"Lisbon..." "From Fritz." ""There's no phone or fax." "We have to write."" "I'II write the answer myself." "Europe has no borders." "The barriers have been lifted and anyone can cross over." "Can't I show my passport to anyone?" "please, Iet me open the boot!" "You're not going to believe what I've got in here!" "Testing." "One, two, three, one, two." "I haven't travelled such a Iong distance by car in a Iong time." "I realise that Europe is becoming a single nation..." "The languages change, the music changes, the news is different, but..." "The landscape speaks the same language and tells stories of an old continent filled with war and peace." "It's nice to drive without thinking about anything, passing here and there through stories and the ghost of history." "Here, I feel at home." "This is my homeland!" "I'm looking for a book to study Portuguese." "What kind of book?" "Big or small?" "small." "Butyou already speak Portuguese." "I don't speak well, I'm a foreigner." "Are you english?" " No, I'm French..." " No, I'm German." "But I Iive in portugal." " Lesson N. 1." " I'II never learn this..." "Again..." "Lesson N.1. In the bookshop." "Good morning." "What was that?" "A flat tire?" "A flat tire?" "Damn." "That's all I needed..." "A flat tire." "Fritz, I'm on the way." "Nothing." "until next time!" "The bus is air-conditioned." "until next time." "I shouldn't have left the freeway..." "I'm an idiot!" "I can't believe it!" "Shit!" "In the van." "With the bags..." "Very heavy..." "It's very important." "Work, please." "In Lisbon." "Friedrich?" "It's Winter!" "Friedrich!" "Fritz, are you hiding?" "Friedrich?" "It's about time!" "What are you doing?" "Are you crazy?" "Who are you?" "What are you doing in Frederico's bed?" "I don't understand." "I don't speak Portuguese." "That's what I'd Iike to know!" "Friedrich..." "hello, CIáudio, how are you?" "Are you talking to CIáudio?" "Send him my love." "silence, please!" " A horse!" " He's afraid!" " He's running very fast!" " That's it!" "He's galloping!" "A match!" "What's that?" "What's this?" " Chips!" " No, it's not!" "An egg!" "An egg!" "A fried egg!" "Fried eggs." "What did he say?" "Let's see what the cowboy's afraid of." " What's this?" " It's a car!" "No, it's not." "It's an animal." "I'm so scared!" "A lion!" "A lion!" "He's hungry!" "He's running away." " He jumped into the water!" " It's cold!" "It's freezing!" " No, it's not that at all!" " Then, what?" "American?" "European." " A tourist?" " Working." "A worker." " bless you." " Thank you." "Goodbye!" "See you tomorrow!" "Goodbye!" "Is your name really Winter?" "Sofia." " Goodbye, Mr. Winter." " Goodbye." " Let's play "Ainda"." " "Ainda"?" "We're ready." "Pessoa..." "I think "Pessoa" means "Nobody" in Portuguese." "The poetry of Nobody." "What an idea." "He underlined a Iot of things." "I'II getyou!" "Shit!" ""Thought was born blind, But knows what it is to see."" "It could have been written by Fritz, but it sounds better in english." "Good morning." "How lovely, Fritz." "Perfect." " Good afternoon." " Good afternoon." "I saw you in a film my friend made." "Frederico Monroe, Friedrich." "I don't know who that is." " Can you help me find this man?" " Yes, I can." "With an old camera." "The one who was always filming things?" "please, can I go to your house to talk aboutyour life?" " Sure." " Thank you." "Let's go then." "So that's what I did until I was 14." "That's when I Ieft my father's house." "When I was 14, I ran away from home." "There were too many of us." "It took a Iot of money to support children and he didn't earn much." "And I already liked to go out with girls at that age." "I liked to go dancing." "Of course, I didn't sleep at night so, in the morning, he'd beat me." "He'd throw wet towels in my face so I wouldn't fall asleep." "I got tired of all that and left home." "What's your problem?" "Frederico." "The guy with the camera, who else?" "Do you understand?" "I getyou..." " We have to play "AIfama"." " I agree." "For luck." "That incredible romance..." "Mr. Winter!" "Thank you." ""AIfama"!" " Good morning." " Good morning." "I finally got the knife-grinder." "Mr. Winter!" "Is this your school?" "Is this one of the rooms?" "It's not me who's filming this." ""There was no electricity there." ""That's why it was by the light of a dying candle that I read" ""what was at hand, the bible in Portuguese." "" And I re-read 'The First epistle to the Corinthians'." ""The light of the burning candle gave me the feeling" ""that I am nothing, I am a fiction." "What do I expect fromthis world?" ""What do I expect from you and from myself?" ""If I didn't have love..." ""If I didn't have love..." ""My God and myself, I don't have love..." ""My God and myself, I don't have love."" "Pessoa, December 1934." "Just before he died." ""I couId have prophetic powers," ""understand all mysteries and all knowledge," ""I couId have faith that would move mountains," ""but if I didn't have love," ""I would be nothing."" "Nothing..." "That's it..." "The sun!" "A bird!" "A church!" "Trees!" "Pigeons!" "A tram!" "A boat!" "Now, the lady." " Again." " I'II stop the film." "Very well, but not so well..." " Just look at the way you filmed!" " It's not my fault." "How interesting..." " AII right, I'II fast forward it." " You really can't film." " You can't hold the camera steady." " And you're always slipping." "I slip because the floor's slippery, it doesn't have any resin on it!" "That's some excuse..." "Then tell me why the camera is always shaking." " Because I was nervous." " Right..." "Then I amtoo." "Damn!" "You always faII!" "Damn!" " Look at that!" "It's terrible!" " Then try doing ityourseIf." "Buy me a tripod and I'II film it right." "Okay, this reel is ready." "Let's move on to the next one." "Yes, yes." "Oh, Friedrich, Friedrich..." "You're terrible." "There is no Ionger a place on earth for Him, but He remains." "There is truly a right place for saints." "God exists." "The universe was created by Him." "But what good would the universe be  if men," "if humankind disappeared?" "The universe would be useless." "Or is it possible that it has a purpose of its own, even without the existence of Man?" "We want to imitate God." "That is why there are artists." "Artists want to recreate the world, as if they were small gods." "And they do a..." "They constantly rethink" "history, life, things that happen in the world, things that we think happened, but only because we believe..." "Because, after all, we believe in memory." "Because everything has already passed." "But who can be sure that what we think happened really happened?" "Who should we ask?" "Therefore, this world, this supposition, is an illusion." "The only real thing is memory." "But memory is an invention." "Deep down, memory is..." "I mean, in the cinema the camera can capture a moment." "But that moment has already passed." "What the cinema does is draw a shadow of that moment." "We are no Ionger sure that the moment ever existed outside the film." "Or is the film proof that the moment existed?" "I don't know..." "I know less and less about that." "We live, after all, in permanent doubt." "And despite that, we live with our feet on the ground." "We eat, we enjoy life..." "Take it easy!" "Don'tyou have eyes?" "Videotourists!" "Vidiots!" "Vidiots!" "Vidiots..." "I can't!" "I can't stop here!" "Oh, okay." "Okay, I'II stop." "Thank you." "Thank you." "And here we are, in my cinematheque!" "Lisboa!" "Nada!" "Testing, testing!" "One, three... two, three." "translation and subtitles Amy Duncan/ CRISTBET, Lda."