""BORN TO BE BLIND"" "Good Lord!" "Good Lord, indeed!" "It's all gone dark!" "For heaven's sake!" "What now?" "Where's Maroca?" "Oh my!" "Where is she?" " Oh my!" " Where is she?" "Ah!" "There, there." "Where is she?" "In the bedroom." "That's hard." "That's very hard." " Oh good heavens!" " What is it, Indaiá?" "Having trouble getting into that dress?" "What?" "We need her help!" " Did you get it?" " No." "Only she can dress Indaiá." ""BORN TO BE BLIND"" "My name is Maria das Neves Barbosa." "I was born on October 12, 1944." "My name is Maria, but nobody knows me by that name..." "I'm known as Lia or rather, Maroca." "My sisters' idea." "She said we made it up... but it was the neighbour." " Maroca." " Then it stuck." "The neighbour made it up and it stuck." "We like the name and it stuck." "Now, she's Maroca!" "It's hopeless." "I'm Regina Barbosa." "Born on July 13, 1943." "Nobody calls me Regina." "My nickname's Poroca," "When they don't want to call me that, they call me Poroquinha." "My name is..." "Francisca da Conceição Barbosa." "Born on December 8... 1950." "My name is Conceição... but I'm known as Indaiá." " And there's another one." " Why Indaiá?" "The mineral water!" "Go ahead, Indaiá!" "Indaiá!" "BOOKSTORE" "To ask is sad indeed When you are in need" "The beggar is asking still To give needs goodwill" "Sir, give me what you can spare just to show you care" "Give me a penny God gave you many" "By the Holy Family for which God suffered true" "Be not as I am So you do not suffer too" "Since we were little... the wealthiest thing for us to have... we don't." "Was sight." "We don't have it." "People say it's because of our mother who... married a cousin of hers." "I don't believe it." "I believe God wanted it that way." "Everyone is born for some reason." "Everyone is born with a mission." "The musician plays an instrument." "Those who are born to sing the "coco" rhythm, sing "coco"." "A businessman... does business." "So for us, since we are blind... we have get by as best we can." "In the world there are 4 things I will not teach" "To cross a flooding river and step in front of a train" "And to love in vain and wait while no one came" "May God repay what I cannot do today" "May God give you health and also give you wealth" "Our Lady blessings bestow when you to heaven go" "The evil eye turned away before it can lead astray" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "Girl, tell your father and then tell me" "That he my father-in-law and you my wife will be" "We started begging a long time ago." "I started begging when I was 7." "I started at 9." "It was a long time ago." "Now, I'm 31." "When Dad was alive, it was better... because we didn't beg like we do today." "We went to Social Security." "I couldn't get a pension because we were blind from birth." "But an accident at work is OK!" "But blind from birth and no job, out of the question!" "No one at home did a thing." "We, the handicapped, had to support them." "The outcasts..." "fed those sitting pretty." "They didn't lift a finger to help." "They didn't lift a finger." "I came here to tell my saint" "My saint a journey made" "And left Juazeiro without aid" "PATOS, FEBRUARY, 1998 Fr." "Ciço look down from heaven's door" "On those on Earth who are so poor" "He asks the Lord to bless" "Poor Northern pilgrims in distress" "Poor Northern pilgrims in distress" "How long have you been here?" " We've arrived today." " Today?" " Yes." " Just now." "We left Campina Grande early." " Really?" " Yes." " Are you sisters?" " Yes." "All three of you." "The three of them live like that." "By singing and begging." "Singing and begging." " I know because I'm from Pombal." " We lived there too." "Had your father already died when you lived here?" " No, not yet." " Not yet." "I mean the real one." "Now that was the foster one." " Yes." " Right." "God forgive me because... she was my mother but she was no good." "She trusted every man she came across." "She'd give them... all we earned." "We'd go out with him... while she stayed at home." "He was the kind that... would find the vacated houses." "What for?" "To hurt Poroca." "In fact, he seduced her." "She had a test and they said:" ""She is pregnant."" "That's it." "When they said it..." "What did I do when I found out?" "I cried my eyes out!" "I left my drum out in the morning dew" "And before long it was quite wet through" "I left my drum in the morning dew" "And before long it was quite wet through" "The night is past" "The moon in tow Without my drum I cannot go" "I like her and she likes to dance" "But at me she looks askance" "She looks down too at my drum with morning dew" "There was a child." "The child died 20 days after birth." "A boy." "This is me." "That's it." "He was sitting on a suitcase, right where you are." "I'm here, he was sitting down like that." "I'm holding that key and he's there." "I picked up the board nervously." "He said:" ""That board will do"..." " For you!" "..."for you."" "And I hit him on the head with it." "I banged him with the board for no reason." "I couldn't stand him anymore!" "First, I hit the case." "Then I hit him." "Then, I saw red!" "I didn't see anything." "I lost my head!" "I felt dizzy and I didn't see anything." "Look, do you see that?" "I told her to choose him or us." "Otherwise we wouldn't... go begging anymore just to feed him!" "Oh dear!" " Oh my God!" " Oh my God!" "This is our house, but I'm in command." "Sorry about the mess." "I can't do the cleaning." "This is the sitting room." "That's all the sitting room." "That's the kitchen door." "Come and see!" "This is the bathroom... and that's the washbasin." "This is where we take our showers... and everything." "This is the bedroom." "I sleep here." "Maria Dalva sleeps there." "My daughter of 10 sleeps there." "This is the bedroom door." "Indaiá and I sleep in this bedroom." "I sleep on this side." "Indaiá sleeps over there." "Poroca, Indaiá, Toinho..." "Doda and I live here." "My nickname is Doda... but my name's Josinaldo Aureliano." "I'm the youngest." "The youngest is adopted." "Yes." "I have no father." "If it wasn't for them..." "I'd be in the street." "I'm Mr. Didi." "I'm Mrs. Didi, his wife." "I take care of the three blind girls, especially Dalva." "I'm Dalva, Maria's daughter." "I cook, wash... and bathe them everyday." "Warm baths when their sick." "I do everything." "Seven days a week." "I think she's wonderful." "Mrs. Did is a person... not just because she's my wife." "She likes helping people." "I think it's amazing." "She's that way." "She was born to do it." "I see everything." "But usually only shapes." "Look!" "It flashed again!" "I wish I could see colors... but none of us can." "You can't see people's features." " What they look like." " It's gone now." "It's gone." "I can see when the light is on or off or when it's night." " Now it's on." "Now it's on." "I can see dawn... but I can't see people properly." "It's off again." "There are many famous blind musicians." "Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, José Feliciano... and Hermeto doesn't see very well either." "Now let's see the blind girls from Campina Grande and he is..." "I'm Manoel Tranquiline Batista." "Tomorrow I'm going on a trip" "My ex-husband played guitar and also improvised music." "I met him at the Cathedral." "He wanted to get married... but could find anyone." "He said, I want a woman... with no makeup... long hair and no short skirts!" "So I said that wasn't me." "He was jealous." "I don't know why." "How can anyone be jealous of someone who can't see?" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I married again to have a baby." "I dreamed of having one." "And so I did." "They said he'd be born blind." "I said, it didn't matter." "His parents were." "If he is blind, let him be blind!" "Dalva was born here in Campina Grande." "We went to Natal to live with his family." "When Manoel died..." "I left Dalva there and came back to Campina Grande." "When I went back, they hid her." "They wouldn't give her up." "Good Lord!" "That's when I met Silva, the love of my life!" "I lived 2 years and 8 months with him... and he never touched me." "I still don't like to talk about him!" "He never touched you?" " He never beat me!" " I see." "He saw things differently." "He understood things differently." "He said one thing, I said another." "What am I saying?" "That was good!" " You think I don't understand?" " Here we go again!" "I'm no longer a child." "Now we have the whole team!" "He thinks he's talking to a child." "His name was Silvestre, but I called him "Silva"." "I gave him this nickname." "Everyone called him that." "His hair was curly, curlier than mine." "His face was wider too." "And his hands were thicker, bigger than mine." "His voice was... a little deep, but it was lovely." "He couldn't see but he could clean..." "He could clean better than any woman." "I don't know how." "God gives... a gift..." "I loved him I was crazy about him." "Because Silva, he never denied me anything." "He gave me everything I asked." "Sometimes I wouldn't even ask." "He'd get medicine for me... even in the middle of the night." "Farewell my love so dear" "Every night, before bed... he'd bathe and use cologne." "Both of us." "It was marvelous!" "I became very fond of him." "He bothered to use cologne to please me." "So it was even better." "If I could..." "I'd never leave his side." "I miss him even now." "Farewell my love so dear" "Forever in my heart right here" "It makes me feel such pain" "For I shall not see you again" "When early evening invades" "It is like a flower that fades" "And from the tree it falls" "Good-bye forever more" "Oh my God!" "A crime caused protests in Campina Grande." "A blind person was stabbed from behind." "I was in the bedroom, I was ready..." "I was in the bedroom waiting for him." "That's when the fight began." "All about a worthless sofa." "The defendant is his brother-in-law." "Antônio Barbosa, 38, was arrested." "Antônio Barbosa, injured... confessed the crime and told the police... that the victim hadn't wanted her nephew... to sleep on the sofa." "I can imagine what happened." "Toinho got a sofa from someone." "Silva cleaned it when it arrived." "About 6, 7 o'clock... my nephew went to bed in the sofa." "My husband said, Ricardo... have a bath to keep the sofa clean... to keep it new." "My brother got angry and said..." ""He won't take a bath." "He'll sleep like that."" "My brother was drunk, very drunk." ""He won't take a bath." "Let him sleep the way he is!"" "Silva asked why he wouldn't have a bath." ""You're not the boss here!"" "I came in and separated them both." "I saw that I could be stabbed in his place my brother-in-law." "At 10.30, he stabbed him 6 times." "They killed Silva!" "I didn't see anything else." "When I touched him... my hand was covered in blood." "What else could I do?" "He got to the alley in a terrible state." "Stabbed." "We were there." "He said, "I've been stabbed!"" ""Can you stand?"" ""No, I can't!"" "He slumped to the ground." "I had never seen a person kneels before me." "It was the first time." "He had no time to say anything before he died." "Not a word." "Oh for the love of God" "I have lost my greatest love" "Good luck has passed me by" "And my heart in pain cries" "My heart is bursting" "With endless pain" "In the mirror, Lord" "Let me see my love again" "I've never got over it." "Silvestre, if you pray to God... put in a word for me." "Ask for peace for me... my family... and for yourself." "I spent 11 years with my first husband." "11 years married with him." "He died." "My daughter was 5." "2 years with the second." " Only one month with the next one!" " Goodness gracious!" "Sometimes I feel like disappearing and never coming back." "MIDDLE EARTH SQUARE" "I said, "Lia, let's get Dalva." "She'll be useful."" "I wanted to after Silva died... but I couldn't." "Then Mrs. Didi appeared." "She took me." "I took her by bus." "After all, she was my daughter." "I got her back when she was 9." "I wasn't welcome." ""Who are you?" "Go away!" "The girl's a brat!"" "That girl is no good." "They beat me." "I couldn't go outside." "I couldn't play outside." "All I did was wash up, I cleaned the bathroom... and swept up." "I was so happy to see her." "I thought I would never see her again." "I thought she'd forgotten me." "But she recognized me." "I was surprised." "I was so happy!" "She said she'd come to get me." "It was a... very moving reunion for both of them." "Dalva was so happy." "Oh my God!" "She cried of happiness." "I was happy to see her too." "I was overjoyed!" "The house is neat since Dalva's return." "No one dares touch anything when she's done it." "I clean with my friends." "I wash, water the plants and iron." "But she hasn't yet learnt to cook." "We have to teach her." "Better than... ordering out." "Cheaper to... cook at home." "All three are retired." "They get R$ 320 a month." "I keep R$ 170... for food which is not very much." "But I can manage." "Plus R$ 30 for washing... which makes R$ 200." "The rest is theirs... to do whatever they want." "Some say R$ 200 is too much." "But we can't complain." "If we complain, she'll be hurt." "Here we are!" "I'm here!" "Oh Lord!" " Rice!" " Spaghetti!" "Spaghetti." "This is what they like." "She knows what I like." "Oh Lord!" "Oh my God!" "Marvelous!" "Lettuce!" "The food isn't always like this." "Today it's special for the film." "What the girls earn... is for Mrs. Didi." "You know what people are like." "I don't care what they say." "I'm not doing anything wrong." "I'm the one who has to make up the difference!" " Oh my God!" " Oh my God!" "Oh my God!" "Correct time." "Here, in Campina Grande, it's almost 6 a.m." "The largest number of reporters in Campina Grande... and the largest crew on local radio... to keep you up to date... the "Grand Borborema Matinée"." "The news that gets to you first." "The Arts have arrived in Campina Grande." "Three blind girls have become movie stars." "You can believe it." "Sisters Maria, Regina and Conceição... known for bucking on the city streets... are the stars of a documentary." ""Born To Be Blind"!" "The film is being made here, at Campina Grande... by TVZERO of Rio." "Oh my God!" "I was in bed... because I wake up as usual at 5." "I turn on the radio... for the early morning news... then I heard..." ""The blind become movies stars"!" "Oh my God!" "I almost fell..." "I was so happy I almost feel out of bed!" "No, my mother was not blind." "1, 2, 3, interview with Regina." "Regina, what's it like to be a movie star?" "I have no idea." "I only know we love... to be movie stars." "Looks as if God chose us... to be movie stars." "Look this way!" "Maria, tell us the saddest thing that ever happened to you." "Oh my God!" "If I did, it would take all day!" "I've lived like this since I was a child." "Begging and singing." "And today... imagine, at my age, being a movie star!" "I could never have imagined!" "I've never seen a blind person... be a movie star." "That why I was so happy." "I never thought this could ever happen... to me, everyday." "Now, people are so kind." "I never thought I deserved it." "It seems like I'm dreaming." "It seems like a dream." "People like movie stars, don't they?" "I didn't think I was worth anything." "The funnier the film, the better." "Films must be fun." "You're miserable at home?" "Sometimes you're suffering... then a film can cheer you up." "It makes you forget..." "the past." "Films are good." "What else... is there except films?" "Roberto, what made you make this film?" "Was it you or people in Rio?" "Why do you ask?" "Because they're saying... they're taking the tapes... to sell them." "They said so at the church." "A woman asked:" ""Will they pay you?"" " I said..." " Oh dear!" "..."I'm not working for them." "They'll pay if they want to." "But I'm not doing this for money." "I want to be recognized."" "I'll be known all over." "TWO YEARS LATER" "THE BLIND GIRLS FROM CAMPINA GRANDE" "Sit down here." "There." "We'll be back." "I'll go get Naná." " I'm here!" " He's here." "Welcome!" "Maria, Regina e Conceição." "They've all just arrived." "Lia..." " Indaiá..." " And Poroca." "E Poroca!" "He's the one in charge." "Hi, Maria!" "How are you?" "Oh my God!" " Hi!" "Oh my God!" " It's been so long!" "Give me a kiss!" "How are you doing?" "I'm fine." "How are you?" "I'm fine." "I've been working, that's all." "Let's go to the stage." "Let's go check the sound." "That's good." " Are you thirsty?" " No." " Have you had any water?" " No." "Have some water Mineral water from Candeal" "You'll be fine" "This is what you're singing tonight." "You'll see when you sing this." "You're in Brown's Bahia, the land of Timbalada!" "This sound is from... the light." "Percpan 2000." "Percussion masters from every continent." "Are you going to Bahia?" "Go to the Maria's Temple" "Happiness now" "In Salvador, Castro Alves Theatre..." "April, 13, 14 and 15." "In São Paulo, Alfa Theatre, April, 19 and 20." "Percpan 2000." "How were you invited?" "Valneide came and said:" ""They want you to go to Salvador"." "She explained everything." "It included board... and lodging, all meals included... and R$ 1.500 per show." "The girls wouldn't believe it." "I'd never seen so much money in my life." "Not even half of it." "When I lived..." "I lived as I lived, I never received anything like it." "Tell Dalva to be careful of the camera." "Here's Poroca's boyfriend!" "Oh dear!" "OK." "See you later." " God willing!" " God willing!" " Ivete Sangalo..." " God willing!" "...Daniela Mercury and Margareth Menezes." " Bye." "Bye... darling!" "Let's have a bath." "We can't wait for Dalva." " I'm not waiting for Dalva." " I'll have one too." "Not here!" "They're filming!" "Get undressed in the bathroom." "Nobody knows where she is." "Otherwise everybody will see everything!" "I can see Poroca sitting, on the screen." "Wave good-bye, Poroca!" "Don't mess around!" "Wave, Poroca!" " Wave, Poroca." " I've never seen anyone wave good-bye!" " No, wave." "Can't you wave?" "The phone!" "Answer it, Poroca!" "Pick up the phone." "It's nice." "Say hello." "Keep holding the telephone." "Get it!" "We can see." "Put the phone to your ear." "It will do..." "OK, lower!" "On the mouth." "One side to your mouth, the other on your ear." "No!" "Farther down!" "That's wrong." "Turn it." "Turn it, come on." "To show her answering the phone." "No, not like that!" "Put it this side!" "That's right!" "There you go." "That's it." "Hello?" "That's it." "Pretend you're talking." "Valneide's great!" "She's amazing!" "Mrs. Didi... was great at the beginning." "But she changed towards the end." "I used to live nearby... but never met them." "After the film, I went to ask them what it was like." "What it was..." "I asked so much..." "how it is..." "One day she asked me to stay... and cook for them." "I don't have any profit." "I help them more than they help me." "Oh folks, come and see" "Join our game" "Oh folks, come and see" "Join in our game" "About a boy and a girl" "The story's the same" "About a boy and a girl" "The story's the same The seamstress is a beauty" "Terezinha is a cutie" "Her hips she likes to sway" "But the boys lead her astray" "Oh folks, come and see Join in our game" "Young girls and daughters" "Are often to blame" "I was paying attention to the rhythm." "So I could accompany them." " It was lovely." " We didn't slip up." "Who bought these "ganzá"?" "Roberto did." "They're very good." "Yes, they are." "They're very good." "Did you have them before?" "He bought them in Campina Grande." "You always had the same ones?" " Yes." " The same ones?" "This one's to remind me of him." " Really?" " Yes." " It's for keeps!" " Had them a long time?" "For 2 years." "It's been 2 years since we made the film." "We're doing a film with him." "They're filming now." "It'll be ready in 6 months." "The film's:" ""Born To Be Blind", The Movie." "The mysteries of the Universe" "Through light and dark unseen" "Through verse and in reverse" "Have made our vision keen" "The light which any knife" "Can cut through clean is sharp and clearly seen" "And darkness makes you blind" "Which by only touching can you find" "Light and darkness" "Are both one kind They are both of one kind" "One says yes, the other no" "But in both charm you find" "Here three in conspiration" "To whom the light says no" "While the darkness says yes On you go" "And light is inspiration" "The sisters who have no sight" "Are here to bring you light" "CASTRO ALVES AMPHITHEATRE" "Maria, Indaiá, Poroca... you're in the amphitheatre." "It's big." "There are 4000 people here." "OK, Maria!" "Sing us a song!" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "Girl tell your father and then tell me" "That he my father-in-law and you my wife will be" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "Marry me, I do not slack" "Just put a hoe upon my back But you'll not see me hoeing so" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I sent my lime to search behind the church" "Among the flowers it perished Out came the girl I cherished" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "Thank you very much." "I think that it was the best show ever." "They filled the stage!" "So pure, so beautiful!" "I cried!" "The roots of Brazil!" "And they don't even have a CD!" "Three beautiful ladies playing!" "Their chants enchant!" "It's divine!" "They're so sweet and fragile!" "Love translated into music!" "What a success!" "Now we've started!" "Without doubt one of the greatest attractions... of the World Percussion Festival!" "The blind girls from Campina Grande!" "They no longer have to sing in the streets." " Oh God!" " Indaiá's arrived!" " Look at Indaiá here!" " There." "Won't you carry her in, Leo?" "The old lady's devil I slapped in the face" "She stopped farting all over the place." "To the devil's monkey gave some spanks" "And he stopped playing some of his pranks" "To the heart-throb's devil I gave a slap" "And he in his right hand with a dagger fell flat" "The devil's soldier I then assailed" "And nevermore the bugle he played" "Oh shoemaker, give me a pair so I may walk wherever I dare" "I need to walk wherever I dare" "Oh shoemaker, give me a pair so I may walk wherever I dare" "I need to walk wherever I care" "Lovely!" "Now, what would you like to tell everybody?" "That it's a surprise to be here in Salvador." " And now you're going to São Paulo." " And now I'm going to São Paulo." "I've never seen São Paulo." "I mean, not seen, but I've heard about it!" "PAULISTA AVENUE I expect São Paulo to be nice... and noisy!" "I've heard... there's a lot of traffic... in Campina Grande, there's traffic but not as much as here." "When I went to get her..." "Dalva was lovely." " She was obedient." " Everyone liked her." "She called us auntie." "Her friends have taught her otherwise." "She's unbearable." "She takes advantage." "She makes them think... she's up to something." "She doesn't put a dress on them." "Dalva is ashamed to go out with them... because they're blind and everyone looks." ""You have to get over it... because she's your mother and they're your aunts." "You'll be with them till they die."" "She's unbearable." "She does nothing to help." "The house is so little." "She does nothing." "She won't even clean the bathroom." "Sometimes I go there The bathroom is filthy" "She knows they can't see it's filthy." "Mrs. Didi says:" ""She's just a child."" "But kids have to grow up." "If she was mine, I'd give her to Mrs. Didi." "When she defends her, I say..." ""You keep her if she's so good!"" " Dalva!" " I'm going there." "She's 12 and already like that?" "What will she be like when she's 15?" "Oh my God!" "Lt'll be... a long film, won't it?" "Maria, what did you say?" "The film will be long." " Will it?" " Yes." "You started in Campina Grande... and then..." "Salvador." "It must be long." "It must be real long." "So that makes it a real film." "Talking about films... are these prizes in cash?" "I'll tell you what... we keep part of the prize... and we've given you some." "The rest is for the film." "It doesn't matter." "That's all I wanted to know." "ALFA THEATRE" "It is with great pleasure that I present... the three sisters from Campina Grande." "Poroca, Lia and Indaiá." " So?" " Fine, thank God!" "Really?" "What are you going to sing?" "The sound's not too good." " It isn't?" " No." "Oh God!" "See, Leco?" "You can't hear me." "I know." "I have the microphone in my hand." "So, I'll stay here." "There." "Now, where do I go..." "Here?" "Will you go round in circles for the rest of your life?" "Yes, indeed I will!" "Oh God!" "In order not to..." "Go on, say it!" "I'm paying attention to the microphone." "Oh God!" "Because I have to sing as well as play." "It's on!" "Hello?" "So, start." "I'll sing, not play." "I'll sing:" ""Love So Fine"." "When the love that you live" "Is so fine that you can give" "To a love that can give in return" "Your rose complexion" "And lips of perfection" "And eyes that through me just burn" "When the love that you live" "Is so fine that you can give" "To a love that can give in return" "Your rose complexion" "And lips of perfection" "And eyes that through me just burn" "I always thought that if I could manage it... everything would change completely." "Everything." "What are you talking about?" " You mean, love?" " Yes." "Yes, but this person doesn't know." "Why not?" " Why doesn't he know?" " Because I haven't told him." " Why haven't you?" " Because I can't." " Because he's married." " Sure." " Oh my God!" " No one knows who he is." "Oh my God!" "Stop it, otherwise I'll end up telling you." "It'll make it worse." "It is complicated." "Is it that complicated?" "On second thoughts..." "I think he knows." "He's no child." " He knows." " Nobody says anything." " I think he knows." " Because..." "Say it, so it's still funny." "I'd be happy if it were true." "But people are what they are born for." "...this business he learned." "I would like to talk to you about this story." "It must be clear to everybody." "I like you all." "That's why I made the film." "I thought you three... were special, different." "But there's a difference... a huge difference between like... between my interest in making this film and love." "There is no "love"." "You know I'm married." " Are you?" " Didn't you know?" " Yes." " I have a wife." "I want us to be friends." "That's how we can be together." "Being friends." "I told her so." "Yes, she did." "So, you knew all about it?" " Yes." " There!" "I only told you... to see if you did." "I wanted you to." "But I never told you his name." "Roberto said he adores all three of you." "This is very clear." "So she got hurt... because she asked for it." "I explained everything to her." "I must admit I like Roberto." "I won't say I don't." "I like him too." "I like him as a friend." " Friendship and respect." " Because we're friends." "I don't want you to... forget me because of that." "Don't do it." " No, I won't forget you." "I'll be here." " That's what I wanted to hear." "I must eat something." "I'll be back." " Ok?" " There's rice in the fridge." " See you." " See you." "Bye." "More, Poroca?" " More, Lia?" " Yes." " More." " Yes." "That's life." "Joy and suffering." "Yes." "Each has his own cross to bear." "I say he'd understand." "He was only..." "He didn't mean to hurt anybody... but the truth will out." "Unrequited love" "Unrequited love" "Do what you will But I won't forget you" "But I want you, my love" "And to say that my love Can never change" "But my silence is ever growing" "From afar I die without you knowing" "Oh God!" "Remains of love still shows" "And time forgotten daily grows" "What we were is still remembered" "So much has changed" "That time has now dismembered" "So often" "Have I thought of finding you again" "And to say that my love can never change" "But my silence is ever growing" "From afar I die without you knowing" "Tropical FM, Roberto Carlos, "From Afar"." "Roberto Carlos." "On God I call" "For love I have no more" "My lucky star never came" "And in my heart, such pain" "The pain which dwells within my heart" "Has come to stay, will never part" "I ask God to know" "And for me some pity show" "Good Lord!" "How beautiful!" "Oh God!" " Poroca!" " A red carnation!" "Look." "My God, I never thought I'd receive flowers... except on my grave!" "My God!" "My two sisters..." "I love them but I'm still upset." "I meant to say that before." "A man who lives with one of them can be pure gold... but I feel nothing for him." "Let me tell you how it happened." "I have to tell." "Roberto is a long story." "My first husband..." "His sisters still don't understand how I put up with him." "All three of us lived with him and I suspected nothing." "One day it was one and the next, another!" "I nearly lost him because of the others." "He could have talked to them, and if they didn't want... they could've told him." "But they accepted it." "I didn't leave him just to spite them." "He said he'd swap me for another." "I decided to put up with it... but it's hard to live with." "The worst thing is... trying to live with this hurt." "I can't hate... but I do hurt." "Now the last one?" "OK?" " The last one?" " Yes." "Or no." " Oh my God!" " Two more, if you like." "Or just one more..." "Maria?" "Well, there is one song... from the first of my two husbands!" "OK." "My first husband told me... that when he was single he got engaged... but she broke the marriage off..." " The engagement." " Yes." "She broke off and he wrote a song called "The Secret"." " Good Lord!" " Good Lord!" "It's mournful, but beautiful." "Yes, it's lovely." "I woke up at the break of day crying" "For I was so far away" "In a war in lands unknown" "In my land my love at home" "Through a dark door I then walked" "My love past by but never talked" "So many tears I've shed for thee" "Yet you do not remember me" "A little secret I have kept" "The early evening when I left" "A little secret I have kept" "The early evening when I left" "Say good-bye and shake my hand nice and firm" "Good-bye my love till I return" "Say good-bye and shake my hand nice and firm" "Good-bye my love till I return" "When I return!" "Oh dear!" "Good Lord!" "Oh my God!" "Oh my God!" "You'll return!" "They'll ask you to return, right?" "TWO YEARS LATER" "SEPTEMBER 2002" "I've been thinking of moving... for 2 years." "We saved up... and bought this house." "It's in the main street." "If anyone falls sick... all we do is call a car." "Not so in the alley." " I'm going away" " Little lion" " Next Monday" " Little lion" " The stranger will weep" " Little lion" " The friend will my memory keep" " Little lion" "Little lion, little lion there are two loves, oh little lion" "There." "One of the things I wanted... now I have:" "The house." "Do you like it?" "Oh Lord!" "This song is for Roberto in Rio de Janeiro." "He's not here." "And for his son who's nearly 2." "We miss him a lot." "Tell him that when he wants to come... the door's always open." "Remind him to send me what I asked for." "A photograph of the baby." "I asked twice and he's forgotten." "A YEAR LATER" "SEPTEMBER 2003" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "There's someone talking." " Everything OK?" " Yes." "Yes." "We have a surprise for you." "Really?" "I don't believe it!" "I don't believe it!" "Yes!" "Here's my son." "And here's my wife!" "Oh my goodness!" "Give me a kiss." "Really?" " Where is she?" " This is my wife, Ana." " Pleased to meet you." " It's a pleasure." "Oh my God!" " Pleased to meet you." " Please to meet you too." " It's a pleasure." " How are you?" " Fine." " New house, huh?" "Thank God!" "Indaiá, this is Ana Amélia... and my son Antônio." "Really?" "My God!" " I asked for a picture of him." " We brought it!" "Really?" "Where is it?" "I'll get you a frame." " Pity I can't see it." " Pity." "Dalva's changed!" "She certainly has!" "Since Ismael's been here... she's become quite responsible." ""Rosemary at the door Jasmine went to see" "The world turns upside down but my Ismael will always be"" "His name's Ismael." "Ismael wasn't here during the filming, but he is now." "We're living together." "I'm a kid on the street, at home I'm so sweet" "For the eyes I'm a feast and in bed I'm a beast!" "He arrived a year ago come December." "Everything changed." "He cooks and washes... and takes care of the house." "Dalva doesn't cook?" "She stays at home." "I let her go out to talk to her friends... while I take care of the house." "I wash, sweep... clean the bathroom and dust." "Rare, huh?" "Oh God!" "I'm here." "That's good." " Anybody home?" " Yes." "How are you?" " Just me at home." " Alone?" "No, with Ismael." "Where are the others?" "Downtown." "I think I'm going down there." "Where are they?" "At Pedrosa Bookshop." "Downtown." "Alms for a blind girl, for the love of God." "Spare a penny!" "Alms for a blind girl, for the love of God." "Spare a penny!" "We don't earn enough so we have to beg." "The pension isn't enough." "We'd stay home." "People look down on us." "Some people slap us on the head." "Some pull our hair." "Some give us paper and say it's money..." " It's true!" "...deceiving us." "It makes you want to cry!" "What are you talking about?" "About a blind person always after her." "He's taken advantage of Indaiá twice." "Indaiá, tell him!" "He was... handicapped like me." "He lives in Pedregal." "He lives in Pedregal." "He lives in Pedregal." "He lives in Pedregal." "It's been 1 month and 4 days..." "Since he disappeared." "He left me and didn't show up anymore." "Why didn't you tell me?" " Because we forgot." " Because..." "I forgot." "Anyway, I'm going to tell." "I slept with him." "The next day, he left." " Did you hug him?" " Yes." " You kissed him?" " Yes." "And did you enjoy it?" "Very much!" "Would you like Indaiá to get married?" "That's my dream!" "When we get old, she'll be alone." "Blind!" "What will become of her?" "She needs someone to look after her." "No one knows who'll go first." "It could be her, it could be me... it could be any one of us." "She'll be alone." "With no family." "The family is what she's got." "Dalva has her own life." "If she got someone... to look after her, it would be good." "I could die in peace." "I would know she'd be looked after." "I thought I'd live with him forever." "Forever." "I might even... take him back." "Otherwise... there's nothing I can do." "We'll never split up." "Never." "Only death or someone else can separate us." "But no one's turned up yet." " Your blessing, Lia." " God bless you." " Your blessing, Poroca." " God bless you." " Your blessing, Indaiá." " God bless you." "When he's filming he goes:" ""Turn this way, turn that way."" "Other day he told me to turn again." "I remember." "I remember when we were in Patos in the mountains." "Yes, we went there." "They filmed us while we were asleep." "They gave me some medicine." " I remember that." " And the hotel!" "And when they put us up on the top of the building." "It was pretty high." "I enjoyed meeting Gilberto Gil." " Yes, he was so nice to us." " Naná..." " Oh Lord!" " Naná was nice too." " Salvador." " Salvador." " Salvador." " The applause." " Everyone came to hear us." " It was so nice!" "It was really good." "You never forget good things." "The first time we ever got on a plane." "I remember that." "I always dreamt of flying." "When we're dreaming is really good we see things when we dream." " We see plants." "We dream but now it's been for real." "When we dream we go everywhere alone." " We see so much!" " Such lovely things!" "That's why people say blind people see when they dream." "When they dream." "I just dreamt..." "I saw the sea." "Now, when I dreamt..." "It was very rough." "I was afraid of something I'd never seen!" "When I woke up I said..." ""Is the sea really like that?"" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "Girl tell your father and then tell me" "That my father-in-law and you my wife will be" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "Never seen a spinster make up her own mind" "Never seen an old lady who a new love can find" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I sent my lime to search behind the church" "Among the flowers it perished Out came the girl I cherished" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "I shot my love" "Into the deep dark empty sea" "You're what you are born for, aren't you?" "There is nothing you can do." "Then you must fulfill God's mission." "Yes, because He wants it that way." "NOVEMBER 2004" "The 10th Ceremony of the Medals of the Order of Cultural Merit!" "Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the Republic..." "And the First Lady!" "And Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture." "You, who receive this Medal and Diplomas... are the people of Brazil!" "The calm banks of lpiranga heard" "A resonant shout from a valiant people" "Maria, Regina and Conceição Barbosa... three sisters with beauty... gentleness and determination." "You are the gentle mother of these ground's children" "Loving land, Brazil!" "Now our film is over." "They'll show the names of everyone who helped." "Yeah." "Pay attention to the music." "The music's from the CD!" "The three blind girls and other famous names!" " There's Pato Fu..." " Paralamas do Sucesso Lenine..." "...Lula Queiroga and Elba Ramalho." "They're all singing our songs." " It came out beautiful!" " Go and buy it!" "It's on sale now!"