"To Anae" "Memory, comrade, is like a summer night's sky." "The stars of recall flash illuminating the night." "Every single one tells a story of its own just' as each photo has its legend." "LONGWAVE" "Who is it?" "Mr de Boulez', head of French Swiss Radio." ""The Romans under the yoke of the Helvetians by Lake Geneva"" "Magnificent!" "You know, Mr Roulette, this work was in the basement of Lausanne Museum of Fine Arts." "Out of sight." "Hidden, sleeping." "I woke it up." "You French-speaking Swiss are like "Dornrésli"." "What's that in French?" ""Sleeping Beauty", sir." ""Sleeping Beauty"." "Genau." "I shall play the prince." "I'm going to kiss you, Mr Roulette." "Do you understand?" "I think so." "My wife is a French-speaking Swiss." "A busy man needs another pair of ears." "A Federal Councilor's wife must pull her weight." "I can imagine." "She wrote me a list..." "Here it is." "On 12th February your station broadcast:" ""Is monetary crisis a world threat?"" "The next month:" ""Milhleberg nuclear plant:" "have they told us the truth?"" "We go by listeners' interests." "That's of no interest to them." " I see." " "Soviet spies penetrate the Swiss ski school"." "Really, Mr Roulette." "My name is "de Roulet"." "That's what people need, Roulette." "Programmes to get them out of bed feeling good about themselves in 1974." "We'll see what we can do." " I'll think about it." " No need." "Here are the National Council files on projects in which" "Switzerland played an important, positive role." "Do I choose one?" "One?" "Take them all!" "Do you want a bag?" "Positive and important." "Clear?" "We'll replace the national bank's collaboration with the Nazis with a dog's-eye portrait of a mountain shepherd." " Want one?" " No, I'm quitting." "No way?" "!" "They say it makes your hair fall out." "What's left?" "Swiss development aid to Portugal." "Portugal, perfect for Cauvin." "How is he?" "No, he's fine." "He's just a bit tired." "The listeners still remember him." "Some want him back." " The Federal Councilor's wife." " Not only." "He needs to get out there." "In the thick." "Remember his interview with Nasser?" "From six years ago." "Talent lives on." "And Dujonc-Renens?" "We'll send her with him." "Julie and Cauvin together?" "Why not?" "No!" "Absolutely no way." "You think I'm dumb?" "This mission is vital for the station." "And it's all yours!" "See it as recognition." "Or as an order." "You choose!" ""Woman's Agora" listeners, your oppressed sisters, can wait to burn their bras." "Who is it?" "A technician wondering what a journalist is doing in her boss's car." "Get down, I'll get up." "You creep!" "You promised me a daily show." "This report is your chance to show that you're not only... the journalist from "Woman's Agora"." " Only?" " I said, "not only"." "I know you're a pro." "Trust me." "Like I trust you." "Sure." "It's worked for us so far." "Who will I be working with?" "SWISS AID To PORTUGAL:" "CLEAR AND POSITIVE COLLABORATION" "Construction of schools, maternity homes, waste-water plants:" "that's Swiss aid to Portugal." "Positive and dynamic cooperation showing "made in Switzerland"" "is nofjusz' a concept' but' an example." "An example lo be followed by less developed peoples who are nice all the same." "WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF PHILIPPE DE ROULET" "Excuse me." "Sorry." "Hold on." "There." "I thought the technician took all the equipment." "My Nagra Ill stays with me." "Mr Cauvin?" "May I ask a favor?" "Anything you like with legs like yours." " What's your name?" " Claudine, sir." "I never missed you on "The World Live"." "You inspired me to travel." "I gave you a vocation." " Do you mind?" " Sure." " Hello, sir." " Hello, miss." "This must be my introduction to the Swissair mile-high club." "We're about to land in Lisbon." "Please extinguish your cigarettes and fasten your seatbelts." "Alain Lantier?" "Sorry." "I was on break when you arrived." "But we haven't started." "That's true." "Hi, I'm Bob." " Julie Dujonc-Renens." " Hello." " Cauvin." " Hi, Bob." "How are you?" " Good." " How was the drive?" "Fine but long." " Want one?" " No, thanks." "I smoke Colombian." "Shrapnel in my lung." "Can't taste Virginian." "Shall we go?" "Everyone in front." " Where are we going?" " Why are you asking Cauvin?" "No reason." "Get this straight, Alain:" "he's not the boss and I'm not a trainee." "Call me Bob." "Fine, Bob." "Cauvin and I have equal status." "I quit school at 15." "I paid my dues in the Congo." " That's equal status for you." " So..." "We are here." "Coimbra, Guia..." "And here's the Swiss-financed school." "Don't you want a room?" "No, I never leave my gear!" "Also, the batteries need charging." " See you tomorrow." " Goodnight." "I'd like a sandwich, please." "The most charming one you have." "You speak Portuguese?" "Do you mean you want a room?" "A turnpike in the stream, please." "It stinks here." "I'm sorry." "Do you speak Spanish?" "Or your wife?" "What was that?" "She says they're full." "But the hotel's empty." "I have a room with a bath, all the others have washbasins." "Washbasins." "Settled in, Cauvin?" "Beats a Stasi jail." "Goodnight, Cauvin." "Goodnight, Sophie." "It's Julie, you oaf." "April 22nd 197A." "The girl is called Jeanine Dujonc-Renens." "She hosts a show called..." ""Woman's Angora"." "Something like that." "On the plane I made friends with a hostess." "Her name's Claudine." "She lives in..." "She lives in Lausanne." "She dreams of being on the radio." "Then... we landed in Lisbon." "And Bob was late meeting us." "Bob late?" "No, not possible." "Lord, will I get my own daily show?" ""If thou holdest thy peace at this time, enlargement and deliverance shall arise to the Jews from another place but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed. "" "Cauvin." "My name is Joseph Marie Cauvin." "I was born on the... 29th june 1928 in Bulle, Switzerland." "What do I do?" "Answer my questions." "Any way you like." "How loud do I talk?" "Is that loud enough?" " Like that?" " We can hear you fine." " Shall I start?" " I'll ask a question." "Welcome, representatives of the Swiss Confederation, to this school, founded in 1965 and attended by around 100 pupils." "Thanks to generous donations from various countries:" "France, the German Federal Republic and Italy." "OK, great." "We weren't ready, so say all that again." "No, I'm recording." " Already?" " They speak, I record." "What about a signal?" "We do this on "Woman's Agora"." "You want me to do that?" "Tricky with a Nagra." " It's a studio thing!" " I do it by ear." "If it's not interesting, I cut." "Interesting, cut." "Interesting, cut." "On, off, on, off." "Line up, kids!" "Silence!" "Silence!" "I am Homem Trigueiros Cardoso." "Head of the Celeste Pinheiro Cabrita school." "I'm delighted to welcome our Swiss visitors to this educational establishment, founded in 1965 and attended by around 100 pupils thanks to generous donations from France, the German Federal Republic and Italy." "OK?" "Could you tell us how much Switzerland donated and what the money has allowed you to do?" "Whatever the amount, it came in handy." " For the roof?" " No, up there." " What?" " There!" "Made in Switzerland." "Nice." "Very useful." "Isn't it?" "Kids: "Thank you Switzerland"!" "Thank you Switzerland!" "Switzerland only donated a clock?" "There were a few other things." "So, Switzerland installed hot water?" "No, we already had that." "We had hot water out of one faucet, and cold water from another." "But not mixed." "Now it comes out of one pipe, mixed." "We paid for tepid water." "We should leave around 8 tomorrow." "Just a little." "What time?" "I just said: at 8." " At 8:15?" " What do 15 minutes matter?" "Exactly, so 8:15 it is." "We'll vote on it." "All those for 8?" "As it's a long way, and we still have no content." "8 o'clock?" "Who's for 8:15?" "Foreign food is no problem." "As long as the seasoning's right." "That's very important." "This is like something I ate in..." "You must have seen it all!" "NATIONAL COMPETITION" "PRIZE FOR THE BEST AUDIO CAPTURE SWISS BROADCASTING" "Swedish girl." "Lusitania, the mule goddess." "The mule... goddess." "Manuel!" "What does he want?" "He's a Swedish pervert looking for a horny mule!" " Send him packing!" " Beat it!" "Shameless!" "It states clearly: "Lusitania 2000"." "Housing unit wholly financed by Switzerland." "Let's go!" "Someone's bound to know." "The Swedish bruise." " Swiss flag?" " Yes." "Swiss!" "They built a village here." "What did they do with it?" "Swiss flag!" "It's that way!" "Swiss flag!" "HOUSING UNIT" ""DARE To CREATE" LE CORBUSIER" "No wonder it was hard to find." "Try the left one for size!" "Don't worry about it." "I once finished a job in half a day... on the St Bernard Pass." "Only we got snowed in in Lausanne." "So we did the dog's paws in the snow in the cafeteria using broken biscuits." " Great!" "Why not use Sagres beer for the tepid water?" "The National Council's idea is lame!" "And so is the report." "10 out of 10." "Hey, excuse me!" "Some Vaseline." " What?" " Vaseline!" "They never seem to understand you." "It's the accent." "What you want?" "Didn't my auntie twig?" "You speak French?" " That I do." " We're saved." "What can I get you?" "I demand Vaseline but your grand-mother rides a bike." "I'm sorry, I don't understand." "Some wine." "Sure." "Right away." "Just three glasses." "Brazilian Portuguese is not like Portuguese Portuguese." "I learned in Brazil." " OK." " On the job." " Fine." " I've spoken to generals, ministers..." "Cheers, my friends." " Are you from Marseille?" " No." "I've never been to France." "Your French has a Marseille flavor." "Thanks." "That's because of my father." " Is he from Marseille?" " No, but he was a projectionist." "I saw "Fanny", "Topaze", "The Baker's Wife" hundreds of times." "Do you like Pagnol?" "He's my idol." "Do you know him?" "Not personally." "But maybe..." "Che, Brezhnev, Gen. McArthur, yes." "Marcel Pagnol, no." "Sorry." "Well, cheers!" "Hold on, what about him?" "Not for you?" "OK." "We're from French Swiss Radio." "The Swiss radio broadcaster." "That's right." "We're working on a report." "We're looking for an interpreter." "He's just a school kid." "Doggone it, I'm nearly 18." "We'll pay you." "Plus expenses." "I'll ask my auntie." "How come you decide now?" "Who's for hiring a translator?" "Against?" "Abstentions?" "Carried." "Does the minority concede?" "Was it the right place?" "We saw a sign with a quote from Le Corbusier." "Did you get any material?" "Nothing, Philippe." "The Le Corbusier quote was no help." "I need something positive for "Swiss Faces"." "Why not use that curling report?" "We just found out that the captain of the Swiss team is an Italian." "A Red Brigades fugitive, smuggled out by a Tess/n cell." "Unbelievable and heavy shh' for us." "Not that you care." "I do care." "But you sent me across Europe with Gen. Patton on a mission and I'm obeying." " is he behaving himself?" " No'!" "like he should." " Meaning?" "As I speak, he's devouring me with Ms come-to-bed eyes." "What have you got on?" "The red safari dress you bought me." "That's gross." "They eat more rice here than the Vietcong." " What is it?" " it's delicious." "They call it "bolo d'arroz"." "Come and try it." "Looks like yours mean you can eat what you like." "Looks like mine?" "You know, radio looks." "Ah, I see." "Background reading?" "Marne";" "Caetanu, a man who could go the distance." "It's pathetic." "The people seem happy enough." "They all go abroad." "So, instead, Madam Chairman?" "Madam "Chairwoman"!" "Power to the people!" "Strongmen often make better leaders." "Sure, and a woman's place is in the home." "We vote and Switzerland's no worse." "Is it?" "I can see you don't agree." "It's my back." "I'm not used to sitting in a car all day." "Stop, you'll dislocate a vertebra!" "I once sutured myself with dental floss." "Shoulders are easy..." "What are you doing?" "Showing you an exercise that will help." "Exhale completely!" " Got it?" " No." "Just feel the effect." " OK, but I'm not..." " Shh!" "Be quiet!" "There." "Now, easy." "Relax." "You're as stiff as a judge from Berne." "There!" "You're too stiff." "I'm not stiff at all." " To get you off my back..." " Shh!" "Again." "Have you been working?" "Pardon me?" "There." "No, it's just... just some ideas for the script." "To share tomorrow?" "Sure, maybe." "Actually, no..." "Goodnight." "Goodnight!" "Thanks." " It's cold." " Don't worry!" "It's cold." "Put yourjacket on!" " OK." " Put it on!" "You're so thin." "You should eat more." " Yes." " Put yourjacket on." "Do as I say." "You have to look presentable for a photo." "My aunt would like to take a photo." "Please..." "A bit closer together." "The lady, further right." "The gentleman, more to the left." "Pelé, it's better if you crouch down." "You all look sad." "Look happy!" "Smile!" "A little smile..." "This wastewater treatment plant is a present from Switzerland and also an example." "An example of a small, proud, disciplined country." "That has protected itself from communists, Jews and niggers." "Swiss-style ecology is what will save us... from interbreeding and contamination by niggers." "Excuse me Pelé, is he saying "nigger" or is it Marseille slang?" "He's saying "negro"." "In Marseille, "black" means unlucky." "Portuguese wafer should be as pure as that of the Aletsch Glacier." "And should never be contaminated by nigger blood." "He can't say "nigger" like that!" "Can you replace the word "nigger"?" "What word should I use?" "Samba, Wop, "escarumba".?" "He suggests "escarumba", if you prefer." "What does that mean?" "Excuse me, but to be more precise," ""escarumba" is like "darkie"." "Those camps you built for cowardly Portuguese migrants are glorious." "like before with the jaws." "A derelict site, public toilets, a slaver." "Another wasted day." "They wanted patriotism, they got it." "If we edit we can maybe use a few minutes." "Are you joking?" "We won't use one second of that fascist pig!" "It would get to you too, it's just a cultural difference." "We're through here!" "Mission terminated." "Tomorrow we go back to Lausanne." "The darkies have failed to make their mark on history." "What about our bosses?" "Don't kid yourself." "They couldn't care less." "Apart from..." "The big guy with the velvet suits..." " De Roulet." " Yes." "All he wants is for us to fill his schedules." "Schedule your ass!" "My ass is getting a daily show." "Very ladylike." "Is "ass" a male monopoly?" "I know the kind of woman you are." " You listen to my show?" " No need, it's obvious." "The title says it all: "Woman's Angora"." "Why not: "Girls Talk Knitting"?" "It's Woman's "Agora", not "angora"!" "Agora means "forum" in Greek." "Ah, the big Greek words!" "You're like all the other feminists." "Two words will do for you:" "ambitious and opportunist." "Ready to adopt the horizontal solution to get ahead." " Who do you mean?" " You and..." "Mr Velvet Suits..." "As if I'd sleep with my boss." "Nobody thinks that." "We all know he's a shirt lifter." ""Shirt lifter"?" "He's a back door bandit." "What does that mean?" "Like when Marius goes to sea with the sailors without Fanny..." "A fairy..." "Totally wrong!" "Come on..." "The little check suits." "The way he eyes up Blondel's son at parties." "Plus: he drives a Triumph Stag." " Got to be a queen." " Typical men:" "I sleep with my boss to get on," "English car, so he's a queen." "It's 1974, guys." "Times have changed." "We're free!" "Workers, women, bosses." " He's a shirt lifter!" " He is not!" "And even if he was a shirt lifter, we could get together if we wanted." "I sleep with who I like." "Who I like." " You said that twice." " Once, twice." "If I want, I can sleep with two men at once!" "Even if they're homos!" "So what?" " Nothing." " We don't mind." "You disgust me..." "Four times a year?" "Four times." "On a few issues each time." "And it works?" "Yep." "Anyway, that's the way we do it." "Could it work here?" "Switzerland isn't exportable." "Plus, the dictatorship would have to go." "You'd have to consult the people." "Simple as that." "I see." "And how long would all that take?" "No way of telling, kid." "April 24th 1974." "The name of the village we went to today is Vais." "V-A-I-S." "Julie Dujonc-Renens." "She's a pain in the ass." "But she's not bad." "She's not bad when she's angry." "Her eyes are hazel with a touch of green." "Her hair sticks to her cheeks when it's hot." "She has a vaccination scar at the top of her left arm." "Julie." "A pain in the ass." "Lord." "Tell me in 10 seconds: if we go back, will I still get a daily show?" "Ten." "Nine." "Eight." "Seven." "Six." "Five." "Four." "Three." "Two." "One." "Shit." "I dreamed of playing in a film by Pagnol." "With the plane trees, the costumes." "I'd have played a postman or the baker's boy." "Delivering fougasses to the leading lady." "She..." "She would have had rosy cheeks and a white dress." "She'd try to kiss me and I wouldn't resist." "Why the past tense?" "It's the conditional." "Why do you act as if your life was behind you?" "It's just starting, kid!" "Sure, on some site in Europe." "Or in uniform in Africa." "The army won't want a highly-strung kid like you." "I'll be 18 next month." "I leave on July 1st." "For2 years." "Angola?" "I've seen photos they bring back." "How they treat the women." "Why not write to Pagnol?" "Maybe he could use a young guy from Portugal who speaks French." " You think so?" " Look at Ursula Andress." "A week before her Bond movie, she was selling chestnuts in Berne." " Really?" "She'll kill us." "She mustn't know." "Come on!" "How is your mother?" "She died when I was 12!" "Fell off the balcony!" " Really?" " Yes, it's true." "We only lived one floor up!" "And your father?" "She fell on him!" "Now you're kidding me?" "Still mad with me, gentlemen?" "Not at all." "Why pretend not to see me?" "I didn't see you." "We were talking..." "I think you were right." " About what?" " About the report." "Let's just send what we recorded to Lausanne." "We've reported objectively." "I said that?" "Yes." "I'm surprised you're so shocked." "I'm not." "It's Pelé, he's not even 18." "I should have put up a sign:" "Danger Naked Woman." "Now I've nothing to hide." "Unlike you." "I could strip." "Are you really a macho man, Cauvin?" "I'm a man." "A HIGHLY-STRUNG BOY" "= A VERY SENSITIVE BOY" "Time we set off for Lausanne." "What's he doing?" " It must be his back." " Maybe he's crying." "Why would he cry?" "Because he's highly-strung." "Oh, please." "Today is April 25th." "Want to know how I know?" "Yesterday was the 211th?" "Every day I cross out the day before." "You lose track of time on the road." "I'm losing my memory." "I bet you remember the names and bra sizes of all the women you saved." "No." "They all fade away." "The road... stops here." " What's up?" " He's not sure." " Must we stop here?" " No," "Julie's right." "Go back to Lausanne." " It's me who's staying." " Listen." "Memory loss caused by drinking too much doesn't mean you're at death's door." "Let's move!" "My passport Is in the inside pocket of my leather bag." "Met a young guy called Pelé." "don't remember his surname." "There's a French writer he's a fan of." "Préven, I think." "Bob tells me" "I did an interview with Nasser that made a big splash, 6 or 7 years ago." "I was in Vietnam in November." "Got hit in the head by shrapnel." "I spent 3 weeks in hospital in Saigon with terrible migraines." "The memory loss came on gradually." "It's getting worse." "I was in hospital in Saigon until December 13th, with terrible migraines." "The memory loss began back in Switzerland." "I like h' whenjufle gets angry, because h' makes her jaw stiffen." "I love the..." "I'll be proud to work on your last report, Cauvin." "Yo w, e crazy'" "Risking the sack so close to retiring." "Retired soundmen fade out fast." "You should always carry one of these." "Suppose you need something..." "Something to eat or drink, say." "Done." "Or you feel like making a hole." "You can make one." "Anything?" "Nothing!" " Hello." " Hi there." " What are you doing?" " The same as you." "Covering Swiss aid to Portugal?" "You're doing that?" "The lines are engaged." "Hello, Brussels?" "Rémi here." "Everything OK?" "Did you get through?" "Loud and clear!" "It doesn't work, I tell you." " It works fine." " Impossible." "Connect red to red, black to black." "I know how to do it." "Guess what?" "French Swiss Radio is reporting on the Swiss in Portugal." "Electrifying!" "So what are you doing?" "The revolution." "Revolution?" "You're revolutionaries?" "We're covering it." "A revolution here?" "Since when?" "Since last night." "Don't you listen to the radio?" "Lausanne?" "Lisbon here." "Whatever are you doing?" "I said, call each evening." "It's not easy to find a phone that works." "I was worried you were in trouble." " If I'd known a revolution had begun..." " Where are you?" "One hour from Lisbon." "Stay away." "The Belgians have it covered perfectly" "Perfectly!" "They have resources." " What about us?" " Head back." "It's too dangerous." "I'm sending a team of pros from Lausanne." "Pros?" "So what does that make us?" "I need you here." "I miss your body." "I miss your body." "Call from Spain." "I'll see you in Lausanne tomorrow." "Monday you're back on your show." "And I love you." "I'm sorry for what I said about de Roulet." "I don't care if you're seeing... a homo." "It's all part of nature." "Even if nature lacks taste, as an old fruit once said." "My aunt, I mean." "So, how shall we deal with de Roulet?" "We could say we broke down on the way back." "My van never breaks down." "Got that, kid?" "There is a problem with the electrics." "The lamps blink." "What?" "The lamps blink?" "The front lamps blink." "That's just the coil earthing the circuit." "Look!" "Get your guns out for the revolution!" "Bunch of limp dicks!" "Peace!" "And love." "H"s like: "The Monkey King"." "What?" ""King Kong"." "The film where the big ape rapes the young journalist." "He doesn't rape her." "Yes he does." "A Portuguese variation, perhaps" "Step on it, Bob!" "J""1P in, Julie!" " Tegucigalpa?" " Honduras." " Kathmandu?" " Nepal." " Lima?" " Peru." " Bonn?" " West Germany." " Bucharest?" " Romania." " Canberra?" " Australia." "Your memory is perfect." "It's just the effect of the Portuguese heat." "I've never been to Portugal." " Hello." " It's me." "We've made h' to Spain." "We crossed the border..." " Hold on." "No, I don't have much time!" "We've reached Seville." "Everything?" "fine." "OK?" " Where are yen'!" "?" "Hold you: in Seville." "We're fine." "We crossed the border." "What?" " I'll turn off the TV." "Hello?" "Who's with you?" "No one!" "We're spending the night here." "Who's that singing?" " A local guy, he seems well known..." " Strange, he sounds just like Carlos Gardel." "Maybe it's him." "What's he like?" "He died in 1935." "Carlos Gardel?" "He's all I could find." "STAY HERE" "In order to break free, women must reject men's image of themselves." " Julle?" " No, Giséle Halimi." "Is this some kind of game?" "I have a problem with me, my image." "As reflected back at me." "Or projected." "My image is not me." "And neither my image norl will be on air on Monday." "Let's go!" "The Portuguese armed forces enjoin the citizens of Lisbon to remain indoors and to stay calm." "We hope that' the solemnify of the hour will no'!" "be tarnished by incidents involving civilians and we urge the military to exercise caution in order to avoid confrontations." "Even though our priority is to avoid any bloodshed we appeal to aH medical personnel to make their way to the hospitals to offer assistance that we hope will prove unnecessary." " Do you need an extension?" " It's OK." " Got tapes?" " I need batteries." "So, what now?" "We'll split up." "You take PelÃ© to translate." "Julie?" "Yes?" "Are you coming with me?" "Where are we, Pele?" "In Muredia." "I saw it in: "A Canga de Lisboa"." "'(on GK, Pew?" "Yes. why?" "Tell me where we're parked." " Shall I speak into the mike?" " Yes." "Tell me when you're ready." "This is PelÃ© dos Santos, live from central Lisbon, where the revolution..." "See you tomorrow at midday." "At midday." "At midday." "Let's go!" "I'll take another windscreen for the port." "Do you want a hyper-cardioid?" "Cauvin?" "So this is revolution: dog-eat-dog." "In Lisbon's streets fear is palpable." "The people are sheltering indoors." "h' seems as if..." "I can hear what sounds like a crowd..." "People shouting." "People in a square." "I'll head that way." "This is all quite unexpected." "Quite extraordinary." "Long live freedom!" "A girl has just kissed me." "Long live freedom!" "One gave me a flower." "Fascism will not win!" "DOWN WITH DICTATORSHIP" "The people united will never be defeated!" "Were you in the square?" "Yes, of course." "It's more like a street party than a revolution." "We're free!" "Come on, kid, don't cry." "I'm not crying." "I think it's the flowers." "You're allergic to carnations?" "Crazy." "It's all totally improbable." "What does "improbable" mean?" " Almost impossible." " "Almost" is unrevolutionary." "Not for the first time, I see people in a cafe." "People have gathered, which seems normal enough, but here it's quite new." "Let's try to hear what's being said inside." "And to choose the best path for this revolutionary process." "Democracy isn't born overnight." "It must be constructed!" "Stop the colonial war!" "New!" "Yes, you're right, comrades." "But first we must solve real problems." "There are many battles to be won." "Such as education." "The battle that will arm us so that we can vote freely." "As they do in France, Germany, Switzerland." "We Swiss vote every Sunday as it's on the way to church." "Are you Swiss?" "Si, Swissa..." "Come here!" "Please." " I have nothing to say..." " Come, come!" " Let the Swiss comrade pass." " Good afternoon." "I mean, good evening." " You speak Portuguese?" " Yes, I do." "Tell us about democracy in Switzerland." "Democracy..." "Democracy!" "OK..." "Certainly, Swiss flag is an old democracy... but democracy must be earned." "In Swiss flag, democracy is like a fat pigeon that's eaten too much bacon." "Whose boat no longer floats." "A boat full of soft-boiled eggs." "It's bad." "Very bad!" "Fascism will not win!" "Switzerland supports the revolutionaries!" " What did you do to my van?" " It's only paint." "This is Analea." " Ana... pleased to..." " Who are you?" "Me..." "I'm Bob." "I am from that dark land" "Where saudade is sung" "As if h' were sfiH young" "In the shadow of freedom" "As if h' were sfiH young" "In the shadow of freedom" "I want to feel well in my throat" "The fears of my bean'" "But what terror?" "The blue grass?" "The house of the dead uncle?" "No." "No!" "We are cheesing... the varicose veins." "The people are cheesing the varicose veins, all the varicose veins!" " What's that guy saying?" " No idea, but it's fabulous." "Now, that's revolution!" "Do I aim it at the set?" "Cool gadget." "Gen. Sp/no/a, the celebrated national hero, heads a 7-man junta which has seized power ending 48 years of dictatorship." "The military, who a week ago were a pillar of the dictatorship, today are liberators, and feted as heroes." "The speed and precision of the coup has been noted." "Thai suggests virtual unanimity among the army, at' aH levels of the hierarchy." "Today is a glorious day for everyone." "The army has the support of the people." "Who debate with true Latin fire the events transforming the political landscape." "Holy shit." "Big." "Strange!" "Swiss, Swiss Radio." " Ah, the general?" " He's down there, on the corner." "We were supposed to work as a team." "Come on, Annie, you know I always do my own thing." "That's the first time I've been kissed by a woman..." "I think." "Hey, Swiss guy!" "Thank you!" "It's strange, people keep thanking rne." "I must look like some big shot." "Sunday, April 28th." "Socialist Party leader MÃ©rio Scares returns to Lisbon after exile and prison." "His presence here is a signal to the Portuguese in exile that now is the time to return home." "Dear Mr Pagnol," "I'm a young man from a small village in central Portugal." "Your films make me dream." "They could be sex' In my village." "Minus the tedious parts." "Life surges from your films like a van in the night." "After upheaval in my life, I've decided to meet you in Marse/I/e." "I'm writing first so you won't be foo surprised when I tum up." " Are you sure?" " I know how macho Spain is." "A woman in front looks louche." "Give me the papers." "Good evening." " Your papers." " Yes." "Thank you." "And the woman?" "In back with the equipment." "Thank you." "Lei ibis uprising serve as a warning to us, people of Spain." "In our neighbor's hours of darkness, we must stand united behind our guide." "Now more than ever, he is counting on us, on our determination to resist' foreign movements, on our resolve to remain on the path charted by God for our nation..." "See you soon." " Have a good journey, sir." " Thank you." "...from the land of sun and French wine." "He's smiling as he waits for the man who we hope will return the object lost..." "It's like in the movies." "MARCEL PAGNOL FEBRUARY 1895" " APRIL 197A" "OTHER DESTINATIONS" "How will you get by with no money?" "I'll find a doggone job." "I'm not dumb." "So long, kid." "Never forget that life..." "You'll find out." "Thanks for everything, Bob." "What was...?" "What was that?" "A peck on the cheek." "At his age he could easily get confused." "They're still developing at that age." "He's pretty well developed." "Well hung, more like." "Just what the hell is this?" "Listen, Cauvin..." "Let me explain." "Nothing much really happened." " We just..." " Got carried away." " Yes!" " It was the revolution..." "It was... not vulgar, just..." " Beautiful." " Very tender!" "Analea came over to me and said:" "Then Julie arrived and she said:" ""Take me, Bob. "" " No!" "Not quite like that." "It was great, with two..." "One, two, a third, I can't remember." "You lose count after six." "Pity you missed it." "You'd have had a good time because it wasn't..." "It was very relaxed." " Yes." "Respectful." "Nobody felt awkward." " No." "And PelÃ© went wild." " What!" " Every which way." "That was some initiation for him." "And then this guy arrived." "He started kissing me." "He fucked you." "But he kissed me first and it's not..." "It feels strange, a guy with a mustache." "And then he got behind me and..." "Wham." "Or barn." "It's hard to say." " It's funny!" " Yeah." " Yes." " No, but..." "What are you doing?" "What's it to you?" "Find someone else to do your thing with!" "I'm out of here." " Head high!" " You'll forget where you're going." "I'm not like my parents." "I don't get hung up." "You mean: anything goes." "Your boss, then a young virgin." "We just partied." "With this revolutionary girl." "Period." " What aboutjeanine?" " Oh,jeanine, she's been swinging for years." " What?" "SIX MONTHS LATER" "Time to find out the winner of best French-language report, 1974." "A1' the Ministry of Culture the suspense is high." "The dot tie was better." "You look fine, Mr Director, sir." "Smart move not to wear blue, sir, brown is really so much more your style." "Allow me." "OK, we're on." "Jacques Richard, French-language affairs at the Ministry of Culture." "Who is Roulet?" "Welcome to the ministry." "Come with me." "Edmond Lagarde, programs." "Robert Desbaurie, stations ambassador." "Ernest Chaton-Buchet, head of overseas cultural programmes." "I hope, Roulet, that the journalists at Radio France will be as independent as your station in the face of political pressure." "I'm not your only fan." "VGE is your leading admirer." " VGE?" "ValÃ©ry Giscard d'Estaing." "The president, Roulet." " D...?" " "D'Estaing", French president." " My name's "DE" Roulet." "What' I especially like is the way your personal experience informs the subject." "As if History was always a personal account." "Auteur-history, perhaps?" "Are you asking?" "Yes..." "Was it intentional?" "Life is instinct." "Period." "Guess who?" "The girl I went to Portugal with..." "What's my name?" "Dujonc-Renens." "First name:" "Julie." "No joking..." "How's the mistress of a. m. shows?" "Directress, if you please." "And you?" "I'm OK." "Thanks for not saying anything to..." "Don't mention it." "And thank you for not mentioning..." "I'm afraid you'll be one of the last things I forget." "Look!" "We did it!" "The Portuguese colonies have risen." "French Swiss Radio has decided that... we need a veteran, Portuguese-speaking reporter." "Julie says you're bilingual." " Totally." "Let's discuss the Comoros." "Great news, huh?" "Are you pleased?" "Maybe I'm not strong enough to go abroad." "Sure you are." "It's all you live for." "Not all." "Don't be crazy." "Say yes." "Visit me in Lausanne before you go." "Winning report on in 15 seconds." "Promise?" "What if I forget?" "Ten, nine, eight', seven, six, five," "four, three, two, one." "Longwave!" "Byjulfe Dujonc-Renens and Joseph Marie Cauvfn." "Produced by Alain Lantier..." " Call me Bob!" "Assisted by PelÃ© dos Santos." "An embedded report from the Portugal of April 1974, with:" " Tanks." " The sea." " Pagnol." " A port." " A blind man." " New food." " Guns." " And flowers." " Fado." " Godawful Swiss aid." " Portuguese rebels." " A slaver." " GisÃ©le Halimi." " Politics." " Violence." " Sex." "Longwave!" "Produced by:" "the Swiss Radio Broadcasting Corporation." "Only six people died in the Carnation Revolution, precursor of Spain's liberation and, later, that' of Eastern Europe." "Bob retired happily to Switzerland." "His Volkswagen van, can be seen in the entrance to Swiss Radio in Lausanne." "Cauvin continued to cover conflicts and revolutions for Swiss Radio." "He died in Haiti in February 1986, in a car accident." "His amnesiac reporting style has been widely imitated." "julie Dujonc-Renens took part in the womerfs strike of 1991 and ended her career as Swiss Radio's direciress of news." "She rarely crossed paths with fauv/n and Bob again." "As for me, PelÃ©, I worked in erotic movies under the name of joao de Florefie." "In the 1980s I became a director and later, back in Portugal, a producer." "Today, from Lisbon to Thessalonica," "Europeans are protesting the governments that caused the continent's economic crisis." "May they remember that' famous night' of 24 April 1974, and may starlight shine on the road they travel together." "For only a people united can prevail" "Let's hope so, comrade." "Let's hope so."