The black bears are disappearing.
They live in Thailand and are endangered
because people use their bladder to make medicines.
In Thailand there are other animals that are disappearing,
like tigers, leopards and elephants.
Thailand is a country in Asia that very few people knew,
until the Tsunami happened there.
Elephant pooh is very big. There are many tourists in Thailand.
So the guides taught the elephants to use toilets.
They do it very well.
They even flush the toilet using their trunks.
How come an elephant can learn how to flush the toilet,
but my brother, a rational homosapien, can't?
BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS
Daniel, wait!
Wait for me.
The last one will marry Father Euséblo!
In Thailand, almost everybody rides a bicycle.
My brother doesn't live in Thailand,
but he rides his bike all the time.
Here, in Pedra Grande, a small country town by the Caí river,
everybody rides bikes.
Even long before the tsunami.
Where is Viamão?
The same as Porto Alegre, that way.
And Santa Maria?
To the west. That way...
My mom wants me to live in Santa Maria,
with my grandmother.
And then stay on when l go to college.
I'd like to study I.T.,
but then I'd have to live in Porto Alegre, pay rent...
The agriculture school is... like a farm.
You live there during the week.
And Viamão is close by.
And New York?
Right there. After Araricá it's Parobé,
then Sapiranga and New York. You can see it from here.
Duh!
We could rent an apartment and live in Porto Alegre.
We could. In a three bedroom apartment.
There's also the seminary, it's a good school and it's free.
Mrs. Glória's sons went there.
Guto will become a priest, the others have given up.
They say that every family must have a priest and a gay.
But you can also be both.
Let's go. Mr. Custódio won't wait.
Imagine living in P. A.!
Movies and concerts, no one telling you what to do.
Only when I can get a job.
We could rent a cheaper two-bedroom apartment.
And you sleep in the broom closet.
Whoever makes the least hits will sleep in the broom closet.
Mim will sleep in the broom closet.
I'm going!
See you at Beto's party...
I'd like to stay here.
l want to go to NY, become famous and win a Grammy.
For best rock singer of Santa Maria?
- Three - zero! - Four - one!
Hey, Lelo, do need some help?
I'll give you a hand if you give me a bicycle tire.
- Hi, Mrs. Elaine! - Hi, Barão, fine, and you?
- Thanks, Barão. - Bye.
Blessed be our Lord, Jesus Christ.
l can't stand these bicycles on my sidewalk anymore.
There are more each day.
Elaine...
- Can l have it back tomorrow? - Of course.
l have to give it to Teresinha before All Saints Day,
and then to Mrs. Claudia, down the street...
Sorry, would you excuse me?
- But when? - We talk later.
But l have to get organized. l need to know when...
Tomorrow l have prayers at six. . .
Oh, l have to make plans. . . Tomorrow l have prayers at six...
The Priest will get on my back.
What is it?
It's no use, Daniel. Something's wrong with us.
Or with me.
Hold on, Mim. Again?
It's not working, Daniel.
l think we need to take a break.
Leave me alone... l mean it.
Are you dumping me?
Yes.
l think so.
That's my brother, Daniel,
my father, Antônio, and my mother, Elaine.
my dad is a little fluffier now, but he's still cute.
my mother is still always expecting the worst,
but her dress sense is better than it used to be...
Daniel, I don't know why,
even though he never flushes the toilet,
is the main character in this story.
We live in Pedra Grande, a small country town by the Caí River.
But I’ve already said that.
Could you make a little space for me to sit down, Miss?
Donuts!
Hm, these donuts are delicious.
Do you know what time it is, Daniel?
Mr. Grumpy arrived. He goes to his room,
without even saying hi or tasting our delicious donuts.
Daniel, it's for you!
- Who is it? - Beto.
Tell him I'm not coming.
He said he isn't coming, Beto.
Did you know that teenagers have frequent mood swings,
- ...because of their hormones? - Really?
Do you think Daniel has mood swings?
Sometimes.
l think he's always in a bad mood.
Happy birthday, Beto. Bye.
This boy surely can talk...
l think the only teenager in our house is mom.
I'd rather leave this letter in the waste paper basket.
Let him decide.
... the most expensive will be his funeral.
It begins with the slaughter of buffalos and pigs,
for the reception for the guests.
According to the Toraia's beliefs,
that will help the dead to go peacefully to the land of souls.
The Toraia’s believe...
l can't get across the Atlantic.
You must couple it to the other plane.
Couple it to the other plane?
Aren't you going to Beto's party?
He hasn't invited me.
He's an asshole.
- What about you? - I don't want to see him.
I'm on the plane.
Lucas! I'm on the plane, what do l do?
Now you go to an island in the Azores.
Then, you land on one of the ships.
l died.
l died again.
Did you have a fight?
We're ''taking a break''.
I'm going back to Asia. Il've had enough.
... of the game?
No, of Mim. She wants me and then she doesn't.
What are you doing there at this hour?
Teacher's assistant's duties, assistant's privileges.
OK. Asia again.
Mim’s song
- What about her? - I don't know.
l managed to get the ship.
Hey, man, I’m off.
Cool.
Hey, Mim! l know why Daniel didn't come.
Do you?
Of course!
He knew you'd be with me.
It's true, l talked to him.
It's time for ''Mr. Wilson''.
You don't know what you're missing.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear Beto...
Soon...
A rice farmer from Vietnam,
a kid from a neighborhood of Shanghai...
Luanda, Los Angeles or Pedra Grande,
will be listening to the same music,
wearing the same clothes, eating the same kind of fast food,
crying with the same movies.
And that's my job:
to photograph whatever is different,
while it still exists.
Good morning.
Daniel, have you seen there's a letter from you to you?
Maria Clara, please!
I'm only asking if...
Maria Clara, ''silence is golden''. Finish your breakfast.
What's wrong?
- Nothing, forget it. - Yeah, forget it.
What have l done?
Don't worry, monster, this time you haven't done anything.
It's for you.
It's not for me. It's a mistake.
Aren't you going to open it?
l said it's a mistake.
- Can l open it? - No!
He's fifteen years old.
Yes, it's already been fifteen years.
Hi, Lambari!
How did you spent the night? Studying?
... we think of dangerous products,
that burn, that produce smoke.
But you can see that That's not always true.
Acids are sour.
Bases are a-strong-gent:
they contract the tissues in the mouth.
But, Luís Roberto, don't taste it.
That's sulfuric acid.
Later, you will see...
That acids are very present in your life,
in food, in drinks, in medicines...
That's it for today.
Don't forget you have a test on Wednesday.
It's not much: acids, bases...
aglutinogens, the semi-colon and the French Revolution...
Lucas, before you leave feed the guinea pigs, clean up
and put the chemicals in their vessels, one by one.
Yes, Miss.
Mim...
l just wanted to know... How long is ''a break''?
l don't know. A break is... a break.
l don't know how long it is, but it's not over yet.
l'll count to a hundred.
Count to a thousand.
l have to go, I'm late.
Bad luck! You didn't go to the party, now Mim is crazy about me.
Yeah. I've noticed.
- Let's play ball. - l don't feel like it.
Come on! Are you going to pine for a chick?
For a chick like Mim, it might be worth it...
The blue one? I've seen it.
OK, I'll take it.
OK. Fine. To you too.
Can you help me with the chemistry project?
- What do you need help with? - All of it.
Did you at least read the chapter?
Half of it. l just can't get it into my head.
It's because of your thick skull.
Duh...
What's the rush?
I'm going out.
- On a date? - Kind of.
What's that disgusting slime??
Sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
- What's that? - Disgusting slime.
- Let me clean that up. - No, it's OK.
I'll do it if you help me with the project.
I'll help you for free.
But tomorrow, OK?
Damn! What a drag!
Go, I'll finish it.
- It's just cleaning, right? - And feed the guinea pigs.
Go. I'll take care of it.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
Do you want to go to Porto Alegre on Saturday?
- Are you taking the test? - Yes.
OK.
Don't forget to lock the door.
And leave the key under the plant on the second floor.
- Dom Bosco's? - Yes.
I'll come in early tomorrow and get the key.
Don't worry, l won't forget it, just go now.
Thanks, Daniel.
Redial.
Lucas? Are you still there? Did you find my coat?
We'll miss the direct bus!
Hello, Lucas? The six o'clock bus takes forever. I'll kill you.
Can you hear me?
I can't hear you at all.
Hello?
Lucas? Hello?
Lucas? Lucas?
I'm here!
- Do you have the tickets? - Yes. Let's go?
China is the land of bicycles.
But, with the new car factories,
and most of the 500 million bicycles will disappear.
In Holland 4 out of every 5 Dutch people ride a bicycle.
Pedra Grande has 15 thousand people, and 8 thousand bicycles,
so practicality everybody rides a bicycle.
and just from the way they ride you can see who's coming.
Hi, Maria Clara.
Hi, are you taking your birds to sunbath?
No, I'm taking them to eat some wind.
When they eat wind, they sing more beautifully.
Mrs. Glória, our neighbor, rides slowly and carefully
when she takes her budgies to eat wind.
Mr. João works for the Gonzagas.
He's always in a rush because he's always late.
And from far away you can see if Daniel is in a bad temper.
Or if he's having one of his teenage mood swings,
and is very bad-tempered.
Or if he drank a whole bottle of hormones,
and is unbearably bad-tempered.
Daniel, could you give me a hand here?
The bad-tempered pig is here. He goes straight to his room...
- Wrong! - Monster!
And the next kick will be on your but, if you piss me off.
Mom! Mom!
The garbage man didn't come today.
My God! Help! Help!
Good morning.
On the desks: only your pen, a pencil and an eraser.
Leave your backpacks, books and coats at the front there.
João Henrique, the backpack.
Come on, folks. We only have two hours.
And don't forget this is your last trimester.
No papers under the desks.
Understanding the test is part of the test.
So, no questions, please.
Daniel, backpack over here, please.
Sit down.
Lucas, come with me, please.
But they're doing a test.
There will be time for everything.
Maybe l can send him to you later?
Let's go, Lucas.
Silence! Concentrate on your tests, please.
Quiet, Virgínia.
You have only two periods. l will collect them at 9h45.
There will be no extra time.
Lucas-Ham did it!
He was the only one who had the key to the lab.
He'd never do that.
l don't know why you're defending this guy.
Daniel!
1,621... 1,622... 1,623...
Lucas was suspended from school for one month.
He'll miss all his exams, he'll flunk.
Those priests are bastards!
It would have been better if they'd expelled him.
Then he could at least finish the year in another school.
They can't do that.
Yes, they can.
They even said they would call the police.
l got a letter from my father.
Why did he send you a letter?
It's not from Antônio, it's from my other father.
The one who has the same name as me.
l mean, l have the same name as him.
What does he want?
l don't know. l haven't opened it.
- But are you going to? - What for?
l don't know, to find out what he wants.
2,529...
The grumpy monster arrives, and goes straight to his room.
I'll help you with that later but not now.
Maria Clara, take the saint to Mrs. Glória.
Maria Clara, Mrs. Glória is waiting for the saint.
Do you believe in God?
- Of course. - And in miracles?
lf you believe in God, you believe in miracles.
At home everyone says that they don't believe in God.
But dad always makes roast beef in football decision days.
And Daniel wears his t-shirt inside out when he has a test.
- Isn't that believing in God? - l guess it is.
l believe in God, Angels, the devil, and the Loch Ness monster.
And how to pray to the Loch Ness monster?
Like you pray to God. l pray to all of them, one each day.
And one miracle has already happened.
- What miracle? - Daniel's father is coming back.
Daniel's father is coming back?
Yes, he sent him a letter.
Why would he send a letter if he weren't coming back?
Right...
Would you sell me just one?
In couples they are happier and sing more.
How much is ''in couples''?
I'll give you a discount. Which do you want?
Those two up there.
How do you take care of them?
Give them birdseed every day. I'll give you some.
It's OK. l have some at home.
Give them fresh water once a day.
l wonder if people who take money from the Saint get punished?
Hi, I bet you didn't expect this, did you?
Why am I writing to you?
Good question, and I wish I could answer it,
but the truth is, I don't know.
Here was I, in the middle of the jungle in Thailand.
Do you know where Thailand is?
The jungle isn't a very pleasant place, I can assure you.
I’ve always thought that the jungle was not a place for people.
But the fact is, many people live here.
As my job is to photograph people, I came here.
So here was i taking pictures in the middle of the jungle,
and look what happened.
malaria, burning fever...
I was stuck here, with nothing to do but think about my life,
about what I fitted in the frame and what I left out.
Look at these photos.
Do you know this people? Can you imagine where they live?
What they do for living, what kind of music they listen?
When i was a kid I always used to stare at things.
I'd stare for hours.
I thought that if I did that, I'd never forget it.
I think that's why I became a photographer.
I've taken pictures of everything I could in this hut.
To pass the time, they found me an old typewriter and some paper.
I sat in front of the typewriter thinking about what to write.
Or rather, thinking whom I should write to.
I’ve always cared about many people at the same time,
and about no one in particular.
And here I am wondering:
What you're like?
What's your football team?
Who's your best friend?
The five on the top are for Mr. Moacyr, the others for the bakery.
OK.
It was me.
Entering without knocking is like borrowing without asking.
Sorry, but l need to tell the truth.
Sign these ones and just initial the others.
l was the one who messed up the lab.
l was angry at Lucas... l wanted to take... revenge.
Revenge is sweet but it bears bitter fruit.
Yeah... Lucas is totally innocent. It was all my fault.
What was your fault?
l broke the jars. l let loose the guinea pigs...
Lucas was in a hurry and l stayed to help him out.
And l had tantrum, l felt sick...
There's no explanation really, l lost it and broke the stuff.
Lucas is not guilty of anything.
Where's the computer, then?
- What computer? - The lab's portable computer.
- The laptop? - Yes, the laptop. Who took it?
No one. When l left the lab the laptop was there.
l think.
Daniel, you've always been a generous boy.
You've always stood by Lucas, even when he didn't deserve it.
I'm not lying. l was the last one to leave the lab.
Then return the key.
l left the key in the door.
When Mrs. Odette arrived, the lab was locked,
there was no key inside, neither any signs of a break in.
Whoever went in there had a key.
Maybe l didn't lock the door properly.
Daniel, even if part of the story, your ''tantrum'', were true,
someone stole the computer.
Lucas wouldn't do that.
- l hope you learn your lesson. - Lucas is not a thief!
We're not accusing Lucas of anything.
But he was responsible for the lab, and the equipment vanished.
lf there's been a theft is for the police to find out.
Now you can go back to your classroom.
For the salad it must be the gaucho tomatoes.
This one is for the sauce.
Just because it's bigger and prettier it must be ''gaucho''.
Typical!
But there's also American lettuce, Brussels sprouts...
Yuck... Sprouts...
- American lettuce is different. - Pass me the salad.
We didn't have it here.
- Daniel, the salad. - And we still don't.
It's a big deal when l get regular lettuce.
- Common lettuce. - Maria Clara!
But my teacher told me it was common lettuce.
OK. But you'll take those budgies back to Mrs. Glória today.
Apolo and Serraria are playing today at 4.
l know.
l told Father Eusébio that it was me who broke all the stuff.
But he didn't believe me. We must do something.
There's nothing we can do.
We must find out who stole the laptop.
Forget it.
You'll miss all your exams. You'll flunk.
lf l pass the entrance test at the technical college,
they won't have the nerve to let me flunk.
You must tell him that l kept the key.
I've already returned the key.
They're calling you a thief. You can't just forget about it.
They want me to be the thief.
- Three - two. - One - nil.
Why didn't you tell you were with Mim that night?
- Tell whom? - Father Eusébio.
l didn't want to get Mim in trouble.
Oh, fine, but it's OK to get me in trouble.
Hold on. You told me that you were taking a break.
Right, we were taking a break! We hadn't broken up.
Don't worry, nothing happened between us.
Nothing?
OK, just a kiss or two.
Bastard.
You're the bastard.
You destroyed everything and landed me in this mess.
Yeah, that sucks.
There.
l had ten hits.
Liar, you only had eight hits. l had twelve.
And that poor curly girl took most of them.
She likes you, man.
- The curly girl? - Mim.
Right. She likes me, but she kisses you.
Yeah, l think she likes me a little, too.
- Daniel, she's confused. - Oh, poor thing.
The curly girl is easier to hit.
Each hit on the little one is worth two.
OK. You won.
- But I'm not giving up. - Curly?
Mim.
Me neither.
My mother says I have to get married,
'cause I'm a big girl now.
And I went to find someone and I told him, my sweet,
do you want to be mine?
But how can I surrender
To just one love tender?
When I walk through the town
and I flirt and see so much that's pretty?
My heart yearning,
beating fast.
My heart yearning,
beating fast.
My love hurting, crying tears of jealousy
he no longer wants to be with me.
And I go on alone I follow my path,
free and in love.
My heart yearning, beating fast.
Shit!
What's up? What happened?
My best friend is being called a thief because of me,
there's a guy that says he's my father and my bicycle got stolen.
In that case, there's only one thing to do.
- What? - Bake bread.
What did that dough do to you?
What about Mim?
Does ''l don't know'' mean that she is OK or that you're not OK?
Maybe.
Maybe means yes or no?
Did you have a fight?
Yes and no.
Hold on, l didn't get that. Yes or no?
l don't know, Mim is very complicated.
lf women weren't complicated, it would be no fun, would it?
Right, she's complicated. But what about you?
It seems you're the most uncomplicated guy in the world.
Am l not? One minute she wants me, the next one..
... very understanding and jealous.
Me, jealous? No way!
The first time l date with my girlfriend,
there was a guy who looked up and down at me and said:
''You can't date her, you're too ugly.''
- Did l say that? - Yes.
You weren't so wrong. But you kept on my case,
trying to make me give up dating your mom.
l was a pain in the ass...
A 4 year-old pain in the ass declaring war on me.
And l accepted it, of course.
Although l was ugly, l was much bigger and stronger than you.
l thought I'd sort you out in no time.
But soon l realized that your weapons were very powerful,
l wanted the complete package.
And l changed my strategy.
And you won me over with your food.
Who can resist freshly made bread?
To help me avoid my mom's food, even an old baldhead would do.
Easy, isn't it?
And people say that baking bread is complicated.
It's women that are complicated.
No, having two dads is complicated.
Is there a choice?
Yes. To go on as it was before.
I'm in.
Why should l deal with a father who knows nothing about me?
He doesn't know my football team, or who is my best friend.
Because he exists.
And because things may not be so simple.
Maybe.
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Another one arrived.
- Shall l throw it in the bin? - No. Leave it there.
Maria Clara, when will you give these budgies back to Mrs. Glória?
Malaria is an intermittent fever. It's relentless.
I burn the whole night and, in the morning,
when i think it's over, it comes back even stronger...
All I do is shake and sweat, sweat and shake.
I lie in bed the whole day, worn out,
so all I can do is think...
And remember things I thought I'd forgotten...
The other day, I was thinking of you, and remembered your mother.
But I remember her when she was 20 years old, when we met.
Have you ever seen a photo of her at 20?
Maybe a photo I took.
She was very beautiful. is your mother still beautiful?
She had a tattoo of a Chinese sign that means ''perseverance''.
Elaine was a very perseverant girl.
Perseverant means, among other things, headstrong and stubborn.
Is she still a perseverant woman?
What are you doing here, Daniel?
l came in to get some photos...
Your tattoo is beautiful, I'd never looked at it properly.
Don't tell me you're thinking of getting a tattoo!
For God's sake, Daniel, don't start it!
Why ''perseverance''?
- How do you know...? - l just know...
Did you know that polygamy is allowed in Islam?
It must be strange to be a woman in such society,
where men are allowed to have as many wives as they want.
But imagine the opposite.
A society where women can have as many husbands as they want?
These are the polyandric families of the north of India, near Tibet.
''Poly'' + ''andros'', many men.
Do you think this custom would be accepted in Brazil?
can you imagine a ''gaucho'' cowboy with a knife in his belt,
being husband number 3 or 5?
It must be complicated for a child to have several fathers.
They live in the north of Thailand and the whole tribe is tattooed.
This one have a tattooed moustache.
I've never hear of it.
This one looks like you when you take the budgies out.
Yes, really!
But she is very skinny.
Look, they put coins in their hats.
I’ve always liked looking at a photo
and imagining what was happening around it.
When you look at this landscape,
can you hear the sound?
can you see the life in the jungle, the smells, everything?
- Hi. - Hi.
l have a present for you.
- For Mim? - No, for you.
- Thanks. It's a jolk. - A what?
Jolk. It's a kind of music. From the Sami.
- A band? - No, a people.
They live in Lapland, where Santa Claus comes from.
When a child is born the parents give it a jolk:
A tune that is only his or hers.
When the child grows up it can change its jolk.
Or get a new one from a boyfriend. Or girlfriend.
l have a present for you too.
- For Mim? - Yes, for you.
It's beautiful!
- Is it from the Sami? - No, the Hmong.
- Your father took it? - My father is Antônio.
These people seem like memories of a bygone era.
But, like you and me, they are living in the 21st century.
They resist change, as if the past could not be forgotten.
And then I go there and take a photograph.
To help them not forget.
There was an exhibition of his work in Porto Alegre.
l loved the present.
Can you get a jolk from a friend?
No, not in Lapland. It must be from a girlfriend.
- Well, we're not in Lapland. - Right.
BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS
ASSOCIATED PHOTOGRAPHERS
DANIEL VAZ
EXHIBITION ''CHILDREN AT WAR''
Another one arrived.
- And Lucas? - What about him?
How is he?
OK... at least he doesn't have to go to school.
- What does he want? - Lucas?
No. Daniel.
- What does he want? - Nothing.
He was bitten by a mosquito, and to help pass the time,
he decided to write to someone with the same name as him.
Daniel is a beautiful name.
Was it the name of some soap character?
No, Daniel is the name of a prophet.
He must have been very nice to you,
for you to give his name to your child.
l loved him. And...
I'm going to Porto Alegre tomorrow.
To do what?
Lucas is going to take a test and I'm going with him for support.
Are you going to meet this Marcelo?
l don't think so.
He was a really good friend of Daniel's.
l should have told you more about him...
About Marcelo?
I'm lucky. l used to have one father, now l have two.
Thank God there's only one mother.
How are you getting there?
By bus. We're going on the 7 AM bus and back on the 6 PM one.
Take my cell phone. Don't forget to leave it on.
And call me as soon as you get there.
OK, don't worry.
But don't use the cell phone on the street.
And don't take your watch, and wear old sneakers.
OK.
Will you be able to find your way around Porto Alegre by yourselves?
We'll be fine.
Be careful who you ask directions to,
don't let on that you're two naive country boys.
We're not two naive country boys.
- Do you have any money? - Yes.
Would you like to meet him?
- He lives in Thailand, mom. - Yes, of course.
Mr. Custódio won't wait.
But I've saved some berries for you.
Do you want to go to Porto Alegre tomorrow?
What for?
While Lucas is doing his test,
we could look for my father's exhibition.
Apparently, it's still there.
OK.
Have you ever eaten wind?
What would you say if you met your father for the first time?
Hi.
- Just hi? - Yes.
I'd ask him if his football team is Apolo or Serraria.
But if he weren't from here?
Grêmio or lnter, Figueirense or Avaí, Santos or Corinthians...
He must be from somewhere.
Do you think your dad is left-handed?
l don't know.
Have you ever heard of the polyandric families?
What?
Do you know what you do to make your glass of juice last forever?
You always drink half of the juice.
And to make a candy last forever?
Eat it with the wrapping.
And to make your ice cream last forever?
Impossible.
And how do you make your money last forever?
$11,50
Can you tell me how to get to the Casa de Cultura?
Yes... Third block from here.
Thank you.
What were they thinking when they took this photo?
What was he thinking when he took this photo?
Look who's here! Daniel Vaz in person.
What will you have? A Belgrano Cruiser, of course.
An orange juice is fine.
An orange juice? You'll never be a journalist.
I'm not a journalist.
- Hey, Geléla! An orange juice. - orange juice!
But I'm sure you're left-handed and a left fielder?
I'm left-handed, but I'm not very good at football.
Not very good???
Your dad was top scorer at our Union championship of 1989.
Then he ran away and we never won again.
We were perfect as forwards.
Like... Pelé and Coutinho!
Never heard of Coutinho?
One hundred thousand dollars!
That lunatic refused the prize because of ''ethical principles''.
lf it had been five hundred, I'd understand...
Take this too.
- It was my father's? - No, but take it anyway.
This thing bites people.
l don't think your father needs it anymore.
And this thing too. Take care here.
Take care... Easy.
You should have seen him. The guy is crazy.
He told me many stories about my father.
One time he dressed as an Arab, put on those turbans.
He got in a procession to Mecca, to take photos from inside there.
That's very dangerous, he could have been thrashed.
He gave me a broken tripod, magazines, my father's camera...
What happened? How was the test?
They didn't let me do it.
They had my school report and didn't give me a chance.
- They can't do that! - Father Euséblo did it.
As well as getting me suspended, he wrote it on my school report.
He can't do that. He has no proof against you.
We should get going.
The direct bus must be there already. We have twenty minutes.
Lucas and l aren't going back today.
We're spending the night at my cousin's.
We're going back tomorrow morning.
The Universe is disappearing.
Inside it there's a thing called entropy,
which I have no idea what it is, but it's like a confusion.
And everything that happens in the Universe,
even if it seems quiet and peaceful,
is always making the confusion bigger.
I already knew that.
But what the scientists discovered...
Is that this confusion will keep getting bigger and bigger,
until there is no space left for any confusion in any Universe.
Then, without confusion, there will be no more stars,
nor the sun or us.
But the scientists also say...
That we don't need to worry about all that confusion for the moment.
And I think they're right.
But try to explain that to a teenager...
Come on, Beto! No one else is getting out of that bus!
Wait, they'll get off last, to avoid being noticed.
Everybody's got off. The bus is going to the garage.
Pisshead told me he sees them here all the time:
Janette, Honey and Two-Cents, every Sunday night.
- When? - Sunday nights.
They go to work in the nightclubs in Caxias at weekends,
and come home on Sunday.
- It's Saturday today! - You moron!
Shit, it's Saturday! Why didn't you say that before?
- Give me the ''Mr. Wilson''. - Sucker, where are your brains?
Wait, Tijolo. Stop the car.
l told you we'd have fun tonight...
Hey, Lambari! What are you doing? Where are you coming from?
l bet he was in Caxias, at the Holigrudi.
Him? Maybe he was there doing his homework.
Get in, Daniel. We'll give you a ride.
Eh... Check him out: What's up with him? What?
He's been screwed around!
Here, take a sip of Mr. Wilson.
Let's kill everybody tonight!
Man, l know what it's like.
l felt just like you when Miriam dumped me.
Miriam never was your girlfriend, Beto.
- How could she have dumped you? - Bullshiter...
l know! She went to Caxias with you and you came back alone?
The bitch!
But she didn't stay there alone, did she?
She hitched up with someone...
- who asked her out for a burger. - ... and a beer.
The bitch!
Man, l can't believe it! You left your girlfriend with some...?
Mim isn't my girlfriend.
- And Lucas... - Lucas-Ham?
Did you lose that... hmmm...
- Ripe grape! - Red plum!
- Custard cream! - Cream cake!
... to that loser?
- Lucas is a bastard! - A bastard and a thief.
A bastard, a thief and a loser.
What Mim did to you was really low.
It's worse than if she'd gone off with a stranger.
Much worse than what that bitch, Lucia, did to me.
Wasn't it Miriam?
It was neither. He's lying.
Hey, Daniel! Careful with ''Mr. Wilson''!
Hey, Cascão, get the other bottle from the bloody trunk...
Cow, bitch, tramp, slut!
All women are cows, man!
Bitches!
They stink!
... she was a real slut.
Even being a bitch! a bitch!
He was really a bitch! A bitch!
You bitch, you mare!
When it's a mare, you have to ride it.
Ride it and slap her in the ass.
Her parents didn't want her to be such a slut.
Even being a bitch! A bitch!
How did we get here?
My half-brother has arrived. The one who was a monster.
And now...
He's very weird.
Clarinha, never fall in love with a woman.
What?!!
It's the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone.
Daniel, your breath stinks...
Oh, Daniel, you're disgusting!
Call an ambulance, Maria Clara, I’m really bad.
l won't! Just drop dead!
Please, call them! I'm dying.
Hello? Mom?
Mom, listen...
Come home, Daniel is dying.
He's jerking the same way Dico did before he died...
Of course he arrived...
OK... bye.
Mom's on her way, she's just across the street.
Yuck, Daniel, you're already rotting.
Daniel! Where have you been? What happened?
What happened, son?
Calm down, leave it to me.
Go make some strong herb tea!
- And you go help your mother. - He arrived like that.
It's just a spree. lt'll soon be over.
Here. Let's take a shower.
Come on, let the water fall on you. Calm down.
Take this.
A little bit more.
Thank God no one took any pictures of me,
so maybe l can forget this day.
Then l'll take your picture so that you never forget it.
Didn't you ever get pissed??
Not at your age.
Did you get e-mails When you were my age?
Good night.
Daniel
Dad
Dad, are you left-handed?
Dada, did you ever get pissed?
Dad, why
l did not abandon you, Daniel.
l made a choice.
l don't regret it. l don't think l regret it.
l was tired of photographing soap and traffic crashes.
l wanted to photograph unforgettable things.
Photograph things that could make a difference,
for human kind, or whoever.
It was around that time that l met your mother...
Your mother is unforgettable.
She was beautiful and l persuaded her to model for me.
It's a good way. of winning a girl, right?
Can I come in?
l could have gone with him.
But l was pregnant.
Elaine told me that she was pregnant,
and that she'd decided to have the baby.
But it wasn't a very good time to be living in Brazil.
l didn't want my child to grow up without a home,
in the middle of a war.
And l thought he would come back.
l had nothing against having children,
but l couldn't be a father. At least not then.
One day l was in love, making all those plans,
the next l was alone, jobless and pregnant.
Elaine never asked me to stay.
lf she had asked...
l don't know...
Your mother is a very brave woman. Perseverant and brave.
Your father would be very unhappy here.
l would be very unhappy if l left.
And l think that...
l don't know. l think...
Nothing makes a child more unhappy than unhappy parents.
ln Angola l saw schools where only few of the children had both legs.
The others had their legs amputated for mine explosions.
Those that explode when you step on them.
They can be anywhere.
What do you think about that?
You're playing football, you're on your way to buy milk,
or to see your girlfriend and you get unlucky,
you step in the wrong place.
Your foot or your leg gets blown up to pieces.
You have to be very brave to be a war photographer, don't you?
l think so.
Would you let yourself be photographed like this?
Crying?
l don't know.
Maybe. lf l thought it could change something.
And to get so close you have to learn to be invisible.
I stayed there, watching kids with wooden legs playing football,
as if I were invisible and I didn't want to take pictures.
For the first time, I thought of giving up.
But there was nothing else I knew how to do.
He believed he could change the world with a camera,
and a bunch of black and white negatives.
And l fell in love.
That was when l decided to start the project:
''Before The World Ends''.
lt was a reason to go on living,
and photographing unforgettable things.
Why didn't you ever tell me that he sent that present?
I'd been waiting too long...
And you still believed in Santa Claus.
The problem with unforgettable things is that,
no matter how hard you try, you can't forget them.
And now I want to photograph and remember good things.
Unforgettable and good.
It must be nice to live in a place where nobody knows you.
Maybe. But let's go now, or we'll miss the direct bus.
Dad, I hope you're well, and that the fever has gone.
I don't have much to send to you,
just a few photos I've made of things around me, in my town.
This is my sister, Maria Clara.
Half-sister!
Sometimes I feel like strangling her...
But only half the time...
- This is mine. - Get off, I'm playing!
You idiot!
Remember her?
Is she still as beautiful as she was?
Before you get any ideas about my mother,
I must tell you that this hunk is the owner of her heart.
Not any chance.
This is my town.
It hasn't changed much since you last saw it, I think.
A new building, a new place to dance, no lan house.
Was it Lelo who repaired the bikes then?
- Hi, Lelo! - Hi.
I like it here. But next year I'll have to leave.
everyone leaves when they finish school.
everyone who can, I mean.
And this is my school.
But after everything they did to Lucas,
I don't even feel like coming back here.
That's Mim.
She's my girlfriend.
Or she was.
I liked her a lot.
or... I still like her. I think I like her.
I think I'll always like her. I don't know.
This is Father Euséblo.
I don't know the man in the tie.
and this one...
Daniel. We need to talk. Come with me.
You, Daniel, were on the phone, in the laboratory...
talking to Jasmim...
At exactly 6.43 PM.
Two minutes later...
Exactly 6.45 PM...
Lucas was on a bus to Caxias.
Therefore, Lucas had nothing to do with what happened.
Now... this is bad for you, Daniel. Very bad.
No, Daniel has not stolen anything.
Mrs. Elaine, I'm sure he hasn't.
But we all have our duties:
Myself, representing the school's interests,
And Mr. Dulcídio Caldas, for the insurance company.
So...
Then we're all honest...
But the cow has vanished.
To close this unpleasant incident once and for all,
we need you, Daniel, and your mother, to sign this declaration
saying that you caused the damage to the lab,
before you went and left the door open.
And that when you left the school,
The three laptop computers were in the laboratory.
We are all honest, but the cow vanished.
Three cows.
Where are you going, Daniel?
Lucas!
Anybody home?
Mrs. Preta!
Lucas?
Hi.
l came to tell you that I've just signed a paper,
saying that the laptop was in the lab.
Thanks.
Daniel.
Your camera.
This is Lucas. He's always been my best friend.
And I've always admired him.
Lucas: I ran all the way here.
The priests have discovered...
That it wasn't you who stole the ''3'' laptops.
They will have to apologize and you'll come back at the top.
And the chemistry test was postponed to Thursday.
Daniel.
To err is human.
To forgive is divine.
The Dom Bosco School
is proud to honor, at this graduation ceremony,
our student Lucas Soares,
we wish to publicly declare...
That we have always believed in Lucas' honesty.
He is one of our most brilliant students.
Lucas has always been a dedicated student,
fully deserving of the scholarship he received all these years.
l would like to invite Lucas to come up here.
Daniel, aren't you going to wait to receive your diploma?
No.
Did you know it?
What?
Did you already know that Lucas had stolen the laptop?
He didn't steal it.
Did you or didn't you know?
That day, by the river, did you already know?
Lucas was not going to steal the laptop.
He just borrowed it to burn my CD.
He would return it the next day, but the lab was a total mess.
The priests didn't give him a chance,
they immediately started calling him a thief...
When we went to Porto Alegre, did you know?
And what's the difference between stealing three candies...
And stealing a laptop? Is it OK to steal three candies?
Did you know it or didn't you?
l did.
I'm going back in there.
When you lived here, were there already street photographers?
Can you imagine the sound of this photo?
Can you remember the sounds of the market square?
Here, there are no polyandric families.
These ones go to Mrs. Angélica, the eight on top to Moacyr.
- Two - one. - Nil - nil.
Hi, Maria Clara, it's for Daniel.
Daniel, didn't you say that you'd help me with the puzzle??
Later.
lf you don't help me, l won't tell you what arrived for you.
- What is it? - l'll tell you if you help me.
- Later. - When?
Later. Tell me what arrived for me.
l don't know, l haven't opened it. It's probably a time bomb.
Hi.
My father sent me.
Cool.
l wasn't going to steal the laptop.
l know.
- What will you do now? - l don't know.
l'm between a rock and a hard place.
Look at the bright side, things can always get worse.
Good things come to those who wait but then it may be too late.
SETUP
PHOTO
VIDEO
Are you ready to become a real photographer?
We've decided to expand the Before The World Ends project...
To the Americas.
When you get this camera, I'll probably already be in Mexico.
There's lots of things to see and photograph there.
Are you surprised with the news?
lt's about time l got close...
To someone l should never have lost sight of.
Do you want to come?
The orchids of the Chiapas forests are disappearing.
Chiapas is in the south of Mexico.
It has a big forest and many Indians.
My half-brother still doesn't know how to flush a toilet,
but now he thinks he's a photographer.
He went there with his father.
And this is almost the end of this story,
as all stories have to end.
And so do black bears, the ozone layer...
The polyandric families, and even the Universe.
But not the world, I don't think the world will ever end.
If it did, can you imagine...
Just how many tiny letters would have to come up?
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