"I just hear complaints when I get home." "Why are you always annoying me?" "You stop annoying me!" "You look like a martyr, with no mood for anything." "It's been two years I don't go out, I don't go to the movies." "It's easy for you to say." "I'd like to see you after a day's work." "Go!" "See if you can support this house." "Instead of doing nothing here." "Doing nothing?" "I'd like to see you in the kitchen, ironing... cleaning the house and taking care of this boy." "Don't tell me you don't want to take care of our own son now." "You don't have to stay all day long with this demon!" "I'd like to see you do that." "Thank God for this demon." "You should thank God for this demon." "If it weren't for him, I'd leave!" "You should thank God." "I would leave, if it weren't for this demon." "Hey, kid, stop whistling." "You asked me not to whistle!" "Can you lend a magazine to my grandson?" "Don't worry, he won't damage it." ""VIPER-MAN"" "Are you crazy?" "You folded the cover of my magazine." "How rude!" "STOP, LOOK, LISTEN" "Grandpa, a woman asked me for a magazine to her grandson... and he tried to fold the cover so I took it from him." "Easy!" "First of all, are you okay?" "Yes." "Then he folded the cover, and I took it from his hands." "She called me rude!" "I said if she called me rude in front of you you would kick their asses!" "Calm down, boy." "I'm your grandpa, not Viper-Man." "Yes, you are!" "Can I drive?" "Do you have a license?" "Aren't you going to ask about your grandmother?" "How is grandma?" "She's fine, thank you." "What about your parents?" "They're fine." "It seems they are going to "give it some time"." "Grandpa, what does "give it some time" mean?" "Well, it can mean something different for each person." "For me, it would mean to give a watch as a gift." "When I die, this watch will belong to you." "Grandpa, I can't wait that long!" "Of course you can, you'll see." "I'm going to call Zezo and Pelé and I'll be back soon." "First we'll have supper or your grandma will get upset!" "I've missed you, brat!" "Me too." "I told all my friends you banged your head against the wall." "But no one believed me." "Do you still do it?" "Yes, I do." "Sometimes, but I do." "That's not an appropriate subject for dinner time." "Remember when you broke the wall?" "It was over there!" "I'll call my friends before it gets late." "It's already late, Joaquim." "You're going to bed." "It's bedtime for children." "Isn't it, Quim?" "Of course!" "And I'm going to put this boy in bed myself." "Now put your pajamas on and go to bed!" "Good night, son." "Who's there?" "Who's there?" "It's Viper-Man!" "It's you, you bastard!" "You're the bastard!" "No, it's you!" "No, it's you!" "Come back here, you little devil." "Little devil!" "Satan's child!" "Come back here, I'll kill you, little devil." "I'll kill you, demon." "Demon!" "It wasn't my fault." "The woman said the clothes were wrinkled... so that she didn't need to pay my mom." "Once, my dad's razor was gone and they said I took it!" "And was it you?" "Of course not!" "Had it been me I would have lied!" "And then?" "My father asked if I had taken it." "I told him I would have said, because I am not afraid of him." "And then?" "I got beaten up." "When I remember it, my bottom still hurts." "My mom is getting old." "She can't catch me anymore." "She's always calling me "deimon"." ""Dimon"!" "The right word is D-E-M-O-N!" "Maybe in the big city but here, the right word is "dimon"." "And if we were real "dimons"..." "I'd like to do something about the school test we took yesterday." "The teacher won't notice." "That's what you think, moron." "What did Pelé do?" "Nothing." "Nothing!" "Nothing!" "We were cheating on the test." "I didn't know one answer, so I wrote: "l don't know"." "So what?" "I wrote: "Me neither"." "If I were a real demon, I'd wish for the teacher to die!" "Back off, kid!" "You can go playing." "But he hasn't touched his bread!" "Let him go." "Bread doesn't make you fat." "Come, Pelé!" "Let's go!" "Look over there!" "A car crash, so what?" "Holy Virgin, did he die?" "No, but his nose bled." "Who is he?" "The teacher!" "Which teacher?" "The one we talked about last night?" "So maybe we are..." "Shut up, someone may be listening." "Do you believe we did it?" "God forbid!" "Why should God forbid it?" "Wouldn't it be good... if we could do everything we wanted?" "I would be an airplane pilot." "Airplane pilot!" "Where have you seen a black pilot?" "You're right, what nonsense." "Then I'm gonna be a truck driver." "I'd like to be a playboy." "What the heck is that?" "I'm not sure... but I know they drive big cars." "And you, Zezo?" "What would you like to be?" "Rich!" "This slingshot is crooked." "You suck!" "Stupid asshole!" "Pig face!" "Why doesn't he strike back?" "He's a dunce!" "He's an asshole." "Eleven o'clock, I'm gonna have lunch or my mom will kill me!" "I've forgotten to deliver the clothes!" "What a moron!" "Sleep!" "Sleep!" "Sleep!" "One o'clock!" "It's one o'clock and nobody's woken me up!" "Are you crazy, son?" "Meanwhile, Viper-Man and his faithful pupil..." "Bird Spider prepare to fight..." "Ru-Tu-Yang, the oriental vampire." "I don't get it." "How is Viper-Man good if a viper is something evil?" "If he does good things, he's good;" "if he does bad things, he's evil." "We, for instance, are evil." "We are "dimons"." "I'm no "deimon", help me God!" "You wanted the teacher to die." "I didn't!" "Then you prefer we failed and got our asses kicked?" "Do you think we really did it?" "What do you think?" "But we didn't do it right." "If the teacher dies..." "I'll do everything the demon says." "If the teacher dies, I'll do everything the demon asks." "Oh, demon!" "Oh, demon!" "Stop this nonsense, Zezo!" "Yeah, stop it." "God will punish you!" "If you get scared, we won't make the teacher die not even next year!" "This is a sin." "We should be having fun." "Having fun?" "What fun could we be having?" "I don't know, we could have ice cream!" "Great!" "Ice cream." "Good." "Very good." "But where is the money?" "Okay." "If we get the money for ice cream I'll believe we're demons." ""Deimon"." ""Dimon"!" "Ice cream!" "Ice cream!" "I don't think anybody would lose any money here." "Me neither." "Don't say:" ""Me neither" again!" "Look!" "The falcon!" "Work more, speak less!" "Is it today, Jus?" "No!" "I don't like that kind of talk." "Can I leave, grandma?" "Of course, son." "You cannot carry that weight!" "A child is not heavy, Joana." "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." "And help me get the money for ice cream or they'll laugh at me... and, worst of all, I won't have ice cream." "Amen!" "Is it today, Jus?" "Yes." "Grandpa, is it a sin to be a demon?" "Sin!" "At my age we don't know about sins anymore." "Maybe you should ask grandma." "You know, they always call me demon at home." "What nonsense, dear!" "You're an angel!" "Come on, Mrs. Joana, the boy is a real brat!" "Justina!" "I'm the angel here at home." "So am I!" "Hi." "You asshole!" "DON'T WALK ON THE TRACKS" "I'm telling you if we don't find money for ice cream soon..." "I'll forget about this bullshit of us being demons." "I've got it!" "How dumb we are!" "Shit!" "You're the moron who let this shit on my foot!" "We're looking for money but what did we ask the demon?" "Ice cream?" "See?" "We asked for one thing and we're looking for another!" "Money!" "Money!" "Now it will work, you'll see." "Yeah." "Maybe." "We'll meet after lunch." "Where shall we meet?" "Around." "TIRE SHOP" "Man, this is a hot girl." "Sure is." "It's not like that old witch we have at home." "Boy, with a girl like that I would have a wild party." "Me too, man." "Haven't I told you this tire can't be repaired?" "You have to buy a new one." "How much was it?" "200." "Last month it was 180." "Life is expensive... everything has increased." "Patch, glue, electricity, everything is expensive." "Let's hope not to have another one, because, you know... money doesn't grow from the ground." "Is it today, Jus?" "Yeah." "Is it really today?" "Yeah!" "Justina!" "Why didn't you blow the horn?" "What do you mean?" "Or you could whistle!" "I don't want to look anymore." "Me neither." "Don't say:" ""Me neither", asshole." "Gas lantern, gas lantern" "Which brings back my memories" "Gas lantern, gas lantern" "Which brings back my memories" "Will you stop this sissy thing?" "You sound like a cow when you sing!" "I can sing better than both of you." "Gas lantern... gas lantern... which brings..." "So, it's war!" "Let's go to work." "Sinister and Ru-tu-fang are from Evil." "Viper-Man and Bird Spider are good." "Joaquim?" "Is Bird Spider the son of Viper-Man?" "No, he is his pupil." "What is a pupil?" "I don't know." "What's the meaning of pupil, Zezo?" "I think it's the name of a flower." "Who is Bird Spider's father?" "I don't know." "Funny, isn't it?" "What's so funny?" "You don't know who your father is either." "Why don't you shut up?" "Is it my fault he is the son of a bitch?" "Joaquim... do you think that kids who don't have a father... also have a guardian angel?" "Sure, Pelé." "Everybody has a guardian angel." "Really?" "Really." "I swear!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "You asshole!" "You moron!" "You blockhead!" "Here!" "Here?" "You look in the oven and I look in the grass." "I'm not looking in the oven, because I'm allergic." "Why don't you go?" "Because I said first." "I won't go!" "You will or I'll kick your ass!" "Try it!" "You try first!" "No, you try first!" "No, you." "Stop it!" "You look in the oven, you over there." "Joaquim!" "Zezo!" "Zezo!" "What's the matter?" "I can't believe it." "Me neither." "Me neither." "I can't believe it." "Me neither." "Me neither." "You crippled jerk." "You dumb." "Well, now we know we are demons for sure." "Yes." "Tomorrow, after ice cream, we know what to do." "I'm not sure we should kill the teacher." "Why not?" "Do you prefer to flunk out and be whipped at home?" "Of course not." "So?" "Zezo!" "Pelé!" "I almost forgot: it is today!" "Is it gonna take too long?" "How do I know?" "Sometimes nothing happens." "Look at that!" "Why not?" "Why not?" "Justina!" "It bled!" "Joaquim, is Justina good or evil?" "Good morning!" "Morning!" "Quim... where could the boy be at such an early hour?" "He's living, Joana." "Just living." "More?" "Goal!" "Goal!" "Here." "Here." "Stop it." "Why did you give an ice cream to the bastard?" "Just because." "That is no answer." "I give ice cream to anyone... even to a dog." "Did it hurt?" "Not in the forehead." "What have we got for dessert?" "Ice cream." "Ice cream?" "Ice cream?" "There's no ice cream." "This woman is crazy." "Grandpa, one of these days Justina is going to pull the house down." "Don't worry, she would pull the kitchen down at the most." "Grandpa, hasn't mom or dad called?" "You know it's not easy to get a call through from São Paulo." "Maybe they tried at night and you were asleep or around with your friends." "Yeah." "Grandpa, do you think dad is still living at home?" "Of course." "Where did you get this funny idea from?" "I think that "give it some time" may have another meaning." "Why do you think so?" "Dad doesn't even wear a watch." "Don't you worry." "I won't let anything bad happen to you." "Really?" "Really." "Don't worry." "But the man is a monster!" "But should we make him die?" "What's the matter?" "Hasn't Viper-Man ever killed anybody?" "Just in case of self-defense." "Isn't it the case?" "My mom will kill me if I flunk." "And if the tests just vanished?" "What you mean?" "I don't know." "Just vanish." "They wouldn't have the criminal evidence!" "Nobody would know we cheated." "I don't know." "I really wanted to kill him." "Are the tests in his house?" "No, they are at school." "Let's go there." "We'd better kill the bastard." "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "I won!" "Look!" "There are the damned tests." "Too bad there are bars." "A fire would be a solution." "Fire!" "Fire!" "I won't be sad that the tests will be burned." "Me neither." "Now you're saying:" ""Me neither"?" "Shit!" "Are you crazy?" "Let's go." "The last one is a sissy!" "I'm not the last one!" "Sissy your ass!" "Everything is going to burn, God willing." "God willing?" "What do you mean?" "I wanted to say "deimon"." "But you always say "dimon"!" "Go to hell!" "Grandma, you didn't give me a birthday gift this year." "Because you were not here at the time." "Next Monday... we'll have a shirt made for you." "A shirt is not a gift!" "Joaquim!" "There are so many poor kids shivering with cold... and you don't want the shirt I'm going to give you?" "A lot of kids are starving... but you never gave me beans." "Joaquim!" "Don't you think a shirt is a good gift to a little gentleman?" "I'm not a gentleman, I'm a child." "I bet it's going to be one of those shirts... to wear with a bow tie." "Will you give me a bow tie too?" "Yes." "Of course she will." "Not if you don't take your elbows from the table!" "What about you?" "What are you going to give me?" "Do you want more?" "I want everything!" "I'll take you and your friends to fish tomorrow." "I won't clean small fish!" "We'll bring a shark, right, grandpa?" "Yes, I mean, sort of." "Let's go to bed." "We'll go to church tomorrow." "You can bring your friends." "You can bring Zezo." "Church?" "Do I have to go?" "But after church you can bring your friends over for lunch!" "And then we'll go fishing?" "Sure!" "We'll catch a shark!" "Cool!" "And maybe some alligators!" "There's no pot that large!" "We'll cut them in pieces!" "We'll eat them raw!" "Quim!" "What is that?" "A cigarette, what else?" "But you quit smoking twenty years ago!" "Not twenty, Joana." "Twenty-two years next month." "Man... with a girl like that I would have a wild party." "Zezo, what is a wild party?" "Everybody knows what it is!" "I don't know." "Me neither." "Don't say: "Me neither"!" " I heard you say that today." "Me too." "See?" "You spoiled everything!" "What?" "I didn't get it!" "Me neither." "Grandma told us to go to church and then come over for lunch." "What will there be for lunch?" "Are you crazy?" ""Dimons" don't go to church." ""Dimons" in a church is a sin!" "We have to, otherwise they'll get suspicious." "Okay, then we'll go." "Just as disguise." "What's the matter?" "Are you worried?" "It's nothing." "I was thinking about the girl at the window and I missed my mom." "I'd like her to hug me." "Why?" "Does your mother hug you?" "He plays with dolls with his mom." "Go to hell!" "No, Pelé, she never hugs me, but I wish she did." "Mine never did." "What is it?" "What a sissy's thought!" "Nobody's mother hugs them!" "Mine doesn't!" "We're men, we don't need this shit!" "Well, maybe." "That's why we have turned into "deimons"." ""Dimons"." "Demons!" "Hello, operator?" "I would like to call São Paulo." "82235." "Yes, it's from Mr. Quim's house." "Did he tell you about me?" "No, he's in bed." "He permitted." "He permitted." "He permitted, I swear." "You can't blame me for being a child." "I want to talk to my dad and mom!" "Our Lord, in His infinite mercy... as it is His this valley of tears... so that the good would die for eternal life." "And Satan would take the evil... and make them burn in sin and in hell." "Let's sing." "Where is Pelé?" "Come, Pelé." "Why not?" "I see." "Quiet!" "Sing!" "Sing!" "Sing?" "Me?" "Yes!" "Gas lantern, gas lantern" "Which brings back my memories" "Gas lantern, gas lantern" "Which brings back my memories" "Gas lantern, gas lantern" "My ears!" "I never imagined that my grandma was so strong." "Grandma?" "I didn't even know the man who beat me." "I'll never hear again." "That's what happens when "dimons" go to church." "My ears!" "My ears!" "Grandpa!" "You don't have to explain." "Grandma told me everything." "Grandpa, why didn't you go to church today?" "I don't know, I didn't feel like." "I won't go anymore." "Final." "Mr. Quim... we won't go anymore either." "Why hasn't it burned yet?" "How long did it take us to get the ice cream?" "It was Wednesday, Friday." "No, Thursday." "Two days." "It must be the time the demon takes to get the orders." "There must be a long line." "Then it must be today!" "Did you like it?" "You're lost!" "Lunch time!" "I hit your marble." "Let's have lunch." "Now?" "There were only four chairs, Quim." "We can join the chairs." "Yes, the three of us can sit together." "Come, Pelé!" "Go!" "Lunch time!" "How boring." "We should ask the "deimon" for a fish, so we could go home." "Let's look at the other bait?" "Let's go." "A big fish!" "Where?" "What happened?" "The biggest fish I've ever seen and he screwed it up!" "Relax, maybe he will come back." "I caught it, I caught it!" "Watch out!" "I caught it!" "I caught it!" "I won't tell anybody about it." "Me neither, Joaquim." "It's still alive." "Fish on the tree?" "That's something for me!" "Grandpa, can I drive?" "Tomorrow." "I haven't recovered from this adventure yet." "No, it could rain tomorrow, the car could break down... my mother could come to pick me up." "Come on, please." "Okay, but just a little!" "Disgusting!" "And me?" "Yeah, and him?" "That is, what about me?" "Mom?" "What are you doing up there?" "Go!" "Go!" "Let's go." "See?" "There's no one." "Let's go." "Come in." "Let's go." "When the fire starts we'll get to know." "Let's go!" "They are burning plantations in town." " Burning plantations?" " In town?" "Mrs. Joana!" "From dust we came... and by the infinite grace and mercy of Our Lord... to dust we shall return." "We should not be sad for those who leave... for they will see the generous face of the Creator." "Full of faith, we march in His direction... in the direction of His infinite mercy... of His infinite wisdom... of His infinite love." "From this earth full of sin and sorrow..." "He shall take them to Heaven." "Are you crying, sissy?" "I'm not crying." "Why are you crying?" "He wasn't your grandpa." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "I'll have another photo like this printed to take home." "Good idea." "We'll do it tomorrow." "At these times I would like to be a child again." "Here, son." "I'm sure your father would like you to have it." "The watch!" "Thank you, mom." "Thank you very much." "What the hell is with this kid?" "Jus?" "Jus?" "There he is." "Come here, Joaquim." "Why have you done it?" "Come on, it's a child thing." "Tell me, where did you hide it?" "What?" "You know that I can't stand you lying to me!" "But who is lying?" "Don't shout at your mother!" "Why not?" "Only you can do it?" "Don't shout at your father!" "That's not what I taught you." "Put it away!" "Joaquim!" "Enough!" "The Southern Cross, Orion's Belt Stars..." "Acrux!" "Heaven!" "Come back!" "Come back!" "Come back, spirit." "Come back, spirit." "Come back, spirit." "We were just trying to help." "We asked the "dimon" to bring him back." "There's no use, Zezo." "He's dead." "It's no use asking the demon:" "my grandpa went to heaven." "I'm not a demon anymore." "When I die I want to go to heaven, to meet grandpa." "Demons don't go to heaven." "Joaquim!" "Wait, Joaquim." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Joaquim!" "Joaquim, what if we were good "deimons"?" "There's no good "dimon"." "Sure there is." "I think that good "dimons" go to heaven." "We could ask only for good things." "Ice cream... a new pot for my mother... she needs one." "We could ask... to be friends for the rest of our lives." "I don't know." "Maybe good demons are okay." "And now?" "What are we gonna do?" "Who knows?" "Let's go see airplanes?"