"NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS" "LOVE YOU LMA" "HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICKY" "PART 1 WATCH DOGS" "Can't sleep, Mum?" "He'll keep on barking." "I know." "Take something to make you sleep." "You have a full day tomorrow." "I'll stay here for a while." "All right then, good night." "Wake up, we've got to get up." "There's the armadillo, the lion." "Tons of stuff." "Oh, God." "Maria, staythere." "Stay here." "Morning breath." " It's all right." " Is it?" "Yours is all right." "Good morning, kids, welcome to another Happy Morning." "You know the drill, lots of fun and cartoons..." " Maria." " Jofio, good morning." " You smell good." " Get away, boy." " How are you?" " I'm all right." " This is Sofia." " How you doing, Sofia?" " I'm good, yourself?" " Very well." " Do you have any coffee?" " Sure, fresh." "I need it." "Great." "You know Sofia used to live right here on our street?" "Oh, yeah?" "She's probably part of the family." "Careful there, you could be brother and sister." "We're not brother and sister, Maria." "I only lived here for six months." "Only six months, why?" "At the time, my mother died and I was sent to live with my uncle." "But he doesn't live here any more." "You're too young to be an orphan, Sofia." "Jofio, I brought the girls because their mother went to the doctor." "I saw them, no problem." "No problem." " When did you live here?" " In 1990." "I already worked here in 1990." "For his parents." " And his brother and sister." " You have a brother and a sister?" "Jesus, you know each other well, huh?" "Maria..." "Look at her face." ""Ana Cecilia Pinto:" "Pretty Ana Cecilia Pinto, heiress of Pinto Engineering," ""has just turned 15." ""She celebrated with a gang bang sponsored by Mummy and Daddy," ""who wished to see their little girl all sore and swollen."" "What are you saying, Joéo?" "It's right here." "I just added that extra flavour." "I don't care, Jofio." "Maria, Maria." "She's pretty." "A bit sad-looking." "Maria is a bit sad herself." "She's usually more cheery." "She's missing me already." "It's her last week here." " I'm old." "He's retiring me." " How old are you?" " Almost 60." " You're not old, Maria." "Adailton says the car parked outside overnight had the window smashed." "Is it a white Uno?" "Fuck." "The window was left intact." "Yeah, a very nice thief." "Take a look inside." " Yeah, they took the CD player." " That's all?" "Six books, they left them all." "It doesn't have an alarm?" "Yes, but it doesn't work." "Will I see you again after this?" "Maybe." "Do you want me to go with you to the garage?" "No, just help me with the window." "I have to go." "OK." "You have my number?" " Yes." "Do you have mine?" " Yep." "Hey, Adailton!" "All right?" "Good morning." "Hi, Pacote." "Hey, brother!" "Can you turn that down?" "Hey, brother!" "Do you know anything about the car there?" "Who might have done it?" "I know nothing." " Haven't heard." " Nothing, zilch?" "You heard nothing." "Adailton, wasn't it you who called Maria?" "I called cos I saw the car with the window messed up, all fucked up." "Somebody had to call." "How did you know it was somebody staying with me?" "Everaldo, the night guy, he came and said, you know, this and that..." "Then he sort of went..." "You're a brother, we saw the connection and thought you should know, that's all." "But we know nothing of what goes on on this street." "Nothing, nothing, nothing..." "Was it Dinho?" "It looks like his handiwork." " Who?" " I said it looks like Dinho's handiwork." "You're saying that." "Don't put no words in our mouths." "We're here to work and not stick our noses into people's business." "And I'm no grass." "Good morning, Romualdo." "Put it over there, will you?" "Thank you." "Yansan could not bear children." "To make babies, Yansan was told to prepare an..." "Hi." "How are you?" " Saying good morning to the car?" "Yeah, well..." " All good?" " All good." " How's everything?" " Everything's great." "Except that my friend's car got burgled in front of my building." " Shit, really?" " Yeah." "You think Dinho might have anything to do with it?" "Yeah, well..." " I'll have a word with him to find out." " The stereo was taken?" "Yeah, CD player." "Same old story." "Just keep me out of all matters concerning Dinho." " I know." "You have the keys?" " Yeah." "All right." "The building has 24-hour video surveillance." "The perimeter fence is hooked up with sensors." " How much is the service tax?" " 450 Rs." "We have two parking spaces for each apartment." " How many cars do you own?" " None, at the moment." "We used to have two." "Modern, isn't it?" "Looks like a factory." "Please go in." "There's this huge living room, and the view is quite nice." "180 square metres." " Four ensuite bedrooms." " Four ensuites." "The power is out just now." " Anything wrong?" " No, it's temporary." "Let's go over to the kitchen." "And of course, the maid's room." "With awindow." "Hot." "Throw us the ball!" "Come with me, you make me nervous out here." " But his football fell..." " Never mind." "Throw back the ball!" "Is it true a woman died in the building yesterday?" " Unfortunately, yes." " Was it suicide?" "I'm not sure what happened, but it seems she jumped, yes." "Oh, God." "That's a bad omen." "It might sound strange, but when I heard about this," "I almost called to cancel this visit." "Something negative about living in the building struck me." "Would you consider a special arrangement considering the circumstances?" "I don't really see your point." "Yeah, well, it might sound strange, but I felt this negative energy." "Look, the incident has no effect on the quality of this place." "This place is not haunted." "You wouldn't put a word in..." "All right then." "Floral wreaths downstairs." "I'm not interested, OK?" "Let's go." "What you looking for?" "Oh, nothing." "What are you doing?" "Just spying on something." "What's going on?" "Have you drugged the dog?" "Unbelievable." "He's going to be fine." "He's breathing." "102." "Mrs Beatriz Linhares." "Coming!" " Good morning." " Good morning, Mrs Beatriz Linhares." "It's me. 102." "That way." "Good morning." "I live up the street and we bought one of these." " Are you delivering it?" " What is your name?" "It should be in my husband's name, Adalberto Gois." "Can you finish with me and take care of her problem later?" "Right here." "Adalberto Gois will be next." "That's great." "It's a 32-inch, a smaller one, right?" "So, we'll be there in no time." "Get off me, Beténia!" "What happened to your hair?" " Crazy Beténia attacked me again." " Again?" "Over here, please." " Upstanding, please." " Upstanding how?" "Vertically." " It's the right way up." " No, vertical, like this." "Like this." " Just turn it, turn it." " Turn it, man." "Glass of water, Mum." "What are you staring at, Fernanda?" " Where do I sign?" " Right here." " Are you OK?" "Drink your water." " You want some water?" " No, thanks." " No, thanks." "Drink your glass of water to calm you down." "Hold this, dear." "It's all right, the crazy woman is my sister." "I apologise for the..." "Nelsinho, will you go with them?" " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "I see." "I see." "So you have this problem..." "Need a hand, lady?" " No, I'm already paying your friend." " I'm not asking for money." "Wow." "It's easy, I'm telling you." "It's easy, come on." "Open my laptop, first file." "The tab's open, right?" "Oh, dear." "Just go over to my desk and open the file." "The first one." "It's like new, miss." "Of course I'm pissed off, Ricardo." "One more reason for you to come in early." "It's a huge box." "Yeah, I'll try." "Kisses, bye." "Mum, do you really have to smoke in here?" "Oh, please, Fernanda." "Your class starts at 11:00, in an hour." "Go and have a shower." " Met this girl last night." " Oh, yeah?" "Sofia, the one I told you about earlier, about the stolen CD player." "What's she like?" "I really liked her, she's cool." "Came over with friends," " and she ended up staying." " She stayed?" " A girlfriend, then." " Friend, last night, you know, a friend." "What about this thing you mentioned back there?" "Let's hear it." "Remember I had to show this couple the Vivaldi 301 last Monday?" " On Monday, I remember." " You remember." " So I went." " And what happened?" "What happened?" "Man, the guy's wife was this girl I knew way back in 1981." "Man, listen." "Sex with this girl was spectacular." "We got along great, but sexually..." "We fucked so much, any way we could, anytime we could." " Oh, yeah?" " It was great." "This girl took a big chunk out of my love life." "Get it?" "I see a smile." "She called me yesterday, right here." "On Monday, you behaved like strangers?" "As if you didn't know each other?" "Didn't say hello, nothing like that?" " Go on with the story." " To cut a long story short..." "She told me she's happy, her marriage was a bit shaky, has two kids, and everything's tip-top, so she said." "What is it?" "Right, but that's it?" "That's it?" "Didn't you find it..." "Come on." "Yeah, well, it's a good story." " Isn't it?" " It's good." " Good morning." " Good morning." " MrAnco?" " Yes." "My name is Clodoaldo Pereira dos Anjos, good to meet you." " What's your name?" " Jofio." "There you are, Mr Jofio, pleased to meet you." "These men over there work with me." "We're calling on every house on the street and I'll tell you why." "To offer you a private security service for the street, OK?" "We're trained in security, here's a leaflet." "How do we work?" "We work with prevention." "To guarantee your peace of mind." "How do we do it?" "We work from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. That's 12 hours of exclusive security, covering the entire street." "But who sent you here?" "We came ourselves." "We observed the street lacked security, and this is exactly what we have to offer." " Clodoaldo, right?" " That's correct." "Clodoaldo, take a good look at my house." "My house is the only one on the street, maybe in the whole block, without any fancy security gear." "Can you see that, Clodoaldo?" "I had noticed that, yes." "MrAnco, I think you have some house." "Wouldn't it be great if the whole street was like this?" "But violence doesn't let you." "Please allow me, but I saw you have a video camera right there." "Clodoaldo, that's a small detail." "We have to do something." "What we propose is a 20 Rs collaboration fee, a kind of partnership." " I see." " I agree with you." "What if someone chooses not to pay the tax, or to collaborate?" "No problem." " I'm suddenly less safe?" " Absolutely no problem." " It's not a question of money." " No problem, Mr Jofio." "I understand perfectly." "My father used to say we all have the right to choose what to believe in." "Do you carry weapons, Clodoaldo?" "To be honest, I can't really say yes, and I can't really say no." "But I'll show you our best weapon, which is this:" "mobile phone." "Me and the boys have all the contacts we need." "So, worst case scenario, you throw the mobile at the bad guy, is that it?" " Mr Jofio, please." " Then you run home and get the real thing." " I'm just trying to work out..." " I get it, I get it." "I offer a service." "You accept it, if you so wish." "My job here is to present it to you." "Obviously, you're important people here on the street." "Just so you know, everybody's in all the way to the clinic, except you." "Have you talked to Mr Francisco?" "Francisco, your father?" "You already know he's my father?" "An important man like him?" "Of course, a popular man on the street." "I'll have a word with him to set things straight." "Grandpa will like that." "You have our leaflet and I'll also leave you my card." "If you need anything, coming home late one night..." "If you get a bad feeling about anything, just call, we'll be there." "No strings attached, though it's only 20 Rs a month." "If not, fine." "All right?" "Thank you for your time." "OK?" " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "What a pitch." "Let's get some coffee." "Hey, Jofio." "Dinho." "What a great visit." " How are you?" " Well, well." "What's up, man?" "You miss Germany?" "Man, I miss it, actually." "Seven years is quite a long time." "It is." "How's Uncle and Aunt?" "Mirela?" "Everybody's fine." "Mirela's dating these loser types." "What can I do?" "Her taste in men is fucked up." "Have you seen Granddad?" "I saw him last week." "The old man is going strong." "Always complaining that we never go to the sugar mill." "Man, I haven't been to the sugar mill in quite a while." "I was there earlier this year." "I met this girl yesterday." "Sofia." "It was great." "I can see your eyes shining." "And so it goes that her car was burgled, just across the street." "The CD player was taken." "I'd like to check if you happen to know who might have done it." "No." "You have no idea?" "You come to my house to ask me if I fucked around with some girl's car." "Your girl's car..." "Who got fucked around last night?" "The car or her?" "Brother, you come to my house..." "Don't you fucking brother me, Dinho." "Sit the fuck down." "Listen, you've fucked up here on the street before, right?" "Just for kicks, haven't you?" "Listen to me, Dinho." "You're my cousin." "I like you." "Sofia is a friend." "I like her too." "So do me a favour, go back in, get that fucking CD player, bring it here and say you're sorry." "I don't do that kind of thing any more, idiot." "Just tell me you didn't do it." " You're so fucking unfair." " Tell me you didn't do it." "Just tell me, tell me..." " I'm not these glue sniffers down the street..." " Just tell me." "It's tough to believe..." "We're cousins, man." "You show up after so long to accuse me of stealing car stereos?" ""Cousins, long time no see", but just tell me you didn't do it." "See ya, I'm leaving." "Cleide, open the door for Jofio." "MrJoéo..." "Cleide asked you to wait, she's coming down." " Thanks." " All right." "Dinho asked me to give you this." " Hi, Maria." " Sidiclei, wake up." " Hi, Sidiclei, how are you?" " How are you?" " Sleepy?" " I am." "You know what my grandpa used to do when I was too sleepy?" "Feel better now?" "It wakes you up, doesn't it?" "Jofio, he came tired from work and I let him rest for a bit." "I came back for this bill, I'm late." "Have you seen it?" "I took it to your bedroom." "You come here." "Jofio, are you having lunch here?" "I don't have time, but leave some soup for dinner." "I'll leave it on the stove." "OK, thanks." "I'm leaving." " So, you found a job?" " Yeah." " Where?" " Cashier, supermarket, night shift, quiet." " What shift?" " From 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m." " 6:00 a.m.?" "That's tough." " Yes, it is." "In the after hours." "When I was abroad, I worked in a bar till 7:00 or 8:00 a.m." "I was useless during the day." "There you are." "See, Maria?" "The kid works hard." "You complain he doesn't go to church." "He works hard." "Coming!" " Hi, Romualdo, just put it up there." " Excuse me." " You want me to set it up?" " It's fine, there's still some left." " So, did you bring the stuff?" " Yeah." "I'm running out." "I'll need more later in the week." "Just call and order water." "Of course." "I'll get the money, please wait." "70 Rs for the pot, 4 Rs for the water." " The canister." " Right there." "Thanks, cheers." "Ana Lucia!" "Good afternoon." "We came to see Mr Francisco." "Come in." "Please wait here, I'll tell him you've arrived." "He's on his way." " Good afternoon." " How are you, sir?" "Barging into my street without even saying hello..." "That's why I'm here." "I'm all ears." "I'm here to ask for your blessing on the job we'll be starting soon." "I don't take leaflets." "I should tell you something, though, to make myself clear." "I own over half of all the property in this area." "When I heard about you, sir, I said, "We have to go and see him."" "Who told you about me?" "Mr Anco, Dr Fernanda, just about everyone." "Listen now, I don't really call the shots around here any more." "My business now is back in my land, where the sugar mill is, in Bonito." "I just live here." " But I'll tell you something else." " All right." "I have a grandson, who lives down the street." "Dinho." "He's been giving some heartache to his father, who happens to be my son." "I don't want to hear of you having any business with Dinho." "Dinho is out of yourjurisdiction." "Understood?" "You can rest assured, message understood." "And this one, does he speak?" "He does." "Say something, man." "I can talk, sir." "What's with the blind eye?" "Is that fit for a watchman?" "I probably see a lot better than you, sir." "Lampiéo also had only one eye, probably saw better than I can and was shot down all the same." "But before that, he took so many with him." "I like him." " What's your name, boy?" " Fernando." " Fernando what?" " Gomes do Nascimento." " And you, sir?" " Clodoaldo Pereira dos Santos." "Where are you from?" "I'm from Limoeiro, Fernando is from around here." " From where?" " Guabiraba." "Guabiraba?" "Off you go, dismissed." "Hope you do a good job." "Luciene, open the door for the men." "Open the door for the boys." "Why did you talk like that to the old man?" "What a fuck-up." "If he didn't come on board, the job was dead." "Are you stupid, or what?" "Bless you, Grandpa." "I'm fine." "Finishing off some business with clients." "Yes, I closed the deal." "They're renting." ""Windsor Castle"." "Yes, I know about them." "They came to talk to me and Uncle Anco." "Did they have a word with you?" "They went for some grandpa hand-kissing, huh?" "The guy seems to know what he's doing, I think." "They start tonight." "Grandpa, I'm worried about Dinho." "He's at it again." "Grandpa, did you hear what I just said?" "I know." "I know." "I really want to go back there." "One of these days." "OK?" "PART 2 NIGHT GUARDS" "I saw their boss." "Boy, does he talk like an ex-cop." "Sugar?" "It's ridiculous, but who knows, it might be a good thing." "It can't get any worse, can it?" "We might reclaim our right to actually own a CD player in the car." "At least that." "Two cars broken into last night." "Yeah, I heard." "Don't you find it suspicious that on the day they begin a marketing kind of thing, they make you sicker to give the new drug?" "That would be ingenious." "Very suspicious." "You pay for school and you pay for English lessons after school." "But school already teaches us English." "Just listen to the girl's thought." "Sorry?" "It's "thank you" in Mandarin." "Only a big head like Fernanda would say a thing like that." "You're the big head trying to raise your IQ with those glasses." "Ouch." "Now that you mention glasses, let's see an optician for you, all right?" "I don't need glasses." "Want some more, Fernanda?" "Come over, you two." "Let me show you something." "The video of that watchman hit last month in..." "Casa Amarela." " Surveillance camera?" " Yeah, building across the street." "See?" "They drive by, and he doesn't even..." "They probably did that to check out the situation." "Thought he had a gun, who knows?" "They come back now." "Shot right in the head." "It's fucked up." "This isn't S50 Paulo or Belo Horizonte, this is right here, man." "Our turf." "Play it again." "Watch it." "For slow motion, press here." "So, we've reached a unanimous decision on the street security men." "So let's move on to the next issue, which is MrAgenor." "Mr Agenor has worked for us for quite some time." "He wouldn't have been here for so long if he wasn't doing a good job." "But lately he's been showing signs of fatigue." "He's a man of a certain age, and some have complained he's been sleeping on his watch." "So I think we should discuss this matter." "What shall we do?" "Do we let him go?" "What shall we do?" "I agree, I think he's asking for it." "I don't think it's fatigue." "He's doing it on purpose to get fired." "And I have been getting my Veja magazine without the plastic sealing." "I won't even go into his lack of manners at the reception desk." "He never says hello with that mean-looking face." "I think he's doing it on purpose." "I don't think he treats everyone that way." "Yes, I agree." "I agree." "Why don't we change his shift hours?" "The day shift guys don't want to change." "Not to mention the extra pay for the night shift, which makes him happy." "He's getting paid to sleep." "Not bad, is it?" " Isn't he nearing retirement?" " In two or three years." "Can we just let him go?" "Have you talked to him?" "We have records of formal complaints filed by the building administrator." "And we also have..." "I brought my son Diego today for a reason." " Diego, say hello to everyone." " Good evening." "Diego brought some footage he recorded on a DVD." "Let me show you." "Diego shot these images I want you to see with a camera phone." "And also with a video camera." "And with a video camera." "Anyway..." "Where is it?" "Is it on?" "Are you sure you have it, son?" "Here it is." " You'll see our dear Agenor." " There's even a title sequence." "Can you lower the screen?" " Shocking images of negligence." " He's so rude." " He has a very relaxed approach." " He doesn't even hide it." " The stain on the couch." " That explains the stain." " Why don't you clean it?" " Because it's not my job, it's his job." "Right, let's keep focused." "I'd like to say something." "With all due respect to Diego and Carlos and his video," "MrAgenor is probably, I know that for a fact, the worst doorman in the Recife metropolitan area." "He can't really work any more." "But firing him for negligence after all the work he's done for us, and the good work done, it's just mean." "We should fire him with his rights, severance pay." "Jofio, it's mean only if you look from a certain angle." "I see a lot of this in the company where I work." "The employee's tired, gets lazy, sloppy, sets up a scheme for being fired to get his big severance package." "I don't think we should play that game." "We live in a building." "This is no charity organisation." "Objectively speaking..." "Let's focus, I'm tired." "I want to go up, take a shower, eat and sleep." "Let's look at the figures, if we were to let him go." "Taxes, severance pay, social security amounts to 14,456 Rs." "Way too much." "That's 13 years of service." "And that works out at..." " At..." " For each tenant." "For each tenant, 316,55 Rs." "Extra charge." "If you can't afford a car, take the bus." "We must understand we live in a community, and there are costs." "People here complain about costs but can afford to get smashed at parties and to buy incense from Amsterdam." "The worst part is the comic nature of this meeting." "We have tourist tenants, part-time tenants." "The highly opinionated ones who remain largely absent..." "Which is his case." " And we discuss endlessly..." " There's no need to use that tone." "I'm sorry for my brief absence, and I'll have to leave right now." "I had a previous appointment." "I'd just like to say that I think it's so fucking wrong to fire Mr Agenor by using these video images." "I've already said why, his work in the building." "Sorry about the language, Aunt." "I'd just like to know who votes against firing him without..." "He couldn't give a fuck for..." "The ballot is not even open yet." " I'm sorry, got to go, good night." " What do you mean?" "Of course, his vote won't count, the ballot was closed." "It's just a point of view." " Sofia." "Hi." " Hello." "You just saved me from a strange residents' meeting." "And I felt like seeing you." "So I came." "Good." "Want to go upstairs?" "I've got something for you." "You won't believe it." "A surprise." "You found my CD player?" "Jofio, this is not mine." "Where did you get this?" " It's not yours?" " No." "My cousin Dinho is our resident car burglar." "I went to talk to him to find out if he knew anything." "Your cousin steals from cars?" "I wasted the whole day with this, missed work." "What a fucking thief." "What's wrong with him?" "It's fucked up." "Dinho is kind of lost." "You won't... understand, but he's actually a good kid." "But he fucks up a lot, and the familyjust..." "Do you think it works?" "We can try." "It's better than mine." "Some family." "Big family." "It's madness." "Two orphans, you and me." "We had this orphan vibe last night," "didn't we?" "We did." "Cancer orphans." "I talked to my uncle about your uncle." " He remembers him?" " He does." "You can visit the house you lived in, if you want." "Wow, I do." "It's been 20 years." "I could draw you the whole house." "The house belongs to my family." "Developers want to buy it." "To tear it down." " Another tower block." " Another tower block." "Do you like your job?" "I hate it." "This whole area used to belong to my grandfather." " That means you're rich." " I am." "Want to marry me?" "Clodoaldo, isn't that Mr Francisco?" "Just leave him." "Clodoaldo, the old man's back." " Dinho, it's for you." " Who is it?" "Tell this idiot not to call at this hour." "Fuck, Mirela." "What if I was naked in here?" "Big fucking deal, I've seen you jerking off already." "You little fucking thief." "The street now has security, you bastard." "Try to burgle a car now." "I'll kill yo u, scumbag." "Clodoaldo, where did you meet this guy?" " That little kid?" " Yeah." "Ask him." "Hey, Ronaldo." "Come over here." "Ask him." "How did you meet?" "Playing football in Gravaté." " What position did you play, Clodoaldo?" " Defence." "Defence?" " Never let anyone through." " I have to see that." "The ball might have gone through, but the poor guy's ankle didn't." " Why don't you tell him?" " Tell him what?" "Why don't you tell him how we really met?" "Change the record, man." "Let's talk about something else." "Why don't you want to talk about it?" "What are you afraid of, man?" " I'm not afraid." " Say it, then." "Go on, Ronaldo." "Man, this guy here saw my sister die." "When I got there, he helped me." "It was bad." "How did she die?" "Run over." "On the interstate, in Gravaté." "She was run over so many times, she vanished from the asphalt." "A large stain was all that was left." "Was it a truck?" "Trucks, cars, motorcycles, vans." "It was a holiday, the road was fucking busy." "I have this old picture of her." " You have that picture?" " Yeah, have you seen it?" "Yeah." "Fernando, I got curious." "That eye of yours, how did you lose it?" "That was some mean business." "Tell your story." "I hit a shelf at home." "Nine operations." "One meaner than the other." "Transplant, implant, I did everything they could." "It was no use." "I ended up losing my eye." "That's too bad." " Good evening." " Good evening." "Did you see anybody using that phone there?" "Man, some guy made a call, what, five, ten minutes..." "Listen up." "Did you guys call me?" "No, sir, no one here knows you." "Who are you?" "You don't know me, but you should." "Look, this street right here belongs to my family." "Yeah." "Big people with money." "This is no favela, man." "And this is no favela pay phone either." "For poor people." "This pay phone is not located in a favela, and it's not the "take-leave message" type." "You shouldn't talk to us like that, Doctor." "I'm no doctor, man." "Nor patient." "If I find out that you called me, you're all fucked." "Good night." "PART 3 BODYGUARDS" "Boiling hot." "So, when are you two getting married?" "Grandpa..." "Come on, take it easy." "Take it easy?" "I'm thrilled with the idea, and I hope he is too." "How about you, Sofia?" "What?" " Marriage." " I don't know." "Grandpa..." "Grandpa, Grandpa wants marriage." "Sofia?" "Come on." "Say yes." " Would you marry me?" " Marry you?" " No, him." "I'm only the registry officer." " Come on, Grandpa." " Would you marry him?" " Careful with him." "I don't know yet." "I don't know." "What are you waiting for?" "Life." "One ticket, please." "Bull, bull, bull, black-faced bull" "Take this little girl who's scared of grimaces" " I'm sorry..." " Good morning." "Good morning." "I'm looking for this building." "I was at this..." "I think it was one of these towers around here." "I'm at this party, and I left to buy beer." "I really don't know the area." "It's been 20 minutes I've been looking for this place." "You don't know the street where the building is located?" "I arrived with this girl I met, there was this party, somebody's birthday party." "Somebody's birthday party." "It's a building with a pool." "Beer, I don't know, I left." "I went to the petrol station." "You're lost." "I'll radio the boys to get some help." "Arthur, Luiz, copy?" "Luiz here, copy." "Show yourselves on the corners, please." "Rona/do, anything wrong?" "Everything OK." "My friend, can you please get up?" "Guys, can you see this man?" "Is he giving you trouble?" "No, everything fine." "Copy?" "All right." "Where are you from?" "Why?" "I'm from Argentina." "We have a lost hermano here." "Any idea of where he might have walked out of?" "I saw him walk out of the Camille Claude!" "building, in Paraiso Street." "Camille Claude!" "building, copy?" "Luiz, thanks." "Can you take him there?" "Send him over, I'll take him." "And God bless you." "Coffee's good, Maria, just like your mother's." "Who did your hair?" "Your mother?" "One half for you, the other half for me." "Maria, can I ask you something?" "Put your flip-flops on." "I already told you, you'll end up electrocuted." "It's dangerous." "She might get electrocuted." "It's serious." " How old are you?" " Ten." "Ten?" "You're wearing my flip-flops, honey." "Give them to me." "It's dangerous." "Isn't it?" "I forgot to tell you, we'll be away next week, so no need to come." "All right." "How many other gigs do you do, Maria?" "At the moment just here and at Mr Arnaldo's, in Espinheiro." "I'll ask around at the office if anybody needs cleaning." "Listen up." "My brother's coming over from Parana, and I'll have to run some errands with him." "Understood." "Leave the mobile phone on." "Do I ever turn it off?" "Here comes Mr Rufino, the cuckold." "Good morning." "Amazing, lover boy comes in at 10:00 sharp to take care of the old bag." "Lover boy's punctual." "Just look at that, the bastard's already open for business." "Now watch the chicken shit." "Romualdo!" "Romualdo!" "A bit early, isn't it?" "I've forgotten the other one." "There are no variables in Chinese verbs." "That applies to all." "Say it." "Good." "Fernanda." "Will you please leave?" "You're disturbing the child's attention." "What is it?" " Mr Clodoaldo." " Thank you, Dona Bia." " Is the receipt in your name or Mr Ricardo's?" " I won't need it." " Thanks for the coffee." " OK, if you need it, shout." "Mr Francisco, I have some time now," "I'll take your clothes to the dry cleaners, OK?" "Be back." "Just like that?" "MrValdomiro, from house 52, is out of town." "He left me the keys to water the plants." "Want to come over?" "I don't like going into people's houses." "Let's go." "Don't touch anything, all right?" "I want some water." " What?" " I want some water." "Drink from the jug." "Fucking white house." "What are you looking for?" "I want to see the master bedroom." " Shit, Lu." " Let's check it out." "I don't want to touch anything." "I want to do it on a big bed." "Let's go." " Do you have your period?" " No." "Ronaldo!" " What is it?" " Weird thing, there's a kid up there." "Come on down, kid." "Come on down, man." "We're not kidding down here." "Come on." "Come on, boy." "All right, down." " Hold him..." " Dropped like a fruit." "Easy." "Don't move." "Running away will make it worse, you hear?" "Running away will be worse, stay still." "Stay still, running away won't help." "What should I do with this piece of work?" "Give him a night cap." "Did you have to punch him?" "Yeah, but he won't be coming back here." "LU, HOW SAD." "LOVE YOU." "There's somebody with a broken heart in the building." "What do you mean?" "Someone's written a love message on the street." " What does it say?" " "Lu, how sad."" "Poor thing." "The house you lived in is about to be demolished." "How tall is the building going to be?" "21 floors." "Would they give former residents a discount?" "The telephone used to be here." " Where?" " Here." "Who was renting the house?" "A law firm." "This was my bedroom." "My bed was there." "There were stars on the ceiling." "They're still there." "They never scraped them off, they painted right over." "Lift me up." "The number you called is out of reach, please leave a message after the tone." "Clodoaldo, security." "Leave your message and I'll call you back." "Mr Clodoaldo, this is Francisco Oliveira." "Please call me at this number." " What's wrong, Francisca?" " Dona Bia, do you smell something?" "I do, what have you done?" "I plugged this in." "Fuck, I can't believe you fried this thing." "You plugged it in?" "You were supposed to use the voltage adaptor." "Can't you see I wrote "Use 110 Volts"?" " Recife's 220 Volts." " I'm so sorry, Dona Bia." " I didn't see it." " For fuck's sake, unbelievable." "I'm sorry, Dona Bia." "You can take it out of my pay." "You fried the dog buster, this is an import!" "I won't take it out of your pay!" "You don't have to talk like that, Dona Bia." "You know what you have to do, go and finish your work." " Go and finish your work." " You don't have to talk like that." "Unbelievable, go and finish your work." " I will, but don't shout." " Please, get out of my sight." " Don't yell at me." " Go and do your job, Francisca." "Do it harder, Nelsinho." "You've been here two hours already, I need you to water the plants." "All right?" "I'll be back in 30 minutes, Nelsinho!" "Good evening." "Mister..." "I need firecrackers." " What's your name again?" " Luciene." "Luciene, two whiskies and a soda." "Thanks." "Mr Anco, there was no need, we're working." "A shot for you two, and a soda for you, it's your watch." "Cheers." "To my niece, it's her birthday." "It's cosy inside, want to come in?" "No worries, it's good enough out here." "Listen, I have too many guests, I'll take care of them now, OK?" " Absolutely." " I'll talk to you later." "Enjoy your party." " Hey, Jofio." " Dinho." "Cheers." "You have to look me in the eye." "Where's Sofia?" "Yeah, we broke up, man." "Oh, man." "That's too bad." "I liked her." "Yeah, so did I." " She's great." " So she is." "It was great." "But she has some other story somewhere else." "She's gone." "What about you?" "Finishing university." "All right?" "Man, it's tough, you know how it is." " It can be boring." " Moving on." "You!" "Yeah, I've been thinking and moving on." " Like it here?" " The party?" " Yeah." " It's all right." "Uncle is really happy, he loves playing the host." "Oh, yeah." "Shame about the music." "Yeah, suppose it could be a bit more upbeat." "It's a good thing." "So many people I hadn't seen for so long." "And sometimes family is a good thing." "Sometimes." "We cherish" "This great day" "In which you celebrate" "For the house where you live" "A dwelling of joy" "A shelter for happiness" "Happy birthday" " Machado, I'm leaving." " Already?" "Good night." "Mr Clodoaldo." "I need to have a word with you." "I tried to call you several times." "I left messages." "What's going on?" "I know, Mr Francisco." "I need to talk to you too." "This is my brother Claudio." "He arrived this week from Parana." "How do you do, sir?" "I want you to come over in 30 minutes." "There's something I need to discuss with you." "30 minutes." "All right." ""What are you?" "I mean, who are you?"" ""Good morning, Ms Avas, my name is Chiara." ""I'm just in from London to work in the theatre." ""The bulletin board says you need a personal assistant."" ""Well, with exams, the prom and graduation," ""I do need someone who'll keep track of my schedule." ""Oh, and most importantly," ""someone to help me run my lines for the spring musical." " "It's a stage term." - "'Rehearse dialogue', I get it."" ""I'll set aside your physics and maths books," ""since they are early morning classes."" ""How come you know my schedule?"" " Appetisers?" " No, thank you!" ""I took the liberty of checking."" "Just go!" ""I took the liberty to check on your non-fat soya ice-cream..."" " I only asked you to come." " My brother, Mr Francisco." "He'll now be working with us on the street." "Come on in." "Can't stand these birthday celebrations any more." "Children crying, that music." "Let's talk this over in the living room, so much better." "Let's talk this over, I'll be brief." "Yesterday, I learned of the killing over in Bonito, where my land is, of a man who worked for me for many years." "Reginaldo." "This man would give his own life to protect mine." "He retired, became a born-again Christian some 10 years ago, and now this." "And for me, this is an act of vengeance." "What I'd like to propose to you, sir, is this:" "You would do some prevention work on my personal security." "I know this will most likely amount to nothing." "But better safe than sorry." "I see." "In your mind, this man's death, Reginaldo, right?" "Does it have anything to do with you, sir?" "Look, I just need to know what is it that you can do to help maintain my personal security." "Keep an eye on the building, on people coming in, that's all." "I see, you want me to do what Reginaldo did for you." "Reginaldo was my foreman." "My administrator." "I'm only asking you to be my security person." "That's all." "I understand." "What I didn't understand is his death." "Is it related to you?" "Or is it unrelated?" "Are you here to interrogate me?" "It's really none of your business." "I'm just trying to understand." "You see how things turn out?" "Mr Francisco, me and my brother..." "We saw Reginaldo on Thursday." "Mr Francisco..." "April 27th, 1984." "You don't remember." "But me and my brother here, we remember." "I was only six back then." "And I remember." "You are Ant6nio's boys." "Yes, we are." "Ant6nio José do Nascimento." "And our uncle, Everaldo José do Nascimento." "Over a fence." "NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS"