"Good morning to all." "Welcome to Sala Sao Paulo." "Our examining board had plenty of work to get to the final ten." "The candidates this year were exceptionally good." "Thank you one more time and good luck." "Mr. Ernesto Lubansky." "Mr. Laerte dos Santos." "Candidate 9 is onstage." "THE VIOLIN TEACHER" "Dad." "kid." "Are you OK?" "What's the matter?" "Dad." " What a freight." "I thought..." " Did you think I'd miss it?" "You scared me to death." "they had to put it off." " Have you got a date yet?" " Not yet." "Have you received the package from your mum?" "I got the DVDs." "Tell her I'll send some money as soon as I can." " Gilda is sending you her love." " Likewise." " Ok." "Bye." " Bye." "Laerte!" "PRODIGY BOY." "YOUNG VIOLINIST LAERTE DOS SANTOS..." "Near the opera house where you'll play there's a very nice museum of musical instruments." " It's worth visiting." " Wonderful." "And in Leipzig there's the Thomaskirche the church where Bach worked most of his life." "Sorry to interrupt your guided tour but I'd just like to remind you we came here to rehearse." "Let's do it." "Ludmila!" "That's the third time you've missed your cue." "but you're way too distracted." "Laerte." "OK." "huh?" "but only you are stressed out." "Let's get it right at least once?" "frustration is something to be dealt with in therapy." "The thing is you haven't been able to play properly ever since you got your implants." "It's difficult to rest the violin!" "Laerte!" "guys." "I'm done." "wait." "man." "Very unlikely." "What can I do?" "Calm down." "How will you get by?" "Felipe Guerra's girlfriend?" "yes." "She told me of a project in the slums." "Teaching music to kids." "It's related to an NGO." "I can't do it because of OSESP." "man." "I'll get by." "I am." "Do you want to have a beer?" " No..." " Just one." "man." "I'm off." "VIOLIN CLASSES LAERTE DA SILVA let me know." " What's up?" " How are you?" "sir." " That's OK." "The manager's been pressuring me to give you the drafts for your late condo fees." "it's just that I've been really busy." "OK?" "I need to leave these... he'll be angry at me." " Thank you." " Thanks." "See you." " Is the lesson going to be here?" " Yes." "I'll open it for you." "but they had to quit." "But the kids have made a lot of progress." "please!" "your new teacher." "Haven't I told you not to leave instruments on the floor?" "Shall we play something to welcome Laerte?" "Shall we?" "Samuel?" "The Allegro!" "Always The Allegro." "Only because of his solo... four." "don't we?" "they can't even sit properly." "I can only sit with my arse." "Is there another way?" "And they don't know the basics." "Put your viola on your left shoulder." "your other left shoulder." "mate." "Watch your classmate." "Show him." "Obama Junior?" "come on!" "Show some respect!" "OK?" "Once more." "Play it like you mean it." "four." "Is everything OK?" "You won't answer the phone anymore." "I'm doing great." "Can't you tell?" "Messias told me you're teaching." "I couldn't believe it." "It's amazing that the kids are learning from you." "Relax!" "It's nice to teach in a community like that." "you mean." "So what?" "I brought the number of that Uruguayan Iuthier." "Take your violin to him." "you piece of shit." "punk." "I'm watching you." "Smart-arse." "Are you OK there?" "don't get involved." "young man." "Do you have ten grand to lend me?" "mate." "Good afternoon." "Only half of the class is present?" "That's one way to get ahead in life." "Ezio is absent today because he was flying a kite and ended up losing a finger because of the power lines." "Shit gets dangerous here." "we're working on a song you already know." "OK?" "twinkle little star How I wonder what you are" "Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky mate!" " Why are you positioned like that?" " Like what?" "Nobody has ever told you instruments should go together?" "contrabass with contrabass." " Why are you there?" " The girls don't like him." " He doesn't shower." " He farts." "This boy's gross." "OK." "Back to the lesson." "Get the instruments ready." "four." "wait." "Hello?" "The least you have to do to study music is focus." "It's basic." "you posh git!" "What the fuck?" "I wouldn't be here." "we wanna practise!" " Your mum's a cunt!" "guys_" " Your mum's a whore!" " Don't talk about my mum!" "Who gave birth to you?" "It must've been a cow." "bitch fight!" "This is not a ring!" "stop!" "fucking cunt." " What's that?" " I'll kick your arse." "Samuel." "I didn't know I'd come here to teach animals." "take your cap off." " You're gonna stare at me now?" "I need to see your face while I'm teaching you." "Let's do it again." "right." "OK." "OK." "Sir?" "Sir?" "Can you tune it for me?" "Come here." "It's from my father's church." "It looks old." "Does it still play?" "Yes." " When did you start playing?" " I was really small." "Didn't it bother your parents?" "Only wrong notes bothered my father." "sir." "This is one dedicated young man." " Can I try it?" " Sure." " Get your bowing straight." " Thanks." "Dad." " Howare things?" " Everything's great." " You've disappeared" " I haven't called." "It's been a real rush here in the past few months." "I can imagine." "huh?" "The quartet is going on tour across Latin America." "We're playing Villa Lobos." "Your mother really misses you." "Send her my love." "Tell her I'll talk to her soon." " Take care." " OK." "Bye." "twinkle little arse" "How!" "wanna see you shake shake it good" "Shake it for me like you should twinkle little arse" "Let me take your panties off" "Beautiful voice." "I didn't know we had a soprano who could sing in tune." "though." "twinkly arse." "Mi." "twinkle little arse pussy?" "Today we're working on bow techniques." "It's an exercise called spider crawl." "wow!" "Hold it by the screw in the correct position as if it were a spider." "It's important to keep your finger... young lad)'" "are we interrupting something?" "Do you want us to be silent so you can sleep?" "sir." "let's start from the screw." "Keep your hand in the right position." "the other way round." "Exactly." "Keep your hand straight." "Keep doing it." "but your hand will get..." "Who wants some snacks?" "don't sell it." "young man." "Get down!" "Come back to the class." "please." "Don't sell it." "You shouldn't." "I'll ask the board to forbid you to sell anything here." "Do you want me to call the police?" "you're pushing it." "You're pushing it too far." " You're pushing it too far." " Just go away." "I can't take it anymore." "VR is on probation." "he'll go back to Youth Detention Centre." "This is really between you and him." "be a bit more patient." "It's good that you came." "The NGO cleared the funds." "Here's the advance you asked for." "Could you sign the receipt?" "The room we talked about is free." "You can use it." "And if you convince them to rehearse on Saturdays" "I can give you a modest raise." "OK." "Laerte." "See you on Wednesday." "What's up?" "doing good?" "I need to talk to you." "brother." "messing with Mr. Genival?" "That police talk." "mate." "the guy who does everything for the community." "We're turning a blind eye this time." "mate?" " It's a violin." "Let me see it then." "wait." "wait." "You're going to wreck it." "don't touch it." "mate." "Play him a song." "80' Pra Contrariar." " I don't know it." " That one... oh You're gonna kill daddy like that" "Play the song he's asking." " Let me go." " Stay there and play the song." "Make the motherfucker play the fucking song." "Play the motherfucking song!" "Ten gangbangers surrounded me... there were five at least." " Don't stretch it." "He pointed a gun at my head and said" "I'll blow your head." " And you?" " I got out the violin and played." "I played really well." "You should've pointed a gun at me during the audition." " Maybe I would've passed." " What are you talking about?" "This is nonsense." "What are you running from?" " Let's have another one." " I have morning rehearsal." "just one more." "Only one." "I can't." "I have to go." "Laerte!" "please." "sir." "Is it true some stuff happened to you?" "sir that you picked a fight with Cleitéds guys." "sir?" "A well-played song will soothe even the fiercest beast." "What did you play?" "I played Paganini's Caprice No. 20." "we wouldn't be having this class." "no way." "Well..." "Let's take advantage of the little time we have." "Hand out these scores." "right?" "It's a canon." "Leave the instruments aside." "OK?" "We start with the cellos and the basses." "Fa." "OK?" "Sir." "We can't read scores." "you can't read it?" " No." " That's it." " None of you can read it?" " No." "No one's taught us." "right?" "What is this paper you keep passing around?" "What is this?" "What is this?" "young man?" "Do?" "I've written them down." "Some people haven't." "I have to thank you for the opportunity to learn from a student!" "Wonderful!" "I'm so glad you taught me the right way." "These aren't notes." "They're syllables!" "What are you hoping to achieve like that?" "Let's do it." "Pay attention." "This is a staff." "This is a treble clef." "Where's your mum?" "She wasn't feeling well." "She went to bed." "Here is her medicine." "Do you want me to unload the car?" "Are you doing your homework?" "Mrs. Maria." "Samuel." "five eight." "mate?" " All good?" " Yeah." "thanks." "can I study here?" " Yes." "My father's complaining again." "OK?" "thanks." "it's valid until 09/2018." " We'll use it for a long time." " Fuck!" "The password..." "What's up?" "man." "It's tough at home." "mate." "When I pay off my debt with Skeleton and the credit card thing takes off we'll have an orchestra of hot blondes." " They have to be blond down there too!" " I can do the inspection." "check this out." "It's Bach." "man." "All right." "soon it'll be ballet." "spooning at night." "Only with your sister." "mate." "Don't say shit about his sister." " She gives the best blowjob." " Are you fucking crazy?" "It was better when you were playing." "you know nothing about music." "wait." "Stop that." "how are you?" " Hi." "right?" "You need to play really well." "and since there's no other way" "I'll let you take the instruments home." "To avoid embarrassing ourselves in the concert you'll have to study a lot at home." "brush your teeth holding your instruments." "OK?" "we'll need more time for study." "So we're having classes on Saturdays too." "Saturday?" "I take care of my siblings on Saturday." "How will I manage?" "Guys..." "Obama thinks we're playboys now." "I can't because I work at my uncle's garage." "tell the truth." "You have to take care of your shit-faced father." " Go fuck yourself." " He wets himself on the street." "fucking white girl." "Hey!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "I'm tired of this!" "Everybody's got problems." "I'm coming on Saturday." "You know why?" "Because I've been through a lot." "I was thrown away." "My mum doesn't know how many siblings I have." "She takes me for granted." "I don't give a damn about that." "I feel worthy." "So I'm coming on Saturday." "I'm having this lesson." "I'm sorry but I can't." "nobody will." "Everybody's got a good father." "Mine is always drinking." "man." "I'm the one who gets hit." "Everybody's got a good father?" "My arse!" "I knew I'd find you in your hiding place." "we were talking about reuniting the quartet." "I got some scores for your kids." "remember?" "How are things at school?" "Six months and nothing's changed." "you have no idea." "I won't stay there for long." "I'm just giving the kids some basic notions." "Laerte?" "You?" "you must be giving those kids a hard time." "There's this incredible boy there." "He's unbelievable!" "you can't see anything else." "Like someone I know?" "will carry all the instruments." " Sol-faing is a pain." " Because you're stupid." "Gi?" "can I make some money playing?" "How much more or less?" "It's like any other job." "It's like football players." "but most of them get by." "sir." " Bye." "wait." "I'm going with you." "Just say it." "What is it?" "my father bought a car to sell meals." "My mum's sick." "I think I'll have to stop." "How are we going to play without you?" "Samuel." "We'll find a way." "sir." "Sometimes I get really screwed-up." "I feel like doing some crazy shit." "I don't know... man." "You can stay with me." "Thanks." "How many times do I need to correct your sitting posture?" "Do you think it's right?" "Rebeca." "Do you think it's right?" "Is that the right posture?" "right." "I've already given up on Joab." "I don't know what to do with you anymore." "I've been telling you this for almost a year." "take it from the top." " My fingers are a little sore." "Just a little?" "Then I'm going easy on you." "it won't hurt." "Shall we?" "From the start?" "What is this?" " I haven't dismissed anyone." " The bell's rung!" "I didn't ask if the bell had rung." "I'm saying I haven't dismissed anyone yet." "Obama?" " Obama is holding you a little longer." "You're only leaving after you play it well." "Why aren't you playing?" "the boys won't let me." "Can you Play?" "Barcelona's midfielder?" "but I'm faster." "there's no holding me back." "For real?" "What do you think?" "I know nothing about football." "she'll talk to your parents." "It won't work." "My father's tough." "He said I can't play the violin or attend classes anymore." "It'll be fine." "VR!" "Come on!" "man" "I think Black Box is dropping the ball." "He wants to take the PDQ terminal out of the scheme." "how will we pay Skeleton?" "he'll waste you all." "he won't mess with us." "you didn't pay him back." "pay him back." "we shoot him in the face." "Right in the forehead." "mate." " You don't know that." " I'll take a dip." "Let's go!" "I'm OK." "mate." "You can't?" "You're learning now." "come on!" "mate." "Stop that!" "You'd better start praying!" "I'm serious." "For God's sake!" "Jesus." "Samuel?" " At the dam with VR." "You brat!" "You see your mother and me working our arses off." "Why?" "Son." "Samuel?" "Because we want to see you and your sister far from here!" "son." "My son won't hang out with a bunch of criminals!" "Raimundo!" " Do you understand?" " Raimundo!" " Do you understand?" " Raimundo!" "Do you understand?" " You'll work during the day." " Son..." "And study at night." "It'll be better for everyone." "It'll make me calmer." "until things settle down." "Here." "brother." "We'll have our orchestra of blondes." "mate." "Samuel?" "Open these notes and spend more time on the trill." "but after this part here you have to play more firmly." "guys." "Obama is doing private tutoring for Samuel now." " He just gave me a tip." " He has to give tips to us all." " Always Samuel." " It's because they look alike." "look how many students you have here." "this is not true." "Obama." "kissing the teacher's arse." " See you next class." " If we have one." "Mr. Manoel said he'll give me a job." "mate?" " How much?" " 600 bucks." "A watchman earning 600 bucks doesn't get any." "Of course they do." " You won't get laid." " 600 is good money." "If you want real money" "I'll talk to Adalto to have you in our credit card scheme." "Then you'll have real money." "Black Box?" " Who's that?" " He's my friend." "Here's the deal:" "Mr. Leonel is wary." "The terminal stopped working and he wanted to call a technician." "We'll have to lay low for a while." "we can't." "Skeleton will get us." "I'll try to put a skimming device where my cousin works." " Sort this out quickly." " Will do." "See you." "thanks." "Are you sure?" "I met your dad when I picked up the food." "he was all nervous." "And how's my mum?" "She's better." "Go and see her when your dad is working." "We'll have to squeeze to make a circle." "Get the chairs out and let's make a circle." "everybody." "This is how it works." "The work is on Mouréo." "you're out." "The winner gets this CD here." "it isn't." "It's Beethoven's Symphony No..9 by the Berlin Philharmonic." "The best philharmonic in the world." "I'll play for them." "Thais." "Let me see who's next..." "Samuel!" "VR!" "Rebeca!" "Tat"!" "out!" "Shame on you." "Gabi..." "Good." "Anisio!" "You said you understood!" "just three now." "Faster." "Samuel." "Go!" "Lilian!" "mate!" "You're a fucking good dancer." "mate." " Let's snort some!" " I'll take a piss." "mate!" "How nice." "some snort." "What's up?" "What's up?" "Where's my money?" "Skeleton." "Snort some with us!" "we're celebrating!" "Celebrating?" "So?" "Say something." "You'll have your money next week." " Next week?" " I talked to Black Box." "boy?" "skank." " Tell me something I don't know." " There was a problem with the terminals." "Black Box is dealing with it." "It'll be working tomorrow." "it's solved." "We'll have your money next week." "Skeleton." "man!" "Open your fucking mouth." "You really are a fuck-up." "You're not worth a bullet." "OK?" "We'll pay you." "We will." "don't fuck it up!" "Or I'll dig your grave." "man?" " Hey." "All good?" " This early?" " I have amazing news for you." "There'll be another audition at OSESP." "It's for Head of Strings." "I brought this." "man." "Laerte?" "Things are getting better." "Lud wants to re-join the quartet." "guys." "Let's work again on that song." "You were going to start a new one today." "we'll start a new one." "Joéo Vitor?" "Who's there?" "I'm armed." "I'm fucking armed!" "mate?" "you'd be damned." "cloning cards?" "Adalto and Smile are waiting for me on the street." "We're going to Juiz de For a to get Skeleton's money." "scared everybody." "Your grandma was desperate." "Give my grandma this money." "OK?" "no problem." " OK?" " All right?" " Take the violin with you." " Are you crazy?" "I'll be working!" " Find some time." " What about you?" "I'll take yours." "Here." "Sir!" "stop there." "Cleiton wants to talk to you." "I can't." "I have to get the bus." " We'll take care of the bus." " Come with us." "Cleiton wants to run something by you." "he has some CDs he wants to give you." "it's quick." "We'll show you the way." "mate." "All good?" "Wait a minute." "teacher." "Make yourself comfortable." "I'll hold this for you." "I got it." "teacher." "boss." "Here's the teacher." "teacher." "boss." "We really appreciate your work in our community." "It's my daughter's birthday next month." "Carolina." "She'll be 15." "A very important age for any woman." "My wife wants live music." "When Mrs. Grazi wants something... teacher." " Which waltz?" " The gas company one." "What?" "That one..." "I'd like you to play." "A month isn't enough time." "There's only one problem." "One of my students can't rehearse because of a problem with the gangs and without him the presentation wouldn't be perfect." " What's his name?" " VR." "Just a minute." "teacher." "Have a seat." "then." "Thanks." "The boys borrowed 10 grand to set up the cloning scheme." "Skeleton said he'll drop it to 7 if they play." "mate!" "guys?" "What's the matter?" "Anisio?" " No." " But look at you!" "sir." " My foot!" "we have to touch the audience." "stop dragging your heels." "we have to play it more intensely." "guys." "That's it." "Much better!" "girls." "I heard the news." "Laerte..." "A drug dealer's party?" "I'm responsible for this school." "What if they write a newspaper article about it?" "Students play in drug dealer's party." "Alzira?" " What am I going to do?" " Do what you have got to do." "Do what you have got to do." "I can't be responsible for this." "It's your responsibility." "If something happens to the instruments or the kids it'll be your responsibility." "I know nothing about it." "We never had this talk." "Skeleton!" "it's my goddaughter's birthday and I really respect Cleitéo." "I'd waste you and the other two smartarses." "let's sing Happy B/Hhday." "Cleiton!" "I'll handle this myself." "Cleitéo." "sir." "Just chilling there?" "I'm thinking about the audition." "What audition?" "OSESP is hiring a Head of Strings and I'm going to audition." "What if you pass?" "Then there'll be a lot of rehearsals and trips." "if you pass you'll be done with us?" "Is that it?" "No way." "Soon you'll have another teacher." "You're very talented." "You have to perfect your technique somewhere else." "We'll keep in touch." "Keep in touch?" "My arse!" "You don't care about anyone!" "What about our concert?" "I left my parents' house because I believed you." "You're just another guy who'll leave us hanging." "Samuel!" "Samuel!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "What now?" "Relax." "Take it easy." "Pull over!" " What the fuck!" " It's a stolen motorcycle." "He'll get us." "VR." "VR." "Hit the gas!" "go!" "Move!" "Corinthians!" "Are you fucking crazy?" "Do you want to kill me?" "shit's crazy." " We almost fucking died." "I'm a fucking pilot." "I'm getting off." "Stop!" "I'll stop when we get home." "Chill out." "go!" "Stop. man!" "You could out the atmosphere with a knife here in Heliopolis." "It's the fourth clash against the police in two months." "Around 800 people closed Estrada das Légrimas this evening." "The situation is very tense." "The population's built barricades and set fire to many buses." "a high school student shot during a police chase." "Sergeant Paiva claims the boys exchanged gunfire with the police." "Get out of here!" "damn it!" "You shot them!" "fuck!" "I need to get in there." "You rats!" "I know the boys who..." "Go home." "Leave!" "I know that boy over there." "Go the fuck away!" "Nobody needs you here!" "Get out of here!" "it's all ours!" "fucking murderers." "You killed the boy!" "Nobody wants you here!" "Nobody needs you here!" "Beat it!" "Fuck you!" "Beat it!" "You killed the boy!" "Candidate 7 is onstage." "kid." "Tell mum to set up the party because her son is the new Head of Strings of Brazil's most important orchestra." "kid!" " You did it." " Yes." "You can't stay with us until the concert for the NGO?" "I can't." "Are you sure that..." "We can change the schedule." "Do you want me to talk to the kids?" "No." "I have to do it myself." "Is everything OK?" "I want to talk to you." "Sometimes I feel like there's a beast in here a fucking heartache." "Then I pick up the violin..." "and it gets a little better." "Calm down." "Calm down." "Have you seen the other guys?" "We've been rehearsing for the NGO's concert." "It'll be a tribute to Samuel." " What are you playing?" " Vivaldi and Bach." "They were his favourites." "Bach is difficult." "You won't have the time to rehearse that." "to ask for your help." "I'm on probation period." "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "Samuel was on my pillion." "but I didn't." "stop!" "Anisio." "Try again." "guys." "sir!" " You can sit down." "Let's pick up where we left off." "Go!" "Samuel!" " Good evening." " Good evening." "please." "please."