"We've come a long way." "Fleeing the drought." "How far to Ilhéus?" "Not far." "A day and a half walking." "Good land." "You'll all find work in the cacao plantation." "I hear a good gunman is welcomed there." "It used to be that way." "It's still possible but, you know, progress... before, a man's courage counted." "Today only the Turkish peddlers... and Spanish shopkeepers make money." "Good morning." "You're at the slave market to hire laborers for your lands?" "Who, me?" "No, I'm looking for a cook." "Crazy old Filomena left." "So now I can just serve drinks at my bar, no snacks." "Things that bad, huh, Turk?" "Look at this place." "Killers, you can buy them by the dozen." "But a cook, impossible!" "Don't you like the hoe, my man?" "I can handle it." "But I'm better with a gun." "Thank you, my child." "You're welcome, grandma." "Is she your grandmother?" "No, sir." "What can you do?" "A little of everything, sir." "Wash clothes?" "You just need soap and water." "Cook?" "I once cooked for rich folks." "What a handsome man!" "Can you really cook?" "Take me and you'll see." "How much do you want?" "Whatever you want to pay." "Mundinho is on the deck with binoculars." "The ship's aground." "They called for a pilot." "The ship's run aground." "All passengers to the deck to await further instructions." "Mundinho Falcão, the promoter of progress." "Now he himself is caught in these sands... which impede our development." "Dona Arminda." "Dona Arminda, come with me." "I need your help." "Dona Arminda this is my new cook." "Explain everything to her." "She knows nothing." "I have to leave." "Why this rush?" "Colonel Jesuino Mendonça killed his wife and Dr. Osmundo." "But why?" "He caught the two of them in bed." "Why else?" "For pulling out the wrong tooth?" "Dona Sinhazinha and Dr. Osmundo!" "My dead husband told me about that at a séance." "I don't have time to hear your story." "What with this crime the bar will be packed." "Show her everything." "You, take a bath." "You need it." "Girl, how did you get so dirty?" "Fleeing the drought." "We were on the road for40 days." "You're welcome here my dear." "João Fulgencio, have you heard the latest news?" "Haven't you finished yet?" "There's a message for you." "Colonel Ramiro says to bring a bottle of the best cognac... to his house." "You're to bring it yourself." "That's all I need." "The bottle!" "Maybe they want a city man not a plantation Colonel." "And why?" "To toast the murderer." "Hurry back." "The bar will live up to its name today." "I toast great man who cleansed his soiled honor with blood." "And do it as a friend and as Ilhéus' political chief." "Go to your plantation and rest." "I know how much you're suffering." "Then come back and go before the judge." "Don't worry." "Mauricio Caires will defend you." "And you have my word of honor before all these colonels..." "That nothing will happen to you." "I drink to your health Colonel Jesuino Mendonça." "They say she was stark naked entirely." "Entirely." "She had nothing on but black stockings." "Black?" "Black stockings." "Very sheer." "French stockings!" "Imagine!" "From the other side of the world." "Get to work, loafer!" "They were wrapped around each other... when Jesuino entered." "They didn't hear a thing." "One never does at such a time." "The Colonel wrought justice." "He did what any of us would have done." "He acted like a man." "He wasn't born to be a cuckold." "He had to pull out the horns." "But at night he forgets about morals... and chases 14-year-old black girls." "Dona Sinhazinha!" "Who would have thought it?" "Always in church." "That's what happens when you go to church too often." "It's bad for a married woman to cling to a priest's skirts." "Especially the skirts of father Basìlio." "Look who's coming." "Tonico Bastos." "See how seriously he walks with his elephant." "He looks so proper you'd never know... he's the town's biggest Don Juan." "If Dona Olga catches him with another woman... she'll do just what Jesuino did." "Two bullets in each of them." "She's man enough to do it." "Look at her mustache." "New banks... a bus company, a daily newspaper... the avenue along the beach... cacao specialists." "You even brought in a striptease dancer." "But I'll tell you something." "More important than all that is the arrival of the engineer." "If he comes... our candidacy will be synonymous with victory." "Don't worry, he'll come." "It's a personal thing with me." "Then the dredges will come and clean the harbor." "In Rio, I contacted a Swedish cargo company." "They're willing to establish a line to Ilhéus... as soon as the big ships can enter the harbor." "And when the first Swedish ship arrives... it will be the end of the colonels' power... of the killing." "The export revenues will stay here and not go to Bahia." "Listen to me, Captain." "Progress will come from the sea." "And when it does, we'll see the end of Ramiro Bastos' power." "We won't have to put up with the rule of his son Tonico... the darling." "The bastards." "It's a shame." "Just a month ago, everyone was following Dona Sinhazinha..." "In the procession praying for rain." "Everyone was walking barefooted." "Now, not even a visit or a flower... or a decent coffin." "Good-for-nothings." "That girl's crazy." "What's she doing here?" "When her father finds out there'll hell to pay." "Colonel Melk went to his plantation." "I met him this morning at the slave market." "Oh, I'm much better." "Give me a kiss." "Mundinho Falcão!" "The bearer of progress and pleasure." "This dancer is out of this world." "Fabulous!" "Doctor, entertainment is cultural too." "Times are changing eh, Captain?" "What are you doing here?" "Why didn't you go to bed?" "The young man didn't say anything." "What young man?" "You didn't say what you wanted for tomorrow." "Go to your room." "Go to sleep." "We'll talk tomorrow." "Good night, sir." "Wait." "What's your name?" "Gabriela." "I want to be prettier than ever today." "Spare nothing." "I've never seen you so concerned." "Both funerals will pass right by here." "Big deal." "No one will be attending them anyway." "But the man will be at the bar watching." "They'll admire me." "None of them talk to me... but the way they look at me..." "I know they all desire me." "And I love it." "It's what I love best in the world." "Come on, hurry up!" "The bar is crowded and there's nothing to eat." "They look good." "Codfish balls." "Delicious." "That girl knows how to cook." "And she's pretty." "When she laughs, you go crazy." "Look." "Professor Josué." "It looks like he's finally succeeded." "Did you read his poem in today's paper?" "Have a look." "'Our love is as eternal as eternity." "More immortal than the immortals.'" "How sickeningly sweet." "Don't mock love." "Delicious." "Don't mock eternity." "Eternal love is just hunger for a woman." "Why don't poets write about fleeting love?" "Such a beautiful thing." "Maurìcio, look here." "It's as if they wanted to meet, even after death." "She has Ofenìsia's blood in her." "Dona Sinhazinha was related to the Avilas." "She must have inherited Ofenìsia destiny... her disgrace." "Who is this Ofenìsia?" "One of my ancestors." "A femme fatale... who fell in love with Pedro II." "She died because she couldn't go with him." "To bed." "Where else?" "To the royal court." "She would have gladly been his mistress." "Glória's leaving her window." "Her keeper just arrived." "I can't forgive a married woman who neglects her duties." "But husbands are just as guilty." "Glória dresses expensively... lives in the lap of luxury." "Does Coriolano spend as much on his own wife?" "In Syria... a faithless woman is put to death by the knife... slowly chopped up in small pieces." "What do you mean, Nacib?" "In small pieces?" "Yes, starting with the nipples." "How barbaric." "Not at all." "A woman who deceives her husband is a tramp, a whore." "If I were married and my wife cheated on me..." "I'd make hash of her." "And the lover?" "The besmircher of a man's honor... is held by a bunch of mountain men." "They take off his pants spread his legs and... with a very sharp razor..." "You don't mean...?" "Yes, castrated." "Strange customs." "But every country has its way." "What a hell." "With those hot Turkish women... there must be a lot of eunuchs there." "Women there don't exhibit themselves." "They don't show their tits like our friend there." "The women are covered from head to toe." "Just the eyes show." "I just came to bring you this." "It's nothing very special." "I just got here." "Beautiful." "I stayed up waiting for you... to tell me about tomorrow's menu." "It got late and I lay down." "I worked so hard today." "Are you tired?" "'Scandalous Neglect Of the Harbor'" "This newspaper should be more careful... of what it writes." "Threats won't intimidate us." "They can't change the truth." "The neglect of the harbor is scandalous." "Nothing was ever done with that sandbar... which is impeding our progress." "The Capital gets our profits!" "What is all this?" "Calm down." "Turk... has anybody put a cross on the board today?" "No, I don't think so." "It looks like a cemetery." "Forty-five days and nothing has happened." "Mundinho should just send another dancer... then we'd all be happy." "When Mundinho promises he delivers." "Everyone in Ilhéus knows that." "He should be careful not to promise too much... and careful with the words of the reporter he bought." "Clóvis Costa has his own opinions." "He's not a 'bought' journalist." "He better watch out what he writes... or Mundinho will have to buy another coffin." "You going to kill the girl?" "What are you doing here?" "I came to bring your food." "Lazy Chico is sick and Tuisca didn't show up." "Are you angry?" "May I go to the movies with Dona Arminda?" "The house is clean and I can still make dinner." "Go, go ahead." "Go to the movies." "Here." "And pay for Dona Arminda as well." "You're so nice!" "Delicious Gabriela." "You are beautiful." "Do you think you'll always be pretty?" "Take advantage now or it'll be too late." "I bet you never ask Mr. Nacib for anything, right?" "What's there to ask for?" "Everything!" "He'll give you anything you want." "If you play your cards right..." "use your charms... teasing, then refusing... he might even marry you." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon, Colonel." "It's a pity that a beauty such as you..." "is wasted in the kitchen." "Why?" "It ruins your hands." "Forget the pots and pans." "I can give you everything." "A nice house, a maid... a charge account." "I like your looks, girl." "I'm hooked on you." "What do you say to my offer?" "I don't want it, Colonel." "I have everything I need here." "Where have you been?" "It took a little longer today." "Go wait on the tables." "You too." "Who'll want me with Gabriela here?" "Go on!" "And you too." "Ah, queen of the goodies!" "You'll be mine someday." "My cook." "Why are you laughing?" "You look so worried." "You're in love, huh, Turk?" "There's only one solution." "Marriage." "Marry her." "What you're saying is absurd." "One marries a good girl... a girl of fine family educated... with a dowry and above all a virgin." "When you married Dona Olga." "I married her because she owned thousands of acres of cacao." "Property is an old passion of the Bastos family." "Let's drop this conversation." "It's so pretty." "It's for you to keep you company." "Two gifts at the same time." "You're so good to me." "Two gifts?" "The bird and you bringing it." "You usually come home late every night." "I have something to tell you." "There's something I don't like." "It's bothering me." "Is the food bad?" "Is the laundry dirty?" "It's not that at all." "It's just that..." "I don't want you coming to the bar." "I go to help, and so your lunch won't get cold." "I know, but the others don't." "It's not proper for me to be in the bar?" "That's it exactly." "Some don't mind... but others complain." "Starting tomorrow I'll go in the back way... just to bring your lunch." "You like to go to the bar, huh?" "Okay, you can go." "But you'll stay behind the bar." "I need to go now." "So soon?" "Yes, I shouldn't have come at all." "Come here." "Are you very fond of me?" "My handsome man..." "I like you too much." "It's not the others who don't want you at the bar." "It's me." "I get jealous seeing everyone talking to you." "They almost lay you right in front of me." "It doesn't bother me." "You sure?" "The engineer's coming!" "The engineer's coming." "The engineer's coming." "The engineer's coming." "The engineer's coming." "The engineer's coming." "Welcome to Ilhéus Engineer Romulo." "Thank you." "This is the Captain." "Your arrival is a historic moment for our city." "A toast to our engineer Romulo Vieira." "What?" "No answer?" "Impossible." "No explanation?" "That's odd." "Where did I go wrong?" "You don't just break up without a reason." "She read it and told me to return it to you." "Very well." "Thank you." "She's crazy... insensitive." "Who does she think she is?" "She's just a slut, a Colonel's daughter." "She doesn't respect anyone." "She causes suffering even eating a fruit." "If only he knew how much I love him." "'This suffering cradles me." "My heart is weary.'" "Perfect Alexandrine verse!" "You look worried, Tonico." "Mundinho scored a point with the arrival of the engineer." "Mind your own business." "You're the one who should be worried." "The Judge has taken a house on Quatro Borboletas Alley." "For whom do you think?" "Use your head." "Where are the snacks?" "How should I know?" "Dona Gabriela wasn't home." "Tonico..." "When you talk about me getting married, are you serious?" "Of course, Arab." "If it were I..." "I've been thinking, and..." "You want it." "The problem is she hasn't any papers." "She doesn't know when she was born... or her father's name or her age." "I'm your friend and I own a notary's office." "I can get you false papers." "Isn't it dangerous?" "Not at all." "Ilhéus was built on false documents." "Titles to thousands of acres." "What harm will one more make?" "There's one condition." "Olga and I must be your witnesses." "You're invited right now." "You are indeed my best friend." "Lucky Turk!" "I just came for a minute to tell you..." "I have decided to marry you." "Why get married?" "For what?" "Don't you accept, then?" "I accept." "But it's good the way it is." "So... you accept." "I'll hire servants buy new clothes... have the house painted." "A new life." "And from today on you'll sleep at Dona Arminda's." "For what?" "We're engaged now." "It's not proper to sleep in the same house." "Everybody will talk." "Congratulations, Nacib." "Congratulations." "You did it!" "Quiet!" "One minute!" "Ilhéus is finally fulfilled." "Ofenisia's love for the Emperor relives... in Gabriela and Nacib." "Some time later..." "What's that say, Mr. Nacib?" "Quiet." "Everyone will know you're illiterate." "And don't call me Mr. Nacib." "You're my wife not my servant." "Don't be angry, Mr. Nacib." "What did it say?" "I don't remember." "And don't talk with your mouth full." "Good afternoon, Professor." "What happened?" "So many people running all over the place." "They set fire to the newspaper." "Bastos' men." "Because of that stupid engineer." "Who?" "That one?" "The man talking to your girlfriend?" "My girlfriend?" "You're wrong." "She's just an acquaintance." "There's only one woman in Ilhéus who keeps me awake." "May I know who she is?" "Can I tell you?" "Don't be shy." "Go home immediately!" "You've finished your study of the harbor." "You cabled asking to stay on to supervise the work." "If I were you I wouldn't do that." "I would cable for a replacement... and wouldn't wait for him to arrive." "There's a ship the day after tomorrow." "The day after tomorrow." "That's all the time I give you." "Have you heard the latest?" "Malvina, Melk's daughter has fled by boat... to meet Engineer Romulo." "She didn't say good-bye to anybody." "The Colonel got mad." "He screamed all night." "He's beside himself." "Hello, Nacib." "Give me a cognac." "Is this Portuguese cognac, Turk... or the usual diluted stuff you serve?" "The cognac is good, Colonel." "Never fear." "And I'm not a Turk." "I'm Italian... with an Arab father and Neapolitan mother." "It's the same thing." "No, it isn't the same thing." "Another one, Professor?" "No, thank you, Nacib." "'Tonight I leave the door unlocked." "If the Professor want he can come." "Forgive my spelling." "Glória.'" "I'll make my darling forget that mean girl." "I've already forgotten her." "Did you like your Glória?" "I adored you." "Look... a house like this... luxury, a maid." "I can't offer you all that." "I'm a poor teacher who doesn't earn much." "But love..." "I can give you love." "The two of is will walk hand in the streets... challenging this hypocritical society." "We'll live in my room above the movie house." "Poor, but rich in love." "No, no, my sweetie." "That will never do." "I want to have love and comfort." "My man is my Colonel." "I know too much about poverty... and I don't like it one bit." "If you want me it must be like this." "In secret." "And a very well-kept secret." "If the old man finds out I'm lost." "We'll have to be very careful." "I'd like to give you something... to remind you of me all day long." "I can't buy it myself." "It would look suspicious." "Buy yourself a pair of shoes." "For my sake... don't say no." "Buy some shoes so when you walk... you'll think you're stepping on me." "With your support the election is assured." "Itabuna's votes will end Ramiro Bastos' political career." "This is deplorable." "Ramiro is a great man." "But he refuses to see his time is up." "Good night, Colonel." "Good night." "I am curious." "What made you decide to support my candidacy?" "I always know when it's time to change." "The bastard isn't here." "Let's look for him some place else." "You guys go look over there." "The rest come with me." "Fagundes!" "What are you doing here?" "You're bleeding." "I shot a man." "A colonel." "Why did you shoot him?" "For Colonel Melk and the other big shot." "You've got to help me." "Go find Colonel Melk." "He's with the other big shot." "Colonel Ramiro?" "Tell him I'm sorry but I need help." "Go now." "Go!" "What do you want, girl?" "To speak to Colonel Melk." "He went home." "Then I'll speak to Colonel Ramiro, it's about Fagundes." "Wait here." "Fagundes is hiding at my house." "He's hurt." "He needs help." "He'll get it." "Come in." "Does Nacib know?" "No, he was asleep." "We won't tell him." "That would be best." "Let's go inside." "You've saved the city from a big fire." "All the better." "I've got to get right back." "Don't worry." "Tonico, you and Olga drive Dona Gabriela home." "Olga is asleep." "Wake her." "And call Colonels Melk and Amancio." "Have them take care of this matter and without a mistake." "My deepest thanks." "Excuse me, father." "Good bye, Colonel." "Ilhéus has been taken over by the gunslingers of Itabuna." "And Colonel Das Onças is only wounded." "If they find who shot him and make him talk..." "Ramiro will use force and there will be the Cacao War." "It will never lead to anything." "Colonel Ramiro Bastos is tough and courageous." "Who can topple him?" "Mundinho?" "You're home, Mr. Nacib?" "What a horrible day!" "We'll be sleeping on a keg of gunpowder tonight." "Is that so, Mr. Nacib?" "Don't worry." "Come closer to me." "Come." "I'm so sleepy..." "But if Mr. Nacib wants it I'm always ready." "You don't even care." "Don't care about what?" "It's as if I weren't even here." "You want something to eat?" "Some juice?" "Who wants juice?" "You don't caress me anymore." "Before, you were always asking..." "You always come home tired and I don't know if you want me." "I may come home tired... but I'm always ready for that." "I'm not an old man." "When Mr. Nacib crooks his finger at me, I always come." "And another thing." "You used to be like a burning torch, a furious wind." "Now you're like a gentle breeze." "Don't you like the way I am anymore?" "Are you tired of Bié?" "I like you more all the time." "I can't live without you." "Mr. Nacib, have you heard?" "You're not going to believe." "Tuisca is a performer now." "He's an actor!" "He's going to work in the circus." "Are you sick, Mr. Nacib?" "I'm dead tired." "A lot of people stayed late at the bar." "The Captain, the Doctor..." "You could leave the bar for a bit on Thursday... to go to the circus." "Thursday?" "No, we're going to a lecture on Thursday." "What, Mr. Nacib?" "A lectures, Bié." "By a poet." "You should hear the beautiful poems he recites." "He's terrific!" "The lecture's at the town hall." "I bought tickets for you and me." "What's a lecture like?" "Something very refined." "Better than a movie?" "Much better." "Better than a circus?" "A circus is for kids." "And what happens?" "Is the there dancing and music?" "You've got a lot to learn, Bié." "I'll explain." "Pay attention." "There's a man, a poet." "He talks about something." "About what?" "About anything." "He talks." "He talks about tears and longing." "He talks... and we listen." "He talks and we listen." "Then what?" "When he finishes we applaud." "He says beautiful things, important things." "Sometimes it's hard to understand." "The man talks and we listen and don't understand." "And you say it's better than a circus!" "Excuse me." "You're an educated man." "But better than a circus never!" "Try to understand." "I've told you a thousand times." "You're not a maid anymore." "You're Mrs. Saad." "Try to understand." "The cream of society will be at the lecture." "We can't miss such an event to go to a common circus." "Why can't we go?" "Just because!" "I understand." "If Mr. Nacib won't go, that's okay." "Tuisca will be sad." "I promised him you'd go." "But if you won't I'll applaud for me and for Mr. Nacib." "You'll applaud the poet." "Mr. Nacib, please let me go to the circus." "I'll go to the lecture another day." "They don't have lectures every day." "Circuses neither." "Go to sleep." "This is boring." "She's always running around like tomboy." "Now here she is at a lecture!" "Tonight is a red-letter day for Ilhéus." "Just a moment." "Daddy..." "Dona Gabriela..." "what a surprise!" "'The beautiful and sweet figure... suffering in the quiet dawn." "And on the other side of the balcony... the black-bearded Emperor." "Graceful reclining on the window." "Ofenìsia, in the moonlight crying.'" "Sobbing." "Sobbing, Dr. Argileu." "Forgive me." "'Graceful reclining on the window..." "Ofenìsia, in the moonlight sobbing." "Untouched immaculate and alone... she remained in her corner resigned and proud... pining for the one who wouldn't give her his heart." "Oh, Ofenìsia, Ofenìsia." "Oh, sweet figure... afternoon or evening, rain or shine... she hummed do re mi fa sol... of this love so heavy with pain." "Ofenìsia Ilhéus pays homage to you..." "In the voice of this troubadour." "And if the gods could set back time... it would be I who would love you!" "'" "You were the most beautiful woman there." "Now I must go to the bar." "Thief!" "Son-of-a-bitch!" "I'll kill you!" "You're the thief you shitty Turk!" "Diluting drinks padding accounts!" "Go beat up your mother!" "You Turkish cuckold!" "Son-of-a-bitch!" "Take care of your wife!" "Cuckold!" "What did you say?" "Nothing." "Let me go." "Talk, you bastard or I'll kill you!" "Gabriela's deceiving you with Tonico." "You're lying, you shit!" "I swear to God!" "I saw Tonico going into your house." "Let me go." "I beg of you, don't kill me!" "For the love of God!" "I can explain." "I'm your friend." "I have a wife and little children." "I was only giving her advice." "Whore!" "Stop, Nacib!" "I'll be back tonight." "I don't want to find you here." "I'll sell the bar." "I'll take my things and leave." "Don't be silly." "What about your friends?" "You can't leave just like that." "How can I stay here?" "Remember Dr. Felismino?" "Who caught his wife in bed with her lover?" "He didn't kill them either." "He got the nickname 'Contented Cuckold.'" "He had to leave town." "If Gabriela were only your mistress, would you still leave?" "It would be different then." "Nobody would laugh." "A beating would do." "There's no reason to leave." "By law, she's only your mistress." "What?" "We were married by a judge." "You and that bastard were witnesses." "You know what this is?" "The Civil Code." "Article 219." "'The annulment of a marriage.'" "A marriage is null when there's an error to one of the parties." "What error?" "I wanted to marry Gabriela." "Sorry, can you explain it better?" "We are here for Nacib's annulment of marriage... by reason of error owing to falsified documents." "Nacib asked me to do it." "Don't involve me in this." "You're already involved..." "up to your neck." "One of two things:" "either you go to the Judge... and we solve this amicably and quickly... or file suit this very day for annulment... by reason of error owing to falsification of documents... falsified by you in this notary public office." "You enter the case from two angles... falsification and adultery." "And with premeditation in both." "It's a beautiful case." "What will Dona Olga say?" "And your father Colonel Ramiro?" "The scandal will kill him." "And it'll be your fault." "I'm warning you because I don't this to happen." "Why did I get mixed up in this?" "I only did it to help." "I had nothing to do with Gabriela at that time." "Come with us to see the Judge." "We'll reach a friendly agreement." "If not, the story will appear tomorrow in the Ilhéus Daily... written by me with Tonico Bastos as the deceitful villain." "The petition for the annulment of the civil marriage... of Nacib Saad and Gabriela Silva is hereby granted." "This Court, based on Article 219 paragraph one... chapter 6, Book One... recommends that notary Antonio Bastos... take more care in his work." "Otherwise, the government may intervene... as per the Constitution." "Case closed!" "You're so elegant!" "Nothing like having a Glória in one's life." "I like to dress well, though I haven't always been able to." "Where is that eternal love for your Malvina?" "Eternity ended quickly." "You knew she ran away, didn't you?" "I knew." "And I forgave her." "She ran away from this shitty town!" "Let's go, Mr. Nacib." "Let's go to steep." "You need to sleep." "You don't have to spend all your freedom in one day." "What freedom?" "You were a married man a prisoner." "Now you're a free man without ties." "Free to do whatever you damn please." "You've been standing there for over an hour." "I'm waiting for Mr. Nacib to come out to get a look at him." "Serves you right." "You're reaping what you sowed." "There's going to be trouble." "There's going to be a fight." "Let's go over." "The Professor can't fight nor can Glória." "Nothing is going to happen." "Nothing?" "I saw the professor go in." "Times are changing." "Strange." "Not a scream, not a shot." "Maybe they're talking." "The Colonel lives surrounded by animals..." "so he won't have to talk." "They're coming out." "Christ, this is too modern for my tastes." "Captain, let's finish our game." "Didn't I tell you I'd inaugurate the harbor with a Swedish ship?" "Yes, and you did it." "Is the speech ready, Doctor?" "We waited many decades for this day." "Today is the beginning of a new era." "The new replacing the old." "Progress reaches this forgotten place." "Contact the ship right away." "Close off the harbor." "Why?" "This ship can't enter the harbor today." "Mr. Nacib... it's over." "It's over." "The trial." "Colonel Jesuino has been sentenced to prison... for the murder of Dona Sinhazinha." "Please, quiet!" "At last, with its new and modern port... the city of Ilhéus is now connected the world." "You should know I had hired a man to kill you." "I never understood politics very well." "Bastos and I killed and escaped death together many times." "I don't abandon such a friend." "But now he's dead." "You can count on my support." "Thank you, Colonel Amancio." "So how about coming for a game of poker at Nacib's?" "It seems things won't change much." "Everything will be the same." "The same... but different."