"It's almost your birthday, isn't it?" "Everybody celebrates your birthday" "But nobody ever gives you a present." "It's the same in my house:" "There will be no gifts." "I don't even think we'll throw you a Christmas party." "I was also told you were poor." "Your father didn't hit you, he had a job, didn't he?" "But I have nothing." "I'm poor." "I'm a child." "My daddy has been unemployed for a long time." "My family has nothing." "I mean, my mother has a job far away." "She's always tired." "She also has a hernia." "It really hurts her." "People say I have the devil inside." "That's what they tell me." "I know I don't deserve it." "But help me, Jesus." "Things are really bad for me." "Do you know my brother, Luis?" "He cares a lot about this Christmas stuff." "Shall we make a deal?" "If you get a beautiful Christmas gift for my brother," "I promise to be nice the entire year." "Deal?" "Deal." "Now, you walk a little." "Will you sing to me, Zezé?" "I am singing." "I can't hear anything." "I'm singing inside myself." "Are you?" "Yes." "I've got a little bird inside of me." "Swear to God?" "I swear." "One day I can even give it to you." "This Christmas night" "I'll just look at the sky" "Santa Claus will climb down from the star" "I'll ask for a gift" "I don't know if he'll give it to me" "I've already put my Christmas sock" "In the window" "Everyone has asked for something" "But I'm afraid" "If Santa Claus is sleeping..." "You'll get a Christmas present, I promise." "Aren't you sad, Zezé?" "You don't need to cry when you're sad." "Buy Ariovaldo's CDs!" "Only original songs!" "Just listen to this song:" "Someday, I'll buy a car just like that." "Uncle Edmundo got sicker." "He'll move to the big city for treatment tomorrow." "We'll have to move from this house next month." "Totoca, do you think Santa has put Luis's gift inside the shoe?" "It sucks to have a poor dad." "Darn it!" "You're really mean." "You're the devil!" "I didn't see him..." "He's not poor, just unemployed." "Get out of my sight, you devil!" " Mr. Ladislau." " Hi, Zezé." "Are you spending your Christmas money?" "I came to shine shoes in front of your store." "Can I?" "Sure." "Zezé." "Here." "Thank you." "This street's so damn dusty!" "Come on, Zezé." "Rub that rag." "Dad..." "I bought this imported box of cigarettes for you." "There you go, dad." "It was the most beautiful cigarette box in the store." "Smoke one." "It's really fine." "Dad, I didn't mean..." "Don't cry, Zezé." "It really sucks to have a poor dad." "Come here." "Sit here." "I'm going to finish smoking the cigarette, okay?" "Uncle!" "Uncle Edmundo?" "Uncle?" "Why didn't you come to my house?" "I did, it's just that I was looking for something." "Yeah, looking for something..." " Ouch, ouch!" " What is it?" "It's just that..." "I got beaten." "I'm so glad you came." "The bus will come soon." "If it hasn't broken down halfway, you know." " Are you taking just that?" " Yup." "What I didn't sell, I gave away." "I left some comic books for you at our hiding place." "Why are you going away forever?" "We have doctors here, too." "Yes, but your uncle needs several doctors." "A hospital nearby." "I'm old, right?" "And who likes old people?" "Medicine." "Right?" "This joke is so-so..." "Can I go there someday so you can tell me a story?" "Of course." "And I promise to always visit your mother" "At her job in the city." "A secret." "One day, I'll go away too, but I won't be as old as you." "I'll leave to see the ocean." "So we have a deal." "Then you tell me your adventures around the world." "I'm going to miss you." "I'll miss you a lot." "You are my favorite relative." "Goodbye, uncle." "Aren't you waiting for the bus to arrive?" "I have stuff to do." "And I don't want to see you cry." "COWBOY" "CHEEKY" "UNCLE EDMUNDO" "Come, Luis." "Come say goodbye to the Zoo." "Look at the birds, Luis." "Look at the lion!" "Are you scared, Zezé?" "No, the lion is the king of the animals." " He takes care of everyone." " He's daddy lion, right?" "Yes!" "But he nearly ate my super cowboy" "Stuck in quicksand, remember?" "Luis, come on, the zoo will close." "The animals have to eat." "Let's go to our airplane." "Come!" "Turn on the plane..." "Turbines." "Taking off..." "Say goodbye to Europe!" "Bye, Europe!" "It's a thunderstorm, beware!" "Come on, come on." "Attack the thunders." "We are landing, Luis." "Are you ready?" "Come on, Luis." "Mission accomplished!" "Come on, come on!" "Bye, old home." "Come!" "Don't ever set other people's fences on fire again, okay?" "I'm keeping an eye on you!" "What are you daydreaming about?" "I wanted to go to the capital to see uncle Edmundo." "Like the Mangaratiba train." "It's useless to go to town." "He'll come back when he's better." "Uncle Edmundo won't get better, he's going to die." "Of course." "People die every day in the big city." "Don't you see it on TV?" " And don't they die here?" " Never." "It's better to be poor here than there." "Check out Portuga's car." "Look!" "The train!" "What a car, huh?" "Portuga is a real macho man." "One day I will ride on that car's rear bumper." " Come on, Zezé!" " Wait for me, Totoca!" "That tree is mine." "And this one is mine." "This one is yours and mine too!" "What about me, Godoia?" "There's that one." "I don't want this one." "Look..." "It's a sweet orange tree." "And if you take good care of it, it'll look amazing." "I wanted a big one, this one is too weak." "It's a "pinky" just like you." "And it'll become a big tree." ""Your sister is right."" "Everybody is always right." ""If you take a better look, you'll believe her."" ""It's not your bird, it's me 'Pinky'." "Your sweet orange tree"." " Where do you speak from?" " "From everywhere!" "Lean your head on me and you'll hear my heart."" ""Climb up." "I'll show you something."" "Isn't your branch too thin?" "Won't it break?" ""Not if you're careful."" "Godoia, what is "pinky"?" "That's a pinky." "Look, Pinky, one day I'll leave this place." "I'll go to the big city." "Pin-ky..." "I kicked him, I did!" " I'd get him." " At school..." "Who has the guts to ride on Portuga's car bumper?" "Yourself!" "The car is in front of Ladislau's!" "He said he'll cut the dick off anyone who does it!" "He'll have a hard time finding it." "He's going to ride the bumper!" "Let's go!" "You little worm." "Trying to fool me." "Naughty brat!" "You have no manners!" "You naughty little devil!" "And you, learn the lesson." "If someone touches my car, I'll cut the sausage you have" "Between your legs." "And you..." "When I grow up, I'll kill you!" "Portuga, you son of a cow!" "Oh, my God!" "My baby!" "Oh, my God!" "I'm going to lose my baby!" "Oh, my God!" "Zezé!" "Zezé, where are you, you pest?" "Zezé?" "Where's that boy?" "This time he's gone too far." "Oh, you little brat." "Come here." "You can't play a prank like that!" "You damned boy!" "Do you realize what you did?" "If she loses the baby, you're in big trouble!" "Let's go, Zezé." "You know, Pinky," "When I'm at school, I leave my devil outside." "Please, teacher, could you repeat that?" " What is it, Zezé?" " Can you say that again?" "I'll repeat it." "We're going to write very beautifully..." "My teacher is Ms. Cecilia Paim." "They could tell her" "I was the most devilish kid in town," "And she wouldn't believe it." "Then, I'm at my best behavior, just so that I don't disappoint her." "She's like this." "She wears glasses and has a puppy face." "She likes me." "But I think no one likes her." "Every teacher has a flower in a glass." "And she never has a single one." "The stressed syllable... 5th grade, attention, please." "Let's do a quick review." "Today we're studying geometrics figures" "Like the squares..." "In our young hearts" "Dear symbol of the our land" "The beloved land of Brazil" ""Jawbone..."" "Teacher..." "Zezé, it's the third time you've been late." " Can I put it in your glass?" " Of course." "Thank you very much, Zezé." "Moving on..." ""Aren't you kinda sucking up to her?"" "That way she'll keep treating me well." ""PINKY" "CECÍLIA PAIM"" "Do you want to trade?" "Let's trade." "Let's trade." "Trade them." "Let's trade." "I'm not trading with anyone." "I have 31." "Check that out!" "Bié's riding the rear bumper!" "Look!" "Portuga's car!" "It's always as I imagined" "I thought about that blue kite" "Travelling through that big sky" "So, unravel that spool" "In the wind dreams I'll travel" "Let's buy Ariovaldo's CD." ""Thinking of You." My own songs." "Here, "Faithful Man"." "With this song..." "I came when the door was open" "Through it the kite came in" "And in the blink of an eye, it took me" "For a tour where the moon sleeps" "I saw a colorful rainbow" "And a star bathing in the nude" "Blue kite, I know this will be my destiny" "When I grow up I want to be a boy" "I'll get married to that star" " Want to buy one?" " I don't have any money." "I knew it." "And the blue kite" "I know this will be my destiny" "When I grow up I want to be a boy" "I'll get married to that star" "When I grow up I want to be a boy" "I'll get married to that star" "What's up boy?" "Are you some kind of louse?" " No." "You sing very well, sir." " That's what people say." "I was thinking, look." "You sing and dance." "And I sell." "Everybody buys from little kids." "It does sound like a good idea." "But I don't have money to give you." "Business is bad." "Fewer and fewer people show up here." " Do you also go to other cities?" " I sing everywhere out there." "If I sell a lot, can I go to the big city with you?" "No, one thing at a time." "First, we'll sell." "And if you sell a lot, I'll give you a CD." "Let's go to work?" " Can I sing?" " Here we go." "I live with my old lady" "And we are both broke and poor" "We've sold everything we had" "And we are going hungry" "She has a big fat lazy pussy cat" "And now I had to tell her "you have to sell your pussy"" "Real men like naughty songs." "You have to sell your pussy" "Who wants one?" "Five bucks." "To help my dad!" "My dad is unemployed!" "My dad doesn't have a job." "Help me out!" "Who wants one?" "Five bucks." "Come and get it." "Very cheap, to help my dad, who is unemployed." "Let's help the unemployed." "He's unemployed." "Who wants a CD?" "It's cheap." "Big sale!" "There're his own songs!" "Come on, guys." "Who wants one?" " It's cheap, only 5 bucks." " Go on." "Ten, twenty, thirty," "Thirty-five..." "Thirty-five reals." "Give me that can." "Give me that can." "I am the unemployed one here." "That's my money." " That's my money!" " It's mine." "It's mine!" "Don't even think about crying!" "It's mine!" "I can see the entire world from up here." "Outside this yard, there's a huge world." "Did you know that?" ""Are you still sad, Zezé?"" "I wonder what it is like out there." ""It shouldn't be different from here!"" "Do you think there's a yard with a sweet orange tree like you?" "And a boy like me?" "Get out, you little brat!" "Get out!" "Out!" "Damn!" "Godoia?" "Why doesn't anyone like me?" "Don't say that, Zezé." "I like you a lot." "Please don't let anyone beat me up today." "The day is almost over, you have no time to screw up." "I already did." "Kiddo!" "Hey, boy!" " Kid, did you hurt your foot?" " Go on, you can laugh." "Does it hurt a lot?" "What happened?" "I stepped on a mango." " A mango can't cut your foot." " It was a glass shard." "Is it deep?" " You should've stayed home." " At home, I would've been spanked." "I get it." "Get in, I'll take you to school." "I can't." "Everybody saw you hitting me." "So, I'll drop you off at the corner near the school." "But we are enemies!" "I bet you've never ridden a magic car." "This car isn't magical." "Ok, it isn't, but it's the best car in the world." "And I bet you've never ridden the best car in the world." "Come." "Okay." "Hey, the school is that way!" "You're not going to school." "You need to wash and disinfect." "You can't let your foot infect." "And we're going to stitch it up." "He took 4 stitches." "And the boy didn't complain." "It's a very brave boy." "He's even smiling." "Look at him." "At that moment, I found out something amazing." "Portuga is the nicest person in the world." "I found out a bunch of other things." "He lives near the church." "His car has its own house," "When it gets cold, Portuga covers it up," "So it won't be cold anymore." "And the most amazing:" "he lives in the middle of a jungle." "Hi, kid." "What a surprise." "Is it in here that you chop..." "you cut things off?" "I cut flowers, branches..." "So, do you like my garden?" "And your foot?" "Is it any better?" "It doesn't hurt anymore." "Let's have breakfast?" "Portuga's house is amazing." "Everything is in its right place." "There is no mess like in here..." "There is sunlight, there is shade and "real" trees." "The birds live in their cages..." "The only thing missing is people." "In the kitchen, dishes and cups match." "Tablecloth with colored squares just like on TV." "You feel like you don't want to ever leave there." "He taught me how to eat soup," "Coffee and milk and bread slices." ""Big deal." "If I had hands, I'd teach you too." "I want to see if he can take you horseback riding."" "Duh!" "Don't be stupid, Pinky." "He has a car that's a lot faster than your horse." ""But it's not magical."" "Let me talk!" "I've never seen a pen like that." "I brought it from Europe." "It's a pen from my family, an inheritance." " Inheritance?" " Yes." "When something passes from father to son." " Is it from the real Europe?" " Is there a fake Europe?" "There is one in the back of my house." "Is it really 10:30 AM?" "Yes." "This clock tells time precisely." "While the sun is shining, it tells the right time." "For example, now it says it's time for children your age to be in school." " There's a teachers' meeting." " That's why you have that box?" "I took Totoca's shoeshine box..." "Everybody is thinking I'm up to something." "But I doubt you are that mischievous." "I have the devil in my body."