"Light off the cigarette." "(SPEAKS FRENCH)" "Excuse me?" ""Atlantic rebel who..." ""...who opens to the horizon and becomes a prophet of liberty."" "Young people still read poems!" "(IN FRENCH) Silence!" "They're exaggerating!" "I read everything you wrote." "I know almost all your poems by heart." " Tell me, which one do you like the most?" " The one about the dazzling sun." "My God, I can't remember right now." "I'm a little excited." ""The sun dazzles you when you come from the dark," ""too much light hurts the eyes," " "but sooner or later you get used to it." "Always."" " Always, yes, exactly." " That's the one, it's beautiful." " (IN FRENCH) An autograph, please." "You don't know what it means for me to have met you." "I'll never forget this day." "(IN PORTUGUESE) Don't exaggerate..." "I've lived here in Paris for seven years." "I like it." "And do you often go to that cinema?" "Do you meet with other Portuguese?" "No, I don't meet with many Portuguese." "The Portuguese bore me." " At least those that I know." " They bore me to death too, always with that story of the saudade (homesickness)..." "Let's admit it, we're a depressed people who don't accept not to be centre of the world anymore." "But you?" "I mean..." "Are you in the resistance?" "Can I make you a confession?" "The resistance doesn't exist." "What do you mean?" " I mean it doesn't exist." " But then?" "The demonstrations?" "The fear of the secret police, the meetings..." "The solidarity with the political prisoners..." "All useless?" "No no, they're important, of course..." "But it won't be students like you or poets like me who'll make the oldest dictatorship in Europe fall." "How come?" "There's only a poet who's trying to do that, in Angola," "Agostinho Neto, and he had to learn to fight." "But in Portugal it's different, it will be the soldiers who free us, the ones who are forced to fight in the colonies, away from home, those who miss the sea, the scent of the dried fish," "the echo of the sad songs, the cries at the market and the scent of the shoe shiners..." "All those things which remind you of your country," " and make you feel Portuguese." " Careful master." " This is saudade." " See?" "I am not immune from it either..." "Well, I better go before I force you to listen to all my albums by Amália Rodriguez." " Master?" "The book..." " What book?" "Would you sign it?" "Antonio De Cunheiro." "Give me your telephone number." "If there's a secret meeting I'll call you." ""To Victor, young Portuguese in exile." ""When the poets win the revolutions" ""and rule free states," ""that day will be a great day." "Antonio De Cunheiro"." "We would like you to speak to us of the Australopithecus Afarensis, and of its differences with the Australopithecus Robustus in reference to the studies published on the "American Science"." "Above all you should analyse deeply the interpretative contrast between doctor Leakey and doctor Johanson." "Leakey and Johanson..." "I don't feel too well." "(COMMENTARY OF A FOOTBALL GAME IN PORTUGUESE)" " ..."Goal! "" " Victor?" " Yes, chief..." " What are you doing?" "I'm cleaning up." "If you don't like this job, young fellow, find another one." "Look at our society." "It goes on because there are firms like mine which set things in order, which do the cleaning up, which help people live in a tidy world." "Otherwise it'd be the anarchy!" "I had never thought about it, chief." "I'm watching you, Victor." "Follow the rules or you'll be fired and you'll return to Lisbon!" "I can always ask for a permit as a political refugee." "Political refugee..." "Forget it." "Those are serious people, not people who only want to have fun like you." " What's the score?" " 2-0 for us." "Both by Mené." "What are you doing?" "What's this noise?" " Can't you see?" " At this hour?" "You should have done it three days ago." "However don't make too much noise 'cause I'm with a girl, okay?" " Who is it, Isabella?" " No, someone else." " Someone else?" " Yes, someone." "And Isabella?" "Forget her, okay?" ""Forget her"?" "You wore me out with Isabella!" "...you said she was the woman of your life and you were hopelessly in love..." "Did you break up?" "She said she doesn't want to see me anymore, and I don't even know why." "I can tell you why, if you want." " You acted like an asshole." " Sure." "And what do you know?" "You don't know anything!" "Sometimes a relationship simply ends, like your relationship with Claire, right?" "What's Claire got to do with it now?" "It was so to speak." "The fact is sometimes, we think we understand women, and that... while instead..." "Well, I'm going back to bed." "Good night." "Good night." "Hello?" "What?" "But who is it?" "Okay, just a moment." "Victor?" "It's for you!" "Hello?" "Who is it?" "We're free!" "We're free!" "The revolution broke out!" "Two hours ago!" "Understand?" "We're free!" "Understand?" "We are free!" "Hello, but who is it?" "It's me, De Cunheiro!" "Listen, listen to the radio!" "# Grandola, sunburnt city, land of brothers." "# It's the people who rule over you, oh, city!" "# Over you, oh city it's the people who rule." "The revolution has broken out!" "Hey!" "The revolution has broken out!" "At home, in Portugal!" "Understand?" "That fascist of Caetano has lost his power!" "What day is it?" "What day is it?" "24th... 25th April." "That's a good day!" "Isn't it the day of the Liberation in Italy?" "See?" "It's a good day!" " Who are you calling now?" " My uncle, in Portugal." "Hello?" "Uncle, I'm Victor, It's me." "How are you?" "...From Paris." "How is it going there?" "What's happening?" "Is everything true?" "But really?" "That's crazy!" "I'm coming!" "Yes." "I'm coming to see you and then to Lisbon." "How's my family?" "Alright." "Wait for me, okay?" "Bye." "Bye." "He says it's all true, that it's a real mess." "Where are the keys?" " Which keys?" " How "which keys"?" " But which keys?" " The keys!" "Give me the car keys!" " Why?" " "Why"?" "I'm going there!" " In my car?" " Yes!" "And how about me?" "THURSDAY 25th APRIL 1974" "Let's get organized." "First of all give me the money." "We'll share it, but I'll hold it." "Then we'll schedule the journey." "How many kilometres will it take, huh?" "Is there a map in this wreck?" "Here it is." "So..." "Poitiers..." "Then I would go to Bordeaux..." "But doesn't Claire live in Bordeaux now?" " I don't know." " You don't know?" "Then Bayonne and San Sebastián," " It'll take around..." " Wait." "Let's do it well." " Write it down." " No, not the notepad!" "Away with that notepad!" "700 kilometres, at an average speed of 50..." " Let's say 70!" " Alright, let's say 60." "It'll take 11-12 hours." "How about the fuel consumption?" "10 Km. with a litre?" "At least 25 if you're a good driver." "Let's take turns of two hours each." "We'll stop every three hours to piss." " What shall we do, pick him up?" " We'll get out of schedule." " And he weighs." "The consumption will increase." " But it brings good luck!" "If you pick up a hitchhiker" " someone will pick you up when you hitchhike." " No, it doesn't work that way." "I have picked up a million and I've always had to wait for days." "There, there!" "...the first statement was released by the rebels 15 minutes ago." ""The "Movement of the Armed Forces" is still freeing the country." ""We want everybody to stay calm in their own houses."" "We still don't know the program of the soldiers who led the coup d'état." "But what coup d'état!" "Revolution!" "Let's call it properly, shall we?" "...to re-establish the democracy in Portugal." "Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano who is with a few members of the Government inside the barrack of the Republican Guard in Largo do Carmo must surrender to the troops, led by Captain Salgueiro Maia, by 1 p.m.." "The siege to the barrack is being supported by thousands of rejoicing people." "As the city was invaded by an imposing demonstration, the Movement of the Captains clearly has the popular favour." "The Council of National Salvation, led by general Spinola has already asked for general elections, to allow the Portuguese people to finally choose their own government for the first time in 48 years." "From the Barrack of the Pide..." "See?" "It was about time for someone to wake up in that country of sleepers!" "You're going to Portugal, aren't you?" " How do you know?" " Because of your faces and your car." "Come on!" "Come on!" "Try this!" "Come on!" "Drink, drink!" "I made it myself." "Good, isn't it?" " I thought it was normal wine!" " Normal?" "There's nothing normal here!" "This is cognac!" "Well, a poor relative of its..." "Strong, isn't it?" "I am too old, otherwise I would come with you." "Wait a moment, let me give you a few bottles." "Voilà!" "They will do the revolution too," " or at least will make the soldiers happy!" " Thanks." " Cheers!" "Bye!" " Bye." "How long did it take you to forget Claire?" "What?" "Don't get me distracted." "Well, I remember that you felt like shit for at least six months." "What are you saying?" "Women are bad to leave us right before the holidays!" "And after one month she had already moved in with that Italian there." "What was his name?" "Giuseppe." "The hero of "Open city"." "What an asshole!" " Bordeaux." "What are we going to do?" " What do you mean?" " Let's drop in." " Where?" "It's dinner time, isn't it?" "We'll be quiet and comfortable..." "But we can't do it so suddenly, without calling her!" " How long haven't you seen her?" " I met her four years ago." "She'd just gotten married." " But are you sure that she lives there?" " Yes." "Look, her name is written there." " But do you think it's a good idea?" " Yes!" "They could even decide to come to Portugal with us." " Hiya!" "Hi cutie." " Hi child." " What's your name?" " Riccardo." " Is your mother in the house?" " Yes." " Call her." " Mom?" "Yes, who is it?" " That cannot be!" " Hi!" "It's really you!" "What are you doing here?" "Come in, come in!" "Giuseppe, look who's here!" ""Grandola, sunburnt country, land of brothers" ""It's the people who rule over you, oh, city."" "That was the signal which started the revolution, a song forbidden by the regime because it's about brotherhood." "We have interviewed Captain Salgueiro Maia who is taking care of general Caetano's surrender." "He has told us that his column left Santarem last night" "That's where it was. "I was at the head of a column of old tanks," ""I feared they would break, and leave us on foot," ""but here we are instead"." "He's the hero of what was called" "The "Revolution of the Carnations"." "In fact, all the soldiers carry red carnations in their rifles' barrels, and even the guns of the tanks were adorned with flowers which thousands of civilians gave to their saviours." "A Boola tank has entered the courtyard of the barrack, and we're pretty sure that the dictator will leave the besieged building in that tank." "Maia also said:" ""The ultimatum has expired at 1 o'clock p.m." "and now Spinola in person is taking care of the surrender of dictator Caetano."" "The first ones to surrender to the column of Captain Maia have been the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry." "When the column of Maia arrived, with the tanks ready to shoot to prevent their advance, the captain took a megaphone and explained..." "But I know that man!" "We used to work together!" "Hey, look who's there!" "Professor Simois!" "He was my high school teacher!" "João Moreira!" "The one who helped me escape 4 years ago!" " You knew it, didn't you?" " They were about to arrest him." "Yes, I'm going to tell you all about it." "I was found with the only copy in Portugal of "Open City", a clandestine copy in 16 mms." " that I had brought from Italy." " Sorry, we left at dawn." " Can I take a shower?" " Sure." "Follow me." " What's that?" " That's the Church of the Bastiglia." " Don't you remember?" " The one where the pigeons entered." "They made so much noise that we couldn't sleep." "Marco wanted to turn them into carrier pigeons." "He didn't succeed." "Those were just normal pigeons." "Want some?" " How are you?" " Fine." "Are you with someone?" "More or less." "Nothing serious." "A few affairs." "I don't feel like committing myself." " I'm not ready." " Do you still write?" "Yes, sometimes." "Poems which are meant to be yearning..." "I don't know." "I would like to come with you." "With what's happening..." "Why don't you come?" " Sure..." " What's the problem?" "What's the problem?" "You're making it too easy..." "Nothing is impossible if you really want to do it." "I'm going with them." "Two days, three at the most." " Are you joking?" " But excuse me, when shall I have another occasion?" "What about him?" " You'll take care of him." " Me?" "You're a modern father, free, aware and responsible." "If you want to sleep I can drive as well." "Silly!" "Listen Claire, there's something I wanted..." "I mean..." "Sorry, but..." "Tell me..." "How can you do it?" ""How can you do" what?" "I mean in bed, with Joseph." "Forgive me, but he's even fat!" " And maybe he even snores!" " Exactly!" "But how do you know?" " However he's very sexy." " Sure..." " And I have to say that he's good in bed." " Is he!" "And what does he do?" "Does he put a pillow on your face not to make you scream while you're coming?" "Very well!" "Go on!" "Do you want the details?" " And how do you know that Claire screams?" " What?" "Well, I heard her when... she and you..." " Did you fuck with her?" " But no!" " Did the two of you fuck?" " No." " In a friendly way." " In a friendly way?" "Shit!" "You are disgusting!" " You two are disgusting!" " It's your fault." "You were too scared to commit yourself." " You're two assholes." " Come on, mind the road!" "It happened a long time ago..." " Stop it, I don't want to think about it." " I didn't even remember it." "Thanks..." "Where?" " At hers or ours?" " At yours, I think." "Where's Claire?" " Claire?" " Ah, let's go, it's late!" "FRIDAY 26th APRIL" " What's that?" "A queue at the Customs?" " Don't speak to me." "Keep silent!" "Everything's jammed." "There has to be some problem." "CUSTOMS" "(IN FRENCH) What happened?" "Will it take long?" "Only those who are going to Spain can cross the border." "Those who are going to Portugal can't." "See?" "Those are Spanish lorries." "(IN PORTUGUESE) They won't let us pass, huh?" "Are they scared?" " They're scared!" " No, it's just a complete mess there..." " Tourists can pass." " Which tourists, Portugal is free!" "Portugal is free!" "And we have to pass!" "Come on, queue up and go." "Let's break down the barriers and get in." "Come on, let's see if they have the courage to stop us." "Come on!" " Calm down." " Calm down." "Come with us." "Have you seen?" "The lorry drivers, shit!" "They're the same everywhere." "They made the revolution in Chile fail," " they'll do the same in Portugal." " Stop it." "Be good." "It's always their fault!" "I hate lorry drivers!" "Okay, calm down now, will you?" "Calm down." "Calm down..." "Do you want some coffee?" "Fuck off!" "You better not cross the border from here." "They're waiting for orders, and who knows when they're going to receive any." "What does it depend upon?" "Upon Franco." "On how he slept or woke up, or shitted." "But isn't there another way to pass?" "Try Saint Jean Pied de Port." "It's 20 Kms away." "There lives a man, Yves "the Red"" "He knows how to make you get into Spain without problems." "You'll find him at the pelota field." "He trains every morning." "Whistle "The International"." "He will understand." " Thanks." " Thanks." "Pelota." "Yves the Red." " In Bayonne we were told..." " Who sent you here?" "A Portuguese driver." " Where are you going?" " To Lisbon." "Do you have weapons?" " No." " And why are you going to Portugal?" " Do you want a souvenir of the revolution?" " I'm Portuguese." "My family is antifascist." "My uncle was a voluntary in Spain." "Of course." "We'll speak about your family later." "Follow me." "See?" "Spain is beyond the river." " Did many people cross it yesterday?" " It's there." " Are they Portuguese?" " You ask too many questions." "Thanks." "Dictator Caetano has left Portugal." "in a tank among the howling crowd, he has left the barracks of the Guard last night." "# Let's fight!" "The ideal #will be ours at last!" "#" "The fastest way is this." "But maybe it's dangerous." "I think that the less we stay in this country of fascist, the better." "And I would avoid Madrid." "Let's go north." "Yes, but there are only secondary roads." "That's even better, no?" "Alright." "I'll drive." "To..." "Allo!" "I don't like Logroño." "Go!" "Remember when we went to Aruba?" "With Marco and his stupid girlfriend." "Yes." " What was her name?" " Who knows..." "Never seen her again." "And who's his girlfriend now?" "Isabella, his last one, left him the other night." "And the day after he was already fucking with a new one," " whose name he doesn't even know." " Not again!" "What about you?" " Me what?" " No affairs?" "No adventures in the Last Tango in Paris' style?" " Really none?" " Please..." "Claire..." "Are you happy?" "I'll go to piss." " I need to make a call." " Fill it up, please. "Normal"." " Portuguese?" " Yes, Why?" " Are you going to Lisbon?" " Yes, why?" "By this car?" "Yes, what's the problem?" "...Yes." "Yes, mommy will be back soon." "A big big big kiss." "Bye." "Hi." "I don't know exactly, somewhere in Spain." "Everything is alright." "Yes." "I don't have any more coins." "Yes." "Yes, I'll call again soon." "It's hard." "Yes." "Me too, very much." "Bye." "I'll say hi to them for you." "Bye." "Enough, let me drive!" "So..." "To Burgos." "Then Valladolid and Zamora, we'll cross the border at Miranda do Douro, then free Portugal and the hell with Franco!" "Where are we?" "On the road to Burgos." "Guys..." "Why is the road white but there's a black strip behind us?" "Stop, stop stop stop!" "Great!" "The oil sump is fucked up!" "Shit!" "Let me see." "Fuck you!" "But couldn't you be careful?" "How the fuck do you drive!" "It's this fucking road!" "And then your car has no suspensions." "Leave my car alone!" "She is great, and her suspensions are perfect, they're made by the Citroën, they're famous all over the world!" "It's you who cannot drive a 2CV!" "All you had to do was say it!" "You could say: "Marco, you better drive because you know her and I don't trust this road!"" "Then I would have showed you how to drive a 2CV!" "Listen, it's not a Jaguar!" "It's a shitty 2CV, and it's all wrecked." "Hey, shut up, okay?" "Don't even mention my car!" "Forget it, okay..." "We have to look for a mechanic in this desolate moor!" "Shall we push it or leave it here?" "Would you leave it here?" "Are you crazy or what, Portuguese?" "No, no, I'll push." "I'll push." "Come on." "Wait, steer!" "But do you know this car?" "And how much is it?" "How much dinero?" "I have to see what's wrong to know how much it will cost you." "How long will it take?" "Go away, I'll call you when I'm done!" " What else should I say?" " You haven't told me anything." "You never told me why." "Because you were jealous, and I can't bear jealous men." "Me jealous?" "And at the same time you were afraid to get engaged." " But I could have changed." " I don't believe you." "I don't like those who say "Give me time, I can change," "I can be a new man"." "I don't believe that." "We are what we are." " And then?" " And then nothing." "But you had other affairs." " Affairs?" " You went to bed with others," " besides that asshole of Marco." " And why do you care now?" "Dunno." " Christ." "What's that?" "A blockade?" " What shall we do?" "I don't know, but we better avoid it." "Is this the end of our journey?" " Go there, on the dirt road." " What if they shoot us?" "They'll destroy your car." " So... we should be..." " We "should"?" "Tell me what I have to do!" "Go straight." "Then you should go... left I think." "Yes, yes..." "No, right." "Turn right, yes..." " Should I go right then, or left?" " Left." "You've crossed the fork!" "Where are you going?" "What the fuck!" "Shit, where did you take us?" "What the hell do I know!" "You've got the map!" "The water is getting in!" "Leave now!" "Drive backwards!" "Can you start it up?" "Can you?" " I can't!" " What shall we do then?" " Let's try to take it out of the water." " Fuck it!" "Weren't you to run the Rally of Montecarlo in the 2CV?" "Yes, but with real a navigator, not as crappy as you!" " But can't you read a map?" " Now it's my fault?" "Who else's?" "I shouldn't have trusted you, I don't have to trust you!" "Fuck off!" " You fuck off!" " But where are you going?" "Where are you going?" "Want a sip?" "Pass me the biscuits too." "Sip." "Tomorrow we'll cross the border." "Who knows how it's going to be there." "I imagine it like in Cuba, after the victory of Fidel and the Che." "All in movement, the people in the streets... much music, much joy." "Old people, women, children, soldiers who dance together." "I imagine so much music, a lot of it." "And you?" "Red flags." "Red flags everywhere." "Fire red." "A sea of red." "I imagine fado and dried cod for free." "SATURDAY 27th APRIL" "Victor!" "Victor!" "Shit..." " Marco!" " Hmmm, Let me sleep..." "Marco!" "Don't frighten it!" " Look how it's looking at me!" " Where did it come from?" "Shhh, don't frighten it!" "Away with the cows!" "I am afraid of cows!" "Actually, that's a bull!" "Go beautiful bull, go my friend, go fuck the cow!" "Who are you?" "What are you doing in my stable?" " Our car is broken, "el coche"." " The car?" " You mean that 2CV is yours?" " It's mine." "Am I wrong or is it a 1964 AK 350, second series?" "Let me introduce myself." "Count Augustin Ferreido de Las Ruez, national secretary in Spain of the club "Friends of the 2CVs"" "Don't worry, I'll take care of that." "You hook it there." "Alright." "Now, señorita, hook it here, see?" "Careful!" "I have only two passions." "Bulls and 2CVs." "The only difference is that" "I sell the bulls, but not the 2CVs." "Never!" "Start it up, please." "What a sound!" "Divine!" "I've had this passion since I was a boy." "I have always thought that these cars were wonderful." "Look." "This one was made in '48." "Want to know how?" "One day, in 1935, famous Pierre Boulanger ordered to his designer:" ""I want a car which can carry two farmers with 100 kilos of potatoes or two barrels of wine, and which can go to a max speed of 60 km/h with a consumption of 3 litres every 100 km"." "Genial, isn't it?" "My grandfather was a friend of colonel Manton's." "Manton?" "No!" "The president of the Royal East African Automobile Association!" "They raced the first rallies in Eastern Africa together." "Really?" "Congratulations." "This one raced the "Paris" for ages," "Paris, 1965." "You should have run that Rally." "That one was worth while." "But do tell me." "Why are you going to Portugal?" "Is there a meeting of 2CVs?" "Well, let's say that..." "yes there's a big meeting." "But are you sure you can go?" "Because now it's dangerous there." "In Portugal there's..." "Oh, here's the water." "Help yourself." "It's dangerous there..." "In Portugal there's a lot of confusion." "The communists, as usual, didn't miss the occasion." "What a tragedy!" "What a tragedy!" "Right here, across our borders!" "But I was expecting that..." "I've always said that Caetano was a sissy!" "Pardon me señorita, but that's how things are." "Dear Count, we're late." "We have to reach the border, it's still a long way." "Go." "Please go." "It was a pleasure to meet you." "We don't really know how to thank you for the car." "It's not complicated." "That'll be... 2.000 pesetas." " What?" "2.000 pesetas?" " It's a special price!" " How is it?" " Fantastic!" "As cold as the ocean!" "If you do it I'll do it too." "I'm hungry!" "I'm hungry!" " Could you give us something to eat?" " (IN SPANISH) I don't understand!" " Anything." " I don't understand you." " We're hungry, we come from Paris." " Paris?" "And where are you going?" " To Lisbon." " Lisbon?" "Wait a minute." " Children, enough with that car!" " Don't worry, don't worry!" "How come you cannot stay with the same girl for more than a week?" "I am unlucky, I can't find the right one." "Isabella wasn't bad." "I liked her." " Want to know why she left?" " Let's hear it." "Why?" "She's pregnant." "The other night, when she told me," "I didn't expect that." "I got scared.." " Scared." " And she?" "She told me: "The child is mine, you have nothing to do with it..."" ""You're just... a donor"." "She said that." "And what did you do?" "What did I do..." "I tried to make her use her head..." "We're always broke, without a job." "Do you know how much the diapers cost?" "A lot!" "And you're forced to buy them, you can't..." " So you told her to abort?" " No, no, no..." "However..." "But do you know you're an asshole?" "You would make her abort not to buy the diapers?" "Say you don't want to take your own responsibilities, and you don't love her, say you're not ready to live with a woman." "But cut out this bullshit of the diapers!" "(IN SPANISH) Stop the car." "Passports." " Portuguese..." " Give him the passport." "Let me see you." "Come out, give me your passport." " Come out!" " All of you, out!" "Open the bonnet!" "All out!" "Open the bonnet!" "Out of the car, now!" "Open the bonnet, now!" "Hands on the car!" "Put your hands on the car!" "What is this?" "All in the car!" "Quickly!" "Move!" "Get on!" "Hurry up!" "So?" "Come on, for good, where are the weapons?" " The weapons?" " Yes, the weapons." "Where are they?" "Look, we have no weapons." "You haven't understood yet?" "Should we take the car to pieces?" "This girl... she's an accomplice who belongs to the organization." "Which organization?" "You really think that we don't know?" "How about these gadgets of the Red Army?" "Right now there's a big trade of weapons between France and the terrorists in Portugal." "Look, you made a mistake." "We are two students, we live together in Paris." "She's a friend of ours." "We are on a journey, we're tourists..." "And you believe that only because we are in a forgotten country you can make a fool of me?" "I know Paris very well!" "Alright." "Let me recap..." "A Portuguese, an Italian and a Frenchwoman who were going to Portugal exactly when the communist riots have broken out and this... in a yellow 2CV." "I have never liked those who have a 2CV." "Two Horses, which used to be four." "Those are the cars of the subversive." "Of the communist subversive!" "And then yellow!" "Yellow is a colour for faggots, isn't it?" "Isn't it, miss?" "Come on, for good!" "Tell me the names." " What names?" " You don't really understand?" "I want the names of your friends, Portuguese and Spanish!" "Can't you find them out by yourself?" "End of the journey." "All for a fucking gadget!" "They can't hold us here!" "And then you gave me that gadget!" "They're twice as many as we are." "We'll never be able to escape." "All that mess for a demonstration and a few fliers?" "He'll find out who I am." "Not again with this story of the exile?" "It's easy to play the refugee in Paris while dad is in Mozambique and hopes that you take a degree!" "Don't you dare!" "My father was sent to Mozambique by people like that!" "And then look who's talking!" "The leader of the University of Bologna!" "haunted by the Secret Services, who took shelter in France only because he had already fucked all the girls in Bologna!" "Quiet, please don't speak!" "Can't you see that you're bothering me?" "I have to think!" " Why, do you think?" " Yes, sometimes I do!" " And what do you think of?" " Of how to get out!" "Enough!" "I have had enough!" "Guard!" "Guard!" "I want to talk to the inspector!" "Guard!" "I'm listening." "We aren't really in the Movement." "However..." " We know someone." " Who?" " Will you let us go?" " Yes." "Tell me his name." "And that?" "The name first!" "His name is..." "Augustin Ferreido de Las Ruez, he's a count." " A count?" " Yes, beyond suspicion." "He leads a cattle-breeding." "He is the link between the Portuguese communists and the Spanish anti-francoists." "He helped us a lot us when we found ourselves in a bad situation." "I think I've heard his name before." "And now let's go pay him a nice visit." "However you cannot pass from here, the border is closed." "What should we do, then?" "Take an airplane." "To the Commissioner!" "And to the count!" ""That'll be 2.000 pesetas! "" "Let's fly south, to Arronjos." " Towards Seville." " Wait." "(RADIO NEWS IN PORTUGUESE)" "They have opened the borders!" "Documents!" "Oh, Italians." "Rivera!" "Mazzola, Corso, Vitali..." " ...spaghetti, 'a pummarola 'n goppa!" " Pass, pass!" "We made it!" "I'm home!" " I live in a free Portugal!" " Passport." " What?" " Passport." "Why do you want to return to Lisbon right now?" "How do you live in Paris?" "What do you do?" "How long have you been away from your country?" "Where have you met the two foreigners?" "What have you got to do with them?" "What do they think of the revolution?" "And what do you think?" "Have you ever had had problems with the Police?" "Have you done the military service?" "What type of diseases have you had?" "Cholera?" "Hepatitis?" "We have to avoid violence and prevent the provokers from getting in the country!" "Do you know how many provokers are trying to cross the border as exiled or political refugees?" "Should Lisbon become a den of spies?" "No, no, no, my captain!" "Uncle, this is Victor." "How are you?" "Is everything alright?" "Yes, I'm at the border." "But what's happening?" "Is everything alright?" "I'll tell you all later." "Have you called my parents?" "And when are they coming back?" "I'll be there soon." "Wait for me." "Long live freedom!" "# Grandola, sunburnt city, land of brothers." "# It's the people who rule over you, oh, city!" "# Over you, oh city it's the people who rule." "# Land of brothers, Grandola, sunburnt city," "# On every corner a friend, on every face equality," "# Grandola, sunburnt city, land of brothers." "# Land of brothers, Grandola, sunburnt city... #" "We are free!" "We are free!" "(SPEAKS IN PORTUGUESE)" " Thanks." " To you and to the revolution!" " To you, uncle!" " Cheers!" "Here, this will keep you awake." "I haven't slept since the revolution started." "I don't know how long I haven't eaten or slept!" " We too." " But today is just the 27th!" "What?" "Just two days?" "Have we been free for just two days?" "Come with me." "Pardon, Miss." "I'll show you the house and my things." "My goodness!" "But then you're a real revolutionary, Sir!" ""Sir"?" "Comrade, the word "sir" has officially been abolished!" "48 years..." "I had to hide everything for 48 years:" "the things that you see here, in the wine cellar and my thoughts inside my head." "48 years of fear." "Of the neighbours, fear to speak, fear to go out or to say anything knowing it could ruin you." "My uncle fought in the Spanish war." "He met Hemingway." "He went to prison, he was tortured and filed..." "He's under surveillance." "I was." "I was." "But now..." " Now I am going to look for them." " Who?" "The priest and the police sergeant." "Hold this." "Hold this!" "They controlled me for 30 years!" "They denounced me 5 times, for disturb of the peace, harassment, indecent behaviour, subversion and adultery." "Now it's time for me to react." "I've waited for this moment for years." " Let's go, boys!" " Uncle, uncle, they said that this is a pacific revolution." "Pacific?" "What the hell does it mean?" "No revolution can be pacific." "A 2CV!" "Boys, what kind of car is that?" "It looks like a can of sardines!" "And what colour is it?" "Canary yellow a colour for queers!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Starting today, the revolutionary council of Monsaras decrees that this square loses the name of the dictator" " and becomes..." " Square Salvador Allende!" "Very well." "Square President Salvador Allende." "And now let's take care of you know who." "Father Fernando, come out of there, and I won't hurt you!" "Come out!" "Don Fernando is not there, nobody knows where he is." "and my daughter has to get married." " Your daughter?" " Yes." "You, come here." "Marco, the flag." "Take this and stretch it well." "Well spread out, the flag." "No, not like that, on the bridegrooms' head!" "That way!" "On this happy day for the Portuguese people risen after years of fascist dictatorship..." "I unite in marriage..." "What's your name?" "Augustin and Maria." "I unite you in the first revolutionary marriage of the new free Portugal." "Kiss the bride!" "Not like that!" "Kiss her, what the fuck!" "Tomorrow we'll be in Lisbon." "Imagine the mess..." "I cannot wait to be there." " Are you excited?" " Shit, 7 years!" "First of all we'll go to Largo do Carmo." "I want to see the barracks." "And climb up a tank." "This time they're our tanks." "What if we remained in Portugal?" "Huh?" "Come on!" "We could start everything from scratch!" "Yes, it has to be beautiful now." "So beautiful that it scares me." "Alright, let's sleep now." "Tomorrow we'll leave early." "Hi love." "How are you?" "Yes, we're finally in Portugal." "At Victor's uncle's house." "It's marvellous." "The atmosphere is..." "you feel like everything is about to explode." "What?" "Don't know, a few days." "How "tomorrow"?" "Do you still like her?" " Who?" " Claire." " Why, don't you like her?" " Of course I do." "I've always liked her." " But have you..." "I mean, she..." " What?" "Did you love her?" "I don't know." "I know that she loved you." " Say it..." " What?" " That you like Claire..." " Mind your own business!" " Say it..." " No!" " Say it..." " No!" " Say it..." " Enough!" "But how, you have to work?" "And me?" "Come on, couldn't you wait?" "Hello?" "Yes..." "And so what?" "Asshole." "What's wrong?" " He said I have to return tomorrow." " Tomorrow?" "He has to shoot a commercial on Monday." "And so the child..." "He's paying me the airplane to go back home." "Asshole!" "Can I stay?" "What are you going to do?" "I don't know." " He can always make me feel guilty." " But tomorrow we'll be in Lisbon." "You cannot leave tomorrow." "In fact..." "I don't want to." "If I could I would stay away another month." "I need some caresses." "And now?" "And now it's done." "Well, this way no one gets hurt." "Or maybe we'll all get hurt?" "Actually I meant:" ""And now, what's the direction?"" "Turn right." "SUNDAY, 28th APRIL" "Biscuits?" ""In the silence of the shut doors," " Hey, that's my notepad!" " "only one was opened." " "There was no room for all." " Give it to me!" ""Freedom, love, revolution..." ""I hung on to my dreams one by one, but I was left alone" ""in front of the grim sky of Lisbon," ""bowing to these uncertain times which witness my precariousness."" "Wow..." "Bravo, bravo!" "Shit boys!" "Here we are at last!" "Hey, Marco, Marco, Marco, look!" "Finally on a tank!" "Excuse me, comrades, where's the revolution?" " Why, weren't you there as well?" " Where?" " At the demonstration!" " But which one?" "This morning, at Saint Apollonia's station." "Thousands of people in the streets!" "Never seen so many." "A sea of red flags." "Not even in Moscow on first May there are as many red flags as there were this morning." "We have just arrived." "We came from Paris." " Were you on the train of the refugees?" " No." "The South Express from Paris." "Everyone was there:" "Soares who waved an enormous bunch of carnations," "Ramos de Costa, Tito de Morais, the refugees!" "Weeping like calves." "The poet de Cunheiro also wept!" " Then it was true, it was really him!" " They had a pleasant journey." "The Spanish left them pass without a problem." "Drink and don't forget this Sunday." "It's like a resurrection." "Careful, the streetcar!" " So?" " What?" "You should know where to go..." "What do you mean?" "That it's all my fault now?" "How do I know?" "You are the revolutionary one." "We are in Lisbon, this is your city." "Then where?" " There will be a place, no?" " What place?" "Well, where things happen, the meetings, the demonstrations..." "Everything." " Victory!" "Victory!" " Wait, wait!" " See, here they are!" " Here they are!" "Here they are!" "Victory!" "Victory!" "Do you want a flower?" "Victory!" "Victory!" " Benfica!" "Benfica!" " Where are you going?" " To the stadium!" " Is there a demonstration?" "No, there's the big derby, Benfica-Oriental!" " What, the match?" " Yes!" "Victory!" "Victory!" "What a beauty!" "Victory!" "Victory!" ""The sun can be dazzling." "Too much light, when you go out of the dark, hurts the eyes." ""but sooner or later you get used to it." "You always get used to it."" "ON SUNDAY 28th APRIL BENFICA BEAT ORIENTAL 8-0" "ON WEDNESDAY 1st MAY, AFTER 48 YEARS, HALF MILLION PEOPLE" "CELEBRATED THE END OF THE DICTATORSHIP IN THE STREETS OF LISBON." "TO EMMA, ARIANNA AND LEONARDO, WHO WERE BORN 25 YEARS LATER." "# Subtitles:" "lyliakar #"