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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:10,415 "To master the chaos of oneself." 2 00:00:10,542 --> 00:00:13,500 JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD 3 00:01:07,875 --> 00:01:12,824 Dedicated to the memory of Marcello Mastroianni 4 00:01:39,792 --> 00:01:42,250 I know what you mean, Judite, 5 00:01:43,208 --> 00:01:48,123 but you cannot, I know, ignore the age difference 6 00:01:48,583 --> 00:01:51,450 between you and me. 7 00:01:52,583 --> 00:01:56,121 You are unconsciously ageist, 8 00:01:57,500 --> 00:01:59,912 you tolerate me 9 00:02:00,292 --> 00:02:03,910 the way young people tolerate old people nowadays. 10 00:02:04,875 --> 00:02:07,116 You don't understand, Manoel. 11 00:02:07,958 --> 00:02:09,244 I didn't say that. 12 00:02:09,708 --> 00:02:12,621 I respect you enormously, 13 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:18,078 not just as a person but for what you are. 14 00:02:18,792 --> 00:02:20,908 An important director. 15 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:28,746 Exactly. As Duarte says, an important and old director. 16 00:02:29,167 --> 00:02:32,865 - You're twisting things. - I am not twisting anything! 17 00:02:33,417 --> 00:02:37,615 Your kind heart would see life other than as it is. 18 00:02:37,833 --> 00:02:39,699 My dear actress, 19 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:44,373 the different layers of life are impermeable to one another. 20 00:02:44,750 --> 00:02:46,115 There you go! 21 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:49,905 What I like most about you 22 00:02:50,125 --> 00:02:53,163 is your penetrating wit, 23 00:02:53,625 --> 00:02:57,163 your gift for analysis. 24 00:02:57,958 --> 00:03:02,373 That's good, Judite, you really speak well. 25 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:05,288 What about the wrapping? 26 00:03:06,583 --> 00:03:09,905 - Wrapping? What's wrong with it? - The mortal wrapping is... 27 00:03:10,458 --> 00:03:14,406 Because the mind is fine, it can even improve, 28 00:03:14,792 --> 00:03:18,330 but the wrapping deteriorates. 29 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:22,041 I even use a walking-stick now. 30 00:03:22,375 --> 00:03:24,912 There you go again! 31 00:03:25,708 --> 00:03:27,949 That is how it is! 32 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:30,324 You need a stick 33 00:03:30,583 --> 00:03:33,996 because you fell and twisted your ankle. 34 00:03:34,167 --> 00:03:37,159 You both talk so well! 35 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:40,491 You pity me, don't you? 36 00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:44,743 No, not that! You're being sentimental. 37 00:03:45,042 --> 00:03:46,828 Talking of which, I recon... 38 00:03:47,917 --> 00:03:52,457 that between an actress and the director 39 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,332 there's always an undercurrent. 40 00:03:55,458 --> 00:03:58,621 I mean, in general. 41 00:03:58,792 --> 00:04:01,204 Yes! In general! 42 00:04:01,458 --> 00:04:04,246 But usually, Afonso, 43 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:06,499 the undercurrent 44 00:04:06,708 --> 00:04:10,576 is between the young star and her seducer. 45 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,948 In that case, age differences don't count. 46 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:18,872 You may laugh, but it will happen to you. 47 00:04:19,958 --> 00:04:23,781 Old age and illness keeps people at bay. 48 00:04:24,208 --> 00:04:26,449 Not to mention the opposite sex. 49 00:04:27,750 --> 00:04:30,287 Young people want young people 50 00:04:30,708 --> 00:04:34,326 and leave older people, 51 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:36,707 old wrecks, 52 00:04:36,875 --> 00:04:39,947 as the road beneath our wheels leaves us. 53 00:04:41,042 --> 00:04:43,079 Come now, my dear director, 54 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:48,036 my poor little wreck, don't make me cry. 55 00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:51,538 I'll shut up now. 56 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,992 I shan't, my dear actress. 57 00:04:54,583 --> 00:04:58,121 Some people would happily see one in the grave, 58 00:04:58,292 --> 00:05:01,705 buried alive. I don't mean you of course. 59 00:05:01,792 --> 00:05:04,955 That would be hurtful. 60 00:05:06,167 --> 00:05:10,707 I couldn't hurt you. Though some would love it. 61 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:15,824 For different reasons. Jealousy! 62 00:05:16,917 --> 00:05:19,079 Talking of which, tell me, 63 00:05:19,917 --> 00:05:23,581 if you heard I'd said unpleasant things about you, 64 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:26,328 which I haven't, 65 00:05:27,125 --> 00:05:28,456 would you believe it? 66 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:30,408 Really, Manoel! 67 00:05:30,875 --> 00:05:33,583 Let's talk about something else. 68 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,037 Yes, let's. 69 00:05:36,792 --> 00:05:41,332 Soon, my friends, we shall see places I once knew well, 70 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,833 I haven't been here for ages. 71 00:05:45,375 --> 00:05:47,412 So... it's not just Afonso. 72 00:05:48,083 --> 00:05:51,826 This is memory lane for our director, 73 00:05:52,083 --> 00:05:55,621 he too is killing his "saudade.” 74 00:05:55,875 --> 00:05:57,661 Memories! 75 00:05:58,583 --> 00:06:00,449 My father spoke of "saudade!" 76 00:06:00,833 --> 00:06:04,246 Yes, memories beckon. 77 00:06:05,042 --> 00:06:07,079 That's why you have come. 78 00:06:07,708 --> 00:06:09,039 "Saudades." 79 00:06:09,750 --> 00:06:12,742 That's what I've felt since coming to Portugal, 80 00:06:13,833 --> 00:06:16,416 a desire to know what I've never seen 81 00:06:17,083 --> 00:06:19,370 but which me father spoke of. 82 00:06:19,875 --> 00:06:21,832 What, exactly? 83 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:25,244 Things from his childhood, 84 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:28,165 when I was a boy in France. 85 00:06:29,542 --> 00:06:31,533 Can you remember it at all? 86 00:06:32,417 --> 00:06:34,078 You don't forget those things. 87 00:06:34,875 --> 00:06:39,164 It's as if I'd lived in places where I've never been. 88 00:06:39,542 --> 00:06:41,249 How strange! 89 00:06:42,042 --> 00:06:46,161 That's atavism for you! Memories which come to life. 90 00:06:47,583 --> 00:06:49,950 Like volcanic lava. 91 00:06:53,958 --> 00:06:55,995 Like what is happening in Sarajevo. 92 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:58,074 Sarajevo? 93 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:01,333 Sarajevo is all over the world! 94 00:07:02,167 --> 00:07:04,829 "Apocalypse Now!" 95 00:09:49,375 --> 00:09:51,412 There's the School. Opposite Caminha. 96 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:54,492 See, Afonso, over there, among the houses? 97 00:09:55,417 --> 00:09:56,907 It's a long way away. 98 00:09:57,417 --> 00:09:59,499 The river's very wide. 99 00:10:28,417 --> 00:10:30,374 Now I see it, 100 00:10:30,792 --> 00:10:33,659 the building with three towers, right? 101 00:10:33,875 --> 00:10:35,331 Exactly. 102 00:10:35,667 --> 00:10:37,874 I was a border there, for 3 or 4 years. 103 00:10:39,125 --> 00:10:41,742 We were woken at 6. 104 00:10:42,583 --> 00:10:43,994 In winter, it was freezing, 105 00:10:44,625 --> 00:10:47,993 our hand were frostbitten. 106 00:10:48,708 --> 00:10:50,949 I was ten or eleven. 107 00:10:51,875 --> 00:10:56,073 I was in the bottom class 108 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:00,573 and my brother, Casimiro, who was about a year older 109 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:03,287 was in the second class. 110 00:11:03,875 --> 00:11:08,164 We only saw each other on Sundays. 111 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:12,707 We'd chat for an hour and stroll around the cloister. 112 00:11:13,542 --> 00:11:16,079 It was called Colegio de La Pasaje 113 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:19,823 because it was on the road through La Guardia. 114 00:11:20,708 --> 00:11:23,621 They were former Jesuits from Campolide 115 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:25,741 expelled under the Republic. 116 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,493 Now it's in Lisbon, it's called S. Jodo de Brito. 117 00:11:29,708 --> 00:11:33,906 It's been moved to Caldinhas. 118 00:11:34,083 --> 00:11:36,324 My sons went there. 119 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:39,913 And the pretender to the throne 120 00:11:40,125 --> 00:11:43,868 who got married last year. 121 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:49,290 Oddly enough, all the republican dignitaries were there. 122 00:11:49,917 --> 00:11:53,114 Outside the church Royalist flags were waved. 123 00:11:54,083 --> 00:11:59,453 - Your name's Duarte too! - Nothing to do with the royal family. 124 00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:03,241 Will the King return? 125 00:12:03,542 --> 00:12:06,000 I am born anarchist 126 00:12:06,333 --> 00:12:09,530 and the Republic is 80 years old. 127 00:12:09,792 --> 00:12:13,160 I was born just when the Republic was founded. 128 00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:18,289 You were born under the monarchy but you're no royalist. 129 00:12:19,667 --> 00:12:22,284 I don't know what I am. 130 00:12:23,792 --> 00:12:25,999 Perhaps an anarchist like you. 131 00:12:26,208 --> 00:12:31,282 We didn't need the monarchy to bring back the Jesuits! 132 00:12:32,125 --> 00:12:35,322 Well in Spain the King is back. 133 00:12:35,917 --> 00:12:40,161 Forget the monarchy. How did they treat you at school? 134 00:12:40,625 --> 00:12:42,992 Discipline was strict! 135 00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:45,624 I was beaten. 136 00:12:46,125 --> 00:12:48,662 There was High Mass everyday. 137 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,958 In a religious school... 138 00:12:52,875 --> 00:12:54,786 Jesuits! 139 00:12:55,708 --> 00:13:00,077 And...? How were you treated. Food... 140 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:05,245 Some days we were given Spanish tortilla, 141 00:13:05,542 --> 00:13:07,408 it was a speciality. 142 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:12,202 No old boy would ever forget that. 143 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:14,449 Were the teachers priests? 144 00:13:14,542 --> 00:13:18,831 All of them. Except the servants. 145 00:13:19,083 --> 00:13:21,666 Jesuits make good teachers. 146 00:13:22,625 --> 00:13:25,663 I was a poor pupil. 147 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,867 I was badly behaved. 148 00:13:30,542 --> 00:13:32,704 Boy did they give me cakes! 149 00:13:32,792 --> 00:13:36,740 - Cakes? They gave you? - That's what we called them. 150 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:43,083 Not sweet cakes, no, these were beatings. 151 00:13:44,458 --> 00:13:46,916 They were merciless. 152 00:13:47,125 --> 00:13:49,708 So you don't miss the place. 153 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:53,783 My hands still burn. 154 00:13:55,208 --> 00:13:56,949 And when your hands burnt, 155 00:13:57,375 --> 00:14:01,198 did you think of martyrdom, like tortured saints? 156 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:03,081 You know, Judite, 157 00:14:03,625 --> 00:14:05,707 it only takes a woman's glance 158 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:10,164 a certain glance to make a man a martyr. 159 00:14:10,542 --> 00:14:12,579 What martyrdom is that? 160 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,366 Resisting desire. 161 00:14:18,042 --> 00:14:20,875 Did you never think of the priesthood? 162 00:14:21,417 --> 00:14:24,409 A Jesuit, like your teachers? 163 00:14:25,167 --> 00:14:28,364 Or don't priests have desires? 164 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:35,075 That question is indiscreet and perverted. 165 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:40,663 What harm is there in a vocation? 166 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,412 It's your question which is harmful, 167 00:14:44,833 --> 00:14:46,449 but I shall reply: 168 00:14:47,042 --> 00:14:50,364 priesthood means celibacy 169 00:14:51,375 --> 00:14:54,493 and I should only have to think of a woman, 170 00:14:57,167 --> 00:14:59,124 a woman like you, 171 00:14:59,417 --> 00:15:01,249 to renounce the priesthood. 172 00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:03,623 Is that a compliment? 173 00:15:05,083 --> 00:15:06,744 Much more than that. 174 00:15:08,792 --> 00:15:11,659 So you sinned in thought! 175 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:14,494 It's been such a long time! 176 00:15:16,375 --> 00:15:18,912 Have there been other such sins? 177 00:15:21,917 --> 00:15:23,908 Go on, say. 178 00:15:26,875 --> 00:15:29,116 Did you confess your sins? 179 00:15:31,125 --> 00:15:35,449 Every day, I went to confession and took communion. 180 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:40,324 We all did, it was the rule, for all Catholics. 181 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:44,409 Did you feel better after? 182 00:15:45,958 --> 00:15:49,701 If you're really interested 183 00:15:49,917 --> 00:15:53,080 in my intimate thoughts 184 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:56,697 we can meet later, alone. 185 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:01,659 I'm not remotely interested! 186 00:16:02,458 --> 00:16:06,156 I was only comparing, 187 00:16:06,375 --> 00:16:09,538 I was educated by the nuns. 188 00:16:09,708 --> 00:16:11,415 So you know what it is. 189 00:16:12,292 --> 00:16:16,286 Except you're young and beautiful 190 00:16:17,542 --> 00:16:20,159 I am over the hill, 191 00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:23,371 I'm lame and old. 192 00:16:24,792 --> 00:16:26,578 Don't exaggerate, 193 00:16:27,542 --> 00:16:29,249 you must be a masochist. 194 00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:31,540 I am not a masochist, 195 00:16:32,333 --> 00:16:36,372 but I remember when I was an innocent child... 196 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:39,538 You seem to have regrets. 197 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,992 - I don't know. - Really? 198 00:16:52,583 --> 00:16:56,497 No. But it's good to remember those days. 199 00:16:56,875 --> 00:16:59,663 They won't come back. 200 00:17:00,708 --> 00:17:02,995 Don't you know either, Judite? 201 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:05,366 I'm using the binoculars. 202 00:17:05,542 --> 00:17:08,159 What for? Are you sinning? 203 00:17:08,292 --> 00:17:11,080 I'm looking at the school! 204 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:18,040 In the Bible, Judite, to save Bethany, 205 00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:21,325 seduced Holophernes the Assyrian 206 00:17:21,625 --> 00:17:24,583 and in his sleep cut off his head. 207 00:17:24,792 --> 00:17:28,740 At dawn, the Army saw his head on the walls 208 00:17:29,375 --> 00:17:32,822 and raised the siege. 209 00:17:34,042 --> 00:17:36,704 What's that go to do with the school? 210 00:17:37,750 --> 00:17:40,993 Your loveliness and your name reminded me. 211 00:17:41,875 --> 00:17:44,037 I am not here to seduce anyone. 212 00:17:44,167 --> 00:17:46,534 I am not like that Judite. 213 00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:49,742 In my school, there was no Army. 214 00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:52,116 Here, there were priests. 215 00:17:52,375 --> 00:17:54,161 They are gone for good. 216 00:17:54,667 --> 00:17:57,034 But the building still stands. 217 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,745 It's not the same. I don't know what's become of it. 218 00:18:04,458 --> 00:18:08,531 - We're so far from it. - What do you mean? 219 00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:15,532 Between eras there lies a time which becomes the present. 220 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:19,697 Put like that, I feel cut off from my memories. 221 00:18:20,917 --> 00:18:24,831 I'm the one who's cut off. This river is not mine. 222 00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:28,620 It's not mine either. 223 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:32,697 Mine is a river of gold. 224 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:36,665 River of gold? 225 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:40,083 One's own always is 226 00:18:40,625 --> 00:18:43,117 but mine is called DOURO 227 00:18:43,375 --> 00:18:45,867 which means of gold. 228 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:47,869 I see! 229 00:18:48,833 --> 00:18:50,449 This is the MINHO, 230 00:18:50,792 --> 00:18:52,624 it's the border with Spain. 231 00:18:53,083 --> 00:18:56,781 It is wider and darker than mine. 232 00:18:57,667 --> 00:19:00,830 Dark! It feels placid. 233 00:19:01,292 --> 00:19:03,203 It does now. 234 00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:06,370 But on dark winter days, 235 00:19:06,583 --> 00:19:09,325 coming home from the Christmas fair, 236 00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:11,165 the river seemed frightening. 237 00:19:11,625 --> 00:19:14,947 The waves round our boat were like in the sea. 238 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:19,991 A black boat took us across, 239 00:19:20,375 --> 00:19:22,958 when it dipped, I was only a boy, 240 00:19:23,208 --> 00:19:25,700 I thought we'd all drown. 241 00:19:26,083 --> 00:19:27,494 Have mercy on us! 242 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:33,037 The boatman was a brave man, he never stopped rowing. 243 00:19:33,833 --> 00:19:37,906 My childish mind saw us shipwrecked, 244 00:19:38,583 --> 00:19:41,166 I'd tremble as I watched my father. 245 00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:44,534 His calm was reassuring. 246 00:19:45,125 --> 00:19:47,583 It was a boat like that. 247 00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:50,082 The boatman must have been strong! 248 00:19:50,542 --> 00:19:51,873 Not at all! 249 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:55,410 He was small and tough, thin and dry, 250 00:19:55,917 --> 00:19:59,330 with a weatherbeaten face. 251 00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:02,034 He just rowed on. 252 00:20:03,167 --> 00:20:07,456 To me, this little man seemed like a giant. 253 00:21:49,417 --> 00:21:53,240 That, Afonso, is the citadel of Valencga. 254 00:21:53,583 --> 00:21:58,749 We are circumventing the fortifications. 255 00:21:59,792 --> 00:22:03,239 One historian dates the fortifications 256 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:07,452 back to a fortified camp 257 00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:09,829 in early Roman times, 258 00:22:11,333 --> 00:22:13,574 but it looks medieval. 259 00:22:14,417 --> 00:22:16,124 Those days are gone. 260 00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:19,572 Yes. Between eras, 261 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:22,492 there lies a time which becomes the present. 262 00:23:54,208 --> 00:23:56,745 It was here, I remember. 263 00:23:57,208 --> 00:24:03,033 My father said, "Chico, stop." Chico was my older brother, 264 00:24:03,125 --> 00:24:04,286 the oldest. 265 00:24:04,417 --> 00:24:07,205 Everyone had nicknames. 266 00:24:07,625 --> 00:24:09,912 My brother Casimiro was Miro 267 00:24:10,333 --> 00:24:12,916 and me, the youngest, I was Nene. 268 00:24:13,417 --> 00:24:15,454 I was almost spoilt. 269 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:18,867 - It shows. - Do you think so? 270 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,037 It must be there somewhere. 271 00:24:24,875 --> 00:24:26,707 Don't change the subject. 272 00:24:26,875 --> 00:24:29,583 I'm not, don't distract me. 273 00:24:30,750 --> 00:24:34,288 There was a statue by the road there, 274 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:38,614 a little man with a big moustache. 275 00:24:39,625 --> 00:24:44,415 He was kneeling, carrying a tree-trunk and trellis... 276 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:47,698 Here, here he his. 277 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,036 He's been moved. 278 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,368 It's like my moustache in the film. 279 00:25:31,917 --> 00:25:36,206 My father was in a lot of trouble at the time 280 00:25:36,833 --> 00:25:39,666 no one would help. 281 00:25:41,583 --> 00:25:46,373 This carving is a caricature on what he was going through. 282 00:25:55,833 --> 00:25:57,289 Good afternoon. 283 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:02,539 Could you tell me, was this moved? 284 00:26:02,792 --> 00:26:04,624 Wasn't it there, by the road? 285 00:26:05,375 --> 00:26:07,116 Not that I know. 286 00:26:07,375 --> 00:26:10,333 The chap is ancient, he's always been... 287 00:26:10,542 --> 00:26:13,125 by the house of the man who made it. 288 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:18,124 Look what they've done! 289 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:21,162 Some kids, bad they are, 290 00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:25,830 they cut Pedro Macau's arm off. 291 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:29,492 - He's called Pedro Macau? - Yes. 292 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,658 He's got a poem too. 293 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:35,207 Do you know it? 294 00:26:35,458 --> 00:26:38,246 As it happens, I do. 295 00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:42,322 "My name is Pedro Macau with a beam on my back, 296 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:47,119 "Many pass by here, some white-nosed, some black, 297 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,491 "But none of them sets me free." 298 00:26:49,667 --> 00:26:51,374 What is it? Can you repeat it? 299 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:09,788 He's still here with his beam, the poor man. 300 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:12,617 There used to be a trellis on top 301 00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:15,124 but it was too heavy. 302 00:27:16,708 --> 00:27:18,824 He didn't like is condition... 303 00:27:19,542 --> 00:27:21,499 If he got rid of that bolt... 304 00:27:21,625 --> 00:27:24,947 the trellis would fall and kill the poor man. 305 00:27:25,250 --> 00:27:26,285 What's she saying? 306 00:27:26,375 --> 00:27:29,618 She says he's very old, he's always been there. 307 00:27:30,125 --> 00:27:32,162 He's a foreigner! 308 00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:34,916 The man who made it lived here. 309 00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:38,117 There's a poem about him... It goes:... 310 00:28:05,208 --> 00:28:09,782 If he moved, the trellis would fall and kill him. 311 00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:11,908 - Poor man. - Yes. 312 00:28:12,042 --> 00:28:15,285 That's why he says, no one sets me free. 313 00:28:15,458 --> 00:28:17,119 Go on, say after me... 314 00:28:19,042 --> 00:28:20,749 Slowly... 315 00:28:21,250 --> 00:28:24,413 "My name is Pedro Macau... 316 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:31,495 "My name is Pedro Macau... 317 00:28:33,417 --> 00:28:36,409 "with a beam on my back, 318 00:28:36,708 --> 00:28:39,905 "Many pass by here, 319 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,073 "some white-nosed, 320 00:28:44,208 --> 00:28:47,405 "some black nosed, 321 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:51,866 "But none set me free." 322 00:28:52,625 --> 00:28:54,662 Poor man... 323 00:28:58,958 --> 00:29:00,949 he's trapped. 324 00:29:01,250 --> 00:29:04,788 She's just said the poor man is trapped. 325 00:29:05,458 --> 00:29:10,123 A thing like this makes a little man a hero despite himself. 326 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:11,998 Providing he's brave... 327 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,830 - As your father was. - Indeed. 328 00:29:17,042 --> 00:29:22,537 Mine was too. I think of him like the boatman. 329 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:26,371 Small but tough. 330 00:29:26,917 --> 00:29:28,703 As tough as giants. 331 00:29:29,417 --> 00:29:31,829 Like Pedro Macau. 332 00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:35,329 Why did they give him that name? 333 00:29:35,708 --> 00:29:37,415 I don't know... 334 00:29:38,417 --> 00:29:40,875 Perhaps because it rhymes. 335 00:29:44,167 --> 00:29:47,410 Well, I must get on. 336 00:29:48,208 --> 00:29:49,994 God be with you. 337 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,367 Thank you... 338 00:29:56,125 --> 00:29:59,413 Let's hope he stays here. 339 00:29:59,917 --> 00:30:02,909 That's right. Let's do our best. 340 00:30:03,125 --> 00:30:05,708 The others are crumbling... 341 00:30:06,417 --> 00:30:08,579 As you say... 342 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:12,539 Life is what it is and death never fails. 343 00:30:14,875 --> 00:30:16,616 Right, let's go. 344 00:30:52,208 --> 00:30:55,951 We'd drive here in an "ltala.” 345 00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:57,490 An ltala? 346 00:30:57,833 --> 00:31:00,291 Yes, "ltala" or "Itala." 347 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:03,367 Sounds Italian. 348 00:31:03,542 --> 00:31:05,499 The factory's in Turin. 349 00:31:05,958 --> 00:31:09,496 It was my father's first car after 1914. 350 00:31:09,583 --> 00:31:13,372 I think it was the only one in Portugal. 351 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,411 Never heard of it. 352 00:31:15,625 --> 00:31:18,037 Qur first driver's name was Maia. 353 00:31:18,583 --> 00:31:23,373 Chico started young, before he had a licence of course. 354 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,289 As did Casimiro, and me too. 355 00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:30,241 Those were the days. 356 00:31:30,583 --> 00:31:33,120 Indeed! 357 00:31:34,708 --> 00:31:37,871 Chico was the oldest by nine years. 358 00:31:38,375 --> 00:31:42,915 I was the youngest, still a child, 359 00:31:43,417 --> 00:31:47,115 when he was out painting the town red with expensive girlfriends, 360 00:31:47,792 --> 00:31:50,124 tarts barely older than him. 361 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:52,616 Delicious ladies of the night! 362 00:31:53,333 --> 00:31:56,780 They went to all the smart theatres of Oporto, 363 00:31:57,083 --> 00:32:00,781 in expensive boxes, always alone 364 00:32:01,833 --> 00:32:06,031 to show off their dresses and jewels. 365 00:32:07,542 --> 00:32:10,580 They knew a man's weakness. 366 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:16,412 They were so lovely, they trapped men easily. 367 00:32:17,417 --> 00:32:20,409 They were good at love, secretive 368 00:32:21,125 --> 00:32:24,993 and tender, both by nature and by profession. 369 00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:28,704 They used old men, madly wealthy ones, 370 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,741 preferably already engaged 371 00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:36,833 so there was more time for affairs of the heart 372 00:32:36,958 --> 00:32:38,744 with young lovers. 373 00:32:39,917 --> 00:32:43,205 I'd join them in their boxes, 374 00:32:43,292 --> 00:32:46,990 my brother would take me during the interval. 375 00:32:47,792 --> 00:32:50,705 They wanted to see me close up, 376 00:32:52,042 --> 00:32:54,409 they enjoyed little boys like me, 377 00:32:55,042 --> 00:32:58,535 the baby brother of their lover of the moment. 378 00:32:58,750 --> 00:33:00,206 What did they do to you? 379 00:33:00,333 --> 00:33:02,074 Yes, what did they do to you? 380 00:33:02,417 --> 00:33:04,954 What could they do to me? 381 00:33:05,292 --> 00:33:10,162 Nothing. They played. They said sweet nothings. 382 00:33:10,875 --> 00:33:14,288 They kissed my face like a mother, 383 00:33:15,208 --> 00:33:18,246 except they weren't like a mother, 384 00:33:18,750 --> 00:33:21,583 they got me all exited. 385 00:33:22,958 --> 00:33:24,619 Ah, this is Pezo... 386 00:33:25,542 --> 00:33:29,160 The Grand Hotel is this way. 387 00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:49,622 The waters here are good for diabetics. 388 00:33:49,833 --> 00:33:51,415 Not for us then! 389 00:33:52,750 --> 00:33:56,539 We'd better drive in. 390 00:36:18,083 --> 00:36:22,372 The Grand Hotel of Pezo! Look at it! 391 00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,408 It's tragic! 392 00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:18,661 I was sitting here with Casimiro, and a group of girls, 393 00:38:19,167 --> 00:38:21,249 girls... young girls! 394 00:38:22,083 --> 00:38:24,074 Two of them were sisters. 395 00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:29,702 There was a bench against the tree, 396 00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:34,665 we often sat there. There's the mark. Look, there! 397 00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:48,200 We were young, 15 or 16. 398 00:38:48,375 --> 00:38:55,281 See how time has shifted the mark. At the time it was there, roughly. 399 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,324 Look where it is now. Look! 400 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,833 There were the girls, 401 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:39,457 lovely girls, 402 00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:43,408 the oldest... 403 00:39:43,833 --> 00:39:46,951 my brother was in love with her, 404 00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:52,074 they were in love... young love... 405 00:39:55,167 --> 00:39:56,703 Young love? 406 00:39:57,375 --> 00:39:59,582 Young love is not always innocent. 407 00:40:00,583 --> 00:40:03,996 Innocent or not, they alone know. 408 00:40:05,458 --> 00:40:08,905 But they did cry a lot 409 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:11,408 when they had to part. 410 00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:16,164 We left and she stayed with her family, 411 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:19,950 the brother was sick with typhus. 412 00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:28,781 I can hear his groans, up there, on the top floor, 413 00:40:28,917 --> 00:40:33,081 as he went into a cold bath against the fever, 414 00:40:35,458 --> 00:40:37,199 stifled groans, 415 00:40:37,792 --> 00:40:41,456 audible from the corridor there. 416 00:40:44,458 --> 00:40:46,369 What it was then, 417 00:40:46,917 --> 00:40:48,874 and what it is now! 418 00:40:50,167 --> 00:40:51,623 No garden, 419 00:40:53,042 --> 00:40:55,204 no doors or windows, 420 00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:02,495 only those groans, 421 00:41:02,875 --> 00:41:07,699 engraved on my heart like the mark on the tree. 422 00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:13,290 Poor boy! 423 00:41:23,042 --> 00:41:24,373 You know, 424 00:41:25,417 --> 00:41:27,909 your "saudade” is worse than Afonso's. 425 00:41:28,375 --> 00:41:31,663 "Saudade"? Nostalgia, right? 426 00:41:31,833 --> 00:41:34,951 Yes. When you lose your sense of irony. 427 00:41:35,125 --> 00:41:36,866 But you're right, Afonso. 428 00:41:41,042 --> 00:41:42,874 What are these ruins? 429 00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:47,622 The future of a heady past. 430 00:41:48,917 --> 00:41:50,703 Tell me, Judite? 431 00:41:51,375 --> 00:41:54,788 Who would not, like the boy with typhus, 432 00:41:55,333 --> 00:41:57,165 or anyone else, 433 00:41:57,583 --> 00:42:02,282 look back on a time of good health, 434 00:42:02,875 --> 00:42:05,333 from his sickbed, his hospital bed. 435 00:42:05,708 --> 00:42:07,119 That's true. 436 00:42:08,417 --> 00:42:09,873 Our time is sick... 437 00:42:09,958 --> 00:42:12,370 Like at Sarajevo, without the bullets! 438 00:42:13,208 --> 00:42:14,744 And what a sickness! 439 00:42:15,083 --> 00:42:17,290 Is the world really so ill? 440 00:42:17,375 --> 00:42:21,243 7?2 It's condemned! It's been poisoned. 441 00:42:21,583 --> 00:42:23,824 No waters will cure it. 442 00:42:23,958 --> 00:42:28,407 No thermal cure, no term for a cure. 443 00:42:29,083 --> 00:42:33,031 Ruins to us, Manoel, not to you. You can remember. 444 00:42:33,375 --> 00:42:35,491 For you, nothing has changed. 445 00:42:35,583 --> 00:42:38,371 - You're wrong. - Am I? 446 00:42:39,833 --> 00:42:43,576 All is lost for him of whom the poet speaks. 447 00:42:43,667 --> 00:42:45,624 - Who is that? - Who? 448 00:42:46,667 --> 00:42:48,249 He was a native, 449 00:42:48,875 --> 00:42:55,531 the poet tells of his hut on the hill where he tilled his plot of ground. 450 00:42:56,583 --> 00:42:58,745 The river flowed below. 451 00:42:59,583 --> 00:43:01,995 At dusk, he went down 452 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,366 took a canoe 453 00:43:04,833 --> 00:43:09,031 and crossed over to where his girlfriend lived. 454 00:43:10,208 --> 00:43:11,915 From his boat, 455 00:43:12,333 --> 00:43:15,701 by moonlight, through the branches, he saw 456 00:43:16,458 --> 00:43:18,995 his girl with another man. 457 00:43:19,458 --> 00:43:23,782 Sadly, he returned home 458 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,789 to find a landslide had, in the meantime, 459 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:33,621 taken everything he had, his hut and his land. 460 00:43:34,250 --> 00:43:36,867 Thus, the poet says... 461 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:41,494 "Saudade." A well-known story by Catulo Searence, 462 00:43:42,208 --> 00:43:45,746 a Brazilian poet, he's captured a typical mood. 463 00:43:46,292 --> 00:43:48,659 "Saudade and the fallen land." 464 00:43:48,917 --> 00:43:51,784 Excuse me... you too, Manoel. 465 00:43:52,292 --> 00:43:55,739 We're wasting Afonso's time with our stories. 466 00:43:56,125 --> 00:43:59,447 He's come tome to see where his ancestors came from. 467 00:43:59,958 --> 00:44:01,323 We'd better get going. 468 00:44:01,458 --> 00:44:04,166 No, no finish the story first. 469 00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:09,072 The poet was speaking of the native sentiment. 470 00:44:10,750 --> 00:44:14,368 "Saudade and the fallen land, a portion I dreamt of." 471 00:44:16,417 --> 00:44:22,538 He means that memory is a landslide in a dreaming heart. 472 00:44:24,583 --> 00:44:27,120 I hope it doesn't happen to me. 473 00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:31,166 Didn't you say you had an aunt still living? 474 00:44:31,833 --> 00:44:36,031 Yes, my father's sister. I'm dying to know her. 475 00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:41,573 All this past is yours, Manoel, 476 00:44:42,625 --> 00:44:45,162 it's nothing to do with me. 477 00:44:45,792 --> 00:44:47,954 It's not my father's past. 478 00:47:12,417 --> 00:47:17,662 - My father was called Manoel too. - What do you mean by that? 479 00:47:18,708 --> 00:47:22,030 The name's the same, but the story is different. 480 00:47:23,458 --> 00:47:28,749 I don't mean the moods, I mean in real things 481 00:47:29,417 --> 00:47:31,203 like hunger or cold, 482 00:47:32,083 --> 00:47:33,699 having nowhere to sleep. 483 00:47:35,542 --> 00:47:37,874 I've never suffered that. 484 00:47:38,833 --> 00:47:42,497 I've known anguish, 485 00:47:43,167 --> 00:47:46,614 a strange foreboding 486 00:47:47,250 --> 00:47:51,198 or a deep distress 487 00:47:51,833 --> 00:47:56,873 which frightened me for no reason. 488 00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:59,290 No reason at all. 489 00:48:00,250 --> 00:48:02,116 Like a nightmare, 490 00:48:02,292 --> 00:48:09,915 specially when I was a child or a teenager. 491 00:48:10,125 --> 00:48:11,536 And still now? 492 00:48:12,708 --> 00:48:13,869 I don't know. 493 00:48:14,750 --> 00:48:17,082 I know my own story, 494 00:48:17,958 --> 00:48:20,700 as if it belonged in another life. 495 00:48:21,708 --> 00:48:25,531 Make what you can of this, I cannot say more. 496 00:48:26,125 --> 00:48:30,540 But real deprivation, such as your father suffered 497 00:48:30,917 --> 00:48:35,081 hunger, cold, being without a roof, 498 00:48:36,042 --> 00:48:38,329 on the contrary, I was loved. 499 00:48:39,583 --> 00:48:44,578 Perhaps that's why I didn't mind boarding in that school. 500 00:48:46,250 --> 00:48:48,617 Then there was national service. 501 00:48:49,833 --> 00:48:52,791 It was compulsory. 502 00:48:53,458 --> 00:48:56,746 I was sound in body and mind, 503 00:48:57,292 --> 00:49:00,580 but my character was unformed. 504 00:49:01,417 --> 00:49:07,288 I was too sensitive for military discipline, 505 00:49:07,417 --> 00:49:10,284 I tried to imagine warfare 506 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:15,073 and how I would behave. 507 00:49:16,583 --> 00:49:20,406 I was born as the Republic was founded, 508 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,868 I grew up at a time of revolution and war 509 00:49:25,417 --> 00:49:29,035 but I was hardly affected. 510 00:49:30,083 --> 00:49:35,203 I admit fate has been kind to me. 511 00:49:36,458 --> 00:49:38,449 Up till now, anyway. 512 00:49:39,333 --> 00:49:41,449 My father's fate was different. 513 00:49:42,833 --> 00:49:46,576 It was hard for him, really tough when he was young. 514 00:50:05,292 --> 00:50:09,616 What's the village called? It's near a town... 515 00:50:09,750 --> 00:50:12,208 Near Castro Laboreiro. 516 00:50:12,875 --> 00:50:18,291 There's a breed of dogs called that. They are almost savage, 517 00:50:18,792 --> 00:50:24,037 because the local bitches go with mountain wolves. 518 00:50:25,917 --> 00:50:28,329 The village is called Lugar do Teso. 519 00:50:29,917 --> 00:50:32,124 He was not 14 when he left. 520 00:50:32,208 --> 00:50:35,826 - So young! - Yes, he told me... 521 00:50:37,750 --> 00:50:39,616 It was a cold morning, 522 00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:42,912 I climbed the Falperra Mountains 523 00:50:43,583 --> 00:50:47,872 alone so no one would try and stop me. 524 00:50:49,375 --> 00:50:51,082 I set out just like that, 525 00:50:51,708 --> 00:50:53,039 with no money, 526 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:55,915 and only the clothes on my back. 527 00:50:57,958 --> 00:51:01,531 In one hand, I had a wire with bits of metal 528 00:51:02,250 --> 00:51:04,207 to scare the wolves 529 00:51:05,625 --> 00:51:07,741 in the other, a stick 530 00:51:08,625 --> 00:51:10,536 with a bag of brad on the end. 531 00:51:11,083 --> 00:51:14,951 A stick on his shoulder, like Pedro Macau? 532 00:51:15,125 --> 00:51:17,913 Like Pedro Macau. 533 00:51:19,667 --> 00:51:23,865 He used to say, "Son, I've seen it all." 534 00:51:25,417 --> 00:51:28,705 I know the story so well, it's like it is my own. 535 00:51:30,292 --> 00:51:32,454 He often mentioned his sister, 536 00:51:32,917 --> 00:51:35,033 my aunt Maria Afonso. 537 00:51:36,125 --> 00:51:39,789 - I'm going to meet her. - You will, 538 00:51:39,958 --> 00:51:42,871 but tell us what you know about your father. 539 00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:46,162 How did he manage, without papers? 540 00:51:47,208 --> 00:51:50,371 He was in the Spanish War, he was arrested 541 00:51:51,333 --> 00:51:55,122 first by Franco's side, then by the Republicans. 542 00:51:56,458 --> 00:51:59,041 I prison, he learnt mechanics. 543 00:52:00,458 --> 00:52:02,290 He bought his release 544 00:52:03,167 --> 00:52:07,491 with money from a cow his family sold to help him. 545 00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:09,286 So they had no more milk? 546 00:52:10,375 --> 00:52:11,865 They were poor people. 547 00:52:13,167 --> 00:52:14,874 Where did he go then? 548 00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:18,117 He crossed the Pyrenees, to France. 549 00:52:18,333 --> 00:52:20,745 - Illegally?? - Yes. 550 00:52:22,125 --> 00:52:24,833 That must have been hard. 551 00:52:26,375 --> 00:52:27,991 It was very hard at first. 552 00:52:28,917 --> 00:52:31,079 Then he found work in a garage 553 00:52:31,625 --> 00:52:35,072 and learnt to speak, read and write in French. 554 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:40,699 He got his papers after the Armistice, in 1940. 555 00:52:41,125 --> 00:52:43,082 Did he have trouble in the war? 556 00:52:44,292 --> 00:52:47,580 He was Portuguese, so he was neutral. 557 00:52:49,083 --> 00:52:52,872 After the war, he set up his own business. 558 00:52:54,042 --> 00:52:55,874 He lived in Toulouse, 559 00:52:57,125 --> 00:52:59,913 he married my mother, who was French. 560 00:53:02,208 --> 00:53:06,827 My brother Yves remembers his guitar, 561 00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:09,161 he sang fado, 562 00:53:10,167 --> 00:53:11,532 he died young. 563 00:53:11,667 --> 00:53:14,500 - Who? Yves? - No. My father. 564 00:53:15,250 --> 00:53:17,742 He died at 40, in a car crash. 565 00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:20,912 He'd left my mother. 566 00:53:21,042 --> 00:53:23,329 And you never came to Portugal? 567 00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:25,366 Us, no. 568 00:53:25,792 --> 00:53:29,205 He came once, to find men for his garage. 569 00:53:31,542 --> 00:53:34,660 But he was a tough boss, they didn't stay. 570 00:53:35,917 --> 00:53:38,875 A hard life makes one tough. 571 00:54:22,083 --> 00:54:25,826 Hey! Hello! 572 00:54:26,417 --> 00:54:29,739 Excuse me, where is. 573 00:54:35,708 --> 00:54:38,245 Lugar do Teso? 574 00:54:38,500 --> 00:54:40,161 That way. 575 00:54:41,042 --> 00:54:42,703 It's easy to find. 576 00:54:43,958 --> 00:54:46,950 Take the first road on the left, 577 00:54:47,250 --> 00:54:49,287 then straight ahead. 578 00:54:49,833 --> 00:54:51,323 Thank you. 579 00:54:54,333 --> 00:54:56,040 Were they on holiday? 580 00:54:57,333 --> 00:55:00,200 One of them spoke French? 581 00:55:01,083 --> 00:55:03,666 He seemed like an emigrant. 582 00:57:50,792 --> 00:57:53,500 In these villages, Afonso, 583 00:57:53,750 --> 00:57:57,288 there is always food and drink on the table. 584 00:57:57,583 --> 00:58:00,655 If you don't have some, it causes of fence. 585 00:58:01,917 --> 00:58:05,239 I thought I ought to mention it. 586 00:58:47,542 --> 00:58:49,374 We knocked at your door, 587 00:58:49,667 --> 00:58:52,864 they said to call here, so here we are. 588 00:58:53,542 --> 00:58:57,285 This gentleman is your nephew Afonso, Manoel's son, 589 00:58:57,500 --> 00:58:59,241 your brother Manoel's son. 590 00:59:01,833 --> 00:59:04,746 Your nephew's an actor, he's working here. 591 00:59:05,333 --> 00:59:09,577 He is anxious to meet you and know his father's home. 592 00:59:18,500 --> 00:59:20,537 You say he's my nephew... 593 00:59:26,583 --> 00:59:28,199 but can't speak? 594 00:59:29,042 --> 00:59:31,830 He's born French, his mother's French, 595 00:59:31,917 --> 00:59:33,533 he only knows French. 596 00:59:33,667 --> 00:59:37,365 I'm French too! I'm married to your cousin. 597 00:59:37,625 --> 00:59:40,743 I can translate, my name is Christine. 598 00:59:42,125 --> 00:59:44,366 Why are you in black? 599 00:59:44,583 --> 00:59:47,041 One of the family has died, 600 00:59:47,583 --> 00:59:51,952 but women here wear black when their husbands work abroad. 601 00:59:55,083 --> 00:59:59,281 My father's Manoel, your mother-in-law's brother. 602 00:59:59,708 --> 01:00:02,040 I've always lived in France. 603 01:00:02,917 --> 01:00:05,784 He says he's your brother's son. 604 01:00:08,083 --> 01:00:10,450 My father was Manoel. 605 01:00:12,250 --> 01:00:16,323 My friends have accompanied me to meet my aunt. 606 01:00:16,792 --> 01:00:20,786 He asked his friends to bring him to meet you, Maria. 607 01:00:22,042 --> 01:00:24,033 Why can't he speak our speech? 608 01:00:24,167 --> 01:00:26,534 Because he's lived in France. 609 01:00:30,375 --> 01:00:33,822 I married Joaquim in France, 610 01:00:34,417 --> 01:00:37,910 we used to come for Christmas, Last time, he asked me to stay 611 01:00:38,458 --> 01:00:42,201 for the children and because life is cheaper here. 612 01:00:45,625 --> 01:00:47,787 Why doesn't he speak our speech? 613 01:00:47,958 --> 01:00:50,245 Because he doesn't know how to! 614 01:00:50,417 --> 01:00:52,749 He's not been to Portugal before. 615 01:00:52,875 --> 01:00:55,583 He was born in France. 616 01:00:55,833 --> 01:01:00,327 But your brother talked about you a lot, he wanted to meet you. 617 01:01:01,333 --> 01:01:03,745 His father, my brother, 618 01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:06,708 was always very headstrong. 619 01:01:06,792 --> 01:01:08,954 At fourteen, he left us, 620 01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:11,537 no one could stop him. 621 01:01:12,208 --> 01:01:14,290 He crossed the frontier, 622 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,664 next we knew was a card from Spain asking for money 623 01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:22,573 because the Republicans had caught him. 624 01:01:23,375 --> 01:01:27,369 This was during the Spanish War. 625 01:01:28,542 --> 01:01:31,864 He only thought of us when he needed money. 626 01:01:32,208 --> 01:01:34,370 Money! We had none! 627 01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:37,743 Don't worry, we're not wanting money. 628 01:01:37,875 --> 01:01:41,869 The last time we had to sell the cow, for my brother's problem. 629 01:01:42,750 --> 01:01:46,038 He came once, many years later. 630 01:01:46,250 --> 01:01:50,494 1 didn't recognize him... 631 01:01:50,958 --> 01:01:55,577 He was a tough man, toughened by the trouble he'd had. 632 01:01:56,333 --> 01:01:58,540 He wanted to see everything, 633 01:01:59,625 --> 01:02:02,162 and he took men with him. 634 01:02:02,792 --> 01:02:05,625 But he was a determined man, 635 01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:09,868 they didn't get on with him, they soon come back. 636 01:02:11,542 --> 01:02:15,080 Why are we talking? He doesn't understand! 637 01:02:17,333 --> 01:02:19,040 Why doesn't he speak our speech? 638 01:02:19,208 --> 01:02:22,326 Because your brother never taught him. 639 01:02:22,917 --> 01:02:26,160 She is desperate, you can't understand her. 640 01:02:26,292 --> 01:02:28,875 She's telling us things you know already, 641 01:02:29,042 --> 01:02:31,955 about your father living and the cow. 642 01:02:32,292 --> 01:02:35,830 He only came back once, so changed 643 01:02:36,583 --> 01:02:38,324 she didn't recognize him. 644 01:02:38,417 --> 01:02:40,408 He took some men with him, 645 01:02:41,750 --> 01:02:45,368 but they returned saying he was too tough. 646 01:02:45,667 --> 01:02:50,537 Your aunt doesn't see why you don't speak her language, 647 01:02:50,750 --> 01:02:52,491 she's suspicious. 648 01:02:52,833 --> 01:02:56,201 These people brought him, 649 01:02:56,458 --> 01:02:58,950 he's your brother-in-law's son, 650 01:02:59,125 --> 01:03:00,957 the one who died in France. 651 01:03:01,458 --> 01:03:03,449 My brother Manoel's son. 652 01:03:04,333 --> 01:03:07,530 Any woman would do for him. 653 01:03:08,042 --> 01:03:10,750 And women were unfaithful to him. 654 01:03:10,917 --> 01:03:14,706 Who knows whose son he is! He doesn't speak our speech! 655 01:03:15,125 --> 01:03:17,617 This gentleman is your aunt's husband, 656 01:03:17,917 --> 01:03:20,534 your father had many women, 657 01:03:20,792 --> 01:03:23,625 she isn't convinced you're her nephew, 658 01:03:23,750 --> 01:03:27,823 because your father had women who cheated him. 659 01:03:28,042 --> 01:03:30,124 That's irrelevant. 660 01:03:31,042 --> 01:03:34,910 When we were born, my mother had only him. 661 01:03:35,708 --> 01:03:38,826 Only later he had other women. 662 01:03:40,125 --> 01:03:42,287 Yves and I are brothers, 663 01:03:42,875 --> 01:03:45,458 we are your brother Manoel's sons. 664 01:03:46,292 --> 01:03:47,953 We are your nephews. 665 01:03:48,750 --> 01:03:52,072 Afonso says that he and Yves, when they were born, 666 01:03:52,250 --> 01:03:56,824 Manoel had no other women, he knows he is your nephew. 667 01:03:57,833 --> 01:04:00,746 But what does this man want? 668 01:04:02,125 --> 01:04:05,914 Is it the fields? The inheritance? 669 01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:12,789 Who is this man, who does not speak like us? 670 01:04:14,167 --> 01:04:18,991 They seem to have just inherited some land, 671 01:04:19,375 --> 01:04:22,447 they think you're claiming your share. 672 01:04:23,500 --> 01:04:27,323 I want nothing! I've not come to claim anything! 673 01:04:28,833 --> 01:04:31,416 I've come to see my aunt, 674 01:04:31,958 --> 01:04:34,495 to hear about my father, 675 01:04:34,625 --> 01:04:38,823 to see where my family is from, 676 01:04:39,417 --> 01:04:40,623 that's all. 677 01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:44,493 He says it's not the fields, he's not interested. 678 01:04:44,667 --> 01:04:47,989 He only wants to see where he is from. 679 01:04:48,167 --> 01:04:51,364 But why doesn't he speak our speech? 680 01:04:51,583 --> 01:04:54,041 Your aunt says you can't speak... 681 01:04:54,208 --> 01:04:58,657 Even if I could, I'd only say I'm Afonso, 682 01:04:58,833 --> 01:05:03,407 your brother Manoel's son. I'm your nephew. 683 01:05:03,917 --> 01:05:07,740 He says never mind he can't speak Portuguese, 684 01:05:08,333 --> 01:05:12,531 he knows he's your nephew, your brother's son. 685 01:05:12,625 --> 01:05:15,162 I know what my father was like with women, 686 01:05:15,250 --> 01:05:20,165 but I'm your nephew, your nephew Afonso. 687 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:23,496 He says he knows about the girlfriends, 688 01:05:23,667 --> 01:05:27,114 and his mother's problems with your brother 689 01:05:27,292 --> 01:05:30,660 but he knows he is your nephew. 690 01:05:31,042 --> 01:05:34,706 And why doesn't he speak our speech? 691 01:05:34,875 --> 01:05:38,197 In France, our language is not useful, 692 01:05:38,292 --> 01:05:40,499 his father never taught him. 693 01:05:40,667 --> 01:05:43,375 She's still complaining you can't speak. 694 01:05:43,500 --> 01:05:48,324 Your nephew's an important actor, he's on television. 695 01:05:48,875 --> 01:05:53,119 Television? Aunty doesn't like television. 696 01:05:53,625 --> 01:05:57,539 He earns a lot of money. He needs nothing here. 697 01:05:57,958 --> 01:06:01,531 He wants to know her and his father's home. 698 01:06:04,375 --> 01:06:06,457 He looks like my brother, 699 01:06:07,125 --> 01:06:09,583 brown eyes like his. 700 01:06:10,292 --> 01:06:13,489 Mine are green. 701 01:06:16,667 --> 01:06:20,205 But why doesn't he speak our speech? 702 01:06:21,292 --> 01:06:24,250 She's insistent about the language. 703 01:06:28,542 --> 01:06:29,828 Language! 704 01:06:31,125 --> 01:06:33,116 Who cares about that! 705 01:06:35,292 --> 01:06:36,657 Look! 706 01:06:39,833 --> 01:06:41,289 Look my arm. 707 01:06:42,042 --> 01:06:43,999 Tell her to grasp my arm. 708 01:06:44,875 --> 01:06:48,743 He wants you to grasp his arm. 709 01:06:52,875 --> 01:06:54,582 Language doesn't count. 710 01:06:55,458 --> 01:06:57,165 What count is blood. 711 01:06:58,208 --> 01:06:59,994 The blood in my arm 712 01:07:00,875 --> 01:07:02,991 is the same as in your veins. 713 01:07:03,792 --> 01:07:07,831 He says blood matters more than speech, 714 01:07:08,083 --> 01:07:12,452 the blood in him is the same as in your veins. 715 01:07:19,667 --> 01:07:22,034 My brother Manoel's son! 716 01:07:38,167 --> 01:07:41,865 Tell her I want to see the family graves. 717 01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:47,450 He wants to see the family graves. 718 01:07:51,833 --> 01:07:55,872 I have to stop at home, I'm not dressed for the graveyard. 719 01:08:02,208 --> 01:08:06,497 He must see where his father was born. 720 01:08:21,917 --> 01:08:23,874 It's as it should be, no? 721 01:08:24,417 --> 01:08:28,832 We are like new-born babies, with an umbilical cord. 722 01:08:29,500 --> 01:08:31,207 We are. 723 01:08:32,458 --> 01:08:36,702 My parents have passed on, my husband's in France 724 01:08:36,833 --> 01:08:40,280 and I'm here with the children, which is my duty. 725 01:08:40,917 --> 01:08:44,490 But I long for home and my husband. 726 01:08:45,375 --> 01:08:48,663 - When will he came? - Not till Christmas. 727 01:08:48,792 --> 01:08:52,239 Why did you not stay with him in France? 728 01:08:53,250 --> 01:08:54,911 It's too expensive. 729 01:08:55,042 --> 01:08:58,160 We save money here, my mother-in-law helps me. 730 01:08:58,292 --> 01:09:00,329 Children are exhausting. 731 01:09:01,667 --> 01:09:03,078 Come on children... 732 01:09:03,875 --> 01:09:05,365 I must stay here. 733 01:09:06,500 --> 01:09:08,207 See you later. 734 01:09:13,708 --> 01:09:15,790 Life was tough here, 735 01:09:16,833 --> 01:09:18,995 Manoel, my brother-in-law, 736 01:09:19,833 --> 01:09:22,450 had eyes only for the mountains 737 01:09:23,250 --> 01:09:25,207 beyond which was who knows what... 738 01:09:27,750 --> 01:09:28,990 illusions... 739 01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:32,116 So we thought, anyway. 740 01:09:33,375 --> 01:09:34,490 He'd say... 741 01:09:34,708 --> 01:09:38,656 I have to know what is the other side, 742 01:09:40,417 --> 01:09:43,375 he said that and left. 743 01:09:45,250 --> 01:09:48,538 Well what there was 744 01:09:49,042 --> 01:09:52,364 beyond the mountains was war 745 01:09:53,042 --> 01:09:56,740 between Franco and the Republic. 746 01:09:59,292 --> 01:10:01,249 Look... there... 747 01:10:02,583 --> 01:10:04,290 those are the mountains... 748 01:10:05,667 --> 01:10:07,499 those mountains. 749 01:10:10,917 --> 01:10:12,874 Life here was always tough. 750 01:10:13,625 --> 01:10:17,539 Hard work and deprivation. 751 01:10:18,417 --> 01:10:21,864 My brother-in-law, his father, 752 01:10:23,667 --> 01:10:27,490 he didn't want that. 753 01:10:28,250 --> 01:10:29,957 His idea was to escape. 754 01:10:31,500 --> 01:10:34,663 People thought this was a boy's fantasy. 755 01:10:35,875 --> 01:10:38,492 But he found his way. 756 01:10:38,625 --> 01:10:43,199 I see all the letter-boxes have the same name, Afonso! 757 01:10:43,375 --> 01:10:44,865 Yes. 758 01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,616 And why is that? 759 01:10:46,708 --> 01:10:49,541 We descend from Don Afonso Henriques, 760 01:10:49,708 --> 01:10:54,453 the first King who saw Christ with his five wounds 761 01:10:54,583 --> 01:10:56,324 at the battle of Ourique. 762 01:10:57,500 --> 01:10:59,286 Well you certainly know your stuff! 763 01:10:59,417 --> 01:11:04,036 Don't we all need to know that Afonso founded Portugal? 764 01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:15,992 And Vieira says in a sermon, 765 01:11:16,500 --> 01:11:19,947 "Portugal alone was born by God's will." 766 01:11:20,125 --> 01:11:23,618 I've heard of Father Vieira. 767 01:11:24,458 --> 01:11:27,530 But my dear sir, if we'd had our way 768 01:11:27,708 --> 01:11:31,531 the Lord would have made this village luckier. 769 01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:35,913 Here, at Alto do Teso, 770 01:11:36,458 --> 01:11:43,080 we recite some verses by Camées, about Afonso, 771 01:11:43,708 --> 01:11:45,119 which goes like this: 772 01:11:45,833 --> 01:11:47,915 "The high promontories..." 773 01:11:49,042 --> 01:11:51,374 Don't worry...! 774 01:11:52,292 --> 01:11:56,035 "The high promontories weep for him, 775 01:11:56,333 --> 01:11:58,995 "that always in his kingdom was called 776 01:11:59,250 --> 01:12:03,949 "Afonso! But in vain..." 777 01:12:04,083 --> 01:12:08,873 - We're waiting! - All right! 778 01:13:43,125 --> 01:13:44,365 José! 779 01:13:46,375 --> 01:13:47,831 Give him some bread. 780 01:14:19,208 --> 01:14:22,746 In France, are things not well? 781 01:14:23,792 --> 01:14:26,159 She wants to know how things are in France. 782 01:14:27,250 --> 01:14:29,036 Fine, aunty, fine. 783 01:14:34,833 --> 01:14:39,782 We only ever hear of other people's wars, 784 01:14:40,250 --> 01:14:43,697 and we worry about what could happen to you. 785 01:14:47,667 --> 01:14:49,203 Have this bread and... 786 01:14:50,708 --> 01:14:52,665 God be with you. 787 01:14:56,042 --> 01:14:57,658 The bread is for you. 788 01:14:58,292 --> 01:15:02,991 She says they hear of wars and worry about what could happen. 789 01:15:03,792 --> 01:15:06,500 She hopes the bread will bring you peace. 790 01:15:08,167 --> 01:15:11,159 Thank her for bread and her good wishes. 791 01:15:11,625 --> 01:15:15,198 Your nephew thanks you for your wishes and your gift. 792 01:15:16,708 --> 01:15:18,619 God bless you! 793 01:15:19,750 --> 01:15:23,573 Let him guard you against wars in the East, 794 01:15:24,333 --> 01:15:26,244 in Croatia or wherever... 795 01:15:27,042 --> 01:15:29,659 And in Africa. Africa too. 796 01:15:30,250 --> 01:15:32,287 Wars never end. 797 01:15:33,208 --> 01:15:34,619 She blesses you 798 01:15:35,042 --> 01:15:39,582 and says she ears about endless wars in Africa and Croatia, 799 01:15:40,417 --> 01:15:42,374 she's worried about you. 800 01:15:42,667 --> 01:15:47,457 I think she's starting to accept you. 801 01:15:55,208 --> 01:15:57,666 My brother Manoel's son! 802 01:15:59,250 --> 01:16:02,788 Your nephew wants you to tell him about his father, 803 01:16:04,958 --> 01:16:06,369 your brother, 804 01:16:07,125 --> 01:16:09,412 whatever you remember. 805 01:16:10,458 --> 01:16:11,994 My brother Manoel? 806 01:16:13,042 --> 01:16:17,036 He was strong in body and strong in mind, 807 01:16:17,250 --> 01:16:20,788 a hard worker and straight. 808 01:16:21,458 --> 01:16:23,916 But all he wanted was to leave. 809 01:16:24,375 --> 01:16:28,994 She says your father was straight, strong in body and mind, 810 01:16:29,583 --> 01:16:34,578 a worker, he only wanted to leave to find a better life. 811 01:16:36,375 --> 01:16:38,036 Life here is hard, 812 01:16:42,042 --> 01:16:43,578 a life for poor people, 813 01:16:46,083 --> 01:16:49,121 tiring, cold in winter, 814 01:16:50,833 --> 01:16:52,449 sometimes we go hungry. 815 01:16:52,750 --> 01:16:55,822 She says life is hard here, 816 01:16:56,167 --> 01:16:59,330 it's cold in winter, they go hungry. 817 01:16:59,958 --> 01:17:04,247 That's all he thought about, "I have to leave." 818 01:17:06,375 --> 01:17:07,740 He left. 819 01:17:09,125 --> 01:17:12,914 He left alone, without a word, 820 01:17:13,750 --> 01:17:15,536 he was just a child. 821 01:17:16,083 --> 01:17:18,745 Your aunt says he was brave, 822 01:17:19,083 --> 01:17:22,246 no one could stop him wanting to leave. 823 01:17:23,250 --> 01:17:26,447 Afterwards we heard, someone who saw him 824 01:17:26,542 --> 01:17:29,785 disappearing, one cold morning, 825 01:17:29,958 --> 01:17:31,665 across the mountain. 826 01:17:32,208 --> 01:17:35,326 He had a bag in the end of a stick. 827 01:17:36,250 --> 01:17:38,082 We heard nothing more. 828 01:17:38,583 --> 01:17:44,829 Long after a letter come from Spain asking for money to buy is way out. 829 01:17:45,833 --> 01:17:49,030 They only heard from him later, from Spain, 830 01:17:49,333 --> 01:17:51,745 asking for money to get out of jail. 831 01:17:51,917 --> 01:17:55,535 I know all that my father told me. 832 01:17:56,625 --> 01:18:00,072 I want to know about him here. 833 01:18:01,500 --> 01:18:03,741 He wants to know about here. 834 01:18:03,958 --> 01:18:06,199 About who? Us? 835 01:18:06,708 --> 01:18:08,699 Yes, and your brother. 836 01:18:10,458 --> 01:18:12,074 What can I say? 837 01:18:12,708 --> 01:18:15,200 Your father was brave 838 01:18:15,417 --> 01:18:18,330 and however much we warned him off, 839 01:18:19,167 --> 01:18:22,785 no one could get him to stay, 840 01:18:23,125 --> 01:18:25,833 he was determined to get out... 841 01:18:27,250 --> 01:18:30,663 And now there's you who speaks another speech. 842 01:18:31,875 --> 01:18:35,743 If your father didn't teach you to speak like us 843 01:18:36,667 --> 01:18:38,032 he was a bad father. 844 01:18:39,292 --> 01:18:43,331 What can I say... tell you...? 845 01:18:43,708 --> 01:18:46,780 You know the life he gave you in France, 846 01:18:47,792 --> 01:18:51,786 no one remember us in this part of the world, 847 01:18:52,500 --> 01:18:55,868 who cares about us? Who cares? 848 01:18:57,250 --> 01:18:59,708 We only know what people say. 849 01:18:59,833 --> 01:19:03,781 - Such as? - Old stuff! 850 01:19:04,417 --> 01:19:05,873 And stuff for now! 851 01:19:06,500 --> 01:19:08,241 Things you don't forget. 852 01:19:08,958 --> 01:19:11,871 - You don't forget? - That we don't forget. 853 01:19:12,333 --> 01:19:16,497 We're in this lost corner of the world, 854 01:19:16,833 --> 01:19:18,540 who cares about us? 855 01:19:19,417 --> 01:19:23,581 Listen, during the Great War of 1914 856 01:19:24,958 --> 01:19:27,495 then people remembered all about us. 857 01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:30,742 They came for our boys 858 01:19:30,875 --> 01:19:34,869 to fight with the French against the Germans, 859 01:19:35,583 --> 01:19:38,416 they didn't come back. - They stayed in France? 860 01:19:38,583 --> 01:19:42,952 They died. At war. 861 01:19:44,417 --> 01:19:48,206 There was a soldier from Vila Real or Murga, 862 01:19:48,458 --> 01:19:52,497 one of the few who came back alive. 863 01:19:52,917 --> 01:19:56,410 He died not long ago, in his village. 864 01:19:56,833 --> 01:20:00,747 He was up a tree with a machine-gun, hidden, 865 01:20:00,875 --> 01:20:04,322 shooting at the Germans. - I remember him well. 866 01:20:05,250 --> 01:20:07,617 He was at the Battle of the Marne, 9th April. 867 01:20:07,958 --> 01:20:11,531 He saved thousands of French soldiers, Allies, 868 01:20:11,958 --> 01:20:13,790 who remembers that? 869 01:20:15,458 --> 01:20:17,369 Then much time passed 870 01:20:19,083 --> 01:20:22,326 and your father was in France, another war came 871 01:20:22,458 --> 01:20:24,415 against the Germans again. 872 01:20:25,292 --> 01:20:28,785 Then Salazar sent for us, but he never gave the order. 873 01:20:29,542 --> 01:20:32,455 We never entered that war, no. 874 01:20:32,750 --> 01:20:34,161 He didn't want it. 875 01:20:35,083 --> 01:20:38,576 But they came back for the boys, for the colonies, 876 01:20:39,083 --> 01:20:42,826 so many emigrated abroad. 877 01:20:43,375 --> 01:20:46,743 The African war didn't end till 25th April, 878 01:20:47,750 --> 01:20:50,822 in the villages only old people remained. 879 01:20:51,583 --> 01:20:54,871 She's talking about the war and you father in France. 880 01:20:55,333 --> 01:20:57,199 She says they're forgotten 881 01:20:57,542 --> 01:21:01,115 except when they need people to die in their wars. 882 01:21:01,875 --> 01:21:04,663 She also spoke of a Portuguese hero 883 01:21:04,750 --> 01:21:09,824 who climbed a tree in 1914 with a machine-gun and bullets 884 01:21:10,292 --> 01:21:12,579 to keep the Germans at bay 885 01:21:12,708 --> 01:21:17,532 as the French and Allied troops desperately retreated. 886 01:21:18,917 --> 01:21:22,455 She says Salazar refused to enter the last war 887 01:21:22,667 --> 01:21:26,410 but he took boys to fight the colonial wars, 888 01:21:26,958 --> 01:21:29,245 the only way out was to emigrate. 889 01:21:30,458 --> 01:21:33,246 The African wars ended with 25th April... 890 01:21:33,750 --> 01:21:37,038 so now there are only old people left. 891 01:21:37,167 --> 01:21:38,749 Listen, 892 01:21:39,542 --> 01:21:42,989 when we're gone, who'll farm this land? 893 01:21:45,417 --> 01:21:50,162 We can hardly manage now, I'm all right... but my husband...! 894 01:21:50,375 --> 01:21:54,118 I can't any more, my legs weigh too much. 895 01:21:55,292 --> 01:21:57,624 What saves us is the pension. 896 01:21:58,208 --> 01:22:02,122 Without the pension, we wouldn't last two weeks. 897 01:22:03,250 --> 01:22:04,706 We'd die of hunger. 898 01:22:06,208 --> 01:22:07,619 I'll tell you this, 899 01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:11,948 when we're gone, this land will go. 900 01:22:12,750 --> 01:22:15,663 Young people don't want this. 901 01:22:16,250 --> 01:22:19,163 They want to be in the cities. 902 01:22:20,333 --> 01:22:22,290 This here is ending. 903 01:22:24,375 --> 01:22:26,833 It's back to the dawn of time. 904 01:22:30,292 --> 01:22:31,748 That's it! 905 01:22:34,042 --> 01:22:37,239 In France, it's all with machines. 906 01:22:38,417 --> 01:22:40,624 Our land is no good for that. 907 01:22:41,708 --> 01:22:45,576 Before we had the smuggling which was a help 908 01:22:45,750 --> 01:22:49,573 but now with this EEC thing 909 01:22:49,750 --> 01:22:53,618 even that's gone. All we've got is my husband's pension. 910 01:22:53,792 --> 01:22:57,535 Your nephew doesn't know about farming. 911 01:22:57,708 --> 01:23:02,532 He's a famous actor, his picture's in magazines. 912 01:23:02,708 --> 01:23:05,166 You've seen him on TV. 913 01:23:06,250 --> 01:23:08,366 I don't watch that thing! 914 01:23:09,083 --> 01:23:12,326 At my daughter's-in-law's it's put to work, but... 915 01:23:12,500 --> 01:23:14,036 You don't like it. 916 01:23:14,542 --> 01:23:17,204 Like what? It's shameless. 917 01:23:17,417 --> 01:23:18,953 Impudent women 918 01:23:19,625 --> 01:23:22,743 showing themselves naked before men! 919 01:23:23,958 --> 01:23:26,165 And worse! I couldn't say it in words, 920 01:23:26,542 --> 01:23:28,374 things to darken the heavens. 921 01:23:28,708 --> 01:23:30,995 TV shows other things too. 922 01:23:31,125 --> 01:23:34,288 Sure, they kill each other like rabbits, 923 01:23:34,375 --> 01:23:36,412 there's no respect, 924 01:23:36,542 --> 01:23:39,705 it's whites with whites, black with whites, 925 01:23:39,833 --> 01:23:42,200 blacks with blacks... 926 01:23:42,583 --> 01:23:46,702 - But television... - It's the devil's work! 927 01:23:49,583 --> 01:23:51,995 This is of no interest to you. 928 01:23:52,875 --> 01:23:56,197 She doesn't like TV. She says it's the devil's work! 929 01:24:01,500 --> 01:24:03,958 Ask if we can go to the cemetery? 930 01:24:05,125 --> 01:24:08,117 He wants to see the family graves. 931 01:25:46,708 --> 01:25:50,076 Afonso! We have to get to the shot! 932 01:25:52,167 --> 01:25:53,783 We must go now. 933 01:26:13,333 --> 01:26:15,244 Now I'll never see you again. 934 01:26:16,458 --> 01:26:17,823 I'll be back. 935 01:26:18,542 --> 01:26:19,998 I'll be back. 936 01:26:20,625 --> 01:26:22,161 And Yves? 937 01:26:22,833 --> 01:26:26,201 I'd like to know my brother's other son. 938 01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:29,662 He's in France. 939 01:26:30,542 --> 01:26:34,115 She wants you to come back with your brother. 940 01:26:35,917 --> 01:26:39,205 I'll bring him, I'll bring you Yves. 941 01:26:39,667 --> 01:26:41,374 He says he'll bring you Yves. 942 01:26:42,833 --> 01:26:44,415 Don't forget. 943 01:26:44,917 --> 01:26:47,454 Come back with him. 944 01:26:48,583 --> 01:26:49,994 Don't be too long, 945 01:26:50,500 --> 01:26:54,573 I want to meet my brother's other son before I die. 946 01:26:54,833 --> 01:26:59,907 She wants you to come back soon with your brother 947 01:27:01,083 --> 01:27:04,371 so she can meet him before she dies. 948 01:27:06,208 --> 01:27:07,664 I'll be back, 949 01:27:08,542 --> 01:27:11,375 I'll be back with Yves, I promise. 950 01:27:35,125 --> 01:27:36,991 I've never knelt before. 951 01:27:41,083 --> 01:27:45,532 People are happy to crawl nowadays. 952 01:28:03,125 --> 01:28:06,083 Here stay your childhood memories. 953 01:28:08,542 --> 01:28:10,124 Manoel's, 954 01:28:10,750 --> 01:28:13,913 because Afonso's are way further back. 955 01:28:14,417 --> 01:28:16,374 Manoel's. 956 01:28:17,208 --> 01:28:21,327 And yours, Afonso? What do you make of them? 957 01:28:23,500 --> 01:28:27,323 It's been a strange trip to an imaginary place, 958 01:28:28,917 --> 01:28:31,454 one my father described me so often. 959 01:28:35,958 --> 01:28:38,871 It's been like time-travel. 960 01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:43,197 You've embraced your aunt, body and soul. 961 01:28:43,833 --> 01:28:46,905 Me, even my childhood friends, 962 01:28:47,292 --> 01:28:51,365 my brother Casimiro and all my friends of that time, 963 01:28:51,542 --> 01:28:54,284 they are all gone. 964 01:28:56,125 --> 01:28:59,368 A long life is a gift from God 965 01:29:01,667 --> 01:29:03,328 but it has its price. 966 01:29:03,583 --> 01:29:05,199 Well, well... 967 01:29:05,292 --> 01:29:08,830 Our director wants a free ride. 968 01:29:56,833 --> 01:29:58,619 How much time do you need? 969 01:29:59,500 --> 01:30:04,415 - Fifteen minutes. - Everyone's waiting. Hurry up! 970 01:30:36,083 --> 01:30:38,791 You look stranger like this. 971 01:30:39,833 --> 01:30:43,030 Look! It's better this way. 972 01:31:19,333 --> 01:31:20,915 I am Pedro Macau 973 01:31:22,458 --> 01:31:24,244 With a beam on my back. 974 01:31:26,042 --> 01:31:27,999 People pass by 975 01:31:29,208 --> 01:31:31,074 Some with white noses 976 01:31:32,292 --> 01:31:34,158 Some with black noses 977 01:31:35,667 --> 01:31:38,079 And no one will set me free. 978 01:31:46,292 --> 01:31:48,784 No one tells stories like that. 979 01:31:55,458 --> 01:31:56,914 Not even you, Afonso, 980 01:31:58,208 --> 01:31:59,790 you're not quite the same. 981 01:32:01,500 --> 01:32:02,740 You've changed. 982 01:32:04,708 --> 01:32:08,030 Finish your speechifying. They're waiting. 983 01:32:09,083 --> 01:32:10,994 Let's go then. 984 01:32:12,333 --> 01:32:14,415 Bring your friend along. 985 01:32:18,333 --> 01:32:20,825 You're another Pedro Macau, Manoel. 986 01:32:21,917 --> 01:32:23,783 No one sets you free. 987 01:32:23,875 --> 01:32:29,871 The story of Afonso is based on the life of Yves Afonso 988 01:32:31,417 --> 01:32:37,948 who, in 1987, worked on a French co-production shot in Portugal. 989 01:34:27,875 --> 01:34:32,949 Translation PIERRE HODGSON 990 01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:37,538 Subtitles PAULO MONTES 70583

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