"THE OYSTER AND THE WIND" " A Ostra e o Vento " "Right!" "The fear has passed." "All I had to do was set foot on the island." "And feel the breeze again." "I almost felt as if I were dead." "I've been away a year and a half." "I was so afraid." "Afraid of not belonging anymore." "Funny!" "Even Roberto isn't here to help." "Afraid of never seeing Marcela again." "It's all over." "The light-house was dark for a whole night." "It takes courage to return." "Maybe I can be of some use." "Daniel stayed down below!" "Just as well!" "I'll talk to José first." "You fill her head with nonsense." "Mind your own business!" "Make sure the boat doesn't sink again." "José!" "José!" "Window's broken." "No one at home?" " They left in a hurry." " The door's open." "Go see if he's at the light-house." "José!" "José!" "Marcela!" "Marcela!" "No one around here." "Let's look down below." "Marcela!" "The food's still warm!" "It must mean they're still nearby." "That's typical of Marcela!" "Daniel, this page has been torn out." "José must have done it, or somebody else." "Is it about Roberto?" "Only what we already know." "That Roberto's crazy..." "What?" "!" "Roberto hates José!" "The back of his door is covered with things about José... all with a cross above!" "Roberto's weird." "He's crazy, but quite harmless." "Anyway, José scares him." "My diary!" "This island is all I know." "I was very little when my father brought me to the light-house." "And I've never left." "I grew up in this house." "With my father and my friend, Daniel." "He gave you to me." "Father said he'd take me away." "But he never did." "So I stay... until I escape from the loneliness." "Forever." "I don't know if it's yesterday or tomorrow." "The days go backwards, or forward." "Back and forth, like a wave." "I can't remember my mother." "I lost her a long way back." "I only remember the island." "My island." "The smell of wet grass and the sea and the wind... always around me." "Never leaves me... my friend, the wind." "Father found out that Saulo comes to see me on the beach..." "But he never saw us." "He never will." "Ah, Saulo!" "I search for you everywhere... in the clouds, in the rain, in forgotten laughter... but you're never there." "I find so much beauty." "But it's never you." "But I can wait." "I know I can." "When you come, only I will see your invisible face." "Pedro!" "Magari!" "The boat has come adrift!" "What are you doing?" "Get down there!" "Pedro!" "Help, Pedro!" "Help!" "Who is this Saulo that Marcela was calling for?" "I thought there was someone!" "Someone's coming." "I can't watch Marcela and Daniel all the time." "Daniel always means trouble." "He sticks his nose into everything." "What do you want?" "A vacation?" "The boat was firmly tied up." "Strange it would come loose." "There must be someone here." "Something pulled me back when I was swimming." "I swear it!" "I thought I was going to die!" "We've stocked up the provisions." "We'd better leave the island." "The radio's not something to play with." "It's not working." "I've asked for spare parts, but the harbor master's done nothing." "What you can hear is because I've been trying to mend it." "No one's playing around here!" "Right, Daniel!" "Mend the radio and let the Coast Guard know what's happening." "And then we must light the light-house beacon." "We can't go on like this!" "Take it easy!" "All in good time." "Easy!" "I almost lost my boat!" "What I need is a good drink." "Good idea!" "I don't know what's going on." "It was anchored and tied up." "I don't understand how it came adrift." "It sounds like one of Medusa's stories." "It was when there were still sailing ships." "One night, the wind dropped and next day, it was the doldrums." "They were adrift alongside a strange ship." "The sails were in shreds..." " Who is this Saulo?" " I don't know him." "The Log mentioned a certain Saulo..." " José thinks I know him." " No sign of the crew..." " And did you know him?" " No idea who he was." "But José was convinced I knew." "There's a note in the Log from a year ago." "Saulo?" "!" "Never heard of him." "The mist closed in and hid everything." "Next morning, when the wind had blown the mist away... there was nothing to be seen." "No ship, no lifeboat, no sailor." "Marcela!" "Look who's here!" "And just look what I've brought you." "Just look who's here!" "I am your doll." "It's for you, my beauty." "Pepe, I didn't think you'd come!" "We've been waiting for provisions for a week." "I was held up." "Affairs of the heart." "You?" "Affairs of the heart?" "My heart still beats, you know." "I'm still very much alive." "Why have you never got married, then?" "It isn't as simple as that." "We men do everything we can to get what we want." "But women don't." "They get romantic... after we've got them into bed." "Magari!" "But now I have a woman who really loves me." "And I got lucky..." "she's married!" " Married?" " Yes." "What about the husband?" "Husbands are born cuckolds!" "Daniel!" "Come here!" "Is that it?" " What you talked about?" " Yes." "It's a risk to let madmen run loose on the island." "I won't have it!" "The Coast Guard must know!" "What are you doing?" "You can't go through the Log like that!" "What are you after?" "I just want to know when exactly I ordered the spare part... for the radio." "But that's my job." "I gave Pepe the list when he was here." "Don't worry about that!" "But I do!" "I won't stay out on the high seas without communication." "What if something happens?" "Nothing will happen!" "I take care of everything here." "Everything." "Are you off then, Daniel?" "Without you here, I feel as if I've died." " What's that?" " A sextant." " Is it a toy?" " No, Marcela..." "A navigation instrument for long voyages." " On the high seas." " How does it work?" "You point it at a star." "Until it reflects on this mirror... then on this one here and there you have it." "It tells you your position at sea." "If you point at a star... you get a wart on your finger." "Do you believe that?" "Daniel, teach me how to use it." "Why?" "You're no sailor!" "Because the island can sail like a ship." "Look at the cloud!" "You can see how it sails along." "Daniel!" "Did you see?" "That's a big one!" "Daniel's set the wrong course, Commander!" "He was completely drunk!" "Marcela, my love!" "How I've missed you!" "Guess what I've brought you." "What you asked for last time." " A hat?" " No." "A dress?" "A yellow one!" "Pepe!" "It's beautiful, Pepe!" "It's beautiful." "Even the seagulls will get a surprise!" "Daddy will let me go to the mainland with you." " Great!" " To see the doctor." " The doctor?" "Are you sick?" " No." "It'sjust that..." "I'm a young lady now." "That's all!" "It's nothing!" "It'll be lovely!" "I'll get to see the town!" "I'd better get us something to eat before we leave." "But first, I want to try my dress on." "Look how beautiful it is, Daniel!" "Marcela..." "Marcela..." "I can't go." "I know you want me to, but I can't." "Oh, Dad!" "Please!" "We need to see other places, other people!" "I can't stay away." "I can't take a month off." "I have commitments." "Not a month." "Pepe said he'd bring us back long before." "Daniel's staying." "He'll take care of everything." "If anything happens, I'm responsible." "You don't want to go!" "It's you!" " Dad won't go!" " I can't." "It's different." "But we agreed." "I'll take care of the light-house." "After all, it's only 5 days." "I can't delegate responsibility." "What if you get sick?" "Won't you have to go get a doctor?" "I'm sorry, Daniel, but I don't trust you." "I'm sorry, but I don't." "Well, if I can't help, I'm going." "She needs to see the doctor!" "She's not a child anymore." "You look after your own affairs." "That concerns me and my daughter." "You get such nonsense into her head!" "Just mind your own business!" "So the boat won't sink again!" "Hey, I'll take Marcela and bring her back in 5 days." "I'm the one who decides when she goes." "You're just selfish!" "You only think about yourself." "Think more about her." "It's her future!" "Daniel, keep your nose out!" "Please, Dad!" "I want to go!" "You will go, honey." "I'll take you." "And you'll stay longer." "It's not true!" "You don't want me to go!" "Take care!" "You'll end up alone." "You're not going, are you, Daniel?" "I'm going." "It'll be worse if I stay." "But, Daniel, I'm dead here without you." "I'll have no one to talk to." "You look beautiful in your yellow dress." "I want you to study hard... and take care of that intelligent head of yours." "This is a present for you when you travel with your island." "Don't cry." "Help me get away." "You think it's easy for me?" "It isn't." "Don't cry!" "Go home!" "The whole island is my home now!" "What use is a new dress?" "No one's going to see me." "I hate you!" "I hate you!" "I hate you!" "Saulo!" "Who's Saulo?" "Who's Saulo?" "Marcela!" "I'm waiting for you!" "Marcela..." "Who's Saulo?" "Saulo!" "Saulo!" "Who's Saulo?" "Marcela, who is he?" "Saulo!" "Saulo!" "Saulo!" "I don't want to stay here!" "I won't stay!" "I want to go away!" "I don't want to!" "He'll pay for this!" "I'll never forgive him!" "Marcela!" "Marcela!" "Pity Daniel isn't here." "He's the only one I can talk to." "The only one." "If only I had someone of my own age to talk to." "But I don't." "Always the same faces, the same expressions!" "Ah, Saulo!" "Where are you?" "For you, Marcela." "Eat it!" " I don't want it." " Eat it!" "It's nice!" "What do you do with the shell?" "You throw it away." "What if there's a pearl inside?" "Then, we'd be rich!" "Magari!" "And the oyster?" "And the shell?" "What do you want the shell for?" "We'll throw it away." "They're so beautiful!" "We could put them all in a jar and keep them." "Did you hurt yourself?" "Why are you crying?" "I'll never open another shell again." "I'll just let them be." "Play something, Daniel." "Let's dance!" "Let's cheer things up." "Come on!" "Come on, Marcela!" "Let's dance!" "Cheer up!" "Let's dance!" "Come and dance, Marcela!" "Dance!" "That's right, Marcela." "Drunk already, Pepe?" "Saulo!" "Stop!" "It was you, Saulo!" "It was you!" "Do you want to kill me?" "It was you!" "Marcela!" "What's the matter?" " Daniel, I'm going to die!" " Take it easy!" "Come here..." "Just rest!" "Sit down here." " Take it easy..." " I'm going to die." "Of course you won't!" "I'm going to tell you a story." "This is how little girls turn into young ladies." "It hurts at first, but then it goes away." "You'll go through the same thing every month." "It's a sign of life, Marcela, not a sign of death." "Take a bath and rest a while." "Marcela!" "Come back!" "José, she's become a woman." "She needs to talk to someone." "She'sjust a child and I want her to be shown respect." "She's a woman now, José!" "She's in pain." "She must see a doctor." " A doctor?" " A lady doctor preferably." "She'll feel more at ease." "It's as old as the world." "It's nature." "She doesn't need a doctor." "Stop filling my daughter's head with nonsense." " Just leave her alone!" " But..." "I've never seen Dad really happy." "He always seems sad, even when he smiles... as if he's hiding something." "Sometimes it annoys me and often I feel sorry for him." "Sweetheart!" "I thought you were in bed." "I've been here doing some work." "I forgot what time it was." "Here!" "Have your piece of cake." "Just coffee for me, thank you." "Honey... all I want is for you to be happy." "I don't want you to suffer." "Life is hard and people can be so cruel." "I don't want you to be hurt, my special little girl!" "What was my mother like?" "Was she pretty?" " You never talk about her." " She was beautiful." "But what does that matter?" "I was the one who brought you up." "You have no mother." "You have nothing." "What is it now?" "There'sjust the two of us." "Remember when I made you this windmill?" "You were as pleased as punch!" "You said the wind had come to play with you." "Remember?" "Daniel wasn't here to fill your head with nonsense." "Only us two." "Even out here in the sticks." "We were happy." "Are you off?" "I'll join you soon, all right?" "I'm coming." "Saulo?" "Saulo, I'm so happy to see you!" "The doctor!" "Get her to the doctor!" "Right!" "The old man's trying to get me all muddled up." "And that's what he wants." "To take her to the doctor." "He wants to get her to the town!" "If it wasn't for the light-house..." "I would let anyone come here." "Marcela..." "I've come to play with you." "And talk of love... and take you far away." "The door's been left open, with this wind and all!" "How could the little mite do that?" "Still drunk!" "Listen to me." "You are mine." "No one can prevent that." " Zé!" "Do you need help?" " No." "Go home." "Everything's fine." " What's the matter with her?" " Nothing." "She's asleep." "Go home and leave me in peace." "Idiot!" "What's the matter with her?" "I know what's the matter with her." "I know." "She's my little girl." "I know." "She's mine." "I brought her up." "I know what's the matter." "My little girl." "I know..." "I know." "Why were you stretched out on the beach?" "Stretched out." "Tell me, sweetheart." "She... she'd fallen down." "She opened up." "Should I tell her?" "I'll say..." "Be careful!" "I don't know her anymore." "Ten years." "Ten." "I saw her." "I know her." "I don't know her anymore." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Your coffee..." "Drink some." "It'll warm you up and help you to get to sleep." "Dad." "You must rest." "Who were you with on the beach?" "I didn't see anybody." "I can't remember." "Did you go there alone?" "I don't know." "Nothing, honey..." "Go to bed while I take care of the chores." "I'll pick some vegetables and make you something nice to eat." "Daniel was my teacher." "He taught me to read and write and told me stories." " I'm a very special pupil." " Chair?" "Flower-pot!" "Ship?" "Flower?" "Water." "Harbor?" " Sailor!" " Jealousy?" "Ah!" "Got you!" " Treachery!" " What?" " Treachery!" " I can't hear..." "Death!" "Death, death!" "Daniel!" "Daniel!" "They've found José's body!" "He didn't drown." "He was murdered." "He was hit on the head!" " It was Roberto!" " No, it wasn't!" "I've known him since he was little." "I knew his mother." "She died when he was 5." "He grew up on the docks." "He has troubles, but he was never violent." "I've got our man." "His name's Roberto." "He's easily scared." "He hardly ever speaks." "But he's a good worker." "Above all, he knows his place." "I can see what's coming... and that's where I'm lucky." "And old chatterbox goes and a dumb idiot takes his place!" "Don't be so grumpy, José." "I've brought you a hard worker." "You'll teach him." "He'll be of great use to you." "I'll show you where you'll be living." "Come on then, boy!" "Roberto, come here!" "I told you I'd bring you to work with someone that... was like that..." "but he's a good man." "You'll have a lot of work to do." "You'll have to sweep the whole island clean." "And don't leave a stone out of place." "He knows every inch!" "And he hates bird droppings." "You'll have to chase them away." "But not right now." "Let me tell you something serious." "Don't hang around him and especially around his daughter." "Only if absolutely necessary." "That way you'll keep out of trouble." "OK?" "So let's go!" "Come on!" "Quickly, Pepe!" "Put that inside." "Roberto!" "Son!" "Come here!" "Go on and meet Master José." "I'll show you what you'll have to do." "Cut the grass every month... and twice a year, chase off the snakes." "There are a lot, especially during summer." "Know anything about light-houses?" "Basically, you clean it and I'll take care of the light." "You'll be fine if you clean it well." "The Port Authorities say we use too much rice and flour." "They forget we have another mouth to feed." "I still haven't received the primer and paint." "Meanwhile, the rust is setting in." "More?" "That's enough." "He'll spill it all and make a mess." "Let him eat what's on the plate first." "I told you not to waste water!" "But you won't listen!" "Go away!" "Go!" "Roberto!" "Get out!" "Get on with your work." "You're not here to play around!" "Get a bucket and clean up there." "There's plenty to be done." "I want it all spotless!" "And don't waste water!" "Get on with it!" "What an idiot!" "Come back!" "Come back!" "Don't go!" "Saulo..." "Saulo!" "Please!" "Saulo!" "Saulo, help me!" "Saulo!" "Please..." "Saulo, help me!" "Saulo!" "Don't worry." "I'll always be here." "Saulo!" "He's always after me." "He won't let me out." "It gets worse everyday." "He must leave the island, for better or for worse." "If he insists, I'll kill him!" "Did you hear?" "He must go." "But I don't want to hurt him." "Saulo, please!" "Help me..." "Help me..." "Of course I'll help you, my one and only love!" "The island will be for us alone." "Only us two." "Only us two." "Keep away..." "Keep away from her if you want to live!" "Idiot!" "I have the light-house and a girl here and they send me a fool!" "Cretins, all of them!" "But he won't stay." "He's mad... an idiot!" "He won't stay!" "This guy won't stay!" "He's mad!" "He's dangerous!" "I've told you time and again not to go near him." "But you won't listen." "You think I'm keeping you prisoner." "You treat me as if I was an enemy!" "You're my father." "Don't start imagining things." "Roberto won't do anything." "He's too silly." "He's a "scaredy-cat"." "He's even scared of me!" "You were running away and he was after you." "I saw it!" "He got on my nerves." "He keeps mimicking me, like the idiot he is." "I can't stop him." "Let Mommy put it on your cheek." "What do you want?" "Can't you knock?" " Where are you going?" " Out with Marcela." " No, you won't!" " Yes, I will!" " You're not going out!" " Am I to be a prisoner?" "Is that why your brought me?" "I took you out of the gutter and gave you a name." "I gave you a home." "I thought you loved me!" "And so I do, Elvira!" "Of course I do." "No, you just want to give me orders!" "Do you hear?" "You only give me orders!" "I want my life back!" "You just want to go back on the game, don't you?" "You're too old, José." "Do you hear?" "Too old!" "I won't stay a day longer!" "At least show respect for the child in your arms!" "I'm leaving!" "Go back to the gutter, you whore!" "You disgust me!" "Whore!" "Whore!" "I forbid you to leave with my child!" "I forbid you to go near that madman!" "I forbid you to talk to the sailors or anyone else who comes here!" "I can't talk to anyone?" "Not even a madman?" "Am I to be a prisoner?" "No friends, no nothing?" "Am I to be a prisoner?" "Am I to be a prisoner?" "My God!" "The light!" "I wonder..." "I checked the gas this afternoon." "I don't believe it!" "My God!" "Can it be the gas?" "My God!" "My light-house!" "My light-house!" "Could it be the gas?" "I thought about it this afternoon." "It can't be the gas, I thought about it." "There it is!" "The light's lit!" "Marcela!" "I always knew it wouldn't work." "This guy lives here with his daughter and never visits the mainland." "It's obvious he'd go mad." "And you know that." "The Island Syndrome!" "He probably drove Roberto mad." "He created such a violent atmosphere... that Roberto's taken over." "He set up a whole drama around you... sojust imagine Roberto, who was already crazy... but who is also very young." "Why did I have to find him a job right here?" "He wouldn't have hurt a fly." "My God!" "She isn't dead!" "Magari..." " Pedro..." " Yes, Commander?" "We'll be leaving before nightfall." "We'll be taking Roberto with us." "I'm staying." "You're like me." "You won't believe the worst." "I'll turn the light on and wait for Marcela." "I'll take her to the town." "She'd be frightened here." "Shall I leave some men with you?" " No." " Aren't you frightened?" "I don't think so." "See you soon, sailor!" "The fear has gone." "I've learnt that fear is just fear." "Nothing more." "It's not fear of..." "It'sjust... fear." "Fear of living." "This is the book for you to learn to write." "It's yours." "C..." "E..." " L..." " L as in "Lulu"." "A..." "My diary, Marcela." "Is that you?" "So..." "Begin again..." "and watch what you do." " My diary." " My diary." "The storm has come and the fog covers everything." "Is it today?" "This anguish that fills me will not last beyond today." "Father will believe me." "I will say I hear the cries of the shipwreck." "We must save them and I know he will go." "Father always does what he must." "The boat." "Yes, a leaky boat." "I shall make a hole in it." "He must disappear and leave me in peace." "I want to be alone, alone with Saulo." "Saulo, he must go." "I cannot take anymore." "He must leave." "The storm has come and the fog covers everything." "It is today." "It will be today." "It must come to an end." "Let him go and let me be with Saulo." "I'll stay with Saulo." "Just the two of us." "I can't stand my father anymore!" "He must go!" "Father will believe me." "Dad, a ship's been wrecked!" " A ship?" " I heard them shouting." " I can't hear anything." " Yes, you can!" "Come on!" " Come on, Dad!" " Where is it, Marcela?" "Go back, Marcela!" " Careful!" "Where?" " Over there!" " What is it, sweetheart?" " Can't you hear them?" "They're there!" "The shouting comes from over there!" "The poor people, Dad!" "Go on!" "You must save those people down there!" "Go on!" "I'm going, sweetheart." " Go on!" " I'll get the lifeboat." "Go on!" "Saulo!" "Saulo!" "Don't leave me!" "I need you, Saulo!" "I need you!" "Help me!" "People are drowning near here!" "Come on, Roberto!" "Help me!" "Saulo, I'm yours!" "Yours!" "Yours!" "Saulo!" "Yours!" "No, Saulo!" "No, stop it!" "Help, father!" "Help!" "Daddy!" "Marcela, take the lamp!" "Show me!" "Where are they?" "Dad!" "There's no one, Dad." "I lied." "No one's drowning, Dad." "Come over here!" "It wasn't true." "Where are they?" "Come back, Dad!" " Come back!" " Show me!" "Where are they?" "We're sinking!" "I'm coming!" "Wait for me!" "Now I understand!" "The light will go out!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "I'm coming!" "I'm coming, Dad!" "Wait, I'm coming!" "Can you see me?" "I'm nearly there!" "Can you see me?" "The wave draws back And meets the mist" "The leaf falls Who sighs my name?" "A dense rose-pink dawn Breaks once again" "My love's fragrance prowls" "My secret love" "Only he can touch My heart" "Father, time is now Wearing other clothes" "Father, let me breathe in the wind that blows" "The wind..." "No boat, no fish The dusk that falls" "Who knows my name?" "In Nowhere Land no movement The sun stands still" "Will my love be jealous?" "My love, the vagabond" "Will find me No matter where..." "Done by (c) dcd / March 2008"