"THE EIGHTH COLOR OF THE RAINBOW" "Damned!" "What do you think you're doing?" "Who told you to climb up on my truck?" "Come on." "Come down, right now!" "The weirdest things happen to me!" "Are you nuts?" "Joãozinho. where are you?" "Where's Mocinha?" "Ms. Didinha, what are you doing out of the house?" "Hey, boy, do you want to die?" "Pay attention, all right?" "Do you want to buy the goat?" " Is it yours?" " It's my grandma's." "It's Didinha's." "The late Argemiro's Didinha?" "Yes." "I need to buy her medicine." "The health center will give it to you." "Now, step aside, let me work, deliver milk." "That's the way boys are." "You can't be that way." "He must be in the village, walking, doing boys' stuff." "I'll call Totó and he'll find Joãzinho for you." "Totó!" "Totó!" "Hi, auntie." "I'm coming!" "Did you call Totó, auntie?" "Go find Joãozinho." "He must be in the village." "Oh, yeah!" "Joãozinho, right?" "I'm going right now, auntie!" "Márcio, have you seen Joãozinho around?" " How much do I owe you?" " You owe nothing!" "What?" "Thank you very much." "Nhóca, I have to go down and do a job I have to do there." "I'll come back later, okay?" "You can wait." "What is this?" "Tie the goat outside." "Is it to pay your grandma's bill?" "No, Mr. Berto, I'm selling it." "Selling?" "Is this your grandma's order?" "Yeah, it was." "It was." "It's to buy her medicine." "To buy her medicine?" "Don't you milk this goat?" "No, that one was stolen." "This is her daughter." "I need to buy grandma's medicine." "She's very sick." "I know she's been sick." "She doesn't walk;" "her legs and her heart are bad." "How much for the goat?" "I think it's the same price as the medicine." " What medicine?" " A painkiller." "You're after something, boy!" "Go home and ask Grandma how much for the goat... and then you come back here and say it, okay?" "Go ahead!" "Go!" "Isn't the boy the late Argemiro's grandson?" "Yeah!" "He's Dora's son." "Do you remember her?" "I do!" "What happened to that woman?" "They say she's in the red-light district!" "The red-light?" "After her divorce, she became a whore." "She was seen in Várzea Grande, in a brothel!" "Did she leave the boy for the old woman to look after?" "She did!" "His father disappeared searching for gold in Poconé." "He never came back." "Mr. Berto, may I ask, what do they live on?" "They live on the old woman's pension!" "Almost nothing." "It's the minimum wage and it's US $90.00 now." "Exactly!" "But, then, she says she gets only part of it." "Someone is grabbing the old woman's pension!" "If it were only hers, we could find a solution for that." "Doesn't anyone denounce it?" "Denounce it to whom, Mr. Nhóca?" "Why do you want to sell it?" "To buy my grandma's medicine." "What's her problem?" "I think it's her legs, she cries in pain." "She has a heart problem as well." "Yesterday, I saw her asking God to take her away!" "And the power, and the glory, forever." "Amen." "Forgive me, Our Holy Lady..." "Saint Benedict, my wish." "Away where?" "I think she wanted to die, go to heaven soon." "Don't you want her to go to heaven?" "No!" "I mean, yes, but..." "When she dies, who'll take care of me?" "I've sold everything I owned... the cart... the animal... the tools of the deceased." "What else do I have to sell, my Saint Benedict?" "I need to sell Mocinha soon!" "I need to sell Mocinha soon!" "Here in Guia, you won't sell it." "No one here has any money... and there's no drugstore where to buy the medicine." "You're right... there isn't." "Can you see that truck?" "It's my uncle Virgílio's." "He goes to Cuiabá everyday, for hauling." "He goes in the morning, is back in the afternoon, go with him." "He won't take me." "Yeah, I don't think so." "He doesn't like to take anyone in the truck's rear." "He says the police apprehend the truck." "But if you really want to go, I'll find a way." "Do you?" "Uncle, uncle, uncle!" " Uncle!" " What's all that fuss?" "Mr. Berto wanna talk to you." "Mr. Berto?" "I've just left the store and he said nothing." " But he's calling." " That's crazy." "Okay, I'll see what's going on." "Run, over here." " Mr. Berto!" "Have you sent for me?" " Who, me?" "I haven't." "My niece said you wanted to talk to me." "No, not me." "What a girl!" "She's crazy." " Thank you so much." " You're welcome." "May I help you?" "My grandma's sick;" "I need to buy her medicine." "Do you have the prescription?" "No, I don't." "What's the name of the medicine?" "I don't know." "I don't have any money too." "Just this goat." "Look, kid... there's no way without the name of the medicine... and if you had the name, you'd need to have the money." "Is this goat yours, kid?" "Yeah." "Do you want to buy it?" "Are you crazy?" "What am I going to do with a goat?" "But if you want to sell the goat... there's just one place." "You go down this road here... and there is the harbor's market." "It's all right, thank you." "Because the goat can't stay here." "Are you thirsty, Mocinha?" "Would you like some water?" "Let's go over there." "Come on, Mocinha." "Oh, Mocinha... you're not going to drink from that!" "Let's get out of here." "Well done, kid." "It's good that you didn't let the animal drink from that water." "It's pure shit." "Look over there." "Up there, those people are fishing by the sewerage." "And do they eat that fish?" "Being in the need, what can you do?" "And that goat?" "What are you doing with it?" "I'm selling it." "Selling it?" "You won't sell it here." "Wait a minute." "In the fair, you have more chances of selling it." " Let's go there." " Let's go." " What is this?" " Over there?" "This is the aquarium." "Don't you know?" "I don't." "Here are the fishes that managed to get out of the shit there." "Look, what a beautiful tiger sorubim." "What?" "This is a spotted sorubim, kid!" "Do you want to sell this goat, kid?" "Hey, boy, I pay you 30 for her!" "What a nice goat, boy." "Bring her over here." "I give you $12 for her." "I give you $14, I give you $17, sell this goat." "That's enough!" "I'm not selling my goat, no fucking way!" "Mr. Saturnino, have you seen Joãozinho around?" "No, I haven't, Ms. Didinha." "Thank you." "Give me alms, for the love of God!" "Give me alms, for the love of God!" "Give me alms, for the love of God!" "May God pay you back." "Give me alms, for the love of God!" "Give me alms, for the love of God." "Hey, boy." "Are you blind too?" "No, I'm not." "And you, mister, why are you blind?" "It's been a long while, you know." "I was still a kid, a little kid just like you." "How old are you?" "I'm eleven;" "I'll be twelve next month." "And you're already begging on the streets." "You're still too young for that." "Where are your parents?" "I don't know." "How come you don't know where your father and mother are?" "Were you born in a hatchery?" "Where do you live?" "I live in Guia, with my grandma." "In Guia." "It's too far away, little boy, and what are you here for?" "I'm selling my goat, to buy my grandma's medicine." "Goat?" "Do you have a goat with you?" "Yes, I do." "What if you don't sell it?" "I think that then... she'll die." "Look, boy, that's it." "I don't know how much I have here... in the hat... but take it... take it, you can take it... you can take everything in there, it's yours." "Go buy your grandma's medicine." "Let's go, Mocinha." "What's the matter?" "It's not necessary;" "I'll sell my goat." ""I'll sell." Who is to understand the kids!" " Good morning, Ms. Nadir." " Good morning, Ms. Didinha." " How are your legs doing?" " Thank God, I'm better." "Have you seen Joãozinho around?" "Hey, boy, are you selling this goat?" " Yes I am." " How much do you want for it?" "I don't know." "It's to buy my grandma's medicine." "How much is it worth?" " Well, I think US$7.00." " US$7.00?" "You won't even buy anything for headache." "I'll give you $17.00." "But you'll have to take it to my place." " Come on!" " Let's go!" " Do you know how old it is?" " No sir." "I don't." "What's your grandma's problem?" "Her heart hurts, and also her legs." "Heart?" "That's complicated." "I live here." "Wait for me here, and I'll get the money, okay?" "You may wait here." " I promised US$17.00, right?" " Right." "Here you go." "Three, seven... ten, fourteen... seventeen." "Now you go and buy your grandma's medicine." " Take good care of her." " Don't worry, I will." "The day after tomorrow, I'll take her to a ranch." "She's..." "She's tamed." "We'll take care of her." "Take good care of her, okay?" "Let's take her to the back." "Let's go." " Let's play with her?" " See, that's cute." "Okay, tie the goat." "Kids, let's go, we're leaving and we're late." "We'll play again later." "Let's go." "That's it." "Let's go, dear." "I'll take you out of here!" "Trickster!" "Kids, have you seen Joãozinho around?" "Children, have you seen Joãozinho around?" " No, we haven't!" " Thank you." "Where are taking this goat to, brother?" "I'm selling it." "How much do you want for it?" " US$17.00." " US$17.00?" "!" "Look, it's not worth US$7.00!" "Hey, I've got US$1.00." "This bony thing isn't worth more than that." "$14.00, to buy my grandma's medicine." "Hand it to me, or I'll kill it!" "It'll make a good barbecue." "You're not going to kill her!" "We're not going to kill it..." "We're going to kill you, what about it?" "Go away." "Let's go." "Let's go." " Go that way!" " Let's go this way." "Run!" "Come on!" "Get them!" "Sit down, those guys mean what they're doing." " If they catch you..." " They've taken Mocinha!" "Eat." "An empty sack cannot stand upright!" " They're going to kill her!" " No, they're not." "I know those guys." "I've seen it all." "I think they'll sell." "I'm positive they'll sell her." "And I know where and to whom they'll sell her." " To who?" " Some people down there." "It's far away." "We'll have to take the bus." "Do you have passes?" "Do I have what?" "Pass, a bus ticket." "Forget it." "You don't know those things." "Let's see." "I think I have it." "Yes, I have." "They'll kill Mocinha!" "Here, I find just one pass." "They won't kill Mocinha." "We're going there." "You'll have to jump the bus' turnstile." "To jump what?" "Forget it." "Now, let's go." "Don't forget, they can't know that I've taken you there... that I'm with you." "Dissimulate." "Because they're serious stuff." "We'll go there and you'll try to find that goat." "Let's go." "Hurry up!" "They'll kill her." "Easy, we'll get there." "Take it easy." "Shame on you, telling him to jump the turnstile." "As a father, you're an example." "Look, if my boss catches me doing this," "I'm fired!" "It won't make your boss poorer." "Let me go!" " And the boy's pass?" " You may let him pass." "They think you're my son." "Those guys are shortsighted!" " They're what?" " Shortsighted, almost blind." " They can't see." " I have no father, just Grandma." "So you're the son of the grandma." "That's really rare!" "Now, I really think you had a father." "Yes, sir, I'm positive." "But I'm not your father, do you see?" "Moreover, I haven't been around Guia." "Don't you have a son?" "I had two." "Now I just have one." "What happened?" " To which one?" " To the one you had!" "He went to work in Peixoto Azevedo." "He was 19 years old." "They say he got malaria, I think he got typhus." "Do you know what typhus is?" "It's a disease, when the guy dies; he's green like a lizard." "And the other one?" "The other one?" "He's around, sniffing...glue." "The last time I've seen him... he's stolen a goat from a boy from Guia!" "We've arrived." "Let's get down." "That's you again." "That can't be, it's always the same thing." "Next time, no ticket, no ride." "You see that house over there?" "That's the butchery of this neighborhood." "Go and check if the goat isn't hanging on the butchery's bars." "If it's not, it means the goat hasn't arrived." "And this is favorable, right?" " This is what?" " Forget it." "Go, go, go." "Now, careful, the butchery's owner is..." "Take this way, go." "There." "It's right there." "Go, go, go." "Mocinha!" "I'll take you out of there." "Wait." "Thief!" "Thief!" "Chicken, chicken!" "Help!" "Thief!" "Let it go!" "Thief!" "Police!" "My pigs!" "Help!" "Police, my chickens, son of a bitch!" "My chickens, police!" "Help!" "Help!" "Thief!" "Grandma." "Grandma." "Grandma!" "We need to buy this medicine, Mocinha, or Grandma will die." "If she hasn't died yet." "Poor her!" "He's back" "The Bohemian is back again" "He was so happy When he left" "Why is he back" "Madam!" "What?" "The master left with the lady." "Can you get my goat and me some water?" "Open the gate, there's a tap over there." "You may drink from it." " Where?" " Over there." "Thank you, madam." "Where do you live, boy?" "I live in Guia with my grandma." "You brought this goat from there." "Yes, I did, early today, by truck." "To sell her to buy my grandma's medicine." "What's wrong with her?" "Her legs and her heart." "She hasn't walked for a long while." "It could be rheumatism." "Wait here, I'll get something for you, stay where you are!" "This is a beverage prepared by my protector Tonico of Oxum." "Look, artichoke, water hyacinth... alfalfa, arnica, rosemary, artemisia... aloe vera, barbatimão, boldina, calendula, chamomile... costus spicatus, tansy... dandelions, verbena, guassatonga... blue butterfly, marcela, pariparoba." "You buy seven red candles, one black chicken... one bottle of sugar cane brandy." "Go to the crossroads at seven and stay until midnight." "When it's midnight, you cut the chicken's throat." "Drink the blood, spit on the left hand and spread over the head." "Spread all over the head." "My protector, Oxum." "My protector Oxum, oxe, oxe." "My protector Oxum, oxe!" "Are you looking for Joãozinho?" "Yes I am." "Have you seen him?" "I haven't, but Totó said he climbed up Mr. Virgílio's truck." " Right, Totó?" " That's true." "Joãozinho and the goat got on the truck and went to Cuiabá." " To Cuiabá?" " That's right." "Oh, my God, what was this boy's idea to go to Cuiabá?" "It's so far away." "I don't know, Dona Didinha, but I saw it." "The one who believes in the word of the Lord... attention, the word of our Lord Jesus!" "Something is about to happen." "The last hour has arrived... there are signs on earth, in heavens." "Take this to make my meal." "Today I can't, but you'll stay here, right?" "Until the weekend." "Aren't you buying anything?" "Give me a cigarette, then." "But I'll show up during the week." " You sure do." " I'll buy something." "May God be with you." " Bring some friends." " You can count on that." "They beheaded John Baptist... and placed his head on a plate just because he was a believer." "Are you going to start preaching over there?" "May God be with you, okay?" "Thank you." " Hey, man!" " Alleluia!" " The Apocalypse thirteen..." " He's crazy." "the image of the beast, the names not written in the book of life... will worship the image of the beast and say, who can make marks, who's like unto the beast?" "And the plagues shall add unto them... the ear will fall, the eye will fall from its orbit, this part rots, the finger rots." "I think he's kin to the guy who was giving leaflets away." "He was stoned; he must have drunk the whole holy water!" "Do you think so?" "I don't know." "I think he sniffed some Jerusalem powder or smoked the St. Brown." "Bombs fall from the sky, planes fall onto buildings in the USA, on September 11 , there's a reason, my God, an explanation... and the explanation is, this is last hour." "Another day, in another square, the guy started to contort, drooling like a mad dog." "So another guy arrived, holding a bible... and he started a session to expel the spirit." "Hail Mary, those guys are good actors, those guys are tough." "Alleluia, brothers and sisters, alleluia!" "Hey, rascal, what's up with the goat?" "I'm selling her." "Want to buy?" "It would be nice, some milk in the morning, a companion for the lonely hours." "Really?" "A black old thing like that?" " Is this an old goat?" " It's a she-goat!" " It's a she-goat." " Holy Mary!" "How much is it worth, my friend?" " US$17.00." " Seventeen?" "Are you crazy?" "Don't you want to trade for some workmanship?" "What's wrong with you?" "Seventeen?" "It's too much money for us." "For us, it's a fortune, and one other thing... you'd better leave now with this goat, or she'll shit on the floor." "She'll leave it all dirty, and people might buy it!" "There's a guy who wants to buy a goat, you might find him, go." "Good luck, partner." "May God be with you, brother." "What do you want?" "You want to buy my goat?" "To buy a goat?" "What am I going to do with a goat?" "Everything can happen in life." "What are you still doing there?" "For heavens sake, leave me alone." "I want to work." "Give me a break!" "I'll make a deal with you." "If you guess it right, I buy your goat." "How many colors are there in the rainbow?" "Eight... there are eight!" "There are seven, you're wrong." "My grandma says there are eight... but not everybody can see them." "Kid!" "Hey, kid!" "Fuck, the kid's disappeared." "Hell!" "Eight no way!" "Eight, eighty, eight hundred." "Mr. Virgílio's truck!" "We're going back home, Mocinha!" "Come on, Mocinha." "Come on!" "Chicão!" " Hey, Chicão!" " What's the matter, man?" "I forgot to buy salt for Mr. Doca's cattle." " How many sacks?" " Five." "Come on." "I might have only two, let's check the warehouse." "Done." "Tell him that I'll send another three tomorrow." "Thank you, Chicão!" "Here you are, Joãozinho." "Come down." "I'll help you out." "Give me Mocinha." "She's smart." " Thank you, Mr. Virgílio." " You're welcome, son." "Grandma!" "Damned!" "What do you think you're doing?" "Who told you to climb up on my truck?" "Come on." "Come down, right now!" "The weirdest things happen to me!" "Jump down!" "Are you nuts?" "Grandma." "Hey, Grandma?" "Grandma!" "Joãozinho?" "Where have you been?" "I've been after you all around." "Grandma, your legs!" "Ah, my legs!" "My legs!" "My legs!" "Ah, my legs!" "My legs!" "My legs!"