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We've come a long way. Fleeing the drought.

How far to Ilh�us?

Not far. A day and a half walking.

Good land. You'll all find work in the cacao plantation.

I hear a good gunman is welcomed there.

It used to be that way.

It's still possible but, you know, progress...

before, a man's courage counted.

Today only the Turkish peddlers...

and Spanish shopkeepers make money.

Good morning.

You're at the slave market to hire laborers for your lands?

Who, me?

No, I'm looking for a cook.

Crazy old Filomena left.

So now I can just serve drinks at my bar, no snacks.

Things that bad, huh, Turk?

Look at this place.

Killers, you can buy them by the dozen.

But a cook, impossible!

Don't you like the hoe, my man?

I can handle it. But I'm better with a gun.

-Thank you, my child. -You're welcome, grandma.

Is she your grandmother?

No, sir.

What can you do?

A little of everything, sir.

Wash clothes?

You just need soap and water.

Cook?

I once cooked for rich folks.

What a handsome man!

Can you really cook?

Take me and you'll see.

How much do you want?

Whatever you want to pay.

Mundinho is on the deck with binoculars.

The ship's aground. They called for a pilot.

The ship's run aground.

All passengers to the deck to await further instructions.

Mundinho Falc�o, the promoter of progress.

Now he himself is caught in these sands...

which impede our development.

Dona Arminda.

Dona Arminda, come with me. I need your help.

Dona Arminda this is my new cook.

Explain everything to her. She knows nothing.

I have to leave.

Why this rush?

Colonel Jesuino Mendon�a killed his wife and Dr. Osmundo.

But why?

He caught the two of them in bed.

Why else? For pulling out the wrong tooth?

Dona Sinhazinha and Dr. Osmundo!

My dead husband told me about that at a s�ance.

I don't have time to hear your story.

What with this crime the bar will be packed.

Show her everything. You, take a bath. You need it.

Girl, how did you get so dirty?

Fleeing the drought. We were on the road for40 days.

You're welcome here my dear.

Jo�o Fulgencio, have you heard the latest news?

-Haven't you finished yet? -There's a message for you.

Colonel Ramiro says to bring a bottle of the best cognac...

to his house.

You're to bring it yourself.

That's all I need. The bottle!

Maybe they want a city man not a plantation Colonel.

-And why? -To toast the murderer.

Hurry back. The bar will live up to its name today.

I toast great man who cleansed his soiled honor with blood.

And do it as a friend and as Ilh�us' political chief.

Go to your plantation and rest.

I know how much you're suffering.

Then come back and go before the judge.

Don't worry. Mauricio Caires will defend you.

And you have my word of honor before all these colonels...

That nothing will happen to you.

I drink to your health Colonel Jesuino Mendon�a.

They say she was stark naked entirely.

Entirely. She had nothing on but black stockings.

Black?

Black stockings. Very sheer.

French stockings! Imagine!

From the other side of the world.

Get to work, loafer!

They were wrapped around each other...

when Jesuino entered.

They didn't hear a thing.

One never does at such a time.

The Colonel wrought justice.

He did what any of us would have done.

He acted like a man.

He wasn't born to be a cuckold.

He had to pull out the horns.

But at night he forgets about morals...

and chases 14-year-old black girls.

Dona Sinhazinha! Who would have thought it?

Always in church.

That's what happens when you go to church too often.

It's bad for a married woman to cling to a priest's skirts.

Especially the skirts of father Bas�lio.

Look who's coming. Tonico Bastos.

See how seriously he walks with his elephant.

He looks so proper you'd never know...

he's the town's biggest Don Juan.

If Dona Olga catches him with another woman...

she'll do just what Jesuino did.

Two bullets in each of them.

She's man enough to do it. Look at her mustache.

New banks...

a bus company, a daily newspaper...

the avenue along the beach...

cacao specialists.

You even brought in a striptease dancer.

But I'll tell you something.

More important than all that is the arrival of the engineer.

If he comes...

our candidacy will be synonymous with victory.

Don't worry, he'll come. It's a personal thing with me.

Then the dredges will come and clean the harbor.

In Rio, I contacted a Swedish cargo company.

They're willing to establish a line to Ilh�us...

as soon as the big ships can enter the harbor.

And when the first Swedish ship arrives...

it will be the end of the colonels' power...

of the killing.

The export revenues will stay here and not go to Bahia.

Listen to me, Captain.

Progress will come from the sea.

And when it does, we'll see the end of Ramiro Bastos' power.

We won't have to put up with the rule of his son Tonico...

the darling.

The bastards. It's a shame.

Just a month ago, everyone was following Dona Sinhazinha...

In the procession praying for rain.

Everyone was walking barefooted.

Now, not even a visit or a flower...

or a decent coffin.

Good-for-nothings.

That girl's crazy. What's she doing here?

When her father finds out there'll hell to pay.

Colonel Melk went to his plantation.

I met him this morning at the slave market.

Oh, I'm much better. Give me a kiss.

Mundinho Falc�o!

The bearer of progress and pleasure.

This dancer is out of this world. Fabulous!

Doctor, entertainment is cultural too.

Times are changing eh, Captain?

What are you doing here? Why didn't you go to bed?

The young man didn't say anything.

What young man?

You didn't say what you wanted for tomorrow.

Go to your room. Go to sleep.

We'll talk tomorrow.

Good night, sir.

Wait. What's your name?

Gabriela.

I want to be prettier than ever today.

Spare nothing.

I've never seen you so concerned.

Both funerals will pass right by here.

Big deal. No one will be attending them anyway.

But the man will be at the bar watching.

They'll admire me.

None of them talk to me...

but the way they look at me...

I know they all desire me.

And I love it.

It's what I love best in the world.

Come on, hurry up!

The bar is crowded and there's nothing to eat.

They look good.

Codfish balls.

Delicious.

That girl knows how to cook.

And she's pretty. When she laughs, you go crazy.

Look. Professor Josu�.

It looks like he's finally succeeded.

Did you read his poem in today's paper?

Have a look.

'Our love is as eternal as eternity.

More immortal than the immortals.'

How sickeningly sweet.

Don't mock love. Delicious.

Don't mock eternity.

Eternal love is just hunger for a woman.

Why don't poets write about fleeting love?

Such a beautiful thing.

Maur�cio, look here.

It's as if they wanted to meet, even after death.

She has Ofen�sia's blood in her.

Dona Sinhazinha was related to the Avilas.

She must have inherited Ofen�sia destiny...

her disgrace.

Who is this Ofen�sia?

One of my ancestors. A femme fatale...

who fell in love with Pedro II.

She died because she couldn't go with him.

To bed. Where else?

To the royal court.

She would have gladly been his mistress.

Gl�ria's leaving her window. Her keeper just arrived.

I can't forgive a married woman who neglects her duties.

But husbands are just as guilty.

Gl�ria dresses expensively...

lives in the lap of luxury.

Does Coriolano spend as much on his own wife?

In Syria...

a faithless woman is put to death by the knife...

slowly chopped up in small pieces.

What do you mean, Nacib? In small pieces?

Yes, starting with the nipples.

How barbaric.

Not at all.

A woman who deceives her husband is a tramp, a whore.

If I were married and my wife cheated on me...

I'd make hash of her.

And the lover?

The besmircher of a man's honor...

is held by a bunch of mountain men.

They take off his pants spread his legs and...

with a very sharp razor...

You don't mean...?

Yes, castrated.

Strange customs.

But every country has its way.

What a hell.

With those hot Turkish women...

there must be a lot of eunuchs there.

Women there don't exhibit themselves.

They don't show their tits like our friend there.

The women are covered from head to toe.

Just the eyes show.

I just came to bring you this.

It's nothing very special.

I just got here.

Beautiful.

I stayed up waiting for you...

to tell me about tomorrow's menu.

It got late and I lay down.

I worked so hard today.

Are you tired?

'Scandalous Neglect Of the Harbor'

This newspaper should be more careful...

of what it writes.

Threats won't intimidate us. They can't change the truth.

The neglect of the harbor is scandalous.

Nothing was ever done with that sandbar...

which is impeding our progress. The Capital gets our profits!

What is all this? Calm down.

Turk...

has anybody put a cross on the board today?

No, I don't think so.

It looks like a cemetery.

Forty-five days and nothing has happened.

Mundinho should just send another dancer...

then we'd all be happy.

When Mundinho promises he delivers.

Everyone in Ilh�us knows that.

He should be careful not to promise too much...

and careful with the words of the reporter he bought.

Cl�vis Costa has his own opinions.

He's not a 'bought' journalist.

He better watch out what he writes...

or Mundinho will have to buy another coffin.

You going to kill the girl?

What are you doing here?

I came to bring your food.

Lazy Chico is sick and Tuisca didn't show up.

Are you angry?

May I go to the movies with Dona Arminda?

The house is clean and I can still make dinner.

Go, go ahead. Go to the movies.

Here. And pay for Dona Arminda as well.

You're so nice!

Delicious Gabriela.

You are beautiful.

Do you think you'll always be pretty?

Take advantage now or it'll be too late.

I bet you never ask Mr. Nacib for anything, right?

What's there to ask for?

Everything! He'll give you anything you want.

If you play your cards right... use your charms...

teasing, then refusing...

he might even marry you.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, Colonel.

It's a pity that a beauty such as you...

-is wasted in the kitchen. -Why?

It ruins your hands.

Forget the pots and pans.

I can give you everything.

A nice house, a maid...

a charge account.

I like your looks, girl.

I'm hooked on you.

What do you say to my offer?

I don't want it, Colonel.

I have everything I need here.

Where have you been?

It took a little longer today.

Go wait on the tables. You too.

Who'll want me with Gabriela here?

Go on! And you too.

Ah, queen of the goodies!

You'll be mine someday.

My cook.

Why are you laughing?

You look so worried.

You're in love, huh, Turk?

There's only one solution.

Marriage. Marry her.

What you're saying is absurd.

One marries a good girl...

a girl of fine family educated...

with a dowry and above all a virgin.

When you married Dona Olga.

I married her because she owned thousands of acres of cacao.

Property is an old passion of the Bastos family.

Let's drop this conversation.

It's so pretty.

It's for you to keep you company.

Two gifts at the same time. You're so good to me.

Two gifts?

The bird and you bringing it.

You usually come home late every night.

I have something to tell you.

There's something I don't like. It's bothering me.

Is the food bad? Is the laundry dirty?

It's not that at all. It's just that...

I don't want you coming to the bar.

I go to help, and so your lunch won't get cold.

I know, but the others don't.

It's not proper for me to be in the bar?

That's it exactly. Some don't mind...

but others complain.

Starting tomorrow I'll go in the back way...

just to bring your lunch.

You like to go to the bar, huh?

Okay, you can go. But you'll stay behind the bar.

I need to go now.

So soon?

Yes, I shouldn't have come at all.

Come here.

Are you very fond of me?

My handsome man... I like you too much.

It's not the others who don't want you at the bar.

It's me.

I get jealous seeing everyone talking to you.

They almost lay you right in front of me.

-It doesn't bother me. -You sure?

The engineer's coming!

The engineer's coming.

The engineer's coming.

The engineer's coming.

The engineer's coming.

The engineer's coming.

Welcome to Ilh�us Engineer Romulo.

Thank you.

This is the Captain.

Your arrival is a historic moment for our city.

A toast to our engineer Romulo Vieira.

What? No answer?

Impossible.

No explanation? That's odd.

Where did I go wrong?

You don't just break up without a reason.

She read it and told me to return it to you.

Very well.

Thank you.

She's crazy...

insensitive.

Who does she think she is?

She's just a slut, a Colonel's daughter.

She doesn't respect anyone.

She causes suffering even eating a fruit.

If only he knew how much I love him.

'This suffering cradles me. My heart is weary.'

Perfect Alexandrine verse!

You look worried, Tonico.

Mundinho scored a point with the arrival of the engineer.

Mind your own business.

You're the one who should be worried.

The Judge has taken a house on Quatro Borboletas Alley.

For whom do you think? Use your head.

Where are the snacks?

How should I know? Dona Gabriela wasn't home.

Tonico...

When you talk about me getting married, are you serious?

Of course, Arab. If it were I...

I've been thinking, and...

You want it.

The problem is she hasn't any papers.

She doesn't know when she was born...

or her father's name or her age.

I'm your friend and I own a notary's office.

I can get you false papers.

Isn't it dangerous?

Not at all. Ilh�us was built on false documents.

Titles to thousands of acres.

What harm will one more make?