Can I see it?
I canÕt do it anymore. IÕve not been working lately.
I kept your change.
Take it.
ThereÕs no need. Keep it with you.
Do you think we can go on like this? Living here...
I canÕt.
IÕll soon be requested.
TheyÕre calling all the immigrants first.
I have a friend, Neville. You know him... HeÕs from Minas...
He almost went to Vietnam.
IÕll do like him. IÕm going back to Brazil.
Why donÕt you come with me? To my island. At least itÕs not that cold.
I want to feel sweaty, salty again... burned by the sun...
HUNGER FOR LOVE
(HavenÕt you ever sunbathed completly naked?)
By ourselves...
Together...
By ourselves...
Together...
By ourselves... - together...
Do you want?
Take it.
What's wrong with me? What happened?
This one isnÕt yours.
I know FarneseÕs paintings.
So what?
You have seen mine, haven't you? This shit is mine!
And also this one!
- These are all mine! - There's no problem...
Stop! ItÕs enough! It doesn't matter to me.
I know you can paint! I know!
I just meant that there was no need to show them to me...
they were all mixed up, you see...
IÕm not a painter...
I think IÕll never be a painter...
I just wanted to fool you...
IÕm ashamed of what I do, you know?
ThatÕs it. Anything I do in my life suceeds.
Anything! Anything! Anything!
Be calm... calm down...
I came to the island because I wanted to work. I need to work.
You are going to help me, arenÕt you?
I canÕt stop anymore. I have to work by day and by night...
and to draw... always, always!
In America... you should have seen it.
I had to live out of tips, alms...
Hello.
You that I love you, donÕt you?
LetÕs swim?
No, the sun is too strong.
Put on your sunglasses and your hat. LetÕs go?
No, I donÕt want.
ArenÕt you cold?
IÕll go out to the sun, later.
You have to know my house.
It's closed for a long time.
Since my father died.
LetÕs go to Rio?
We can bring some of the pieces from the collection my father left.
He left so many things...
Mariana!
Wait, Mariana!
Do you want to get in?
ThereÕs no one.
Do you want to see it? ItÕs abandoned.
It seems that some one invaded the island.
You said that it was a desert island.
Indeed, it was.
Untill I went to America.
IÕve never had neighbours.
I always lived alone.
I wonder whoÕs the owner of all this.
I havenÕt the slightest idea. I just know itÕs in my island. Let's go?
Come on, let me show you the city.
Whatever...
New York or Rio... Or even your island...
IÕm not affraid of loneliness.
Then I stayed here. Working wherever they didnÕt asked for documents.
- Free enterprise, free labour... - Job, job...
IÕve been through restaurants...
hotels, motels, bars...
then in the docks...
At the end, I had to sell all my painting supplies to survive.
Are you still unemployed?
It doesnÕt matter.
I think IÕll go back to Brazil before winter.
You sign here,
and the lady here.
The next remittances will come straight from New York.
No formal procedures will be further necessary.
Here is your checkbook.
- The marriage certificate. - Thanks a lot.
Everything all right in the island, I hope.
Nice to meet you.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
Hello!
Hey, are you in a hurry?
Hello.
So you came with Filipe, right?
My name is Ulla, FilipeÕs only friend.
DonÕt be afraid. I live here with my husband.
Tell me about you. At least I'll know youÕre not deaf.
WeÕre married.
Filipe, what was in your mind to bring your little bride home?
Our house belongs to Filipe too.
He lived here before he went to America.
Now IÕm the only one that comes here.
My husband is always above, in the new house.
You didnÕt know the new house.
Why donÕt you go there? Alfredo will be pleased to know you wife.
- Good afternoon. -There's no use. He's also deaf and mute.
Come to greet him, Felipe.
Tell him IÕm married.
And that IÕm living in the house down there for a while.
Come on. He wants to meet you.
Pueden quedarte en la casa para siempre. [You can stay in the house forever.]
Today he uses spanish.
The house isnÕt mine, nor the island.
But arenÕt we here? CanÕt we live here forever?
What difference does it make?
You're upset because IÕm not the owner.
WouldnÕt it be different if I show you a contract in my name?
Of course that's it.
Yes, thatÕs it.
IÕm affraid of lies.
I never know whether you say the truth or not.
Hold on, Mariana.
I want to leave.
You married me, you must stay here.
I want to leave.
I want to go to a place where I can...
Enough! YouÕre pissing me off!
I want to leave.
Come here, c'mon!
IÕm not staying any longer, IÕm going away!
No!
Leave me alone! Leave me!
Listen darling, I like you a lot.
Leave me alone. No!
Would you I like me to be like Alfredo?
Just because he can't lie? Yes?
Silly!
IÕll tell you
Now I can tell you everything about Alfredo, Ulla and me.
He has no name nor homeland.
HeÕs like the Phantom, from the comic strip.
He hides from the world since he suffered an attack in Bolivia... or Cuba
He has contacts with illegal weapon traders, and with clandestine organizations
Wherever oppresed and hungry people are, Ņboom!Ó... heÕs there
I fell touched by that.
We must help him.
You know, I worked for him in America. ThatÕs why I have nothing at all.
We don't need anything.
ThatÕs the way we live. Untill the day of the explosion, no matter where.
WeÕll be with him, at the same place, at the same time.
Everything is better for them...
... and that makes our hate stronger
any latin american... miserable, unlearned, dirty...
gets there, and thatÕs it... works...
works and earns.
and can eat what he has never eaten before...
gets to know comfort... gets out of the sewer... of the slum...
and can live in the dirtiest places of New York, that doesnÕt matter. ItÕs still a luxury.
grows hate for all that.
- The revolution is fair because itÕs born from hate. - We just want to destroy them.
We want revenge for our misery...
- ...the ignorance. - The ignorance.
That doesnÕt work, Mariana... the development... nor the the hemispheric friendship...
We came from hell... and they live in a puritan paradise...
... redeemed from the worst sin...
... poverty...
I thought you could help us
and thatÕs why I went after you
I admire you...
your devotion, your care with him...
I don't know if I could if Filipe was also like that
ThereÕs still hope, isnÕt there?
The doctor say there is...
But I think itÕs just to encourage me
HeÕs still hoping...
he wants to talk again...
at least to talk...
I got married four ears ago... I was 20...
I was in love, of course... with that age
Now I donÕt know...
HeÕs rich, important... very important... Not only in this country...
- You travel a lot, donÕt you? - By the age of 30 he had already published five books.
about a small plant that grows in the Nordeste... how do they call it?
Well, that doesnÕt matter...
his thesis was a real revolution... in botanics.
ThatÕs why we travel a lot.
WeÕve been even to Vietnam
on our way to... after the disaster, ŅkaputÓ,
he left everything on me...
The last thing he said was that he would love me forever...
and he didnÕt want to become mute
LetÕs swim.
HavenÕt you ever sunbathed completly naked?
Do you think our government is like BatistaÕs?
???
I have no patience to play with him anymore
it takes too long... and itÕs even worse when he decides to think in russian...
it's too slow...
Now he goes faster... in the beginnig it was terrible...
You can't imagine how crazy I got about it...
watching his interest, his concern... Every day a new problem to study...
I tried to learn how to play... but didnÕt learn how to win...
he always won...
And I kept waiting, waiting... to see him figuring things out
Now he knows everything by heart
and I always got hurt by the needles of the black pieces
in the end, we still had to talk about the match. Chatting by hours in morse code.
in english, french, italian, german, russian, polish, japanese, spanish, romanian...
Checkmate!
Look, whoÕs that?
Mr. Manfredo...
dog psychiatrist...
[No, no, the cure is not difficult]
[In the begining it was necessary some...]
[... but very little. He was a bit disoriented. Perturbed, I would say]
[But it was all easy. No big deal]
[Alfredo! Look what I've found!]
[Your responsability is great. This dog is deeply influent in Alfredo's life.]
[You have to be very affective with him. To treat him like a human being]
[Understand. The psychiatry goes up to a certain point]
[Leaving its object to the sensibility of...]
[That's all, that's all...]
they arrived...
Commandant Manfredo... a mercenary from the crowds...
- FLN army... - [Goodbye! Goodbye!]
Tell him that someday we're going to fish together in the canoe
ItÕs a small fish. CouldnÕt you get something bigger?
That always happens when he wants to talk.
You and Filipe...
It's funny... You donÕt seem married...
Sorry... to start with this bullshit...
but, I donÕt know, youÕre so different...
Look at him... he likes to swim, to live You donÕt... you hide from the sun
But I like him.
Ok, but youÕre the only one that knows that. You never talk about it... just like my husband
- HowÕs he? - Alfredo?
- Yes. - What do you mean?
I donÕt know... I mean... with you...
Normal.
Shut up your dirty dog!
IÕm fed up with it.
All the fur in my bed.
If I could at least get another one...
But Alfredo doesnÕt want to, he likes this one
I canÕt stand it anymore. Sometimes I think I live with a dog, not with a man.
Why donÕt you make an effort to like the beach?
YouÕd get a suntan, just like me.
- Are you going to make music today? - Yes.
ArenÕt you comming?
- Are you staying? - Yes.
- ArenÕt you going? - No.
ŅI CAME TO BE WITH YOUÓ
Do you want to come?
You have to come someday.
- I donÕt want to. - Come!
- I dontÕt want to. Let me be. - Come!
Let me go!
I donÕt want! Leave me!
The fish here is not like the island's. I can't stand it anymore.
This is what I miss more.
The food, the sun and the sea.
You say "I have to stay... but I want to come back to my island,"
"to my people, exploited, oppresed..."
"dead bodies torned by hunger... yes..."
I see children drowning in their own shit.
I must renew the desire for vengance.
See? Wasn't it worth?
These people... these mountains...
ItÕs the beginning of the world... look.
The ideal place for a guerrilla.
That makes it beautiful, too.
The Tupinambs were the masters of this kind of war.
LotÕs of islands, lotÕs of secret passages.
Look... I have a friend that wants to make a film about it.
WhatÕs it?
People... where are the people?
What do you think about spending the summer in my castle in Southampton?
Let me see it.
Apartment 2407, 55th street, 326 east
San Francisco 15A...
CBS actions...
Do you know the account number in the swiss bank of Genebra?
4C3597
Cash balance: U$ 120.000,00 Sexty-eight thousand swiss francs.
Reagarding your latest request, we inform that official agencies...
...are already investigating the life of Mr. Alfredo...
DonÕt do it Filipe! No!
You know what you must do, donÕt you?
- Both of them? - ThereÕs no other way.
They must disappear as soon as possible.
- Will you help me? - Sure.
DonÕt do it! No!
Mariana?
- What? - Sign here.
- YouÕre not born to kill. - You rather stealing.
YouÕre going to use the procuration to sell everything
YouÕre always going to be with her.
IÕm thirsty, I want water.
Drink this first, otherwise youÕre getting no water
Drink it!
Going down...
What a beautiful day! IÕm going to kill that bitch!
He doesnÕt need it...
he can stay there...
...dying by himself.
So itÕs over. Let's go to New York?
LetÕs go to San Francisco!
The hat!
Gee...
You see, IÕm good.
Very good, give me the ball.
if you miss this one...
IÕm going home, going home!
IÕm going to kill my husband!
Good night everyone! Wake up everybody!
Mariana! Mariana!
Sign here.
Sign it!
- WhatÕs that for? - Nothing, itÕs just a procuration.
I, Mariana etc.
here undersigned,
grant full authority to Filipe etc.
brazilian,
married, painter, resident in...
and then it comes a list of things that I can do in your name...
I want to go to the city tomorrow.
IÕve worked here, too.
The best job I had in America.
Waiter, painter...
And the other job, the actual job? The revolution?
We have to organize everything first
to organize...
[Organize, here, with those that suffer... with those who might take advantage of it]
You have no problems, that is...
You donÕt have to bother with the rent, with clothes, food...
- YouÕre rich. - Yes, I am.
You have what you need and what you donÕt.
- What worries you is to know... - That war exist...
and injustice, hunger...
Maybe youÕre more complicated than me.
I just want to survive. Here or in Brazil.
Everything in order, clear, arranged... I want to see at home, in our land.
Do you dare to come back?
You donÕt have a homeland.
- [You don't have a homeland] - [How is it said?]
[A country or a home...]
[... where I die]
[where is my homeland?]
You have rage...
it's enough...
I can't change anything.
I can love you, and transform myself
But that doesnÕt make me calm. I see negros shot in each corner.
- Calm down, dear. - Come with me forever.
I want to see the negros revolted, the workers, the poor, the oppressed ones...
- ...we can import... - ...instead of the autos...
...also the war, canÕt we?
[We have spent a very nice day enjoying a lovely company...]
HeÕs talking about us, itÕs so annoying. HeÕll start it all over again.
...no, I don't like it. It's always the same story, the same small talking...
[Everything fine?] [Everything fine?]
You too?
Mariana, youÕre alone here, donÕt you want to drink?
No, I donÕt want to drink...
- Take me out of here, please. - [Later, later...]
- I want to get out of here. - [Later, beauty]
- [Come, come...] - Please...
- Hey! Don't we have music here?
Yes! Let's go!
- [Cheers! C'mon! Now! Music!]
LetÕ make a toast to the universitary conquers of four host!
Revolutionary, revolutionary!
I just want to go away. I donÕt want it anymore.
- [With the dog you can't talk.]
The costumes! ItÕs carnival!
Come on, costumes! LetÕs go!
Take me out of here, please!
- I can't stand it anymore! - [A nice costume, also for you]
Hapiness, hapiness!
Joy!
LetÕs drink! Joy! I'm from Ku Klux Klan!
Have some more!
Here I am, folks! With drinks!
Come my leader!
You first!
Take a sip!
IÕm the bride...
IÕm the progressist imperial burgeosie...
You don't know anything, people! You know what I am?
I am the Truth!
The Truth! Just the Truth!
I am the Truth!
- Very good! We support!
Come, honey...
Come down... come...
Come, girls! Let's gamble the Truth...
I want to go to bed.
Stop, with that.
[A costume, also for you. Done. Like this.]
They want to kill me... the dog! They're going to kill the dog!
[The dog? To the dog... Now, Ulla!]
- [A costume for the dog!] - Costume? Hahaha!
- [Ah, Ulla! Also one for him, he deserves...]
Look, Mariana, Just like you wanted!
The Santa Claus of Latin America!
DonÕt you miss him!?
Enough, Ulla. Stop with it.
Enough with all this bullshit.
HavenÕt she realized that you invented everything just to keep her money?
- Shut up, Ulla! - Leave me!
TEXT
Look, the partisan girl. So, you don't know?
Alfredo and her?
Alfredo told me everything: "When we made love I think she kept saying 'che, che...'Ó
If he could actually listen to that he would call you Ņgacha, gacha...Ó
Southern girl!
Silly girl!
Enough, stop!
I canÕt believe these girls you get...
What about your husband? A worm!
He can be anything we want...
Look at him...
Who have you been? A priest?
A revolutionary, a teacher, a man?
He might have been anything... because now heÕs nothing.... nothing...
HeÕs the dog... thatÕs it... The dog exists...
- [Right! That's it! We're all dogs!] - [We're all dogs!]
Drinks! [We're all dogs!] Drinks! Drinks!
- Beauty! - I crucified the marxism-leninism in my head!
Great! What a wonderfoul thing. Now come with me...
More drinks!
Wine! Wine! Cheers!
[We're all dogs! Dogs, dogs, dogs!]
ŅKept hold on to the flag..."
ŅKept hold on to the flag, of the lady of the churchÓ
Look, Filipe! Look, in the island!
ŅKept hold on to the flag, of the lady of the churchÓ
[...the way to Vietnam, our lights...]
[...our fight on continental war... creation of the second...]
[... the third Vietnam of the world!]
[...a fundamental piece of the revolutionary strategy...]
[...is the real freedom of the peoples...]
[...through the continental armed war!]
Let's go people! let's go down there!
ŅShe came and asked for alms..."
ŅShe came and asked for alms, for her uncleÕs partyÓ
"...for her uncleÕs partyÓ
ŅYou all pay your alms..."
ŅI would pay you back these alms, given in happiness...Ó
"... that you gave in happiness"
[...from the people of Latin America, to make the revolution because the revolutionary fight...]
[...with arms constitutes the fundamental line of the revolution in Latin America...]
[...and the Freedom Armies...]
[...contitutes the most efficient method to start the revolutionary struggle...]
[...of the army is to make the revolution. It's made by the people, the great mass...]
[...the intelectuals are part of the people, by whom was given the opportunity to reach...]
[...a superior intellectual level (...) to lead to the revolutionary destiny of Latin America]
[...to reclaim its revolutionary destiny and to take part, in any circumstance...]
[...in the struggle for the freedom of the peoples from Latin America!]
[...that lives already in these mixed lands that are our great homeland...]
[...no one wants to be a grain of this sand if he doesn't deserves a place...]
[...for humble that it can be, in the frontlines of the ones that build the future]
[...the goal of every revolutionary, is to make the revolution...]
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