing her with pointless rage. 260 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,715 Was it her imagination? Weren't they innocent? 261 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:12,712 And her provoking this terrible need, blind to generosity. 262 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,150 Their desire was obvious and criminal, 263 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,191 the only reason for patience in the face of death. 264 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,991 Ema's appearances on the terrace caused accidents. 265 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,708 That wall was a rampart. 266 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,229 Dogs and cats were run over. 267 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:49,231 People lost control of their vehicles, causing panic. 268 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:55,510 The situation got worse and the authorities were informed. 269 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,355 Marina! Alice! 270 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,879 These servants! No one tells me anything! 271 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:33,435 What's wrong with Ema? 272 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,994 The mayor's complained about people driving into our wall 273 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,436 because of her. There've been deaths. 274 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:43,869 Marina! Answer me! 275 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,431 Miss... Miss Ema... 276 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:47,789 Yes, what about her? 277 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,668 Well, Miss Ema... 278 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,197 She uses the terrace... but only occasionally! 279 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,758 The glare of our windows seems to blind motorists. 280 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,798 You can't blame the young lady. 281 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,109 Naturally! 282 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,357 He said the word "naturally" 283 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,270 like a lawyer, to win time. 284 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,472 It was agreed that the windows of the verandah, 285 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,358 when the sun shone, 286 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,394 reflected its rays into drivers' eyes. 287 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,555 The verandah was a conservatory full of begonias, 288 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,072 maidenhairs and red flowers, 289 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,230 in view of the four o'clock train 290 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,712 to Oporto, for family and friends to go home. 291 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,110 Little angels, they are! 292 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,548 Ema fell ill when she was five. 293 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,074 After plenty of prayers, she recovered. 294 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,591 But her left leg had a limp. 295 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,353 Yes, she was handicapped. What a shame! 296 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,154 It doesn't show. 297 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:10,599 Of course it shows! 298 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,150 See! He can't bear her. 299 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,313 So? Beauty... 300 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,034 undermines our little games. 301 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,309 Nelson had given up his vocation 302 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,558 to enjoy with Branca, the maid, 303 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:27,553 a secret affair, 304 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,876 but it was Ema that he really loved. 305 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,032 I'm not that pretty! 306 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,079 You don't like mirrors. 307 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:38,439 He's really fallen for her. 308 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:39,669 I know he has. 309 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,270 All because of that damn wall. 310 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,551 Imagine, the mayor, a friend, 311 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,950 wanted me to move the wall back. 312 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,595 They'll send Ema to prison. 313 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,798 It isn't like that. 314 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,192 I have certain responsibilities. 315 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,672 There are complaints. 316 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,154 If you knew 317 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,788 what a father has to go through, Homero. 318 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,391 She's a lovely daughter. 319 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,269 She's not to go near the terrace! 320 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,789 So lovely and no suitor? 321 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,110 Pretty girls must marry quick. 322 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:15,395 True. 323 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,113 I don't disagree. 324 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,314 I shouldn't but I'm so greedy! 325 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,230 It's true, it's time Ema got married. 326 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,798 There are plenty of suitors, but what a sacred loss. 327 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:44,116 I'll have rowdy grandchildren like the ones from Carmesim and Ch�linha. 328 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:45,919 Little angels! 329 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,035 Well, Ema? 330 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,471 Let's not talk about it here, Father. 331 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,638 A husband's love is best, 332 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,194 beauty is the fruit of love. 333 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:05,588 Well said. 334 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,433 Branca, you're so clumsy! 335 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:24,713 You should be ashamed, Ema! 336 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,310 'I went hunting that day' 337 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,437 'and caught a fine canary.' 338 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,553 'I gave it as a gift' 339 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,632 'to the king's daughter.' 340 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,352 'To the daughter of the king,' 341 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,637 'she's rich and she's Brazilian.' 342 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,636 'She ordered a cage of precious wood.' 343 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,235 'When the cage was ready, she put the canary inside.' 344 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,952 'By day and by night the bird is her pleasure.' 345 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,155 'The canary escaped and caught a cold.' 346 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,232 'Experts were called,' 347 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:32,919 '21 consultants.' 348 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,077 'But with the doctors came' 349 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,993 'the louse and the flea.' 350 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,951 'The canary died, poor thing, and was buried.' 351 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,589 'There was a party at the end.' 352 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,876 On the back of an ant, 353 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,793 beautiful Josefa, I danced a gig. 354 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,838 On the back of an ant, 355 00:33:56,040 --> 00:34:00,591 beautiful Josefa, I danced a gig. 356 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,557 Dreams, desires, manias, 357 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,551 are merely wishing one was someone else. 358 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,676 Tearing at bodily symbols 359 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:40,676 (sexual and visual, the worst), a person's nature, 360 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,354 a various collection of fluxes. 361 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:50,148 Hideous motions, similar to ancient companies of female prophets, 362 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,910 given to deprivations prohibited by men, 363 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,638 so love shoulders the blame for Eros� mediocrity. 364 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:04,554 Ema knew of unspeakable examples 365 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,039 of love's critical role 366 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,318 in prolonging youth 367 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,878 by encouraging submissiveness. 368 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:23,714 Time passed. 369 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:25,593 Aunt Augusta fell ill. 370 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,438 Death came suddenly, as usual. 371 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:31,994 Ema was shocked. 372 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:38,793 Though her aunt's life had been discreet, Ema took the loss badly. 373 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,311 Branca, the maid, wasn't much help. 374 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,598 She took to her bed with bellyache. 375 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,392 Dr. Paiva was called urgently. 376 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:40,832 Carlos was surprised: Ema was even more beautiful 377 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,514 now that there was hurt. 378 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,158 To Ema, Carlos seemed sad 379 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,837 and she discovered she liked sadness, 380 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,000 as a reward for sacrifice. 381 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,957 Thank you for coming. 382 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,355 It all happened so fast. 383 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,073 One disaster after another. 384 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,598 Have I come too late? 385 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:30,679 No, for my poor sister, it happened so quickly. 386 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:32,434 God have mercy on her! 387 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:35,834 My deepest sympathy. 388 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,595 Thank you. 389 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:38,954 Thank you. 390 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,476 But you're in mourning yourself. 391 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,474 My wife died. 392 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,632 It happened suddenly. 393 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,472 We're very sorry to hear it. 394 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:58,509 Thank you. 395 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,432 Ema's sacrifice was that she hated the life she led. 396 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:17,188 She no longer went out on the terrace 397 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,712 to show off her beauty. 398 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,274 What was beauty for 399 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:28,879 if only to be gawped at by salesmen and laborers? 400 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,593 Please, see to Branca, the maid. 401 00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:42,673 She is in terrible pain. 402 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,717 Ema, please show the doctor the way. 403 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,479 This way. 404 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,317 Branca, Dr. Paiva's come to see you. 405 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:51,518 Please come in. 406 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,714 Weakness in the guise of strength. 407 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,551 One shove and Ema would fall. 408 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:17,277 There were no rules except unpredictability. 409 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,756 Ema knew there was only one thing for it: 410 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,752 she must pretend, play dead. 411 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,596 Yes, it was Nelson, 412 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,357 the man who lost his vocation. 413 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,757 Branca, pregnant by him, 414 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,915 had had a secret abortion 415 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,756 and the excuse of the whole house. 416 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:27,395 Carlos decided not to betray her. 417 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:13,795 Her beauty surfaced upon the silk of slumbering hurt. 418 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,554 She was like a wild beast without food, 419 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,718 an animal, a tiny creature, 420 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,998 but with already predatory looks. 421 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,673 She knew that her ties with mediocrity 422 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,989 and her love of childish ways were broken. 423 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,157 As she unbound her hair, 424 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:50,799 her heart, too, was unchained, 425 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:55,116 though she found comfort in constraint, 426 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,117 and that was gone forever. 427 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:05,029 Her mother had been the fourth daughter 428 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:08,871 of rich people fallen on bad times. 429 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:15,114 Ema remembered hat boxes full of postcards 430 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,592 her mother received from Lausanne and Paris. 431 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,510 Nelson, the trainee priest, married an heiress, 432 00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:31,838 whose appeal lay in what was missing. 433 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:37,351 The bride practically raped him before and after the wedding. 434 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,635 She died soon, bequeathing him to a friend, 435 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,677 as if he'd been a pearl necklace. 436 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:47,954 By spring, 437 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:49,633 Ema was engaged. 438 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,276 Carlos was silly with joy. 439 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,797 Twice, he put back the wedding 440 00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,232 to show he wasn't giving in to that woman he loved. 441 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,554 He was afraid of Ema's character, 442 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:09,276 so much at odds with the vain submissiveness of her upbringing. 443 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:13,229 Look! Is that a different river? 444 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:20,353 Ema thought perhaps it was deep down full of giant fish 445 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,115 that rarely raised their shining heads up from the deep. 446 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:26,037 We can't try a dress on like that. 447 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:27,958 Come and see, it's changed! 448 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,078 No, miss, the Douro's always been there. 449 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:33,508 It's a man. 450 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:34,875 A man? 451 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:39,397 Yes, seen from a distance a man looks like a needle. 452 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,438 There's fog, the river is not clear. 453 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,320 You can't see clearly but it looks like... 454 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,193 A boat... drifting. 455 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:49,395 Maybe. 456 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,354 I know, it's the ferry that takes passengers over to the baths. 457 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,591 I'm getting married and I don't love him. 458 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:16,871 Please miss! You say such silly things sometimes... 459 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:19,549 Sweet Lord! Holy Mother! 460 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,552 Marina's questions distracted her. 461 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:28,153 Then Branca helped to dress her, with the seamstress, Judith, 462 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,880 as a handmaiden. 463 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,710 Something blue, for luck. 464 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,270 More blue, there's never enough. 465 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,151 The blue shoes you asked for. 466 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,157 More blue! Lots of blue for luck. 467 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,636 Carlos asked that the ceremony 468 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,268 should take place in Abraham's Vale. 469 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:07,509 Mr. Cardeano accepted, 470 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:11,434 on condition that afterwards they went to Romesal. 471 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,110 In order that you may be husband and wife... 472 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:23,716 bound in holy matrimony, for ever after. 473 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:30,873 Marriage is the deliberate convergence of two people 474 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,589 who decide to unite, in body and in soul, 475 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:39,631 in a single destiny, whatever it may be. 476 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:44,038 Nelson, ex-seminarist for lack of vocation, 477 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:49,515 twice married, was in love with Ema. 478 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,039 He burst into tears when he heard she was married 479 00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:59,876 and collapsed on to a chair, as if he was about to die. 480 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:05,594 He recalled the days when he held Branca in his arms 481 00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:10,111 in the conservatory full of begonias, 482 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,232 where a couple of parrots 483 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:16,714 chortled at the lovers� sighs. 484 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,232 Carlos, you must have considered your decision. 485 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:26,873 Do you willingly take as your lawful wedded wife 486 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:28,752 Ema here? 487 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:30,709 I do. 488 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,158 Ema, you must have considered your decision. 489 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:40,789 Do you willingly take as your lawful wedded husband 490 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:42,992 Carlos here? 491 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,389 I do. 492 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:32,232 Ema, take this ring 493 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,478 as a sign of my love and my faithfulness. 494 00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,596 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 495 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:46,518 Carlos, take this ring 496 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,072 as a sign of my love and my faithfulness. 497 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,394 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 498 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,470 At Romesal, at dusk on the wedding day, 499 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,717 a nightingale trilled so brilliantly, 500 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:08,156 it delighted whoever was listening. 501 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,594 From the windows of Romesal you could see Abraham's Vale, 502 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,199 land of the Paiva, the Luminares and the Semblano clans. 503 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,994 Ema couldn't persuade Branca to leave, 504 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,278 because she wanted to marry her policeman 505 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:53,669 and Marina refused too, because she was engaged. 506 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,429 Only Ritinha, the dumb one, came to Abraham's Vale. 507 00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:14,552 Yes, yes... this is Dr. Paiva's. 508 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:16,793 No, he's not in. 509 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:19,159 He'll be here at dinner time. 510 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:21,555 You're welcome. 511 00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:35,234 Carlos was always out on calls. 512 00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,554 Ema felt abandoned, 513 00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:41,754 and because of emergencies, 514 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:47,632 Carlos insisted on separate rooms so his wife's sleep wasn't disturbed. 515 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:01,551 Ritinha, though dumb, was a perfect spy. 516 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:08,552 Her lack of certain faculties turned into a wonderful sixth sense. 517 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:11,474 Nothing escaped her. 518 00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:16,994 She was doglike in her devotion. 519 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,756 Ema loved her dearly. 520 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:24,428 She trusted her with everything, 521 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:30,070 keys, wine, jewels and letters. 522 00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:45,354 Are you coming with us? 523 00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:49,154 No, I'll stay here for a bit. 524 00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:51,554 Come on, Ema. 525 00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,316 No, I like it here. 526 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:57,677 Be like that, we're off. 527 00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:13,076 When Carlos� sisters 528 00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,035 said she'd lost a handkerchief, 529 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:21,835 Ritinha left without a word. 530 00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:28,273 Anyway Carlos didn't see the point, she couldn't answer the phone. 531 00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:36,077 But Ema was hurt, she missed Ritinha, 532 00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:40,190 she'd looked after her, played with her, 533 00:52:41,240 --> 00:52:43,959 she was a last link with Romesal 534 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,749 and the wide corridors and hallways 535 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:48,788 of her childhood. 536 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,831 Intending to put an end to Ema's ill-humor, 537 00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:00,673 Carlos took her the next Sunday to the mess in Caverneira, 538 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:06,399 in the house of the Semblanos, a very respected clan in that area. 539 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,031 The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 540 00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,072 according to St. Luke. 541 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,239 Glory be to thee, O Lord. 542 00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,117 At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: 543 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:25,710 'And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars,' 544 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,914 'and upon the earth distress of nations' 545 00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,873 'in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,' 546 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:34,110 'men fainting with fear' 547 00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:38,549 'and with foreboding of what is coming on the world;' 548 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,199 'for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.' 549 00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:44,831 'And then they will see the Son of man' 550 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:49,152 'coming in a cloud with power and great glory.' 551 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,469 'Now when these things begin to take place,' 552 00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:56,436 'look up and raise your heads,' 553 00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:59,076 'because your redemption is drawing near.' 554 00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:01,511 This is the word of the Lord. 555 00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:03,553 Thanks be to God. 556 00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:11,759 Brothers, we are joyful to be here today 557 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,874 to celebrate the Eucharist. 558 00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,797 We just listened to the word of God, 559 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:24,512 which was announced to us by the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ 560 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,514 and refers to recent times. 561 00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:29,628 In a few moments, 562 00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:34,790 the Lord will be with us through the Sacrament, 563 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,953 a sign of His presence. 564 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:41,669 The time of the Advent has begun. 565 00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:46,589 The Advent is a path of preparation 566 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,760 and hope for Christmas. 567 00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:55,830 Christmas carries us through time and space to Bethlehem, 568 00:54:56,280 --> 00:55:00,990 so that we can be present at the birth of Christ. 569 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:04,997 But the Advent also helps us to live 570 00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,557 the reality of Christmas in our times. 571 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:10,755 So be it. 572 00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:15,637 The Paiva girls thought Ema was frivolous. 573 00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:21,316 Carlos understandably but shamefully inquired. 574 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:26,957 He found nothing wrong: Ema was pure as the stars. 575 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,279 Mr. Cardeano was alone now 576 00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:36,239 before the altar that held so many memories. 577 00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:39,671 After his daughter's wedding, 578 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:42,635 he took to tears and to drink, 579 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:44,757 which made him even sadder. 580 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:48,074 He thought his daughter Ema knew little about men. 581 00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:56,517 And somehow Carlos didn't seem the right husband. 582 00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:04,916 Mr. Cardeano remained with his mind fixed on Abraham's Vale. 583 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:13,315 Dumb Ritinha returned to Romesal. 584 00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:17,389 Ema, coming from a house where she was queen. 585 00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:20,154 felt lost in Abraham's Vale. 586 00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:49,796 It all began when Carlos brought her to the Jacas Ball, 587 00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:52,996 invited by the Luminares, 588 00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:59,072 who were keen to meet Ema, without committing themselves. 589 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,558 The rain had stopped and the moon shone. 590 00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:10,034 Bright leaves and stars peeped through the branches, 591 00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:15,949 giving the night an air of sublime compassion. 592 00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:58,229 May I? 593 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,118 One doesn't expect to find people like you here, though I invited you. 594 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:18,349 Why not? 595 01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:21,433 It's a ball like any other. 596 01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:23,555 Do you know any other? 597 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:26,838 No, I said 'like any other'. 598 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:29,234 Aren't they all the same? 599 01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:34,431 In films, they are. 600 01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:40,637 Luminares wasn't listening. 601 01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:44,393 If Ema learnt to dress, he thought, 602 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:48,317 she would create quite a stir. 603 01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:50,389 Is something wrong? 604 01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:54,154 How could it be, beside such beauty? 605 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:58,273 On the contrary! 606 01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:05,439 I was just thinking how unsettling beauty is. 607 01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:09,069 Look. 608 01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:13,235 The romantic purity of the Moon 609 01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:17,000 and an Angel, gentle as Cupid. 610 01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:20,155 Look at this one. 611 01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:25,158 It's the Sun, its erotic burning desire, 612 01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:27,152 king of creation, symbol of love. 613 01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:30,748 Cupid, an angel, adores him. 614 01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:34,435 A lovely woman... 615 01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:38,793 ...sometimes hides in a pure and romantic expression 616 01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:40,919 a burning desire. 617 01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:13,754 This lady's face for instance. 618 01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:15,593 May I present my friend, 619 01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:20,229 owner of estate called Ves�vio and a great traveler, 620 01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:21,909 Fernando Os�rio. 621 01:02:22,840 --> 01:02:24,558 Dr. Carlos' Paiva's wife. 622 01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:26,439 An enormous pleasure. 623 01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:38,637 Imagine meeting when the blues are playing. 624 01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:43,348 The blues belong to my father's day, to the 20's. 625 01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:44,674 They're back in fashion. 626 01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:46,915 Shall we dance? 627 01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:48,474 I'm no good. 628 01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:50,956 I insist. Are you scared? 629 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,713 You've only yourself to blame. 630 01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:56,669 Tell me... is that her? Ema? 631 01:04:56,800 --> 01:05:00,315 I've just been introduced. Do you want to meet her? 632 01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:03,712 No, thank you. Not till I must. 633 01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:06,035 Are you coming? 634 01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:07,235 I'd love to. 635 01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:14,875 What happened? 636 01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,194 It's nothing you've done. 637 01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:20,435 She's a circus tiger 638 01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:23,669 who wouldn't survive in the jungle. 639 01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:29,509 Evil is for sermons, she doesn't know if it really exists. 640 01:05:31,040 --> 01:05:32,519 Is she invulnerable? 641 01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:34,435 Everyone loves her. 642 01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:37,511 Even her enemies are friends. 643 01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:49,038 He looks like the night nurse. 644 01:05:57,240 --> 01:05:59,515 Carlos! Carlos! 645 01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:06,110 I'm sorry, I didn't see who it was. 646 01:06:06,920 --> 01:06:10,469 This is lucky, I want to introduce Dr. Paiva's wife. 647 01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:12,719 Simona, my wife. 648 01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:14,917 Since we're introducing ourselves, 649 01:06:15,560 --> 01:06:17,391 here I am at the service 650 01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:19,029 of the lovely lady 651 01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:23,153 our beloved doctor and friend Carlos Paiva 652 01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:25,556 has chosen as his wife. 653 01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:34,315 Do you know who I am? 654 01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:36,949 I don't know myself. 655 01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:39,192 They call me 'old Semblano' 656 01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:42,068 and say I'm a philandering monkey. 657 01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:51,030 I hate spiritual retreats for couples 658 01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:53,518 and I'm afraid I'll fall from grace. 659 01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:06,311 Old Semblano was full of himself, as usual. 660 01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:10,998 The Jacas ball never happened again, 661 01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:13,670 but it stuck in Ema's mind. 662 01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:17,636 At home, in Abraham's Vale, 663 01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:22,791 she inhaled the cigars Fernando Os�rio left behind, 664 01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:27,395 and her belly heaved with brutal desire, 665 01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:29,959 which she fooled 666 01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:33,989 by sleeping with Carlos. 667 01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:53,389 Were you in bed? 668 01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:31,118 Don't you want the light off? 669 01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:33,154 I can see you better. 670 01:12:35,240 --> 01:12:36,468 You're so lovely! 671 01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:40,473 Why have the light off? 672 01:12:42,360 --> 01:12:44,510 Because it's more... 673 01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:53,875 ...romantic. 674 01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:24,789 Come on. 675 01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:30,799 Carlos realized Ema knew more about love 676 01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:33,437 than he had thought. 677 01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:38,877 It was him, Pedro Luminares, 678 01:13:39,120 --> 01:13:43,432 who led her, almost by the hand, to Caverneira, 679 01:13:43,680 --> 01:13:47,719 and introduced her to Maria Loreto and her husband Semblano, 680 01:13:47,960 --> 01:13:49,916 before Carlos thought of it. 681 01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:52,956 But Carlos went with them. 682 01:13:53,720 --> 01:13:56,234 And what does Ema think of love? 683 01:13:58,240 --> 01:13:59,673 I don't know what to say. 684 01:14:17,440 --> 01:14:20,671 That's the best answer! 685 01:14:22,880 --> 01:14:24,108 Carlos... 686 01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,432 ...hasn't he taught you? 687 01:14:34,360 --> 01:14:36,112 Do you think it can be taught? 688 01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:43,517 That's true, you either know or you don't. 689 01:14:50,680 --> 01:14:52,033 Isn't that right, Dr. Paiva? 690 01:14:54,680 --> 01:14:55,954 Love is... 691 01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:58,513 ...an intimate thing. 692 01:15:02,640 --> 01:15:04,119 Maria Loreto, 693 01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:05,834 do you agree? 694 01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:08,159 If your husband says so! 695 01:15:08,760 --> 01:15:10,478 Intimate, but personal. 696 01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:12,109 Very personal! 697 01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:13,834 You say it's personal. 698 01:15:14,240 --> 01:15:16,800 In your particular cases. 699 01:15:17,240 --> 01:15:19,708 But mine happen to be different. 700 01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:24,991 Of course, we're all different. 701 01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:27,910 Men and women, for a start. 702 01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:30,559 That's elementary. 703 01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:34,875 I reckon hunting and love have much in common. 704 01:15:35,360 --> 01:15:37,555 The hunter pursues his prey 705 01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:42,072 and the prey attracts. The hunter aims 706 01:15:42,560 --> 01:15:43,754 and love happens. 707 01:15:44,920 --> 01:15:49,232 Are you saying women are like games? 708 01:15:49,640 --> 01:15:52,552 Not at all Simona, it was a figure of speech. 709 01:15:53,440 --> 01:15:55,635 For women, love's a question of talent. 710 01:15:58,160 --> 01:15:59,559 Look at that statuette. 711 01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:06,392 She's offering herself and he is quietly unexpected. 712 01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:08,955 You can't tell when Love comes or goes. 713 01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:14,393 He has wings, the night and the moon are favorable to him. 714 01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:17,994 Love is liquid, like clouds. 715 01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:22,109 When Psyche awakes, Love is already gone. 716 01:16:23,080 --> 01:16:26,390 That's why I only like Love when it's there. 717 01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:30,989 What did love mean? 718 01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:39,590 For Ema, it was a necessity of social life. 719 01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:48,398 What do you think, Carlos? 720 01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:51,635 What do I think? 721 01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:54,719 I live with you... 722 01:16:59,640 --> 01:17:01,358 ...and I drink to our love, Ema! 723 01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:05,155 And also... 724 01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:07,154 ...to Mrs... 725 01:17:08,240 --> 01:17:09,832 ...and Mr. Semblano. 726 01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:13,829 She smiled. The toast seemed hypocritical, 727 01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:17,357 unexpectedly witty and irrelevant. 728 01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:22,235 Carlos was dependent on her as a worm is dependent on soil, 729 01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:27,676 a far cry from the romantic attachment she'd given up hoping for. 730 01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:31,758 But she was jealous of Maria Loreto. 731 01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:28,960 Be quiet, you are leaden. 732 01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:31,949 Don't talk of others in front of ladies. 733 01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:35,636 'Ladies' is such an old-fashioned idea. 734 01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:37,951 Do you wear a plumed hat? 735 01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:40,196 - No. - Some people do. 736 01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:42,395 Only Satan. 737 01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:45,069 But how would you know? 738 01:19:45,960 --> 01:19:48,190 I'm off. 739 01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:49,788 Don't go! 740 01:19:53,560 --> 01:19:54,595 Why not? 741 01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:56,393 Satan would be afraid of you. 742 01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:00,712 Fernando Os�rio was ruined 743 01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:03,958 and so entitled to his fantasies. 744 01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:08,992 Ruined, for him, meant gold up to his knees, 745 01:20:09,320 --> 01:20:10,673 instead of swimming in it. 746 01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:27,310 Thank you, Simona, that's just what I wanted. 747 01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:36,149 Carlos realized Ema was about to do something rash. 748 01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:41,192 He wanted to plan her rashness to fit his family's ambitions, 749 01:20:41,800 --> 01:20:44,951 at least until the sex was less vindictive. 750 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:49,796 He offered her Pedro Luminares, 751 01:20:50,200 --> 01:20:54,796 a robot, with one advantage: 752 01:20:55,720 --> 01:20:57,438 he knew how to talk about love. 753 01:21:07,320 --> 01:21:08,833 I've told Simona, 754 01:21:09,840 --> 01:21:12,513 I'm a robot ahead of my time... 755 01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:15,349 ...far beyond sex. 756 01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:26,349 Ema had the extraordinary power to make radiant desire 757 01:21:26,960 --> 01:21:29,474 run like bush fire 758 01:21:29,840 --> 01:21:32,718 over corpses of legendary virility, 759 01:21:33,560 --> 01:21:35,073 stubborn virility. 760 01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:48,918 Luminares wants to show us his power over this woman, 761 01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:51,159 but he won't act. 762 01:21:54,360 --> 01:21:55,839 Ema is a flame. 763 01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:00,752 And so beautiful... 764 01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:40,513 You're right, she's a flame. 765 01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:44,591 Poor Dr. Paiva, at the edge of the abyss. 766 01:22:44,760 --> 01:22:47,797 I bet she moans, makes man and bed moan too! 767 01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:51,433 Barrack-room talk! 768 01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:55,071 Some of them don't moan even if the bed does. 769 01:22:56,680 --> 01:22:58,671 I bet she makes Carlos groan. 770 01:22:59,440 --> 01:23:00,668 During the day! 771 01:23:01,080 --> 01:23:04,789 She's spendthrift, he has to watch his purse. 772 01:23:05,040 --> 01:23:06,109 Yes... 773 01:23:06,280 --> 01:23:09,670 Beauty is beyond price... 774 01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:10,989 ...and gain! 775 01:23:13,120 --> 01:23:16,351 I've heard he wins more on the Stock Exchange... 776 01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:19,599 ...than by working on people's innards. 777 01:23:38,200 --> 01:23:39,713 Are you happy, Ema? 778 01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:42,316 Yes. 779 01:23:50,840 --> 01:23:52,512 Why do you carry a book about? 780 01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:55,515 Is it a shield against vice or desire? 781 01:24:00,640 --> 01:24:04,713 I've never thought that. Perhaps it is. 782 01:24:06,440 --> 01:24:07,793 I love books. 783 01:24:09,280 --> 01:24:11,316 I read wherever I can. 784 01:24:12,480 --> 01:24:15,552 The house seemed enchanted, 785 01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:17,439 even farmers said so. 786 01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:20,757 Luminares was, after a fashion, a wise man 787 01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:23,509 with an inclination to lethargy. 788 01:24:25,480 --> 01:24:26,993 Ema felt belittled. 789 01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:29,034 It's there to deceive. 790 01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:34,831 Deceive? That's something women do, not men. 791 01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:37,028 Am I deceiving you? 792 01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:42,830 I think in your case we have what's called 793 01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:44,553 'ascension fever'. 794 01:24:48,560 --> 01:24:50,710 You have no wings nor any special powers. 795 01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:54,236 And you don't want to jump off the fifth floor. 796 01:24:55,560 --> 01:24:57,278 Because you believe in gravity. 797 01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:00,635 In short, 798 01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:04,510 you need a psychiatrist or a lover. 799 01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:08,075 You're wrong. 800 01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:11,879 It's stupid to think problems can be solved 801 01:25:12,480 --> 01:25:13,879 by a fall or a cold shower. 802 01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:16,154 Nothing's that simple. 803 01:25:17,960 --> 01:25:20,076 How can you tell if life hangs by a thread? 804 01:25:20,800 --> 01:25:22,711 What do you tell a woman in that case? 805 01:25:23,520 --> 01:25:26,193 Man has several ways of approaching life. 806 01:25:27,480 --> 01:25:29,835 Art, war, business. 807 01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:33,433 Women have no choice. 808 01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:36,474 Men can't understand them, is that it? 809 01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:38,594 Are you happy, Ema? 810 01:25:39,080 --> 01:25:40,672 You've already asked. 811 01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:44,349 It's cold. Let's go. 812 01:26:15,160 --> 01:26:17,549 So here we are, two homogenous couples. 813 01:26:18,760 --> 01:26:22,639 What do you mean? Marriage is not a mayonnaise. 814 01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:25,552 It's time we went Carlos. Goodbye. 815 01:26:35,720 --> 01:26:37,472 Excuse me. Goodbye. 816 01:26:51,400 --> 01:26:54,198 Carlos can't get used to Ema's wish 817 01:26:54,320 --> 01:26:55,833 that they sleep separately. 818 01:26:56,920 --> 01:26:58,114 What's the reason? 819 01:26:58,840 --> 01:27:01,991 It's healthier and so as not to wake up 820 01:27:02,160 --> 01:27:03,434 when he comes home late. 821 01:27:05,760 --> 01:27:09,196 Ema doesn't really love Carlos. 822 01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:13,751 But Carlos loves her and misses her, 823 01:27:13,920 --> 01:27:17,913 the naked skin, the intimacy of a caress made childish by sleep. 824 01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:22,031 But Ema, not he, will end up... 825 01:27:22,200 --> 01:27:23,474 ...killing herself? 826 01:27:23,600 --> 01:27:26,717 Yes, I think that's how it'll end. 827 01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:28,955 Pregnant? 828 01:27:29,520 --> 01:27:31,715 Pregnant? How do you know? 829 01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:34,552 Ritinha told me. 830 01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:37,997 The washerwoman? She left ages ago. 831 01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:41,914 Ema visits her father and Ritinha's back there. 832 01:27:43,760 --> 01:27:44,909 Ritinha's a witch. 833 01:27:46,360 --> 01:27:47,918 A witch and indiscreet. 834 01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:05,835 It's a crown of stars above my head. 835 01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:36,476 They say 'verandah' is a Celtic word meaning fence, 836 01:28:37,240 --> 01:28:38,309 which is as may be. 837 01:28:41,720 --> 01:28:45,633 No one knows why verandahs were fashionable. 838 01:28:46,640 --> 01:28:50,269 Like a belly, verandahs are a display of authority 839 01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:52,313 and affected desire, 840 01:28:53,640 --> 01:28:57,872 which seduces and shows a person's status. 841 01:28:59,240 --> 01:29:02,277 It invites an appraising gaze which leads to sin, 842 01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:05,474 casting its shade over virginity, 843 01:29:05,760 --> 01:29:08,115 being a place of leisure, 844 01:29:09,320 --> 01:29:12,517 more sensual than sinful. 845 01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:16,394 The verandah of Abraham's Vale was put to new use. 846 01:29:17,200 --> 01:29:22,274 Ema lived there, new-born daughters in her arms. 847 01:29:24,240 --> 01:29:25,593 You're beautiful! 848 01:29:27,320 --> 01:29:28,673 Don't be silly! 849 01:29:30,560 --> 01:29:33,711 Lola was too tall. She seemed backward. 850 01:29:34,680 --> 01:29:38,832 Luisona was prettier and sweeter 851 01:29:39,400 --> 01:29:41,356 and she never ever cried. 852 01:29:42,560 --> 01:29:46,951 Ema didn't know what was wrong with Luisona. 853 01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:51,279 Since her own mother had given birth painlessly. 854 01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:54,837 Nothing affected or hurt her, 855 01:29:55,160 --> 01:29:57,594 neither fire nor steel. 856 01:30:01,240 --> 01:30:02,309 Run along inside! 857 01:30:11,920 --> 01:30:13,114 Are you going to Ves�vio? 858 01:30:14,280 --> 01:30:17,556 Yes, I need to rest a few days. 859 01:30:19,280 --> 01:30:22,078 Your sisters run everything perfectly, 860 01:30:23,360 --> 01:30:24,759 you've your daughters' company. 861 01:30:25,960 --> 01:30:27,473 It's hardly the same. 862 01:30:28,640 --> 01:30:30,039 I'll only be a few days. 863 01:30:32,880 --> 01:30:33,995 Alright. 864 01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:38,035 Go then. 865 01:30:45,320 --> 01:30:48,835 Out of provocation not desire, 866 01:30:49,080 --> 01:30:51,719 Ema began her affair with Os�rio. 867 01:30:52,240 --> 01:30:53,878 Anyone would have done. 868 01:30:54,320 --> 01:30:58,359 She furthered this story, in which a sentence 869 01:30:58,600 --> 01:31:03,196 was passed in advance upon the lover. 870 01:31:05,640 --> 01:31:08,598 Yes, I'm going to Ves�vio. 871 01:31:17,440 --> 01:31:21,672 Almost immediately, Ema accepted Os�rio's advances. 872 01:31:22,200 --> 01:31:26,159 He was rich, involved in politics, 873 01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:29,836 divorced, three sons in college. 874 01:31:59,120 --> 01:32:02,430 Look uncle, the boss is taking it easy. 875 01:32:02,920 --> 01:32:05,514 What about you? Are you chasing them? 876 01:32:06,720 --> 01:32:09,792 Or aren't you in that league? 877 01:32:11,840 --> 01:32:16,152 He's rich. If I had money, you'd see! 878 01:32:16,280 --> 01:32:18,157 What would I see? 879 01:32:19,160 --> 01:32:21,754 How they'd fall for me. 880 01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:24,039 You're just a big mouth. 881 01:32:24,680 --> 01:32:28,912 Women need special attention. 882 01:32:30,440 --> 01:32:32,351 You're too young to know about that. 883 01:32:33,520 --> 01:32:34,714 I see! 884 01:32:34,920 --> 01:32:36,717 I know more than you think. 885 01:32:37,800 --> 01:32:39,392 It's an art, Fortunato. 886 01:32:41,040 --> 01:32:43,873 I'm here to tell you that that woman... 887 01:32:44,280 --> 01:32:46,430 ...is the kind that makes men wild. 888 01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:48,399 And are you..? 889 01:32:48,840 --> 01:32:50,159 Behave yourself! 890 01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:53,709 And anyway... 891 01:32:55,240 --> 01:32:56,958 Only joking! 892 01:32:58,240 --> 01:33:00,959 Hang on, wait for me! 893 01:33:07,240 --> 01:33:08,434 Nearby... 894 01:33:09,040 --> 01:33:12,510 ... stood a jetty against which the water beat with a sinister sound. 895 01:33:17,640 --> 01:33:23,192 Two rotten planks might easily break and cause an accident. 896 01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:26,950 Ema was warned. 897 01:33:32,040 --> 01:33:36,909 It was said La Bandi came to Ves�vio as Caruso went to Manaus. 898 01:33:37,920 --> 01:33:40,593 Ema listened to Os�rio's stories 899 01:33:41,040 --> 01:33:43,235 and fell into a respectful daydream, 900 01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:47,190 fondly remembering Romesal. 901 01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:53,196 She knew that, as a European gentleman, Os�rio despised 902 01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:55,909 people who did not know their place. 903 01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:03,310 If I may discuss opera, 904 01:34:04,200 --> 01:34:08,432 since I have the honor of meeting a star of the 'Bel Canto', 905 01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:11,749 I have to say it makes me sad 906 01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:16,598 everything is so vulgar nowadays. 907 01:34:17,800 --> 01:34:19,153 There's no opera left. 908 01:34:20,320 --> 01:34:21,878 Who are these two guests? 909 01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:26,390 The fat one is Baltazar, an opera singer 910 01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:29,793 whom Os�rio has invited to impress Ema. 911 01:34:30,880 --> 01:34:34,668 The other, Os�rio's friend Pedro Dossem, 912 01:34:35,200 --> 01:34:37,668 claims kinship with St Anthony of Lisbon 913 01:34:37,960 --> 01:34:39,678 on the basis that a Paduan chronicler, 914 01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:43,799 Giulielmo Ongarello, said in 1441 915 01:34:44,320 --> 01:34:48,472 that Doson was Anthony's surname. 916 01:35:02,440 --> 01:35:03,998 You think opera is dead. 917 01:35:04,360 --> 01:35:05,713 Not at all. 918 01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:10,310 But we live in an era when everything is vanishing. 919 01:35:11,520 --> 01:35:14,512 Love, for example, let's talk about love. 920 01:35:15,160 --> 01:35:16,991 Love is not lyrical any more. 921 01:35:17,240 --> 01:35:20,755 The pleasures of hypocrisy surpass those of the bedroom. 922 01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:23,069 Really? 923 01:35:23,680 --> 01:35:25,193 Dearest Ema... 924 01:35:26,240 --> 01:35:29,949 ...there's no sensitivity in a historical cycle which ends in 925 01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:33,433 the battle of Alc�cer-Quibir, the siege of Leningrad, 926 01:35:33,600 --> 01:35:35,352 Trafalgar and Waterloo, 927 01:35:36,320 --> 01:35:38,311 or the 25th April revolution. 928 01:35:38,800 --> 01:35:40,074 You're going too far. 929 01:35:40,520 --> 01:35:41,635 Too far? 930 01:35:43,280 --> 01:35:45,669 The new institutions 931 01:35:45,840 --> 01:35:49,150 and social mobility have banished dreams, 932 01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:52,275 be they romantic or practical. 933 01:35:52,520 --> 01:35:55,512 Yes sir, affection and feelings have vanished, 934 01:35:56,320 --> 01:35:59,949 human gifts which absorbed our basser instincts. 935 01:36:01,120 --> 01:36:03,680 'Bel Canto' is no longer appreciated 936 01:36:04,360 --> 01:36:06,351 and 'Bel Canto' is pure sentiment. 937 01:36:06,640 --> 01:36:08,471 That's true. 938 01:36:09,120 --> 01:36:11,759 See how the revolution of 1974 939 01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:15,117 marked the end of elegant feudal customs, 940 01:36:15,520 --> 01:36:18,034 replacing them with party politics. 941 01:36:18,640 --> 01:36:20,358 Agreed. 942 01:36:20,720 --> 01:36:23,188 This egalitarianism is demagoguery 943 01:36:23,360 --> 01:36:24,998 and it is all-powerful. 944 01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:27,350 People wallow in disappointment. 945 01:36:28,360 --> 01:36:30,271 Here and in the colonies. 946 01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:33,590 There is a jeans bourgeoisie 947 01:36:33,760 --> 01:36:36,479 with bursts of righteousness against speculation. 948 01:36:37,320 --> 01:36:40,471 People's attitude to money has changed, 949 01:36:41,040 --> 01:36:44,794 and to illness, and to sex. 950 01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:49,469 Really? Is sex different now? 951 01:36:50,040 --> 01:36:53,794 I think it is, Ema. 952 01:36:54,360 --> 01:36:55,759 More freedom you mean? 953 01:36:56,520 --> 01:36:58,954 More freedom and less feeling. 954 01:36:59,640 --> 01:37:03,599 More sex, no love, no affection. 955 01:37:04,240 --> 01:37:07,437 More homosexuals, despite AIDS. 956 01:37:09,320 --> 01:37:11,436 No more homosexuals nowadays. 957 01:37:12,160 --> 01:37:13,354 Are you defending them? 958 01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:16,951 Neither defending nor blaming. 959 01:37:18,040 --> 01:37:19,109 Just stating facts. 960 01:37:20,440 --> 01:37:21,509 Not allowing? 961 01:37:22,640 --> 01:37:26,952 I don't allow homosexuality because I can't allow anything... 962 01:37:28,520 --> 01:37:29,589 ...how shall I put it... 963 01:37:30,920 --> 01:37:32,194 ...unnatural. 964 01:37:33,800 --> 01:37:34,994 That's a relief! 965 01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:38,196 Everything can be explained. 966 01:37:38,440 --> 01:37:41,591 Perhaps homosexuality 967 01:37:42,160 --> 01:37:45,311 is leftover... 968 01:37:45,480 --> 01:37:46,595 ...androgyny. 969 01:37:47,400 --> 01:37:50,756 Androgyny? What's that? 970 01:37:51,760 --> 01:37:54,274 It's hard to explain. 971 01:37:55,120 --> 01:38:00,319 I mean a trace of an androgynous being, 972 01:38:00,920 --> 01:38:02,148 a unique, primeval creature 973 01:38:02,400 --> 01:38:04,550 who exploded violently 974 01:38:05,080 --> 01:38:08,470 into male and female parts. 975 01:38:09,080 --> 01:38:12,709 You're delirious! Or you're making fun of us. 976 01:38:14,760 --> 01:38:17,991 It's the truth, I'm serious. 977 01:38:19,320 --> 01:38:21,197 There are indications. 978 01:38:21,600 --> 01:38:24,114 Why else has a man got nipples? 979 01:38:25,520 --> 01:38:28,512 They are totally useless except as... 980 01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:31,150 ...relics of androgyny. 981 01:38:32,160 --> 01:38:33,798 Seems very complicated to me. 982 01:38:34,440 --> 01:38:37,238 I don't know how we got on to this subject. 983 01:38:38,440 --> 01:38:40,874 I meant to talk about something else. 984 01:38:41,640 --> 01:38:42,755 What? 985 01:38:43,320 --> 01:38:46,312 Life isn't about being happy any more 986 01:38:46,880 --> 01:38:50,589 or distress or wrestling with fate. 987 01:38:51,640 --> 01:38:52,914 What's life for then? 988 01:38:54,360 --> 01:38:55,475 Life is about... 989 01:38:55,600 --> 01:38:56,919 Yes, what is life about? 990 01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:01,790 It's about life... 991 01:39:03,120 --> 01:39:04,439 That's a funny answer. 992 01:39:07,280 --> 01:39:09,111 ...or about not living. 993 01:39:11,800 --> 01:39:14,189 Life is about being a statistic. 994 01:39:18,240 --> 01:39:19,878 That's the bottom line. 995 01:39:20,160 --> 01:39:21,479 Don't you agree? 996 01:39:22,640 --> 01:39:24,278 Do you want to disagree? 997 01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:26,115 There's your answer. 998 01:39:26,520 --> 01:39:29,876 An excellent, most worthy reply! 999 01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:35,428 Ema gave herself up to a kind of disease 1000 01:39:35,640 --> 01:39:39,235 deep in her innermost being. 1001 01:39:40,280 --> 01:39:42,953 She thought permissiveness would help. 1002 01:39:44,440 --> 01:39:48,592 She knew Os�rio was trying to impress her. 1003 01:39:49,240 --> 01:39:52,198 So was Pedro Luminares with his fine words, 1004 01:39:52,760 --> 01:39:54,557 with their Faustian ring. 1005 01:40:09,400 --> 01:40:10,389 How wonderful! 1006 01:40:12,800 --> 01:40:14,597 What a wonderful view from Ves�vio! 1007 01:40:14,720 --> 01:40:17,075 It reminds me of the volcano that shattered Pompeii. 1008 01:40:17,200 --> 01:40:18,633 Correct, my friend. 1009 01:40:21,480 --> 01:40:23,596 Anything else sir? 1010 01:40:23,760 --> 01:40:25,398 No, that's all. 1011 01:40:25,600 --> 01:40:27,113 Very good sir. 1012 01:40:38,760 --> 01:40:40,079 He's like a Russian spy. 1013 01:40:44,560 --> 01:40:47,154 You soiled that soul, 1014 01:40:56,600 --> 01:41:02,152 my soul's delight. 1015 01:41:04,960 --> 01:41:10,114 You had my trust and your foul behavior 1016 01:41:12,840 --> 01:41:17,595 has besmirched the Universe for me. 1017 01:41:23,400 --> 01:41:26,551 Traitor! 1018 01:41:26,920 --> 01:41:30,469 Those are your thanks for friendship. 1019 01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:10,310 Lost sweetness, 1020 01:42:11,440 --> 01:42:15,274 the memory of a kiss. 1021 01:43:44,480 --> 01:43:46,357 I'm telling you, he's a spy. 1022 01:43:51,320 --> 01:43:52,514 That man's a spy! 1023 01:43:54,480 --> 01:43:59,554 Os�rio loved Ema, he believed her beauty was beyond compare, 1024 01:44:00,640 --> 01:44:03,279 but his snobbery came to the fore 1025 01:44:03,600 --> 01:44:08,799 when he had to listen to tales of her saintly aunt Augusta, 1026 01:44:09,440 --> 01:44:11,874 with her proverbial goodness. 1027 01:44:13,320 --> 01:44:17,108 Ema fooled no one, she had no plots, 1028 01:44:17,800 --> 01:44:19,916 she was all show, 1029 01:44:20,560 --> 01:44:26,032 dressing and behaving as if to defeat Holophernes. 1030 01:44:26,960 --> 01:44:32,512 Her eroticism was fuelled by power 1031 01:44:32,760 --> 01:44:34,398 and social status. 1032 01:44:46,960 --> 01:44:48,029 Hello? 1033 01:44:49,280 --> 01:44:51,271 It's Mother. It's her! 1034 01:44:54,280 --> 01:44:55,952 Daddy's out, 1035 01:44:56,960 --> 01:44:58,313 visiting patients. 1036 01:44:59,760 --> 01:45:03,116 We're very well, I've got a bit of a sore throat. 1037 01:45:04,640 --> 01:45:09,077 It's nothing, Daddy says it will soon pass. 1038 01:45:09,280 --> 01:45:10,395 Ask where she is. 1039 01:45:10,640 --> 01:45:11,834 Where are you, Mummy? 1040 01:45:12,720 --> 01:45:13,789 Where? 1041 01:45:14,360 --> 01:45:16,396 At Ves�vio? Is it nice there? 1042 01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:19,555 We're thinking about you. 1043 01:45:22,840 --> 01:45:23,989 We miss you.