"TWIST OF FATE" "So Pedro, where is Pedro?" "Ana?" ""Any similarity to real facts is mere coincidence." "The reality outdoes fiction"" "Directed by" "Be good." "Why did I suggest this book?" "Because it is the IittIe-known work of a great Mozambican author," "Luís Bernardo Honwana." "The book is called "We killed the Mangy Dog"." "I'll read bits of the story that starts on page 1 1 9." ""Teacher once said that black people's hands are whiter than the rest of their bodies" ""because up until a few centuries ago their grandparents walked on them" ""like the beasts in the wild," ""not exposing them to the sun, which darken the rest of their bodies." ""I remembered this when the Priest in Sunday school said that we were good for nothing" ""and even the blacks were better than us" ""and he mentioned the hands again saying they are whiter" ""because they secretly spend the whole time holding them in prayer." ""I thought the white hand thing very funny" ""and now I hound everyone until they tell me why they think their palms are whiter." ""Mrs Dores for example told me" ""God made them that way so they wouldn't dirty the food they prepare for their bosses" ""or anything else that they are told to do that should remain clean."" "Who would Iike to comment?" "I am an AngoIan writer and would Iike to comment on comrade Honwana's book." "I am interested in your comment." "That's it!" "Great!" "Let's play on the right?" "So there!" "I always win, mum!" "Bend those legs." "Draw back the racket  and finish up here." "Fuck." "What a waste of oxygen!" "They're all rusting on the inside." "I'm glad I don't do sports." "Does seem a very natural thing to do." "Can't be good for your health." "Of the 28 operas written by Verdi, only 6 were played outside of italy." "Of those 6, 3 were first staged in Paris at the Opera." "The other 3 were staged in London, Cairo and Saint Petersburg." "We are going to listen to the Iast one now." "It's called "The Force of Destiny"" "part of an adaptation of a 1 835 melodrama by Angelo Perez de Saavedra with libretto by Francisco Maria Piave, revised by António Ghislanzoni." "It was first staged in November 1 862, in Saint Petersburg with Verdi present." "However the composer presented a new version in Paris on the 1 1th of March in 1 867." "Who gives a damn?" "The version we are about to hear hasn't got any of today's tenors:" "when it was recorded," "Luciano Pavarotti was still a boy of nine who would become a sports teacher and an insurance agent before finding his vocation for the stage." "Now let's listen to the first aria of Act III:" ""Attenti aI gioco, attenti, attenti al gioco"." "We don't have much time now..." "I would Iike to dedicate this aria to a very special listener who helps me overcome the forces of destiny." "Opera, Opera..." "You only like opera." "You never got into Jazz!" "BoIeros!" "You even have a bit of swing in you, but..." "hell!" "You're convinced that life is an opera aria!" "Fuck!" "Ada!" "Ada!" "Shit!" ""I LOVE YOU." "I'm burning with desire to be with you again."" ""manuel B."" "Yes?" "Who was it?" " Who was it?" " I don't know, but I'd Iike to." " This is a message." " I know." "I read it." "Who is this manuel B?" "I don't know." "This is pornography." "Every now and then I get sent these." "Did you buy the ravioli?" "RavioIi?" "It was all so quick." "Manuel B. Yes, he's real." "He took over my feelings, my body like a good disease." "I don't want to get better, and much less be healed." "I don't want it to be over so soon." "For the last three months I have been living like this, apparently divided, but in truth united." "I'm afraid of dying again, slowly." "Maybe it will all come turn out fine, so long as Carlos doesn't ask again..." "He knows nothing of mobile phones." "Look at my boy!" " Are you going to have your lunch?" " Dad!" "careful with that!" "This bastard is crazy!" "Ok?" " Where are you going?" " I'm fine." "Where am I going?" "I don't know." "I'm off to buy raviolli alle trufe." "Your mum's idea." "Do you want to come?" " Mum?" " Upstairs." "I'll stay with her." "See you..." "Go on have a bit more lunch, go on." "Et voilà!" "The ravioli with truffles I told you about." "I hope you Iike them." "Before we begin, this is an erotic ritual that cannot be disturbed by any sound." "mobiles on the table and turned off." "Woah carlos, you and your mobile phone phobia." "There." "Done!" "Let the show begin!" "SaIuti, salute, amici miei!" "Oh carlos!" "You and your boIeros." "Why not the Chopin with Maria João Pires that Vera brought me for background music?" "Ada, ravioIll and Chopin don't go together." "Even Maria João Pires doesn't deserve that." "Oh carlos!" "I Iove boIeros as well as the Chopin that Ada adores." "I know she is a huge meIomaniac, but darling, sorry, I Iove boIeros." "Love, love boIeros!" "They're so sensual." "sensual?" "Yes, sensual." "Body to body, the awakening of desire." "On y va!" "I burn with desire." "Honey, more ravioIi?" "No, thank you." "They're no Ionger boiling." "Ada likes everything hot." "especially what she eats." "Vera?" "A little more, yes." "They're delicious." "L'appétit vient en mangeant, that's what MoIière said and so say I." "And both MoIière and Lourenço were right!" "The more you eat the hungrier you get, isn't it darling?" "A boIero!" "A boIero for Ada and her green eyes." "I didn't know you could boIero." "When I get home I'll send you an SMS telling you all my secrets." "Lourenço..." "You're very Hugo Boss." "Looks like a uniform." "I know, I know." "Businessman!" "What do you want?" "Tricks of the trade." "I'm Boss and you're dungarees!" "In banking with style!" "You're a bit off today!" "On the contrary, I'm burning!" "could you pour me some more wine, please?" "And asparagus, don't you love them?" "So white... and big." "Yes!" "also delicious." "It's the sauce." "A good sauce..." "The asparagus may be big, soft, but the sauce  is the finishing touch." "darling everything was beautiful, beautiful." "True." "Everything was great." "And you boy, in very good form." " Haven't seen you Iike this for quite a while." " You mean presentable, Iike in the movies." " Everything has to look just right." " Goodnight carlos." " Thanks." " BoIeros again?" " Bye, come back soon." " Thanks." "Push that shit." "What did you say you'd send me when I got home?" "An SMS." "It's great for secrets... it's virtual..." "So, are you going to tell me?" "I'm going to bed." "I know that message wasn't pornography." "Rather, it is, but it's also someone you know." "Who is it?" "You drank too much, as usual." "It's easy for me to know who it is..." "the number." "But..." " I would rather you told me." " Leave me." "Leave you?" "I don't know how to do that." "Tell me." "What have you been up to." "Who is he?" "Do I know him?" "No." " Have you known him long?" " For some time." " But it's not what you're thinking." "You don't know what I'm thinking." "Yes I do." "It's been twenty years." "Did you not think of that when you were with him?" "I wasn't with him." "Where was it?" "At Monte da Lua." "Romantic!" "Where is that?" "In the AIentejo, where else?" "Of course in the AIentejo, where else!" "I'm going to sleep." "Let night come." "Let night fall." "But I tell you it's shitty the way anyone can get into your life and intimacy." "We're done." "Everything's screwed." "You can't can you?" "Shit!" "I can, I can!" "Have faith." "I have years of practice of this crap." "That won't work." "Leave it!" "I can get into anyone's mobile if I want." "Piece of cake." "All I know is that he lives in the AIentejo, because she told me." "At Monte da Lua." "Romantic isn't it?" "I think he is someone at the AngoIan Embassy or something like that." "I'd Iike to know where this Monte da Lua is." "I want to go there." "Fuck you man!" "Are you crazy or what?" "If it's for that, no." "Count me out." "I mean it." "See." "It doesn't work man!" "Yes it does!" "I've told you it does!" "Make sure you don't mess up." "The guy doesn't deserve it." "Back off!" "Pay attention to that shit and see if we can find it." "See." "Piece of cake." "Done!" "See?" "beautiful!" "So many numbers!" "Great technology." "Here it comes..." "calm down!" "See, manuel B. national road 1 1 9." "Fucking write it:" "national road 1 1 9, exit off St. Estevão." " 1 1 9..." " Exit off St Estevão." "Fuck!" "Now I'm worried about you." "You're a crazy son-of-a-bitch." "Do you hear me?" "calm down." "Do you know what this is?" "I'm going to give you this and you will always be able to contact me." "I'm worried." "Do you think I know how to use that shit?" "But you will, because I'm going to teach you everything." "Even a retard like you can get this shit." "Pedro, can you get me the light control from the pack-shot." "I Iove pack shot!" "I Iove pack shot!" "Weird, isn't it?" "Now listen." "Pay attention." "This is called a Mo-biIe-phone." "It receives calls, it makes calls... sometimes, it takes photos," "and has SMS that you know about, and there is a small button here that you push to make films, to film the guy's shitface when you get there." "Take it." "actually it is really quite handsome." " And beauty is still important, isn't it?" " If you say so." " hello!" " So, you've arrived." "Just now." "Man, it's raining cats and dogs." "How is the weather there?" "Look then, its drizzling here." "We'll talk later, ok?" "Take care and don't do anything stupid." "Don't worry." "See you later." "What did you go there for?" "Hi, Good morning." " What did you go there for?" " There where?" "Are you mad?" "!" "Of course, I'm the one who's gone mad." "Tell me what happened." "Nothing." "Nothing happened." " You don't know where I've been." " Yes I do." "You went to Monte da Lua." "I don't understand why!" "Come on, Capicua, don't be like that." "This is a comedy." "I went to réperage, as they say in the cinema." "You now have a mobile?" "At last!" "Yes, but I haven't received any pornography yet..." "You?" "Lost your wedding band?" "Ça arrive!" "I lost my wedding band once too." "On the beach." "Do you remember?" "I was on hands and knees in the sand, Iike a kid." "But I found it." "Do you remember?" "I'm leaving." "I'm not putting up with this." "This was where I first met her." "You're really in love, aren't you?" "I've never seen you Iike this." "Me neither." "It's really nice here." "Shall we sit?" " Where?" " Over there." "Wiill she be joining us?" "Ana?" "Can you see that one over there, in red?" "That's Ana." " Are you sure that's a girl?" " Oh Mum!" "Don't get angry, I'm only kidding." "When you meet her I'm sure you'll like her just as much as I do." "It's good you for you to date." "Meet different people." "No, don't call her." "careful she'll fall." "Introduce me some other day." "How old is she?" "26, four more than me." "You good?" "Yes, and you?" "Mum, Ana." "pleasure." "Ada, Ana, Ada, Ana" "Take a picture." " But I didn't bring the camera!" " Then use the mobile." "Did you faII?" "I saw you fall twice." "What conversation man?" "Conversations." "talk, man?" "There is no conversation, man!" "You leave my wife alone!" "Do you hear me you son-of-a-bitch?" "Leave my wife alone!" "Who do you think you are?" "What have you got that I haven't?" "You don't know me man!" "You don't know me man!" "The game is up boy." "Let's settle this like men." "Face to face." "Fuck." "Ada..." "You're a widow." "Looks like you want to talk to me?" "Want to come in?" "We'll talk inside." "The dog doesn't bite." "I can tie him up." "No need." "I'll come in." "Wotan!" "Come here, come here!" "Come here!" "Let go!" "You know how it is, he has to recognise you." "Come here!" "Here!" "Maybe you already know of me," "I had no idea..." "See, thanks to mobile phones." "It was a twist of fate." "Conrad, Joseph Conrad." "Do you know?" "." "Of course I do." "As an African I know all of "Heart of Darkness"." "In live as we dream." "alone." "I know english." "Do you want a whisky?" "Whisky?" "Wiith ham?" "No, thank you." "I'm white but I'm not stupid." "actually I used to do that when I was in the colonial war." "Drink whisky with ham." "I will have some of that red, if possible." "Just a little, I've still got to drive." "It's great." "You look after yourself well." "I'm beginning to understand Ada." "Was that her?" "Yes." "I can't lie." "Right, but all three of us have been living a lie, haven't we?" "diplomatic secrets?" "No, No!" "That was my maid." "Maid?" "Yes, maid." "You call them dailies, we call them maids." " And your son, how is he taking all this?" " paulo?" "Fine, fine." "He's still skating." "What happened to your hand?" "It was a mine." "During our war." "I see." "I understand." "I also had mine." "psychological action." "Trying to convince your countrymen at the time of the excellence of Portuguese colonialism." "But they didn't manage to." "No they didn't." "Tant mieux." "One more." "Maybe a little bitter." "careful of the police." "Enough." "There are things..." "Do you know that I met Ada in Luanda." "At the ShangriIa nightclub." "And can you imagine, she was dancing a bolero." ""Nosotros"," "Los Panchos." "Can you call me?" " What?" " Call me." " What for?" " So that I can record your number." "well, I'll be going." "Thank you for the red wine and the ham." "The way out is through there." " If you really mean to go..." " Of course, I know." "Look..." "If by chance for any reason..." "whatever..." "You should want to send me a message, call me manuel C." "well, my name is carlos manuel, but as I was demoted" "manuel C can be my war name now." "manuel C." ""manuel C it is!" "But why war?"" "You talked?" "But talked about what?" "I don't want this, you hear, I don't want this." "But I do." "Is the risotto good?" "I'm not joking carlos." "You already have been." "I won't have you meeting him, for whatever reason." "You hear?" "I won't have you meeting him, not even to say goodbye." "What did you do to him?" "Ada, go on eating your risotto, I'll be asking the questions today." "How did you meet?" "At the book club." "He goes to those?" "He's a writer." "A great AngoIan writer." "And how did you go from that to..." "the rest... was it..." "It was as it was meant to be." " But was it gradual?" "Or a coup de foudre?" " It was as it was meant to be." "He met paulo?" "No!" "Never!" "Don't you drag our son into this, you hear?" "well." "I have to go." "I have the book launch." "I am the presenter, I can't be late." "You and your literary marathons!" "Do you never tire of them?" "Find and excuse, you're not going today." "We need to talk!" "hello?" "Sorry Ada I can't talk now." "Wotan has run away." "Is that it, man?" "The more you have, harder it is to leave." "Your whole life is in here?" "Is that it?" "Come in!" "I need to go to the toilet." "Ok man." "Go." "Everything, everything is ready for you." "He spoke little and so did I." "We talked about our wars:" "mine and his." "He drank a little wine with ham." "He didn't want whisky." "I was surprised." "You say he is so addicted..." "Did you understand what he wanted?" "No, what?" "I don't know." "I really don't know." "You met in Luanda at the ShangriIa, dancing a bolero." ""Una Aventura Más", Los Panchos." "I bought it before leaving." "I wanted to surprise you." "Turn it off!" "Turn it off now!" "Ada." "Forget it." "Come here." "You haven't forgotten a thing." "And you're missing this." "Sorry." "I can't." "I can't." "I can't. sorry..." "Sorry..." "Sorry..." "Good morning Vietnam!" "The mobile?" "I lost the mobile!" "carlos!" "You won't believe what happened to me!" "I lost the mobile." "carlos!" "Can you hear me?" "Maybe it was stolen." "carlos!" "I have all my contacts in it!" "Now what do I do?" "I have all the contacts in the phone memory." "carlos..." "Come in." "Come in!" "It didn't open Mum!" "Hi." "Hi, Capicua." "All I get are Capicuas." "I don't know if that is good or bad." "Mum?" "Are you alright?" "Have you had dinner?" "At this time?" "Of course we have." "We only came over to talk to you." "Anything in particular?" "I'll tell you." "Where's Dad?" "He's not here." "He went to an interview." "Is something up?" "I think someone stole my mobile." "You lost it." "I already know that Dad has a mobile." "Are you finally splitting up!" "You have to give me the number." "I don't have his number." "I don't have anyone's number." "I have nothing." "Lost everything." "calm down Mum!" "It's just a machine, you can buy another." " And the memory?" " Don't you have it on computer?" "On computer?" "No." "You should have." "Let's go into the living room, Ana is there on her own." "Mum lost her mobile phone." "She's like you Ana, always losing her stuff." "I think it was stolen." "You don't know." "You're not sure." " Where did you last see the phone?" " I don't know." "Where were you before coming here?" " At a restaurant." " So call it." "Of course." "They would have definitely have kept it." "Maybe." "I can go there tomorrow." " would you Iike a drink?" " No, thank you." "And Dad?" "Your father went off to one of his interviews, Cuban singers, boleros." "The Borleros!" "As Lourenço says." "When will he be back?" "It's the fixed line." "It's definitely for Dad." "hello?" "No-one." "Good morning compañero!" "Good morning, feeling good?" "Not really, but I'll be fine." "There you go again." "Don't complicate live man, don't complicate things." " What are you reading?" " It's a book." "Remember we talked the other day about controlling mobile phones remotely?" "I remember perfectly well." "It can be done." " Can you do it?" " So that you can control Ada's phone?" " Just to try." " Man, don't screw me." "Breakfast is here, ready, on the table." "Behave." " See you later." " See you." "Take care." "Ada?" "Good afternoon." "Who are you looking for?" "Who are you looking for?" "hello?" "Good afternoon." "It's manuel." "manuel B." "Sorry are you the one who answered just now?" "." "No?" "I thought not." "No." "It's that I phoned Ada and a voice answered, I couldn't understand a thing." "But was it a man or a woman?" "I don't know." "I have no idea." "What?" "Sorry?" " The dog ran away?" " Dog?" " Got lost!" "What a nuisance." " What dog, damn it!" "Yes." "What?" "Sorry..." "Yes of course, I can imagine." "But... how long ago?" "No, how long ago did he go missing?" "One day." "That's a Iot man, that's a Iot." "Zé!" " Hi, how are you?" " Great." "Good afternoon." " Have you seen this dog?" " Let me see." "My dog..." " No..." "We haven't seen him." " May I leave this here?" "Course, course!" "I'll post it." "Good morning." "Have you seen this dog?" "I lost him." " No, no we haven't." " If he shows up call us, ok?" " Thank you very much." " Bye." "Thank you." "You?" "Here?" "What are you doing here?" "Aren't you even going to kiss me?" "Sorry, I'm worried." "Wotan has disappeared." " Who?" " Wotan." "Do you think they stole my dog?" "They stole my mobile." "That's why I didn't call you." "I don't have anyone's number." "I'm lost without it." "I'm going to post one more over there." "Coming?" "That's a bit ridiculous." "I don't know if it's ridiculous." "At least I try." "The dog will come back." "You'll see." "When you least expect it..." "I'm going to put the Iast posters in the shops." "Don't you think you're exposing yourself too much coming with me?" "Don't worry." "I'm leaving." "I called you and a man answered?" "It wasn't your husband." "I told you." "Someone stole my mobile." "I came here because I don't have your number!" "You did the right thing." "96667 1 551 ." "You see, you do know it after all." "No news?" "No, none." "But he went that way, was it?" "No, back there." "We'll look, get in there." "Let's go find the dog." "It was right here." "Here?" "Yes." "I never saw him again." "Tell me something, how do you usually call your dog?" "Woootaaaan!" "Like that?" "No, louder, of course." "carlos..." "The dog is called Wotaaan!" "Not Wotan." "It's Wootan." "Wootan." "Is that it?" "well, sometimes I also sing the final act of Tristan and IsoIda." "Sometimes it works." "manuel, do you think your dog understands German?" "On top of it that proto-Nazi Wagner?" "I can see you are under the influence of Ada." "Freunde!" "Seht!" "Fuhlt und seht ihr's nicht?" "Oh manuel..." "Your dog is not a German Shepherd is he?" "He's a Labrador, right?" "That's not the way to call a dog." "Does he usually respond to that?" "Don't you whistle?" "I have a hunting friend, who has 3 or 4 Labradors." "He has a distinct whistle for the dogs." "Maybe..." "Can I try?" "Do you think the dog will hear that whistle?" "Maybe he's not a real Labrador." "Here!" "Wotan!" "He really is a Labrador!" ""Wotan is very happy." "He already misses you." "Thank you." "careful of police."" "I'm going to italy tomorrow." "No, he's not coming." "Yes, it's a fun group." " So?" " Tatinha is coming too." "The Cape-Verdian maid?" "What is her name?" "SeIma." "SeIma." "Nice name." "Five days." "Not a Iot, but good." "She's great." "The kitchen is sparkling." "I have to ring off now." "I'm having dinner here at paulo's house." " hello, Johnny!" " Yes, with a new girlfriend." " Send her my love." " Hey, Ana sends her love." "No, I'm at home, my parents are here for dinner." "That's my Dad singing." "No, they came to dinner because my Mum is having trouble with her new mobile." "Now you Iike Wagner?" "The one you called Nazi pig?" " She lost it but she says it was stolen." " He's not a Nazi pig." "He's a proto Nazi." "No, not today." "I'm having dinner!" "Makes all the difference." " We can deal with it?" " Turn that off." " We'll deal with it tomorrow?" "." " For God's sake!" " Listen, I'll call you right back" " It's a disease." "A plague!" "Dad, can I no Ionger talk in peace?" " Are you saving that number?" " I'm trying to, but can't do it." "Options." "Yes." "Options." "Save." "No." " Give me that." "I'll do it." " Who are you going to italy with?" "Now you're curious?" "It's none of your business." "I think it's rude of you to come here to fight." "In fact, I Ieft home precisely because I was sick of your fighting." "What fighting?" "Is anyone fighting?" " Oh honey, we never argue, son." " You never argue?" " I'll take it." " I'll take it." "You never argue?" "You know what?" "Don't take everything at once." "I'm tired of warning you." "Yes you are mother." "Do you know what?" "I think you should split up." "It would be best for everyone." "Look the floor is damp!" "You and your skates!" "I hate gravity!" "What comes around, goes around." "Sorry... as mum says, not a problem!" "It's just a few broken plates." "Look, a message for you." ""I hate mobiles and the internet."" ""I Iike your dog and whistling at it."" ""How is Wotan?"" ""And you?" "manuel C."" "We have to wait." "We have to wait for her to come back." "Nothing works without her." "carlos?" "Nothing works without her." "Saturday?" "Saturday?" "Saturday!" "It's Wednesday man." "Come to bed." "An enemy on every corner?" "A friend man, on every corner, it's the other way round." "Come on to bed." "Lie here." "This guy, man?" "What a state he's in." "Get some sleep, you hear?" ""From italy, with love and a twist of fate." "Ours"" ""I'm burning with longing for you."" ""Je t'aime." "Marianne."" "Yes, Yes." "She's coming on Tuesday." "How do I know?" "." "She sent me a message." "An SMS." "Oh to you too?" "No, the dog is fine, great." "Cheers." "hello?" "No." "No." "Everything is fine." "No, you're not interrupting anything." "If she fixed something up with me?" "Yes, she did." "Wiith you too?" "I don't know Carlos, don't do that." "Yes, I know she's playing with us, but..." "I'm going to be honest with you." "My dear manuel B I, manuel C, am sick of this crap." "She set up a date with me." "Thursday at seven at the Gare do Oriente." "Oh!" "With you too?" "It's precisely as I thought." "What time did she say to you?" "At seven?" "Are you sure?" "Check your message." "So it's a threesome." "She didn't say that." "Is this a game?" "Did you think only you could play?" "I don't mess with serious matters." "On the contrary my dear." "You love to mess with serious matters and with other people." "Was italy great?" " You're very aggressive." " Do you think so?" "Sometimes you have to be." "italy was wonderful manuel, fabulous." "Was it a holiday?" "I suppose so." "For those who know how, life is a holiday." " An eternal flirt, with death." " Did your stomach pain go away?" " You now have stomach ache?" " Are we boarding a train?" "You go if you want." "I'm not." "carlos never liked travelling." "I'm not Iike you Ada, a Capicua, the same front to back as back to front." "always sliding from one side to the other as you have always done." " carlos doesn't like travelling?" " Why so distant now?" "." "You don't like?" "You don't like?" "travelling?" "There are times in life when we should enjoy what we have." "But Ada Capicua, always wants more." "travelling is essential Living is not" "Living is essential, when are you going to Iearn that?" " How are we going to live now?" "." "In a train?" " We could walk." "You may have all the wisdom in the world but I don't know how to live any other way." "I must be right too." "It is raining in my soul" "What will it be like To live after her?" "I have never seen her as fragile as now." "It's moving." "Shame I know that tomorrow she will be completely different." "I want out." "It's terrible what time, or love, can do to couples." "Two extraordinary people." "But at this moment, they are better apart than together." "They cannot take the words, nor the silence." "The passage of time?" "I am the cause of all this!" "Or maybe the consequence?" "There is a beautiful place nearby." "But we had better go by car." "You go in the dead man's seat, in the front." "It's my birthday on Tuesday." "I would really like both of you to have dinner at home." "But as friends." "On Tuesdays I have recordings at the Radio." " I'll go." "I'll make you a special dish." " Wiith poison." "Don't worry about a thing, I'll take everything." "The wine is on me." "If you still lived with me I would poison your coffee." "And if I were still living with you, I'd drink it." "carlos doesn't believe in love, because it is unpredictable." "For people like you, love is a disease of the imagination." "It may be a disease but it is the salt of Iife." "Yes!" "And when the salt loses its strength, who will salt it?" "At least he tries." "Don't look at me." "I'm not trying anyone." "The opera is over." "You know I believe in love Ada..." "The good and the bad it brings." "You are the one who no Ionger knows what love is." "You can't mess with love." "Do you know what your problem is?" "You take life so seriously you never get to live." "Me?" "Look at me." "I can laugh at myself now too." "And enjoy it." "You're wasting your time" "Thinking" "Thinking..." "Well I too, will laugh again." "I promise you." "But before that..." "I really do love muamba, but it's your birthday and I will take putanesca, a typical italian dish." "I'm glad." "I hate muamba!" "You don't like muamba?" "What kind of an AngoIan are you?" "Why is it call putanesca?" "There are several stories." "Some say it was invented by the whores of naples, others that a famous lady of the night in Rome," "Yvette La Francesca, who had a little whore house with a little food and drink place next to it." "Bottom line is that basically... putanesca is whore's food." "carlos... you are very bitter." " Learn?" " Don't be like that." "You are not Iike this." "How do you want me to be?" "Like milk and honey?" "Sorry, this will blow over." "I don't hate Ada." "You even less so." "Pass me the pepper." "Let me confess something." "This is not the first time this has happened." "There have been others." "I have left home before." "That is why I wanted to know you." "Because... who knows..." "Better like this." "Better to have a true friend that a ruined love." "Ok, it's done." "And the poison, when are you putting that in?" "Oh yes, that's true!" "Where did I leave the bottle?" "You were very aggressive with Ada." "Was I?" "Maybe..." "You know they still haven't invented kind words for these goodbyes." " A 20 year long goodbye..." " You could have invented them!" "I don't like playing games." "I don't like playing her games." "One way or another, she always made me play?" "Is love not always a game?" "If I start to talk about what I think, how I feel..." "Forget it." "But can you tell me if I am forgiven or not?" "You didn't know me at the time." "And, besides that..." "Sorry to say, but if it weren't you, it wouId be someone else." "And you?" "During all these year with Ada, you never had an affair?" "I am not of the electronic adultery era..." "Are you saying you never betrayed Ada?" "As a friend of mine says, whom you'll meet..." "Costa." "He's a hell of a guy." ""You are a pathological monogamist."" "Besides I am  "ethereal" sexual." "So I'm screwed!" "But don't worry." "I guarantee you I will continue to laugh and God willing, to cry." "And now..." "It's time for presents." "Do you know, now I understand why you enjoy boleros so much." "Goes to show that there is life beyond Wagner." "Shall we dance?"