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THIS MOVIE IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY

SALVADOR, 1920's

SERGIPE, 1933

From now on,

you're no Ionger Maria Rita, you're...

SISTER DULCE

I, for the gIory of God,

promise to Iive in chastity, poverty and obedience,

in the spirit of the GospeI,

according to the ruIes of the missionary sisters

of Our Lady of ImmacuIate Conception.

Howare you?

Antonio, sir.

You have to take one every day,

at Iunch and dinner.

I have some bread foryou, Zé CarIos, sir.

Howare you, boy? Are you feeIing better?

He's doing much better, right?

SAINTANTHONY'S CONVENT

DiscipIine, obedience, poverty, cIoister.

Those are the tooIs that make us stronger

in a reIigious Iife.

A Iife free of...

Something came up.

Another unforseen event, Sister DuIce?

Every day at 6 PM,

we cIose and Iock the convent's doors.

-And do you knowwhy, Sister? -Yes, I do.

So we can observe siIence...

So we can observe siIence

and deepen our prayers.

ExactIy.

That's the important roIe ofthe night cIoister.

Go and get yourseIf together.

Yes, sister.

"Forget aIso thine own peopIe and thy father's house.

So shaII the king greatIy desire thy beauty:

for He is thy Lord and worship though Him."

DuIce.

It's onIy a boy!

Sister DuIce, cIose the door. We'II aII be punished.

I'm sorry, but I'm going out.

We'd reaIIy Iike to heIp you,

but this is a convent

and at this time no one can come in.

Where is your mother?

We'd better cIose the door.

Sister DuIce, don't do that.

If you do it, there's no way back.

I know.

CouId you do it?

UnfortunateIy there is no room.

What do you mean? He can't stay on the street.

Sister, we don't have any room right now.

What shouId I do with the boy?

I don't know.

Let's sit here.

This house shouId be fine.

I want my share ofthe money, Neco!

Do you think you couId break open this door?

The boy is sick; he needs sheIter.

The house is empty.

This is on me, aIright?

God bIess you.

Nowyou can rest.

What's your name?

João.

I'm Sister DuIce.

Look at me, Sister DuIce.

What is it that you want?

There's a Iimit, Sister, for what we do.

You knowthat, don't you?

We shouIdn't be embarrassed to admit our Iimitations.

We are women,

just women.

So don't put yourseIf at risk, Sister.

You're onIy a woman.

Do you understand?

Opening the convent's door at night

is against our Congregation's vaIues.

Don't forget your vows, Sister DuIce.

You're a servant of God.

Yes, Mother.

Father, bIess me for I've sinned.

I haven't confessed in 4 days.

I accuse myseIf of disobeying the Congregation's Iaws,

I accuse myseIf of being reckIess,

and of risking the Iives of my sisters.

I accuse myseIf of not fuIfiIIing aII my duties

in the convent.

My angeI,

come here.

If I pray, wiII it go away?

WiII it?

Yes, it wiII.

You can Iie down here.

There you go.

Rest, okay?

Son...

You're feeIing better, aren't you?

-So you can go home now. -No!

I don't want to.

What are you taIking about?

Listen,

you have to go home.

Your famiIy probabIy misses you.

Mr. AIoisio,

may I?

Sure.

-Good afternoon. -Good afternoon.

-Are you reIated to DinaeI? -DinaeI?

-Yes, DinaeI. -No, sir.

Did you rent the house?

No, it was empty.

IfI expIained it to him, he'd Iet me stay.

What's your name?

-Sister DuIce. -Sister DuIce.

Listen, Sister DuIce, Mr. DinaeI won't Iike this.

Son, teII him there are sick peopIe here.

How can youjust stand there

and do nothing?

With aII those peopIe suffering!

You watch peopIe suffer and do nothing?

You have to do something.

They need...

Find a way. Do something about it.

Things can't go on the way they are, my saint.

Excuse me, Augusto.

There's a man here to see you.

TeII him to wait.

He said it's urgent.

It's about Sister DuIce.

Daughter...

What are you turning this pIace into?

Are you aIright, Daughter?

Yes, I am.

Yes?

We'd Iike to taIk to the mayor.

Do you have an appointment?

You're doing a very nice thing.

I'm not doing anything. God is.

But you can't.

I don't knowwhether God knows about the worIdIy matters.

Maybe not in Heaven, but here, on Earth,

trespassing is a serious offense.

Sister, here on Earth there is one thing

caIIed private property,

that must be respected as much as God.

Yes, but the 10 Commandments say,

''Love thy neighbor as thyseIf.''

As thyseIf, mayor, underIined.

Apiece ofbread won't soIve the probIem.

We need a change, heIp those who need.

-I got it, Sister. -I'm sorry.

But you must agree with me that it wouId be chaos

if aII those in need broke into an empty house.

-It can't be. -No, it can't be.

-She knows it. -I know.

I knowyou do.

Empty the house as soon as possibIe, aIright?

AIright.

-You have two days. -Two days?

-Daughter... -DeaI?

Do you have something for me?

I don't get it.

Some money for the poor.

Dad has been taIking a Iot about you.

He said he had a dream.

Did Dad dream about me?

-Come on, teII me. -You're so curious!

Don't be a pain, sister.

-Ask him. -You teII me.

He said that St. Anthony showed up

and took you to kiss the Pope's hand.

Don't disrespect St. Anthony.

I thought you were cIose. You aIways taIk to him.

-You couId taIk to him too. -He doesn't taIk to me.

Yes, he does.

But yourtopics are not exactIy properfor St. Anthony.

Since when reaI Iove isn't proper?

Maybe.

Go and kick everyone out. I don't want anyone here.

Out!

Take them out.

Get out!

Come on!

Get them out!

PIease, have mercy. Don't do that.

Mr. DinaeI, that's the nun.

-DinaeI, sir... -Stay out ofthis.

Is it tubercuIosis?

No, it's a disease that crystaIIizes the bronchi

making it hard to breathe.

Does it have a cure, Doctor?

UnfortunateIy, not.

She'II need speciaI care

in order to have a normaI Iife.

I'm sorry.

Can we see her now?.

Sure. Shejust needs to rest a IittIe.

So...

WeII, I hope I'm wrong,

but this young woman won't Iive too Iong.

Sister DuIce!

Son, what are you doing here?

I was toId you were here.

And the house with the patients?

The men said they're coming back.

So Iet's go there.

-Aren't you sick? -I'II take care ofit Iater. Come.

Come.

We're here.

Come!

Sisters.

You can sit over here.

João, heIp them sit here.

Come.

Let's heIp them.

Bring them some water, Sister.

Come.

Sister EmiIia.

Sister DuIce!

PIease, take care ofher.

You can come this way.

Put Maria underthe shadow.

João, bring her here.

Come.

Sister DuIce!

Isn't it wonderfuI?

Are they staying here?

No, not here. Over there.

Overthere?

Where, Sister?

-At the henhouse? -No.

We couId renovate it

and buiId a great cIinic here.

-A cIinic? -Yes.

We couId come forward 3 or 4 meters,

buiId a roof,

and pIace beds on each side.

Enough!

It's not up to you to decide what the Congregation shouId do.

It's not up to you.

You're a nun, Sister DuIce,

you're not God.

Those peopIe cannot stay here.

They have nowhere to go.

They cannot stay here.

I cannot do that to them.

You can do nothing eIse, Sister DuIce.

But you can.

You can, Mother Fausta.

Thank you!

God bIess you!

João, bring the peopIe in.

What about the chicken?

We'II make chicken soup.

Mr. Antonio, howare you, sir?

God bIess you.

Amen.

It must be.

You must go home.

They probabIy miss you.

God bIess you, son!

Is the chicken soup onIy for your patients?

''My patients'' are yours too now.

So I'II have to taste it to make sure it's good.

They're Iocked inside.

HeIp!

CaIm down! We'II remove everyone.

Push the door.

Sister EmiIia!

HeIp, pIease!

Push the door!

Ready!

HeIp!

João!

João!

João!

João!

Don't go in.

There's a boy in there. Let me in.

No! No!

Thank you.

PIease, Iet me stay.

We have nowhere to go.

PIease, heIp us.

The doctors said there's nothing they can do.

Sister, give her your bIessing.

PIease!

HeIp us, Sister, for God's sake.

He kicked me out, Sister DuIce,

with a young girI to take care of.

I'm reaIIy upset.

They say they're taking away my spot.

Howam I supposed to Iive?

I want a husband, Sister DuIce.

I never paid the eIectricity or water biII Iate.

I've been working here for 25 years,

from Sunday to Sunday.

She says it's her office.

So that's what we'II do, the paint and the tiIes.

Is it okay, Sister DuIce?

Cement,

bricks,

everything?

If she's not weII by tomorrow, take herto the hospitaI.

God bIess you, my chiId.

SALVADOR, 1960'S

I'm done fortonight, NeIson. Let's go home.

Stop, NeIson.

João! João!

João, what happened?

Son,

Iet me heIp you.

Nowyou want to heIp me?

Forget me.

PIease, Son. Let me heIp you.

Are you hungry?

WouId you Iike some soup? There's soup in the truck.

Do you want to heIp me? So give me your truck.

It's not mine. I can't give it to you.

-Wait, João. -I can't stay here.

I've been giving unIimited support

to my dear Sister DuIce's efforts.

I can teII you I've been on her side since the beginning,

since the St. Anthony HospitaI was a henhouse.

A henhouse, peopIe.

And nowwe're opening a newward with 150 beds!

NowIet's hearthe mind behind this work,

our dear Sister DuIce.

I...

I'd Iike to say

that this is not my doing, it's God's.

And whatever God does Iasts forever.

Since I have your unIimited support,

Mr. Governor...

You certainIy do.

I'd Iike to ask you once again,

we need a newward forthe speciaI patients.

Another ward, Sister?

Sister DuIce, do you practice weIfarism?

Son, weIfarism takes poIiticaI advantage of the poor.

What we're doing here is exercising

the citizen's essentiaI rights.

What about those who criticize you for asking the rich...

My party is poverty.

Write it down, Son.

Things wouId be much better

ifthere were more Iove.

Is that it?

Down.

You too. On the fIoor.

Don't move. Hands up.

Down! Don't move!

Hands on your head.

Let's get out ofhere.

Let's get out ofhere!

What is it?

Let's get out ofhere, man!

Let's go, João!

Happy birthday!

DuIcinha!

Happy birthday, Sis.

You knowthat today is not my birthday.

Of course, I do.

But those peopIe needed a party.

Look at them!

The poIice?

Yes.

They came to the convent this morning.

They're Iike our own, aren't they?

-Have you heard from him? -João?

Don't Iie.

HoIy Mary Mother of God...

Let's go, Dad.

Sure.

What is it, Dad?

I'm asking you the same thing.

Let's go, Dad.

I knowthere's something going on.

There's aIways something going on.

Good morning, friend.

Can you heIp the poor?

BIess me, Sister.

God bIess you.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Good morning, friend. Can you heIp the poor?

This one was for me.

Nowgive me something forthe poor.

You have to accept it, son.

You have to see Christ in a sick person.

Here we receive those no one eIse wants,

those who have nowhere eIse to go.

PeopIe find them on the street

and Ieave them at the door.

I'm not going to throwher out again.

If you don't have room for her, take herto my room.

I'II go and get the doctor.

Give him eternaI rest, Lord.

May the perpetuaI Iight shine on him.

Rest in peace.

DuIce.

He kept saying your name.

I think he wanted to say goodbye.

I think so.

João?

What are you doing here?

-I need to taIk to you. -Is it true about the woman?

Did you shoot that woman?

No.

There is no woman.

I'd Iike to give you this.

It's foryour work.

Accept it, Mother, pIease!

PIease?

What have you done, Son?

There's no way back.

João, you must turn yourseIfin.

It wasn't my fauIt.

-You must turn yourseIfin. -Don't you beIieve me?

You must turn yourseIfin.

I won't turn myseIf in!

I'm sorry.

Don't faiI me now.

You must heIp me.

You must heIp me.

BIess this.

Come on, do it!

Have you bIessed it?

Have you reaIIy?

If you don't bIess this, you'II be out in the rain.

Tomorrow, we'II see what we do .

-Good morning, Sister. -Good morning.

Have you seen João?

No.

OxaIá bIess you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm Iooking forJoão.

Your son went after Neco in AIagados.

He came here for protection.

But being the son of who he is,

he doesn't need protection.

He's aIready protected.

Hey, kid!

Take the Sisterthere.

Thank you.

God bIess you!

You're weIcome, my saint.

You said you'd return the money

and you bring a gun?

Get him up.

Get up!

WiII you kiII me?

You're so stupid, João!

Where is my money?

Can you pray, bIack boy?

Go away.

I didn't ask you not to come here?

Get out ofhere!

I didn't knowJoão was stiII under your protection.

Sister DuIce?

Sister DuIce?

I'm sorry.

This is Dom Eugênio SaIes, ourApostoIic Administrator,

and Sister AuxiIiary, our newMother ProvinciaI.

Has anything happened?

Yes, it has.

PIease, Mother ProvinciaI,

I can't Ieave my patients.

Yours?

Yours.

You get in and out ofthe convent

whenever you want,

spend more time in the hospitaI than anywhere eIse.

When you're not there, you're on the streets,

any time ofthe day or in the middIe of the night.

-They need me. -''They''?

What about the HoIy Church? What about your Congregation?

Do you knowhow dangerous it is to expose your Congregation?

What do you mean by ''expose''?

Is it true that some ofthose peopIe

are wanted by the poIice?

Do you understand my concern?

Don't they deserve a second chance?

Yes, of course, they do.

That's why I'm aIso giving you

a second chance, Sister DuIce.

Readapt your Iife

to the convent's needs and scheduIe.

-But... -No exception, no excuses.

It's eitherthat

or I'II be forced to cIose St. Anthony's convent.

So...

Think about it.

Come.

I'm sorry.

You weII deserved

-to have with Iove THE GOOD ANGEL OF BAHIA

in your arms

the Savior

haiI, greatAnthony

universaI saint

who protects the distressed

against aII eviI

you weII deserved

to have with Iove

in your arms

Did you think about it, Sister?

I don't want to go against our vaIues,

but I cannot Ieave the patients, the poor, behind.

So are you Ieaving the Congregation?

Is that it?

Is that it, Sister DuIce?

-In this case... -Mother ProvinciaI, pIease.

Dom Eugênio.

Mother Teresa of CaIcutta has been facing

the same probIems with the cIoister.

-It's not the same thing. -One moment, pIease.

Away of soIving this wouId be to Iet Sister DuIce

remain in the Congregation

but out ofthe cIoister.

Out ofthe cIoister?

You'II remain aIone in this Congregation,

and the other nuns wiII be assigned to other convents,

other Congregations.

But it's not theirfauIt.

AIone in the Congregation,

you'II be abIe to break the cIoister

and take care of your patients.

Is this what you wanted?

Those are the Congregations vaIues.

They're protecting them.

They're right.

Don't think about it now.

Sorry. I found out about the other nuns

and I wanted to see Mom.

But no one sawme coming in.

No one sawme.

No one sawme.

It's aIright, João.

I'm here with her. Don't worry about it.

You can go.

João.

My conscience is cIear.

I knowwhat I did.

I'm responsibIe for my actions.

I must pay for them.

Do you understand, Son?

I must pay for them.

Yes, ma'am.

POLICE STATION

-HaIIowed be thy name. -HaIIowed be thy name.

-Thy kingdom come. -Thy kingdom come.

Thy wiII be done...

Can you heIp the poor?

Does he have fever?

HowIong haven't you eaten?

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

And Iead us not into temptation.

-Lead us not into temptation. -DeIiver us from eviI. Amen.

Amen.

RECONSIDER

THE DECISION

OF REINTEGRATING

SISTER DULCE

CONGREGATION

THAT10 YEARS AGO...

WiII it go away ifI pray?

With Iove everything goes away.

There are more than 500 chiIdren every month in the cIinic.

Ifit doesn't heIp, you must insist.

Last time I asked you, St. Anthony...

Daughter.

Dad!

I missed you!

What happened, Dad?

It's this name, Daughter.

DuIce, your mother's name.

Your mother's name.

I neverthought it wouId be in so many prayers.

So many prayers, Daughter.

DuIce, DuIce, DuIce.

Do you knowwhat they say?

When we want something reaIIy bad,

we shouId ask Sister DuIce.

I think it worked.

''By means ofthis instrument

to reintegrate

Sister DuIce...''

It's over, Daughter.

It's over.

The nuns are coming back. You're no Ionger aIone.

I was never aIone.

SALVADOR, 1980's

-Thank God, Son. -Thank God!

Sister DuIce,

a fewquestions regarding the Pope's visit.

What do you think of your name not being in the guest Iist?

Are you being persecuted?

Stop, man. Get out ofhere.

No, João. Don't.

Sister DuIce, pIease.

-I heard you weren't invited. -Forget it, son.

Pope John PauI II wiII arrive in BraziI on June, 30th.

He wiII visit 12 capitaIs, incIuding SaIvador.

The guest Iist to meet the Pope

was deIivered to the press this morning.

We've noticed that Sister DuIce wasn't among them.

PersonaIities have taIked about the fact

that Sister DuIce isn't among the guests.

-That's not fair. -They aII showed disappointment.

The curia preferred not to comment on the absence

of the Good AngeI of Bahia in the Iist.

Pope must Iand at the airbase

BraziI is getting magnifies the Pope

What's up?

Hi.

What's up, man. Long time no see!

What's up, guys? How's the game?

Here no one Ioses. Let's pIay.

Sister DuIce wasn't invited to see the Pope.

Did you knowthat Sister DuIce won't see the Pope?

It can't be.

We are seeing peopIe of SaIvador getting Pope

We couId get together and heIp her see the pope.

Let's do it.

She deserves our heIp.

Can you taIk to the peopIe so they can heIp?

Let's taIk to peopIe here to heIp her.

The time has come. Let's heIp her.

Can I count on you?

You can count on me.

ReaIIy?

You can count on us.

Without her, I'd be no one.

What about this nice acarajé?

-WouId you Iike one? -Sure.

-And Iots of pepper. -AIright, pepper.

It is estimated that so far 9 miIIion peopIe

have seen the Pope.

And what to expect in cities, such as SaIvador,

that anxiousIy waitfor him?

The reporters have accompanied the Pope

and we note that he has done with great joy

this visitfor us

-I'm here. -What?

I came as soon as I found out.

What did you find out?

According to miIitary poIice more than 1 miIIion peopIe

are gathered to pay off the Pope

to participate in outdoor mass.

The EccIesiasticaI Authorities are here to weIcome

Pope John PauI II.

The pope is in SaIvador and has an extensive scheduIe.

Wherever he goes, there's a crowd greeting him.

We've just heard he's coming.

A huge crowd waiting for the arrivaI

Many peopIe carring the BraziI's flag, and other of Bahia

there is Vaticano flag, too

and pictures of João PauIo II.

Ahuge crowd waiting for the arrivaI

aII are here waiting

Everyone here is screaming her name

His visit to BraziI which is the most cathoIic country

fuIfiIIs the promise that the peopIe expected

just received the information that he approaches

it's time the peopIe gathered here

personaIIy meet Pope João PauIo II.

After uttering a few words,

receive eccIesiasticaI authorities

and for so Iong waited for this moment.

Pope João PauIo II, is certainIy the Ieader of the CathoIic Church,

-that most traveIed untiI today. -FinaIIy he wiII perform the Mass...

that peopIe is waiting.

Cheers for the pope!

Cheers for the pope!

Cheers for the pope!

And may His compassion and Iove

shine on each and every one of you.

In the name of the Father, Son,

and HoIy Spirit.

Amen.

Now the reIigious peopIe are greeting the Pope.

Friar Francisco SiIva Gomes.

It must be enormousIy thriIIing for them.

Friar Antonio Maria Fonseca.

The Iist of reIigious peopIe to be greeted by the pope

was changed a few days before the ceremony.

As requested by the peopIe from Bahia,

a request that was finaIIy granted.

Sister DuIce.

Sister DuIce.

It's Sister DuIce! It's Sister DuIce!

Sister DuIce!

Sister DuIce!

Sister DuIce!

Sister DuIce!

Sister DuIce!

Mom!

DESPITE THE DOCTORS' DIAGNOSIS

SISTER DULCE LIVED FOR MANYYEARS.

HER WORK IS STILLALIVE TO THIS DAY.

SAINTANTHONY'S SHELTER

WHAT USED TO BE A HENHOUSE BECAME

ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOSPITALS IN BRAZIL.

TODAY SISTER DULCE'S SOCIAL WORK

CARE FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

IN 1988, SISTER DULCE WAS NOMINATED

FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

A FEWMONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH,

SISTER DULCE AND POPE JOHN PAUL II METAGAIN.

IN 2011, SISTER DULCE WAS CANONIZED

BY POPE BENEDICTXVI, AND TODAY HER SANCTUARY

ATTRACTS PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

God taught us to Iove our neighbor

as we Iove ourseIves.

But as ourseIves underlined.

Not just giving some change, bread or coffee.

"As ourseIves" means much more than that,

it's Iove, care and affection.

So if I see a sick person on the street,

I just give them bread and coffee and move on?

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO SISTER DULCE.

THE GREATEST ONE IS HERWORK.

SISTER DULCE