1 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,152 I was a young girl. 2 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:25,758 I used to swim like a fish. 3 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,391 My shoulders were wider than any boy's in S. Felipe. 4 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,073 I'd go swimming at a slightest whim. 5 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,792 None of the boys had the nerve to follow me. 6 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,749 They'd shout from the beach, "Sharks, Clotilde! 7 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,679 Come back before they eat you!" 8 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,752 Then, they'd sing, 9 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,999 Come back, my love Back into my arms 10 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,874 No shark ever got near me.n. 11 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,116 Sometimes, I'd take my oldest boy. 12 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,517 I'd leave him sitting on the rocks, and go in for a swim. 13 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,314 I never wanted to come back. 14 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,477 But I always did. 15 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,954 Poor Jojo, he'd cried so hard... 16 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,949 he'd almost fall off the rocks, holding his arms out to me. 17 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,358 I'd swim back close to the beach 18 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:21,154 and float there and watch him cry. 19 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,352 Sometimes, he seemed like he'd burst crying. 20 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:26,790 But he never did. 21 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,757 I'd sit with him until the sun went down. 22 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,237 I knew the boys were watching me from above. 23 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,512 But they'd give up, and stop singing. 24 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:14,432 COLOSSAL YOUTH 25 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,073 Bete! 26 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,318 Bete! 27 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,271 Your mother's gone. 28 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,315 She doesn't love me anymore. 29 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,239 She won't spend the rest of her life with me. 30 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,670 She doesn't want the new house. 31 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,237 I've been having this nightmare 32 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,637 for more than 30 years. 33 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,798 It started in the sheds of the Social Housing Institute 34 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,152 on the Amadeu Construction site. 35 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,671 The anxiety tormented me night after night. 36 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,234 Ventura, you got the wrong door. 37 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,398 No, I don't. 38 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,716 I used to get it wrong all the time. 39 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,676 I'd come back drunk from work and collapse into a strange bed. 40 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,669 I'd walk into Totinha's house, Nina's house, Maria's house 41 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,316 and I'd fall in a heap. 42 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,477 They'd take me home at dawn. 43 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,399 All doors looked the same back then. 44 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,671 You got the wrong door and the wrong daughter.. 45 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,433 When your mother had a child, she'd pray it wouldn't be a drunk. 46 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,637 She doesn't love me anymore. She doesn't love anyone. 47 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,552 She doesn't love her children. 48 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,791 - How's it going? - Good. 49 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,828 - See you, Xana. - See you, Ventura. 50 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,399 - Not hungry? - No. 51 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:12,878 I didn't have supper last night. 52 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,916 Your mother left me. 53 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,510 She stabbed me with a knife. 54 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,355 The blood's already dry. 55 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,714 The woman wrecked the house. The bed, the wardrobe... 56 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,515 She destroyed everything. 57 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,315 She took the new suitcase, 58 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,114 all my embroidered shirts and my jackets... 59 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,717 She just left a few things. 60 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,593 Really? 61 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,671 In the bathtub, I think. 62 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,918 She wrecked thousands in furniture. What woman? 63 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,393 She had Clotilde's face, but it wasn't her. 64 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,632 I don't know if it was Clotilde or another woman I slept with. 65 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,028 Eat. 66 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:44,799 Sure. 67 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:03,754 Vanda! 68 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,673 Vanda! 69 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,598 Vanda! 70 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:31,516 Where do you live? 71 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,073 Vanda! 72 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,197 What do you want, Ventura? 73 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,516 - They gave you a basement flat? - Yeah. What do you want? 74 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,199 A beer. 75 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,550 - You got money? - Sure. 76 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,510 Your mother didn't come home? 77 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,354 Look, it's stealing its food. 78 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,915 She didn't sleep here last night? 79 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:34,837 Look at the little monkey. 80 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,230 She took the suitcase and left. 81 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,789 Ventura, my mother's buried at Amadora Cemetery. 82 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,635 I looked for her all over. 83 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,909 What can I do about it? 84 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,153 I also want lots of things I don't have... 85 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,510 Reducing the methadone. 86 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,071 No more pain. No more suffering. 87 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,875 I want to be at peace. 88 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,274 I want my daughter with me, 89 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,637 but I don't have her. 90 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:44,115 I want unemployment benefits but I don't get them. 91 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,436 - You still get nothing? - Nope. 92 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,712 I haven't had a thing in 15 months. 93 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,233 I'd like some cash so I can eat shrimp. 94 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,635 You still have something. Not much, but you do. 95 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:14,353 I want to have some luck but I have none! 96 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,114 If my mother was still alive, I wouldn't be like this. 97 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,953 That's for sure. 98 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,959 Shit! Why'd I wipe my eyes with those Dodots? 99 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,518 Good for me! 100 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:57,835 - Dodots? - Yep. 101 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:00,915 I wiped my eyes with them. 102 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,039 Look at that snake! Christ! 103 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:10,312 Anaconda. 104 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,752 Look at that. 105 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,675 It swallowed it whole. 106 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:23,755 �Dodots? 107 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,675 Look at the size of it, Papa! 108 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,712 40 feet. 109 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,953 He got it! 110 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,116 Look, a crocodile. 111 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,831 Dodots? 112 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,357 Yeah, Dodots. 113 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,831 No more Mr. Crocodile! 114 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,271 Dead as a doornail. 115 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,669 Did you see the size of its jaws? 116 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,157 What are Dodots? 117 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,319 Son toallitas para limpiarle el culito a los beb�s. 118 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,469 Look. 119 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,279 You've never seen Dodots? 120 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,237 - Diapers? - Yeah. 121 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:45,197 Look at that crocodile and those huge jaws! 122 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,558 See you, daughter. 123 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,078 See you, Papa. 124 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,312 Trhee points. 125 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:11,789 Seven. 126 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:17,675 Nine. 127 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,514 I need you to write a letter to the missus. 128 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,952 - To send her money? - To tell her I miss here. 129 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,710 It's Arcangela's birthday on Dec. 4, and mine on the 5th. 130 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,510 A sort of love letter. 131 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,274 Nha crecheu, my love, 132 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:11,477 Being together again will brighten our lives for at least 30 years. 133 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,470 I'll come back to you strong and loving. 134 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,235 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 135 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,195 a dozen fancy dresses, 136 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,118 a car, 137 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,392 that little lava house you always dreamed of, 138 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,399 a threepenny bouquet. 139 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,309 But most of all, 140 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,990 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 141 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,829 Here, it's nothing but work. 142 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,755 There are over a hundred of us now. 143 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,397 77 points. 144 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,792 43. 145 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,232 And after that? 146 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,592 - Take a pen. - There are no pens in the shack. 147 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:02,351 There are no pens in the shack? 148 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,278 That's sad. 149 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,513 Lento? 150 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,430 You asleep, Lento? 151 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,832 Listen good. 152 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:45,637 Being together again will brighten our lives for at least 30 years... 153 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,310 I'll come back to you strong and loving. 154 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,797 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 155 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,595 a dozen fancy dresses, 156 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,677 a car, 157 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,077 that little lava house you always dreamed of, 158 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:05,079 a threepenny bouquet. 159 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,550 But most of all, 160 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,913 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 161 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,118 Here, it's nothing but work. 162 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,152 There are over a hundred of us now. 163 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:22,793 That's a beautiful letter. 164 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,559 Yeah, a beautiful letter, Lento. 165 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,717 Learn it by heart. 166 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:30,872 Goodnight, Lento. 167 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,752 Goodnight, Ventura. 168 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,958 I bought chicken. 169 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,593 Mr. Ventura? 170 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,310 That's me all right. 171 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,272 Laborer, retired. 172 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,791 Andr� Semedo, locksmith, transferred to the administration. 173 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:47,272 - North or south islands? - Totally south! 174 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,835 Ch�o do Monte, �guas Podres, Santa Catarina. 175 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:51,758 Principal, Ch� da Horta, Tarrafal. 176 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,235 - Your wife's not coming? - No. 177 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,840 3 p.m., November 1, 2001. 178 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,953 Third floor, right. The flat is full of light. 179 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,590 My head's spinning. I'm aching all over. 180 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,836 I can't open it. 181 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,595 Temple, shack, house God. 182 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,239 How lucky to be protected by the house Gods. 183 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,272 It's a tiny place. 184 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,076 I want bedrooms for my children. 185 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,193 Bring me their papers. 186 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,878 There's no mention of children in your file. 187 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,230 - I want bedrooms. - How many? 188 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,475 A bunch of rooms. 189 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,876 Everyone asks for rooms. 190 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,798 I need them more than others. 191 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,639 When I had my daughter, I had pains for over three days. 192 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,512 Pains? 193 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,076 In my back. All over. 194 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,237 I said to my husband, 195 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,513 "I can't stand it. But I'm not due yet." 196 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,476 "Careful, darling! Don't give birth here. 197 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,558 "If you're feeling bad, we'll go to the hospital. 198 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,719 I suffered three days. I didn't want to go. I was scared. 199 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,316 It was a Saturday. 200 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,192 I had my daughter on a Saturday. 201 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,152 I went... 202 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,239 The nurse held me back, 203 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,351 "You're not going anywhere." 204 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,278 I said, "Excuse me?" 205 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,393 "But I've got to go home, miss. 206 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,033 "Why can't I?" 207 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,154 "Because the baby's head has already appeared. 208 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,949 "But I'm all alone here! "I have to get my husband. 209 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,196 I don't know his phone number." 210 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,076 And she said, "You're not leaving here. 211 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,272 "Give me your address. I'll send someone." 212 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:48,351 And I was in such pain! Christ! 213 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,518 Waves of pain every ten minutes. 214 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,475 So I said, "Ow! It hurts so much!" 215 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,389 The pains were coming twice as fast. 216 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,399 "Listen, it's getting worse." 217 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,435 "You're having your baby and you... "Come with me." 218 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,517 I went there. 219 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,997 They put me in the delivery room 220 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,310 and put this thing on my belly. 221 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,679 I had the same belly I have now. 222 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,871 I didn't even have a belly. 223 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,038 It was the same as it is now. 224 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,517 They put this CTG on me. 225 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,199 It's a kind of belt. 226 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,038 And I went, "Oh! 227 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,869 "Get this crap off me! It hurts! 228 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:43,188 "We can't, ma'am. "It's to hear the baby's heart!" 229 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,677 "Take it off, I said! Or else, I will! 230 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,270 "But, ma'am, you can't take it off." 231 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,030 When I realized I was stuck, I said, 232 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,392 "My husband's outside. Go and get him. 233 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,152 "You were alone and now your husband's here? 234 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,874 "He's just outside. Go get him. 235 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,276 "What's your husband's name?" "Paulo Jorge." 236 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,154 He came in, "What is it, darling?" 237 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,635 "I can't stand it here. It hurts too much. 238 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,117 "Help me, darling. It hurts!" 239 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,912 Then an Indian came in. 240 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,829 Plus my husband and five others. Seven in all. 241 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,553 The Indian got on top of me, 242 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,628 because when I pushed, my daughter came up here. 243 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,394 It was hard. She was like a little mouse. 244 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,910 Otherwise, she'd have come out quicker. 245 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,397 But the small ones all come up this way. 246 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,234 And the doctor said, 247 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,717 "We have to do something. She can't take anymore." 248 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,198 And all those guys on top of me, with their knees and hands. 249 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,155 They went like this, they pushed and pushed... 250 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,273 until the child came out... Whoosh! 251 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,677 Once she was out, I didn't even see her face, 252 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,791 or if it was a boy or a girl. 253 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,991 I never saw her again. 254 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:11,068 They said, "You're not going anywhere. You're sick. 255 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,112 "I'm not fucking sick! 256 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,149 "Get the hell out of here, you little whores!" 257 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:24,868 And my husband said to me, "Insulting the ladies now? 258 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,958 "Shut up. You're staying here." 259 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:33,076 And me, all stitched up as I was, I couldn't even walk. 260 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,590 Otherwise, I'd have run. 261 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,757 I wouldn't have hesitated. 262 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,270 They put me in a room. 263 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,311 First, on a gurney, 264 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,160 next to another girl who'd just delivered. 265 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,476 She was young, too. 266 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,551 We didn't have pillows. We had to lie flat. 267 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,513 So the blood could circulate. 268 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,793 So I went like this and I said, 269 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,153 "I'm starving. And she said, "You can't eat." 270 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,149 "Miss, give me something. I'm starving!" 271 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,357 The girl next to me said, "You can't eat anything." 272 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,871 "Lie back down so the blood doesn't go to your head." 273 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,628 "Well then, let it go to my head!" 274 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:25,832 I felt nauseous. And I couldn't walk because of the stitches. 275 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,399 When I looked up... 276 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:36,190 An hour later, they came for the gurney. 277 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,069 and took me God knows where. 278 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,670 I crossed the whole Amadora Hospital on a gurney. 279 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,478 The doctor pushed me. 280 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,512 We took an elevator.... 281 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,314 hen we took another one... 282 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,795 and ended up on the 7th floor. 283 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,117 All alone in a room! 284 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,119 All alone. 285 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,233 I swear by my mother's soul, by my daughter's health! 286 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,437 By my mother's soul! 287 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,996 I was left alone in a room. 288 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,748 And I cried every day. 289 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,952 My God! All I had was a TV. 290 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,551 I never saw the doctor's face, just his eyes. 291 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,796 They all wore masks. 292 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,752 I asked them, "Why are you wearing those? 293 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,750 "Am I that sick? What's the matter with me?" 294 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,318 "Nothing much. You just have a spot on your lung 295 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,716 "and we have to be careful. 296 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,309 "For your health and for ours." 297 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,634 Did I cry! 298 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,192 One day, I said to my husband, 299 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,030 "Get me out of here before I jump out the window. 300 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,470 "I'll kill myself." 301 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,398 Like our neighbor did yesterday. 302 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,797 "I'll kill myself." My husband got scared. 303 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,071 He told them, 304 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:04,993 "Keep an eye on her. She'll kill herself with the oxygen." 305 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,159 I had one of those oxygen things, there on the wall. 306 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,550 If you open it, it's like gas. 307 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,275 Alone in a room, without doors or windows, nothing. 308 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,233 Locked in. I could have died. 309 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:26,433 "I'll open the bottle and they'll find me stiff. 310 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,998 "Get me out of here, honey. I feel better now. 311 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,511 "I want to leave, darling." And I cried... 312 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:35,709 Then, one day,. 313 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,912 "So you won't let me out? All right, then! 314 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,672 "Where is my daughter?" 315 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,315 I asked the doctor, a Spanish lady. 316 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:50,958 She said, "She's in an incubator. 317 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,194 "You can't see her yet." 318 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,554 "I can't see my daughter? You bet, I can!" 319 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,718 "No, you can't." 320 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,478 I let her leave and put my mask on. 321 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,718 I put on those paper slippers they have... 322 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,748 - You know, those paper slippers... - Yes. 323 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,758 I slipped them on. 324 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,032 When they found me, I was already with my daughter. 325 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,629 "Why can't I see her? I have to get to know her. 326 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,912 "You took her away. I hadn't even seen her face.". 327 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,800 "You're crazy! You have no right to be here!" 328 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,036 "What do you mean?". 329 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,558 From then on, they came every day and took me 330 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,956 in a wheelchair. 331 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,754 Vanda in a wheelchair! 332 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,831 I went to see my baby girl. 333 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,918 But it was too painful. 334 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,998 She was in need, just like me. 335 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,716 She jerked up and down in the fucking incubator! 336 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,833 You know, those glass incubators. 337 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,998 She kept jerking! 338 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:08,354 That'll stay with me. I'll never forget that, ever! 339 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,428 Shit! 340 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:16,398 But, thank God, my girl's fine. It's a real miracle. 341 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:21,079 She just has trouble breathing. But it could've been worse. 342 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,191 May God help you both. 343 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,629 Raising them is hard, but it's worth it. 344 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:30,469 It's true. 345 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,070 - Now they're the ones... - Yours are grown.... 346 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,318 - They all help me! - You see! It's true. 347 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,072 My daughter helped me a lot. 348 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,750 Without her, I'd still be hooked, Papa! 349 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:45,753 That's hardly a life! 350 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,554 Believe me! Without my daughter and my husband, 351 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,751 I'd still be on drugs. 352 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,713 - You'd be dead, too. - I sure would. 353 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,433 I swear it. 354 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,231 My daughter gave me such courage. 355 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,114 God knows how much my husband helped me! 356 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,598 If I told you his life story, all he's done for me... 357 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,714 No man would do that. No man! 358 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,514 He didn't even know about the drugs. 359 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,268 I'd send him to buy them. 360 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,472 I'd say, "Go to such and such a place, 361 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,593 "and ask to speak to such a person." Shit! 362 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,514 That's why I love him so much. 363 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,956 He helped me so much. Maybe too much. 364 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,674 Are you off drugs, Zita? I mean... Vanda? 365 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,872 Absolutely, it's been almost two years. 366 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,391 If I hadn't stopped, I wouldn't be like this. 367 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,030 Papa, honestly! 368 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:49,195 That's life. 369 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,791 You don't have to work so hard, son. 370 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,112 Today's a holiday. 371 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,280 In my time, we didn't work on holidays. 372 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,712 Some more rice? 373 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,679 That's enough. 374 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,151 How's things at home? 375 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,348 - Come for lunch Sunday? - All right. 376 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,399 And the missus? 377 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,719 Your daughter? 378 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,120 She's grown. She's at day care now. 379 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,878 She's grown. She's at day care now. 380 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:44,798 piggyback, 381 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,593 on my shoulders, 382 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,189 up that way, by the supermarket. 383 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,277 I'd come home exhausted. 384 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,119 My love, 385 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,278 Being together again will brighten our lives 386 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,278 for at least 30 years. 387 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,712 I'll come back to you strong and loving. 388 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,197 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 389 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,313 a dozen fancy dresses. 390 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,990 but most of all 391 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:26,034 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 392 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,557 Here, it's nothing but work. 393 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,990 There are over a hundred of us now. 394 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,830 Still nothing from you. 395 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,319 - Some other time. - Hurry up, Ventura! Let's go. 396 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:49,834 I'm waiting. 397 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:52,470 Every day, every minute, 398 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,548 I learn beautiful new words for you and me alone. 399 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,670 Still nothing from you. 400 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,878 Some other time. 401 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,554 August 19, 1972. 402 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,479 I was on a big jet 403 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,275 with 400 immigrants, plus the young girls, 404 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,437 me and my cousin Augusto. 405 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,032 Once up in the sky, he started to cry. 406 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,199 They served us horse steak with Castelo Branco wine. 407 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:20,629 He didn't eat. 408 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,717 I ate his portion. 409 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,029 At the airport, we met his uncle. 410 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,197 He took us to Salitre Street. 411 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,597 The next day, we started with Constru��o T�cnica... 412 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,952 at the Borges Brothers Bank downtown. 413 00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,318 I earned 1,800 escudos every two weeks. 414 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:44,116 At the shacks, a parrot sang, "Nigger! Nigger! Your stinking face!" 415 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,517 I went to work for Amadeu Gaud�ncio. 416 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,313 They sent me here to the Gulbenkian. 417 00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:14,149 I earned 7,500 escudos, plus overtime. 418 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:18,752 I made 16,000 plus the Christmas bonus. 419 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:21,831 This was all brushwood here. 420 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,955 Me and Correia the mason cleared it all away with the eucalyptus. 421 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:29,392 Me and Correia the mason laid down sewage pipes. 422 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:33,236 Me and Antonio the tiler laid the stone and tiles. 423 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:37,870 There were clouds of frogs here. Thousands of them. 424 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,276 Once, we set up the statues of Mr. Gulbenkian and the penguin. 425 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,231 At their feet, the ground was muddy. 426 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,832 We planted grass to pretty it up. 427 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:53,832 We watered it. 428 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,877 They say Mr. Gulbenkian has lots of oil, 429 00:45:59,040 --> 00:45:59,995 and lots of heirs. 430 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,911 Guarding this isn't like guarding the mall back home. 431 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:12,670 Here, you need an iron hand in a velvet glove. 432 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,428 Over there, it's all an iron hand, nothing but poverty. 433 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:20,639 Blacks, whites, gypsies, old people, children. They all steal. 434 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,315 So much hunger and gloom it makes you uneasy. 435 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,197 I know what I'm talking about. 436 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,877 Here it's another world. An ancient, easy world. 437 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,512 No one shouts or runs or spits on the ground. 438 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:38,313 It's nice and easy. 439 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,076 I can take a nap easy. 440 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,552 Afternoons here in Egyptian Art are sacred to me... 441 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,833 There's trouble when someone like you turns up. 442 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,512 But you don't see people like us here often. 443 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,313 But you don't see people like us here often. 444 00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:00,277 I have to make a living. I became a father last month. 445 00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:07,117 - Your first child? - Yes. 446 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:08,628 A boy or a girl? 447 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,434 A girl. Her name's Thais. 448 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:15,990 I took a spill there. I slipped and fell off the scaffold. 449 00:48:28,460 --> 00:48:29,609 Shall we play a hand? 450 00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:31,174 I'll make some food. 451 00:48:31,460 --> 00:48:33,291 Come and play. 452 00:48:38,260 --> 00:48:40,649 I'm going to make fried eggs. Want some? 453 00:48:40,940 --> 00:48:42,692 Sit down and play. 454 00:49:31,460 --> 00:49:33,257 Get this into your head! 455 00:49:34,420 --> 00:49:37,332 Nha cretcheu, my love... 456 00:49:39,500 --> 00:49:46,641 Being together again will brighten our lives 457 00:49:46,660 --> 00:49:48,173 for at least 30 years. 458 00:49:48,460 --> 00:49:50,371 You need rest. 459 00:49:50,660 --> 00:49:54,448 I'll come back to you 460 00:49:54,740 --> 00:49:56,935 strong and loving. 461 00:50:00,260 --> 00:50:04,048 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 462 00:50:05,060 --> 00:50:07,858 a dozen fancy dresses, 463 00:50:08,420 --> 00:50:10,297 a car, 464 00:50:10,580 --> 00:50:13,458 that little lava house you always dreamed of, 465 00:50:13,740 --> 00:50:15,890 a threepenny bouquet. 466 00:50:16,180 --> 00:50:18,057 You need to relax. 467 00:50:18,460 --> 00:50:20,132 But most of all, 468 00:50:20,420 --> 00:50:23,810 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 469 00:50:26,300 --> 00:50:28,336 Here, it's nothing but work. 470 00:50:29,180 --> 00:50:31,330 There are over a hundred of us now. 471 00:50:32,460 --> 00:50:34,769 Two days ago, for my birthday, 472 00:50:35,460 --> 00:50:38,418 I thought about you for a long while. 473 00:50:40,020 --> 00:50:41,931 Did my letter arrive safely? 474 00:50:42,780 --> 00:50:44,611 Still nothing from you. 475 00:50:48,180 --> 00:50:49,408 I'm waiting. 476 00:50:50,220 --> 00:50:51,778 I'm waiting. 477 00:50:52,060 --> 00:50:54,972 Every day, every minute, 478 00:50:55,780 --> 00:50:59,659 I learn new beautiful words, just for you and me, 479 00:51:00,740 --> 00:51:04,176 made to fit us both, 480 00:51:04,860 --> 00:51:07,818 like fine silk pajamas. Wouldn't you like that? 481 00:51:11,620 --> 00:51:15,090 I can only send you a letter a month. 482 00:51:16,220 --> 00:51:18,336 Still nothing from you. 483 00:51:18,860 --> 00:51:20,578 Some other time. 484 00:51:26,540 --> 00:51:28,178 You're tough. You always beat me. 485 00:51:29,340 --> 00:51:31,171 Lucky you had your hard hat. 486 00:51:32,740 --> 00:51:35,334 - Why? - You didn't hurt your head. 487 00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:40,256 A green pen and a black pen. 488 00:51:48,540 --> 00:51:50,258 I'm hungry. Aren't you? 489 00:57:05,140 --> 00:57:06,334 Mam�! 490 00:57:12,660 --> 00:57:14,252 All right? 491 00:57:40,580 --> 00:57:42,298 Mama is sick. 492 00:58:29,660 --> 00:58:32,458 See how my daughter said, "All right?" 493 00:58:33,540 --> 00:58:37,135 It's as if she'd said, "So, Mama, 494 00:58:37,420 --> 00:58:39,172 "are you well?". 495 00:58:45,780 --> 00:58:47,008 My little girl... 496 00:58:47,300 --> 00:58:50,849 Mama just wants to raise you. Then I can die. 497 00:58:56,500 --> 00:58:59,094 It's over. I'm better now. 498 00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:09,291 Look at your baby booties. 499 00:59:10,260 --> 00:59:11,978 Look at the little suitcase. 500 00:59:20,740 --> 00:59:23,049 Today, I'm visiting my other daughter. 501 00:59:23,340 --> 00:59:24,773 - Who's that? - Bete. 502 00:59:25,940 --> 00:59:28,852 - She still in Fonta�nhas? - She's waiting for housing. 503 00:59:30,780 --> 00:59:33,578 - She likes shrimp too. - Does she? 504 00:59:34,020 --> 00:59:35,419 She likes them? 505 00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:38,214 Not as much as you but she's crazy about them. 506 00:59:41,700 --> 00:59:45,932 Then I have to see her, so we buy two pounds each. 507 00:59:47,620 --> 00:59:49,690 We'll eat until we get stuffed. 508 00:59:55,060 --> 00:59:57,051 As soon as I see her, I'll tell her. 509 01:00:02,140 --> 01:00:07,134 See, Papa, just 3 spurts of this and it goes away just like that. 510 01:00:07,420 --> 01:00:08,648 Use it all the time. 511 01:00:08,940 --> 01:00:11,374 I'd better not or it'll become a habit. 512 01:00:11,660 --> 01:00:14,777 When everything's closed up, 513 01:00:15,060 --> 01:00:16,857 I get edgy. 514 01:00:17,700 --> 01:00:20,009 It's like that when you can't breathe. 515 01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:23,339 I can't take the elevator. 516 01:00:24,180 --> 01:00:26,250 I use them, but I get nervous! 517 01:00:27,700 --> 01:00:31,375 It scares me, I don't know why. I shake all over. 518 01:00:32,140 --> 01:00:33,892 Here, dear! 519 01:00:37,380 --> 01:00:40,929 Listen to Mama, baby. Mama is turning it on. 520 01:00:41,220 --> 01:00:45,577 But when Franklin comes on, I'll turn it off, all right? 521 01:00:46,660 --> 01:00:50,369 My daughter asks me, "All right?" Poor little thing! 522 01:00:51,660 --> 01:00:53,855 She feels what I feel. 523 01:01:00,100 --> 01:01:02,170 Dance, baby! Dance! 524 01:01:03,820 --> 01:01:07,176 Dance! Shake your ass! Like this! 525 01:01:08,500 --> 01:01:09,455 How does it go? 526 01:01:09,740 --> 01:01:11,253 No. Your hips! 527 01:01:18,300 --> 01:01:20,052 She's worried. 528 01:01:20,540 --> 01:01:22,849 I can tell she's nervous. 529 01:01:23,420 --> 01:01:24,648 Look at her face! 530 01:01:36,580 --> 01:01:38,650 Baby, Franklin is coming on. 531 01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:54,658 Mama is sick. 532 01:01:58,980 --> 01:02:01,938 You know, Bia... Look at me. 533 01:02:03,060 --> 01:02:06,211 Mama doesn't think she can raise you. 534 01:02:17,620 --> 01:02:19,690 Look at her dance! 535 01:02:19,980 --> 01:02:21,538 Dance, baby! 536 01:02:25,660 --> 01:02:27,412 How did Mama teach you? 537 01:02:43,780 --> 01:02:48,251 Mama won't raise her child. Mama is sick. 538 01:02:52,540 --> 01:02:53,939 Sing, baby! 539 01:02:55,060 --> 01:02:57,255 Your mouth is full, you pig! 540 01:03:01,300 --> 01:03:02,653 Dance, baby! 541 01:03:03,980 --> 01:03:06,414 She's mad. She saw how sick I am. 542 01:03:17,340 --> 01:03:18,455 Look, Franklin! 543 01:03:18,740 --> 01:03:21,618 Turn that off, will you? 544 01:03:23,660 --> 01:03:25,059 That's it! 545 01:03:28,700 --> 01:03:30,531 Look at Franklin! 546 01:03:42,420 --> 01:03:45,014 - Papa, look, it's Franklin! - Sure, that's him. 547 01:04:22,140 --> 01:04:23,778 How dearly I love you 548 01:04:24,060 --> 01:04:28,053 How dearly I love my mother, O flower. 549 01:04:29,820 --> 01:04:32,288 I love you dearly. 550 01:04:33,140 --> 01:04:35,654 For our happiness. 551 01:05:27,380 --> 01:05:30,736 You know you have a dead son. Do you remember his name or age? 552 01:05:33,900 --> 01:05:36,539 The one who drifted from door to door. 553 01:05:37,220 --> 01:05:38,778 No one helped him. 554 01:05:40,020 --> 01:05:42,534 The other day, I had breakfast at the coffee shop. 555 01:05:42,820 --> 01:05:45,015 There were some workers there. 556 01:05:46,140 --> 01:05:48,370 They were discussing a worksite in Porto 557 01:05:49,020 --> 01:05:52,979 and mentioned a worker named Nhurro who worked in Porto. 558 01:05:53,260 --> 01:05:55,820 But I doubt my brother is alive. 559 01:06:08,500 --> 01:06:10,616 Remember the day you were in the vegetable garden 560 01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:13,619 digging up potatoes and you cut him with the hoe? 561 01:11:29,940 --> 01:11:31,976 Like this living room furniture? 562 01:11:33,220 --> 01:11:35,780 I also have a nice bedroom set. 563 01:11:36,260 --> 01:11:37,898 I don't need one. 564 01:11:42,500 --> 01:11:44,138 Are you clean, Nhurro? 565 01:11:47,860 --> 01:11:52,012 I'm not the same Nhurro you left in that hole, 566 01:11:52,300 --> 01:11:54,814 in that shantytown. 567 01:11:55,260 --> 01:11:59,139 But being really clean... No one can claim that. 568 01:12:06,260 --> 01:12:08,490 Being clean means eating three full meals, 569 01:12:10,300 --> 01:12:13,098 not stealing, not wiping car windows, 570 01:12:15,740 --> 01:12:18,174 having a decent job, 571 01:12:19,500 --> 01:12:21,411 learning the ropes. 572 01:12:28,060 --> 01:12:30,096 Fonta�nhas? they razed it already? 573 01:12:30,380 --> 01:12:32,814 There's nothing but dirt, weeds and rats. 574 01:12:38,260 --> 01:12:40,376 They relocated everyone? 575 01:12:40,660 --> 01:12:42,616 Bete is the only one left. 576 01:13:30,140 --> 01:13:34,816 I'm here with you but my mind is back there, 577 01:13:35,940 --> 01:13:37,737 with my mother. 578 01:13:40,660 --> 01:13:43,811 She hasn't had a drink in three weeks. 579 01:13:45,060 --> 01:13:47,335 She's going through withdrawal. 580 01:13:49,100 --> 01:13:52,809 She phoned me and said, "When will you come visit? 581 01:13:54,340 --> 01:13:56,456 "When will you come see your mother?" 582 01:13:58,820 --> 01:14:00,094 Every time I say, "Mama, 583 01:14:01,260 --> 01:14:04,935 "it's a problem. There's no one to replace me. 584 01:14:06,260 --> 01:14:09,775 "But the first chance I have, I'll come see you." 585 01:14:11,020 --> 01:14:13,580 She said, "Son, the cachupa is on the stove. 586 01:14:13,860 --> 01:14:17,091 "It's hot. I'm expecting you." 587 01:14:29,260 --> 01:14:31,012 She's already been relocated. 588 01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:35,532 I have to open her water and electricity accounts, 589 01:14:39,380 --> 01:14:41,257 get some lamps, 590 01:14:42,620 --> 01:14:44,770 a water heater, a stove, 591 01:14:45,060 --> 01:14:47,858 a washing machine, carpeting, 592 01:14:48,260 --> 01:14:50,376 clean everything up... 593 01:15:08,500 --> 01:15:10,775 My father also called me, 594 01:15:11,060 --> 01:15:16,134 "Son, I have my ticket for a week from now. 595 01:15:16,740 --> 01:15:19,334 "Hold on, Papa. 596 01:15:20,020 --> 01:15:23,251 "I'm coming to help you, to call a taxi, 597 01:15:24,020 --> 01:15:25,612 "carry the luggage, 598 01:15:25,900 --> 01:15:28,698 "take you to the airport, 599 01:15:30,060 --> 01:15:32,255 "help you check in, 600 01:15:32,820 --> 01:15:35,812 "weigh the luggage, since you can't read. 601 01:15:38,660 --> 01:15:41,970 "Then, if we have time, we'll go have a beer, 602 01:15:42,260 --> 01:15:44,251 "like father and son. 603 01:15:46,100 --> 01:15:50,969 "I know you hoped to return to Cape Verde to die. 604 01:15:53,300 --> 01:15:55,939 "Mama thinks you'll come back some day. 605 01:15:57,060 --> 01:15:58,413 "As for me, 606 01:15:58,700 --> 01:16:00,418 "I don't know." 607 01:16:10,340 --> 01:16:12,092 Nha cretcheu, my love... 608 01:16:12,780 --> 01:16:15,738 Being together again will brighten our lives 609 01:16:16,020 --> 01:16:18,295 for at least 30 years. 610 01:16:18,820 --> 01:16:23,211 I'll come back to you strong and loving. 611 01:16:24,740 --> 01:16:27,413 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 612 01:16:27,700 --> 01:16:30,214 a dozen fancy dresses, 613 01:16:31,460 --> 01:16:33,098 a car,. 614 01:16:33,420 --> 01:16:35,809 that little lava house you always dreamed of, 615 01:16:36,100 --> 01:16:38,489 a threepenny bouquet. 616 01:16:38,820 --> 01:16:42,051 But most of all, drink a bottle of good wine 617 01:16:42,340 --> 01:16:43,739 and think of me. 618 01:16:44,020 --> 01:16:45,897 Here, it's nothing but work. 619 01:16:46,180 --> 01:16:48,250 There are over a hundred of us now. 620 01:16:48,540 --> 01:16:50,656 Did my letter arrive safely? 621 01:16:50,940 --> 01:16:52,851 Still nothing from you. 622 01:16:53,140 --> 01:16:54,334 Some other time. 623 01:16:54,620 --> 01:16:56,292 Every day, every minute, 624 01:16:56,580 --> 01:17:00,414 I learn beautiful new words for you and me alone 625 01:17:01,740 --> 01:17:04,812 made to fit us both, like fine silk pajamas. 626 01:17:05,100 --> 01:17:06,658 Wouldn't you like that? 627 01:17:06,940 --> 01:17:09,659 I can only send you one letter a month. 628 01:17:09,940 --> 01:17:11,976 Still nothing from you. 629 01:17:12,260 --> 01:17:13,579 Some other time. 630 01:17:13,860 --> 01:17:16,374 I often get scared building these walls. 631 01:17:16,660 --> 01:17:19,413 Me with a pick and cement, you with your silence, 632 01:17:19,700 --> 01:17:23,090 a pit so deep, it swallows you up. 633 01:17:23,900 --> 01:17:27,017 It hurts to see these horrors that I don't want to see. 634 01:17:27,980 --> 01:17:31,529 Your lovely hair slips through my fingers like dry grass. 635 01:17:31,820 --> 01:17:35,256 Often, I feel weak and think I'm going to forget you. 636 01:18:30,260 --> 01:18:31,488 Good morning. 637 01:18:35,180 --> 01:18:37,091 We sure have trouble with the keys. 638 01:18:45,740 --> 01:18:47,651 But we'll find a solution. 639 01:18:48,460 --> 01:18:50,257 How did you get in? 640 01:18:50,660 --> 01:18:52,457 The door was open. 641 01:18:52,980 --> 01:18:54,015 All alone again? 642 01:18:54,300 --> 01:18:56,018 All alone. 643 01:18:57,420 --> 01:18:58,853 We're better off alone... 644 01:19:04,300 --> 01:19:05,938 2nd floor, right. 645 01:19:33,100 --> 01:19:34,738 The living room is big. 646 01:19:35,020 --> 01:19:37,215 130 square feet of good construction. 647 01:19:38,740 --> 01:19:41,538 There's room for couches, 648 01:19:41,820 --> 01:19:43,731 a sideboard, a TV. 649 01:19:44,020 --> 01:19:46,170 It can make a good lounge. 650 01:19:50,500 --> 01:19:52,456 This is a move for the future. 651 01:19:54,940 --> 01:19:58,649 This neighborhood includes a day care center for the youngest, 652 01:19:58,940 --> 01:20:01,295 and an outdoor center for the older children, 653 01:20:01,580 --> 01:20:04,253 social services for everyone, a health care center, 654 01:20:04,540 --> 01:20:06,258 a library, 655 01:20:06,660 --> 01:20:10,494 a skating rink and a police station. 656 01:20:10,820 --> 01:20:12,617 It's full of spiders. 657 01:20:35,060 --> 01:20:37,574 This bedroom is perfect for you and your wife. 658 01:20:41,540 --> 01:20:44,338 Usually, the wife comes along to see the place. 659 01:20:46,500 --> 01:20:48,456 Usually, the entire family, too. 660 01:21:16,060 --> 01:21:20,815 Let's conclude with the do's and don'ts for residents: 661 01:21:24,740 --> 01:21:26,332 Unpaid rent means expulsion. 662 01:21:26,820 --> 01:21:28,617 Unpaid water bill means no showers. 663 01:21:28,900 --> 01:21:30,299 Unpaid gas bill means no cooking. 664 01:21:30,580 --> 01:21:32,457 Unpaid electricity bill means no light. 665 01:21:34,580 --> 01:21:37,970 Most of all, no dealing of any kind on these premises. 666 01:21:40,220 --> 01:21:41,858 Is that clear? 667 01:22:05,460 --> 01:22:06,779 Everything all right? 668 01:22:34,420 --> 01:22:36,695 The City has nothing bigger. 669 01:22:36,980 --> 01:22:39,016 It's five rooms at the most. 670 01:22:39,700 --> 01:22:41,213 How many children do you have? 671 01:22:41,500 --> 01:22:43,218 I don't know yet. 672 01:23:04,900 --> 01:23:06,777 - Yes? - Does it work? 673 01:23:07,060 --> 01:23:09,051 - Yes, it does. - Good luck. 674 01:23:09,340 --> 01:23:10,693 Thank you. 675 01:27:38,620 --> 01:27:42,090 Papa, keep to yourself what I'm going to tell you. 676 01:27:43,580 --> 01:27:46,538 I made a pledge to take my daughter 677 01:27:47,620 --> 01:27:48,655 to F�tima. 678 01:27:48,940 --> 01:27:51,693 - But keep this to yourself. - I will. 679 01:27:53,660 --> 01:27:57,619 I want to take a group excursion with someone from around here. 680 01:28:04,060 --> 01:28:08,099 If my daughter was born healthy and if I was clean, 681 01:28:08,380 --> 01:28:10,416 I'd take her to F�tima. 682 01:28:23,460 --> 01:28:25,576 I'll come with you and pay for the trip. 683 01:28:31,740 --> 01:28:33,970 The cripple wants to go too! 684 01:28:37,180 --> 01:28:39,091 He keeps pestering me. 685 01:28:44,420 --> 01:28:47,492 I help him with stamps from cigarette packets. 686 01:28:48,140 --> 01:28:49,414 These ones. 687 01:28:50,660 --> 01:28:54,130 The State already gave him a leg. This time, it's for a motorbike. 688 01:28:55,420 --> 01:28:59,208 He needs two pounds of these things to get a motorbike. 689 01:29:00,020 --> 01:29:03,296 If he wasn't so needy, he'd get it in no time. 690 01:29:03,580 --> 01:29:05,491 But since he's needy... 691 01:29:07,660 --> 01:29:10,493 My methadone also comes from the State. 692 01:29:12,980 --> 01:29:17,212 The other day, the State lost the key to the safe. 693 01:29:17,500 --> 01:29:20,651 Panic! They had to call in the army... 694 01:29:21,980 --> 01:29:25,416 to give our methadone to us, who were badly off. 695 01:29:27,460 --> 01:29:29,576 So they showed up. 696 01:29:31,860 --> 01:29:36,058 They always have to leave two vials, just in case. 697 01:29:37,500 --> 01:29:41,095 It has to be locked away. 698 01:29:42,340 --> 01:29:44,808 It's more precious than gold. 699 01:29:57,220 --> 01:29:59,893 I have to reduce the dose. 700 01:30:00,180 --> 01:30:03,252 I sweat too much. 701 01:30:05,660 --> 01:30:09,653 I have it down to 40. But I have to go even further. 702 01:30:14,780 --> 01:30:17,010 I'm tired of suffering. 703 01:30:24,100 --> 01:30:27,570 You can't imagine what my husband and I have been through. 704 01:30:30,700 --> 01:30:33,692 No one would do what he's done for me. 705 01:30:35,020 --> 01:30:36,658 Really, no one. 706 01:30:40,500 --> 01:30:43,776 The times I found him alone at night, crying. 707 01:30:45,940 --> 01:30:47,373 It's true. 708 01:30:49,140 --> 01:30:54,772 He sold everything to keep me from being in need. 709 01:30:55,660 --> 01:31:00,017 The TV, the stereo, the DVD player, at least seven cell phones. 710 01:31:00,820 --> 01:31:02,173 Gold, everything. 711 01:31:02,460 --> 01:31:04,416 He sold it all, everything. 712 01:31:08,420 --> 01:31:10,092 The day I gave birth, 713 01:31:10,380 --> 01:31:13,372 we didn't have enough money because of those fucking drugs. 714 01:31:13,820 --> 01:31:16,175 We had to take the bus... 715 01:31:16,540 --> 01:31:19,612 the 155 bus which goes to the hospital. 716 01:31:21,060 --> 01:31:23,528 I had terrible pains. Mother of God! 717 01:31:25,140 --> 01:31:27,529 I made a fucking mess of everything. 718 01:31:32,140 --> 01:31:34,176 she was born so tiny! 719 01:31:34,740 --> 01:31:36,378 She looked like a little mouse, 720 01:31:37,340 --> 01:31:39,774 with her skinny little arms and legs. 721 01:31:41,660 --> 01:31:43,059 The Lord is home! 722 01:31:56,380 --> 01:31:58,371 We've eaten already... 723 01:31:58,660 --> 01:32:01,049 Did you think we'd wait for you? 724 01:32:03,340 --> 01:32:05,934 - Papa, want some fruit? - I'm full. 725 01:32:17,060 --> 01:32:18,778 Did you come to eat with Vanda? 726 01:32:20,220 --> 01:32:21,812 Cutlets. 727 01:32:49,660 --> 01:32:54,051 Try to borrow your boss's van so we can get rid of this shit. 728 01:32:54,340 --> 01:32:57,059 I've had enough of these couches. 729 01:32:58,900 --> 01:33:02,336 Papa, I can't believe what I see. Looks like ghosts. 730 01:33:02,700 --> 01:33:04,577 Like a woman or a girl. 731 01:33:05,900 --> 01:33:08,368 White things... They get up, sit down, 732 01:33:08,660 --> 01:33:10,252 they move back and forth. 733 01:33:12,220 --> 01:33:14,336 My daughter sees them too. 734 01:33:14,620 --> 01:33:17,293 She never comes here by herself. She gets scared. 735 01:33:22,420 --> 01:33:25,810 I have to get rid of this junk 736 01:33:26,100 --> 01:33:28,978 to buy new stuff. Same for the bedroom furniture. 737 01:33:29,260 --> 01:33:30,534 It's all falling apart. 738 01:33:30,820 --> 01:33:32,014 The bed goes... 739 01:33:33,020 --> 01:33:34,612 Like that. 740 01:33:34,900 --> 01:33:37,892 If I had the money, I'd buy new stuff. 741 01:33:44,340 --> 01:33:47,457 One day, I found a little white table, 742 01:33:47,740 --> 01:33:49,537 brand-new... 743 01:33:50,500 --> 01:33:53,617 If it had been nearby, I'd have brought it home right off. 744 01:33:54,220 --> 01:33:57,053 It had two panes of striped glass. Really pretty. 745 01:33:58,100 --> 01:34:01,888 When I went back there, it was gone. 746 01:34:03,660 --> 01:34:06,732 And I found a box with a lamp like this one, 747 01:34:07,020 --> 01:34:08,817 even bigger and newer! 748 01:34:10,060 --> 01:34:12,733 He wouldn't let me take it. He thinks he's a rich man. 749 01:34:15,060 --> 01:34:16,618 He's ashamed. 750 01:34:17,820 --> 01:34:22,177 I'm not. I retrieve anything when I'm alone. 751 01:34:26,780 --> 01:34:29,419 Papa, what about your old furniture from Fonta�nhas? 752 01:34:30,180 --> 01:34:32,455 Clotilde smashed it all. 753 01:34:32,740 --> 01:34:35,015 Clotilde, or a woman just like her. 754 01:34:35,740 --> 01:34:37,173 What happened? 755 01:34:37,460 --> 01:34:39,212 She smashed everything before she left. 756 01:34:39,500 --> 01:34:41,456 She didn't leave a thing. 757 01:34:41,740 --> 01:34:43,571 Not even the suitcase. 758 01:34:43,860 --> 01:34:45,851 My new suitcase. 759 01:34:46,380 --> 01:34:48,450 She took everything? 760 01:34:48,740 --> 01:34:50,253 Where did you sleep? 761 01:34:50,540 --> 01:34:53,293 On the floor. Clotilde destroyed our iron bed. 762 01:34:56,540 --> 01:34:58,451 It only happend to you. 763 01:35:01,180 --> 01:35:02,329 You didn't have a fight? 764 01:35:02,620 --> 01:35:04,451 She stabbed me with a knife. 765 01:35:04,740 --> 01:35:06,173 With a knife? 766 01:35:33,460 --> 01:35:35,928 Don't cross the silverware. Want any more? 767 01:35:36,860 --> 01:35:38,373 Had enough? 768 01:35:39,460 --> 01:35:41,052 Papa, want any fruit? 769 01:35:41,340 --> 01:35:42,853 I'm full. 770 01:35:55,500 --> 01:35:57,252 You're married to Vanda? 771 01:36:01,660 --> 01:36:02,979 An apple? 772 01:36:03,260 --> 01:36:04,773 Why not. 773 01:36:51,580 --> 01:36:53,093 Lento, is that you? 774 01:37:04,140 --> 01:37:05,368 Lento! 775 01:37:05,980 --> 01:37:07,379 Come and learn something! 776 01:37:26,340 --> 01:37:28,410 Nha cretcheu, my love, 777 01:37:29,140 --> 01:37:32,052 Being together again will brighten our lives 778 01:37:32,340 --> 01:37:34,490 for at least 30 years. 779 01:37:34,780 --> 01:37:38,250 I'll come back to you strong and loving. 780 01:37:38,540 --> 01:37:41,293 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 781 01:37:41,580 --> 01:37:44,492 a dozen fancy dresses, 782 01:37:44,780 --> 01:37:46,418 a car, 783 01:37:46,700 --> 01:37:49,214 that little lava house you always dreamed of, 784 01:37:49,500 --> 01:37:52,094 a threepenny bouquet. 785 01:38:18,820 --> 01:38:20,572 But most of all, 786 01:38:20,860 --> 01:38:24,250 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 787 01:38:53,980 --> 01:38:56,096 Could you please open the door? 788 01:38:58,260 --> 01:39:01,377 This is the fellow who comes by from time to time. 789 01:39:01,860 --> 01:39:03,851 I came to ask you something. 790 01:39:04,740 --> 01:39:07,174 If you could help me out... 791 01:39:07,460 --> 01:39:09,496 - Paulo? - I'd be very grateful. 792 01:39:09,780 --> 01:39:11,736 Sorry to bother you. 793 01:39:35,340 --> 01:39:38,412 Some guy came by to beg for money for your funeral. 794 01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:44,734 I wanted to give him something, but your mother refused. 795 01:39:47,220 --> 01:39:48,175 My mother... 796 01:39:59,500 --> 01:40:01,536 My leg is still weak. 797 01:40:02,020 --> 01:40:03,738 No more crutches, Paulo? 798 01:40:06,020 --> 01:40:07,931 He has as creep. 799 01:40:08,500 --> 01:40:10,695 I taught him everything he knows. 800 01:40:12,380 --> 01:40:16,737 Addresses, streets, buzzers, doors... 801 01:40:18,380 --> 01:40:21,213 He always waited downstairs. I would go up. 802 01:40:22,180 --> 01:40:23,215 I'd ring. 803 01:40:23,860 --> 01:40:26,977 "Hello, Dona Gina. It's Wednesday. How are you?" 804 01:40:27,900 --> 01:40:31,973 "Fine, Paulo."Just a minute, I'll see if I have anything." 805 01:40:33,300 --> 01:40:34,938 And she'd come back 806 01:40:35,220 --> 01:40:39,054 with a package of rice, a can of sausages. 807 01:40:40,180 --> 01:40:41,579 Then the next floor. 808 01:40:41,860 --> 01:40:45,614 "Dona Teresa, how are you? It's Wednesday. It's Paulo. 809 01:40:45,900 --> 01:40:47,777 "And is your sister better?" 810 01:40:48,060 --> 01:40:52,019 "She is, thank God. The operation went well. And you?" 811 01:40:52,300 --> 01:40:55,098 "I'm feeling a bit better too. Thank God. " 812 01:40:55,820 --> 01:40:58,129 "I'll see what I have." 813 01:40:58,420 --> 01:41:00,411 And she'd come back 814 01:41:00,700 --> 01:41:04,488 with socks, a pair of sneakers, four euros. 815 01:41:05,020 --> 01:41:09,298 "Here, Paulo. My son's gym shoes. They might fit you." 816 01:41:09,580 --> 01:41:12,140 "They should, Dona Teresa. 817 01:41:12,460 --> 01:41:13,813 "Thank you very much. 818 01:41:14,100 --> 01:41:17,297 "I hope your sister gets better. See you next Wednesday." 819 01:41:18,660 --> 01:41:19,934 Once downstairs, 820 01:41:20,220 --> 01:41:22,734 "See what I managed to find in one building? 821 01:41:23,740 --> 01:41:26,777 "Do like I do and you'll go far." 822 01:41:28,900 --> 01:41:32,336 A little later, what does that moron go and do? 823 01:41:32,980 --> 01:41:36,211 He gets a file folder, some paper, 824 01:41:37,460 --> 01:41:40,816 puts on a half clean shirt, 825 01:41:41,700 --> 01:41:43,930 and cuts to the chase. 826 01:41:44,220 --> 01:41:47,098 He rings Dona Gina's door. 827 01:41:47,900 --> 01:41:50,778 "Dona Gina, I have some sad news. 828 01:41:51,580 --> 01:41:53,730 "Paulo the Crutch 829 01:41:54,820 --> 01:41:57,095 "had his leg cut off at the hospital. 830 01:41:57,380 --> 01:42:00,452 "In despair, he climbed up on Santa Cruz Bridge, 831 01:42:01,500 --> 01:42:04,014 "threw himself in front of a train and died. 832 01:42:04,540 --> 01:42:06,815 "It can't be!" "It's the truth." 833 01:42:07,900 --> 01:42:12,849 "So I decided to come here 834 01:42:14,100 --> 01:42:15,613 "and ask for donations 835 01:42:15,900 --> 01:42:19,734 "from you and his other friends, 836 01:42:22,020 --> 01:42:24,170 "so that he can have a decent funeral. 837 01:42:24,620 --> 01:42:27,373 "To buy him flowers, 838 01:42:28,220 --> 01:42:29,812 "a casket, 839 01:42:30,140 --> 01:42:31,698 "a headstone." 840 01:42:34,220 --> 01:42:35,812 But a few days later, 841 01:42:36,180 --> 01:42:39,695 I went by Dona Gina's. 842 01:42:41,660 --> 01:42:44,697 Imagine the lady's shock 843 01:42:44,980 --> 01:42:48,256 when I knocked at her door! 844 01:42:50,460 --> 01:42:53,657 She almost had a heart attack when she saw me. 845 01:42:56,100 --> 01:42:59,615 "You're alive, Paulo?" "Yes, Dona Gina. Why?" 846 01:43:00,300 --> 01:43:02,495 "My leg's doing better.". 847 01:43:03,780 --> 01:43:05,532 "You know why I said that? 848 01:43:05,820 --> 01:43:08,175 "A friend of yours came by not long ago. 849 01:43:08,460 --> 01:43:10,815 "He was taking donations for your funeral." 850 01:43:11,100 --> 01:43:12,772 "Unbelievable!" 851 01:43:14,980 --> 01:43:16,618 He was out of luck. 852 01:43:18,260 --> 01:43:22,617 Dona Gina was married to a police detective. 853 01:43:24,460 --> 01:43:27,611 I last saw him go by in the police van. 854 01:43:36,780 --> 01:43:39,055 Nowadays, I go around to the same people, 855 01:43:39,860 --> 01:43:42,249 and they're even happier to give me things. 856 01:43:55,700 --> 01:43:57,497 Your mother left me, Paulo. 857 01:44:01,060 --> 01:44:03,255 - Why? - I don't know. 858 01:44:18,860 --> 01:44:22,296 - The flat's too big for you alone. - It's for all of us. 859 01:44:34,500 --> 01:44:36,297 What's in your bag, Paulo? 860 01:44:36,740 --> 01:44:40,415 Toys I sell outside schools. I don't make much. 861 01:44:40,820 --> 01:44:42,253 Nothing at all. 862 01:45:30,860 --> 01:45:33,932 Begging around here is useless. Everybody's poor. 863 01:46:07,940 --> 01:46:08,895 Thanks. 864 01:47:26,740 --> 01:47:28,810 We'll need gas, tobacco and matches. 865 01:47:34,260 --> 01:47:37,411 We'll have to manage on our own. 866 01:47:38,220 --> 01:47:41,371 Just when things are working for us, 867 01:47:41,660 --> 01:47:43,537 this coup d'etat breaks out. 868 01:47:43,860 --> 01:47:45,771 Soldiers all over... 869 01:47:47,420 --> 01:47:50,412 Ferocious. With tanks... checking IDs... 870 01:47:53,700 --> 01:47:56,851 They're bound to come here. Don't go out for anything. 871 01:47:57,140 --> 01:47:59,256 I went to confession. 872 01:47:59,540 --> 01:48:02,213 The priest asked me if I ever ate human flesh. 873 01:48:02,500 --> 01:48:04,252 Come learn the letter. 874 01:48:13,700 --> 01:48:15,930 Yesterday at dawn, they came in a jeep. 875 01:48:17,380 --> 01:48:20,133 They took Jaya to the Sintra Woods. 876 01:48:20,420 --> 01:48:22,536 They beat him up and tied him to a pine tree. 877 01:48:24,220 --> 01:48:26,415 He was the first but not the last. 878 01:48:26,700 --> 01:48:28,497 Come and learn.. 879 01:48:29,940 --> 01:48:31,293 What's the use now? 880 01:48:32,580 --> 01:48:34,491 The letter will never reach Cape Verde. 881 01:48:35,580 --> 01:48:38,697 Being together again will brighten our lives... 882 01:48:38,980 --> 01:48:40,811 There's no more mail, Ventura. 883 01:48:42,100 --> 01:48:44,091 No boats or planes or anything. 884 01:48:46,140 --> 01:48:47,368 They're all on strike. 885 01:49:39,420 --> 01:49:41,251 Another one departing... 886 01:49:41,540 --> 01:49:43,531 Zita, Lena's daughter. 887 01:49:43,820 --> 01:49:45,651 The usual poison. 888 01:49:45,940 --> 01:49:47,498 It wasn't poison she took. 889 01:49:47,780 --> 01:49:50,977 It was all the poison taken for her before she came in the world. 890 01:50:33,860 --> 01:50:34,975 See you, Ventura. 891 01:50:35,260 --> 01:50:36,739 See you, Xana. 892 01:51:19,660 --> 01:51:21,969 You hear a woman crying? 893 01:51:22,660 --> 01:51:24,651 - No. - Well, I do. 894 01:51:28,940 --> 01:51:30,931 What I see are two turtles. 895 01:51:33,100 --> 01:51:35,773 - See them in that corner? - I don't see a thing. 896 01:51:45,580 --> 01:51:48,413 Now I see a hen, 897 01:51:48,700 --> 01:51:50,292 with its comb. 898 01:51:50,580 --> 01:51:51,649 See it? 899 01:51:51,940 --> 01:51:53,612 No. 900 01:52:07,940 --> 01:52:11,694 Look, there's a uniformed cop with a cap. 901 01:52:12,580 --> 01:52:14,810 Behind him are lots of houses. 902 01:52:16,100 --> 01:52:18,455 Under the cop, I see a lion 903 01:52:19,300 --> 01:52:20,779 baring its teeth. 904 01:52:21,060 --> 01:52:23,620 - A what? - A lion... 905 01:52:23,900 --> 01:52:25,970 baring its teeth. 906 01:52:27,020 --> 01:52:30,456 I see a man and a woman. The man has a tail. 907 01:52:32,900 --> 01:52:35,733 - Where? - Over the lion. 908 01:52:39,100 --> 01:52:40,613 With a tail? 909 01:52:42,100 --> 01:52:44,534 - Then he�s a devil. - Probably. 910 01:52:50,820 --> 01:52:53,334 Are you a good man or a bad man? 911 01:52:53,620 --> 01:52:55,611 I�m a good man. 912 01:53:06,900 --> 01:53:09,778 In the houses of the departed, there are lots of things to see. 913 01:53:36,180 --> 01:53:38,250 Where have tou been? 914 01:53:41,500 --> 01:53:42,979 In Porto? 915 01:53:47,100 --> 01:53:48,249 Did you see him? 916 01:53:49,420 --> 01:53:51,650 I was in real pain. 917 01:53:51,940 --> 01:53:54,249 I only heard someone crying in the street. 918 01:53:59,740 --> 01:54:01,378 You're a good man. 919 01:54:13,420 --> 01:54:17,811 When they give us white rooms, we'll stop seeing these things. 920 01:54:18,100 --> 01:54:19,852 That's true. 921 01:54:20,140 --> 01:54:21,653 It'll all be over. 922 01:56:56,100 --> 01:56:57,579 It's hot! 923 01:57:07,860 --> 01:57:11,489 Papa, Zita was your daughter, but she was my sister first. 924 01:57:12,340 --> 01:57:13,568 Right. 925 01:57:40,940 --> 01:57:42,931 Nha cretcheu, my love... 926 01:57:43,540 --> 01:57:46,259 Being together again will brighten our lives 927 01:57:46,540 --> 01:57:48,496 for at least 30 years. 928 01:57:48,780 --> 01:57:52,489 I'll come back to you strong and loving. 929 01:57:52,780 --> 01:57:55,613 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 930 01:57:55,900 --> 01:57:58,494 a dozen fancy dresses, 931 01:57:58,780 --> 01:58:00,133 a car, 932 01:58:00,420 --> 01:58:02,536 that little lava house you always dreamed of, 933 01:58:02,820 --> 01:58:05,380 a threepenny bouquet. 934 01:58:05,660 --> 01:58:07,139 But most of all, 935 01:58:07,420 --> 01:58:10,776 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 936 01:58:11,060 --> 01:58:13,255 Here, it's nothing but work. 937 01:58:13,540 --> 01:58:15,895 There are over a hundred of us now. 938 01:58:16,180 --> 01:58:18,250 Two days ago, for my birthday, 939 01:58:18,540 --> 01:58:21,100 I thought about you for a long while. 940 01:58:21,380 --> 01:58:23,689 Did my letter arrive safely? 941 01:58:23,980 --> 01:58:26,175 Still nothing from you. 942 01:58:26,460 --> 01:58:27,813 Some other time. 943 01:58:28,100 --> 01:58:30,056 Every day, every minute, 944 01:58:30,340 --> 01:58:32,649 I learn beautiful new words 945 01:58:32,940 --> 01:58:35,979 for you and me made to fit us both, 946 01:58:36,260 --> 01:58:38,854 like fine silk pajamas. Wouldn't you like that? 947 01:58:39,140 --> 01:58:41,859 I can only send you one letter a month. 948 01:58:42,140 --> 01:58:44,529 Still nothing from you. 949 01:58:44,820 --> 01:58:46,492 Some other time. 950 01:58:46,780 --> 01:58:49,817 I often get scared building these walls. 951 01:58:50,100 --> 01:58:52,853 Me with a pick and cement, you with your silence, 952 01:58:53,140 --> 01:58:57,179 a pit so deep, it swallows you up. 953 01:58:57,460 --> 01:59:01,169 It hurts to see these horrors that I don't want to see. 954 01:59:01,460 --> 01:59:05,089 Your lovely hair slips through my fingers like dry grass. 955 01:59:05,380 --> 01:59:08,850 Often, I feel weak and think I'm going to forget you. 956 01:59:19,060 --> 01:59:20,778 How letter... 957 01:59:48,700 --> 01:59:50,179 It's me, Paulo. 958 02:00:15,660 --> 02:00:18,094 I had too much anesthesia. 959 02:00:18,740 --> 02:00:20,776 My head... 960 02:00:24,220 --> 02:00:28,054 They took flesh from this leg and put it on this one 961 02:00:28,340 --> 02:00:31,855 and to plug up the holes the Lizaroff made. 962 02:00:36,420 --> 02:00:39,218 It's a kind of scaffold like device 963 02:00:39,860 --> 02:00:41,851 to stretch the bone. 964 02:00:43,020 --> 02:00:45,693 But in my case, it stretched the tendons too. 965 02:00:50,460 --> 02:00:52,894 The doctors are all excited. 966 02:00:54,460 --> 02:00:56,928 They're taking photos, making films. 967 02:00:58,380 --> 02:01:01,099 They sent them to the United States 968 02:01:01,820 --> 02:01:04,573 so their colleagues can study the method. 969 02:01:11,020 --> 02:01:14,899 In another two or three days, they'll discharge me. 970 02:01:15,860 --> 02:01:17,976 If they don't, 971 02:01:18,260 --> 02:01:20,535 I'm leaving on my own. 972 02:01:21,500 --> 02:01:23,650 It's costing me a lot. 973 02:01:25,580 --> 02:01:29,368 I'm paying 12.50 euros a night for a hotel room. 974 02:01:29,820 --> 02:01:32,732 My girlfriend Paula can't pay. 975 02:01:33,020 --> 02:01:34,851 She's sick. 976 02:01:35,300 --> 02:01:39,578 It has to be my lady friends from Pontinha, 977 02:01:40,060 --> 02:01:42,699 de Colina do Sol and Benfica. 978 02:01:43,580 --> 02:01:45,935 But they're fed up. 979 02:01:46,420 --> 02:01:50,891 "Paulo, will these operations go on the rest of your life? 980 02:01:51,780 --> 02:01:56,058 "No, not if you find me a job 981 02:01:57,260 --> 02:01:59,933 "in construction work: laborer, 982 02:02:00,940 --> 02:02:04,137 "tiler, carpenter... 983 02:02:09,020 --> 02:02:11,409 "Goldsmith would be perfect. 984 02:02:12,620 --> 02:02:15,418 "It's the trade I learned as a kid. 985 02:02:15,820 --> 02:02:17,492 "I can do it all. 986 02:02:18,060 --> 02:02:21,291 "Weld chains and bracelets, adjust rings.. 987 02:02:22,340 --> 02:02:24,092 "I even did wedding rings. 988 02:02:32,540 --> 02:02:36,249 "The Mint was home to me. 989 02:02:52,660 --> 02:02:54,935 I want you to come with me to see my mother. 990 02:02:55,820 --> 02:02:57,378 Your mother? 991 02:02:59,500 --> 02:03:03,493 I know she does her knitting every afternoon. 992 02:03:04,740 --> 02:03:07,891 on a cafe terrace in Trafaria. 993 02:03:08,380 --> 02:03:10,416 She's all alone there. 994 02:03:10,980 --> 02:03:13,448 I'm sure 995 02:03:14,060 --> 02:03:16,528 if we go together, 996 02:03:16,820 --> 02:03:19,095 she won't run away... 997 02:03:21,860 --> 02:03:24,055 Seven or eight years ago, 998 02:03:24,340 --> 02:03:26,296 it was a disaster. 999 02:03:28,020 --> 02:03:31,137 I went with a buddy, Nhurro. 1000 02:03:31,980 --> 02:03:33,732 My Nhurro? 1001 02:03:34,020 --> 02:03:35,248 Yeah. 1002 02:03:35,540 --> 02:03:37,451 She got scared. 1003 02:03:38,780 --> 02:03:40,452 It's understandable. 1004 02:03:42,020 --> 02:03:44,580 She threw me 5,000 escudos. 1005 02:03:46,220 --> 02:03:49,530 "What can I do with 5,000, you skinflint! 1006 02:03:50,060 --> 02:03:52,813 "Go up and get me more dough!" 1007 02:03:55,500 --> 02:03:59,334 If we go together and you talk to her... 1008 02:04:06,860 --> 02:04:08,612 What would I say to her, Paulo? 1009 02:04:12,900 --> 02:04:15,016 "Hello, Lurdes. 1010 02:04:15,780 --> 02:04:17,896 "Remember this boy? 1011 02:04:18,740 --> 02:04:21,459 "This face tell you something? 1012 02:04:22,260 --> 02:04:24,057 "This dirty hair, 1013 02:04:26,220 --> 02:04:28,609 "these hands blue from the cold, 1014 02:04:31,820 --> 02:04:34,129 "these legs full of bullets? 1015 02:04:35,940 --> 02:04:37,976 "You don't remember, do you? 1016 02:04:38,620 --> 02:04:40,178 "I do. 1017 02:04:42,100 --> 02:04:44,330 "It wasn't you who washed him, 1018 02:04:47,580 --> 02:04:50,811 "gave him hot soup at night, 1019 02:04:52,540 --> 02:04:55,657 "went to fetch him in the oil drum he slept in? 1020 02:04:56,460 --> 02:04:58,416 "Why these tears? 1021 02:04:58,700 --> 02:05:00,975 "Feeling regrets? 1022 02:05:07,980 --> 02:05:10,175 "I've brought you your son, 1023 02:05:10,460 --> 02:05:12,496 "just as he is. 1024 02:05:12,980 --> 02:05:15,289 "I did what I could." 1025 02:05:17,380 --> 02:05:21,293 I just want you to tell me my daughter's address. 1026 02:05:23,700 --> 02:05:26,168 I haven't seen her in 15 years. 1027 02:05:39,980 --> 02:05:43,131 They told me I'm a grandfather. 1028 02:06:23,660 --> 02:06:25,571 Come on, dear! 1029 02:06:26,580 --> 02:06:28,650 Come on! Be careful! 1030 02:06:29,780 --> 02:06:32,169 Put on the coat! 1031 02:07:54,620 --> 02:07:56,451 Are you in pain, Ventura? 1032 02:08:01,700 --> 02:08:02,849 Let me by. 1033 02:08:04,300 --> 02:08:05,733 Let me by, Ventura! 1034 02:08:06,900 --> 02:08:08,174 Is it that rat again? 1035 02:08:08,460 --> 02:08:10,212 The shack floor is shaking. 1036 02:08:10,500 --> 02:08:12,456 We need bricks and cement. 1037 02:08:12,740 --> 02:08:14,856 Have you eaten? 1038 02:08:31,500 --> 02:08:33,616 Tonight, we'll sleep warm and cozy. 1039 02:08:42,860 --> 02:08:44,259 You're barefoot? 1040 02:08:47,300 --> 02:08:48,653 Don't you want the letter anymore? 1041 02:08:58,020 --> 02:09:00,898 I can't learn it. I can't write and you won't write. 1042 02:09:09,740 --> 02:09:11,492 I'll get some electricity in here. 1043 02:09:16,740 --> 02:09:18,093 Electricity? 1044 02:10:12,780 --> 02:10:15,931 Monday, I have to go to Social Security. 1045 02:10:23,580 --> 02:10:26,936 I have to go early to get a number 1046 02:10:27,340 --> 02:10:29,376 to wait on line. 1047 02:10:42,140 --> 02:10:46,418 I have to go to the cemetery to clean my mother's and Zita's graves. 1048 02:10:47,060 --> 02:10:49,972 I haven't had the courage to do Zita's. 1049 02:11:00,660 --> 02:11:03,538 Tomorrow, I stop mourning. Enough is enough. 1050 02:11:09,420 --> 02:11:12,139 It's as if I were in mourning for myself. 1051 02:12:03,260 --> 02:12:05,649 Papa, your socks don't match. 1052 02:14:06,500 --> 02:14:08,855 - Want some more? - No. 1053 02:14:16,020 --> 02:14:20,172 I took your mother some grilled chicken at the hospital. 1054 02:14:21,260 --> 02:14:23,216 The day you were born, 1055 02:14:24,780 --> 02:14:27,658 I was working on the building site of a bank in the city. 1056 02:14:28,500 --> 02:14:31,219 My brother came by and told me you'd been born. 1057 02:14:34,700 --> 02:14:36,816 How did you win over my mother? 1058 02:14:41,740 --> 02:14:44,891 It was at the �guas Podres River, in Assomada. 1059 02:14:45,380 --> 02:14:47,416 She was getting water in a can. 1060 02:14:47,700 --> 02:14:49,816 I was riding my donkey, Fogo-Serra. 1061 02:14:50,660 --> 02:14:53,128 It took me three years to win her over. 1062 02:14:54,980 --> 02:14:56,891 At first, she wouldn't even look at me. 1063 02:14:57,860 --> 02:14:59,452 On July 5, 1064 02:14:59,740 --> 02:15:01,810 Independence Day, 1065 02:15:02,300 --> 02:15:07,579 she was there among the violins, flags, accordions and drums, 1066 02:15:09,620 --> 02:15:11,417 and she started to sing, 1067 02:15:12,300 --> 02:15:15,337 Fifth of July, raise your arms, Liberty! 1068 02:15:16,260 --> 02:15:19,696 Shout! Shout Cabral! 1069 02:15:20,580 --> 02:15:23,413 Peoples of liberated Guinea and Cape Verde, 1070 02:15:24,140 --> 02:15:27,416 Raise your arms and shout, Liberty! 1071 02:15:29,820 --> 02:15:32,812 Raise your arms and shout, Liberty! 1072 02:15:33,300 --> 02:15:36,736 Raise your arms and shout, Liberty! 1073 02:15:37,420 --> 02:15:39,331 But she didn't know how to sing. 1074 02:15:39,740 --> 02:15:41,492 I went up to her and started to tease her. 1075 02:15:41,820 --> 02:15:44,937 "You sing off-key!" 1076 02:15:46,460 --> 02:15:49,930 She whacked me with the flagpole and started to take to me. 1077 02:15:52,620 --> 02:15:53,973 Was she beautiful? 1078 02:15:54,260 --> 02:15:55,739 Yes, she was. 1079 02:15:57,260 --> 02:15:59,057 And am I beautiful or ugly? 1080 02:15:59,340 --> 02:16:00,534 You're beautiful. 1081 02:16:08,100 --> 02:16:11,536 It's a wonderful story to tell your children and grandchildren. 1082 02:16:14,460 --> 02:16:16,212 I'm glad you told it to me. 1083 02:17:27,140 --> 02:17:29,813 They say you jumped out the window. 1084 02:17:30,620 --> 02:17:32,929 They say you jumped out the window, 1085 02:17:33,220 --> 02:17:36,530 with your four children, your wife, 1086 02:17:36,820 --> 02:17:39,209 and that you landed on a car.. 1087 02:17:40,060 --> 02:17:41,812 They say you yelled a lot. 1088 02:17:43,620 --> 02:17:45,497 I yelled my head off. 1089 02:17:46,100 --> 02:17:49,854 I yelled for my mother, my father, the fire department, 1090 02:17:50,140 --> 02:17:52,017 St. Barbara the Generous. 1091 02:17:52,780 --> 02:17:54,338 I even yelled your name. 1092 02:17:56,100 --> 02:17:59,012 Then everything went black. See my hands? 1093 02:18:00,260 --> 02:18:01,454 All burnt. 1094 02:18:01,740 --> 02:18:05,779 They were stuck to the wall. It was 1000 degrees in there. 1095 02:18:07,300 --> 02:18:09,609 When I heard that, I cried. 1096 02:18:09,900 --> 02:18:12,972 You cried for me? I already cried a lot for you. 1097 02:18:13,300 --> 02:18:14,494 Don't you remember? 1098 02:18:14,780 --> 02:18:16,691 Was that you I heard crying? 1099 02:18:16,980 --> 02:18:18,732 I was afraid you'd die. 1100 02:18:19,020 --> 02:18:22,012 I was afraid you'd drown in the pond at the park. 1101 02:18:22,300 --> 02:18:25,053 That fear of death we had back then! 1102 02:18:43,740 --> 02:18:47,653 This was the children's room. We locked ourselves in. 1103 02:18:48,220 --> 02:18:49,733 Nobody came. 1104 02:18:50,380 --> 02:18:52,098 We broke the window. 1105 02:19:07,940 --> 02:19:09,419 But... 1106 02:19:10,660 --> 02:19:12,491 neither the cops, 1107 02:19:12,980 --> 02:19:14,652 nor the revolutionary militia, 1108 02:19:14,940 --> 02:19:16,373 nor the gypsies, 1109 02:19:16,660 --> 02:19:17,649 nor the whites 1110 02:19:17,940 --> 02:19:19,453 succeeded in burning down our shack. 1111 02:19:19,740 --> 02:19:21,776 I threw a match on the mattress. 1112 02:19:22,060 --> 02:19:25,416 - Why? - Because of our problems. 1113 02:19:25,700 --> 02:19:27,611 - And now? - Now? 1114 02:19:28,580 --> 02:19:30,616 - What will you do? - Do? 1115 02:19:32,620 --> 02:19:34,895 We'll live here. I'll be your neighbor. 1116 02:19:35,420 --> 02:19:38,218 I'm just across, at n� 6, second floor, right. 1117 02:19:38,500 --> 02:19:40,491 We've lived closer once. 1118 02:19:44,420 --> 02:19:47,173 - I have a bunch of rooms. - And your kids? 1119 02:19:50,300 --> 02:19:52,530 Is that them I see at the window? 1120 02:19:52,820 --> 02:19:55,095 Is that Clotilde I see at the window? 1121 02:19:55,380 --> 02:19:56,938 Stop it. There's no one there. 1122 02:19:57,220 --> 02:19:58,938 You�ve got everything in the end. 1123 02:19:59,220 --> 02:20:01,859 Water, electricity, gas, an ID card. 1124 02:20:02,940 --> 02:20:04,532 You worked day and night. 1125 02:20:04,820 --> 02:20:06,219 I sleep alone, Lento. 1126 02:20:06,500 --> 02:20:10,095 I wish I could offer you 100000 cigarettes, 1127 02:20:10,380 --> 02:20:13,019 a dozen fancy dresses, 1128 02:20:13,300 --> 02:20:14,528 a car, 1129 02:20:14,820 --> 02:20:16,617 the little lava house you always dreamed of, 1130 02:20:16,900 --> 02:20:19,573 a threepenny bouquet. 1131 02:20:19,860 --> 02:20:22,658 But most of all, 1132 02:20:28,540 --> 02:20:31,657 drink a bottle of good wine and think of me. 1133 02:21:25,180 --> 02:21:27,819 This was the bedroom Arcangela and I had. 1134 02:21:28,740 --> 02:21:30,412 This is where it all began. 1135 02:21:59,380 --> 02:22:00,699 See you, Lento. 1136 02:22:03,980 --> 02:22:05,333 See you, Ventura. 1137 02:23:40,740 --> 02:23:42,776 Papa, good timing. 1138 02:23:46,700 --> 02:23:49,168 I'm going to do housecleaning for a lady. 1139 02:23:54,780 --> 02:23:57,499 - Look after my daughter, will you? - Sure.