""REDEEMER"" "This is Paradise Condominium." "Four hundred and eighty middle-class apartments... are ready and empty... surrounded by 20 thousand slum residents." "I always asked myself:" ""If God exists..." "I wonder why he never does anything?"" "Well, in my case, he did." "The man fallen at the base of Paradise Condominium is me." "My name is Célio Rocha." "This is the story of my life... of how I died... and what happened to me after my death." "To explain who I am, or rather, who I was..." "I must first tell you about Otávio Saboya." "I met Otávio when I was a child." "Our nannies were friends." " My name is Otávio de Castro Saboya." " Clio." "How many times have you been to Disney?" " None." " Kneel down." " Kneel down." " Ouch." "Otávio was the only guy I ever met in all my life who had a blond nanny." " He was going to hit me." "He's lying." "Property is always a good deal." "Otávio's father was a building contractor... and bought the best house on the street where I lived." "My father's going to destroy it and all of Rio de Janeiro." " And where are you going to live?" " At my father's condominium." "It was at Dr. Saboya's house that I first saw..." "Paradise." "PARADISE CONDOMINIUM" "My father will not sell the upper two floors and the penthouse." "It's mine." "She's tanning herself on my penthouse." "Your father could at least buy the eighth floor, right?" "It's cheaper." "The future." "The future." "The future." "The future... is in Tijuca." "The Paradise Condominium was the first... of the many Saboya family real estate scams." "They built an empire that ended 25 years later... on the day that Dr. Saboya flung himself out a window." "Otávio inherited legal suits and a fortune in debts." "I became a reporter, and if It weren't for that..." "I would never have gone to Dr. Saboya's funeral." "What's it like to inherit a debt that grows by 40O, OOO reais a day?" "My father dared to grow in a country that suffers from envy." "Dr. Otávio... are you going to declare your father's companies bankrupt?" "That would not suit anybody." "We are the country's foremost contractor." "What about the 12,OOO families that paid but did not get apartments?" "They must fight for me." " We are all in the same boat." " Dr. Otávio!" "Do you think your father killed himself out of shame?" "Please respect the family's hour of pain." "The day of Dr. Saboya's funeral was the day I remet Otávio." "And was, in a certain way, the day that my life began to end." " Come on, Celeste, hurry up." " Yes, Dr. Soares." "Hello?" "Yes, it's he." "But when?" "I can't believe it." "He's here." "I'll tell him." "Otávio, there's a terrible problem at the Paradise Condominium." "...CONTRACTORS HIRED BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT..." "EVANDRO HAD NOT MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS SINCE..." "Clio Rocha!" "Clio Rocha." "A friend of yours called our boss looking for you." " What friend?" " Otávio Saboya." " I am not Otávio Saboya's friend." " He said you are." "A childhood friend." "He wants to give you an exclusive." "He will only speak to you." "Isn't that incredible?" "I think it is." "How come the man who sells any amount of papers at this time... is a friend of someone who works for me, and I don't know about it?" "Noronha, I'm sorry, I don't talk to Otávio Saboya." "It's personal." "Please send someone else." "There is no one else." "Noronha, those people destroyed my family, get it?" " And I'm going to destroy your career!" " It wasn't a good day... and It was far from over." "He beat me..." "He beat me in front of the children..." "My father never beat me and you're not going to!" "I'm not going back, Reinaldo, I'm not!" "We had a family, Reinaldo!" "You're scaring the kids, Flávia, hang up." "For God's sake, son, Reinaldo beat your cousin." "You're never going to see your son again!" "She and the children are moving in here." " I'm not going back, Reinaldo!" " She's right, but what about us?" " What's going to become of us?" " Take it easy, Mom." "If I wasn't pregnant, if I didn't have a belly..." "I'd kill you, Reinaldo!" "I'd stick a knife in you!" " Flávia..." " What?" "Get off my back!" "I won't forgive you." "You beat me, Reinaldo." "Son, she's going to have another baby in October... but, God forgive me, where am I going to put your parents?" "Take it easy, Auntie, put them in my room." "I'll sleep in the living room and find a way out tomorrow." "For heaven's sake, what are we going to do?" "What we should have done 10 years ago." " We're going to rent an apartment." " But without your income... and with my expenses." "What will I do, Clio?" "You're going to get a job!" "And stop counting on my income." "Son, you know your father refuses to pay rent." "If you don't have an apartment, you have to pay rent." " But we have an apartment!" " No, we don't have an apartment!" "Isaura!" " My God, here we go again." " Isaura!" "Here we go again, son." "Since that guy killed himself, he's been talking about the apartment." " Isaura!" " He yells all day long!" " He won't take his medication." " Clio!" "Clio!" " Go on, boy." " Clio." "Where are you?" "Clio!" "The future is in Tijuca." "It's your future, Justo, a new concept of living." "THE FUTURE IS HERE!" "Gated communities without traffic... no holdups, no poor people." " Dad, please buy it." " Please sit down." "It's deserted, Isaura, but it's very beautiful." "It's like a desert." "It only takes a signature." "It's for the boy, Isaura." "For the boy." "It's for the boy." "Dad, you're smoking the canary." " For heaven's sake." " I'm dying, Clio." "I know." "You've been saying that for ten years." "My last wish was to kill Saboya..." " Dad..." "... but the coward got ahead of me." " He jumped and killed himself." " I know." "I know, Dad, I know." "We're going to get out of here." "We're going to rent an apartment." "I'm warning you." "I will only die in apartment 808... of Block 1 at the Paradise Condominium... for which I paid every cent and that rat never delivered." " Don't make things difficult, Dad." "I'm going to sue that dog in hell!" " You're making things difficult." "You make talking about it difficult, Dad." "Do it to honor your father, Clio, in his honor... go there and get what's ours." "He locked himself in and refuses to talk to anyone." "He says he'll talk to no one but you and you won't go." "How about writing obituaries for the rest of your life?" "Dad, I no longer talk to Otávio Saboya." "You're scared." "Scared of him." "You've always been scared of him." "Clio, what about your mother?" "What's going to become of her?" "Write the article, or you're out!" "It's time for your medication, come on." "Out!" "Get it?" "She's gonna live in the apartment I'm going to rent." " I won't die paying rent." " I'm paying the rent!" " Son, please." " The apartment belongs to us." " And he has it." " Don't you think I want the apartment?" "Don't you think I dream about it?" "I dream about the apartment... every time I come here and say hello to my aunt." "I dream of the day I'll shove you in there and take off... to disappear and get on with my life!" "Get out of this house." "You're throwing me out of a house that isn't yours." "My enemy is dead, but yours is alive!" "Do it!" "You'll do it because I'm telling you to!" "An heir is all we have left." "My son." "Clio!" "Twenty-five years ago I rehearsed what to say to Otávio... but how do you face a man who has a building... when you don't have a place to live in." "I'd like to speak to Otávio Saboya, please." "See?" "He's bankrupt and surrounded with luxury." "I have an interview with Otávio Saboya." "He's expecting me." "Only Clio Rocha was authorized to go up." " What?" "Check again." " Orders." "Follow me, please." "Quickly, please." "He left me, his only heir, this bankrupt empire." " Nobody pays debts, why should I?" " Otávio, get away from there!" "What are you waiting for, Clio?" " Click away!" " No way." "Get away from there." "Click away, Clio!" "I'm telling you to click away." "And I'm telling you to get away from there." "Come away." "Look, get away from there." "Your security guards would not let my photographer up." "No problem." "He can click me when I get down there." " Otávio..." " Did you bring a recorder?" "I'll only give it to you if you come away from the ledge." "Come here." "Come away from the ledge or I won't switch it on." "That's it, come here." "Let's go inside." "Look around, Clio." "Look around and tell me, what do you see?" "I see debts." "That building paid for that one, that paid for that other one." "You buy one... but you're actually paying for another." "If one person defaults, Clio." "Just one." "A gaping hole opens up." "There just isn't enough money to go all around." "Write that in your paper." "Write that." "I'm a martyr." "Otávio Saboya is a building contractor martyr." " Okay, that's enough." " I haven't finished yet." "You're way too late." "I came here to talk to you about my father's apartment." "By now." "A destitute family is living in your father's apartment." "Paradise Condominium has 480 apartments... and the shantytown occupied all of them." "Wait here, okay?" "Clio." "Do you see it, Clio?" "This is the revolution." "It's thirty years late, but it's the revolution, my friend." " Just like the model." " What?" " Why?" " What model?" "There was a small model at Otávio's house." "There was a model..." "It's just like it." " You must be kidding." " I'm telling you." "This place is dangerous." "Wait, I want to click this." "This place is taken." " What?" " Look." "I'm a reporter." "Here." "I'd like to interview you, ask you a few questions." "A reporter." "Come in." "Sorry, brother." "You get it, right?" "Everyone has their eye on our place." "Come in." "Make yourselves at home." "Have a seat." "Well?" "What do you want to know?" "What's it like to live in a place that doesn't belong to you?" "It does." "My father built it." "He was the foreman." "Your father built it, but somebody else bought it." "It wasn't delivered." "Nobody came to get it." "I know, but that's not the way things work." "The problem is that things don't work, son." " My father." " Acácio Nelson da Silva." "Nice to meet you." "I'm Clio Rocha." "Nice to meet you." "We built all these buildings." "We used to sleep in a warehouse over there." "We almost finished it." "Then they stopped paying us." "You know how it is." "Without money, a guy brought his family here, then another brought his." "Pretty soon they built half a dozen shacks." "Then there were ten, and then twenty." "Now there's the shantytown you're looking at." "One day a lawyer came and told us the contractor had gone belly up." "The buildings were ready." "Finished." "One hundred family heads hadn't been paid for a year." "That's when the company owner jumped from the window." "They said they wouldn't pay anyone anymore." "You finally lose your cool." " And rightly so." " Shut up." "For ten years this place sat here closed up... with door handles, toilets, and glasses in the windows." "It drives you crazy." "So?" "We decided to occupy it." "But you know that it's breaking the law." " What?" " Breaking the law." "Invading private property is against the law." "It's against the law to live in a shack facing 480 empty apartments." "That's what's against the law." "It's against God's law." "Soninha, get your father some water, angel." " Sure, Dad." " But we're putting everything straight." "We've entered a property plea." "We have a lawyer, the governor." "Everything according to the law." "Sorry, there's no way that's going to work." "The governor will decide that." "He'll do it." "He's a good man." " He said he's a communist." " Socialist, Dad." " Socialist." " Because it's not his apartment." "Are you telling me the apartment, isn't mine?" "No, I'm not, the Brazilian law is." "What?" "Whose side are you on, anyway?" "Whose side?" "It's not a question of sides!" " The point is that this is robbery!" " Get out of this house!" " This house doesn't belong to you." " Get out of this house." " Get out." " Get out of my house!" "Excuse me." "Get out of my house!" "Get out." "Are you mad, Clio?" "Have you gone crazy?" "I have to explain something at this point." "My chat with Otávio on the ledge." " This is the end." "... ended shortly afterwards." " Do you have a cigarette?" " Yes." "Is someone getting those people out of there?" "The Army, the police?" "It's election year, Clio." "And poor people are voters, too." " He'll beat the hell out of us." " Shut up." "They're using the buildings in the land reform." "The buildings that my father built with money from people like your father." "Come on, Clio." "We still have a chance." "Right now, an American banker is on his way here." "Do you know what's going to happen when he lands... and reads the papers that say I'm the rat of the month?" "He's going to run." "He'll run and I'll go belly up..." "The government will hand over the buildings to those people... and your father's gonna die without setting foot there." "Moraes, I swear, for the first time in my life I feel like doing something bad to someone." " Get out of my house!" "I need a friend in the press, Clio." "It'd be suicide write well about you at this stage of the game, is suicidal." "This is the plan." "The American banker raises the cash." "Brasília rolls over the debt." "You write in my favor and I promise you... that I'll deliver the apartment keys personally to your father." "Until that moment..." "I could have said that I had been a good guy." "But afterthat point in time." "I was never the same again." "Isn't that too heavy for you, angel?" "Can I help you?" "No, thanks." "This is outrageous." "Such a pretty girl... all that weight, the staircase." "You shouldn't have to do it." "No, leave it there." "You know why?" "The light looks good on you." "The light looks really nice." "Doesn't it, Morales?" "Doesn't she look good in that light?" "Have you ever thought of being a photographic model?" " What for?" " For the paper's front page." " Front page?" "What?" " The paper's front page." "It's serious, professional work." " Will he take the photo?" " Yes, he's my photographer." "My friend will take the photo." "How about it?" "Are you game?" "There's just one thing." "I'm not taking my clothes off and doing funny stuff, get it?" "I need a sun chair." "Right." "Go ahead." "Make like you are a millionaire." "This is your penthouse and you are sun tanning." "Stretch your leg and point your toe." "Right." "Arms back." "Go to it, Moraes, but not from there." "Right, now smile." "Not from there." "You have to show the slum." "Climb up here." "I do the thinking around here." "Get the slum in the background." " That looks good." " I don't know how to do this." "Smile." "You're rich." "Go on." "That's it." " This thing is shaky." " What?" "What's wrong?" " I think this is slipping." " Go on." "Do you think I would let you fall?" "It's jammed here." "Feel safe now?" "Go on." "That's right." "Click away." "Like a rich person!" "That's it." "Looks like you and Otávio are friends again." "You promised me your enemy's guts... but this looks like a friendly get together." "Publish this one." "It's perfect." "Are you trying to convince me that you didn't get a thing out of it?" " You did this for free?" " Listen to this." "There is a minister who was very close to my Dad and never denied... anything to a Saboya." "The idea is:" "The American banker raises the cash." "Brasília rolls overthe debt..." "you write in my favor..." "Got it?" "The minister releases funds for Otávio's dad since the 70s." "Publish that photo." "Otávio will trust me." "I'll go to Brasília... register the corruption in the act... and will personally write Otávio Saboya's obituary." "SLUM DWELLERS OCCUPY MIDDLE-CLASS PARADISE" "Clio!" "Clio!" "Clio, you're a genius." "Brasília just called confirming the audience." "They were even nice to me over the telephone." "Your report did it, Clio." "The governor backed down all the way." "He said that the occupation of Paradise Condominium... must not set an example for other acts of vandalism." "The police is going to crack down on them." "They'll get rid of those guys from the slum." "Is the banker on board, Soares?" " May I sit here?" " Of course, be my guest." "Very interesting article." "It's yours, isn't it?" "Yes." " Congratulations." " Thank you." " Gorgeous woman." " Yes, very beautiful." " So, you read portuguese?" " Sure, of course." "Clio Rocha." "Nice to meet you." "Emilio Gutierrez, my pleasure." " Gutierrez?" " Gutierrez." " Where do you come from?" " I'm from La Paz." " La Paz?" " Bolivia's capital." "Right." "I know that." "Bolivia's capital." " But I thought you were American." " No." "I work for some Americans... but I'm from Bolivia." " Gutierrez." " Otávio." " How do you feel this morning?" " Fine, Otávio." "Just fine." "We're all fine." "Fine." "From La Paz." "Bolivia is in my heart." "We are just doing fine." "There I was praying to God... and to the devil." "I'd get the apartment for my dad through Otávio's scheme... or I'd put Otávio in jail." "What I didn't know was that my dad had a plan of his own." "This place is taken." "Seventeen years of promissory notes." "All paid." "I never paid late." "The only room left is the tiny maid's room." "In life, I was a radical." "I thought that if God really did exist... he should unload a bomb on Brasília... like he did on Sodom and Gomorrah." "All our problems would be solved." "But the bomb would have to walt." "I needed Brasilia to solve my problems." "I must admit... that I was impressed with the meeting with the minister." "But It wasn't exactly what I had expected." "Gentlemen, please sit down." "Dr. Otávio." "The minister spoke to the governor... and pressured the Army to remove the invaders today." "I cannot thank you enough, Minister." "We fear a social uprising." "We have just heard that the girl who posed for the photos... was almost lynched by a wild crowd." "In short, a regrettable situation." "I'll leave you now." "Excuse me, Minister." "Minister, once again, in my family's name I am counting on your generous." " Dr. Otávio..." "I would like to say something before you proceed." " Certainly." " Seven years ago... your father convinced my wife to sink her savings... in a resort development... on a beach in Sergipe." " Manjubinha." " Manjubinha!" "We invested all we had." "Oh, God." "Don't worry, Otávio." "My wife now survives on sedatives." "My ministry's accounts will be subjected to auditing... to justify the unending number of loans..." "I endorsed for your father." "Which will probably lead to the loss of my job here... and put an end to my career." "Dr. Otávio..." "I am not only going to turn down the loan that you are about to request..." "I am going to dedicate every minute I have left at the head of this ministry... to hamper and turn the course of events against you." "Officially, Otávio was finished... which would end my dad's chances of recovering that apartment." "Vengeance was all I had left." "Am I the only soul who has ears in this paper?" "Hello." " What?" " Write this down, Noronha:" " Otávio Saboya ruined." " What?" "The minister is going to be fired." "I was there and saw it all." "I'm still in Brasília." "Right." "At some congressman's apartment, or whatever." "It's one of Otávio's schemes." "Pay attention." "I have it all on tape." "Keep the front page open." "Otávio Saboya is finished, Noronha, finished." "Here is what I promised you, Clio." " I don't get it, Otávio." " Your father's apartment." "Three hundred thousand dollars for your father." "It's enough to buy a three-bedroom apartment." "They fit into one briefcase without any problem." "My money is the problem, Clio." " What money?" " I'm bankrupt, Clio." "They'll take everything I own." "I managed to put away 50 million." "50 million dollars that I cannot deposit in own name." "The problem is that I don't trust anyone to do it for me." "You don't understand, Otávio." "I'm on my way to Rio de Janeiro... to write your obituary." "Get it?" "Clio, how long have we known each other?" "I need help." "Come on, help me." "Think with me." "We're not related." "We don't have the same surname... and you never worked for me." "How long has it been since we saw each other?" "Over 20 years." " They'll never trace me to you." " I'm not gonna fall for this." "Even your American is a fake." "I'll give you 30O, OOO now and put another 5 million in your account." "I just need you to open an account under your name." "So I can deposit my 45 million." "Five million, Clio." "I'm giving you ten percent of everything I have." " All It takes is a signature." " Dad, please buy It." "But you have to do it now." "Five million dollars, Clio." "It's enough to solve anyone's problems." "You know your father refuses to pay rent." "Get off my back!" "Five million, Clio." "Get out of here!" "Get out of my house!" "Get out!" " You could go to jail for this." " Five million, Clio." "You're crazy." "You could go to jail." " This could mean jail." " Five million dollars." "This could mean jail." "Here's the ticket." "Cayman Islands, first class." " Man, I've never traveled first class." " I have to go." "Wait up." "The pin code." "You must have a pin code." "Take it easy, Clio." "It's a fair deal." "Otávio cannot access the money without you." "I'll keep the pin code until the weekend." "My money's there, too." "Take care, Clio." "See you in the Caymans." "297,60O." "297,70O." "297,80O." "90O." "It's 2,OOO dollars short, damn Otávio." "Hello?" " Mom?" " Clio, oh, my God." "Mom." "Mom, we're rich!" "My God, Clio." "The apartment, Dad." "I'm looking at it, Mom." " Clio, son." " Mom." "Tell him." "Tell my father." "I've got it." " Son." "Clio, your Dad." " What happened?" "He died." "Your father died." "The police murdered him." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Clio, son." "He read your article and got out of bed." "He got up for the first time in five years, son." "I had gone to church." "He left." "He went to our apartment." "They put him in the maid's room." "Thank you." "And, oh, God, he even thanked them." "He even thanked them, son." "Then the police raided the place." "His heart gave out." "He said that he would die in apartment 808." "They say the police raided the place because of your article." "Where were you, son?" "You." "What have you been up to?" "You disappeared when your father needed you most." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Célio, son, you must come and bury your father." "Célio?" "Son?" "Célio?" "Célio?" "That was the end of my life as I had known It." "I know." "That was when I had my first vision." "I did what anyone else would do." "I gathered up the evidence of my crime and ran." "I wandered around for I don't know how long." "Rich, crazy, and scratched." "That was when I began to hear voices." "Célio, son." "Célio." "Célio, your father's apartment." "Célio... kneel because this is my temple." "You will triumph where man's justice has failed." "What, Lord?" "The apartments." "One afternoon to solve the apartment problem." "You will convince Otávio Saboya to donate... of his own free will... all his wealth to the poor." "Lord." "That is impossible." "Silence." "Do as I say." "Otherwise your soul... and your friend's soul will burn forever... in the fires of hell." "An encounterwlth God is equally soul-changing and painful." "But the Almighty is aware of that." "That is why dreams exist... to give strength to those who have a mission." "Suddenly I woke up... and I knew exactly what I had to do." "The character shows up in rags... with 160,OOO dollars in a briefcase... saying for whoever would listen that "The Lord has a plan. "" "He put me in a tricky situation." "The case does not formally exist, so far." "I'm sure you will not regret letting us know about it so quickly." "I would like a couple of minutes alone with him, please." "Certainly." "Clio?" "Otávio." "Come here." "Otávio, the most frightening thing happened to me." "Yes, you stole my money and ran." "No, wait." " We need to talk, Otávio." " No, no, shut up." "You're not going to say a thing." "Not a word and I'll get you out." "Otávio, I saw God." "I met him." " You can't lose your mind now." " Otávio... the death of your father, the death of my father... it's all part of a greater plan, get it?" "So now it's up to the two of us." "God wants me to solve the problem with the apartments... and he wants you to repent." "I do." "I'm sorry I put all my money in the hands of a lunatic." "If you don't repent now, it's going to get a lot worse... because we're going to burn in the fires of hell." "Listen to me." "Listen." "We'll claim insanity." "In your state, that should work." "You'll leave here and go to a rest home." "Otávio, I've been thinking." "I think God wants me to finger you." " How can you be so stupid?" " We have to do it." " You must repent." " I'm not going to repent." "I'm going to get rid of you, get it?" "You're making me do it." "Get it?" " In 10 or 15 years we'll be free." " Son of a bitch!" " Otávio..." " Guards!" " Guards!" " Otávio, be reasonable." "Here are the 160, OOO dollars that we recovered." "Maybe we can say this money never existed... if you send my friend to where he'll stop blabbering." "LEMOS BRITO PENITENTIARY" " Sign here!" " No, wait." "This is a mistake." "I can't be sent to jail." "I haven't been tried." "I have to be tried." " Everybody here is innocent." " I know, but..." "That night I realized that God was a lunatic." "After all, if I had been doing what he told me to... why was he treating me that way?" "Quiet!" "What makes you think you're going to enjoy the terrace, my love?" "Rookies belong at the back, by the toilet." "Don't let it get you down, son." "Another rookie will show up and take your place." "Then you'll move up." "One day you'll be there, on the terrace... enjoying the fresh air that blows in from outside." "God, get me out of here." "Listen, son." "There may be a God, but... he's never looked this way." "Quiet!" "Quiet, guys!" "The real estate crisis affects animals, too." "It's all or nothing, based on seniority." "A lion needs 50 square kilometers to feel at home." "POLICE PREVENT OTÁVIO SABOYA FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY" "Man needs a mere 5 square meters to avoid going mad." "Clio." "Clio." "Visitor." " What?" " Visitor, Clio." " What?" " Visitor, my love." "My what?" " She's lovely." " Clio, visitor." " Clio, visitor." " Visitor, Clio." "Visitor, my love, visitor." "Hi." "Hey, Mom." "So, you found me." "Otávio looked me up." "He went to see me." "And you let him in, Mom?" "I did." "Mom..." "Do you know who had me locked up here?" "Yes, I do." "Son." "How come Otávio puts all his money in your name... and you finger him to the police, son?" "He said he can get you out with one phone call." "If you keep your mouth shut, he'll get you out." "I can't, Mom." "Son, wake up, son, for the love of God." "Keep your mouth shut." "He'll get you out of here." "I'm going through hell, son, through hell." "A widow... living in someone else's house that's full of kids." "My only son is locked up in jail." "This is our chance." "Listen carefully, this is our only chance." "Mom." "Come here." "I saw God, Mom." "Son... listen to what I'm going to say." "There is no God." "That night I doubted." "I thought maybe Iwas mad." "Maybe I was delirious when I saw God." "Think it over carefully." "Think it over." "I'll be back on Sunday." "I wondered if It made sense to finger Otávio... instead of shutting up and taking the 5 million dollars... to enjoy life like any other normal corrupt person." "I asked myself if hell could be any worse than where I was." "I heard they're bringing in more people." " It could be a rumor." " Yeah, it could." "After all, if I had a mission... why wasn't God giving me a helping hand?" "Sometimes when I manage to sleep, I dream... that I am in a room that's all white... and made just for me." "Just for me." "Empty." "There's no one in my little room." "No relatives... no friends, no dogs... not even a plant." "It's empty." "It's very quiet." "All I can hear... is the air conditioner." "No!" "Listen, Otávio, I talked to him." "I tried, but he wouldn't listen to me." "Then you are going to have to draw the money in his name." " Me?" " Clio is single." " He doesn't have children, does he?" " No." " Not that I know of." " Well, then." "We need a death certificate." " Are you going to kill my son?" " No, Isaura." "The only reason I left him in jail... is because in his state, jail is the safest place for him." "He's safe in jail." "But inmates can't travel." "And they can't draw money from bank accounts, either." "So we drew up a will." "Isaura, we're going to kill your son... in legal terms." "All you have to do is identify a corpse." "Corpse?" "Whose corpse?" "I have great contacts on the Bolivian border." "Bolivia?" "A lot of people die around there." "And from there... it's a hop skip and a jump to the Caymans." "How does that sound, Otávio?" "What makes you think I'm going to believe you?" "Isaura... because we have known each other for many years." "Because I'm the only one who can get Clio out of jail... and because, Isaura..." "I can deposit five million in your account." "No!" "No!" "No!" "What's wrong with you?" "What is it?" "Come on, man!" "Come here now, man!" "You only kill people who are already dead!" "Come on!" "Come and kill someone who's alive!" "So?" "Come and kill someone who's alive!" "This is... the way out." "Through the shit?" "There was only one place to go." "Home." "Great apartment, right?" "Really great!" " Celeste, where's my aspirin?" " Hello?" "From where?" "BRAZIL-BOLIVIA BORDER" " Hello." " Gutierrez, listen." "Things have changed here." "Otávio, I can't make miracles happen, brother." "Clio Rocha escaped." "I want Isaura on a plane today, now." "I'm sending the motherto you today." "Yes... to identify the corpse." "Chose any body you want." "It'll do as long as It's a white body." "STATE ASSEMBLY BUILDING CONTRACTOR PROBE" "Is that me?" "Soares, we should have come the back way." "Only money makes miracles happen." " Who is it?" " International." "Must be Gutierrez." "Ask him about the death certificate before the call is cut." " Ask him about it." " Hello?" "Hi." "Gutierrez." "Yes, Otávio, I'm in Cochabamba." "The lady is identifying the corpse." " Ready?" " Yes." "Perfect." "It's just like him." "A white corpse." "The corpse was identified." "Go straight to the Caymans." "Today." "Very well." "That's enough." "Thank you very much." " The old lady ID'd the corpse." " God is on our side." "The Congressional probe will never get me now." "Go in there and get me a postponement." "Make up a lie, any excuse will do." "Tell them I'm depressed." "No, I don't have any money." "I don't have..." "Clio?" "What the hell?" "Clio!" "Clio!" "Neguinho, run me a bath." "A hot bath." " A cold one for me." " Wait a minute." "You can't lock me up in this cupboard." "What's that?" "What?" "Cupboard?" "Your father built this room for a servant to live in." "Lock him up." "My father did it!" "I didn't sell anything to anyone!" "You are accusing me of something that I didn't do!" "No, you didn't, but you enjoyed it." "You enjoyed it." "And now you're going to pay." "You're going to repent." "We can't hide our faults up there, Otávio." "Get it?" "So you better repent while you're down here." " What if I can't be saved?" " I'll help you." "It's no good repenting... if you continue to enjoy the profits of a life of crime." "That won't solve anything." "That is why I'm going to give away your 50 million dollars." "Go to a convent, Clio." "What did I do to deserve you?" "You destroyed my father's life." "Tonelada." "Take his clothes off." "The suit was a perfect fit." "I'm going out." "You're going out?" "I know, you're going to the bank to pick up our dough, right?" " The bank is outside Brazil." " What?" " Bad news." " We have to get everyone together." " What?" "Get who together?" " How many are there?" "Lots, but relax, there's enough for everyone." "Wait a minute." "What makes you think I'm going to share my part?" "Because that's the way it is, Tonelada." "Meio Quilo, buy some food." "Tísico, buy some yarn and kerosene." "And a pack of cigarettes for..." "No, you stay here and guard the dog." "The 480 apartment owners would get $85,OOO each... which totaled 34.5 million." "5 million for me, 5 million for my mother... 5 million forSoninha, 3 million for Tísico... 1 million for Tonelada, half a million for Meio Quilo." "That left 1.4 million for the 98 workers and their families... which meant they would get $15,OOO each." "Right. $15,OOO." "Acácio, excuse me." "Acácio, I'm here on behalf of Otávio Saboya... the man who built those buildings." "He asked me to talk to you and ask you to get the workers together... because he's going to pay their overdue salaries." " You." "Junior!" " Acácio..." " I know you." " Acácio." " I know you." " It's the reporter son of a bitch!" "Are you crazy enough to come back here?" " Get out, you bastard!" " Junior!" "Go get the papers in the dresser..." "They're in the drawer." "Dad, I don't want you making deals with this rat." "Junior!" "The police broke everything we had." "He's talking money." "He's going to pay all our overdue salaries." "My salaries, our money." "Just do what I said." "Acácio, with your permission." "I'd like to talk to your daughter." " I don't have a daughter!" " My sister is a whore." "She moved to another district." "Acácio, I just want to tell you that I'm going to talk to her and bring her home." " Lf that bitch... comes near this house I'll tell everyone that you... sent the police here to throw us out of the buildings." "You!" "Please get the workers together." "Otávio's going to pay them." "I'll do it." "You bastard!" "Get out of here!" "You bastard!" "Get the hell out!" " I came to get you out of here." " What's that?" "This is my home, now." " Get out of here!" "Out!" " Calm down, relax." "You're kicking me out of a place that doesn't belong to you!" " Sonia, listen, I want." " What?" "I wouldn't listen to you for all the money in the world!" "I have 50 million dollars." "I kidnapped Otávio Saboya, the man who built those buildings." "I kidnapped him and have 50 million dollars." "I'm going to share his money with the people he cheated." "I think a share of the money belongs to you." "How about 40O dollars for one night?" "I only need one night to convince you." " Lets go." " Get this straight!" "If you trick me again I'll kill you, get it?" "I saw it." "I did." "He pulled the toilet and the floor up." " He brought Tísico back to life." " Right." "Look at this." "See?" "He got us out of jail, get it?" "And then there's the money." "He said that you owe him a lot of money." " A lot of money." " A ton of money!" "It's enough for me, for you, for the four of us." "It's not enough to share with everyone, like he wants." "I bought clothes for everyone." "I want everybody to wash up." " Who's the tramp?" " The tramp owns this apartment." "Sonia." "Miss Sonia, to you." "Come here." " Pick up the packages." " Yes, sir." "It's official now, Ot ávio." "Clio Rocha is dead." "Hello, Ot ávio, It's official and formal." "Walt." "Hello, Ot ávio, we got the money." "It's a lot of money." "I've never seen so much money." "It's all here in front of me." "And It's more than money." " We even have US Treasury Bonds." " Let me talk to him." "Hello, Otávio." "We're going straight to the airport." "Ask him when they get here." "Tell them you'll send a car." " What time will you get here?" " We'll arrive early this evening." "I'll send a car to pick you up." "Got it." "The money will be here tomorrow." "Now do you believe me?" "I'll leave here when I'm rich." "Moraes, you have to come to the penthouse tomorrow." "Come and we'll finish that report, okay?" "Clio betrayed you once, Sonia." " Your money is on the way." " He'll do it again." "Tomorrow everyone will get out of here, except you." "Clio said he's going to leave you here." "You'll stay here until someone buys the apartment." "If you get me out of here, I'll marry you, I swear." "Who wants to get married?" "Who wants what?" "What are you doing?" "What?" " Stop it, Clio!" " You stole my father's money!" "You brainwashed my mother and now you want my woman?" " What's wrong with you?" " Listen, Clio." "Stop it." "Shut up, damn you!" "Is it envy?" " You want what I have, right?" " You shit!" " You're out of your mind!" "You shit!" " Get him." "Can't you see he's totally out of his mind?" "You'll be sorry because I'm going to buy 98 apartments... and I don't know how many low-cost houses with your money." "Who wants a low-cost house, you idiot?" "Do you think that will make anyone happy?" "Don't you get it?" "There's not enough money for everyone!" "Lock him up." "Hold the whore, the money is here." "What?" "What is it, Acácio?" "Didn't I tell you I'd let you know when everything was ready?" "The money's not here yet." "It better get here soon... 'cause there's a rumor that someone is going to hand out money." "Give me five minutes." "Five minutes, guys." "It's about time you told me how much I'm getting." "There's enough for everyone!" "Wait a minute!" "There's enough!" "Get Otávio and bring him here." "Lock Soninha up and go downstairs to wait for Tísico." " What?" " Shut up." "I'm telling you to shut up." "What's going on?" "He grabbed me." "You proposed to me." "Your father is here." "He must not know you are here." " You'll have to tie me up." " Tie her up." "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Didn't I tell you that he would betray you again?" "Let's go." "The party's upstairs." "Come on." "Let's go upstairs." " Today's the day!" " Sure is!" "Today's the day!" "Today's the day!" " Guys, listen to him!" " Today's the day!" "This is Otávio Saboya... the man who built these buildings." "Do you know why he's here today?" "Do you, Otávio?" "Because today is pay day!" "Dr. Otávio is waiting upstairs." "Come on, lady." "This way." "Please, lady." "Let's get the money out of here." " Come on." " Come on." "What are we doing here?" "Otávio doesn't think it's a good idea to leave the money down here." "Come on, lady!" "Kindly come this way." " Just relax." " Please follow me." " I want to say something." " He wants to say something." "I've been kidnapped." "It's a serious crime." "Go home." "You will all be charged with being accomplices of kidnapping an innocent man." " Innocent?" " I'll give you a hand." " Don't touch my bag." "Don't touch my bag." "Don't touch my bag." "Are you sure Otávio is here in this dump?" "Dr. Otávio is waiting for you." "This man killed my father!" "This man killed my father!" "He killed my father, threw me in a filthy jail... and stole your wages!" "Now he's here and we're going to give all his money away!" "Son... have you gone mad?" "Hand over that suitcase and I'll forgive you." "No!" "No and no and no!" "And no!" "Clio, this money is mine now, son." "It's mine!" "It's mine!" "It's mine, son." "I want money!" "The money, guys!" "They're up there sharing the money!" "Unite me!" "Let's go!" "Money!" "Money!" "The money belongs to the 98 families... of the workers who were never paid." "Wait a minute." "It's 198." " 198?" " Yeah!" " Yeah, 198 families." " You said 98!" "I said nothing of the sort!" "It's 198!" "I warned you that there wasn't enough money for everyone!" "They said 98, Otávio!" "It won't work if we have 198." "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Go on, guys!" "Go on!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "Money!" "They're the ones!" "They're the ones who got us thrown out of here!" "He's the one." "He's the one that gave me money to pose for that picture!" "He's the one!" "Get him, guys!" "Get him!" "The money is ours, Junior!" "The bag, Junior, the bag." "It's our money, Junior." " The bag, Junior!" " Clio, for God's sake." "Money!" "Money!" "Throw him over the side!" "Throw him over the side!" "Throw him over the side!" "No!" "No!" "This one, too!" "Throw him over the side!" "Clio?" "Where's your God?" " Where's your God, Clio?" " I don't think there is a God!" "Is this a good time to turn Atheist?" "If you meet Him before I do... tell him I repent!" "I repent!" "Clio!" "Clio!" "Tell God to save me!" "I repent!" "Clio!" "My friend!" "My friend!" "Tell God to save me and that I repent!" "No!" "That is how I died." "But that's not the end of the story." "No!" "Tonelada..." "Meio Quilo, Tísico... take care of these people." "Acácio... forgive your daughter, Acácio." "Soninha... forgive me." "Mother... my mother... open the suitcase." "Open the suitcase." "And you, Otávio, kneel." "Kneel and beg forgiveness." "Forgive me." "Forgive me, my friend, forgive me." "My mother was near the bag when all that money flew away... so she bought the house that had belonged to Otávio's dad." "Soninha became a model and ended up in "Playboy", of course." "Today she has a Hip Hop band called The Invaders." "She helped out her dad and brother." "She bought them an apartment." "That is... much betterthan the 808." "And as for me, well." "I finally made It to the penthouse." "Hi, Dad." "Son." "Did you have to die?" "I couldn't help it." "They threw me over the side." "Oh, about Otávio..." "I really converted Ot ávio." "He and his gangwent to jail but they're doing fine." " Alleluia, brothers!" " Alleluia!" "They have now become the Sons of the Just... and exhibit Tísico in jail as a live relic... and incontestable proof of the miracles I performed." "CAPTIONS BY VIDEOLAR"