"THIS MOVIE IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY" "SALVADOR, 1920's" "SERGIPE, 1933" "From now on, you're no Ionger Maria Rita, you're..." "SISTER DULCE" "I, for the glory of God, promise to live in chastity, poverty and obedience, in the spirit of the gospel, according to the rules of the missionary sisters of Our Lady of immaculate Conception." "Howare you?" "Antonio, sir." "You have to take one every day, at lunch and dinner." "I have some bread foryou, Zé carlos, sir." "Howare you, boy?" "Are you feeling better?" "He's doing much better, right?" "SAINTANTHONY'S CONVENT" "discipline, obedience, poverty, cloister." "Those are the tools that make us stronger in a religious life." "A life free of..." "Something came up." "Another unforseen event, Sister dulce?" "Every day at 6 PM, we close and lock the convent's doors." "And do you knowwhy, Sister?" "Yes, I do." "So we can observe silence..." "So we can observe silence and deepen our prayers." "exactly." "That's the important role ofthe night cIoister." "Go and get yourself together." "Yes, sister." ""Forget also thine own people and thy father's house." "So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:" "for He is thy Lord and worship though Him."" "dulce." "It's only a boy!" "Sister dulce, close the door." "We'II all be punished." "I'm sorry, but I'm going out." "We'd really like to help you, but this is a convent and at this time no one can come in." "Where is your mother?" "We'd better close the door." "Sister dulce, don't do that." "If you do it, there's no way back." "I know." "could you do it?" "unfortunately there is no room." "What do you mean?" "He can't stay on the street." "Sister, we don't have any room right now." "What should I do with the boy?" "I don't know." "Let's sit here." "This house should be fine." "I want my share ofthe money, Neco!" "Do you think you could break open this door?" "The boy is sick;" "he needs shelter." "The house is empty." "This is on me, alright?" "God bless you." "Nowyou can rest." "What's your name?" "João." "I'm Sister dulce." "Look at me, Sister dulce." "What is it that you want?" "There's a limit, Sister, for what we do." "You knowthat, don't you?" "We shouldn't be embarrassed to admit our limitations." "We are women, just women." "So don't put yourself at risk, Sister." "You're only a woman." "Do you understand?" "Opening the convent's door at night is against our Congregation's values." "Don't forget your vows, Sister dulce." "You're a servant of God." "Yes, Mother." "Father, bless me for I've sinned." "I haven't confessed in 4 days." "I accuse myself of disobeying the Congregation's laws," "I accuse myself of being reckless, and of risking the lives of my sisters." "I accuse myself of not fulfilling all my duties in the convent." "My angel, come here." "If I pray, will it go away?" "will it?" "Yes, it will." "You can lie down here." "There you go." "Rest, okay?" "Son..." "You're feeling better, aren't you?" "So you can go home now." "No!" "I don't want to." "What are you talking about?" "Listen, you have to go home." "Your family probably misses you." "Mr. AIoisio, may I?" "Sure." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Are you related to DinaeI?" "DinaeI?" "Yes, DinaeI." "No, sir." "Did you rent the house?" "No, it was empty." "IfI explained it to him, he'd let me stay." "What's your name?" "Sister dulce." "Sister dulce." "Listen, Sister dulce, Mr. DinaeI won't like this." "Son, tell him there are sick people here." "How can youjust stand there and do nothing?" "With all those people suffering!" "You watch people suffer and do nothing?" "You have to do something." "They need..." "Find a way." "Do something about it." "Things can't go on the way they are, my saint." "Excuse me, Augusto." "There's a man here to see you." "tell him to wait." "He said it's urgent." "It's about Sister dulce." "Daughter..." "What are you turning this place into?" "Are you alright, Daughter?" "Yes, I am." "Yes?" "We'd Iike to talk to the mayor." "Do you have an appointment?" "You're doing a very nice thing." "I'm not doing anything." "God is." "But you can't." "I don't knowwhether God knows about the worldly matters." "Maybe not in Heaven, but here, on Earth, trespassing is a serious offense." "Sister, here on Earth there is one thing called private property, that must be respected as much as God." "Yes, but the 10 Commandments say," ""Love thy neighbor as thyself."" "As thyself, mayor, underlined." "Apiece ofbread won't solve the problem." "We need a change, help those who need." "I got it, Sister." "I'm sorry." "But you must agree with me that it wouId be chaos if all those in need broke into an empty house." "It can't be." "No, it can't be." "She knows it." "I know." "I knowyou do." "Empty the house as soon as possible, alright?" "alright." "You have two days." "Two days?" "Daughter..." "deal?" "Do you have something for me?" "I don't get it." "Some money for the poor." "Dad has been talking a Iot about you." "He said he had a dream." "Did Dad dream about me?" "Come on, tell me." "You're so curious!" "Don't be a pain, sister." "Ask him." "You tell me." "He said that St. Anthony showed up and took you to kiss the Pope's hand." "Don't disrespect St. Anthony." "I thought you were close." "You always talk to him." "You could talk to him too." "He doesn't talk to me." "Yes, he does." "But yourtopics are not exactly properfor St. Anthony." "Since when real love isn't proper?" "Maybe." "Go and kick everyone out." "I don't want anyone here." "Out!" "Take them out." "Get out!" "Come on!" "Get them out!" "please, have mercy." "Don't do that." "Mr. DinaeI, that's the nun." "DinaeI, sir..." "Stay out ofthis." "Is it tuberculosis?" "No, it's a disease that crystallizes the bronchi making it hard to breathe." "Does it have a cure, Doctor?" "unfortunately, not." "She'II need special care in order to have a normal life." "I'm sorry." "Can we see her now?" "." "Sure." "Shejust needs to rest a little." "So..." "well, I hope I'm wrong, but this young woman won't live too long." "Sister dulce!" "Son, what are you doing here?" "I was told you were here." "And the house with the patients?" "The men said they're coming back." "So let's go there." "Aren't you sick?" "I'II take care ofit later." "Come." "Come." "We're here." "Come!" "Sisters." "You can sit over here." "João, help them sit here." "Come." "Let's help them." "Bring them some water, Sister." "Come." "Sister EmiIia." "Sister dulce!" "please, take care ofher." "You can come this way." "Put Maria underthe shadow." "João, bring her here." "Come." "Sister dulce!" "Isn't it wonderful?" "Are they staying here?" "No, not here." "Over there." "Overthere?" "Where, Sister?" "At the henhouse?" "No." "We could renovate it and build a great clinic here." "A clinic?" "Yes." "We could come forward 3 or 4 meters, build a roof, and place beds on each side." "Enough!" "It's not up to you to decide what the Congregation should do." "It's not up to you." "You're a nun, Sister dulce, you're not God." "Those people cannot stay here." "They have nowhere to go." "They cannot stay here." "I cannot do that to them." "You can do nothing else, Sister dulce." "But you can." "You can, Mother Fausta." "Thank you!" "God bless you!" "João, bring the people in." "What about the chicken?" "We'II make chicken soup." "Mr. Antonio, howare you, sir?" "God bless you." "Amen." "It must be." "You must go home." "They probably miss you." "God bless you, son!" "Is the chicken soup only for your patients?" ""My patients" are yours too now." "So I'II have to taste it to make sure it's good." "They're locked inside." "help!" "calm down!" "We'II remove everyone." "Push the door." "Sister EmiIia!" "help, please!" "Push the door!" "Ready!" "help!" "João!" "João!" "João!" "João!" "Don't go in." "There's a boy in there." "Let me in." "No!" "No!" "Thank you." "please, Iet me stay." "We have nowhere to go." "please, help us." "The doctors said there's nothing they can do." "Sister, give her your blessing." "please!" "help us, Sister, for God's sake." "He kicked me out, Sister dulce, with a young girl to take care of." "I'm really upset." "They say they're taking away my spot." "Howam I supposed to live?" "I want a husband, Sister dulce." "I never paid the electricity or water bill late." "I've been working here for 25 years, from Sunday to Sunday." "She says it's her office." "So that's what we'II do, the paint and the tiles." "Is it okay, Sister dulce?" "Cement, bricks, everything?" "If she's not well by tomorrow, take herto the hospital." "God bless you, my child." "SALVADOR, 1960'S" "I'm done fortonight, nelson." "Let's go home." "Stop, nelson." "João!" "João!" "João, what happened?" "Son," "let me help you." "Nowyou want to help me?" "Forget me." "please, Son." "Let me help you." "Are you hungry?" "would you Iike some soup?" "There's soup in the truck." "Do you want to help me?" "So give me your truck." "It's not mine." "I can't give it to you." "Wait, João." "I can't stay here." "I've been giving unlimited support to my dear Sister dulce's efforts." "I can tell you I've been on her side since the beginning, since the St. Anthony hospital was a henhouse." "A henhouse, people." "And nowwe're opening a newward with 150 beds!" "NowIet's hearthe mind behind this work, our dear Sister dulce." "I..." "I'd Iike to say that this is not my doing, it's God's." "And whatever God does lasts forever." "Since I have your unlimited support," "Mr. Governor..." "You certainly do." "I'd Iike to ask you once again, we need a newward forthe special patients." "Another ward, Sister?" "Sister dulce, do you practice weIfarism?" "Son, weIfarism takes political advantage of the poor." "What we're doing here is exercising the citizen's essential rights." "What about those who criticize you for asking the rich..." "My party is poverty." "Write it down, Son." "Things would be much better ifthere were more love." "Is that it?" "Down." "You too." "On the floor." "Don't move." "Hands up." "Down!" "Don't move!" "Hands on your head." "Let's get out ofhere." "Let's get out ofhere!" "What is it?" "Let's get out ofhere, man!" "Let's go, João!" "Happy birthday!" "DuIcinha!" "Happy birthday, Sis." "You knowthat today is not my birthday." "Of course, I do." "But those people needed a party." "Look at them!" "The police?" "Yes." "They came to the convent this morning." "They're like our own, aren't they?" "Have you heard from him?" "João?" "Don't lie." "holy Mary Mother of God..." "Let's go, Dad." "Sure." "What is it, Dad?" "I'm asking you the same thing." "Let's go, Dad." "I knowthere's something going on." "There's always something going on." "Good morning, friend." "Can you help the poor?" "bless me, Sister." "God bless you." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Good morning, friend." "Can you help the poor?" "This one was for me." "Nowgive me something forthe poor." "You have to accept it, son." "You have to see Christ in a sick person." "Here we receive those no one else wants, those who have nowhere else to go." "people find them on the street and leave them at the door." "I'm not going to throwher out again." "If you don't have room for her, take herto my room." "I'II go and get the doctor." "Give him eternal rest, Lord." "May the perpetual light shine on him." "Rest in peace." "dulce." "He kept saying your name." "I think he wanted to say goodbye." "I think so." "João?" "What are you doing here?" "I need to talk to you." "Is it true about the woman?" "Did you shoot that woman?" "No." "There is no woman." "I'd Iike to give you this." "It's foryour work." "Accept it, Mother, please!" "please?" "What have you done, Son?" "There's no way back." "João, you must turn yourseIfin." "It wasn't my fault." "You must turn yourseIfin." "Don't you believe me?" "You must turn yourseIfin." "I won't turn myself in!" "I'm sorry." "Don't fall me now." "You must help me." "You must help me." "bless this." "Come on, do it!" "Have you blessed it?" "Have you really?" "If you don't bless this, you'II be out in the rain." "Tomorrow, we'II see what we do ." "Good morning, Sister." "Good morning." "Have you seen João?" "No." "OxaIá bless you." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm looking forJoão." "Your son went after Neco in AIagados." "He came here for protection." "But being the son of who he is, he doesn't need protection." "He's already protected." "Hey, kid!" "Take the Sisterthere." "Thank you." "God bless you!" "You're welcome, my saint." "You said you'd return the money and you bring a gun?" "Get him up." "Get up!" "will you kill me?" "You're so stupid, João!" "Where is my money?" "Can you pray, black boy?" "Go away." "I didn't ask you not to come here?" "Get out ofhere!" "I didn't knowJoão was still under your protection." "Sister dulce?" "Sister dulce?" "I'm sorry." "This is Dom Eugênio sales, ourApostoIic Administrator," "and Sister auxiliary, our newMother provincial." "Has anything happened?" "Yes, it has." "please, Mother provincial," "I can't leave my patients." "Yours?" "Yours." "You get in and out ofthe convent whenever you want, spend more time in the hospital than anywhere else." "When you're not there, you're on the streets, any time ofthe day or in the middle of the night." "They need me." ""They"?" "What about the holy Church?" "What about your Congregation?" "Do you knowhow dangerous it is to expose your Congregation?" "What do you mean by "expose"?" "Is it true that some ofthose people are wanted by the police?" "Do you understand my concern?" "Don't they deserve a second chance?" "Yes, of course, they do." "That's why I'm also giving you a second chance, Sister dulce." "Readapt your life to the convent's needs and schedule." "But..." "No exception, no excuses." "It's eitherthat or I'II be forced to close St. Anthony's convent." "So..." "Think about it." "Come." "I'm sorry." "You well deserved" "to have with love THE GOOD ANGEL OF BAHIA in your arms the Savior" "hall, greatAnthony universal saint who protects the distressed against all evil you well deserved to have with love" "in your arms" "Did you think about it, Sister?" "I don't want to go against our values, but I cannot leave the patients, the poor, behind." "So are you leaving the Congregation?" "Is that it?" "Is that it, Sister dulce?" "In this case..." "Mother provincial, please." "Dom Eugênio." "Mother Teresa of calcutta has been facing the same problems with the cloister." "It's not the same thing." "One moment, please." "Away of solving this would be to let Sister dulce remain in the Congregation but out ofthe cIoister." "Out ofthe cIoister?" "You'II remain alone in this Congregation, and the other nuns will be assigned to other convents, other Congregations." "But it's not theirfauIt." "alone in the Congregation, you'II be able to break the cloister" "and take care of your patients." "Is this what you wanted?" "Those are the Congregations values." "They're protecting them." "They're right." "Don't think about it now." "Sorry." "I found out about the other nuns and I wanted to see Mom." "But no one sawme coming in." "No one sawme." "No one sawme." "It's alright, João." "I'm here with her." "Don't worry about it." "You can go." "João." "My conscience is clear." "I knowwhat I did." "I'm responsible for my actions." "I must pay for them." "Do you understand, Son?" "I must pay for them." "Yes, ma'am." "POLICE STATION" "hallowed be thy name." "hallowed be thy name." "Thy kingdom come." "Thy kingdom come." "Thy will be done..." "Can you help the poor?" "Does he have fever?" "HowIong haven't you eaten?" "As we forgive those who trespass against us." "As we forgive those who trespass against us." "And lead us not into temptation." "Lead us not into temptation." "deliver us from evil." "Amen." "Amen." "RECONSIDER" "THE DECISION" "OF REINTEGRATING" "SISTER DULCE" "CONGREGATION" "THAT10 YEARS AGO..." "will it go away ifI pray?" "With love everything goes away." "There are more than 500 children every month in the clinic." "Ifit doesn't help, you must insist." "Last time I asked you, St. Anthony..." "Daughter." "Dad!" "I missed you!" "What happened, Dad?" "It's this name, Daughter." "dulce, your mother's name." "Your mother's name." "I neverthought it wouId be in so many prayers." "So many prayers, Daughter." "dulce, dulce, dulce." "Do you knowwhat they say?" "When we want something really bad, we should ask Sister dulce." "I think it worked." ""By means ofthis instrument to reintegrate" "Sister dulce..."" "It's over, Daughter." "It's over." "The nuns are coming back." "You're no Ionger alone." "I was never alone." "SALVADOR, 1980's" "Thank God, Son." "Thank God!" "Sister dulce, a fewquestions regarding the Pope's visit." "What do you think of your name not being in the guest list?" "Are you being persecuted?" "Stop, man." "Get out ofhere." "No, João." "Don't." "Sister dulce, please." "I heard you weren't invited." "Forget it, son." "Pope John paul II will arrive in brazil on June, 30th." "He will visit 12 capitals, including salvador." "The guest list to meet the Pope was delivered to the press this morning." "We've noticed that Sister dulce wasn't among them." "personalities have talked about the fact that Sister dulce isn't among the guests." "That's not fair." "They all showed disappointment." "The curia preferred not to comment on the absence of the Good angel of Bahia in the list." "Pope must land at the airbase" "brazil is getting magnifies the Pope" "What's up?" "Hi." "What's up, man." "Long time no see!" "What's up, guys?" "How's the game?" "Here no one loses." "Let's play." "Sister dulce wasn't invited to see the Pope." "Did you knowthat Sister dulce won't see the Pope?" "It can't be." "We are seeing people of salvador getting Pope" "We could get together and help her see the pope." "Let's do it." "She deserves our help." "Can you talk to the people so they can help?" "Let's talk to people here to help her." "The time has come." "Let's help her." "Can I count on you?" "You can count on me." "really?" "You can count on us." "Without her, I'd be no one." "What about this nice acarajé?" "would you Iike one?" "Sure." "And lots of pepper." "alright, pepper." "It is estimated that so far 9 million people have seen the Pope." "And what to expect in cities, such as salvador, that anxiously waitfor him?" "The reporters have accompanied the Pope and we note that he has done with great joy this visitfor us" "I'm here." "What?" "I came as soon as I found out." "What did you find out?" "According to military police more than 1 million people are gathered to pay off the Pope to participate in outdoor mass." "The ecclesiastical Authorities are here to welcome" "Pope John paul II." "The pope is in salvador and has an extensive schedule." "Wherever he goes, there's a crowd greeting him." "We've just heard he's coming." "A huge crowd waiting for the arrival" "Many people carring the brazil's flag, and other of Bahia there is Vaticano flag, too and pictures of João paulo II." "Ahuge crowd waiting for the arrival all are here waiting" "Everyone here is screaming her name" "His visit to brazil which is the most catholic country fulfills the promise that the people expected" "just received the information that he approaches it's time the people gathered here personally meet Pope João paulo II." "After uttering a few words, receive ecclesiastical authorities and for so long waited for this moment." "Pope João paulo II, is certainly the leader of the catholic Church," "that most traveled until today." "finally he will perform the Mass... that people is waiting." "Cheers for the pope!" "Cheers for the pope!" "Cheers for the pope!" "And may His compassion and love shine on each and every one of you." "In the name of the Father, Son, and holy Spirit." "Amen." "Now the religious people are greeting the Pope." "Friar Francisco silva Gomes." "It must be enormously thrilling for them." "Friar Antonio Maria Fonseca." "The list of religious people to be greeted by the pope was changed a few days before the ceremony." "As requested by the people from Bahia, a request that was finally granted." "Sister dulce." "Sister dulce." "It's Sister dulce!" "It's Sister dulce!" "Sister dulce!" "Sister dulce!" "Sister dulce!" "Sister dulce!" "Sister dulce!" "Mom!" "DESPITE THE DOCTORS' DIAGNOSIS" "SISTER DULCE LIVED FOR MANYYEARS." "HER WORK IS STILLALIVE TO THIS DAY." "SAINTANTHONY'S SHELTER" "WHAT USED TO BE A HENHOUSE BECAME" "ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOSPITALS IN BRAZIL." "TODAY SISTER DULCE'S SOCIAL WORK" "CARE FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY." "IN 1988, SISTER DULCE WAS NOMINATED" "FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE." "A FEWMONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH," "SISTER DULCE AND POPE JOHN PAUL II METAGAIN." "IN 2011, SISTER DULCE WAS CANONIZED" "BY POPE BENEDICTXVI, AND TODAY HER SANCTUARY" "ATTRACTS PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD." "God taught us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves." "But as ourselves underlined." "Not just giving some change, bread or coffee." ""As ourselves" means much more than that, it's love, care and affection." "So if I see a sick person on the street," "I just give them bread and coffee and move on?" "THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO SISTER DULCE." "THE GREATEST ONE IS HERWORK." "SISTER DULCE"