"How nice it is to know" "That you love me" "I am yours and no one else's" ""THE BIG FAMILY" How nice it is to know" "How nice it is to love you" "Knowing I can't be wrong" "I want you always by my side" "How nice it is to know" "Our moments are happy" "Let's not fight over nothing" "You understand my gaze" "Come on, give me your hand" "How nice it is to know" "That you love me" " Lineu!" "Aren't you gonna go in?" " I haven't got my jacket." " Can't go in without a jacket." " And I haven't got my invitation." " Can't go in without that either." " Look..." "I've got a jacket, but it's back at home." "If your jacket shows up, it'll get in, but you won't get in without it." "Look, I haven't got an invitation back home, but there's a girl waiting for me." " She's gonna wait all night." "Look, if you lend me your jacket..." "I can go in and tell her personally you don't have an invitation." "Look, if you lend me your invitation I'll personally tell her that." " Let's draw lots over it." " No way, I feel jinxed tonight!" "Come on, be a sport!" "Okay, whoever gets the longest straw gets in." " Hi, Nenê." " Lineu?" "I didn't know you'd come!" "Of course I came." "But my jacket couldn't make it." "Anyway, it asked me to tell you it'll come next year." " And who gave you that jacket?" " The person you were waiting for." " So..." "Carlinhos won't come?" " Without his jacket, he can't get in." "But don't worry, I'll dance with you." "As long as you don't mind dancing with a guy... who's using another guy's jacket." "Do you mind?" "I'm not dancing with the jacket." "I'm dancing with the guy inside it." "And no one can ever" "Break us apart" "When I found you" "I didn't want to..." "How you doin', love?" "Nenê!" "Nenê!" "What the?" "Weren't we gonna buy groceries together?" "What are you doing with your dress?" "I'm fixing it up a little for the ball." "Help me up here, Marilda." " Kinda tight, isn't it?" " Yeah, kinda, Marilda." "After all, when I started dating Lineu I was using this dress." " How long ago was that?" "At this year's ball, we'll celebrate 40 years since we started dating." "Wow!" "Wouldn't such an occasion require a new dress?" "Marilda, this one's brought me luck for 40 years." "Why should I change?" "That's true." "Not every woman can boast using the same dress... and dating the same guy for such a long time!" "I'm stifling." "Shouldn't have worn my jacket." "Poor Pacheco." " Must be sweating inside that coffin." " Lineuzinho, the deceased is dead!" "That's right." "He was there, at the office... working... and now he's gone." "Lineuzinho!" "Are you all right, pal?" "Listen, you better go see a doctor." "Pachequinho started this way too!" "We decided on the CAT scan just to be sure." "Be sure about what?" "Don't you know whether I'm gonna die?" "I didn't say you were gonna die." "You didn't say I was gonna live either." "The first examination revealed a spot in one of your lungs." "A spot?" " Is it serious?" " It could be nothing but it can also be a tumor." " I've got a tumor?" " Got the answer to that right here." " Don't do that!" " Don't you want to know the result?" " What for?" "So that I'll know I've really got a tumor?" " I'd rather live in doubt." " Wait!" " We don't know if it's a tumor." " You don't know that..." "I don't know that, my family doesn't need to know that." "Isn't it better this way?" " Shouldn't you be working?" " I'm just waiting for a ride." " For the pool table or the cab?" " Beiçola, get yourself a woman... cuz I already got one to boss me around." "Dammit!" " Go jump in a lake!" " You jerk!" "Good morning to you too, Maria Isabel." "Good morning." "Leggo of that cue we're already late." " Late for what?" "Did you forget we scheduled your spermogram for today?" " Spermo what?" " Spermogram, Tinho!" "That exam they'll do on your c..." "On that thing that doesn't work." "Wanna speak a little louder, please?" "Do you want a megaphone... so you'll let everyone in on me being special?" "Sexually?" "Like, hollow?" " Sorry." " Why should I go?" "Will it work?" " So you won't be hollow anymore!" " Keep it down, goddamit." " Agostinho, let's go." " Broadcasting a person's issues." "Come, let's see what's wrong with your come." "Lineuzinho!" " Lineuzinho!" " Leave me alone, Mendonça!" " Just want to know what Doc said." " It was nothing." " Just an indisposition." "Stress." " You've got too many problems... you take everything too seriously!" "You should relax, have fun!" "And nothing's better to have fun with than some booty!" "I've got that already, Mendonça." "I'm a married man." "I'm not talking about obligation, man!" "I'm talking about fun!" " 230, ma'am." " That much?" " Yes, ma'am." " I haven't got all that." "No, wait, wait." "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do." "I'll leave the frozen items... take a bottle of Brazilian vodka instead of an imported one... and then I can help you pay for your groceries." "No way." "I'm the one who should be returning some of my items." "In order to return them, I'll have to cancel your whole list." "Better to cancel my list than to obliterate my bank account." "Mr. Carlos, please come to Booth 27." "Attention on the shelves, we need to fix that immediately." "Take those crates to the Frozen Foods department, please." " Carlinhos?" " Nenê?" " So that's your ex-boyfriend?" " He's not my ex-boyfriend." "Actually, we didn't even date." "We just... we... just..." " Necked a little?" " No." "Technically, it wasn't even necking." "Well, technically, that Carlinhos is very interesting!" "Technically, you'd love to neck with him a little, right, Marilda?" "It'd help if you'd invite him for dinner." " Just for dinner?" " You take care of dinner... and I'll think about dessert, okay?" " Occupied." " Agostinho, open up." "So, what is it, toots?" "Is it so hard to get it hard?" " I'm lacking inspiration today." " You're lacking inspiration?" "Why don't you think about me?" "Think about my beauty mark." "No, if I try to think about you, it's worse, because..." "I get anxious about our problem and nothing works." "Excuse me." " We wouldn't be here if it did work." " That hurts." "That's really hurtful." "A skin rag, Agostinho Carrara?" "It's just that, in a situation like this, a guy feels alone and this is just for stimulation." " So you need stimulation, love?" "I'll stimulate you, then." "Come on, rise and shine." "Rise and shine." " Good evening, Lineu." " Good evening." "Hi, Lineuzinho." "So, what was Pacheco's funeral like?" "Not very cheerful." "Why is the table all dressed up?" "We got a guest for dinner." "They've been setting up the table for hours." "Lineu, guess who we bumped into at the supermarket!" "Nenê's ex-boyfriend!" " He's not my ex-boyfriend, Marilda." " But he could be." "You just didn't date Mr. Handsome cuz you were in love with Lineu." "So you decided to invite Mr. Handsome for dinner." "That must be Mr. Handsome." "Good evening." "I've brought a little something... for a dinner full of big memories." "Carlinhos!" "Good evening." " May I make myself scarce?" " Don't you dare." "We've got a guest." "Last time we saw each other was at a ball, 40 years ago." "Did you know that Nenê and Lineu still go to that ball every year?" " I think that's so romantic." " I have an idea!" "Carlinhos and Marilda could go to the ball with us." " Great idea." " Terrible idea." "Folks, you'll never guess what's new." " Tinho ain't hollow anymore!" " Don't say that, we've got a guest." "Carlinhos, this is Bebel, our daughter, and our son-in-law." "This is Carlinhos, Mom's ex-boyfriend." " Tuco, he's not my ex-boyfriend." " Carlinhos, Mom's ex-something." "Tuco, let me hear what your sister has to say." "You were saying, Bebel?" "Well, Tinho's been doin' this treatment, right?" "So, today, he went for an examination... down there." " Down there where?" " Where the sun don't shine, Marilda." " Why did I have to ask?" " And the doctor said... that we'll finally be able to have a kid of our own, Mom." " Darling!" "Bebel, I cannot believe it!" " Yeah, Mom!" " That just takes the cake!" " What, Lineu?" "Nenê, I won't be around forever to foot Bebel and Agostinho's bills!" "That child needs a responsible father, with a steady job a legally registered one!" " What are you talking about?" " I got my cab." " Parked around the corner all day!" " Waitin' for a ride." " Waiting for the cab driver... while he drinks and shoots his rent money away on a pool table!" " Dad!" " God works in mysterious ways." "If Agostinho couldn't have children, it'd be better to leave it at that!" " Have you gone insane, Lineu?" "!" " I've got my reasons, Nenê." "Such a nice atmosphere, huh?" "Well, if it'd help..." "I could get Agostinho a job at the supermarket." " You work at a supermarket?" " He doesn't work." "People work for him." "He's the manager." "Yeah, it was Carlinhos that brought this truckload of food here." "Right." "Looks like Mrs. Nenê married the wrong man." "Tuco, my son, is that you?" " I can't sleep." " Yeah." "Me neither." "A tragedy has befallen my head, Big Poppa." "Look here." "A white hair." "Tuco... how can that be, Tuco?" "You're still a child!" "A child." "I'm 30 already!" " You're 30?" " Yeah." "I'm 30 and lagging behind." "Couldn't Carlinhos have offered that job to me?" "Don't be upset." "Tuco, you're still studying, my son." "Studying what?" "I've applied for more than 100 colleges, none'll take me!" "I can't go on like this." "I've had enough, you know?" " I've quit." " You've quit?" "I didn't know you had quit." "Don't tell Mom, but the truth is I sleep all day." "Then, when the night comes, I can't sleep, you know?" "I eat a ton of junk and watch some nonsense on the TV." "You think that's easy for me?" "I feel awful!" "You feel awful?" "Imagine me, your dad... when I've just found out that my son, my heir... the man who should be in charge of everything in my absence... has turned 30 and still hasn't got a job or a shred of responsibility!" " Yeah, must be tough on you too." " Tough?" "!" "Tuco, you're useless!" " Wait, now you're insulting me!" " You're the one who insults me!" "You're 30 and you just lie around watching TV all day like some bum!" " Some bum?" " Some bum!" " You don't even beg for your money!" " Are you asking me to beg?" " At least that would be a start!" " Then I'll do what you're asking me!" "I'll live on the streets and beg so my dad will be proud of me!" "Tuco, son, that isn't even remotely funny." "My son, I just want you to get your life back on track!" "I won't be around forever, son, you know I won't." "When I die, my son, who's going to take care of you who's going to support you?" "!" " Mom will." "You shouldn't have done that." "You pushed me." "If you don't apologize, I'll really get out of this house right now!" " I will not apologize." " Okay, then I'll beg." "What's that?" "Get up!" "This ain't no Holiday Inn!" "Get your ass up!" " Tuco?" " Gimme some food, Pops." "Are you up?" "I've messed up dinner yesterday, didn't I?" "You did." "Are you sewing?" "I am." "Are you still able to say anything more than monosyllables?" "I'm fixing my ball dress up." "I've decided to update it a bit." "I don't want to go to that ball this year." "Come again, Lineu?" "You don't want to go to the ball with me?" "That's not what I meant!" "This isn't about you, Nenê!" "I don't want to go, I'm not in the mood, that's all." "That's all?" "We've been going for 40 years and you say "that's all"?" "That's it, Nenê." "We've been going to this ball for 40 years." "Don't you think that's a little boring?" " Going to the ball with me is boring?" " I didn't say that." "I don't get it." "Lineu, are you hiding something from me?" "We'll talk later." "I'll get ready for work." "We'll go next year." "Next year I could be dead already." "Every year we go to celebrate the day we started dating." "If he doesn't want to go, if he doesn't want to celebrate anymore... what am I supposed to think?" "That he doesn't love me anymore, of course." "Don't jump to conclusions." "Maybe he's got something on his mind." " Right." "There's something fishy." " Fishy?" "What do you think?" "You think Lineu's got a lover?" "What lover?" "I already regret telling you two about this!" "No, Mom, don't worry." "Maybe Dad's just bored, that's all!" "Yeah, Nenê, that happens in a marriage." "And boredom is just like a headache, it comes and goes." "Every year we go to that ball." "It's as if... we're getting married again." "If he doesn't want to go to the ball with me anymore... it's because he doesn't want to get married with me again." "No, Mom, don't say that." "You still can make Dad go to that ball." "Yeah, I think so too, Nenê!" "Just push him a little!" "Use that little old spice, make him jealous." " Tell him you'll go with another guy." " What guy, Marilda?" " Your lover." " Since when Mom's got a lover?" "!" "Nenê hasn't got a lover, but Lineu doesn't need to know that." "Yeah." "I could say I'll go to the ball with Carlinhos." "With Carlinhos you can't, because I'm going to the ball with him." "You'll go next year, Marilda." "This year he's going with me." "I've got seniority priority." "Hey!" "I've got spinster-condition priority!" "Marilda!" "Carlinhos is mine, he was my boyfriend first." " You said he wasn't!" " It doesn't matter, Marilda!" "The fact is, you're trying to steal my lover!" " Mom!" " He's not really my lover." "It's just to make your father jealous." " Don't give me that, Marilda!" " Come here, girlfriend, come here!" "He's your make-believe lover, but he's my real boyfriend!" "Come on, Marilda, I could see you didn't get anywhere with him!" "What are you talking about, are you crazy?" "!" "Sparks flied!" " What sparks, Marilda?" " I mean it!" "We'll even go out on a date tonight to have a beer!" " Ah, Marilda!" " You guys won't fight now, will you?" "You will." "You can map the trucks and unload the electronics." "It's a big responsibility doing security... in a supermarket this large." "It is." "That's why I've chosen you." "It's a confidence job." "But we have some equipment that will help you a lot." "Really high-tech, the best in Latin America." "High-definition cameras scattered all over the supermarket." " Did you say... cameras?" " Yes." "Cameras everywhere." "One in every aisle." "See?" "Let's see the Frozen Foods department." "Come." "Mendonça?" "What are you doing in my office?" "I was sitting at my desk, thinking to myself:" ""There's Lineuzinho, always worried!" "Why don't I go over there to cheer him up?" But I can see... that you don't need my help to have your fun, do you?" " "Your gaze sets me on fire"." " What?" "Back in my days, this was called sleeping around!" "By the color of the lipstick, must be from that new girl!" "Or maybe Mrs. Mirtes, down in Inventory... after 20 years, found out your gaze sets her on fire!" "That's not funny!" "What if someone sees these notes?" "What are they gonna think?" "They'll think you're the office stud!" "What's wrong with that, Lineu?" "!" "What's wrong is, I've never cheated on my wife and I'm proud of that." " I'll talk to that girl." " Don't do that!" "She can send me notes and I cannot talk to her?" " I'm her boss, I'll take care of it!" " I want to do it myself!" "My family man image is being jeopardized by these notes!" " Miss Marina..." " You can call me Nina." " It's best if I call you Miss Marina." " Call me whatever you like." "I think it's best if I don't call you at all." " Did I do something wrong?" " Don't you know that it's wrong to flirt with a married man?" " What are you talking about?" "About the notes, Miss Marina." ""Your gaze sets me on fire"." " My gaze?" " No, Miss Marina!" "My gaze sets you on fire." "Nothing personal." "You're a very interesting young woman... with all due respect, of course, but I am married." " I'm not into such things." " What kind of things?" "You know." "Sly encounters in the coffee room... necking after work, running off to a motel..." "Please, do not send me any more of these notes." "But I didn't send you any notes." " You didn't?" " I didn't." "Why, should I have sent them?" "No, no, of course not." "But if it wasn't you, who wrote them?" " Mendonça!" " I can explain, Lineuzinho!" " I was gonna tell you about it!" " How could you?" "!" "Come here!" "I only did it because I didn't want to see you sad, Lineuzinho!" " It worked!" "I'm not sad, I'm pissed!" " Lineuzinho!" "If I knew you were gonna talk to her, I wouldn't have done it!" "If I knew you would've done it, I would've killed you!" " Bastard!" "Bastard!" " It was out of love, Lineuzinho!" "Out of love!" "It was out of love, Lineuzinho!" " I'm gonna split you open!" " Easy!" "You're hurting me!" " I'm gonna tear you apart, Mendonça!" " I swear it was out of love!" "Actually, he really does look a lot like me, like my own self." " Even wears the same clothes." " Yeah." " Some people... they imitate us." " Enough bullshit, Agostinho!" "Unfortunately, I've lost my confidence in you." "Mr. Carlinhos, Mr. Carlinhos, Mr. Carlinhos, please." "Don't you do that to me, I need this job so bad." "Ah, Mr. Carlinhos." "Please think about the kids I'm gonna have." "Two boys, Mr. Carlinhos." "Two girls, huh, Mr. Carlinhos?" "I wanna have a big family." "Mr. Carlinhos, I beg you." "You should've thought about that before you stole that bag of cookies." " Mr. Carlinhos, what are you doing?" " Please go." "Mr. Carlinhos..." "Mr. Carlinhos, please, Mr. Carlinhos!" " I need this job, Mr. Carlinhos." " Please leave." "Mr. Carlinhos." " Gimme that!" "Leggo!" " Tuco!" "What are you doing there?" " This is my friend Manguaça." " Spare some change, Pops?" "You think I'm moved by this homeless routine of yours?" " It's not you I'm tryin' to move." " Tuco!" "What are you wearing?" "I've looked for you all day long, where were you?" "Big Poppa kicked me outta the house." "Lineu, did you really kick your own son out?" "What, Nenê?" "He left of his own free will!" "Just to be dramatic!" "That's a lie!" "I left because he hit me and then refused to apologize!" " Lineu, did you hit your son?" " I was pushed." " Apologize to Tuco, Lineu!" " Apologize for what, Nenê?" "For raising him until he became an irresponsible couch potato... who lives at my expenses?" "When I die, who's gonna take care of him?" " Manguaça?" " Who's Manguaça?" "That's me, Grandma." "Spare some change, Granny?" " I don't have any, son." " Gimme that bread, then." " Give it to him, Mom." " Here, son." " Bless you!" " Lineu, apologize to Tuco!" " Tuco, go back home right now!" " Only when he apologizes." "Leave me alone, you brat!" "Look, if you two can be stubborn, I can be even worse." "Either you two go back home, or neither of you goes!" " Gimme that." " Wait, Tuco!" " That's mine." " Let's split it!" "No way!" "Darn!" "Hi!" "Sorry I'm a little late." "It's just that I've had some problems that..." " I hope it's nothing serious." " It's worse than serious." "I got into a fight with my best friend." "But, see..." "Nenê is always pulling things outta thin air." "Now she's sayin' she wants to go to the ball with you." "How can that be?" "It was settled!" "She came up with the idea of us four going together!" "She says she's got priority cuz she met you first." " Priority, huh?" " Can you believe that?" "Now she says she wants to go to the ball with you." "Okay, she just wants to egg Lineu on, but where do I fit into that?" "If Lineu decides he really won't go to the ball, who will I go with?" " Yeah." "Who?" " You." " Why, are you having doubts?" " No, I..." "I'm just a little confused." "Confused, my foot." "You looked like you were interested, all of a sudden." " What about Lineu?" " What about him?" " Are you interested in him too?" " Will he let me go out with his wife?" "So you're already convinced you're going to the ball with Nenê?" "Wait, Marilda, it was she who said she wanted to go with me." "Well, Carlinhos, you're gonna have to decide." "Either you go to the ball with Nenê, or you go with me." "It's just that..." "Nenê's got priority, you know?" "Stood up." "Spare some change, ma'am?" "I haven't got any." " Then gimme a kiss." " Tuco!" "What's left of him." "I've had an awful day." "I bet yours was better than mine." "Then why don't we get inside and lick each other's wounds?" "That's just what I need:" "To end up in bed with you." " Why don't you go home?" " I got into a fight with my dad." "I get the picture." "Get in." "But wipe that shit-eating grin off your face... cuz you'll sleep on the couch, you hear?" "And it's just for tonight." "Nenê, could you please get your son outta my house?" "I gave him shelter and now he doesn't wanna leave anymore!" " "Your gaze sets me on fire"." " What?" "My gaze?" " No, I'm not talking to you." " I know... you're not talking to me these days, but I came here to... warn you that I'm gonna throw your son out!" "Did you hear what I said?" "Nenê?" "Nenê, is everything okay?" "I've found these notes in Lineu's trousers." ""Your gaze sets me on fire"?" "Who wrote this?" "How should I know?" "Probably some woman from his office." "Now I understand why Lineu doesn't want to go to the ball... why he's been so strange with me!" "Wait, Nenê, wait, there must be some explanation for this." "Of course there is an explanation, Marilda." "He doesn't love me anymore." " Everything okay, Bebel?" " Everything fine, Tuco." "Everything fine fine, or more or less fine?" "Everything fine wonderful!" "Wow." "Great." "Did something happen for you to be in such a joyous state?" "Simply the best thing that could ever happen to me, Tuco." "I'm pregnant!" "I used one of those pharmacy tests." "It came out positive." " And you're happy about it?" " Shouldn't I be?" "Bebel..." "Agostinho is the father, right?" " Tuco, we're getting along fine." " That won't last half an hour." " You two argue all the time." " No." "Tinho, he... he's changed." "He even got a steady job and all." "Tuco, everything's working out for me now." "I've got this feeling inside... that from now on, only good things are going to happen to me!" " Tinho!" " It's not what you're thinking." " This is to make ends meet." " You're stealing gas from Dad's car!" "So I can work, right?" "How am I supposed to drive on an empty tank?" "But, Agostinho, what about the job?" "The job in the supermarket?" " It's a very nice job." " Let me see your SS card." " My SS card's very nice too." " Let me see if they signed it!" "You've been fired!" "Bebel, they put the pressure on me." "I found out there's a racket goin' on at that place, a really nasty one." "They even tried to bribe me, but I refuse to sell my integrity." "So I resisted and I paid the price." "I was laid off." "What will become of us now, Tinho?" "I'll tell you what'll become of us, Maria Isabel:" "I'm your husband..." "I'm a man, I'm gonna work my ass off in that cab..." "The cab!" "The cab!" "They're towing the cab away, Agostinho!" "Nenê?" "Is there something wrong?" "I think so." "You guys better have a little talk." "I'll be outside, smoking a cigarette." "I've already cried a tubful of tears." "I've thought about killing you." "I've thought about killing myself." "I've considered plastic surgery." "In short, I've gone through every phase a betrayed woman goes through." "There is only one left:" "You think you could take everything that belongs to you out of here?" "What are you talking about?" "Oh, God." "That's the icing on the cake." "I never thought you'd get involved with another woman, Lineu... but I thought that, even if the impossible did happen at least you'd be honest with me!" " Mendonça wrote those notes." "Don't try to fool me, Lineu!" "What about the lipstick?" "Mendonça put some lipstick on and kissed them." " Mendonça put lipstick on?" " And kissed the notes." "I know it's hard to believe... but that's what happened." "Lineu, this is the lamest lie I've ever heard in my whole life." "I swear, Nenê, I swear on anything you want." " I swear on our family." " That would be difficult, Lineu... because by the looks of it, our family is over." " What are you doing?" " Packing Lineu's bag." "Yes, but shouldn't he be the one doing that?" "Marilda, Lineu can't pack his own bags." "He can't even find a pair of socks without asking me first." " Lineu can't live without me." " You can't live without him either." "Marilda!" "Marilda, how could this happen?" "My God, I didn't suspect anything!" "I'm feeling like I've thrown 40 years of my life out the window." "Are you gonna hand your husband on a platter to some bimbo?" " Do something, Nenê!" " Do what, Marilda?" "Go to the ball with Carlinhos." "Turn up your charm to the max." "Do a little tango." "You'll get even with Lineu, he'll see the error of his ways... get rid of the bimbo and run back to you." "There." "But it's you that Carlinhos is going to take to the ball." "No, I've changed my mind." "He's still interested in you." " I can't do that to Carlinhos." " But he'll love to do that to you." "You've been" "My most important affair" "Among all the embraces" "The one I've never forgot" "You've been" "Amidst the loves I've had" "The most complicated" "And the simplest of all" "You've been" "The best mistake I've made" "The strangest story Anyone ever wrote" "These are some of the reasons" "Why I miss you so much" "And I remember" "Everything yet again" "Lineu, did you have an affair at work, man?" " There's no affair, Agostinho." " Right." "You need a good, solid lie if you wanna ride this one out." " Should've told her I'm gonna die." "That's a good one." "Tell her you have some fatal disease." " A spot turned up on an exam." " Nice one." "Tell her it's a tumor." " But... where?" "A tumor..." " In my lung." "Lung cancer ain't no good, you don't even smoke." "You want brain cancer." " It's in my lung." " No, Lineu, that's too lame!" " Brain cancer is more dramatic." " I don't know if it's really a tumor." "I didn't have the nerve to read the exam results." "No, you're messing up your story!" "Just say: "I got brain cancer!"" "And that's it!" " What are you gonna do?" " That's what I'm gonna do!" "I'll tell her about the exam, that the doctor wanted to tell me but I didn't dare to know." " No, you're making a mess again!" "You think Mrs. Nenê's gonna fall for that?" "Too afraid to know?" " Tell her it's brain cancer already!" " I said it's in my lung!" "All right!" "Fine!" "It's your lie, you tell it the way you want!" "If I were you, I'd say I had brain cancer!" "Brain cancer, Lineu!" "Lung cancer is too..." "Jeez." "He's gone already." "Darling, you don't need" "To sweet-talk me like that anymore" " Still waiting for Lineu?" " No." "I was waiting for you." "Shall we dance?" "I don't believe you" "When you cry and you say you love me" " Why do we do that?" " Do what?" "Why do we close our eyes when something bad's going to happen?" " Who are you?" " Don't you know that every man... sees himself when he's about to die to make a reckoning of his life?" " I'm gonna die?" " Worse." " You'll die without enjoying life." " Who said that?" "My life was great!" "Just between us, your life was dull." "You've only met one woman... worked your whole life at the same office, every day the same thing!" "Well, I don't regret anything I did!" "But I regret everything you've never done!" "Always too uptight!" "Because of you, I've never done anything crazy!" "You think I didn't want to do something crazy?" "I did!" "But I kept postponing it." "You think you'll live forever until you find you have a spot..." " lf you thought you'd die why didn't you enjoy life more?" " I couldn't!" "I was too depressed." "I'd like to see you, hearing that doctor tell you you had a spot!" "If it was me, I'd live every second to the fullest." "If I was going down in flames, I'd try to hit something big!" "Easy to say now that you've seen me fail!" "But try to be in my shoes!" "Wanna bet how I'll do everything different?" "Now it's too late." "We're gonna die." "Not we." "You." "I've got other plans." "Wait!" "Wait!" "What about me?" "What am I supposed to do?" "!" "Close your eyes, Lineu." "Close your eyes." "I'm stifling." "Shouldn't have worn my jacket." "There's a spot on your lung." "Is it serious?" "It could be nothing, but it can also be a tumor." "You mean I'm next?" " What do you mean, next?" "Am I behind the odd ball?" "Pacheco was there, working and now he's gone." " I didn't say you were gonna die." " Don't I have a tumor?" " Got the answer to that right here." " Don't do that!" " Don't you want to know the result?" "What for?" "So I'll know I really have a tumor?" "I'd rather live in doubt." "But... but... wait!" " Where are you going?" " I'm outta here, Doctor." "I've got lots to do." "If I want to try all the things I've never done... there won't be time left for anything else." "Bye, Mr. Lineu." "Mr. Mendonça." " A hottie, huh, Lineu?" " What are you talking about?" "Not Mr. Freitas or Mr. Gonçalves, that's for sure." "She likes you, man!" "Ouit bugging me, Mendonça." "Lineuzinho, such a gorgeous brunette wants you and you'll let it slide?" " Anyone else would make a go for it." " So what, Mendonça?" " So what?" "You're too uptight." " I will not die that way." "Oh, yeah?" "Then come here!" "Come here, Lineuzinho!" "This is your opportunity of doing something crazy, man." "Look." "Miss Marina..." "You can call me Nina." "Miss Nina..." "You can do away with the "Miss"." "Nina... we need to talk." " Sugar?" " Sweetener." "I need to lose weight." "Don't say that." "You have such..." "a comely shape." "With all due respect, of course." "You can go on with your little chit-chat." "I'm just gonna take my medication and I'll get right back to work." "What was it you wanted to tell me, Mr. Lineu?" "I think we'd better just drink our coffee and go back!" " Something wrong?" " People might see us here and start having bad thoughts!" " What do you mean?" "They see someone from management talking to a female employee... a nice young one like you and they start to say things." " What kind of things?" "You know." "Sly encounters in the coffee room... necking after work, running off to a motel..." "People here would never say something like that about you." "No?" "Why not?" "Because everyone here says you're too uptight for that." "They're wrong about me." "I'm not uptight at all." "They could never imagine the wild things I do." " Aren't you married?" " Who said that?" "I've got something to tell you:" "Those people don't know me at all." "Mendonça!" "I can't believe it, Mendonça, what have you done?" "!" "Mendonça!" "My pill must be lodged sideways in my throat!" "That's not your pill!" "That's my wedding band!" " You swallowed my wedding band!" " Why did you put it there?" "Easy, you're knocking my glasses off!" "My God!" " Whew." "Swallowed it." " Swallowed it?" "!" " You weren't supposed to swallow it!" " You'll have to wait until tomorrow." "Tomorrow my foot!" "Let's go to the hospital to have your stomach pumped!" "I'm not gonna have my stomach pumped because of your clumsiness!" "Your wedding band will come out!" "Patience, Lineuzinho!" "Let nature do its work, pal." "Sweet Jesus!" "How am I supposed to go home without my wedding band?" "God!" "I beg your pardon!" " I'm sorry." "It's all right." " Take it easy, man." "Big problem." "Mom's gonna throw a fit when I tell her I'm practically expecting." "Firstly, no one's expecting anything." "Secondly, we just did an exam." "Oh, yeah?" "Thirdly, the doctor said we've got a 90% chance... and fourthly, "we" didn't do an exam, Kemosabe." "You did the exam." "I just sat there, waiting." " For hours, I might add." " You waited less than I did while you chose that dress." " Why?" "Something wrong with it?" " No, it looks great." " I don't like your tone." "You don't like my dress, I'll change it." "I'll be just a second, okay, Ti?" "Ouick as lightning." "Half an hour, 40 at the most." "Here, Lineu." " Lemme do that!" " Okay." " I can do it." " Lineu what happened, man?" " I'm in big, big trouble." " Lineu, what's wrong?" " I lost my wedding band." " How could you be so dumb?" " It was because... of a girl back at the office." " You crazy?" "!" "Don't tell me that!" "But you asked!" "To help you come up with an excuse!" "You're not supposed to tell me that!" "You know what you need?" "You need another wedding band." "No!" "What?" " Gimme that." " No, not mine!" " Do me a favor, gimme that!" " You're gonna wreck my marriage!" " I'll tell Nenê the truth." " No, no." "Not that." "Not that." "Okay, you can have it." "I won't let you ruin our family." " Put it on." " I'll buy you a beer later." " Okay." "Put it on." " It won't fit, man." "Spit on it." " Try now." " Gross." "Turn it, come on!" "That's it." "Lineu." " Do I look fine?" " Yeah." " Inconspicuous, right?" " Right." " Okay, then." " Sweet Jesus in heaven." "Beiçola!" "Bring me a beer on Lineu's tab, I'm in big trouble." " On Lineu's tab?" " Yeah, I can't go home right now." " Jesus!" "Right away." " Come on." "Lineu?" " Have you been drinking?" " I have." "At Pacheco's funeral." "You missed it." "It was so cheerful." "Lineu!" "Lineu!" "Carlinhos got Tuco a job!" " Carlinhos?" " How do you do, Lineu?" "Carlinhos!" "The great Carlinhos!" "Man!" "Aren't you Mr. Handsome!" "A toast to Tuco's new job!" "It's not enough!" "Tuco getting a job is grounds for getting drunk!" " Lineu, Lineu, we've got a guest." " Mr. Handsome!" "A toast... to Mr. Handsome!" "Lineu, listen, Nenê just had a fabulous idea." "Carlinhos and me will go to the ball with you guys." "A toast... to Mrs. Handsome's idea!" "After that night, I never went to that ball again, you know?" "You didn't miss much." "That ball has gone downhill since." " You said our ball has gone downhill?" " I didn't say that." "Did I?" " You did, I heard you." " Well, Nenê... what I meant about going downhill is... that when you do the same thing for 40 years, Nenê... going to the same ball, you with that old dress of yours..." " Old?" " That dress is an eyesore." " Eyesore?" " I didn't say that." "Did I?" " You did, I heard you!" " Listen, what I meant... when I said "eyesore", is that she... is an eyesore in that dress." "Lineu!" "Are you crazy?" "!" "I'm sorry, Carlinhos, I've lost my appetite!" "Mom married the wrong man." "Agostinho!" "Weren't we supposed to have dinner at my folks'?" "We were, Bel, as in "we won't anymore"." " May I know the reason?" " I didn't wanna tell you... so you wouldn't get upset, but the new gang in town just..." ""Gimme that ring!" And they took my wedding band." "Ain't that so, Beiçola?" " I don't want any part in your deeds." " See?" "That's crime for you." "People witness violence and they won't talk about it." "Why?" "Because they're afraid of the organization, of organized crime." "Agostinho, stop bullshitting me!" "Where's your wedding band?" "!" "I'm not gonna lie to you." "I gave my wedding band to your dad... because he lost his." "I did it to save his marriage." "How dare you involve my dad in that lame-ass excuse of yours?" "!" " I'm telling you the truth." " Look here!" "It goes like this, toots:" "If you wanna save your marriage... you'll only come home with that wedding band on your finger!" "See what you get for telling the truth?" "And people say I'm against it!" "That's what you get." "Could you stop sewing for a minute?" "Gee." "Thanks." "I've got a terrible hangover." "What about you?" "I'm fixing up my ball dress a little... so you won't say anymore that this eyesore is old!" "Unless you don't want to go to a ball that's going downhill!" "Wait!" "I didn't say I didn't want to go to the ball." " Did I say that?" "Did I?" " No, Lineu, you didn't." " You wanna say it?" "Now's the time." " Okay." " Okay what?" " Okay." "Exactly what you said." " You don't want to go to the ball?" " Nenê... a 40th anniversary deserves a special celebration, Nenê!" "Let's do something new, something crazy, like we've never done before!" "Let's enjoy life, Nenê!" "Much better than going to that ball!" "We've been going to that ball for 40 years and you never complained." "What happened that made the ball go downhill?" " Time... passed." " What about me?" " What about you?" " Have I gone downhill too?" " Nenê..." " No, listen!" "If you don't want to go, I'm probably not good enough for you anymore." " That's not it." " All right, Lineu." "If you want to do something crazy, you can do it by yourself." " I'm going to that ball!" " Alone?" "If you don't want to celebrate the day we started dating... that's okay, no problem." "I'll celebrate by myself, Lineu." "I still think this is a date worth celebrating." "That's it, take it away." "Take that trash away!" "Beiçola!" "What are you doing?" "If you tow away my car, where will I sleep?" "You can't park your car in front of my business, Agostinho!" "Then get your business outta here!" " Take it." "Take it away!" " Wait!" "No, no, no!" "Go, go, you can go!" "Go away!" "Of course you can go!" "See?" "Congratulations!" "Now I'm homeless, I haven't got a wife... no means of survival." "You just got a new begger on your hands." " It's not "begger", it's "beggar"!" " What do you mean, beggar?" " I'm hungry, I'll eat at your place!" " No you won't!" "Go away!" " Why should I go?" " Go away!" "Scram!" "Go away, Agostinho!" "Lineuzinho!" "What are you doing here, pal?" "I had to borrow Agostinho's wedding band!" "It's so tight I can't even breathe." "I'm gonna cut this finger off and it'll be your fault!" "If you cut off your finger, you won't need a wedding band anymore." "Stop being funny and give me back my ring!" " When it shows up, I'll tell you." " Wait, wait!" " What were you doing in there?" " It was a false alarm." " Then get back in there!" " No, no!" "Lineuzinho!" " I'm not in the mood anymore!" " I'm gonna open all the taps!" " The gurgling noise will help." " Lineuzinho!" "I don't need to pee!" "Your wedding band will come out the other side!" " How it'll come out is your problem!" " Wait!" "Lineuzinho, what are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "!" "Sit down!" "Come on, come on!" "Hurry up!" "Lineuzinho!" "Tuco!" "You startled me." "I thought it was my dad." "Sorry about disturbing your sleep, but I need to show you something." "While you were sleeping, look what happened." " Agostinho?" " You know that guy?" "No." "That guy?" "I can explain, Mr. Carlinhos." "It's just that I came in here, I saw a bunch of TV sets with nothing on and I started to get sleepy." " There was a theft." "That's right!" "Exactly when I went to sleep, things got exciting!" "They're about to get exciting again." "You're fired." "No, Mr. Carlinhos, please." "If I lose this job, my dad will kill me!" "Didn't I tell you things were about to get exciting?" "Nenê!" "Nenê!" "Nenê!" "Look, I want an honest opinion, okay?" "Listen, you think it'd be okay for me to go to the ball with this dress?" "Is it too old-fashioned?" "It's the only one I have." " You can wear mine, Marilda." " Yours?" "Why, and you will wear what?" " Pajamas, probably." " I missed something." " I didn't get this pajama part." " I'm gonna stay home, Marilda." "Lineu doesn't want to go to the ball anymore." "I told him I'd go by myself, but I haven't got the nerve." " And why doesn't he wanna go?" " I don't know what's gotten into him!" "He was acting very weird last night." "Be honest with me." "You think there's some woman behind all this?" " What?" "Lineu would never do that!" " He's changed, Marilda." "After 40 years, Lineu turned into someone else!" "And I can guarantee he isn't the same person I met 40 years ago." " He really isn't." " Don't worry." " Let's have a beer instead." " Ah, Marilda... you really think it'll be fun having a beer with me, just the two of us?" "Carlinhos will be there too." "You go, Marilda." "I'll only ruin your date." "How can I have fun knowing my best friend is down in the dumps?" "No, I'm fine." "I'm fine, I'm great." "I'm feeling peachy." "I'm feeling awful!" "Come on." "There he is." "What a gorgeous man, my God!" "Hi, Carlinhos!" "I invited Nenê to join us, do you mind?" "Seeing Nenê is always very stimulating." " Stimulating?" "In what sense?" " Marilda he's just trying to be nice." " No, I'm not." "You remind me of a very nice moment in my life." "Remember, Nenê?" "I'll never forget that ball." "No, don't do it, for God's sake!" "Don't even mention that ball." "Lineu told her he's not going to the ball, you know?" "I'm sorry, I really didn't know." " Me neither, I just found out today." " Yes." " Anyone wants a beer?" " Go fetch them, it's quicker." " Okay." "Three beers?" " Three for me too, Marilda." "Okay." "Since Lineu won't take you to the ball, will you dance with me?" "You better dance with Marilda, I'm not very good company tonight." "You've always been excellent company." "Excuse me." "Coming through." "It went like this" "The lights went out" "My eyes blacked out" "Then there was a kiss" "And came the mad anxiety" "Stood up." "Of unrequited love" "And after" "That kiss, then" "We loved each other madly" " Hi, Tuco." " What's left of him." " I've had an awful day." " I bet yours was better than mine." "Then why don't we get inside and lick each other's wounds?" "That's just what I need:" "To end up in bed with you." "My first day on the job and I almost got fired." "I had to humiliate myself, otherwise I'd be jobless by now." "Why are you all dirty like that?" "I was bumped down to cleaning duty." "I almost declined." "But then I remembered that you promised me that if I got a job... you'd make our relationship official, so I swallowed my pride." "What relationship?" "We're not going anywhere!" " It's such an awful mess!" " Better than nothing, right?" " It's too little!" " I'm too little for you, right?" " I'm not talking about that!" " I see." "You'd rather date a manager." "But just wait." "One of these days I'll turn the tables to win you over." "My finger!" " Agostinho, what are you doing here?" " Where's my wedding band?" "Bebel kicked me outta the house cuz I didn't have it." "Give it back!" "It's stuck on my finger, it's cutting the circulation!" " I'll take it off." "Lemme see." " Wait, wait!" "Agostinho!" " Gimme back my ring!" " You guys need anything?" " No, no, everything's hunky-dory!" " Hunky-dory for him... cuz he slept on his nice, cozy bed!" "I slept on that couch!" "Gimme my ring!" " Agostinho, wait!" " Give it back!" " So you're married, Mr. Lineu?" " No, this wedding band isn't mine!" "No, it's mine, cuz he took his off so he could fool around... with some piece of ass here at the office!" "Excuse me." "Lineu!" "So that's the broad you're shagging'?" "I'm not "shaggin"' anyone, Agostinho!" "No, you can spare me the details, I just wanna know..." "Lineuzinho, it came out, Lineuzinho!" "Here." "All cleaned up and sterilized with boiling water just for you." "I've never thought I'd want so much something that came out of your..." "Yeah, but that wedding band stays with me until you give mine back!" " Bebel, is everything okay?" " Everything's fine, Marilda." "You mean fine fine, or more or less fine?" " I mean fine awful!" " Dear God in heaven... what happened that made you so sad all of a sudden?" "Simply the best thing that could ever happen to me." "I'm pregnant!" "I used one of those pharmacy tests, Marilda." "It came out positive." "But that's wonderful news!" "Aren't you happy about it?" "But Agostinho is the father, remember?" "And to find out now when we just had this big fight!" " But that's normal!" "You guys are always fighting!" "I don't even know how you made this child!" "No, Marilda." "It's different this time." "He isn't wearing his wedding band anymore, you know?" "To me, that's positive evidence that..." "he's got another woman!" "Bebel, look, pay attention, as soon as Agostinho finds out... that you're pregnant, he'll change, you'll see!" "From now on, only good things are going to happen to you!" " Bebel, look who's back." " Who told you I'd want you back?" " No, I'm not talking about me." "I'm talking about this wonderful wedding band, that I shouldn't..." "Agostinho, can you explain why this ring is so loose all of a sudden?" "!" "It's not the ring that's loose." "I've lost weight." "While we were apart, I've done penance, Maria Isabel..." "I didn't eat a thing, I'm thinner." " Something happened?" " Actually, we're screwed, man..." "Lineu, what was your wedding band doing on Agostinho's finger?" "Mrs. Nenê, he just lent me his." "And why weren't you wearing yours?" "It's because..." "Look, Agostinho... he'd just lent his to me." "And why did Agostinho lend you his wedding band?" "Dear God, because he wasn't wearing his, Mrs. Nenê!" "Are you gonna play three-card monte until I blow my top?" "Is that it?" "!" "Let's tell her the truth." "We'll tell you the truth." " And what is the truth?" " The truth is that... he borrowed my wedding band and I borrowed his because..." "Enough!" "Well, I surrender." "I'm the one who lost my wedding band." "Agostinho was only trying to help me." " Hi, Marilda." " Hi." "What are you doing?" "Packing Lineu's bag." " Why?" "Is he gonna make a trip?" " I kicked that bastard out!" "Oops!" "I missed something." "I didn't get this bastard part." " Lineu's got an affair." " An affair?" "Lineu?" "!" "Since when Lineu is that kind of guy?" "Ever since he decided he didn't love me anymore." " And when did that happen?" " Right now, this very moment." "I don't know." "All I know is that he took his wedding band off... to flirt with some bimbo at the office." "Okay." "And you're gonna kick him out because of that?" "Are you crazy?" "You're gonna hand your husband on a platter to some bimbo?" " Do something!" " Do what, Marilda?" "Go to the ball with Carlinhos!" "I'm serious!" "If Lineu is entitled to an affair, you're entitled to one too!" "Forget that he doesn't love you" "Forget that he doesn't want you" "Don't you cry, don't hurt like that" "Because I can give you eternal love" " Lineu, you gonna just stand there?" " I don't have the right to stop Nenê right now." " Can't you see she wants to get even?" "And she will!" "Can't you see she's going to the ball with Carlinhos?" "I'm talking about even as in "lying down"!" "The horizontal mambo!" "Don't be ridiculous." "Nenê would never do anything like that." "What?" "You gave her reason enough to do much worse." "Don't be absurd." "I didn't do anything with that girl!" " Does Nenê know that, Lineu?" " I should've told her." "Then go, go, there's still time." "Go." "That's it!" "Go for it!" "Lineu, if you can't find them at the ball... stop at the hotel on the way there." "God forbid, but they could be there." "Come on, go, go, go, go!" "Forget it" "You've ruined everything." " Who are you?" " Don't you know that every man... sees himself when he's about to die to make a reckoning of his life?" " I'm gonna die?" " Worse." "You'll die after you've let everyone down." "I was just trying to enjoy the last days I had to live." " You've messed everything up." " And I hurt Nenê's feelings." "If you only had one woman in your life... that doesn't mean you were lazy... but that you were lucky enough to find a person... with whom you fell in love over and over again for 40 years." "I'm going to die and Nenê will think that I had an affair." "At least she'll have a reason to be with Carlinhos without guilt." "This cannot end like this." "We're gonna die!" "Not we." "You." "I've got other plans." "Wait!" "Wait!" "What about me?" "What am I supposed to do?" "!" "Close your eyes, Lineu." "Close your eyes." "Then... tell me I won't die." "Got the answer to that right here." " Don't do that." " Don't you want to know the result?" "What for?" "So I'll know I really have a tumor?" "I'd rather live in doubt." "Wait!" "We don't know if it's a tumor." "You don't know that, I don't know that, and Nenê doesn't have to know." "I'm going home, Doctor." "I'm going to spend whatever time I've got left... showing my wife how she made my life worth living." " What are you doing, Lineu?" " Kissing you." "Lineuzinho!" "Lineu, we've got a guest." " Do you want to go to the bedroom?" " Lineu, what's gotten into you?" " Do you?" " We've got a guest!" "The doctor said I'm gonna become, these were his exact words a baby-making machine." " Don't overdo it, Agostinho." " Now you just need to get a job." " I got one." "I'm self-employed." " But that's not a steady job." " Well, if it'd help..." "I could get Agostinho a job at the supermarket." "Tinho will handle that job to perfection." " He didn't even say what's the job!" " It doesn't matter." "Tinho can handle any job like heaven." "Thank you, we'll take it." "Then let's make a toast to Carlinhos... who got Agostinho a job." "And also to Tinho's spermogram!" "Bebel, haven't you got a better toast?" "I've got one!" "A toast to the most wonderful person in the world." "Excuse me." "We got a guest, Lineu!" "Our guest, Lineu!" "Lineu, I'm telling you..." "Lineuzinho..." "Lineuzinho, I'm gonna sew right over my fingers." "What are you doing?" "I'm trying to update my ball dress." "Forget it." "I'll buy you a new one." "I want my wife to be ravishing at that ball." " Are you gonna go at it again?" " Tuquinho, don't be silly." "We're just happy about our 40th anniversary." " You'll tell me about the ball later." " You're going too." "This year, I want everyone at that ball." "Count me out." "I won't be a third wheel for Marilda and Carlinhos." "No, you're not, Tuco!" "I'll introduce you to a girl who'll love going to the ball with you." "Drop by the office around lunchtime." "Miss Marina, have you got a boyfriend?" "No." " Great." " Great?" "Couldn't be better." "I'd like to make you an invitation." " For what?" " Do you like to dance?" " I love it!" " Would you like to go to a ball... tomorrow, in very good company?" " I would love it." " That's what I imagined." "And what else did you imagine, huh, Lineu?" "Sly encounters in the coffee room?" "Necking after work?" " Running off to a motel, huh?" " Running off to a motel?" " Let's do it!" " Miss Marina, you're... you're doing it with the wrong person!" "Tuco!" "Tuco!" "Son!" "Tuco!" "Excuse me." "Son!" "Son!" "Tuco!" "What?" "Bebel, you scared me." "So, what's the new job like?" " What new job?" " At the supermarket." "Is it okay?" " It's great." " Yeah?" "And what's the store like?" "It's nice." "It's normal." "Kinda like a regular supermarket." "You know what a regular supermarket looks like?" "That's the kind." " Regular?" " Regular." "With regular stuff." "And what are you gonna do there?" "Tell me." "They've got all these departments, Frozen Foods, Canned Heat..." "Cleaning Items, a lot of them." "I'm gonna work, in general overlooking all departments..." " Do they have phones there?" "They don't." "I'll call Carlinhos and tell him we gotta sell phones." "That'd be good, cuz I called, you know?" "Yeah, they told me." "But I didn't know, because they said..." "What were you doing all day, since you didn't show up at work?" "You're not gonna believe this, cuz the truth looks like a lie." " I've got some cookie trouble..." " It goes like this, toots:" "If you wanna save your marriage..." "I'd recommend that you get that job back!" "Got it?" "!" "That's so unfair." "You're a difficult person." "Tuco, you scared me!" "What are you doing here?" " What is he doing here?" " Marilda invited me for coffee." " Never mind that kid!" " You should stand by me, Marilda." " I've had an awful day!" " Yeah?" "Well, I've had a great day." "And I'd have an even better night if you hadn't shown up here." "My dad's having an affair at the office." " He's got a lover." " Lineu?" "But he was so romantic with Nenê at dinner, right?" "Yeah." "When a man comes so full of smooches, he's up to something." "Who told you that?" "It was Agostinho, right?" "I saw everything, Marilda." "I went to his office." "He tried to use me to invite her to the ball!" "Poor Nenê." "That ball was so important to her." " Carlinhos could go with her." " Yes, maybe I could..." "Maybe you could, my foot!" "You're going to the ball with me!" " Why, are you having doubts?" " Mom's got priority, right?" "Yes." "That's right." "Stood up." " Agostinho?" "What are you doing here?" " Do you need anything?" "A shoeshine, a glass of cold water?" "Let me explain, I'm serious." " I'm here if you need anything." " But yesterday you weren't, right?" " I've put someone else in your place." " What do you mean?" "What's that?" "Who would that be?" "I'd introduce you, but I suspect you already know him." " Tuco?" " Hey, pal... could you please move over?" "You're blocking the circulation." "Good morning, Marilda." "Not good morning." "Gorgeous morning." "Wonderful morning." "May I know why are you so cheerful?" "Marilda, Lineu got me this wonderful dress." " I came for mine." " Marilda, I didn't finish it." " I'm not going to the ball anyway." " What are you talking about?" "Carlinhos doesn't want to go anymore?" "But he seemed so interested in you." "He was, but I've found out some things... that made him decide that he won't go to the ball with me." "What things?" "Nenê, there's a girl at his work..." " Carlinhos has an affair at work?" " He does?" " That's what you just said." " That's right, he does!" "He does." "He does have an affair at work, understand?" "Nenê, sometimes men do the most unbelievable things." " I'm off." "Good night, Mendonça." " Good night." "Actually, not good night." "Wonderful night." "Isn't the night wonderful, Mendonça?" "Can you tell me why are you so cheerful?" "It's just that tonight..." "I'm going to the ball with my date." " You got a new girlfriend?" "Me too!" " I was talking about my wife." " And I, about Pacheco's widow." " Mendonça..." "Pacheco's body isn't even cold yet and you're already rushing his wife?" "The body of the deceased has to get cold." "I'll see that the body of the widow stays nice and warm!" "Mendonça, Pacheco was our friend." "So what?" "Actually, I'm helping the departed out." "Because he didn't leave his wife two coins to rub together." "Didn't he leave any pension to his wife?" "Since when can a person live off a civil servant's pension?" "I hadn't thought about that." "But you should." "You should." "Because when you die, who's gonna take care of Mrs. Nenê?" " Who?" " Lf she ever needs me I'll be at her disposal." " Lf you lay a finger on Nenê I'll bash your nose in." " Lineuzinho..." "I try to help you and you throw rocks at me?" "Save your help for Pacheco's widow!" "I'll take care of my widow myself!" "Tuco." " I'd like to talk to you." " Not now, Agostinho." " I need to handle security here." " But that's what I wanna talk about!" "That's what we need to discuss!" "I don't know if you're aware of it but this job was mine!" " It was, as in "it ain't anymore"." "It was, as in "I want my job back", understand?" "Agostinho, you see this badge?" "What does it say?" ""Artur Silva, security supervisor"." "Does it say "Agostinho Carrara"?" "No." "Wanna know why?" "Because maybe Agostinho screwed up and lost the job!" " He lost it!" "It's lost!" " What that badge should say... is "Artur Silva, stealer of jobs"!" "You don't do security, you steal!" " Lost, pal, lost!" " That badge is mine!" "Gimme that!" " What are you doin', man?" "Agostinho!" " Gimme..." "Agostinho!" "Hi, Nenê." " Hi, Carlinhos." " What are you doing here?" "Well..." "Marilda told me she isn't going to the ball with you anymore... so I wanted to know why, you know?" "Then she... she... she told me everything about the girl." "She shouldn't have told you that." "Yes, but I..." "I know everything now, Carlinhos." " Everything?" "What else did she say?" " Was there anything else to say?" "No." "I just told her I wanted to go to the ball with someone else." "Carlinhos, you should've told her that back at my house... at that dinner." "That way, Marilda wouldn't suffer so much." "I couldn't possibly tell her that in front of Lineu!" " What's Lineu got to do with it?" " Everything!" "I've always wanted you." " Me?" " Of course, you, Nenê!" " What about the other girl?" " Well, now that you know about her I feel free to tell you this." " My God, I don't get any of this." "I've always been crazy about you, ever since that ball, 40 years ago!" "I thought I'd put all that behind me, but now I see I was wrong!" " What are you talking about?" " I'm talking about this, Nenê!" "Wait, man!" "Look, it's your mom!" "Your mom is laying a big wet one on that Carlinhos dude!" " Yeah, right!" " See for yourself!" "Jeepers." "What the hell's happening to this family?" "What, Lineu?" "Did you have a fight with Mrs. Nenê?" "Worse." "I treated her nicely." " Too nicely." " Beiçola!" " I've done everything wrong." " Beiçola!" "Lineu, it's a disgrace." "If you had taken better care of your wife..." " Did something happen to Nenê?" " Carlinhos was kissing Mrs. Nenê." "He loves her." "That's why he brought a truckload of food to your house." "He wants to take your place!" "You're a civil servant on a peanut salary." "He's a supermarket manager, he's got dough!" "If you snooze he'll take your place, Lineu!" " You're right, Agostinho." "Nenê married the wrong man." "I'm going to talk to her!" "But please, Lineu, don't slap Mrs. Nenê around." " I'm not going to slap anyone around." " What?" "Not even Carlinhos?" "Agostinho, Carlinhos isn't the problem." "Carlinhos is the solution." "Wow." "You look great." "Lineu, this dress is so beautiful." "I'm still getting used to it." "After 40 years wearing the other one..." "Now you'll need a new partner to go to the ball." "Why?" "My partner doesn't match my new dress?" "No problem, then." "I'll take this one off and wear the old one." "Ti." "Tinho." "I've got something to tell you." "If it's bad news, go right ahead." "One more won't make any difference." " Life's only sorrow and pain." " No, Tinho, this isn't bad news." "It's something that's gonna change our lives." "What?" "You met a guy and you're leaving?" "That it?" "You had an affair?" "Go away, then." "I don't want a woman." "Women bring only sorrow and pain." "No, Tinho, are you nuts?" "I'm pregnant." "God." "Wait." "Who's the father?" "You got a lover and now you want me... to raise another guy's baby, Maria Isabel?" "!" "That's okay." "You're just doing that because you know I trust you, I'm your slave... and I love you to death." "I don't mind being your cuckold." " Have you gone bonkers?" " Me?" " The treatment." "It's your baby." " What, I'm gonna have a baby?" " You're gonna be a daddy, Agostinho." " Me?" "A kid, my own blood?" " Yeah, toots." " Maria Isabel, please don't say that." "You're gonna be a father, Tinho." "You crazy?" "You want me to celebrate our anniversary with a stranger?" "No, Nenê, no!" "Carlinhos isn't exactly a stranger." "He isn't." "If I hadn't stolen his invitation... you and him could've gone steady, and now you'd be married... to him, and not to me!" "I feel like I've cheated destiny." "Lineuzinho, I'd never marry Carlinhos." "You know why?" "Because that night I cheated too." "Lineu, I also fooled Carlinhos." "I went to that ball with him and I made sure you knew about it." "I knew you'd be jealous and you'd try something." "You were so shy, Lineu." "I couldn't stand waiting for you to ask me out on a date anymore." "You used Carlinhos?" "Yes, Lineuzinho." "It wasn't very honest of me." " Then you owe him that too." " I'm not going with Carlinhos!" "Lineuzinho, you're the one I love, the one I've always loved." "Either you find some other reason not to go to the ball with me or I'll go with you." " I've got another reason." "Tuco!" " I want to talk to you." " Lf it's about what I'm thinking then we better talk later." " Not later." "Now, Tuco!" "Now." "Tell your mother what you saw back at the office." " What are you doin'?" "You crazy?" "!" " What are you guys talking about?" "Nenê..." "Nenê, I need to tell you something." "I've been having an affair... for a while now, with a girl at the office... and Tuco saw everything, he can explain it to you." " I don't know anything about it." " Tuco!" "Come on!" "Tell your mother what happened, what you saw there!" "Don't drag me into this!" "You're the one who screwed up!" "Lineu, you were being so kind to me." "You even gave me this dress!" "When a man covers a woman with smooches, he's up to something." " Nenê..." " Don't touch me!" "I'm sorry, Nenê." "I'm sorry." "Satisfied?" "I knew that already, Nenê." "You knew, Marilda?" " Marilda, why didn't you tell me?" " But I did tell you." "I just left out the part about the lover being Lineu's." "Marilda, you said that Carlinhos had a lover!" "And because of that, I even went to the supermarket and he ended up kissing me!" " Huh?" "Carlinhos kissed you?" " Yes." " Look." " Speaking of the devil..." " Did I come at a bad time?" "The worst." "What do you want?" "I want to apologize and make an invitation to the ball." " To whom?" "Me or Nenê?" " I need to apologize to Nenê too... but the invitation is for you, Marilda." "Okay." "Apologies accepted, but you're going to the ball with Nenê, okay?" "Marilda!" "Listen here." "Carlinhos has waited 40 years for you." "You want to go to the ball with a guy who traded you for some girl?" "Don't be stupid!" "You've got the right to get even with Lineu." "If he can have an affair, you can have one too!" " May I say something?" " No." "Sit down." "I'm gonna touch up your makeup." " Look, it's all smeared." " Mom!" "Mom!" "I need to tell you something!" "A toast to Junior!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" " Lineu!" "Let's celebrate!" " I haven't got anything to celebrate." "You have, Lineu." "You have." " You're gonna be a grandpa." " A grandpa?" " Tuco's been up to no good?" " No." "Not Tuco, Lineu." " Bebel's pregnant." " Bebel?" "Pregnant?" "A grandchild?" " Maybe I won't even see this baby." " What, Lineu?" "What are you saying?" "What kinda talk is that?" "I'm going to die, Agostinho." "I had an exam." "Something showed up." " They don't know if it's a tumor..." " Oh, my God." " Now this." "Does Mrs. Nenê know?" " No, I haven't told anyone." "Actually, I didn't even have the nerve... to open the envelope with the exam's results." "Lineu... all my life you taught me to face problems... like a man, to act like a man." "You taught me that." "If I had run away every time you stood up against me..." "I wouldn't be here now, see, shall we say, ready... to raise this kid Maria Isabel is expecting." "My kid." "You brought me here." "You guided me here." "You can't abandon me now." "Why?" "Because I'll need an example... when I educate this kid I'm gonna have... and that example, to me, is you." "I've never thought one day I'd say this... but I have to say... that you're going to be a great father, Agostinho Carrara." "Let's stop right there, because if you say another thing like that..." "I'm gonna start weeping, and this whole moment will turn into a joke." "So... let's face this situation, Lineu, let's face it." "What?" "What is it?" "Lineu!" "Wait!" "Lineu!" "Where are you going?" "Lineu!" " Whatcha doin'?" "Actin' like a begger!" " It's "beggar", Agostinho!" " What are you doin' there, Pops?" " Found it!" "I've found it!" " What's that?" " Here it is." "It's the envelope." "I've found it." "Here." "Read it." " What do I do?" "I read it?" " Read it, read it!" "Okay, I'll read it, but... what if it says you really got a tumor?" " Then you tell me." "Read it!" " But I don't wanna tell you that!" "You read it." "I don't wanna break it to you." "Wait, wait a minute." "If you die Bebel's your heir, right?" " Of course, Agostinho!" " And who's gonna keep your house?" " She's my dau..." "Agostinho, could you wait until I die to start dividing my belongings?" "Well, I'm gonna have a kid now, gotta think about that too." " May I read it?" " Yes." "Read it." " Read it to me." "I can't understand..." " I'm not sick at all, Agostinho!" " You're not?" "!" " I'm not!" "Lineu, that's great!" "That's wonderful!" " I'm so happy for you!" " I need to tell Nenê!" "Of course." "But the house..." " She must've gone to the ball." " Lineu, why'd you leave your wife... with that Carlinhos dude?" "The guy's already on top of her!" " Where are you going?" " I'm going after Nenê!" " You better, before it gets worse!" " Worse?" "What could be worse?" "There's a hotel on the way, maybe they won't even make it to the ball!" " Don't start, Agostinho!" " Okay, okay, hurry up." "You're the one who started this." "I didn't say anything." "Go, go, go!" "Go, go, go!" " Tinho, where did Daddy go?" " He went after your mom." "Mrs. Nenê, aren't you at the ball?" "She was going, but she gave up when I told her about our baby." "I'd rather have a grandchild than a lover." "Wait, I could swear I saw you leaving with your new dress in Carlinhos' car." " That'd be Marilda." " Mom gave her that dress." " But, Mrs. Nenê Lineu just went after you." " Agostinho, Lineu is dead and buried." "He's not, Mrs. Nenê." "You know that spot?" "It was no tumor!" "What are you talking about?" "Lineu!" "Lineu!" "Lineu!" "Lineu!" "Get outta there, Lineu!" "Nenê." "Didn't you go to the ball?" "Lineu, let's go!" "Come, Lineu." "My God." " What are you all doing here?" " We came after you." "I was so scared when I saw the train." "I thought you were gonna die!" "Wait!" " What, dude?" " Can't go in without a jacket." "Well, I left my jacket back home." "If your jacket shows up, it'll get in... but you won't get in without it." "Tuco?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm trying to get in, but I didn't bring a jacket." "Can I borrow yours?" "I've messed up my whole life because I've lent a jacket." "It's just for a second, I'll return it right away." "Hold this." "Where's your jacket?" " I've got a jacket." " Yeah." "Back at home, right?" "Ti, let's dance, let's dance!" "I love this song!" "I'm strictly a family man now, I can't waltz around like that." "Oh, yeah?" "Then I and your baby will dance with someone else." "On the other hand, a family man gotta provide for his family." "How nice it is to know" "That you love me" "I am yours and no one else's" "Tuco!" "I didn't know you'd come!" "You look so handsome!" "Whose jacket is that?" "I think it belongs to the guy you were looking for." " Wanna dance?" " You don't mind dancing... with a guy who's using another guy's jacket, do you?" "I'm not dancing with the jacket." "I'm dancing with the guy inside it." " 40 years, huh, Nenê?" " Seems like it was yesterday." "Promise me we will come to this ball every year." " Every year." " For the rest of our lives?" " For the rest of our lives." " Nenê..." "How nice it is to know" "That you love me" "People here would never say something like that about you." "It's just that..." "Nenê's got priority, you know?" "It's not "begger", it's "beggar"!" "If she ever needs me, I'll be at her disposal." "Could you please move over?" "You're blocking the circulation." "I'm pregnant!" "With Carlinhos you can't, because I'm going to the ball with him." "They even tried to bribe me, but I refuse to sell my integrity." "I'm fine, I'm great." "I'm feeling peachy." "I'm feeling awful!" "Please, do not send me any more of these notes." "Our moments are happy" "Let's not fight over nothing" "You understand my gaze" "Come on, give me your hand" "How nice it is to know" "That you love me" "I am yours and no one else's" "How nice it is to know" "How nice it is to love you" "Knowing I can't be wrong" "I want you always by my side" "How nice it is to know" "How nice it is to know" "How nice it is to know" "How nice it is to know"