"In the beginning of this century, in the early 19OOs... a German scientist visited Brazil to collect the natives' folktales." "When Mário de Andrade, a great Brazilian writer, read those tales... he became, in his own words, "lyrically moved and desperate"... because he realized that Brazilian popular culture... ever so satirical, funny and even subversive... towards hypocritical moral standards... that many times were predominant throughout our history... basically preserved the spirit, stories and even characters... created by Native Brazilians centuries before." "That was the seed of "Macunaíma", a book which he wrote in a week." "Based on that book, I directed the movie you are about to see." "I hope the Brazilian adventures of Macunaíma, a hero of our people... will entertain you and also make you think." "Deep in the jungle... silence became so thick... hearing the flow of the Uraricoera that..." "That 's it." "He's born." "It 's a boy, mother." "Look at him." "What a beauty." "God, he's ugly!" "You're no beauty yourself." "Don't cry, brother." "Ugliness means nothing." "Won't he have a name?" "Macunaima." "Names beginning with M bring misfortune." "Macunaima, hero of our people!" "So It was in a place called Tocandeira's Father..." "Brazil, that was born Macunaima... hero of our people." "As a child,he already did hair-raising things." "Kiss your sister-in-law." "He'll spit on you." "No, he won't." "A weed is always a weed." "This boy is very intelligent." "At six,Macunaima still didn't speak." "He found pleasure in chopping off ants' heads." "Always alone,he looked at his brothers working." "Manaape,already old, and Jigue,young and strong." "Do you like it, sweetheart?" "Why don't you speak?" "My!" "Such laziness..." "Macunaima slept through the whole day... waking uponly when he saw money... orwhen the family went to bathe in the river... all together and naked." "Sofara, did a crab bite you?" "One says the river is full of them." "I'll dive and see if it 's true." "The crab bit me!" "Funny!" "That crab... doesn't bite us." "It only bites you." "A crab in fresh water!" "There's more screwing than crabs around here." "Did you pee?" "Yes, mother." "Bless me, mother." "Good morning, sweetheart." "This is no time to wake up." "What are you doing?" "A trap to catch piglets." "And you think there are piglets here?" "I saw a fresh trail by the termites' nest." "Gimme a piece of rope." "What for?" "I want to make a trap too." "This is not for little boys." "Are you crying, sweetheart?" "No, I'm not." "Don't you want to speak with me?" "No." "Why?" "Jigue won't give me a piece of rope." "He's right." "You could hang yourself." "lgnorant!" "Sofara!" "Take him away or I'll lose it!" "Make him a trap, anything, but take him away!" "He's going to paw me again." "Take him away." "Come with me, lovey, I'll make you a trap." "Sofara was a bit of a sorcerer." "After making the trap... she pulled out a joint from her privies." "Take a puff." "Afterthe first puff..." "Macunaima turned into a beautiful prince." "How beautiful you are!" "Take me into your arms." "You're so beautiful." "Come!" "Not here..." "Too many ants." "Let 's go there." "Come on!" "Quick!" "Didn't you go work today?" "I'm exhausted." "We played too much." "I'll teach you to play instead of working." "Bless me, mother." "Sofara helped me, but the idea was mine." "Jigue put his trap where the tracks started." "I knew the piglet would come back." "I put mine where they broke off." "It would have to pass mine first." "And it did. I got it..." "Jigue is still waiting." "You first, mother." "What about me?" "But... the entrails?" "lt 's good enough for you." "I caught it, and all I get are the entrails!" "It 's good enough for you." "Eat up." "Poor thing... lf you want, I'll take him for a walk." "Jigue." "Sofara." "Stop, Macunaima!" "Stop!" "Son of a bitch!" "Jigue was a fool." "He sent Sofara away and took on anotherwoman:" "lriqui." "A pretty girl." "But shy and a bit dumb." "One day... there was a flood." "The plantation rotted and the game disappeared." "Not even an armadillo to be found." "Hunger fell upon the plantation." "Go on looking." "There must be fish here." "Look there!" "By the grotto where they say there's money hidden." "Yesterday, I saw a lot of fish here." "Keep looking for them." "There's only hole-seeking candiru fish!" "Take this." "Did you see anything?" "No." "Those damn candirus wanted to get inside us." "Funny!" "I'd swear I saw fish here yesterday." "Fish used to be people like us." "Now when they see us, they take off." "Mother... close your eyes and say:" ""Who'll take me to a place where there's food?"" "Go on, mother." "Ask." "Who'll take me to a place where there's food?" "Open your eyes mother!" "Why are you taking so much?" "Your brothers and lriqui are hungry too." "Now ask: "Who'll take me back to the marsh?"" "Close your eyes and ask." "And leave this food here." "Who'll take me back to the marsh where there's no food?" "You may open your eyes." "How skinny you are, brother!" "Come here!" "Where are you taking me?" "Now your mother goes back." "You stay here and don't grow up anymore." "That 'll teach you not to be bad." "Mommy!" "The hero felt he was about to cry." "But since he was alone,he didn't." "He plucked upcourage and went on his way." "He wandered about for a week... until one day..." "Grandpa, give me a piece of meat." "Sure, my child." "What are you doing in this forest?" "Nothing." "Just taking a walk." "l see." "Yes, just walking." "Do you happen to know the way to my house?" "You go that way, then that way..." "After the stump, you turn left." "Keep going and come back here." "OK." "My!" "Such laziness!" "Mommy!" "Flesh of my leg!" "Flesh of my leg!" "What 's up?" "What 's up?" "Flesh of my leg!" "What 's up?" "Flesh of my leg!" "What 's up?" "What 's up?" "Flesh of my leg!" "What 's up?" "Flesh of my leg." "What 's up?" "What 's up?" "What 's up?" "Flesh of my leg!" "What 's up?" "Mommy!" "Flesh of my leg!" "What 's up?" "Flesh of my leg!" "My God!" "The ogre!" "But I fooled him." "What happened, boy?" "The ogre tried to eat me." "It 's my mother's fault:" "I found some food." "She wanted to share it with my brothers. I hid it." "You did that to your mother, didn't you?" "You did that to your brothers, didn't you?" "Then you're not a child any longer." "I'll give you clothes for your age." "The little old woman's name was Cotia." "She showed to our hero the way to his home." "Ma, I dreamt I'd lost a tooth." "Mourning in the family." "Yeah!" "I can't stand it." "I can't stand it." "Stay with him, lriqui." "Console him." "The brothers fasted for the obligatory period." "Macunaima complained heroically." "Afterthat ordeal... they took lriqui by the hand and departed." "I'm white. I'm beautiful." "Manaape, you are white." "What if you turned black?" "What bad luck!" "Only my palms got white." "Don't cry." "Better safe than sorry." "Let 's go!" "Let 's get off!" "Spread into the fields." "Let 's get off!" "Quickly!" "Let 's get off." "Give me the child." "Give me the child." "Let 's get off." "Let 's go!" "Spread into the fields." "If the Police catch you, they'll send you back." "The city is already full of beggars." "Now it 's everyone for himself, and God against everyone." "lriqui adored the city and soon found a job in a brothel." "Now she disappears from this film." "Macunaima was worried, but for another reason." "He couldn't tell the people from the machines." "And this disturbed him." "What more do you need?" "A vaccination certificate." "Buy stamps at the Ministry of Finance... and have it stamped by the Police." "Go to the Police for the identification." "Don't forget..." "The Police." "The hero spent 1week brooding." "The machines haunted him." "One Saturday night... one thing became clear in his mind:" "men were machines,and machines were the men of the city." "He felt relieved and went for a walk with his brothers." "Something's up." "Run, brothers." "Run!" "Where did she go?" "That way." "See her footprints?" "Run." "You may catch up with her!" "We'll catch up with her." "Don't shoot." "Traitor." "You're going to die." "You didn't understand." "I sent them on the wrong trail." "I showed them the tracks of a big cat." "Not yours!" "But I followed your smell." "You are beautiful." "Get lost!" "You're very pretty, you know?" "I want to make love to you." "Don't go." "Give me a hug." "I'll show you how I tame women." "You're hurting me!" "Manaape, help me!" "Help me, or I'll kill her." "Here I come, brother!" "Leave that stone here." "Get down and wait." "l want some, too!" "See that nobody comes." "Take care." "She'll kill you." "Come." "Come." "Give me your hand. ls it safe?" "Yes, brother." "Where is the girl?" "And Macunaima?" "Oh, I see." "Keep your hands off." "You pig!" "Our hero went to live with Ci... the guerrilla who loved to play with him." "Macunaima..." "It 's us!" "Us..." "I and Jigue." "Jigue wants to know..." "You." "You." "if we can go and live with you." "No..." "Forget it!" "One is not enough, two is good." "Four's a mess." "Each day,Ciwoke upearly and went to town to make war." "Macunaima stayed at home and rested." "I had for a fatherexile." "I had for a mother unhappiness." "l brought a gift for you." "What is it?" "Something you're very fond of." "What?" "Guess what." "l don't know..." "Money!" "Give me!" "Give me!" "is it a lot?" "is it?" "Come and get it." "Come!" "is there more?" "You'll have to work for it." "You smell so good." "It 's gunpowder, sweetheart." "Do you like it?" "Very much." "Hello." "is Ci there?" "She can't come now." "She's busy." "Call later." "You'll give it to me?" "No way." "Then take it off. lt hurts me." "l'd rather die." "I'll tell you a secret... lt 's a good-luck stone:" "the muiraquitan." "As long as I have it, only good things will happen to me." "You, for instance." "Lend it to me then." "I'll leave it to you in my will." "Let 's play again?" "My!" "Such laziness!" "Courage." "MANY times LATER" "Hey!" "Don't sleep." "Don't do that!" "l do." "Let 's sleep, darling." "Let 's play!" "So what, hero?" "What?" "Why don't you go on?" "Go on what?" "My little sweetheart!" "We're playing, and you just stop!" "I forgot." "I'll show you, lazybones." "No!" "Not with poison ivy." "And so,less than 6 months later... a negro boy was born to Ci." "Macunaima rested for a month afterthe delivery... but he flatly refused to fast." "The baby was flat-headed." "Macunaima flattened It even more by hitting It... and saying to the boy..." "Grow up fast, so you'll go to São Paulo and earn a lot of money." "Mommy!" "Wait, my son." "Mama's coming." "Quarter past ten..." "Half past ten..." "Fifteen more to get there..." "Plus five..." "At eleven, I'll be at the Cathedral." "Eleven fifteen will be all right." "What time did you set it for?" "Eleven fifteen, but I think this clock is fast." "Put Baby in the buggy." "Are you going to wait?" "Aren't you late, sweetheart?" "I am, but just one more." "The last one." "There, we continue later." "If it 's for me, say I'm out." "Hello." "You are a bore, Manaape." "What boarding-house?" "What about the food?" "Fat?" "I'm talking about the food." "Lunch or dinner?" "Something happened." "I can feel it." "She exploded!" "The hero found nothing to bury." "Even so,he insisted on going to the cemetery." "Don't cry, little brother." "I can't stand it." "Give me your glasses." "Don't let it get you down." "The whole marsh doesn't mourn if one crab dies." "Two... two crabs." "We'll get over it." "Manaape is old, but we're young." "First love only happens once." "She's up there now, beautiful as ever... far from the ants... full of light..." "Turned into a star." "It 's a vulture." "Fathercome and said" "You'll have no love" "Mandu Sarara" "Mama come and gave me" "A necklace made of sorrows" "Mandu Sarara" "He must be rich." "I've told you I don't want it here." "Let go of him." "Leave." "Leave him to me." "Don't go away, do you hear, my pet?" "Wait for us." "No woman will order me around." "That 'll teach you to sleep with the first girl who shows up." "Your mouth is full of pimples." "Drink this tea." "It 'll do you good." "And next time, pick the right one." "For pimples, nothing is better than a church key." "Manaape went to steal one." "Your picture is in the paper." "Let me see." "Oh no." "Give it to me, Manaape." "obscenity in A PARK" ""indecent behavior in the park"!" "Take the key." "It wasn't easy to shake the priest off." "Let me see!" "You're famous, angel." "The muiraquitan stone!" ""The champions of private enterprise..."" ""The Giant of industry and commerce..."" "You've got a funny voice!" "l swallowed the key." ""The tycoon of industry Mr. Wenceslau Pietro Pietra... says the most precious stone in his collection... a very ancient amulet called muiraquitan... which brings luck to its owner... was found in the belly of a catfish"!" "It was right here in this catfish." "I had it stuffed, but it didn't come out so good." "Wretched!" "When I bit its belly... I felt the stone." "Hard." "I almost broke a tooth." "Artificial." "Didn't you clean the fish?" "I don't clean anything." "I have no time." "Wretched." "I eat raw fish." "I eat it the way it is." "And stop arguing." "Here's the stone and here is the fish, for those who don't believe me." "Any poor worker could have found it." "But I was the lucky man." "The muiraquitan is a good-luck stone." "I became rich." "And since money brings luck, I became very rich." "Look!" "All that equipment is new." "American..." "Second-hand." "Come here, boy!" "If you only knew how this charm worked!" "Get out of my way." "The brothers decided to act quickly." "It is the first strike that kills the snake." "They went to the giant's house." "Eh, look!" "Those fruits!" "Give me one." "Give me that one..." "The yellow one." "Give me that banana." "This one." "Yes." "This one." "Give me." "Not to him!" "To me." "Damn you!" "He gave me a rotten one." "Now you'll see." "Don't make any noise." "The giant might hear us." "Then give me one." "For me too." "That one." "Which one?" "That!" "The red one." "Anyone for me." "That one?" "Yes, that one." "Very good indeed." "ls it?" "Now you'll see, you son of a gun!" "I'm coming up there and get a pineapple... a banana, an apple, a pear..." "You won't eat anything else!" "Aren't you dead?" "I played possum to see if he'd stop firing." "Our hero could no longer show up at the giant's." "Now Wenceslau knew him." "And Wenceslau was the 'Piaiman'giant." "A man-eating giant." "Macunaima thought It over." "At about 3 o'clock, he had an idea." "Hello." "lwant to speak to the giant." "You're speaking to him." "I am a young lady, newly divorced..." "I'd like to talk business with you." "Very well." "Come whenever you want." "The old Ceuici, my wife... is out with the children." "We may speak at ease." "May I come without fear?" "Sure. I don't scare anybody." "My God, what is that?" "My collection of singing birds." "I read your interview in the paper." "I found it very interesting." "I collect rare stones too." "I only need one... to complete my collection." "The muiraquitan." "The tea, mademoiselle." "I want to complete my collection." "is it true you have one?" "The muiraquitan." "The real thing." "Sell it to me." "lt 's not for sale." "Lend it to me then." "Do you think I'd part with my rarest stone just for a smile?" "But I wanted to..." "With me, it 's all or nothing." "I won't sell it, but I might give it." "It depends." "It depends." "It depends on what, Mr. Wenceslau?" "My goodness!" "Wenceslau!" "You have a dirty kind of books!" "Do you like?" "More or less." "I also have a good film collection." "This one is based on the book you're reading." "A free adaptation." "Want to see it?" "ls it good?" "Very good." "Take off your dress." "You'll feel more comfortable." "What for, Mr. Wenceslau?" "Don't you want the muiraquitan?" "l do." "Then take off your dress." "You'll give it to me?" "Yes." "Then give it!" "No!" "Strip first!" "Do you swear?" "l swear!" "All right... but behind the screen." "Don't stay there." "Now give me the muiraquitan." "Take off everything." "Take it off." "There!" "Now give it to me." "Take it off!" "Take it!" "Go on stripping!" "Take it!" "OK. lt 's done!" "One piece is missing." "Don't you wear..." "Here it is." "Now give it to me." "No, I won't." "Take it all!" "It 's here." "It 's a boy!" "Well..." "I'm broad-minded." "Nonsense!" "Come here!" "What do you want?" "l came to ask you a favor." "l hate one man." "What 's your name?" "Macunaima." "With an M?" "That 's misfortune." "Do you know what I want?" "To beat up that giant, Wesceslau Pietro Pietra." "l'll invoke his spirit." "Please do it." "Will he feel whatever I do to you?" "He will." "May I beat up that damned giant?" "Yes." "What 's this?" "!" "What are you doing, Pietro?" "!" "You're nervous, Pietro." "The guests, Pietro!" "Take off that stone." "Give me the scissors." "Put it under the bandages..." "Under!" "Wenceslau stayed in bed for months." "Macunaima couldn't do anything to recoverthe muiraquItan... now stuck on the giant's body with adhesive tape." "Upset with this set back, our hero went to get some fresh air." "It was a new holiday:" "The Southern Cross Day." "It 's the traditional Southern Cross... the marvelous symbol of our country." "The purpose, the goal, the destiny... the objective and consecration... of our March with the Rosary." "The defense of our property, our savings... the mortality of our children... the faithfulness of our wives... against the danger of a penetration in our homes... of exotic and equivocal ideologies... against the atheism of the atheists... our tradition... and the administrative improbity... that only brought disgrace to our Brazil." "lt 's not true!" "Shut up, you punk!" "Gentlemen, the Southern Cross is the most sublime symbol..." "lt 's not!" "lt isn't!" "The Southern Cross is the most sublime symbol..." "No, it 's not!" "Put him down!" "Come on, man!" "Don't come busting my balls!" "lt 's not true!" "Don't come busting my balls!" "It 's not true!" "It 's not true!" "Go on, brother!" "It 's not true!" "Gentlemen... all he has said is lies." "Those four stars up there... invisible now, because it 's daytime... have nothing to do with it." "Believe me." "The plagues which afflict Brazil... are not the ones this mulatto here has mentioned." "Now that you're white, do you turn racist?" "The plagues of Brazil are the coffee parasites... the caterpillar, soccer, the plum mosquito... the murizoca mosquito, the vareja fly and others." "And bad cows, because only the good ones give milk." "The bad ones, only when they feel like it." "It 's also erysipelas, smallpox, bellyaches... chafes, yellow fever... and a damn awful giant..." "Wenceslau Pietro Pietra, who stole my muiraquitan." "My friends!" "Poor health and too many ants... the plagues of Brazil are." "Subversive!" "Commie!" "Subversive!" "He should be in jail!" "In jail!" "Call the Police!" "You're under arrest." "Why?" "Suspicious attitude." "You were running away." "You don't understand." "It 's the opposite." "l was running after a boar." "A boar?" "Yes, a boar." "Haven't you seen it?" "A boar coming from Ouvidor Street!" "What boar!" "Let 's lynch him!" "He said he saw it." "There's no boar here!" "Look at the trail of the boar!" "A boar here in the middle of the city!" "Unbelievable, no?" "Look at its trail!" "It 's fresh." "What do those strange words mean?" "Nothing." "They don't mean anything." "You're making fun of us." "Where's that trail?" "Relax!" "Relax!" "I didn't say there is a trail." "I said there was one." "But not anymore." "Now excuse me." "Wait a minute!" "While we kill ourselves working... a Nobody makes us waste time looking for... a boar which doesn't exist." "I didn't ask anybody to look for a boar." "Those two asked you to." "Second, who is a Nobody?" "You." "There you're mistaken." "And you don't scare me, neither of you." "If I lose my temper, I'll put it all down!" "Let 's lynch him!" "Lynch those two." "I'm on my way." "My little sweetheart, you'll recover very soon." "Nothing like a hot footbath to cure a cold." "My poor little darling." "How is that?" "You sleep all dressed up?" "Poor darling!" "He was cold." "You should have called me." "Try one foot, but it 's hot." "Now the other one." "Are you feeling better?" "Had you listened to me, that wouldn't have happened." "It 's hot, but it 's good." "Leave me alone!" "You don't get it." "A white man who runs is a champion." "If he's black, he's a thief." "You ran; they beat you up... and you spent the night in prison." "Serves you right!" "Old people should stay at home." "Go to hell!" "Go in, old fart!" "Your place is in a cemetery." "Don't brood!" "It 's bad for your health." "What did you see yesterday in the middle of the city?" "Middle of what?" "Go on!" "Speak up!" "What did you see?" "A boar?" "You know very well it 's not true." "I've lied!" "And why did you lie, sweetheart?" "I didn't mean to." "But when I started talking, I was already lying." "Macunaima cured his cold... but he didn't have the guts to see the giant." "To while the time away, he killed ants in the park." "Good morning, my friend." "How are you?" "l'll sell you my duck." "What for?" "It stinks." "Yeah, it stinks." "But it 's worth it." "It makes money." "And it 's cheap." "How can a duck make money?" "Stick your hand out." "Go ahead!" "Money!" "You see?" "You'll soon get rich." "And it 's cheap." "4OO,OOO." "I've got only 3O." "Sold... because I like you." "Give it to me." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "See you soon, friend." "It 's mine now." "What 's the problem?" "He stole my money." "What did you do?" "Nothing." "He took everything?" "That will teach you." ""There is no hell for he who has navigated a waterfall."" "Good afternoon, lady." "is Wenceslau at home?" "He went to Europe to recover from a beating." "But his wife Ceuici is here... with the little daughter and the big one." "Do you happen to know... if he took a stone along with him, hanging from his neck?" "I don't know, but if you want... to spend the night in my room... you can search the safe while his wife is asleep." "Funny this room of yours!" "I like it all right." "What 's your name?" "Jigue." "You were so absent-minded." "I've problems... responsibilities." "Good night, madam." "See, I was following a bird." "The bird came in here..." "What is this, mother?" "Look the duck I've caught." "He looks tasty." "Yes, really good." "You sissy!" "Let 's take him to the kitchen." "You're hurting me." "Quick!" "Easy!" "This hurts, hurts, hurts!" "Mother, what shall we eat today?" "Pluck him while I prepare the sauce." "What a beauty!" "How did you catch him?" "With a net." "Put some salt in the saucepan." "I'm bored... you know?" "So I'll be nice to you." "If you answer my questions, I'll let you go." "Where do the girls have the kinkiest hair?" "ln Africa." "Right." "Now a harder one." "Where do we have hair against hair... and a bald one inside?" "You're shameless, aren't you?" "It 's our eye." "When we sleep, our eyebrows join." "I'll take you into my room." "Give me my dinner back, or I'll throw you out." "Quick, before she breaks the door down." "Quick what?" "Pardon me, but I can't do it that quickly." "It makes me nervous." "Some other time." "You lost your pants." "I've been robbed by a Turk." "I lost our money... 3O,OOO." "Jigue hasn't come home yet?" "Maybe he has money." "No, he's broken." "And there's more." "The giant went to Europe with the stone." "And now?" "I don't know." "It 's your fault." "Did you think he would wait for you?" "God gives nuts to those with no teeth." "I want you to know Suzy." "Here's our hammock." "Strip and stretch out." "The rest is up to me." "That 's it!" "I've found the solution." "You say you're an art student, you apply for a scholarship... in Europe!" "Why not?" "Turn out the lights." "Take this pill." "Will it work?" "Want to bet?" "Mother always said:" ""Eat shit, but never bet."" "At the Government's house... they informed they had more than 1,OOO artists in Europe... and other 1,OOO on the waiting list." "In which case,he'd better forget It." "Good morning, uncle." "How are you?" "So-so." "How's the family?" "Just the same." ""Sticks and stones may break my bones... but looks will never harm me."" "What are you doing there?" "l'm breaking my nuts to eat." "l don't believe you." "If you don't believe me, don't ask." "Are they good?" "Taste." "It is good." "Have some more?" "It 's finished. I only had two." "Yours should be good too." "Eat 'em up." "Doesn't it hurt?" "No. lt 's pleasant." "Will you have the courage?" "Have a look." "Sic transit..." "Are you feeling better, sweetheart?" "God, help him to get better." "He could have died, or worse." "Did you notice his voice has changed?" "What 's the problem?" "Better change..." "Let Suzy massage me." "I'll teach her another one." "You wait outside." "Funny!" "I feel a pain here." "Could it be?" "Macunaima, may we come in?" "Not yet." "His voice is back to normal." "Do you see anything?" "lt 's covered." "Macunaima, open up!" "You may come in." "Sensational!" "I'm cured!" "The pain is gone?" "That massage is wonderful." "Jigue and Manaape presumed that Macunaima was not serious." "He had sworn not to touch Suzy." "result:" "Jigue sent her away... and our hero felt so depressed... that, to cheer him up... his brothers took him to visit the local lepercolony." "A letter from the giant!" ""Back from Europe, France and Bahia... where he has been to recover from a beating... whose author he believes to know... the giant Wenceslau Pietro Pietra invites Mr. Macunaima... to a banquet for the marriage of his daughter."" "Don't go." "He'll eat you." "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." "Call a cab." "I'm broke, but this advice is worth a fortune..." "To live in peace, keep away from 3 things... gambling, money and women." "Come in!" "Make yourself at home." "I want you to meet my daughter." "Pretend you don't know her." "She marries today." "She was putting out a bit too much." "We had to get her married." "Don't do that, my pet." "Be nice, and I'll lend you the muiraquitan." "Will you really, Wenceslau?" "That stone brought me good luck." "I have earned more than one billion this year." "Stop!" "Don't do that!" "The guests are waiting for you." "Tomorrow at this time... ping... ping... ping." "And I with your ma..." "pang... pang... pang." "Your attention, please!" "Good luck!" "Dog, number 5!" "Who is it?" "Mister Carlito Chaves." "Number 9!" "Snake!" "Mrs." "Marli Toledo." "Sit down on that swing. lt 's fun." "I don't want to, Wenceslau." "l'm lazy." "Swing. lt 's great." "I don't know how to swing." "You show me." "It 's easy." "Go on!" "I'll push you." "That 's enough." "I'm satisfied." "If Pa and Ma were here... he wouldn't do that to me." "Now I'll get my arrow right into your..." "Where is it?" "My muiraquitan!" "If I get out of this one... I won't eat anybody anymore." "Still needs some salt." "The brothers decided to go back home." "They were happy, especially our hero... since he felt what only heroes can feel... an immense satisfaction." "He was taking home with him treasures of the city... and a young and elegant girl called Princess." "Poor health and too many ants... the plagues of Brazil are!" "Let 's go, Princess." "Brother,let's go" "To the shores of the Uraricoera" "Brother,let's go" "To the shores of the Uraricoera" "Brother,let's go to the shores of the Uraricoera" "Remind me, Princess, to have a bridge built here." "Brother,let's go" "To the shores of the Uraricoera" "At nightfall, Macunaima's lips quivered." "He missed Ci." ""He, who is far from his love, suffers terrible torments"." "Cruel and unforgettable Ci!" "She is roaming up there... beautiful, far from the ants... playing God knows with whom." "Ruda..." "Ruda..." "You who command the rain... see that all Ci's lovers... be impotent." "Make her miss the one who loved her." "Make her remember me... tomorrow... when the sun sets on the horizon." "The landscape was getting more and more familiar." "They came to the spot called Tocandeira's Father... the piglet's tracks, the abandoned plantation... and the old straw shack in ruins." "The two brothers went out for some food." "Manaape went fishing, but he came back without any fish." "Princess went for sweet corn." "She came back without a piece of manioc." "Jigue,more courageous, went hunting... but he didn't even see a bird." "When they came back... I bet you were sleeping." "I wasn't." "I was watching a big quail... but you scared it off." "Liar!" "You are a witness, Princess." "We were all working." "Your slumbering friend is getting in our way." "He's lying, Princess." "I have..." "l got a deer." "Where is it?" "I was walking up the path, when I saw the trail." "It wasn't a big one, a small one." "I bent down to follow the trail... looking..." "All of a sudden, my head bumped into something soft." "Guess what it was?" "The deer's ass." "He asked me what I was doing there." "Looking for you, I said, and I bumped him off." "Where is he?" "I ate him up." "I was so hungry I even ate the entrails." "I did save a piece for you." "But I slipped crossing the brook." "The piece fell right into an ant 's nest." "You were hunting?" "Well, yes, I was." "Look into my eyes." "If it 's true, you won't blink." "If you're lying you'll blink." "It 's a lie." "I'll never hunt again!" "Help me, brother." "Come on, Princess!" "Let 's play." "When I wanted to, you turned me down." "Now play with yourself." ""Where I've planted corn weeds have grown."" ""A thief in the family is hard to get rid off."" ""Misery loves company."" "The following day, our hero woke upwIth a fever." "He didn't see anybody in the straw shack." "He had been left all alone." "My!" "Suck laziness!" "He spent his days lying in his hammock... hung between two stumps of cashew trees." "All he did was sleep and eat cashews." "He was upset,because he didn't understand the silence." "One day,a talkative parrot showed up... and kept him company." "To pass the time..." "Macunaima told him of his past adventures." "I was in the pan." "The giant 's wife said to her daughter... to take off my clothes." "She took advantage of that to paw me." "She pinched me here and there." "After that, she wanted to eat me." "Her daughter and I hid in the bathroom." "The mother came and pounded on the door..." ""Open up, or I'll break down the door!"" "We hid in the tub." "I was scared to death." "The mother kept pounding on the door." "We stayed in there for quite a while." "It was a blast." "The hero boasted of many adventures of the past." "One morning in January... the sinister squawking of a raven woke up Macunaima." "It was very hot." "He felt a new warmth through his body." "His senses seemed to revive." "He remembered he had not played for a long time." "Come, parrot!" "Come!" "They say that cold water kills passion." "This beautifulwoman was no woman at all." "She was Uiara,cannibalwItch of the water." "Since she neverturned her back..." "Macunaima couldn't see the hole in her lovely neck... through which she breathed." "Hey, you!" "Glory to the heroes of ourcountry" "The dearcountry of ours that's Brazil" "Since the beginning Cabral called" "This country'glorious' on a beautiful April day" "By the voice of strongwaterfalls" "Winds and oceans full of blue" "Glory to the heroes of ourcountry" "The happy land of the Southern Cross" ""Macunaima (1969) was restored from the original picture and... sound negatives." "A few missing frames came from an internegative made in France, in 1999." "The original synchronism of the film was maintained." "Digital restoration in 2K concluded in São Paulo, in June of 2OO4."" "translation revised BY CARLOS ROBERTO DE SOUZA."