""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:" "off the pitch Heleno..." ""is a gentleman who only terrorizes ladies."" ""Heleno to marry next month."" ""Heleno sent off but refuses to leave pitch."" ""Heleno latest member of the 'Rogue's Club'."" "There'll be a time, not very far off when I'll be understood." "When I'll be king." "And all you insensitive idiots... will be the first to recognize that I was king." "I'll be remembered." "Not you." "Miserable ungrateful riff-raff... they say I'll die of arrogance and pride." "But I lived out of them... like I said, I don't need you to understand me." "I don't need your affection." "I shine." "The Botafogo team enters the pitch with Oswaldo, Gerson... and Belacosta, Ivan, Nilton and Juvenal." "Nilo, Tovar and Heleno de Freitas Geninho and Braguinha..." "I can no longer recall where it all began." "Such a long time ago." "Went by so fast." "Sometimes it's as if nothing happened." "They came and told me my mother died." "She was already old, and I'm no longer a boy." "She knows that I always wanted to play football, nothing else." "Heleno?" "Can we come in?" "Now look at the World Cup between Brazil and Sweden." "And Brazil has stopped to monitor the Brazilian scratch." "And l0 minutes into the second half, the move that would crown the participation of the young Pelé in the Cup of Sweden" "The kid is great." "Hey!" "Sit down!" "Let's go." "Come on." "Heleno." "You ok?" "Let's go!" "I score 2 goals, my team falls behind 3 goals." "I score 3 goals, my team falls behind 4 goals." "But they still shout my name." "That's why those jerks are satisfied." "Shut your eyes, cross to Heleno and he'll sort it out." "Sure I sort it out." "No mercy." "Always ready to save these cowards' souls." "Do you like the movies?" "I do." "I think we should go somewhere..." "darker than this beach." "I can't." "We'll go and I'll bring you back in the car." "You can close your eyes, no need to know where we're going." "What's wrong, sweetheart?" "You scared?" "I keep forgetting I need to go now, I already told you." "I'll remind you." "My memory's great." "My notion of time even better." "If my mother knew I'd kissed a football player." "She'd be mad." "But if she knew it was Heleno de Freitas she'd be jealous." "Yeah." "Right?" "Yeah." "So close your eyes." "Heleno..." "Shhh..." "Listen to what I'm going to tell you." "I know, I'll sing you a song." "Then I'll take you home and we needn't even see each other again." "Simple." "Much better than keeping an eye on the time." "Right?" "Look, I told you he always comes to play here." "He's a bit hot under the collar." "But it was a foul." "You can't tell from here." "Of course you can, Edith." "All right, it was." "Look!" "He's coming." "It was a foul." "I know." "Can I leave this with you?" "Well?" "Sure, she'll keep it for you." "So get back to the game." "Yes?" "Sir, sorry to disturb you, but there's a young lady... looking for you, about a watch." "May I send her up?" "No." "Tell her I'll meet her at the pool in half an hour." "Absolutely, Sir." "There's a young girl waiting for me at the pool." "Please send her a bottle of champagne." "And a bottle for the singer, too." "I can't stand being so long without seeing you." "Miss you." "I said I'd meet a friend at the pool." "I mustn't keep her waiting." "I'll find you lat..." "A female friend?" "Dirty bastard." "Did you get my note?" "Yes." "I drank the champagne." "I left a bit for you." ""Merci"." "Aren't you going to invite me in to see your room?" "Please." "My God, babe." "It's just that you're so handsome, Heleno de Freitas..." "I can't resist." "I heard you were a family girl, all modest." "You know, in France, in Paris once, a man left me waiting..." "by the pool like this." "know what I did to him?" "What?" "What are you doing?" "I cut his thing off." "Afraid?" "I scared Heleno de Freitas, did I?" "You're drunk." "You're not to see a woman for 3 days," "You're not to see a woman for 3 days, not so much as exchange two kisses with the casino singer, the maid... then you come and see me." "Saturday." "If you really want my company." "Alberto, nice game yesterday." "Thanks, doctor." "Hurt yourself?" "Just a bit." "My star player!" "Today's paper." "Congratulations." "Let's go in." "Let's go, kid." "Deep breath through the mouth." "Another." "Now another deep one." "Even the press has noticed." "What?" "That I play alone." "You may get dressed." "We need to talk again." "You need to do other tests." "Did you see my girl?" "Did you or didn't you?" "Heleno, it's possibly syphilis, you have to look after yourself." "After the game we'll review the situation." "Doctor, I'm not doing treatment which makes me soft, not now Botafogo will Rio state champion." "Forget Botafogo, I'm talking about your life!" "My life is Botafogo." "You've got to treat yourself to get well." "It's simple." "Do I decide or do you?" "Top on, the outing's on two wheels today." "Hold on!" "I'm telling you, the coach has given up on me." "Who said that?" "Alberto." "Or tried to, then he gave up and said..." "There's a black sheep in every flock." "Alberto doesn't know what he's talking about." "It's true." "I'm a black sheep." "Sometimes I think Alberto stares at you too much." "Really?" "You interested?" "He's jealous of me... jealous that I was called up and he wasn't." "I'll play the World Cup at Maracanã and he won't." "Alberto's an ass in football boots." "They say it's going to be the biggest stadium in the world." "Even bigger than Wembley, in England." "two hundred thounsand people... just imagine that, all screaming your name." "Heleno!" "Heleno!" "And I'll be there watching you." "But without this watch." "Brought me bad luck at the cup final." "Have you started believing that stuff?" "Sure." "I even believe in love." "You're my lucky charm." "What if it's me bringing you bad luck?" "What if it's me?" "I'll have you barred from the stadium." "At least until I win my World Cup." "Everyone's gone down, Heleno." "You're last." "Your mother called, asked me to give you the coat... said it's really cold in Chile." "Why didn't you have her call me?" "She said she did, but.." "Heleno, they say you're the new Leônidas." "Leônidas is old, gentlemen." "Don't tired of talking about him?" "How do you feel wearing the Brazil team shirt?" "It'll be better when it's a World Cup." "And what about the cancellation of the World Cup?" "It's a disgrace." "The way I'm playing right now..." "Brazil would've been world champion." "I just hope they don't cancel the 1 950's cup in Brazil... or I'll go and finish off the Germans myself." "Do you agree with those who say you're a temperamental genius?" "I'm not a genius." "I just know exactly what" "I want and what I like." "Goals, slim waists and Cadillacs." "What's your promise to Brazilian fans for this championship in Chile?" "The cup." "Now excuse me." "Silvia is my new girlfriend... she was the one who answered the phone at the hotel." "Yes, a very good family." "Don't worry, I'll bring her to São João." "Before I marry." "I promise, mother." "And I promise to score goals in Chile... and keep the newspaper clippings for you." "Of course." "Bye, mom, miss you." "Let go, let go of me!" "Is that good?" "Is it like this at home?" "Does your wife do it like this?" "I love you, you dirty bastard." "Me too." "Have you ever thought of marrying me?" "You wouldn't like being married to me." "I wouldn't be a good husband." "What should I do?" "Enjoy... enjoy everything while you can." "Isn't that what life's about?" "I want everything." "Everything." "I don't what half of you, I want all of you just for me." "Or let me be free." "I won't be here waiting for you." "Nothing to say?" "He hasn't replied for over two months." "You get the impression he no longer wants to talk." "He no longer really recognizes people." "He still hears, sees." "I'd even say he's in good physical shape." "Where is he now, doctor?" "In his room." "Doctor, can I have a word?" "No." "Not now, Ameba." "I'm busy." "I'll talk to you later, ok?" "Visitor's day is Saturday." "I hear you were insistent with our nurse." "Please wait." "Patients are affected by visitors from the outside." "It's only Thursday today." "It took us over 10 hours to get here." "She must see him." "Please." "Even just from a distance." ""Rare jewel."" ""Out of control."" "You got company." "Want the wheelchair or are you okay to walk?" "Here will do." "Let me walk." "I want to stand up." "Stop this thing!" "Easy!" "Crap player." "Heleno." "Your brother told me you've had to come here for good." "I didn't know." "She's scared of seeing you close up." "Bunch of losers." "See what they did at Maracanã?" "At Maracanã?" "Yeah." "Everyone saw." "But it's such a long time ago, Heleno." "That World Cup was mine." "They said I needed to calm down... that my temper was the problem." "That if I calmed down I could return to football." "She really wanted to talk to you." "About what?" "I'll pretend I'm well." "Calm, quiet, sweet, soft, tranquil pianissimo." "Ready to play football." "Call her." "No, Heleno, don't do that." "She doesn't want a cigarette." "She doesn't want a cigarette!" "I was happier when I was angry, Silvia." "I was happier." "You still there?" "I have this picture of him in my mind." "I can't forget his face." "When he turned and looked at me... it was like I was invisible." "Look!" "So we can sleep." "I'm sorry, love..." "I'm sorry." "You needn't say anything now." "It's all right." "What's wrong?" "I was worried, we agreed to meet outside." "I thought we'd agreed to meet in here." "You know I don't like coming in alone." "But the show had started and I decided to come in." "Now keep quiet, I want to see whether this chick can sing." "Forget Diamantina, Silvinha." "She's got some nerve, singing." "Some days I don't trust you, Heleno." "And I like you for all the other days when you do trust me." "I'm going to the restroom, be right back." "I just came over to say hi, I have a table waiting for me." "Good evening, Silvia." "Good evening." "See you at the club." "Cut the crap." "Not one woman." "Women?" "Yeah, woman." "How come?" "I like women." "Me too." "They're great." "You like women?" "Yes." "Do you, Heleno?" "Women aren't allowed here at the house." "Why?" "Why?" "They're just not." "Why aren't they allowed?" "They're segregated." "Why aren't they?" "Where... we are..." "Where we are..." "Let me speak!" "May I?" "We can't mix men and women." "Can't mix." "Woman on one side, men on the other." "Women can play football too, no problem." "And where do they play?" "The women play on their pitch." "And where's their pitch?" "No." "I don't want one." "No." "It's from Heleno de Freitas." "We can't." "It's from Heleno de Freitas." "You stay there." "Put it away" "We can't" "Hey, Dedé" "Careful" "Easy now." "Calm down, Heleno" "He's all upset" "Oh God, I'm sorry, okay" "All right, Dedé" "Sorry" "Great excitement at the Rasunda in Stockholm." "The Swedish fans applaud the Brazilian team.." "in a grand gesture of recognition for the stars of Brazilian football" "This act will certainly wipe out the... enormous sadness of the 1950's defeat... 10 seconds to go by my watch..." "A long cross to the penalty area, on the left with Orlando.." "Orlando to Pelé, who takes it on his chest, heels it to Zagallo..." "Zagallo concentrates..." "Pelé jumps to head the ball..." "And it's goal!" "Goal..." "Champions, Heleno, champions..." "Heleno, what's going on..." "Stop that, Heleno, stop..." "Stop that..." "You trying to kill yourself..." "Heleno?" "Heleno." "Hi." "The doctor told me you haven't spoken for two weeks." "I came as soon as I could." "Look what I brought you." "You'll like it." "I brought some new articles, after the others got ruined." "Jorge told me." "There's something about you nearly every day." "Heleno, you promised." "Not again, Heleno!" "Open your mouth and spit it out." "Spit it out!" "Spit it out, Heleno!" "César, help me here!" "Flávio!" "Stand!" "Forgive me, my friend." "Call a doctor." "Calm down now." "Calm down." "I thought you weren't coming." "I'm not jealous of those ones." "Just that chit of a singer." "Diamantina's just a fan, Silvinha." "Before I met you, I admit I did quite like her." ""Quite like."" "What, you think I'd dump you for a crooner?" "Sometimes it's as if you came from another world." "Salt from the sea." "You know what the radio said?" "That you're going to be the star..." "of Brazil at the South American Cup." "Don't you think you'd better rest?" "Where are we going?" "Don't know." "What about your friends?" "They're young, they can walk." "Marry me?" "Will you?" "If I shine in Chile and am world champion in 50 for Brazil." "Marry me?" "Today I woke up a bit anxious, just a little." "Whenever things start going well, I feel even my friends are jealous." "They don't want me to be really happy." "I know." "Remember that little song dad used to sing us to sleep with?" "I can't remember the lyrics." "At least he did react, he spoke to you." "He hasn't spoken a word to me for months." "It's a sign he likes you." "And your husband." "Alberto and Heleno are best friends." "They were before." "Didn't he ever mention me?" "Yes." "He said you'd stolen that watch of his." "And that Alberto had stolen you from him." ""Heleno returns to Brazil a hero."" "Son of a bitch." "I don't understand how he manages all this, being so wild." "Now there'll be no holding him." "Alberto, you're my captain, and he respects you." "He might respect me, but what about the others?" "I made a pact with Heleno." "We'll be champions, you hear?" "Until then, he's got to respect his team-mates and give his opinions to me." "Speaking of which, I took who's here." "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you:" "Heleno de Freitas." "Striker of the South American Cup!" "Now all I need is to win a championship... with Botafogo and I can die happy!" "New toy?" "Like it?" "Cool." "Believe it or not, the car's still at the workshop." "Have you missed me?" "Seen this?" "This Sunday I don't want any of you thinking about a draw... we're giving it everything." "This year the cup is ours, it's Botafogo's time, our turn!" "I think that, if we're not going to be vice-champions again, we need a pact among us, one of comradeship." "Which is why I'd like Heleno to say a few words to the group." "Me?" "Yes, Heleno." "I'd like you to tell the group what we talked about." "I've been talking to coach Bezerra about the team... and the way I've behaved towards you this last year." "I've been very critical, and perhaps sometimes unjustly." "The fact is, when someone is a crap player, it's no use cursing him... shouting at his mother." "I know, it won't change anything." "So, for the good of the group, I promise that whenever one of you... puts me to shame on the pitch I'll just carry on as usual." "That's what I wanted to tell you." "You finished, Heleno?" "No." "One other thing" "Stop jerking off, Juvenal." "At this rate, you won't have the strength to pass the ball to anyone." "Understand?" "Forget it, Heleno, it was just a training session." "Like hell it was." "To be champion, know that training is the game..." "and the game is life!" "Enough, Heleno!" "These shits don't think like that, they just play around, then gossip about me being late, or because I don't run round the pitch to keep fit... that I crash my car on my day off." "What's the point in running if these shits don't know what the hell they're doing?" "!" " Calm down!" " What?" "!" "Put your anger into the game!" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "It's because of people like you... that we're not champions, you little shit!" "I'll show you who's a shit!" "Come on!" "Let him, let him go." "I'll kill you right here and kick you into goal." "Go on, hit me!" "You'll have to eat more beans to fight me." "Calm down." "He just missed a couple of passes, be patient, be patient!" "And there'll be no talking behind my back, you hear?" "Otherwise I'll think you're on their side." "Botafogo and Fluminense fight it out at the state championship finals." "The game is drawn at 2 x 2, Botafogo tries making headway..." "The heavy rain increases the dramatic atmosphere of the match." "Juvenal has the ball, he's looking up, passes with his left foot..." "Heleno de Freitas takes it on his chest, and Heleno is down!" "Heleno has been knocked down." "It's a penalty!" "The maximum." "He's clearly irritated." "Heleno de Freitas concentrates for the penalty." "Heleno de Freitas will take it himself." "If he scores, Botafogo will be champion." "He concentrates, takes his place." "If he succeeds, Botafogo will take the cup home." "With him, lies the expectation of thousands of fans." "Today, the dough is good!" "Congrats, you gave your best." "What happened to your hands?" "I punched the wall ten times." "Alberto, and you?" "What happened to yours, happy with a defeat now, are you?" "It was a draw, Heleno." "They won on aggregate." "A lot of you only play for the money." "Instead of going to a casino, you come here." "The big difference is, in the end you always take something away... never lose." "Heleno, you're last." "You want it or not?" "What do I tell the president, that you sent it back to the club?" "I'll take it." "A little bonus." "I bet you need it." "What are you staring at?" "We should only get paid when we win or play well." "And only those who gave their souls for this shirt!" "No pay for crap players." "My Botafogo is no place for cowards." "My Botafogo is champion." "It's Botafogo!" "Understand?" ""Botafogo, Botafogo champion since 1 910..."" "The Botafogo dressing room, where the players are gathered." "Please, please, just one interview." "How do you feel about losing the cup?" "You've got to cut down on your smoking, Heleno." "I'm in perfect health, doctor." "And my mind's all in order, as usual." "Heleno." "We need to talk." "I thought a lot before coming this far." "What I have to say is very difficult... and I hope you'll understand my reasons." "You're a star, Heleno... but we have to consider what's best for the club." "We're selling you to Boca Juniors in Argentina... they're very interested and have made an offer we can't refuse." "The highest offer made to a Brazilian club for a player." "This money will save the club's finances." "Are you sure about what you're doing?" "Yes." "Is that it?" "Yes." "There goes the guy who forgot he was just a football player." "Those aren't my words, it was a very important journalist." "Then tell him I'm not a football player." "I'm a Botafogo player." "If you had any shame, you'd ask to leave, Tolio." "You're an ass." "Any problem, Heleno?" "What's you doing?" "Well?" "It'll pass quickly." "I'll be back as soon as the championship is over." "I promise I'll be back before the kid is born." "It's better you stay here." "Your family, your friends, the beach." "Buenos Aires has no beach, you'd only be cooped up at the hotel." "Well, if it's important to you." "I can't believe it, now they say you never won a title for Botafogo." "They only say that to justify getting rid of you." "It wasn't your fault, Alberto, just forget it." "I have something to ask you." "keep an eye on Silvia while I'm gone." "I don't want her out and about on her own." "With you around I'll sleep better." "All right." "Where is our diva these days?" "Home, apparently she's been taken ill." "Ill?" "A virus, maybe?" "Only if the virus is called Heleno de Freitas." "The missus didn't come?" "What's wrong?" "The papers say you've agreed to go and live in Buenos Aires." "I drank five whiskies yesterday and said yes." "And the wedding, the child you're expecting?" "What about that?" "Don't worry about it." "Everything's so easy for you, isn't it?" "You're a phony!" "A phony!" "Let's go upstairs, we can talk there." "Let go!" "I'm not your wife, your princess." "I'm not!" "Give me a kiss!" "But I'm not waiting for you." "You can't just do... anything you want with me!" "You can't!" "I'll miss you, you bastard." "Bastard." "National Radio presents:" "Aurissedina Caricatures!" "Our name tonight is an idol of Brazilian football:" "Heleno de Freitas!" ""most expensive player."" "Little Heleno de Freitas already enjoyed big challenges." "Mom, mom!" "When I grow up I want to be a circus acrobat!" "All right, Heleno." "Just as long as you study in Rio de Janeiro... and become a great lawyer." "All right, mom." "I'll be the best trapeze artist and lawyer in Brazil!" "What's wrong, son?" "The maid gave me milk with cream!" "Yesterday it was onion in the food, now cream in the milk!" "And so Heleno came to live in Rio de Janeiro, as we all know... and where he is to this day." "And our star player, our goal-scorer, is leaving Brazil... to play for the demonic Boca Juniors." "A man feared by his adversaries and team-mates." "Heleno de Freitas is here with us, in what will be the first... interview by a football player on a Brazilian radio station!" "Tell me, Heleno... what have you still to achieve in this life?" "Nothing." "Money, women, anything?" "To meet John Wayne." "Light cigarettes like he does." "It would certainly be an honor for the great Hollywood actor... to meet the great star of the federal capital." "I'd like to request something, may I?" "Of course, Heleno de Freitas can do anything!" "I'd like to sing a song... and dedicate it to my wife and son, whom she's expecting... and whom I'll have to leave behind when I go to play in Buenos Aires." "May I?" "Yes, of course." "Heleno!" "What's that?" "My overcoat." "You can't train like that." "What about the team?" "I'm cold, for Christ sakes!" "All right, let him." "Come on." "Let's go, "chicos"." "Here's Boca Juniors with Vaca, Varante," "Valussi, Sosa, Lazzatti and Pescia." "boyz, Corcuera, Sarlanga, Varela, Sanchez and Heleno de Freitas." "Camilo Cichero stadium, popularly known as "La Bonbonera"... or box of candy, is packed for the Brazilian's farewell... many important figures here to see Heleno de Freitas's farewell." "And Boca goes on the attack again." "La Sati has the ball..." ""Dear mother, I'm writing to tell you that I know... what it'd take to make me happy." "I know I could have been a great doctor, a great lawyer... a successful pianist." "But all that left me indifferent." "I didn't want the handshakes, the congratulations, the applause." "I wanted that chaotic, stupid, confused, monstrous noise." "I just wanted to hear that around me, embracing me and lifting me up." "That was how I was able to fly." "And I never wanted to stop." "Don't worry about my happiness, mother." "I promise I'll be fine." "Kisses from Buenos Aires, your son, Heleno."" "He's sleepy." "Aren't you my love?" "He doesn't know you." "But he will." "I'm back for good, Silvinha." "What happened to your foot?" "Can you play?" "Just a minor injury." "I thought everything was fine." "The papers said you didn't adapt well to the team in Argentina." "Lies." "You still believe what those people write?" "I scored goals when I wanted to." "You've aged." "Here in Brazil they still talk about you a lot." "They always will." "Have you come to stay with me?" "With you and with him." "I'll put him to sleep." "Excuse me." "Then we'll talk." "Heleno." "I've missed my girl." "Alberto's asked me to marry him." "And I've decided to accept." "You what?" "Two hours ago, as soon as you got off the plane, you looked at me... and my heart didn't race." "Then you can get your son and leave this apartment now." "I'll sell this dump and go to live at the Copacabana Palace where I belong." "Anything else you want to tell me?" "Anything else to try to hurt me?" "Speak, for Christ sake!" "Get out!" "Wait!" "Get your things!" "Calm down!" "Go and get your things." "Heleno, stop!" "Heleno!" "Come on, come on." "When did you arrive?" "Two days ago." "And why didn't you tell me?" "I'd have fetched you from the airport." "No need, mister president." "I heard about what happened to you in Argentina from the papers." "None of it was your fault, those Argentinians." "But I feel partly responsible for it." "Does he bother you?" "How could the president's lucky charm bother me?" "They might be champions, but some remain the same." "So, who's place do I take?" "What do you mean?" "This year the team is complete." "You know that's not true, I'm missing." "We can't pay what you're worth." "You never could, president." "But that's okay, for you I'll even play for free." "To be honest, not even for free." "Like I said, the team is complete." "Not even for free?" "So it's you!" "Shut up!" "You superstitious old fool, what have they been saying?" "That I bring bad luck?" "You can be champions a million times... but you'll only have the glory with me." "This club will never have a player like me." "I gave everything for this shirt, you old loser." "You used to rely on men and now Botafogo depends on dogs!" "It'll fit the team nicely." "You look happy to be back." "Lovely!" "Try it on." "It'll fit well." "Thanks, brother." "How's mother?" "Mother's fine." "She'll love the caramel candy you brought for her." "Looks like Vasco is going to be champion this year." "The irony of destiny." "Champion with Vasco." "After the Rio Championship, the World Cup." "The problem is the damn coach that hates me." "Tough guy?" "Brainless thug." "Badmouths me to everyone." "Persecutes me at the club." "Now they're going to put him in charge of the national team." "Heleno!" "I know, I know...calm!" "Drinking whisky with your food won't do you any good." "Enjoying the view?" "I told you, I don't need to train, Costa." "Here at Vasco if you don't train you don't play." "Get out!" "Costa!" "What now?" "Have you gone mad?" "Have you?" "You're completely crazy!" "Get out of here!" "Get out, go on!" "Get out, you little shit!" "Get out, go on!" "Get out!" "They think I'm get old, but no, I'm not get old." "Bunch of sons of bitches." "See, Heleno?" "So many cigarettes can't do you any good." "Now you'll get some sleep, wake up well-rested." "'Cause tomorrow your brother is visiting." "And they'll see if... you're well enough to visit your mother at Christmas, ok?" "There you go, Heleno." "Can I get your autograph?" "You look handsome, Heleno!" "Come on, time to go." "Slowly." "Go slower." "Not so close to the edge." "Slowly." "Stop the car, Heleno." "Stop the car." "Stop this car!" "Stop the damn car!" "Stop this shit!" "You're never driving this car again!" "Stop stop stop!" "Stop the damn car!" "You're never driving this car again." "Never again." "Jump to the other side." "Come on." "Hands up, old man." "Yes." "Heleno, your brother Cesar." "Hi, Cezinha!" "Heleno, yesterday Brazil lost the World Cup 2 x 1 to Uruguay." "We lost, Heleno." "The whole of Brazil is in tears." "Fuck!" "We lost." "We lost!" ""Uruguay world champion." "Brazil defeated yesterday 2 x 1"." "Well, long time no see." "Crawling back over the carnage." "I never needed carnage, Alberto." "I don't live in anyone's shadow." "Are you well, my friend?" "Fine." "And you?" "A little sick." "A little tired." "My blood pressure, apparently." "But I want to get back to playing soon." "I always thought you'd have become a lawyer by 30." "I can't." "I missed two World Cups..." "I've got to get ready to play at Maracanã." "Heleno... take more care of yourself than your image, okay?" "I am my image, Alberto!" "There's nothing behind it." "What are you doing?" "No, let's go." "Heleno!" "Let's go." "What was that?" "My god!" "Heleno, no!" "Everything's fine between us." "My mood changes all the time." "Sorry." "And you, Silvia?" "kidnapped my son and still playing the saint?" "!" "Heleno!" "Don't do this!" "Don't do what?" "Isn't the boy my son?" "Heleno!" "If you need me, just say so." "Heleno!" "She won't need you." "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "You're sick." "You're sick." "Don't abandon me now." "Dance with me, please." "Are you still a rowdy player on the field and a gentlemen off it?" "In football one can't expect the opposite, madam." "Otherwise the sport would be tedious." "And life, rather dangerous." "On your last game, you were refered to as Gilda by the opposition." "Could this be an allusion to the explosive behavior of" "Rita Hayworth's character?" "Envy." "I didn't even see the movie." "So you don't agree when people... say you're too old to play football?" "Old age is a complementary stage, madam." "And the game needs to be settled in the first half.." "Do you still hope to play a World Cup?" "My dream now is to play at Maracanã." "That we're trying to tell you is that your condition is serious." "Your illness has spread," "Your difficulty in dealing with your colleagues... in remembering their names." "I have to play." "I need to play at Maracanã." "Obviously." "Then I can think about the rest." "We all know that, Heleno, you've said it in all the newspapers." "The fans are excited, it's been a long time... since América saw so many people in the stands." "But I must report to the training body that you refuse treatment." "Look, doctor, don't do that." "I'll take treatment." "I swear I will." "But don't stop me from playing." "I need this last game." "I'm here gathering all my strength to be calm and polite... to this mediocre team and defend América." "It's my chance to be Heleno de Freitas once again." "You are Heleno de Freitas, son." "Always will be." "Just calm down." "Give me this last chance." "And don't tell me to be calm, doctor." "It irritates me." "Give me this last chance?" "Will you?" "A chance!" "Give me this last chance!" "I need to play at Maracanã Heleno de Freitas not play at Maracanã?" "So have you been called up?" "Oh Cezinha, as if you didn't know your brother." "Of course I've been called up!" "Great." "I'm just not allowed to punch or curse anyone till then." "You're the best, Heleno." "And Silvia?" "Got rid of her." "She brought me bad luck." "I'm a new man, Cezinha." "A new man!" "You know something, Heleno?" "Sometimes you talk as if the whole world was wrong, except you." "Maybe that's it." "I'm the one who's wrong." "Can I have an autograph?" "Go away, kid." "I don't give ugly guys autographs." "Hey, give the kids an autograph." "I don't give autographs, Cesar." "Heleno." "You know very well I don't like kids." "Thanks." "Looks like Jack Dempsey." "Hey, kid!" "You like boxing?" "I do." "Who's good at fighting?" "I'll give an autograph to the first who... manages to land a punch on my chin." "Oh sure, I bet." "What are you laughing at?" "I'm serious!" "You're kidding." "Let's go, Heleno." "You scared?" "Bunch of sissies." "Heleno, you'll hurt the kid." "Let's go!" "Heleno, let's go!" "Not the stomach." "The chin, the chin!" "See?" "I don't hurt them." "Enough, Heleno!" "Let's go." "It's over, it's over." "Wait." "What is it?" "Now what?" "Spend everything on ice cream and the movies." "Don't spend the whole day playing football, kid." "There are other good things in life." "Really good, ok?" "Thanks." "Let's go!" "Look at me." "We're going." "Let's go!" "Has he said anything?" "Not yet." "Heleno." "Talk to the lady." "You can talk to her." "Speak to him, he can hear you, he just won't answer." "Heleno, I'm going over there for a minute..." "I'll be back in a little while, ok?" "Talk to the lady." "I never thought I'd see you like this one day." "To the end, I thought you'd get well... that you'd come to me... always having left me alone so much." "say sorry for Heleno?" "But you won again, it was I who came to you." "It was I... not you." "Heleno, say something!" "You can't get through to him." "This is the last, all right?" "Put it out." "We think he no longer ecognizes people." "Some days he talks, others not." "But he always communicates with me." "Right, my striker?" "He's in there somewhere and he can probably hear you." "Did you ever see him play, Jorge?" "From all the pictures, newspaper clippings, stories he told me..." "I suppose I can say yes." "In fact I never left Barbacena." "I thought he was handsome." "That's all." "Elegant, alive." "The syphilis is eating him inside, Dona S'lvia." "The doctors are trying to comfort the family... you should bring the boy here to meet his father." "Let's go, it's time for his rest." "That's right!" "It's been confirmed:" "the great Heleno de Freitas... after disappearing for years, returns to Brazilian football... playing for the demonic América." "thing, Heleno, you were the first Brazilian player..." "Tell me smethin to accumulate a film star's fortune." "But I hear you've nothing left today." "Where did your money go?" "The cat got it!" "But what I've got is priceless, worth more than a billion." "Some call you a romantic, an amateur, violent and crazy... but nearly everyone calls you a genius." "What do you say to those who doubt your return to the game?" "I say a Heleno de Freitas who's out of shape and drunk... is a lot better than 10 jumping fit numbskulls." "And what are your expectations for today, Heleno?" "I hope to be born again." "Wake up." "There's football today." "You're playing." "Wake up." "Oh Heleno... you've got to stop this business of spitting in my face." "Here's another pill." "You'll take another one." "You're taking it again." "Glory." "Isn't it great?" "To this day I don't really understand what it was I did." "I know I found myself." "And all I wanted was to score a goal." "I silently found my balance among them." "My chest all puffed up, full of myself." "And I floated." "I only let myself explode in that dry kick, angry." "Roaring." "I think football players should watch an opera before a game." "The blood rushing to the head." "I don't believe in football without the blood boiling." "Without a knife between your teeth." "A player dies thinking about the fans." "I can only imagine playing football for the fans." "On judgment day, those who are satisfied and the cowards... they'll be the first to retreat." "You might think that something I did was impossible." "But to me the impossible doesn't exist." "I'm not a football player." "I'm the very desire to play..." "I'm desire in the form of a person." "I am!"