"THE OWNER OF THE HISTORY" "This is a film." "Ife is like a film that we watch in the movies." "Ife is like a story we write." "Carolina, you should be an actress." "I don"t want to be an actress..." "I want to be a character." "DO yOu understand?" "Everything in the world exists for my story." "The places L go to are just settings for my story." "This is the character"s house." "My house!" "Hello, Rex!" "Come here!" " That"s the main character"s dog." " Carolina!" "L"m going out, but I won"t be long." "Don"t wait for me." " Am I late, Telles?" " That"s my mom." " Say goodbye to the Minister." " It was nice seeing you, General." "Remember to close your bedroom window... and don"t forget to water the plants." "Put your dinner in the fridge." "Et"s go, Telles." "Don"t forget to brush your teeth." "Et"s go, Telles." "And remember your stomach medicine." "Et"s go, Telles." "I love you." "Et"s go, Telles!" "rio de janeiro is this beautiful... sO it can be the setting for my story." "This is the beach I go to with my best friend..." "Maria Helena!" "When you Least expect it... something happens in yOur Life, and the story begins." "There are 212 square meters." "216." "212, I"m sure of it." "The real state property tax says 216." "I measured it myself." "There are 212 square meters." "We were very happy here." "Can"t you feel the energy of our happiness in the air?" "And it"s also very breezy." "And there are lots of closets and shelves." "In these 32 years, I"ve filled it up with closets and shelves." "In every single corner." "The hard part was saving a corner for myself." "You should have seen it when the kids were around." "They"re grown up and living their own lives now." "Now uís Cláudio wants to move to a residence hotel." "It"II be strange to live in a place... where someone does things for me... that I could do much better myself." "Well, at least we"II be able to save up." "We"re finally going to Europe!" "Cuba." "We"re going to Cuba." "Paris." "We"re going to isbon, Madrid, Paris, and Venice." "I have to see Venice before I die." "We"ve never been abroad." "Carolina has the terrible habit... of telling our whole life in detail to people she just met." "You"re the one who has the habit... of saying that I have the habit of telling people... our whole life in detail." "If I can get used to your habits..." " you can also get used to mine." " What are you trying to say?" "That our life together is just a habit?" "That we got used to each other?" "That"s not exactly what I said." "L"ve developed the habit of knowing all your habits in depth... especially that one of putting me down in front of other people." " L"ve never done that." " Yes, you have." "You put me down in front of everyone." "Okay, Carolina, so I"ve put you down." "And you admit it." "She"s One Of Our dearest actresses..." "With a successful film and television career... but her greatest passion is the theater:" "Vivian Maia!" "come here, Vivian." "Vivian Maia..." "It"s Maria Helena!" "Gosh, it"s Maria Helena!" "C"mon, show her." "I can"t see her." "She looks good." "Those bangs are a little childish for her, don"t you think?" " Do you?" " Don"t you?" "Am I supposed to?" " I didn"t say that." " L"ve already said I do." "Were you in the US?" "L went tO the US with the American field Service." "Yes, I remember when she went." "Only rich girls could go." "What subjects do you want tO take?" "Drama." "She was so dramatic!" "L saw all those movies:" ""Spartacus"..." "She loved "Spartacus"." "L"m going to turn the air conditioner on." "Then you"II complain that you"re cold." "L"II just put on my pajamas and socks." "A great group Of people connected to Ferreira GuLLar... at a time when L was really into politics..." "Into politics?" "She wouldn"t go to a protest because it"d ruin her heels." "L dOn"t believe it!" "Where did you get this picture?" "Lt"s beautiful!" "That"s me!" "That"s me on the beach!" " Where is this?" "Lpanema?" " Yes, Lpanema." " who is this with you?" " What was her name?" "L can"t remember her name." "We used to go to the beach together... but L forgot her name." "WiLker really thinks that he invented my name." "L"m going to get my pills and my water." "Your pills and your water are... on the night table." "I can"t sleep with just one glass of water next to me." "I stay awake all night, thinking I"II drink... all the water and then I"II have to get up... and get more water in the kitchen." "If you bring something new to bed every day... there won"t be enough room in the bedroom." "Sure there will." "The homeopathy pills are small." "Jesus Christ!" "Homeopathy!" "Lt"s very nice." "She thought L was really going to take it!" "YOu look better and better every day." " Can yOu dO the samba?" " NO." "What are all these pills for?" "So you"II stop complaining about me." "Especially to other people." "We"ve already been over this today." "There you are, complaining again." "L"d better shut up." "That"s my debut at the municipal Theater." " Have you been there?" " NO, but L will." "L"ve just spoken to the great Vivian Maia." "I can"t call Maria Helena "Vivian Maia"." "You turn everything I say into something terrible." "I don"t turn it into anything." "Things are already terrible." "My life was boring... dull..." "Really shit." "Your life wasn"t boring." "We lived a beautiful love story." "How many women marry their first boyfriend... and lived happily ever after?" "The people, together, will never be defeated!" "The people, together, will never be defeated!" "The people, together, will never be defeated!" "Carolina!" "Do I know you?" "No, you don"t." "I don"t know you either... but I"ve seen you around a few times." "You"ve seen me?" "And they told me your name was Carolina." " "They"?" " At the beach." "I asked:" ""Who"s that girl who walks in slow motion... with her dog, as if they were in a movie?" "She"s beautiful."" "So someone told me, "Her name is Carolina."" "And I thought, "Carolina!" "It matches."" "And now I"ve heard your voice, and it matches, too." "It matches you... it matches your name." "L"m sorry." "My name is uís Cláudio." "L"m an Architecture major." "What about you?" "L"m studying to become a teacher and I"m a dancer." "I know." " Do you follow me around?" " No, I don"t." "Sometimes I just wait until you walk by." "That"s it." "Sometimes I can"t resist and I follow you." " Ike right now?" " No, not this time!" "It was fate, fiction, destiny..." "I don"t know!" "This is the last place I thought I"d see you." " Where?" " At the protest." "freedom for the people!" "down with repression!" "freedom for the people!" "down with repression!" "freedom for the people!" "I thought you were alienated." " Alienated?" " I thought so." ""A dream that one dreams by oneself is just a dream." "But when people dream together, it becomes reality!"" "Someday I"II take you to Cuba!" "I promise!" "brazil" "My compassionate voice" "Has giLded your coat Of arms" "Ln the most affected expressions" "Of the most passionate songs" "also" "Ln this beautiful sky" "Where the blue is even bluer" "BraziLians song"s" "L sang from north to south" "But nOw Our song" "L want tO hear it Ln the peasant woman"s prayers" "On the waves Of sea-river" "This whirlpool Of a river Between jungles and fireworks" "The continent walks" "Ln the sky, On the sea On the ground" "Sing, brazil" "Ln the sky, On the sea On the ground" "Sing, brazil" "Make yourself at home." " Who is the apartment for?" " Both of us." "For both of us at the same time?" "And for a long time, I hope." "Before we see the apartment, we"d like to know... the most important thing, which is the atmosphere." "If the atmosphere doesn"t feel right, Feng Shui... the apartment is no good for us." "Were you happy here?" "My husband and I have lived here... since we got married, 32 years ago." "We raised our four children here." "Can"t you feel our energy of happiness in the air?" "And the breeze, too." "The apartment is nice and breezy." "That"s funny." "Uís Cláudio also mentions the breeze... when I get to this part about the energy in the air." "Do you always say that?" "Yes, and after he mentions the breeze..." "I talk about the closets and shelves." "During these 32 years, I filled the apartment with closets." "This neighborhood didn"t exist back then." "That"s nice." "It was another continent, as my mother used to say." ""My daughter is moving to Africa."" "She always lived in the same house in Ipanema... on the same street, Rua Montenegro." "Is it still called Montenegro?" "I don"t think so." " Why not?" " Because, in 30 years... the world will be completely different." "You"II be married to uís Cláudio... with children and grandchildren." "Stop it, Maria Helena!" "You"re the one who is in love... with someone called uís Cláudio." "Uís Cláudio isn"t a bad name." "It is a bad name for the love of your life." "Nicolau Sampaio isn"t such a great name either." "Nicolau Sampaio isn"t the love of my life." "He"s just my fiancé." "I won"t let you go unless you guess who I am!" "Stop it, Nicolau!" "You scared me." " Damn it!" " This was the boys" room." "One of them got married last week, to a nice girl... from Piracicaba." "This was the twins" room." "They married two Swiss twin boys... with British nationalities, that they met in Dallas." "The four of them have a country band... that"s very popular in Amsterdam." "Do you prefer it room temperature?" "We"d like to buy the apartment." " What about the water?" " Cold is fine." "They want to buy the apartment." "Uís Cláudio, I"ve been thinking..." " About what?" " About myself." "L"ve been so bitchy lately that I can"t stand myself." "It"s just a phase." "It"II pass." "Then I thought of you... and how patient you"ve been lately." "There were times when you were also patient with me." "And then..." "Then I thought about us." "And then?" "Then I got some champagne so we could celebrate." "I have to wake up early tomorrow." "I can"t believe this." "We"re selling the apartment, going on a trip..." "I buy champagne, and you only think of yourself!" "I also want to celebrate;" "I just can"t stay up late." "You used to be the one who celebrated until late." "Then, when the kids woke up in the morning, it was my problem." "It"s amazing how you always find... some archaeological complaint to everything I say." "It"s pointless." "Forget the champagne, the celebration..." " It"s no use." " Come here!" "One glass won"t kill me." "I don"t want you to have a glass just to please me." "That"s just a manner of speaking." "A manner of speaking..." "You don"t care about me anymore." " carolina, he"s a communist." " A communist?" "I think it"s sexy." "Your mom will hate it... but I think communist men are sexy." "And if he"s handsome and plays the guitar..." "He"s very handsome." ""handsome" is too vague." "YOu"re dating an older man." " Stop it, Maria Helena." " Is he rich?" "I don"t think so." " Then he"s poor." " I don"t think so." "Man"s rich or poor." "There"s no in-between." " That"s him." " Where?" " To the north." " Playing drums?" "No, playing soccer." "I don"t believe it." "Between 0 and 10?" "I don"t know." "They"re all mixed up." "You can"t tell who"s poor or rich, or a communist." "What can you say about a man"s character on the beach... when he"s wearing a black Speedo?" "Uís Cláudio seems to have a great character!" "Isn"t it a coincidence that the love of my life... goes to the beach right across the street from me?" "With so many men in the world!" "Isn"t it a coincidence that the love of my life... showed up exactly in my life?" "How could you pick a residence hotel without asking me?" "It"s temporary." "My friend just moved out." "We"II find another one when we come back." "What if I don"t like it?" "You"II love it." "There"s a gym, a sauna... a swimming pool, all types of services." "L"II be really bored with nothing to do." "There"s plenty to do." "What about our trip to Cuba?" "Not Cuba again!" "We"II see the whole country, all the beaches..." " only Cubans go to." " L"m not going to Cuba." "I made reservations in economy class." "Business class was too expensive." "And I"m not moving to a residence hotel." "It"s more logical to save on the tickets... and spend the money when we come back." "Are you listening to me?" "We"re not coming back, because we"re not going." "Or rather... I"m not going anywhere." "Don"t start, Carolina." "I want to leave you." "I can see you didn"t take your pills yesterday." "I did." "All of them." "Every single hormone." "Then take a deep breath and it will go away." "I did, and it didn"t go away." "L"m going to the restroom." "When I come back... this crisis will be over and you"II be calmer." "L"m not upset, uís Cláudio." "L"ve made up my mind." "I want to leave you." " L"m going to the restroom." " You can go to the restroom... to Cuba, to Japan, or travel around the world... but you can"t turn back time." "It"s over." "Our beautiful love story... the love story... that we thought would never end..." "It ended with time." "That"s just one way of looking at things." " Could you hail a cab for me?" " We"re driving!" "You go to your residence hotel, with your pool, your sauna... and all the services, and I"II go home alone." "She"s nuts." "That"s just one way of looking at things." "L"m the man of your life!" "You were the first one who came along... a guy who played soccer on the beach... across the street from me." "Damn it!" "Do you know why I picked you and you picked me?" "Because we never had the chance to meet other people." "Of course not!" "We"re made for each other!" "You"ve always said we agree on everything." " Not on everything." " What don"t we agree on?" "I like chicken wings, and you like thighs." "That"s perfect." "You always eat the wings..." " and I eat the thighs." " But we both love the neck... and chickens only have one neck." "You"ve never liked the neck!" "I like the neck!" "I love the neck!" "L"m crazy about the neck!" "L"ve never seen you eat a single chicken neck!" "Because you always ate them!" "L"d serve the chicken, and you would attack the neck." "You"re the king of attacks!" "The king of..." "The king of attacks?" "Is that why you want to leave me?" "Because of chicken necks?" "Do you know why I want to leave you?" "Because I don"t even know what I like to eat anymore." "What are you going to do when you"re over 50?" "Are you going to a convent?" "To Nepal?" "Will you become an actress like Maria Helena, Vivian?" "Whatever!" "I have no idea." "And that"s the best of all." "For the first time, I don"t have the slightest idea... what my life will be like." "Uís Cláudio..." "I have something to tell you." "It"s serious." "I was at that protest for nothing." "I had no idea what was going on." "L"m not in favor of better teaching conditions... or of a more active participation of the students... in our country"s politics." "I might even be against that." "I don"t know what it"s all about." "L"m just totally alienated." "I don"t know who Stalin is." "Is it Stalin?" "I don"t know if he"s old or young... what he has or hasn"t done." "I don"t fight for any causes." "I hate all kinds of fights, especially boxing." "I deceived you." "L"m sorry." "Don"t you have anything to say about that?" "The night asked the fool:" ""Fool, what is more important in your life... than this girl"s love?"" "The fool answered:" ""Nothing else, night." "Only Carolina."" ""What about your struggle?"" ""Carolina."" " "And power?" - "Carolina."" " "And glory?" - "Carolina."" " "And a fair world?" - "Carolina." "Screw the world, if I can"t have Carolina."" "L"m the fool of your night, girl, the man of your life." "You speak like the movies." "It sounds so real!" "This is a movie!" "It seems like you"ve rehearsed this... many times with other girls." "Ask anything you want... on a level of my exclusive love." "I don"t need to." "So is everything according to what we agreed on?" "We can split it right here." "Split it?" "Yes, we"re getting a divorce." "She"s only joking." "Do you really want me to divorce you... and get myself a 20-year-old who will drive me crazy in a month?" "We"ve been married for over 30 years." "This is our life; we can"t change it anymore." "That"s what you think." "I haven"t given up." "You"re not an easy person." "On a mood level..." "On a mood "level"?" ""On a level"?" "What"s wrong with that?" ""On a level" sounds horrible." "It"s wrong, and it doesn"t exist." " L"ve always said it." " And I"ve always hated it!" "Every time you said it, I just hated it." "The first time, I felt like laughing... but I said to myself, "Relax, Carolina." "Don"t let one "on a level" ruin the entire scene."" "But that was only the first, and not the last one." "Whenever you said "on a level", I wanted to die!" "How come you never said anything?" "You felt so smart saying it... that I didn"t want to be a wet blanket." "Your "on a level" always embarrassed me." "But you liked the way I kissed you." "That must be my mom." " She"s asleep." " How do you know?" "She"s snoring." "That"s Rex snoring." "But the footsteps are here." "It"s her." "She"s about to open the door." "Are you talking to yourself?" " L"m singing." " Singing?" "Cantanamera" "Guariba sings On the moon" "Stop singing." "There"s no moon tonight." "There"s a storm coming." "My roof!" "What"s that?" "An airline ticket with your name on it." "We"re going on a honeymoon tonight at 11:30 p.m." "Take them back." "You can still get a refund." "If you don"t go, we"II lose the ticket." "L"m not going." "Forget it." "Can"t you see that this is the time for us?" "Now that the children have moved out... it"s just the two of us." "Things will be like before." "I always wanted to travel, but you never could." "We had one child after another." "It was hard to travel with them." "And who would take care of them?" "My mother took him to the hospital." " I can"t believe it." " I want to die." " I can"t believe it." " Then she took him home." " I can"t believe it!" " Can you imagine... what my mom said to him on the way?" "I had my daughter when I was 18... and I had to struggle to raise her." "I don"t want her to go through that." "You"re a poor boy who made it to the university." "You go to the university, right?" " Yes, I do." " Your major is..." "Don"t tell me." " Architecture." " Right." "That"s when I found out she was a witch." " Don"t..." " She knew everything about me." "I don"t mean it figuratively." "She would look at me and say everything." "You want to go on to graduate school and study..." "Don"t tell me!" "Urbanization." "Right." "Maybe she was a spy." "You"re in the student movement to conceal your poverty... to pretend you dress this way as an ideology." "My God!" "If Telles finds out about this..." ""But if you made it to the university... in spite of having gone to a bad school... you must be smarter than average", she said." "Then you should be able to understand that... even though you"re smarter than average... you"II always be a poor boy, from a poor family... who made it to the university... and dreams of going to graduate school." ""Son, you don"t have a future!"" " That"s enough!" " "You"re not... what I dreamed for my daughter." "I didn"t raise my daughter for someone like you... who doesn"t have a future!"" "Tá tao lisinho!" "?" "It"s been seven months, and I"m still not used to it." "Seven months?" "Seven months selling apartments!" "With my old man"s help, I was promoted to sales manager." "What about the car?" " It belongs to the company." " And the university?" "I drop out for a while." "Do you know why?" "We"re getting married and going to Cuba." " To Cuba?" " On our honeymoon." "Twenty days in Cuba." "When you came up with this Cuba story..." "I should have said "no"." "Of course I prefer Paris, ondon or Venice." "I should have said, "This Cuba thing is your own trip."" "And when we come back?" "Then we"II have our nest... and we"II spend the rest of our lives making birdies." "Where is this nest?" "YOu"LL see it" "YOu"LL see it" "That was another time, and we were different." "You were a communist and played the guitar." "I was a ballet dancer." "You wanted to get to know me better... and I wanted to get to know you better." "We used to have sex until 10:00 a.m." "And when you talked about revolution..." "I found out attractive." "But it was you I found attractive." "You used to touch me with so much passion and desire!" "It was easy." "Whatever you said, I"d reply:" ""Yes!"" "You could have done whatever you wanted back then." "I would have gone to Cuba, Iraq, or even to hell with you." "Having sex with you was great back then." "That kind of thing is usually mutual." "Now you say I never want it... that you"re always there, come what may." "My lawyer will contact yours next week." "Next week we"II both be far from here, honey." "Why should it be you and I again?" "So we won"t go through hard times... so we don"t waste time, so we can get to the part... where we make up... and laugh at everything." "Don"t we know that"s how it is?" "Good times and bad times come and go." "Time takes a lot away from us, but also brings us many things." "One example of the things it brings is that, today... we can choose the story we"II spend our time on." "L"m not going to spend the rest of my story with you." "Are you sure you"re not inviting me in?" "L"m not." "Ook me in the eyes and say you don"t love me anymore." "I don"t love you anymore." "First door on the right." "Is this what I"m going to be like?" "Ike what?" "Ike you." " You"re not pleased?" " That"s not it." "You think I"m old." " No." " Well, I"m old... and this is exactly what you"II look like." "L"II tell you one thing:" "It happens really fast." "You look away for a moment and, next thing you know... you"re old." "In one moment of distraction." "But you look great." " Thank you." " You look young." "This is how you"re going to look." "You"re well preserved." "Don"t talk to me like I"m canned goods." "L"m sorry." "Do you know when I found out I was getting old?" "When?" "L"m not going to spoil your surprise." "It"s the story of my life." "Tell me!" "How am I going to tell my story in 50 years?" "Not 50, for God"s sake!" "L"m only 30 years older than you are." "And what"II happen to me during all those years?" "During all those years?" "You"re going to marry uís Cláudio... and have four children; two boys and two girls:" "Cláudio uís, uís Cláudio, Cláudia uísa and uísa Cláudia." "That"s lovely." "What else?" "What else?" "You expected more, didn"t you?" "What did you expect?" "Will I become a famous actress?" "No..." "Forget that." "Then my life won"t be like a movie?" "It wasn"t a movie, it was just life... normal life." "Movies skip the boring parts and only show the good parts." "And they end when they think they should." "Ife goes on after you leave the theater." "What about uís Cláudio?" "He"s going to Cuba... by himself." "Without me?" "I told him to go." "Oh, no..." "You didn"t do that!" "You can"t have sent away the love of your life!" "The love of my life?" "Wouldn"t it be a coincidence, with so many men out there... that the love of my life would go to the beach... right across the street fro me?" "Wouldn"t it be a coincidence... if the love of my life showed up exactly in my life?" "What about this feeling I have inside me... which is good and bad at the same time?" "What am I going to do with it?" "It started the minute I saw uís Cláudio... and hasn"t changed since." "Will it go away?" "Do you still feel it?" "It can"t just go away." "Well, it does." "Not for me." "It wasn"t different for me, and it won"t be for you." "L"II change everything." "You can"t change anything." " It"s done." " But I will." "I was so stupid at your age!" "This is how it goes:" "I see myself in 30 years... coming out of the shower in tears... remembering the girl who risked everything..." " for the wrong love." " Enough of memories." "Et me think of something else." "Forget everything that happened in the last 30 years." "Ceiling, walls... I"m going to keep looking until I find a true love... one that will never end." "L"m going to change my life, can"t you understand?" "L"m going to be so stupid when I"m your age!" " She wants to change everything!" " Finally!" "To change the way things will happen." "I don"t want this sad ending for myself." "Things will be different for me." "L"II tell you how it was, and you"II do as I tell you." "L"II do as I please, and you"II tell me how it was." "L"m going to live another life." "L"II do everything different from what you did." "What"s going to happen to our kids?" " I don"t have any kids." " Yes, you do." "They haven"t been born yet, but that"s just a detail." "You won"t abandon your kids before they"re born, will you?" "Yes, I will." "Four beautiful children!" "You"II see." "Four beautiful children..." "Who became the center of the story... while you became an unpleasant guest appearance in their lives." "Unpleasant?" "L"m sorry... but this is not the story I want to tell in 30 years." " Goodbye." " Carolina!" "Be careful with what you do." "And you be careful with how you tell it." "Do you like it?" "It"s beautiful." "It can be yours, if you want it." " The apartment?" " With my heart in it." "Will you marry me?" "THE END" " Thank you." " Thank you." "Do you have Camels?" " Camels?" " Yes." " Is that a new movie?" " No, cigarettes." " L"m sorry, I don"t." " No problem." "Excuse me..." "You remind me of someone I haven"t seen in a long time." " What"s your name?" " Adalberto Santos." "And yours?" "Carolina." " It was nice meeting you." " You, too." "Hello, Maria Helena." "Are you sitting down?" "Then sit down." "L"m not going to your party." "Don"t stand up, I haven"t finished yet." "I broke up with uís Cláudio." "He asked me to marry him, and I said "no"." "He got really mad." "I think he"s going to the party, so I"m not." "Will you keep an eye on him for me, Maria Helena?" ""will you keep an eye On him for me, Maria helena?"" "Uís Cláudio is going to meet Maria Helena at the party... and date her." "He"s already met her, dated her... married her, and they have four children:" "Two boys and two girls." "And don"t you regret not marrying him?" "I regret not marrying Nicolau." "He was a good catch and he hit on me." "Wait, I"m not like that." "L"m not a gold-digger." "There"s no way I"ve become you." "Wait until you spend 30 years inside a video store... then we"II talk about it." "L"m going to be a famous actress." "And have many wonderful husbands." "I have to do something about my hair." "Did you have other lovers?" "Maria Helena had beautiful hair... but with all that straightening..." "You"ve never had another love?" "L"m sure she straightened her hair." "Nobody"s hair is that straight." "You"ve never had anybody." "She said it was genetics, but I say she straightened it." " Forget Maria Helena!" " How can I forget her... if you keep showing up every night, looking like... the heroine of the story, just to remind me... that, when I looked like the heroine of the story..." "I didn"t go to the party?" "When I looked like the heroine of the story..." "I was very demanding about men." "But, as time went by, men became demanding about me." "Enough of this talk." "L"ve already wasted too much time with you." "L"m going to sleep, because I"II have a full day tomorrow." "Again." "You"re an old maid." "Yes, I"m a lonely woman." "I don"t need a man to judge me or to take care of me." "L"m independent." "I have my own life." "I work with movies." "Did you know that?" "Is that good enough for you?" "With movies." "L"ve seen all the movies ever made." "All of them?" "Thousands of times, every single one of them." "What else?" " You"II never guess." " What?" "L"ve been to Iguazu Falls twice." " And?" " Twice!" "Yes..." "Two wonderful tours." "What else can the world expect from me?" "Nothing." "The world doesn"t care about me." "Weren"t you pleased?" "Are you crying for me?" "Don"t do that." "I don"t want to be you." "If I were you, I wouldn"t either." "Is there anything I can do?" "If I were you..." "I would dry my face, get a new look... put on that beautiful hairpiece mom had... and I"d go to the party." "I hear it was amazing." "Isn"t it too late for me?" "It"s never too late when you"re 18." " But I thought..." " Don"t think." "Girls who think don"t get married." "Run!" "You can still make it." "Carolina, it was a great idea to throw..." " a 60s party." " Wait!" "Is that on?" "No, cut!" "Don"t film this." "It was my idea." "When I was 18, I didn"t care about what I wore." "I was totally relaxed about my clothes." "I would open the closet and get whatever I saw first." " But you still look wonderful." " Hello, sweetie!" "An original dress from the 60s." "An original!" "Make yourself at home." "Oh, Hebe is here." "Ook, Hebe is coming!" " Where are you going?" " To a party." "At Nicolau Sampaio"s house?" "Why do you ask, when you know the answer?" " He"s such a nice guy!" " You mean rich." "That"s not a flaw." "L"ve seen him flirting with you." "He flirts with everybody." "He"s a womanizer." "But you"re not wearing that dress." "You"re wearing my Paco Rabanne!" "Excuse me." "Do you know Paulinho?" " Paulinho who?" " Paulinho Oliveira." "No, I don"t know Paulinho Oliveira." "Nice to meet you." "Paulinho Oliveira." "I won"t let you go until you guess who I am." "Stop it, Nicolau!" "How did you know it was me?" "Ook what you"ve done to my face!" "L"II reimburse you." "L"II pay for it." " Never mind." " L"II pay you back." "Forget it, it"s okay." "Have you seen uís Cláudio?" "He left with Maria Helena." " Are you sure?" " Yes, I am." "I think we"re in the same situation." "Doesn"t that tell you anything?" "What do you mean?" "Haven"t you ever considered dating me?" "Enjoy yourselves!" "Music!" "You"ve startled me!" "What are you doing here?" "L"m touching up my make up, can"t you see?" "In fact, what are you doing here?" "L"m hiding out." "I think I"II stay in here forever." "I forgot how silly I was when I was your age." "I just love you!" "I want to be just like you when I"m around..." "Stop right there." "When the subject is age, I try to avoid numbers." "Age doesn"t matter when you"re young at heart." ""Young at heart" is the same as saying..." ""you"re an old hag"." "You did everything you wanted to do in life, didn"t you?" "Not even half of what I wanted." "What"s missing?" "What do you want me to do for you?" "Earn the piano?" "Dead languages?" "Go skydiving?" "Follow St. James Way?" "What do you want me to do?" " Work out." " Work out?" "Two hours a day, every single day of your life." "Why don"t you begin right now?" " L"II begin tomorrow." " "L"II begin tomorrow."" "L"ve spent years procrastinating." "When I decided to start, you have no idea... what I had to go through." "What about uís Cláudio?" "Who?" "Uís Cláudio, your first boyfriend." "You have a terrible memory." "And the things you keep remembering!" "Uís Cláudio, for God"s sake!" "He"II marry Maria Helena, won"t he?" "Forget about him." "It"II go away." "And Maria Helena will become an actress." "Today her name is Vivian Maia." "Vivian Maia?" " It"s her stage name." " I know." "But, right now, Maria Helena must be kissing uís Cláudio." "She even broke up with Nicolau." "Do you remember Nicolau?" "He"s my husband." " What?" " Nicolau Sampaio." "Did you marry Nicolau?" "Maria Helena"s ex-boyfriend." " L"II not marry Nicolau!" " Yes, you will." "I swear:" "Not even for a big mansion... with a pool and a tennis court, will I ever marry Nicolau." "Yes, you will." "For a big mansion with a pool and a tennis court." "I love this mansion." "What about Nicolau?" "He"s the same Nicolau you know... but 30 years more Nicolau." "But, on the other hand, 30 years less Nicolau." "He sleeps..." "Sweetie!" "Nicolau!" "You"d quit." " Just this one." " It"s never just one." " Nicolau, baby." "Give it to me." " Only if you dance with me." "No..." "You"II ruin my Paco Rabanne." "L"II reimburse you." "L"II pay you back." "Am I interrupting?" " Hi, Carolina!" " That was close, huh?" " Close?" " Lf I hadn"t made it in time..." "Don"t play dumb!" "I caught you." "Have you been smoking?" "Uís Cláudio, get out!" "Just because I don"t want to marry you... it doesn"t mean I don"t love you." "It"s you." "Uís Cláudio never showed." "Have you met Paulinho?" " Yes." " No." " I mean no." " Yes." "Yes or no?" "Just in case, Carolina, this is Paulinho." "Paulinho, this is Carolina." "See you." " Where are you going?" " Out with the gang." " What gang?" " Just drama people." "Can I come along?" "Maria Helena..." "Maria Helena..." "Is this how it"s supposed to be?" "What do you mean?" "So slow." "It"s avant-garde." "Avant-garde?" "Avant-garde is everything that happens... for the first time, once in a while." " Maria Helena..." " What?" "Cristiano, the soap opera star, is sitting next to me!" "Don"t stare, it"s not nice." "Pretend you belong here... and everything is just the usual for you." "Fool, you sold yourself out to the system!" "Doesn"t it matter where your money comes from?" "You close your eyes and deceive... an audience that believes life is what you act out." "Is that your ass stuck in there or is it your stupid belly?" "Carolina, let"s go." "Are you happy now, Maria Helena?" "Your character and your conscience!" "Are you happy?" "The Indians whose land you stole..." "Why do you maintain such false composure?" "Carolina, I"m scared." "Your unscrupulous brain..." "You"re a whore to our husbands!" "It"s exploitation." "It"s time to take off your disguises!" "I want to see all of you taking off your disguises!" "Do it!" " Well, we"II have to join them." " What are you going to do?" "L"m saying goodbye to my character." "L"m scared." "How are you, young lady?" "Is everything okay?" "What about your life?" "You"re the heroine of the story, right?" "But what kind of story do you think you"II make of your life?" "Carolina!" "Who will marry the heroine?" "You think life is like American movies?" "Your story will never go beyond this." "Do you know why?" "Because this is all you are, and that is your conflict." "That"s what you are:" "A useless character in a story... that nobody would ever dare to write!" "Bravo!" "You"re an actress!" "You are an actress!" "All you need now is a stage name." "Carolina." "Isn"t the theatre wonderful?" "This belongs to you." "I bought it for you." "It"s yours." "I don"t want it." "You can"t return a present." "I don"t want it." "Take it, even if only to say:" ""L"II take it." "L"ve got nothing to lose." "It doesn"t matter." "I don"t love him anyway."" "So say:" ""I don"t love you." Say it." "Take it." "Then do whatever you want with it:" "Melt it, make a pendant out of it... or throw it out to sea." "Ose it... but take it." "In exchange... all I want is a kiss." "I can"t." "It"s the last scene... the farewell scene." "Kiss me... and I"II leave." "L"II leave your movie forever." "If I kiss you now." "L"II want to kiss you more and more... for the rest of my life." "L"II want to marry you... so I can kiss you every night... until every night becomes every other night... until that becomes once in a while... and, finally, never." "Until this love... which is so strong right now... can"t even remember what it was in the past." "I can"t." "I can"t be with you." "I don"t want this love to wear out." "I want to remember it like this, forever... the way we feel it right now." "Nothing will change." "It"s not up to us." "It"s time." "What time?" "Time can"t rule my love!" "It doesn"t exist." "Time won"t prevent me from seeing what I see... from wishing what I want... from loving what I feel." "Is this the time God, to turn me into a different man?" "How big is this God?" "Twenty centuries?" "Ten millenniums?" "Thirty years." "Almost nothing." "L"II wait." "Just to prove to you... that a love like this can"t be measured with a tape measure... or using a calendar." "The lights faded too quickly at the end." "Talk to Maneco." "There was no time." "I had to rush the ending." "Maneco isn"t here." "He"s at another opening night." "And the music is too loud." "Tell Joao." "The theater is huge." "I had to shout." "Joao loves loud music." "Marco!" "You were just great!" "Beautiful." "You really moved me." "The chorus has to rehearse." "It"s too slow." "Divine!" "YOu were just wonderful On stage today!" "You were beautiful!" "Excuse me." "You"re even more beautiful up close." "What are you doing standing there?" "Me?" "Myself." "What am I doing standing there?" "I don"t want to disturb you, I don"t want an autograph." "I don"t want to waste your time." "I just want to stay here and look at you." "I want to learn how to become you." "You rehearse... memorize your lines." "Take voice lessons, movement and voice lessons." "And diet." "That"s also important." "Then rehearse and rehearse." "Do you like being yourself?" "Everyone dies just once." "Only actors die everyday... and twice on Saturdays and Sundays... on matinees at a special price." " Really?" " Nelson Rodrigues." "So tell me." "I want to know everything... everything about you." "Everything?" "There were so many soap operas, films, and plays... that I"d have to stay here talking to you for 30 years." "Then my next 30 years will be really exciting!" "Prepare yourself." "I get exhausted... just thinking about living it all over again." "But you were happy, weren"t you?" " At times." " Only at times?" "At your age, people think they can be happy." "24 hours a day for the rest of their lives." "At least in the pictures you"re always smiling." "At least in the pictures you can pose." "Our daughter?" "You have no idea how much she resembles you." "Now she"s living in the middle of nowhere." "She wants to raise her son... far from this turmoil, in a quite place." "So we have a grandchild?" "He"s so cute." "He"s five months old." "L"II have a daughter, a grandson." "L"II be a famous actress." "What else can I expect from life?" "I promise that when I finish touring, in three months." "L"II go meet my grandson." "And I"II travel a lot." "Tell me about it!" " I will win awards!" " Best Actress." "L"II be very successful." "That"s one side of the story." "What side?" " The Vivian Maia side." " Is the Carolina bad side?" " No." " So it"s good." "I forgot that, with you, things are extreme." "I wish time would go by quickly so I can become you." "Can I give you some advice?" "You should enjoy your youth." "There"II come a time when there won"t be... that many roles for you." "Then you"II become a national monument... which is the same as being a museum piece." "You"re not a museum piece." "You"re wonderful." "You look great." "There are many wonderful museum pieces that look great." "What about uís Cláudio?" "Uís Cláudio?" "He was my first man." "Were there many?" "Men or husbands?" "Uís Cláudio." "Uís Cláudio is someone I miss in my life." "Was he better than all the others?" "I don"t know if he was better than the others." "I didn"t stay with him to find out." "I know I really loved him." "Honey, there are a lot of people waiting for you." "L"m coming." "Then we have to stop by the dinner party." "Would you exchange all this for the love of your life?" "Would you exchange all this for the love of your life?" "L"II take it." "The ring?" "The ring, the nest, the birdies... the story we make up... the life we decide to live." "I also want to see what"s so great about Cuba." "L"m going to Cuba with you." "I missed my cues, forgot my lines, and reversed the plot." "Honey!" "You"re the only one... the only true protagonist in my story." "You didn"t even look at the tickets." "Paris?" "Paris-ondon, ondon-Rome, and Rome-Venice." "I didn"t book Venice-Rio." "Ater we"II decide." "What about Cuba?" "Maybe next time."