"That's it..." "Take those glasses off, let me see your face..." "A little kiss for the camera..." "Perfect..." "One more, yeah?" "...let me see that hand..." "What's up?" " Hey, how are you?" " How are you?" "Still doing nothing for a living, dude?" "Always watching that crap!" "What the hell..." "Show some respect for the classics." "Young people these days..." "Yeah, that's great..." "Listen, can I borrow your laptop for the day?" "Listen, how about knocking?" "That's easy..." "Why would I need to knock?" "Why?" "Because I could be with someone, that's why...." " Dude..." " l could..." "It's called privacy." " Yeah, that's funny..." " Yes, I'm a very funny guy." " Yeah, you're funny alright." " Why am I funny, man?" "Two reasons, dude:" "first off, you earn your living by taking pictures of other people's privacy but, still, you think you're entitled to yours..." "Second, how long has it been since you've last got laid?" "Six months?" "Since you were screwing that fat lady you met at Lux, wasn't it?" "But still, you think you need privacy..." "What does that have to do with...?" "Wait a minute, paisano... what the hell do you have on your eyes?" " What?" " That..." "So that's your look now, your eyes all stretched out like that?" "Or are you telling me that you were born that way?" " Yeah, I was born this way..." " Do you know what you look like?" "Come on, man, what are you pissed off about?" "Was it because I said that that lady from Lux was fat?" "That girl you were screwing?" "Look, let's get things straight: it wasn't six months since I last... okay?" " Wasn't it?" " No, it wasn't." " And she wasn't that fat." "She was..." " Tiago!" " What?" " Come here, man." "Such frenzy." " Tiago!" " Coming..." "Come here, man... tell me something:" "how long ago did Gabriela here got his dick wet?" " Don't fucking call me Gabriela..." " l don't know, six months ago, since that fat lady from Lux?" "That's right..." "What can you tell me, doctor?" "Two." "You're live, two." "You're live, two." "Stay there." "Attention, one." "You're coming in, one." "You're live." "Jerónimo?" "You can start picking your suit for the funeral." "The doctor said he's not going to..." "Excuse me... what are you doing?" "What is this?" "That's a reflex." "What is that moron talking about?" "Cut!" "Cut!" "I'll cut." "But why?" "Why, goddamn it?" "Why?" "Look here, missy, in case you don't know, people who are in a coma have reflexes." "Look here, mister, in case you don't know, this is a reflex." "This is a movement." "Reflex." "Movement." "Reflex!" "There you go." "She just had to be rude." "Did anyone saw that?" "Of course, it's on tape." "Very well, very well." "What's going on?" "I don't know what's going on, ask him." " lt was a reflex, not a movement." "Damn!" " Jesus Christ, you're in a coma!" "Why do you even have to move?" "Explain that to me..." "Stay with your eyes closed, that's it, people in a coma don't usually do anything." " Now you're being offensive." "Offensive!" " Offensive to whom?" "To people in a coma." "They have their rights too." "Come on!" "For the love of God." "People in a coma have reflexes." "Especially on their fingers." "There are actors and actors." "Some do research and others don't. I did." "For the love of God, shut up, let me talk!" "I also have the right to speak!" "I've been closed up in that black hole with people whispering stuff in my ears... one, two, three... one, two, three..." "I had it, I'm tired." "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "I'm going to explain." "Look at me, darling." "Darling, look at me." "The camera is on her, close up." "Then I go to you, quickly..." "it stays on you, just your face." "We can't see what the hell you're doing with your fingers, nothing, absolutely nothing." "Stay put, don't move your fingers because you'll disturb her, that's it." "Simple!" "Disturb her... but it was a reflex, not a movement." "Oh my God." "Not the reflex thing again." " And why are you always on her side?" " But I'm not on her side." "She's studying her lines on the horizontal with the head of programming." "Everybody knows she's being screwed by the head of programming, right?" "It's none of my business who she is or isn't screwing." "That's none of my business." "Will someone turn the air conditioning on?" "I can't breathe in here." "Listen, look at me, Rogêrio." "For the love of God, just calm down and let's get to work." "Ok, ok..." "I apologize." "I apologize to everyone, to the crew." "I'm just somewhat tired..." "Great, fine." "Let's shoot." "Sorry, it's just that I was at a party..." "You know, the kind of party we have to go to when we're being screwed by the head of programming..." "Actually, I saw your ex-wife there, Rita." "She's not my ex-wife, we're still married." "Really?" "I must be confused, then." "Maybe because I saw her in the bathroom, being screwed by an eighteen year old model..." "That's it, children." "No more, let's shoot." "I have a producer on my back the whole time." "And twenty two scenes to tape today." "Let's shoot!" " Let's." " Ok?" "Yes." "What's going on, girl?" "Sleep?" "No, I never sleep." "So, what do you have for me today?" "Ah, the thrilling life of a Portuguese paparazzo." "Who will it be today?" "A model walking her little dog?" "No." "A soccer player buying popcorn by a movie theater inside a shopping mall?" "Huge exclusive." "No, the Prime Minister jogging by the river." "Every country has the celebrities it deserves." "And as this is a shitty country, it has shitty celebrities." "And shitty politicians." "And a shitty soccer league." "Fernando Pessoa knew best when he declared Bugio's independence." "I'll tell you..." "Wait a moment!" "I'm having the greatest idea of all time." "Inventing the wheel..." "my idea comes right after." "Why don't we start a country?" " What?" " We're starting a country." "We'll declare this building's independence." "This is the greatest idea of all time." "I even have an erection, I can feel it." "Where?" "Where will they be at?" "At Zaferano's!" "Yes, I know where it is." "Yes, all right." "So... at nine?" "Ok." "Look, it's your building, you can do whatever you want." "It's a great idea." "I'll start working on it right now." "See ya." "This is the best idea ever." "What's the best idea ever?" "I'm starting a country in this building." "Yeah, ok." "Hugo, you want a ride, it's now." " Why do you have to be like that?" " Like what?" "A rain in my parade." "Boring as hell." "You know what's the difference between us?" "I live in the real world." "The same real world where the main achievements are the construction of roundabouts and shopping malls, is that it?" "Yes!" " Do you know what a roundabout is?" " What's a roundabout, Tiago?" "It's a crossroad for people so stupid that they don't even want to bother with looking both ways." "Look, dude, it's what we got." "It's like that here and everywhere!" "That's why we need to change things." "And who's going to change them?" " You are." " l am." "I'll talk about this later." "We've got time." "The penguins will be here until Saturday, so..." "Tiago, that thing about the penguins really gets on my fucking nerves." "Because I could never figure out what the hell it means." "And that..." "Hugo, come on, for fuck's sake!" "He's starting already with his penguin story." "Let's get out of here, man." "I'm sorry but can I ask you for an autograph, please?" "Come on, don't be like that." "Just sign the thing." " Just give us a second, please." " Of course." "What's wrong?" " Nothing." " Mariana..." "What?" "You told Rogêrio to go fu..." "No. I showed him the middle finger, it's different..." "You know perfectly well that I hate cursing." "I don't know, Gonçalo, I guess that I'm tired, that's all." "Tired of what?" "Tired of what... magazines, interviews, soap operas, parties..." "You know what's really good here?" "The truffle risotto..." "Or the Tuna Al Ferro... it's marvelous." "What's going on?" "What's the important thing you needed to talk to me about?" "There's time..." "let's order." "Relax..." "How about wine?" "You want the Barolo?" "You love the Barolo." " Cut the bullshit." " Where's the waitress?" "Excuse me." "You're going to tell me what's this about or I'll leave." "A report is coming out tomorrow, in 'Fame', and it insinuates that we broke up." "Can I take your order?" "I want a steak, rare." "And a drink." "I would like the truffle risotto..." "and a bottle of Barolo." "Not for me." "Wine takes a long time." "I want something that will make me drunk faster." "Vodka." "Straight." " What's your name?" " Rita." "Rita..." "Thank you, Rita." "Take a look at this." ""Rita, I've been abducted." "Call the Police." "Kisses." "Mariana."" "The woman is out of her mind." "Are you upset?" "Why do you say that?" "You're stabbing my foot with your heel." "The report only hits the newsstands tomorrow." "But I've seen the magazine, I've even tried to stop it but..." "Then I had a second thought..." "and I think this is good for you." "Ok..." "Listen to me carefully." "Your character in the show is a cold woman, she's selfish, a gold digger." "And people think that our relation is similar." "This thing about the break up is going to do you good." "This is what people want." "Divorce sells better than weddings, death more than life and sickness more than the cure." "And cancer is..." "This is what makes the covers, you know that." "And I think that you should start going to soccer matches." "What?" "I'm sorry?" "You should start dating a soccer player. I'm serious." "Remember when there was a hint of a rumor that Ronaldo was after you?" "Two weeks later, you signed the contract with the network and did that cell phone commercial, remember?" "Are you kidding me?" "I never even met Cristiano Ronaldo..." "Wait a moment..." "What exactly are you trying to say?" "I know a way for you to go to his birthday party... at his yacht." "We did extensive market research." "And, right now, the numbers don't like you." "This means people don't like you." "We need to do something." "I didn't want to tell you this, but we even thought about killing you." "On the show, obviously." "Look here, darling:" "let's play it this way." "You shoot tomorrow and then take a couple of weeks off." "Your character goes to jail or something like that." "And that way, we've got time to get you into those magazine covers again." "When you return to this soap or any other show, you'll be the Mariana that you always were:" "beautiful, famous and talked about." " l'm sorry, you can't smoke in here." " l know, darling." "This is it." "Come on, don't go, baby." "Come on, do something." "That's it." "Don't let me down." "That's it!" "Now, and very calmly, give me my cell phones back." "I've got some very important numbers in there..." "That's it, that's it, one more, beautiful." "Where are the memory cards, damn it?" "Don't go!" "Come back." "Look at this clown." "He just made my day." "That's my fucking car!" "Damn!" "I love this girl." "Great photos, Gabriela." "What's going on?" "Since when do we need to meet face to face?" "I'm leaving 'Fame'." "I got an offer I couldn't refuse." "I'm going to work for 'The Truth'." "What?" "You're going to work for 'The Truth'?" " That's the truth." " That's impressive, Madam Sofia." "What are you going to do?" "Serious reporting?" "The economical crisis?" "The problem with education in Portugal?" "Are you serious?" "It looks like their sales are dropping and they need a 'social' supplement for the Saturday edition." "They want me as the executive editor." "And you, my beautiful and amoral son of a goat, are coming with me." "Tell me one thing." "How are you going to talk me into it?" "What makes you think I'll say yes?" "Just because I find it endearing to hear a mother of children talk more trash that a truck driver?" "Speaking of which, I'm thinking about writing a children's story." "It's about this magician called Mister Money." "He can turn morons into ministers and whores into artists..." "Now that I thing about it, he's more of a hypnotist, he can make everyone do everything." "Do you know what I mean?" "Yeap." "I'll start at the end of the month." "Meanwhile, keep a tight look on Mariana. I want to go out in style." "Crushed then, know what I mean?" "You look sleepy." "Have another cup of coffee." "You're going to have a long day ahead of you." " Mariana?" " Yeah?" "What?" "You're kidding me?" "How can that be?" "But that was yesterday." "Who signs it?" "is it Gabriela?" "That bitch!" "Had to be her." "Yeah..." "Yeah..." "Yeah..." "Bye." " Where's 'Fame'?" " Last one." "Reading that?" "Shouldn't you be more interested in knowing if Benfica is signing a new player?" "That stuff that's on the Sport's papers it's just things they make up to sell paper." "Really?" "And what is this, Mister Firmino?" "Come on, baby." "Help me put you on those magazine covers... I'll turn you into Portugal's biggest star..." "Hey." "Who are you talking to?" "To an imaginary friend." "Why?" "Never had an imaginary friend?" "No." "You must be lonely, man, if you need to have an imaginary friend." "What the..." "Look, mind your own business and get lost." " l don't like you that much." " That makes two of us." "Get lost." "Asshole..." "Get out of the car." "Get out of the car." "No turn signals, no nothing..." "do you own the road?" "Do you?" "You fucking artists, you think you can do anything." "What's this?" "Now I have competition?" "Hey man, get lost." "Get out of there." "What do I do?" "Dude, go save her." "What are you?" "A pussy?" "What?" "Listen, man." "You know you can't be here..." "Let's go, this is not going to go well." "Wait, I think that clown is going to get punched." "Cool!" " Just don't touch me, you hear?" " Let's just calm down, calm down..." " Why is this your business, asshole?" " You're just nervous." "What did you call me?" "Dude, just go!" "Now that's a punch, dude." "Tell me who's nervous, right?" "You know what else?" "Just get in the car before I get angry, are you listening?" "You're laughing?" "What?" "You think I've never made a man bleed?" "Come on, try me." "Fighting is even better in real life than on the Playstation." "Let's see what happens if you stay in my face for five seconds more." "...four..." " l'm not afraid of you." "...three..." " Just take a look at this broad..." "...two..." " You got to be kidding me..." "...one..." "Come on..." "let's take a look." "What were you thinking?" "This kid told me to come and rescue you." "What a snitch, dude." " Ok, let me take a look at that." " lt's nothing." "You need to go to the hospital." "Like, now." "Get in the car." "Why do all assholes pretend to like classical music?" "Hey, my blood is dripping into your upholstery." "Never mind about that." "Never mind about that?" "That's all she got to say to the man who saved her life." "Never mind about that?" "Hey, shut up, stop being a little girl." "What's your problem, anyway?" "Do you usually insult everyone you never met, is that it?" "Today, I do." "Here." "What are you doing with my fucking car?" "We're all waiting for you." "Who's this?" "It's Gonçalo, damn it!" "Who the hell do you think it is?" "Screw you, Gonçalo!" "You're the boss, right?" "Tell them to wait." "Anything else?" "Stop acting like a fool and..." "Do you have friends?" "People who enjoy your company?" "Yeah..." "I have friends." "I have so many friends that I even need two cell phones." "Why?" "Nothing." "Forget about it." "I just think that, if you really want to insult people, at least do it with style." "You're saying that I'm bad at insulting, is that it?" "No, no, I'm saying you're terrible at it." "Yes?" "Just a moment. I'm going to put my agent on the phone." "This woman is inviting me to be part of a jury for a TV talent show where little children dance and sing." "Take care of it." "Hello." "Do you know what children are?" "Creatures that are, at this moment, being programmed to replace us in the future." "So, tell me this:" "why should we help those who are trying to take ourjobs away?" "Know what I mean?" "Have a good day." "See how it's done?" "I give up." "Really, you're good." "You're very good." "Genius." "So, is this why you're so upset?" "Had a fight with your boyfriend, is that it?" "Hey, listen, what makes you think you can ask questions about my life?" "Well, considering that you're the cover of a magazine..." "You know, I really think you should stop with that habit of throwing things out the window." "I'm pretty sure there's a law against it." "Listen to me carefully." "I'm not a cover of a magazine." "I appear on the cover of a magazine." "It's different." "And all because there's this bitch, this Gabriela, this disgusting paparazzo who, I don't know how, always knows where l am..." "So, if you're on a magazine tomorrow, don't get upset." "You're just an extra." "It's nothing personal." "You're a very angry girl, aren't you?" "So, what do you do?" "I'm finishing the last stitch, darling." "That's fascinating." "But I was talking to the one getting sewn, not the seamstress." "Oh, sorry." "Don't mind her, she's having a nervous breakdown." " Snitch." " What?" "is that true?" "Let's just say that it feels as if my life is no longer mine." "As if someone was fictionalizing it." "As if I was, in fact, just a character in a movie or a novel." "Why don't you get some distance?" " Distance from what?" "...your life." "How does someone get distance from her own life, explain me that." "You're an actress, you should know, right?" "It's the easy part." "Just concentrate on somebody else's." "In me, for example." "Hey, why don't concentrate on what you're doing instead of hitting on the celebrity?" " l can do both things at the same time." " Ok, then..." "Come on, João, tell me what you do, don't be shy." "Fuck!" "Nothing, it's all good." " lt's all good?" " Nothing, it was nothing." "I just pulled the line a little bit." "But it's all good." "Come on, tell me what you do." "Cook..." "I cook." "You cook?" "Cook, like, cook the books?" "Do you work in a corporation and falsify financial statements?" "I'm a chef." "Really?" "Where?" "At a Japanese restaurant." "Oh, cool." "Does this mean that you guys don't know each other?" "You just figured that out, Einstein?" "No... that's cool, I actually like sushi." "But I also actually like sushi." "Why don't we go out for dinner one of these days, to his restaurant?" "And what if we don't go out for dinner one of these days, to his restaurant?" "...or we can do that." "Will you look at this shit?" "I'm disfigured!" "Yes." "You are." "Disfigured... I thought you threw the cell out the window?" "I did..." "But I put them in my bag and, I don't know how, they just seem to reproduce." "It's horrible." "Sorry, I can't give you a ride..." "I'm late." "Okay, no problem." "Sorry." "It's probably safer to walk anyway..." "Ciao." "Sorry about what I said before..." "You're not disfigured." "Aren't I?" "Just take a look at this..." "That's nothing." "You're not." "No..." "Hey, nobody told me to go and rescue a soap opera star, right?" "Stop it..." "You know what?" "I had fun today." " Oh, you did, did you?" " No, it's not that, sorry... I know it's a stupid thing to say, considering that you were bleeding the whole time and now have ten stitches and a scar for the rest of your life... lt's kind of stupid." " Do you know what's really stupid?" " What?" "Whether I like it or not, now I won't forget about you." "And that is that." "Ciao..." "João, hold on a minute!" "That sushi restaurant where you work at..." "What's its name?" "Suntory." "Why?" "I don't know. I was thinking...." "Maybe we should see each other again?" "What's the idea?" "Why do you want to see me again?" "I told you why." "Because I had fun today. I don't know... that's it." "Yeah." "Because I had fun." "Ciao." "Ciao." " You're sure?" " l swear on my children's life." "Ok, so tell me about it." "But... you're going to take my picture, right?" "Your picture?" "Yeah, like a headshot." "I'm going to be on the magazine, right?" "Get me Joana... and a photographer." "Hugo!" "What the..." "What's up with that?" "Jesus, man, what are you, a ninja?" "Where did you come from?" " You appeared out of nowhere." " Do you know where Hugo is?" "Dude, just look at that... I don't know if anybody told you, but your eye is all messed up." "No, I don't even know what you're talking about." "His cell is off." "Do you know where he is?" " Do you know what this is?" " ls he in his room?" "True stories about guys who declared the independence of their own territory." "Just tell me where Hugo is at." "Dude, come on, I don't know where he is..." "I don't own him, do I?" "For a second, I thought you finally started writing your book, but..." "Come on, Gabriela, get off my back." "Shit, I might by uninspired these days, but at least I didn't sell my soul to the system and I don't walk around acting like a leech with a camera hanging around the neck." "That's what we call growing up, asshole." "Listen, just listen to this:" "'Christania Freetown', in Denmark, population of 850, a country created by five people at an abandoned military complex." "Absolutely brilliant." "The cops go there once in a while and break some skulls but this group of communists hippies potheads and anarchists just won't leave, do you hear?" "They just won't leave." "Another one, just keep listening." "'Aerican Empire', this kid with acne problems and no social life, what does he do?" "He used the Internet to create a country." "Look." "His empire includes a house in Montreal, a square kilometer in Australia, a small island in New Zealand, some land in Mars, in Mars, just take a look at this." "The Northern side of Pluto and the entire planet Verden." "Do you know what this kid is today?" "He was a nobody, he was nothing, never left the house and do you know what he is today?" "He is an Emperor." "An Emperor. lt says right here, on Wikipedia, its all here." "Who takes Wikipedia seriously?" "Wikipedia is the best source of information there is." " There's no Planet Verden, all right?" " l'm not listening..." "And Pluto is a rock, it's not even a planet." "There's going to be a new country in this building." "And there's going to be an Assembly, and a national song and a flag and, if fifa allows, even a national soccer team." "And Hugo doesn't even mind being the goalkeeper, he already told me." "What?" "Don't even think about that, paisano." "How many times have I told you that I'm a left winger?" " Come here." " Left winger?" "I swear I was never a goalkeeper." "If you're a goalkeeper, it means you can't even play ball." "Come here, man, I need to talk to you." "Right now." "Don't be rude, say hello to my friend." "Hello, Hugo's friend." "Come here, man." "What's wrong with your eye?" "Very important things need to be decided." "The name of the country..." "Any ideas?" "Quasimodo?" "Quasimodo?" "But that's the hunchback of Notre Dame." "Hello!" "Feeling well?" "Welcome to our country." "Excuse me?" " What?" "What's so important?" " Just a second..." "Hello..." "Any news for me, my lovable bastard?" "Fresh and meaty pictures?" "It looks like your darling Mariana was in trouble again this morning..." "You're sure?" "Are you sure there's nobody else involved?" "I'm telling you..." "But I have good stuff..." "You're going to like it." "I'll be outside." "Well, send me what you got." "And hurry." "Why am I paying you for, you little bitch?" "Seriously, we'll talk later." "I don't want to leave Kim alone with Tiago for long." "He'll scare her away." "I want to talk to you, ok?" "So tell me..." "Why do you think you'll be a good Foreign Affairs Minister?" "I had sex with twelve Portuguese..." " Twelve Portuguese?" " No..." "Thirteen." " Ah, thirteen." " And two Ukrainians..." "And five Brazilians." "Here she's already freaking out..." "She should have kicked this asshole's ass." "This is the motherfucker who did this to me..." "Just wait, I bet he'll be the driver next time I grab a cab..." "Explain one thing to me, so I can get my head around this." "Why did you get involved in all this mess, man?" "To help her out... or because you didn't want the other guy stealing your exclusive?" "Man..." "I don't know." "I honestly don't know." "So, what are you going to do now?" "Are you sending the pictures or what?" "Can I work in your restaurant for a couple of days?" "Man, I have to ask..." "Do you really think this girl is going to show up at the restaurant?" "Don't you think that maybe she said thatjust to be nice because you got your head punched in because of her?" "Look, it was all very fast." "First, the cabdriver punched me, then the girl drags me into her car and takes me to the hospital." "Then, I don't know, there was this energy..." "Listen, it was... I'm going to send them. I'm going to send the pictures, it's my job." "If I don't, I'm screwed." "You're sending the pictures but you still want to work at the restaurant, is that it?" " Just in case she shows up." " Think I'm wrong?" "Man, I don't know." "Do what you what to do." "Just figure out if you want to be João again or keep on being Gabriela." "...and a woman from Haiti..." "A woman from Haiti?" "No, two." " And several Americans, of course..." " Of course!" "And a water polo team from Canada." "The whole team?" "The team and... yeah, that's..." "an impressive curriculum." "That's very... quite the girl..." "A very talented artist standing right in front of me..." "Come on, Kim, say goodbye to the gentleman." "Bye." "I did it. I send the pictures." "I probably will never see her again anyway, right?" "See who?" "Wait a moment." "is it the fat lady you met at Lux?" "Again?" "The Fat Lady returns..." "Playing now." "The fat..." "Nobody tells me anything around here." "One thing is being in love with my brother in law and betray my dying husband for love." "Another is betraying both for greed!" "And in a couple of days, I die, run over by a car, in a sort of divine punishment." "Seriously, who made this shit up?" "It's genius." "Listen, my love, look at me." "Calm down." "It's me you're talking to, your friend for life..." "Who was there for you at all times?" "Me..." "When Pedro tried to kill himself, who was there?" "Me..." "And we think that this character was not doing your career any good." "It's not dignifying, it doesn't suit you." "We were wrong, everybody makes mistakes." "But to put things right again," "Gonçalo has already ordered a new soap opera, just for you, and you're going to explode on screen." "Explode, I tell you." "And I should know." "Yeah, ok." "Hey, you know what?" "Let's do this." "Great!" "Do you know your shit?" "Yeah. 'For you, I'm willing to sell my soul to the devil, to betray...'" "Give me a kiss. I adore you, my darling." "People, let's role!" "God..." "One day, I'll figure out what's easier, putting up with a guy who thinks he's Marlon Brando or a girl who thinks of herself as Scarlet O'Hara." "Scarlet?" "Who's that?" "I don't have any Scarlet for today." "You didn't tell me." "Baby, wake up." "Scarlet O'Hara?" "Nothing?" "Gone With the Wind?" "The movie?" "I mean..." "You don't watch the classics?" " Sure I do." " Tell me a movie you've seen." "Matrix. I love the Matrix." "The Matrix?" " l even have the DVD, I swear." " Matrix?" "Let's shoot..." "Sound is rolling..." "You're tapping..." "And action!" "For you, I'm willing to sell my soul to the devil, to betray my husband, to be your slave, Jerónimo..." "One is on..." "I'm with you, one tell me you love me at all times, Jerónimo." "Yes." "Ok..." "What's going on?" "You know what?" "Fuck you both." "What is she talking about?" "What's this?" "This is not in the script, is it?" "No, it's not." "She's making this up." "Shall I cut?" "No, leave it." "Let's see where this bullshit goes." "Seriously. I can't." "This is bullshit, can't you see that?" "There it is." "Somebody get me Gonçalo on the phone!" "That's not in the script, what script?" "Are you all blind?" "Can't you understand that all this means nothing?" "That it's all a farce?" "All the words, all the images, nothing is real." "There's not a trace of truth in what we're doing here." "For the love of God, can't you understand that?" "Seriously. I had it." "I had it with the hair and the makeup and the clothes, I don't want it anymore, you keep this shit to yourselves because I had it." "Ok?" "That's all." "And that's a cut." "Ok, you did the right thing..." "No, I'll be there in a while." "Don't even talk to her." "Keep taping the scenes without her and pretend nothing happened, ok?" "See you soon." "Hello?" "Bring the writers to my office right now." "I don't care!" "Find them where they are. lt's urgent." "I want to talk to them, ok?" "And get Cláudia on the phone." "Here!" "I had an accident with your car, hit some guy and had to take him to the hospital." "Don't forget to send me the bill." "About the soap, don't worry, I already figured out a way to leave the story." "I'm sure you'll love it." "Ciao." "Look, see this?" "It comes with the job." "Some bastard who didn't want his picture taken." "Tell me again that cabdriver's story." "Do you think it's true?" "It's published." "Therefore, it's true." "Even if it isn't." "I think I know what's going on here." "What?" "Listen, Gabriela..." "If there's even a chance that you're holding to the pictures of this mysterious-man to sell them to another magazine, I'll send my dog to eat your testicles, do you got that?" "You don't have a dog, do you?" "Oh, but I'll get a puppy, and train him especially for that purpose, whose only goal in live is to, one day, eat your balls." "Do you understand?" "You're that kind of woman." "Just shut up and get me that bastard's photos." "I want that little fucker on the cover of my magazine." "Are you man enough to do it or do I have to hire another paparazzo?" "Can you just hear me out?" "If you ask me, that Mariana is done for, dried up, you follow?" "People are tired of her." "Now look at this thing." "Look at these two." "Did you know they were involved?" "You didn't..." "That's right, the amount of work I put into these photos." "And this was the bastard who did this to my eye, when I was shooting..." " That huge son of a..." " Well done." "Well done, that's right." "Now listen... forget Mariana." "That girl is past her prime." "I've been in this business long enough to know that the Mariana business is still far from over." "It's not even at half time." "Stay on top of her." "Twenty four hours a day." "Don't even think of anything else." "Mariana, Mariana, Mariana..." "Ok, you're the boss." "Sorry, I really need to take this..." "Yeah?" "Gabriela?" "How's the best paparazzo in Portugal?" "Listen, do you know where l'm going to dinner with Mariana tonight?" " A sushi restaurant..." " Ok, but tell me one thing." "Did she, by any chance, tell you the name of the sushi restaurant?" "You're sure she said Suntory?" "Ok, darling, at what time?" "Nine?" "That means you're going to be there, right?" "Maybe tonight is the night we'll meet each other in person..." "Yeah, right, darling." "I just remembered..." "Shit." "I can't, I have another assignment." "Yeah, but listen..." "Don't give the information to anybody else, all right?" "I'll make it up for you, I promise." "Yeah, yeah, yeah..." "No, don't worry." "Jonas?" "How's the best paparazzo in Portugal?" "Yes, I'll call you back." "Yes... sorry, darling...." "All right." "Kisses." "Talk to you soon." "Son of a bitch." "I can't believe you're going to hit that." "Out..." "Here we go." "There's something very important you need to know about sake..." "Some people ask for it cold, others warm." "But to really appreciate it should..." "Let me guess. lt should be served at body warm temperature." "38 degrees." "No more, no less." "It's the perfect temperature." "Very well... I can see you did your homework." " Do you have a problem with that?" " No, it's cool." "I just think you should explore the reasons why you're always trying to show off." "Well, enjoy your sake while I prepare your sushimi..." " You mean sashimi, right?" " Sashimi, yes." "So, you know him." "Yes." " And that's why..." " What?" "...you put on that dress and those shoes who scream 'l'm hot'." " Cláudia... that's an overstatement." " Mariana..." "From where do I know his voice?" " Hum?" " l know his voice." " Step back." " What are you doing, man?" "Well, I'm going to cut the tuna at the table." "No, you're not." "Are you out of your mind?" "Don't do anything stupid, paisano, or this is all going to shit." "Paisano, I have to be sure she really thinks I work here." "I told my boss you were just trying out, but that you had some training in a Tokyo restaurant..." "What's this corny hair gel for?" "To impress the girl?" "We don't usually do this." "Just for special clients..." "Now, I'm going to tell you a story." "In January of 2001 , a Japanese businessmen paid 200 thousand Euros for a tuna not that different from this one here..." "This is... gold." "Hey, my friend Cláudia was just saying that your voice sounds familiar." "Really?" " Have you met before?" " No." "No, I..." "Don't, wait!" "Don't do that." "That napkin is soaked in sake." "Take this." "Doesn't the wound hurt more when in touch with alcohol?" "Ok, it's fine..." "I'll be back...." "l'll be back." "Dude, don't say anything." " l didn't say anything." " Ok." "Great." " Why would I say a thing?" " No reason." "Ok." "Actually, I want to ask you something." "Do you think you can get me your friend's phone number?" "No." " No?" " Of course not." "Why?" "Do you think you stand a chance?" "To be honest, no, not after tonight." "I don't think I stand any kind of chance." "Well, let's think this over." "It might work." "Or not." "Now, looking at you, let's be honest, I don't think it's likely that it will." "But one thing is certain:" "this woman is leaving her mark on you." "I mean this literally." "Yeap." "is it always going to be like this?" "Are our dates always going to end up in the hospital?" "What are you doing here?" "I came to get you." "Glad?" "Relieved." "I forgot my wallet at the restaurant." "And I didn't have a way to get home, so..." "Ok, shall we?" "Let me take a look at that..." "Where's your car, over there?" "No, my friend Claudia brought me here." "No car." "So, we get a cab?" "You're going to find this funny, but I forgot... being in a hurry, my wallet, my cash and credit cards, I left them in her car." " So that makes two of us." " No cab, either." "What do we do?" "We walk." "Which way to your house?" " That way." " Sounds good." "But I'll walk you to your place first, right?" "Wrong. I feel like taking a walk." "Ok, let's go." "Where?" "That way?" "People never do walk in Lisbon." "Ever noticed that?" "It's amazing how your picture wasn't published." "Right." "I'm serious. I don't know how, but you got away with it." "I'm thinking that paparazzo..." "What's her name?" "The one you were talking about?" " Gabriela." " Maybe that Gabriela is incompetent..." "No, we were just lucky..." "We were." "But I can tell you one thing, something in my life really needs to change." "Yeah." " What?" " Nothing, it was nothing." "What?" "Ok. I think people in general spend their lives saying that." "I do it as well." "We spend our lives deciding..." "that we need to make decisions." "As if the decision to make decisions is going, just for itself, to change anything." "Right?" "Do you know what I mean?" "Yeah. I know what you mean." "An example: think of something that you would really like to change in your life." "Right now." " Right now?" "In this precise moment?" " Yes, anything." "Right now." "Anything that's bothering you, or that you want to change." "Ok, I got one." "These shoes are killing me." "Those shoes?" "Ok." "Very well." "Take them off." " What do you mean?" "Take them off?" " Take them off." "Like this." "See?" " No, you're crazy..." "Absolutely insane!" " Go on, it's your turn." "Ok, I'll do it..." "They're coming off." "Wait a second." "See?" "How about you?" "Isn't there anything that you feel like doing right now?" "Yes..." "I'll show you." "I'm sorry." "Sorry, I didn't know you were...." "l'm with João." "You're very beautiful, damn it." "You say it as if it was a bad thing." "It's just that I hate beautiful people, ok?" "I hate celebrities." "They think they rule the world." "They're everywhere, in magazines, on television, at the movies, they write books and make commercials, advertising things trying to makes us buy things for which we have absolutely no use." "But let me tell you this:" "there are more ugly people than your kind, you hear?" "And, one day, we're going to get tired." "And that will be the day of the revolution." "And the power will be ours." "Didn't Frank Zappa say that?" "You know Zappa?" "Impressive... I once saw a guy do this in a film." " You'll pay copyright?" " Nobody's watching." "I was just making pesto." "Can I get you some...?" "I'm guessing this is what woke you up." "What time is it?" "Six a. m.?" "No, I don't want pesto." " But I'll take a cigarette." " Ok, help yourself." "Just one thing I'm curious of." "How did João managed to bring you back home?" "I don't know." "We had fun." "He made me laugh." "João, made you laugh?" "No, don't believe that." " Why not?" " l'll tell you in a second." "Are you sure you don't want to try it?" "Ok, I'll take a bite." "Now I'm going to tell you a story." "This is great." "It goes like this..." "That's one of Hugo's friends." "Hugo is the third man in the house." "He works at a Japanese restaurant, the same restaurant where João works." "And Hugo has a thing for Japanese girls." "So don't be surprised if, when you're walking around, you bump into several, you know..." "Well, how about that story?" "One night, in the trendy part of Lisbon, there was a girl who was as sad as can be, seating on the sidewalk, cell phone in hand, crying." "And there's this boy who walks by and sees her and thinks:" "I'm going to make this girl smile." "And that becomes his goal for the night." "He walks into lampshades, he does headstands, he quotes Monty Python sketches." "And she, at last, smiles." "That's a good story." "It's not over." "They both go to his place." "They kiss one day, take their clothes off the next." "It looked like something very beautiful was starting between the two, this amazing love story..." "One day, he wakes up, looks at his side and she's not there." "There's this little note on the bed table and this little note, do you know what it says?" "What?" "It said: 'l'm sorry." "You make me laugh." "But he makes me cry'." "That's the saddest story I've ever heard." "I know, that damn girl broke my heart." "Was that what you were writing about?" "No, this is something completely different." "Another story." "I'm basically going to start a new country in this building." "What?" "And I'm now writing the constitution." "That's my project now." "A country in a building." "Are you kidding?" "What for?" "I think we're the victims of a nation we didn't invent." "And I thought: it's time I do something." "It's time I try my luck." "I'm starting a country." "And I think it's an amazing idea." "What do you think?" "What do I think?" "I think it's absurd but interesting." "That's right." "Well, any more wise perspectives before I go back to bed?" " About João?" " Ok." "About João." "There's nothing I can tell you about João that you're not going to figure out for yourself." "João, are you up?" "No..." "Listen." "Do you think you can take a couple of days off at the restaurant?" "Since your finger is injured and that..." "Why?" "I was thinking." "We could spend some days together..." "Together..." "like what?" "Holidays?" "Sort of." "But..." "Do you know what I feel like doing?" "I want to visit Lisbon." "With a guide and a camera." "As if we were just a couple of tourists." "That sounds good." "Good morning, cupcake." "Are you ready for your new house, are you?" "Now it's my turn." "You like Chekhov." "Yeap." "I love him." "Really." "Nina in the 'Seagull', that's the character I chose for my graduation exercise." "Really?" "Cool." "And you're not going to believe this, but not that long ago, I was invited to be in that play." "Why didn't you do it?" "Why didn't I do it?" "Because I shoot ten hours a day at the soap opera and there's little time for anything else..." ""l'm a seagull." ""No, that's not it. I'm an actress." ""And now I see at last, Kostya," ""that in our kind of work the important thing is not fame, or glory or money," ""not what I used to dream about, but learning how to endure." ""l must bear my cross, and have faith." ""lf l have faith, it doesn't hurt so much, and when I think of my calling I'm not afraid of life."" " Bravo!" " Something like that." "And how about this pictures?" "They're beautiful... I love photography, but I can never memorize the names of the artists." "is this from that Brazilian, what's his name?" " They're yours." " Ya." "Do you have more?" "I do." "Some are quite old." "This one, for instance..." "And then there are others that are nothing much..." "Why did you stop taking pictures?" "Because..." "Because life went another way." "What do you think?" "Honestly?" "Ok." "Three things." "First:" "I'm glad you have another goal in life rather than sushi." "Because, between us two, you're not that good at cutting fish..." "Second:" "Have you ever had an exhibition at a gallery?" " On this?" " Yes, on this." "I know the owner of the S. Mamede's gallery, Andreia." "I can introduce you to her..." "Are you serious?" "Third... lf we're going to spend any more time together, I need to get some clothes." "I really like your t-shirts, but enough is enough." "Hey." "We're drinking." "We're thirsty." "Hey, nothing to say?" "Dude, I don't have a thing to say." "You do what you fell you need to do." "Honestly." "But if you like the girl, I think you should stop being an asshole and tell her, as soon as you can, who you are and what you do." "I was talking about the dog." "Oh, the puppy, ok." " What's his name?" " Tuesday." "He doesn't look like a Tuesday." "Ok, we're on." "Thank you, Andreia." "And I promise you'll love his work, you won't regret this." "Ok, see you soon." "Bye." "Hey, come here." "I have something I need to tell you..." " Smile." " Before things..." " First, you need to smile." " Don't." "No, stop it." " l don't care." " Be quiet." "What matters now is that I want your smile in my camera." "There's something I need to tell you. I'm serious." "What do you need to tell me?" "That you have a girlfriend?" "I don't care." "I'm sick of information." "We don't need to know everything." "You, for one, don't need to know that, when I went to get you at the Hospital, I lied when I said that I didn't have any money." "I did it on purpose because I wanted us to take a walk together." " There you go." " Stop it." "That's a beautiful smile." "What now?" "Now I have something I need to tell you. I've got to." "There's..." "Ok, let's change the subject." "We'll talk later." " Tuesday?" " What do you want?" "Tuesday!" "You weren't invited to this party, dog." "And you're all wet..." "Go down." "Down." "My friends, we can breathe history in the making." "It was just yesterday that we announced the independence of our building and we already have several requests from our neighbors to join us." "The idea here is to create a Federation of States." "Each building is an autonomous State and each floor makes their own laws." "And there's no government, ok?" "Everything is decided by the People's Assembly." "João and Mariana are now joining us." "Welcome." "Please, stay..." "Very well." "Each State will decide if it is allowed to smoke and if recreational drugs are permitted and also... I have a question." " Yes?" " Can I be a congresswoman?" "I think you'll make more money being a soap opera star..." "Maybe, but I'll really rather be a congresswoman." "Ok, look, Tiago, this is... lt's looking good, very cool, but you guys talk about this later, ok?" "Later when?" "Don't you know that the penguins will only be here until Saturday?" "Ok." "Prostitution, ladies and gentleman, let's decide if it's legal or not." "Prostitution." "I ask this because Hugo wants to open a gueixa's brothel on the vacant floor and so I ask, who's in favor of... I am, because I'm seventy." "And do you have any idea how difficult it is to find a sexual partner at my age." "That's horrible." "Well, anyway, that's just a small detail..." "Hey, there are no small or big details here." "A detail is just a detail." "That's discrimination." "Ok, listen..." "Maybe we should skip ahead to the crucial decisions." "My friends tomorrow we meet here again, same time, for another brilliant Assembly." "Decisions need to be made." "And one more thing, a very, very important thing." "You already know that this is not a religious country." "No religion here." "We're atheists." "Me and Sandra, we think this country should be Catholic." "Or, at least, Christian." " No way." "This is a non religion state." " Take that." "But that's unconstitutional." "What do you mean, unconstitutional?" "I didn't even finish writing the constitution." "is that so?" "In that case, we want our independence." "lndepen..." "Come on, Zê, you can't ask for independence from a State that was only created twenty one minutes ago." "That's..." " Fascist!" " Calm down." " What did she call me?" " This is a Democratic Assembly." "What Sandra is saying is that, if this is the case, then the revolution is near." "An autograph..." "I want an autograph..." "How long as it been?" "I don't know." "How long ago was that Lux's party?" "Six months?" "Kind of..." "Six months." " There you go." " Thanks." "Cool." "Bye." "This is a great gallery, yes, m'am..." "Ok, I know..." "I know I should have called, Andreia." "Don't be stupid. lt was obvious you were never going to call." "I went to your house twice and every time your friends opened the door, they shouted:" "'João, the little fat girl from Lux is here'." "But it's funny." "It is kind of funny..." "What's funny?" "If you made an effort to know me, you would have known that I own a gallery, and I would have seen your work and you would have had an exhibition." "That's going to happen anyway, but..." "Okay, okay... lf it had been six months ago, it would have been João's exhibition and not the work of Mariana Reis's boyfriend, which is what is going to be now." "Isn't that funny?" "Very funny..." "But Andreia, tell me one thing..." "Are you saying that you're only exhibiting my work because I'm Mariana's boyfriend?" "No, no, no..." "I'm showing your work because I think you're good." "Now I really don't get what you're saying." "What I'm saying is that you're an asshole." "You get that?" "You know what?" "I never thought you were that fat." "Your friends had another opinion, back in the house." "Hey, Bruce Lee, should we knock or what?" "No." "Fuck, man." "Do you think they know already or what?" "No." "See that?" "That's my t-shirt." "So it is." "How cool is that?" "Hey, dude, come here..." "is she hot or what?" "Magic happen." "Hey, come on, clowns." "You want to know something?" "Sex is overrated." "Because this here, this is something else... it is..." " You get into your thirties and..." " Six months... it was six months..." " You need some hints, is that it?" " Hey, go blow each other." " No, the thing here is..." " Can I go through?" "No, no... because if you didn't score by now, I don't think you'll have the chance to do it in the future." "Because..." "Ok, no." "Don't worry about it." "Thanks." "Ciao." " l'm screwed, man." "Screwed." " These guys found out who you are, but I don't think anybody knows what you do, man." "Besides us, who else knows that you're Gabriela?" "I'm screwed!" "João, I need to talk to you." " Cláudia just called..." " About this?" "Yes, about this shit." "When it isn't that Gabriela bitch, is some other fucker, you see?" "This is shit..." "I'm tired of this." "I just can't anymore..." " Look at this..." "This is disgusting." " Mariana, calm down." "No, this is horrible." "Horrible." " Let's talk about..." " l'm sorry." "Sorry." "I didn't mean for this to happen." "I understand if you think we shouldn't be together." "What?" "Listen..." "No, you have to understand that you are no longer an extra." "This is a circus and..." " Calm down, alright?" " Alright..." "Let's talk about..." "No..." "I think I know who's behind this..." "And it's not going to happen again." "Mariana, I... I do too..." "Mariana, listen..." "Just a second, I think..." "Mariana!" "João, you have a call..." "I don't know who it is." "Hello?" " João Cardoso?" " This is he." "Who's this?" "Hello, João." "This is Fernando Castro, from the show 'Famous'." "We're live right now and I would love to ask you some questions." "How did you get my number?" "That doesn't matter." "What does matter is how you and Mariana met and if you confirm the relationship?" "João?" "How did you meet Mariana?" "João?" "Are you there?" "Listen here, you motherfucker." "What gives you the right to call me at my home and..." "Wait a moment." "Don't overreact." "We're just doing our job..." "Yourjob?" "Yourjob?" "Since when is my life yourjob?" "Since you appeared side by side with Mariana Reis." "You don't think that your life is of any interest if it wasn't for her, do you?" "It isn't." "The only thing we know about you is that you've been unemployed for the last two years." "Want to talk about that?" "I do, I want to talk about that..." "Who tells me, João, that you're not taking advantage of Mariana so you can promote yourself?" "Who tells me that?" "Man, do you know what you look like?" "What you look like now?" "You look like an infected penis, man, a hemorrhoid, and that shirt..." " And why don't you come here?" " Come here..." "Come here..." "João Cardoso?" "Mariana, darling, you really need to stop walking into my office like that." "People will think we're still lovers." "Saw it." "But I had nothing to do with this." "What do you mean, you had nothing to do with this?" "No, I don't." "But it's genius." "Even better than with a soccer player." "People love a mystery romance." "Ok, listen to me." "I want to leave the network." "Are you listening?" "Ok." "Ok?" "Mariana, you know I like you." "But you're getting on people's nerves with all your bullshit." "Do you have any idea how many Marianas I can create in a single day?" "All I need to do is have one casting call and thousands of teenaged women will skip classes and line up outside my door." "They all think they'll become 'special'." "Good for you, Gonçalo..." "Because I'm tired of being special." "We're a family here, and there's always a child trying to run away from home." "So go, it will do you good." "Bye, daddy." "But you know you'll going to end up knocking at my door, begging to come back, don't you?" "Sofia, please." "No." " Listen." " No!" "You've fucked me, Gabriela." "Claudia, since she couldn't get to you, gave her tip to some other fuckers...." "Who published the photos and sold an extra of over thirty thousand copies." "I have people above me, people to whom I guaranteed the exclusive of Mariana's pictures." "And you've fucked me dry." "And I don't like being fucked unless I'm wet." "Ok, but listen, you can't do this... I already did." "Don't be a drama queen." "Look at the bright side, a little bit of fame never hurt anyone." "And do you want to know how stupid you are?" "If you told me the truth, that time I saw you with your eye messed up... I would have respected it." "I would even find it humorous." "I would even be woman enough to pay the other paparazzi so they wouldn't publish the pictures." "Only then, I would have never known that you're a fucking liar." "You know what?" "I'm glad this happen." "Want to know why?" "Because this is fucked." "What you do, what I do, fuck..." "What are we doing?" "What are we doing?" "is this a life?" "And I'll tell one more thing." "From what I see, this world is hitting the bottom of a well and there are only two things we can do." "Either we keep digging even deeper, digging down, or we'll break our heads and at least try to climb up." "And I'm so tired of digging down." "So tired." "Tired." "João, usually, when someone makes that kind of statement, they leave and slam the door..." "And 'digging down'?" "To where the fuck are you supposed to dig?" "Up?" "You're amazing, Sofia." "Unbelievable." "I mean, after all I said, you want to discuss what?" "Semantics?" "It's about as relevant as what you just said... ln this world, most people are not very interesting." "And they pay to know things of the lives of the ones they think are interesting." "It was always like this and there were always people, like you and me, who earn their living giving these not at all interesting what they want." "Wanting to change that is about the same as wishing that the Earth isn't round." "An enormous waste of time." "That's better." "João, where are you?" " Right here, behind you." " Here, where?" "Here." "That's it, it's over." " What's over?" " l'm officially unemployed." " What?" "I have no idea what's gonna happen next or what my life will be like." "But, right now, I feel free..." "Great... lt's as if my life has become mine again." "And it was you, you know?" "It was you because, when I met you, everything around me was fiction." "But you..." "You bleed and spilled things and made me walk barefooted in Lisbon and dance, remember?" "I don't know, I think you're..." "you're truth." "Ok, I know I'm not making any sense right now." "But it doesn't matter. lt doesn't." "Do you know what I want?" "I want you to pick me up and carry me to your room and I want to have sex with you for four days without leaving the bed..." "What?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Let's get out of here." "Shall we?" "I don't want to be here." "What?" "Nothing..." "Nothing..." "Mariana, there's something I need to tell you and..." "Sometimes, people call me Gabriela." "Why would they do that?" "Because... I used to..." "No, I am..." "I'm a photographer and I signed the photos I took with the name Gabriela..." "Gabriela..." "Santos." "All this is coming out, in three days it will be on the cover of a magazine, the editor knows who I am." "Maybe, if this didn't happen, I would not have told you because... I was afraid, afraid of being..." "But this is me, now, making the decision of being completely honest." "Before I met you, I already knew you, I knew where you were always because your friend Cláudia called me and told me." "I've never worked in a restaurant, I don't even like "sushimi"." "And this is me, now, at my worst." "No..." "Straight up." "There's just one more thing I need to tell you... I can't think of anything that will make you want to stay with me, but there's something I realized, since we first spoke:" "I would never, and I mean never, be able to keep going with the same kind of life..." "A special episode of 'The lnherence'." "And that was you." "Are you all blind?" "Can't you understand that all this means nothing?" "That it's all a farce?" "All the words, all the images, nothing is real." "There's not a trace of truth in what we're doing here." "For the love of God..." "Don't miss the chocking farewell of the woman everybody loves to hate." "I had it with the hair and the makeup and the clothes..." "Millions of viewers will be watching tonight." "How about you?" "Keep this to yourselves." "Hi. lt's eight Euros and forty, please." "Keep the change." " Your cell phone is ringing." " l know." "Aren't you Mariana Reis...?" "I'm sorry, excuse me." "Good afternoon." "What was I talking about, before?" "Yes, about acting." "I'm not like that anymore." "I'm a real actress now!" "I act with delight, with rapture." "I feel drunk when I'm onstage and think that... I feel that my soul grows stronger every day, Kostya." "Now I see at last that in our kind of work, the important thing is not fame, or glory or money, not what I used to dream about, but learning how to endure." "I must bear my cross, and have faith." "If I have faith, it doesn't hurt so much." "And when I think of my calling I'm not afraid of life." "Excellent." "But I must admit there's something I don't quite understand:" "what made you change your mind?" "Before, on the phone, you told me you couldn't make it because of your shooting schedule." "And now..." "Things change." "And it's a good thing they do." "Very well, let's pick up on that part, when you talk about the theater..." "Okay." "I want to see it again, but this time with more tension, more nervous... she's lost." "I want to see that side of her, of Nina." "Alright with you?" "Dude, at least change your boxer shorts." "Are you getting married, Tiago?" "No, dude. lt's time for diplomacy." "We're starting conversations for what, I hope, could be a cease fire and peace agreement. lt's hugely important." "Well done." "Alright." "Do you need anything?" "Like booze?" "Anti-depressives, maybe?" "A loaded gun?" " Ciao, Tiago." " No?" "No, no, screw this." "I have to tell you something, right now." "I was about ten when I was watching TV and this commercial comes on about some penguins at the Lisbon Zoo." "So I go to my father and ask:" "I want to see the penguins at the zoo!" "And I really hammered my father with that thing, I really was one of those annoying kids, I really wanted to see the penguins at the zoo." "And he always told me the same thing:" "we're going to see the penguins but relax, the penguins will be there until Saturday." "Want to know what happen next?" "Saturday finally came and, when you went to the zoo, the penguins weren't there." "Wrong..." "Deeply wrong, I might add." "The penguins did stay until Saturday." "But my father left us before he took me there." "You're going to be late, Kissinger." "Don't you want to know the moral of the story?" "Tell me the moral of the story." "If you want to do something, do it now." "Do you like the girl?" "Make a move." "Take a risk." "Don't wait, humiliate yourself if that's the case, fuck living safely." "Fuck comfort." "Sometimes, the best thing a man can do is run full speed with his head against a wall." "Ok, that being said, duty calls." "Ciao, doggy." "The destiny of a country is in my hands." "What are you doing, dog?" "Coming or staying?" "That's enough." "Enough!" "This can't be. lt can't be." "Where are we at?" "Can't white people do anything right?" "What the fuck, man?" "Are you stupid?" "Take a look at this shit, you broke my camera, asshole!" "Tuesday was sad." "He missed you." "Didn't even eat." "So I thought it might be better if..." "Ok..." "Ciao..." "Tuesday." "And one more thing..." "One thing I learned with Nina, the Seagull." "Now I know... the important thing in our work is not fame, or glory or money, but learning how to endure." "Ok, I..." "Mariana..." "At least, I tried." "I'm here and that's all I..." "Ok, ciao. I need to go to the hospital, take a look at this... again." "Can you by any chance call me a cab?" "Or lend me twenty Euros?" "Or come with me..." "Do you have twenty Euros on you?" " Sorry, I only have a five." " Ciao." "And I love your work, Gabriela." "It's a shame you broke up, you and that crazy guy..." "You had the potential to be the cover of magazines for at least one more month." "You don't want to talk about it... fine." "Well, let me get to the point." "Listen, I'm not going to lie, Mariana, that scene of yours..." "We got thousand of emails and letters with compliments." "Suddenly, people started liking your character." "The truth is, when they realized you were not going to be on the next episodes, the ratings went down..." "Ok, Mariana, let's cut the bullshit, alright?" "This can be good for the both of us." "You want to do theater, right?" "That..." "what's his name, Chêickovski, right?" "It's fine, we even tape the play and put in on TV at a time when people are actually watching." "The truth is, you're really special." "The audience has forgiven you." "Thousand of emails and phone calls." "People want to know what you're doing next." "Well, those pictures are worth a fortune." "Just imagine if the magazines would get a hold of that!" "The crazy guy took those, right?" "Alright... down." "Thank you..." "And that's it." "Ok." "This one is fine." "Let me take a look..." "Beautiful." "Like new." "After all this, I feel like we're friends." "No shit, I see you more often than my girlfriend." "Lend me a couple of bucks, for the cab." "Just..." "Thank you." "Crazy things." " What's going on?" " Didn't you hear the news?" "This insane writer, who lives up there, has decided to declare his building's independence from Portugal." "The news channels are up there, all the media." "Look here, parties and parades, that's what people like." "So, what's going on here, you ask?" "This is a celebration party, commemorating the end of our country." "We've decided to become a part of Portugal again." "What made you give up on the idea?" "Look, first of all, because there was a lot of tension between people." "We were on the verge of what I consider a very, very nasty civil war." "And I actually missed having the time to do things that are very important for me:" "smoke my joint and watch porn, which is something that I haven't done for a while." "And I want to write my book, this project I have...." "A book?" "is it a novel?" "What's it about?" "It's going to be precisely about..." "Hey, clown." "Where are your manners?" "Say hello to my girlfriend, Mitsuko." " Nice to meet you." " My pleasure." "Just arrived into town." "She decided to surprise me." "Wait." "Look at this, she brought her parents and brother to meet me." "They're delighted, they think this party is in their honor." "Isn't that..." " The paparazzo!" " That's the guy..." "Mariana's." "What's going on?" "This is serious stuff." " Calm down." " Asshole." "Get out." "Everybody get out." "Freedom of the press..." "Shitty journalists... get out..." "Get the hell out." "Shit, dudes, let me tell you one thing:" "If I had a bigger penis, I don't, it's small but quite honest, if I had a bigger penis i would be pissing on your shoes as we speak." "That's right." "You don't deserve anything more than that." "This is the kind of occasion where l really think my penis should be bigger." "So many commercials asking if I want a big penis and..." "Doggy?" "Tuesday hated being at my place." "That's why I..." "Do you know when I realized that I was in love with you?" "You told me. I made you laugh." "No... you made me cry." "And the last couple of times I remember crying were when I was shooting some scene at the soap opera." "That's right..." "That's the price of selling yourself to fame and money." "You lost all respect for your calling." "What?" "Look who's talking, the little boy who spent days hanging on trees and face down in garbage cans just so we could get an exclusive of Barbara Guimarães's wedding." "Tuesday..."