"THEY SAY WHEN MEN ARRIVED HERE" "THERE WERE JUST PIRATES, MONSTERS AND HIDDEN TREASURES AND THAT UNDERNEATH THE CITY THEY BUILT," "LIVED ANOTHER CITY" "THAT ONE DAY WOULD AWAKEN AND SWALLOW PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS..." "THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT A GIRL" "THAT WOULD WEAR PINK AND HAVE EYES OF FIRE..." "AND WHO WOULD BE THE FIRST TO HEAR" "WHEN THE EARTH STARTS TO OPEN UP." "When I was born, I was told History had come to an end." "That life was only about waiting and repeating, repeating..." "And that all that struck the body was disease, stubbornness, or imagination..." "Some days I think the world has ended and now we're like ghosts wandering around with no memory." "And that's what they don't understand." "that's what they don't understand." "Some days it's good having been born with no soul." "THE JOY" "You're getting it!" "There's a poem I heard when I was a kid." " Which one?" " l can't forget, it scared me!" "At that party, when garbs are taken off." " Revelry of Kings." " Yes." " How was it?" " lt was..." ""l take off my garb with all my heart." "Because it doesn't belong to me, but to the devil. "" "A little heavy, isn't it?" "To carry such a weight can't be good." "Let's put on the mask to make another choreography and try to recite the poem here so you can see how it is." "And start making your wishes to protect us." " You'll do this for 7 years." " Why?" "Because it's the rule." "Are you scared?" " No, no." " Good!" "Oh, sun!" " That's it!" " lt's true!" "What a tight spot!" "Play it on, concertina player!" "Don't fall into that river!" "Here comes the jackfruit!" "Yay!" "We can eat it, it's ripe." "I liked to climb that jack tree to hide from dad, remember?" "I would laugh at him from up there." "João?" "João?" "What happened?" "They passed by shooting." "They killed five people." "They said they were the police." "Mom!" "Don't tell anyone you've seen me." "Anyone, ok?" "Close your eyes..." "Close your eyes." "Don't open them now." "When you open them, I'll be gone already." "is that João?" "No." "Your cousin might still turn up." "Don't be scared, dear." "People say he may be ok." "Hiding..." "Your aunt said a boy was killed at the arcade." "Shot in the neck." "It wasn't the first time." "Aren't you angry, mom?" "Mom?" "I'm gonna have to stay with your aunt." "A dog... a plant and an apartment, do you think you can handle?" "I've seen it." "The butterfly on your neck." "I got it in a pack of cookies." "Did it hurt a lot?" "It did." "Lucas!" "I brought you chocolate." "Duda told me your cousin died..." "He's disappeared. lt's different." "Goal!" "So..." "When are asking Fe on a date?" "I have." "I think he didn't get it." "Who will it be?" "Who will it be?" "The lucky fellow That will marry Lu?" "She will say her vows" "She will say her vows" "She will say her vows" "When Fe finally figures it out..." "Darn, Fe!" "Why have you been stalking me?" "I'm not stalking you." "So what are you doing in the men's room?" "I still haven't told you about my cousin's friend." "Tell me, then." "Tell me." "Once upon a time... there was a boy who was born in a desert," "with a pair of silver shoes" "and a can of soda." "He walked for sixteen years until he came across an oasis" "and a column of black smoke." "Out of the smoke came balls of fire, plastic angels" "and paper flowers." "He thought this was beautiful." "He dove into the oasis" "and turned into a fish." "I'll find out who's doing this." "I've won!" "I lost my breath half way up!" "is it the bronchitis?" "My chest burns." "It hurts like hell!" "The following day, it pours with rain." "Rio de Janeiro is hell..." "Have I lost?" "Again?" "And I've won." "Now you'll have to climb up that tree and scream." "No." "Climb up and tell us a dream and a secret." "And Duda goes with you." "Why?" "I came in third." "Because you came after me." "So?" "I'm waiting... lf l really stretch my legs," " l can see the whole city." " What is it like?" "The city?" "The city was taken by the sea." "Ipanema has been swept off the map." "A marine monster is swallowing people and cars." "If I died now, I'd forget everything." "I would only remember you and our walks in the forest." "My cousin is alive." "And now what?" "What do we do?" "This fruit is disgusting... I love it." "It's dangerous." "It weighs 6Lbs and grows at the top of a tree." "I have jackfruit in my underwear!" "Gross!" " Bombs away!" " Kneel down!" "I'll shoot her." "Son of a bitch!" "Sorry..." "The dog pooped everywhere!" "I didn't know you had a dog." "It used to be my cousin's dog." "My aunt didn't want it anymore." "is there really no one home?" "My mom hasn't returned yet." "She's taking care of my aunt." "What did your cousin say?" "Forget it." "It's a secret." "He walks around the city in disguise." "I think he's been following me." "Aren't you afraid the guys might come after you?" "No." "I thought I would be more afraid seeing the dead body." "You're tougher than me." "No, I'm not." "You're prettier than me." "No, I'm not." "You're smarter than..." "What?" "I stepped on dog poop!" "I like you so much I want you to be an ice cream flavor." "For your protection..." "Who said I need protection?" " Can it make me cross walls?" " Yep!" "What's going on?" "The lamp bulb has gone out, that's all..." "Are you afraid of the dark?" "Boo!" "Cut it out!" "Have I told you?" "About that street in the harbor where they found dead people?" "There were bodies inside the walls and people used to hear voices." "I'm afraid of ghosts." "Seriously." "Everyone's afraid of screwing themselves." "There's a guy on TV being paid to say the world is ending." "is that what makes money now?" "My dad says so." "Hi." "Hi." "Have you received my messages?" "I have." "Did you find the key I left you?" "I thought he wouldn't leave." "is that the boyfriend?" "Yes..." "Mom sent ajackfruit from the backyard." "She told you not to worry." "She got her stuff and went to live with my aunt." "Auntie wants to leave home, and go away." "It's gone, the butterfly on your neck." "It comes off after three showers." "It comes off with your nails." "I used to do that to my girlfriends." "Mom?" "Other girlfriends." "My mom said it's a war." "That the city will be swept off the map." "Your mom's overreacting." "She says so to scare you." "So you like her better." "Are you sure this is all?" "No... I have a new secret to tell you." "...due to the heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro." "The rain that led to the flooding of Maracanã river this monday caused deaths, chaos and unexpected effects to the carioca routine." "As they woke up, residents of this building had there garage taken over by garbage, mud and live fish beating themselves against the cars..." " Does it still hurt?" " Yes." "The doctor said I'm not losing my thumb." "It's only going to be a little crooked..." "You can stay as long as you want." "There's food in the fridge and my mom left some hidden money." "Have you heard from her?" "And from my mother?" "She calls everyday..." "Always." "She says your mother is sad, but she started to accept the fact you have died." "I wish my mom would forget me here alone too." "Sometimes." "What about your father?" "Never seen him again." "I told him I was hiding you." "What are you gonna do?" "Are you going away forever?" "I don't know." "Sometimes it's good being able to be whoever you want." "But then other times, all you can be is one." "Lu!" " Hi." " Hi." " What?" "Let me go by!" " No, I won't." "You're all weird." "Do you need any help?" "Let me go, Marcela, I got to leave!" "My dog is waiting for me." "No, I won't." "You never let me leave." "Where's Fernando?" "He's with Duda, playing poker." "I need you guys..." "Today." "Now you're going to tell me your miracle." "This is an oath." "It's not ajoke." "You are my knights." "We're only going to be apart when we die." "I see things nobody sees... I turn into a black panther." "I can imitate Madonna and Beyoncê at the same time and backwards." "I burned all my father's Bossa Nova records, and fed them to the dog." "I am angry at everything, but I'm more faithful than a lion." "I will discover the Coke formula and give it to you." "I can control the weather with my lungs." "I can guess if there'll be rain or sun." "I am a marine monster." "I've swallowed Luiza." "I want my city back." "when Rio has drowned, and only the ships are left, we can go diving from them." "Hi, João." "Lu." "what's your mom going to think?" "Shouldn't you tell her?" "Lu." "I think we should make a bomb and take over power." "I don't want to kill anyone!" "Neither do I, idiot!" "We can make a bomb that will stop time." " And keep everyone brave forever." " Yes." "Are you afraid of becoming a coward?" "At what age is that normal?" "At thirty?" "Fourty?" "Or 25?" "I've decided I'm going to be brave and joyful." "And laugh at everything?" "I said I'm going to be joyful, not stupid." "What is it like, being joyful?" "It's like having a little fever." "To anti-gravity and to my friends!" "To anti-gravity and to my friends!" "The party is for you." "Get out of this bedroom, nobody knows who you are." "I don't want a party." "I hurt from so much yearning." "I miss home, my son..." "Do you remember Gabriel?" "Test your body to see if it's healed." "My foot..." "Test your foot." "Stamp it hard on the floor." "Like that, come on!" "Lucas?" "Want a beer?" "Are you running away?" "I'm tired of hiding." "Don't go now." "Wait until the party's over." "Lu is going to be sad if you go now." "Some people think we want to live a life like theirs." "A bigger TV, a brand new car." "And that we don't want anything else." "But we'll never tell those loosers our real dreams, will we?" "Will we, my love?" "Quiet." "Or they'll hear us." "Quiet." "Or they'll hear us." "Does it hurt to be shot?" "It does." "I'm angry, Lu." "Some people fear being angry." "João!" "We have a gift for you." "Marcela had the idea." "Fe designed the costume and mask." "Duda and his grandmother made it." "I just put them together." "Promise to take care?" "Promise?" "Promise, João?" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Hands off!" "Do your little dance, Marcela!" "Are you alright?" "Did you oversleep?" "Any news from your cousin?" "No." "The dog barked the whole night." "It seems he knows he's gone." "I've got something to show you." "Wait." "YOUR WORLD HAS ENDED." "FUCK OFF!" "is it the way you wanted?" "It was." "Straightforward." "Will you put out that cigarette and come in?" "I'm out of here." "Very nice, huh, Marcela?" "One more year here with us, right?" "One year my ass!" "I'm not coming back to this dump!" "Fe, come with us too!" "Take it." "Nice, huh..." " Bye bye!" " Bye." "Luiza!" "Joy is my policy." "The world is ending." "Forever." "u u u" "I know this silence of his." "He is angry, coming up with something." "I know he's stubborn, ill-bred, he's crazy." "But I also know he wouldn't disappear that way." "Because everyone thinks he's dead, but I know he's alive." "And I will wait." "I will wait in this garden, under the trees." "You'll see." "Joana, I've told you: she's ok." "You don't need to come here this late!" "Damn it!" "Don't you trust me?" "I'm not going to tell her that." "I don't want my daughter hooked on MSN the whole day." "I don't want that." "She wants things, Joana." "She wants to blow things up, set things on fire!" "Sorry... I'm sorry." "I'll tell her." "Take care." "Ok, bye." "She knows..." "Your mother loves you." "Paris is burning." "God bless the day we split up." "Let me see that." "What?" "Did it hurt?" "It's the moral effect, dad." "The bomb explodes and splits into little pieces of plastic." "The little pieces go into your skin and stay there." "I want to do other things." "I wake up full of enthusiasm." "It's no use telling me to calm down." "There are enough quiet people in the world." "I enjoy life so much that it hurts." "Fe called again." "He can't sleep." "I'd never seen him cry." "We got to learn to dribble our enemies with our eyes." "That's it." "To fool them all." "To make them green with anger." "The day you calm down, I'll throw you in the middle of Guanabara Bay." "Promise?" "Promise." "The slaughter of five people in the Rio suburbs remains unsolved for two months now." "Cops, militaries and deputies manage an investigation in the core of the Military Police in order to combat policeman corruption." "The family of mechanic João de Moura Silva still has no news about him." "The 26-year-old man was last seen..." "His mother in dispair has already said..." "But she hasn't given up finding her son." "Bye, dad." "I'm not sure I'll come back." "THEY SAY ONE DAY THE GIRL WILL WAKE UP IN FEVER" "AND ASK TO SEE THE SEA." "THAT VERY DAY THE BOY WILL HIDE HIS FACE" "TO PROTECT THE ONES HE LOVES." "ON THIS DAY, things WILL START TO COME TRUE:" "Fe..." "Lu has disappeared." "Lu!" "Lu!" "Luiza!" "I'm staying here." "She might come back." "Was it the ring?" "What ring?" "The ring I gave her, that drove her nuts?" "It's gonna rain today." "It was here in this river." "Edson and I were dancing, when they started shooting." "If you look closely, you can still see him." "Everyone thought you had died... I didn't die." "I buried myself alive and I'm back." "What if they come after you?" "I'm putting together tires, gasoline," "used cars... to go after them." "My life begins again today." "But I'm still the same." "Come back to me." "Dribble the enemies with the eyes." "Go across walls." "Feel a strong wind when I speak." "Speakers, things made of plastic, star-shaped earrings," "crazy ideas, stick chewing gum in your hair," "throw laundry detergent in the square's fountain." "Run away from home." "Love forever." "Plans for the world, plans for myself." "Drink condensed milk from the can until you get a headache." "Stand on my head until blood fills my eyes with yearning." "THEY SAY THE GIRL WILL COME BACK TO TOWN" "AND SHE'LL HAVE LOST HER HUMAN FORM." "AND THAT, BEFORE sunrise," "SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HER CITY BACK:" "Because my body is made of blood and is drunk by you, it's warm, it's pink and it catches fire because of you." "Something new rushes throughout my veins." "Because my whole body is made of blood and is drunk by you, it's warm," "it's pink, and it catches fire because of you and in all my veins" "something new rushes." "Because my whole body is made of blood and is drunk by you, it's warm..." "Because my whole body is made of blood and is drunk by you, it's warm, it's pink and it catches fire because of you." "And in all my veins rushes something new." "It's warm and pink, and it catches fire..." "They're organizing themselves." "With names you don't recognize." "With weird ways you don't understand." "They are rising from the ground like ghosts do." "Because they have lost no battles." "Because they can your language right now." "But you have no idea what they're saying." "They may be plastic angels, monsters with no face," "my imagination." "THE JOY"