"For centuries in the jungle of Parané the inhabitants performed rituals to invoke beings from the river's current who could help them in case of an invasion." "Today, those who work this same land as a means of subsistence still resort to those rituals when a threat is near." "THE BURNING" "India?" "Gathering water." "Go get her." "She killed herself." "She hanged herself a while ago." "The branch held her weight." "The tiger jumped at her." "And then the branch broke." "There's no need to bury her." "C'mon, let's go." "Alone?" "Just me." "Good." "Come with me." "Morning." "Joao, the farm's owner." "Joao, at your service." "Did you see them?" "They will come." "Yes, we know." "Good." "Morning, my child." "Morning." "Yesterday, the hills were burning until nightfall." "If you came by the river perhaps you saw it." "Last week, they did the same over there." "Three days earlier, they got very close." "Very close." "Less than a kilometre away." "From this spot, we could see the flames." "It wasn't like this before." "We knew, every once in a while, that there was a hidden fire because of the smell or the smoke." "But..." "This is different." "They want it all." "But not for themselves." "They've always been nomads." "These neighbours that had the farm past the creek tried to confront them." "They were kicked out with shotguns." "They burned their property." "They had to leave." "They had to leave." "I made it today." "You are lucky, we don't always have some." "I brought you this." "We've seen it before." "They burn it all." "They bring pines and soy..." "And all of this is wiped out." "Besides, they want to set up a processing plant here." "They came to talk to me." "It's perfect for them because it's near the river." "But no." "I came here with my father in 1970." "We busted our asses working!" "We managed to buy this after ten harvests." "I met my wife here." "I raised my daughter here." "You belong here." "May I help you?" "Yuca needs to be peeled." "I'm sure he'll help us." "Nobody's going to kick us out of here." "What happened?" "Down!" "Jara?" "Jara!" "Come!" "No, please!" "Easy..." "Be quiet." "The deserter." "Look where he was." "We'll leave." "We will." "But please..." "Please..." "I don't want you to leave, sir." "I want you to sign." "What's this?" "It's a bill of sale." "You sign it, you live." "You don't sign it..." "Dad." "Look inside." "Take it easy..." "Walk." "There's always a woman." "Vando, take her." "I'll sign." "Don't sign, Dad." "Don't sign!" "Either you sign..." "or I out off her head." "One or two, it's the same." "Sit." "Drink." "She won't cook today." "Tomorrow she will." "Vando..." "She's yours." "Drink." "No!" "First, you kill a raccoon..." "A fox..." "Then a boar..." "Then a man..." "You leave the tiger for last." "You have many things left to kill." "Come here..." "No, no!" "I buried your dad next to the house." "And Jara?" "He'll be fine." "With time." "He's alive?" "Yes." "We need to move on." "Last night I saw the jaguar." "The tiger." "He almost ate me." "I had never seen him so close." "He's beautiful." "He's got nowhere to go." "That's why he roams around here." "These people will kill him." "We shouldn't be here." "Why did you hide when they came?" "You didn't help." "They were going to kill us all." "I've seen the older two before." "You know them?" "Yes." "It's not just these three." "There are more." "When they come back, they'll be more." "Our little brother is a grown man." "A while ago I saw my father do the same thing you did." "When I asked him about it he said..." ""I'm asking for help"." "Two days later, you arrived." "I also lost my house." "When they burned our farm, upstream." "But that was a while ago." "Everyone in my family disappeared." "Nobody could live elsewhere." "Even I tried to live in town but I couldn't." "When I saw what we became there." "So I returned to the jungle." "Those who live here taught me how to belong to this place." "I've had the feeling I had to swim down the river for a long time." "When I arrived at your farm I realised why the current brought me here." "It was you." "But none of that matters now." "Why not?" "The current has changed." "Come!" "Here!" "C'mon, c'mon!" "Quiet!" "Tulio, let's go!" "The rest of you stay!" "It's alright." "Hold on." "Do I do it?" "It's ok." "Ready, my friend." "Now rest for a while." "I remember you." "I guess it's not from the sawmill." "I haven't seen you there." "You were with them." "Awhile ago they sent me to check out this place." "They wanted to see whether this was an easy job or not." "To determine how to handle Mr. Joao." "They had already spoken to Mr. Joao but he he didn't want to sell." "They've been wanting this land for a long time now." "But when I got here..." "I saw this place..." "I saw her." "I realised that all of this shouldn't disappear." "That I wanted to stay and help." "We must get ready." "They are approaching slowly now." "But they'll be here soon." "How many?" "Eight." "All armed." "Well..." "There are three of us." "Two wounded." "And the uninjured one is a woman who's never shot a gun before." "But you were with them." "That should help." "I suppose." "They are hunters." "That's the main thing we should keep in mind." "They won't come in together." "Two of them will come from that side..." "Three others from that one." "And the rest will spread out near the river." "They'll probably come two at a time." "Especially if they believe there's danger." "They'll try to shoot us from a distance at first." "Then come and set fires next." "We should be careful of bombs." "I think our best bet is to try to confuse them." "Obscure their vision." "So they can't signal each other." "So they have to make noise, talk." "While we try to hide." "To hide is not enough." "We must defend ourselves." "I have an idea for that." "Come with me." "To defend ourselves is not enough." "Vania is right." "You know that, don't you?" "Tulio, go with Hacha and Domenico..." "To the main house." "If you see them, shoot." "If you don't, set fire." "You, to the right." "Prepare the bombs before you enter." "Let's go." "I can't see them!" "I can't!" "Relax." "My brother and I have unfinished business here." "You're done." "Go." "Can you do it?" " Let's go." " Let's go." "Over there!" "Are you gonna be okay?" "Yeah, I'll be okay." "YOU?" "We'll be fine." "It would be good if you stayed around." "The people who sent them will send more." "I'll be around."