"Who is it?" "Who is it?" "A friend, from Sáo Paulo." "Can we talk a little?" "I have no friends in Sáo Paulo." "Good afternoon, ma'am." "Can I come in?" "It's closed!" "It's closed." "I told you it's closed." "Stay there and you'll starve to death." "There are other places 60 miles ahead or behind you." "Mrs. Lena?" "Mrs. Lena!" "Mrs. Lena?" "I ain't no "missus"." "Won't you ask me how I know your name?" "Lots of people know my name." "Can't I have a seat?" "It was Mattos." "Mattos?" "Mattos who?" "Colonel Mattos, from the Militar Police." "Is that bastard a Colonel now?" "You're too far from home." "A little." "Two thousand and three miles." "Yeah, something like that." " He told me..." " Listen!" "I don't give a damn what he told you." "You can stay tonight." "Early morning the lumber truck will come by." "Hop on it and get lost." "There are enough people here." " But ma'am..." " That's the best I can do!" "Be grateful I didn't kick you out in this shithole." "Listen here!" "Don't you understand?" "You can't stay here." "It's all over." "Not even gravel can be found in these gold fields." "The men have become thugs, hitmen, fucking drunks!" "Waiting to ambush you along the roads!" "What do you think?" "You know shit!" " You have to leave!" " I'm not thinking, I'm hungry." "When I'm hungry, I can hardly think." "Are you trying to fool me?" "Who are you?" "I don't know you!" "What does he want?" "Sending cops to spy on me?" "I'm not here to spy on anyone." "I came here to work." "Work?" "Poor thing!" "Doing what?" "Look at this!" "Work?" "!" "Holy God!" "This is the armpit of the world!" "See that road?" "There's nothing beyond it, only bush!" " He said..." " Mattos talks too much." "He said he had a friend here and..." "A friend?" "Right." "And that she had a bar where I could stay a while... helping in the restaurant." "I can do lots of things." "He's a troublemaker." "No, he's not." "Now the Colonel is the bigshot, give orders." "He sent you this." "He mentions you." " You're from the same company." " Captain Vilela, at your service." "The bastard didn't ask a thing!" " What?" " Never mind." "He'll call me back at the right time." "Some business I left unfinished." "I'll get back there some day." "People like well-lit places." "This is a business." "It must look nice even if they come in here just to pee." "Down the road they treat the costumers like shit." "Those poor fucked-ups, jam-packed on the truck." "Truck drivers love good food and cold beer." "They just have to go down that hill to stumble into here." "From Cuiabá on, them fellas just swallow dirt on this tricky road." "500 miles of red dirt." "They arrive here shitting mud." "I'm gonna fix the generator." "It sounds like an old engine." "We need light, lots of light." "This can become a carrier stop." "We can make a deal with the bus drivers." "Think of it!" "People from Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso, all the Amazon!" "To tell my story I will be blunt" "Of my castles of dream I was the architect" "To this castle of love I made a nice project" "Because the sweet lady Is my favorite angel" "She treats me nicely" "Gently and lovingly" "This love story Written by destiny" "I washed it before putting it away." "It's beautiful." "Did you sew it yourself?" "Are you married, Lena?" " What's the matter?" " It's just a rag." "Never had a use." "But it'll be useful now." "And don't touch it!" "I'll make curtains with it, to keep the dirt outside." "What about the baby?" "Are you having it here?" "You never go out." "What are you gonna do if you need help?" "I can manage." "What about raising it?" "Is your money enough?" "Money?" "When the mining was on, I made good money here." "But then..." "the lode dried up." "The fields ran out of gold." "Now once a month I go to the city to collect my pay." " Pay?" " Yeah." "My soldier's pay." "Don't you soldiers say that?" " He sends me money." " Class guy, the Colonel." "He thinks about everything." "Yeah." "He thinks about everything." "I have two children." "Two boys." "Two boys?" "I have two brothers." "I was the youngest." "I am the youngest." "They were much taller than me." "I was envy of that." "I was always doing lots of things..." "I thought if I did many things I'd be as big as they were." "Things may not work out." "I'm separated from my wife." "Things used to happen very fast." "I'm eight months pregnant." "It's been 3 months since I last saw my boys." "0ne is eight." "The youngest is six." "She chose their names." "She said saints' names were best." "Bullshit." "Funny thing she also had a biblical name." "That whore from the Bible, Magdalene." "Magdalene." "She's always punishing the kids." "The bitch." "I don't need much to finish her off." "The Colonel told me to calm down." "Gave me some advice." "It's no use." "These thoughts keep on pounding in my mind." "Some kind of disease." "We can tell our life stories by listing our diseases." "It starts with measles, mumps... rubella." "Then it's tonsillitis, menstruation, cramps headache..." " Women have this privilege." "Then it's gallbladder, flu, rheumatism..." "To bear a child!" "That's a privilege." "...bladder, arthritis..." " I'm sure she has another man." "That bitch!" "Lena..." "Lena!" "What's the problem?" "Nothing, everything's alright." " I thought you were asleep." " Yeah, I was." "I can't stand this heat anymore." "Even the water is warm." "Do you need anything?" "It's hard to carry this belly around." " There must be a good side to it." " The outside." "I helped in many births in the patrol car." "Good." "So you're a professional." "Those women waited for us to save the bus fare." "Many babies were born in trains, buses." "Sometimes I found them dead." "Their mothers left them there..." "and we picked them up." "At first, I got pissed off." "But after seeing all that poverty..." "My God." "Life sucks." "There's no one here for you to guard." "There's you." "I can take care of myself." "Good night." "This feeling" "Is not mine anymore" "If this is love" "I want to pray" "And claim" "My God, for my beloved" "What an unfortunate destiny" "This life is a sore" "Lord, Thy powers" "Are infallible" "Whether in death" "Or in joy" "I'll follow her will My heart I'll abandon" "I'll die in this foolish sin" "It's not right." "What?" "You here." "That's not right." "I wanna stay." "I'm clean here." "At the police they turn your head upside-down." "When there's a strike, you can't neither sleep nor talk." "I started doing everything with no complaints." "So I became a good soldier." "It was always my troop who stuck their neck out during shootings." "You have no idea, Lena... but those punks have even machine guns." "I used to work in a hotel nearby the bus station." "Nice place." "So many things to do!" "Help with the cleaning, with the check-in and the check-out..." "Taking care of the booze." "Sometimes it was hard work." "0ne day Mattos came in." "We never think it'll happen to us." "They were in a car, it was dark." "It wasn't the right place for making out." "So I got closer, asked for their IDs, I was polite." "So he opened the glove compartment and... grabbed something that shone in the dark." "What did I think?" "What would anyone think?" "IDs are kept in the pocket!" "Bang!" "I shot." "I had to fire, self-defense." "They wanted a scapegoat... so they fucked me for the corps' sake." "The Colonel tried to convince the Magistrate... gave me shelter, tried to use his influence, but... it was useless." "I had to vanish." "He made me promises too." "A clean place, beautiful house, golden bed sheets, my own business." "Did he tell you I was strong?" "I'm not, I just lost my innocence." "There's nothing left... but his child kicking my belly." "Light!" "Light!" "Light!" "As of now, you'll know every bit... of what happens in the crime world." "Robbery, rape, murder." "Right here." "This is where the child cries and the mother won't see it!" "Here things happen the hard way!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Should I stop?" "I dare you." "I dare you." "Show up if you're a man." "All of a sudden, there comes the bastard, the drunk miner... mad because of the sucking big bosses!" "And you're there, dreaming of getting your share of the gold... and there comes the thief... and puts a bullet in your head." "Then you go to the graveyard, it's okay." "But when you get shot in your spine... and end up in a wheelchair, you got no chance!" "He doesn't even warn you." "He shoots your back." "A coward, simple as that." "You're no man, at all." "Having the Lord with me, giving me health, protecting me..." "I'll be here to show you the truth." "Good night to all of you." "Jesus loves you." "Vilela!" "Vilela!" "When I lean on the doorstep" "Looking at the blue sky Reminds me of her eyes" "The sunset makes me Sad and longing" "Watching the sun go down I feel a grip on my heart" "I can still feel The taste of that kiss" "Sweet from tenderness and desire" "My heart won't beat" "I cannot forget I feel like crying" "If only I could fly like the wind" "I would know where she is" "If I could command her thoughts" "I'd tell her to come back" "Hi, Lena." "Are you okay?" "If you dare to come inside, I'll kill you bastard!" "Welcome to the world!" "Please, understand." "I brought everything that was missing." "Now this is going to look like a real business." "Everything in its place!" "I borrowed your money but I'll pay you back." "With interests!" "I know I should've returned earlier, but I couldn't." "Listen to me." "Please..." "Sit down!" "You're going to listen!" "If I took that money, I'm going to give it back!" "I'm no chicken thief!" "A few fucking bucks..." "I have honor!" "Fuck you!" "I'm not stupid, you asshole!" "Why didn't you tell me?" "You don't trust me!" "You rob me during the night and I should trust you?" "You took the money I was saving to get the hell outta here!" "I borrowed it... to try to save ourselves!" "I did it for us!" "For you!" "For the baby!" "' Cause this damn place has to do good!" "You should've seen it." "You don't like it here but that's a real no man's land." "You gotta be smart... and have your own ways to get things." "It's for you." "Take it." "I met some people." "They deal with gems, skins, alligators, stuff like that." "0ne of them owns a bar, we talked a lot." "Think about it:" "Chicks, music, booze... there was some heavy stuff too, you know?" "But it works there." "Any news about gold, people take off." "There were... some really nasty guys." "Guess who they were?" "BAR QUEEN 0F DIAM0NDS Government inspectors!" "But they are actually... gunmen." "The owner of the bar had a brand new car but not a single tooth!" "Not even one!" "And he couldn't even drive!" "They said a new lumberyard will be opened nearby." "The gold fever is over." "Are you listening to me?" "This means new people around." "I got excited and decided to buy all this stuff!" "Lena!" "Lena!" "Look at this." "Picture the customer eating French fries with ketchup." "Then he turns and sees all these shitted diapers!" "Damn, it can't be." "What's his name again?" " Don't worry." "Everything went fine." " We should take him to a doctor." "Nonsense." "It isn't." "You can't be careless." "There's no need to raise the kid like an animal." "Why?" "You gonna pay with my money?" "You can sleep here tonight." "If you want to." "Don't move." " This smells like shit!" " 0h, don't be like this." "Attention!" "Close your eyes." "It smells like a dead rat." "It smells like old stuff." "0pen your eyes." "0ld was the rat." "What was the number on the body bag?" "Colonel Rattos at your service!" "Don't look now, your boss is here." "Why don't you take the day off and have dinner with me?" "I'm inviting you, but the man pays the bill." "Sir, have you made a reservation?" "Pardon?" "I'm sorry, Commander." "Wait for your turn." " Where did you find this?" " Mattos' heritage." "This place has seen a lot of riches." "When I first opened this bar... everything was beautiful, everything matched." "Partner, our future is bright!" "We're going to make a lot of money." "Believe me." "The place will be so packed, we won't have time to count the money." "But this time..." "I'll find a safer place to hide the money!" "I forgot my loneliness Put you in my heart" "I changed my life" "Gave away all my love Oh, how I loved you" "You were so dear" "I turned the thorn into a flower For this love I played" "This game of passion" "I played with fire And that fire burned" "My poor heart" "Frontier Radio, the green gate to Amazon... where the "cerrado" embraces the Brazilian rain forest!" "Mining time: 4:45 p." "M." "I had never left Sáo Paulo." "For me, Brazil was that plastic thing... you insert a pencil to draw the outline of a map." "This country's so green, everything's green." "0nly when they burn the bush... you can see what lies deep in the forest." " Cold?" " What?" "Are you cold?" "No." "Six o'clock." "Holy Mary, full of grace, God be with Thee... blessed be Thee among women... blessed be the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus." "Holy Mary, mother of God pray for us, sinners now and at the time..." " It's time we tried something else." "Let's go away." "Start all over again." "You don't make up your mind." "I've waited for your answer for more than a week." "Damn!" "We tried everything." "It doesn't work!" "I know we can start things over." "I don't know..." " Any place but here." " You know I must keep on hiding." "Where do you think I'll be in peace?" "Let's wait a little longer." "Wait for what?" "Things don't go right because you've got no patience." "Patience?" "Patience is what I've got to watch you drinking like a pig every day!" "Besides, the food is either finishing or rotting." "Fuck, I lost the customer!" "He thought it was closed." "Leave this shit on!" "Son of a bitch!" "Son of a bitch!" "What do they want?" "The place is clean, the food is good!" "Fuck!" "Look at my face!" "Tell me, what's wrong with it?" "We need a phone." "I've never even seen mail here." "Why don't you leave?" "Piss off, stupid drunk!" "I tried to escape, to go far away." " But the Colonel said..." " Mattos?" "!" "The bastard said he would turn me in if I left you." "Lena?" "Lena?" "Let go!" "You're hurting me!" "Let go!" "Go away!" "Let go, bastard!" "Leave me alone!" "Let go of me!" "What?" "I'm eating, so what?" "!" "I'm a man full of ideas!" "Mothers always think their children are in pain." "Bunch of assholes." "You believe everything." "He's just whining." "Have you thought of that?" "Just whining." "I raised two children very strictly." "I don't buy, "I want this or that"." "A father has to show his authority!" "Your wisdom bores me." "You make me sick." "Mr. Know-it-all, huh?" "What do you know about crying?" "Aren't you a man?" "Just because you have a dick you think you can command." "Captain... killer..." "Those stiffs you made are eating your guts!" "You only know this living... ambushed, putting holes on innocent people!" "That's the language you understand:" "Beating!" "The only thing you know is to fuck other people's lives." "This child only brings bad luck!" "Tidiness..." "Neatness and tidiness... that's the secret for the business." "You can't live in a pigsty." "You can't work in a mess like this." "I've got to get rid of all this mess." "All this mess!" "All this smell of... smell of piss... of shit, of poop!" "This makes me sick." "Water, water... water and soap... a rag... and a strong arm..." "This place is gonna shine!" ""Soldier, I want these latrines shining." "I want to see your face reflected on the toilets!" "Clean the floor with your tongue, soldier!"" "If you can't help, don't disturb." "If you can't help, don't disturb." "Soldier, if you can't help, don't disturb." "Soldier, if you can't help, don't disturb." "If you can't help, don't disturb..." " Get outta here!" " He's bad luck!" " Stay away from the baby!" " Get out you, bitch!" " He's only a baby!" " Get out!" " Get away!" " Get out, you bitch!" "Good Hope Ridge Hope that keeps" "In the heart of Brazil A handful of earth" "In the heart of those who're gone" "In the heart of those who'll come" "Good Hope Ridge My last blessing" "I leave longing for something Leaving someone longing for me" "Down there in the ridge Nearby God" "Time to say farewell I am going away" "Leaving the light of my eyes In your moonlight" "So long"