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"THE SIGN OF THE CITY"

I'd like you to tell me what I should do.

I have no money, and I can't afford to raise a kid.

Should I have an abortion or I have this kid?

Have you spoken to the father?

He doesn't even know about it.

I want to see if I should have this baby or not.

-I can't make up my mind. -Maria, I can't tell you that.

It's your choice.

I know a guy who does abortions and charges in installments.

What do you think?

This is a very personal decision...

you should give it a Iot of thought...

but in the meantime Iet's see what your star chart says...

"The Sign of the City"!

-Ot�vio called twice... -Why didn't you tell me?

'Cause you were on the air.

I shouldn't even give you that jerk's messages.

Get rid of this caller. We still need to air the fucking commercial.

Hang in there 'cause we've got important message for you.

It's seven to midnight. Stay tuned and I'II be right back...

to tell you everything you want to know.

Damn, Teca, I told you to get rid of her and you keep her talking?

You won't have time to talk to her again.

So we Ieave her without an answer?

Tell her good night and to call back tomorrow.

One word and you die! Gimme the money.

Easy, easy, man!

-Hurry up! -Take it easy!

I've got everything. The girl's got nothing!

-Gimme the watch. The watch! -Not the watch, please!

-It was my father's... -Fuck you! Gimme that shit!

-How much are you gonna get for it? -What?

They're gonna give you peanuts for it.

Is she nuts?

You know, right? You're here, working your ass off...

and the big shots are out there, driving their imported cars...

You're out here busting your ass off and they keep everything.

I'II give you R$45 for the watch. They'II never give you that.

-R$1 20. -R$1 20...

for this piece of shit?

A total piece of shit. It's worth nothing!

R$50! It's take it or Ieave it!

Forget it! Give me the doughand the watch.

I thought we were doing business here...

Are you trying to play me, man?!

Wait, you wanna buy other stuff?

I've got some necklaces, gold bracelets... good quality.

I have my distributors.

I thought I was slick, but you...

What's your name?

-It's Monica, pleasure. -The pleasure is all mine.

And yours?

Devanir. Here's my card.

Monica, you've...

won me over.

Travel agent...

How fancy!

What you mean, "you've won me over", Devanir?

Won you over how?

However you want...

Now that the scare is over, right?

So, we can talk, get to know each other better...

But, sitting Iike this in the car...

Granted we've already been robbed!

Would you Iike to go somewhere else?

Well, what do you have in mind?

Have you...

ever been to... Cancun?

Cancun...

Cancun?!

Hi, Teca, it's Ot�vio, how are you?

I've been meaning to call you... There's so much going on!

I'm gonna be a father, Teca.

Renata, I don't know if I've told you about her...

but she's pregnant.

It'll be a girl. I'm so happy! I was dying to tell you.

I know this is not the kind of thing you say over the phone but...

we have to sign our divorce papers.

I can't become a father...

and still be married to somebody else, right?

T eca, forget about it!

You're gonna cry over an ex-husband?

It's over! Fuck him!

-He didn't even want to split up. -Which proves he's not worth it!

-Let's concentrate on business. -Monica, what business?

Devanir said that you have a gold mine in your hands...

but you're not seizing it.

The proposal is nice: the person consults you...

and you tell them their chart recommends a trip...

A trip to Cancun sold by a guy you met being robbed?!

So what?

We get a share. He'II give us 1 0%!

You can't even pay your father's hospital bills!

Are we hurting anybody? No! The person goes to Cancun...

Devanir makes a sale, and we get some money. Everybody wins!

Hi, what's up? How are you?

I can't read for you right now.

Can I wait inside? I won't get in the way.

Hilda...

it'd be good if you could travel on your birthday...

But I just got back from New York!

I'm talking about a beach, to recharge your energies...

Teca, I'm a Iittle embarrassed to tell you this... but I Iied!

I Iied about the year I was born. Does it make any difference?

-It's a disgrace and an injustice... -Son of a bitch!

You know you're a son of a bitch!

What I don't get is how a son of a bitch Iike you...

can be such a son of a bitch!

Good evening, Mr. An�bal. How's it going? Happy to see me?

-Stop brown-nosing me! -Are you in a bad mood?

Let's check your pulse.

This riff-raff is doing whatever it wants with the country!

There's no evidence that Evajom is corrupt.

He should be in jail!

It's all been over runby this scum!

I can't take it anymore. It's this mob...

they should be restrained, not me.

Easy, Mr. An�bal!

Keep them behind bars! Enough with the impunity!

Where the fuck is the justice? This is Nobody's Land!

-Take it easy, Mr. An�bal! -Calm down!

Without this in your vein you die! You wanna die?!

He is a jerk! After all he did to your mother!

-Helena died because of him... -Ad�lia, don't start!

-Don't approach or talk to him! -He is my father!

Okay, don't deny him any help, but do not talk to him!

-Don't talk to him... -I shouldn't have said anything.

Yes, you should!

I'm your mother. I raise you Iike my own daughter.

If your mother were here, she would...

tell you that this man Ieft you when you were a Iittle girl...

and he never Iooked for you or your mother...

Not this again!

He's a son of a bitch who doesn't deserve your consideration!

Hi.

Hello there!

I'm your neighbor, I've just moved in...

Not mine, honey. I don't Iive here.

What a pity! Teca!

-Hi... -Hi!

How do you do?

My name is Gil. I'm your next door neighbor.

I'II be making some noise with the saw and the hammer...

and I'd Iike to apologize for that.

That's okay.

AII right...

Thanks.

He was all over you!

Give me a break!

And it was a delivery, straight to your front door!

This one... you gotta eat!

I won't read the cards today, Luis. I read them yesterday.

You're becoming too dependent.

Besides, I gotta send this to a company, finish my column...

I can sit on the couch. I'm writing some stuff, too.

Are you hungry?

Do you want to eat something?

-Thanks, Z�. See you tomorrow. -See you! Thank you!

Hi.

Hi.

I told two you days' worth of noise...

but the job won't end! Sorry!

-You're being very patient. -Don't worry.

I can't even invite you in for some coffee...

-all I've got are tools and paint. -Would you Iike some coffee?

-Do you take honey? -What?

In the coffee.

-Sure. -I don't have any sugar here.

Thanks.

When will you be moving in?

Four to five days, tops.

-Is it bad? -No. It's great.

It's decaf barley. I don't drink much coffee.

No, it's... it's good!

I've got some fiber cookies. Would you Iike some?

No, not that stool!

Sorry, I should've warned you! Are you okay?

It was nothing.

It's broken. I should've thrown it out...

-I'II fix it for you. -Don't bother. I'm so sorry.

It's no bother. I'm a carpenter. I make tables, chairs, stools...

-And what do you do? -Me?

I read the stars...

sometimes.

It all happened very fast.

The guy was crossing the street and fell down in front of my car.

I'm a nurse, I should've helped him.

It could be a robbery, who knows?

I just maneuvered the car and left.

In my case... Well, everybody condemns her past...

but everyone has a past like hers or worse...

I don't care what about she's been or is...

I ask her to stop, but she won't listen to me.

But I like her, so we keep it going.

I got home yesterday and caught my husband in bed with a guy.

We've been married for 22 years.

I've never could've though the was a queer.

I lost it, I beat the crap out of him...

Out of both of them, actually.

He was a macho man. No-one would've said otherwise.

He even had a mustache!

Sometimes I feel weird, but it goes away.

Just to think of where I came from...

the hole I was Iiving in, and getting here in S�o Paulo...

That's a victory in itself!

If I had been born rich, white, it would've been much better.

But things Iike that don't happen for people Iike us.

My father kicked me out of the house.

In church, people called me a fag...

I almost told him that the priest was the first one to abuse me.

And if I was a fag, the priest was the one to blame. But I kept quiet.

I've been beaten with belts, sticks, all that.

I've Iived on the streets, almost died, but I'm here:

-alive and full of faith! -Keep your faith, Josi.

Things will get better.

You'II find fortune on your journey.

Josi, there's a star shining down on you.

A star...

shining down on me?

-Hi! -Hi.

-Who is it? -Our neighbor.

Teca, this is Lydia, my wife.

-Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you, too.

You brought us champagne. That's so nice of you. Thank you.

-It's to toast the new house. -Thanks.

Come in. Drink some with us.

No, this one's for you two. To celebrate.

Going out again, son?

-I'm going to work. -But at this hour?

Ask to start earlier. This city is so dangerous.

-Don't come back Iate, please! -Don't start, mother.

-Do you have your I.D.? -Yes.

With the address written on a piece of paper?

-What a drag, mother! -Euz�bio...

your father was almost buried in an unmarked grave!

Ah, mom... bye!

AII right, do whatever you want...

but don't Ieave without asking for my blessing.

You done yet?

Gimme my bass, man! Hand it over!

Don't worry, Gabriel.

I'II take good care of your bass. I'm doing it already. Look!

You're making an awesome deal, man. This bass is new!

If I wasn't out of a job, I'd never sell it to you.

I'II buy it back. Wait and see!

At the same price? Do I Iook Iike an idiot?

You're a jerk that is exploiting me 'cause I'm broke.

Give me more money! I'm gonna take it back!

Mother!

Isadora? I'm home!

Hi, son.

It's so Iate. Have you eaten?

Yeah... What about you?

Feeling better?

Do you want me to make you something?

No... I'm okay. I've just got a Iittle migraine.

Good night.

Then we get there...

people all over us, interviews and photographs...

Josi and Bi� bringing prestige to the party of the year...

with their prestigious presences...

jaws dropping wherever they pass!

Maybe we bump into the right person...

and get taken straight to prime time TV.

I'd sure Iove to be a talk-show hostess.

A friend of mine knows a guy whose cousin did Madonna's video!

Really, Bi�? Call him up!

You bought stale bread!

Careful with your fake tooth!

Do I send Davi a text message?

You're so into this guy from Argentina...

-who couldn't care Iess for you! -Montevideo is not in Argentina...

-And where is it? -Montevideo is...

-Montevideo is in... Montevideo! -That's poor people talk.

I'm going to Paris!

The marvelous Josi, in a Parisian castle...

dressed up in Gucci, from head to toe!

Here we go Gucci! Gucci, Gucci, Gucci...

Over there! A picture for "Fancy Filth" magazine!

Lady, for God's sake, help us. My daughter is very sick...

-she needs a doctor. -I'm so sorry...

-we can't help you here. -I just need a doctor!

-What happened? -She's running a high fever.

It's okay. I'II deal with it. Follow me.

You can go in.

-Hi, good evening. -Good evening!

It's Bi� and a guest.

Sorry, your name's not on the Iist.

Easy! PIease?

Screw you!

-I thought she was going to die. -Yeah, she gave us a scare!

What's your name again, Doctor?

Jango, but everybody knows me as Shade.

And I'm not a doctor. I'm a nurse.

Shade...

Thank you so much, Shade.

Take this. That's all I have.

Keep it for the medicine.

Gil told me you're an astrologer.

Can we talk a Iittle?

Thanks for seeing me now. It's an emergency.

I'm going through a...

Tell me something... this is Iike going to the doctor, right?

-Like a priest? -What?

It's confidential, right?

What we say won't Ieave this room. It's a secret...

-you won't tell anybody? -Sure, it won't Ieave this room.

I am... there are a Iot of things that...

No, everything is okay, but...

I don't know how it happened but I'm seeing a guy...

and we're obsessed with each other and it's crazy, totally crazy...

Gil doesn't know anything.

It's not working.

Sometimes I get mixed up and nothing happens.

I'm not well and neither are you, nothing happens.

Sometimes you feel Iike you've been hit by a truck.

-I feel Iike that every day... -I don't get you, Luis!

You're young, handsome, healthy, but always depressed...

you're so disenchanted.

And I never see you making any effort to change.

What's that?

What?

-That on your arm? -Nothing.

-I fell down and cut myself. -Luis, Iet me see your arm!

-You're gonna get on my case now? -Luis, show me your arm!

-Leave me alone! I'm going home! -I'II never read for you again.

What's wrong? What's gotten into you?

Why do you come here if you don't trust me?

I don't trust you? You're the only one I trust in my Iife!

I don't know what else to do. You gotta Iook for someone else.

-I can't help you. -Nobody can.

The world doesn't revolve around you, man!

There are billions of people with problems much bigger than yours!

But you Iove your problems...

you cling to them and don't want to trade them for anything!

You Iove to pity yourself! Wake up, Luis!

If you don't want to help yourself, go and help someone in need...

do something for other people!

You want some tea?

As you said...

he started coming to your house...

for star chart reading and tarot...

and, with time, he became more and more dependent...

-No! That's not what I said. -Of course not.

The facts did.

You're some kind of fortuneteller.

I'm an astrologer.

This business of fortunetelling...

cards, horoscope...

there's a bunch of suckers...

I mean, a Iot of people, in good faith...

paying a Iot of money to hear about the future...

but it seems that your premonitions...

aren't really seeing into the future very well.

Did you say anything, professionally, of course...

that might have influenced him to jump?

I've made some coffee, some tea for Teca...

Thanks, Celeste.

I don't want to be in the way.

I think I'm going to bed.

Do you want me to turn off the Iiving room Iight?

PIease do. Just Ieave the hallway Iight on.

-Good night. -Good night, Celeste.

Ad�lia, did I have any chance to save this kid?

I don't know, Teca.

Everyone comes to me for answers:

I'm tired of interfering with people's Iives.

-How can I decide for others? -Do whatever you can.

Listen to your heart and do it.

-Hi. -Hi!

I'm very sorry for what happened.

If I can help with anything...

Anything...

whatever you need.

Thanks.

There you go. It was just a Iittle sting.

You see? A Iittle Iove and it's gone.

-And this fag to top it all off... -Don't talk Iike that, Mr. An�bal!

Why don't they give mea female nurse?

We had Edith, remember? But you sent her away.

You call that a woman?

The women that I had... you don't know, Rafael.

What I miss the most is that skin...

that scent...

a woman's scent!

I was crazy about them, really crazy.

I Iost everything with women, gambling too, but...

AII right, now turn around for the hygiene.

I Iiked sambas; I would sing and they went crazy for me.

Beat again

My heart

For summer is over at last

There you go. A fresh new diaper!

I spent my Iife surrounded by women...

and I had to end up with a fag wiping my ass.

Ah, not again!

Get these brats our of here, for God's sake! Out!

Charter to Cancun. Excellent choice!

Going to Cancun alone?

What a waste! What's your name?

Well, it's not for me actually it's for my mother.

The package to Cancun is for your mother?

Yeah. Make it out to Isadora Silveiro.

You're paying in cash? Great gift, huh?

Is it her birthday?

No, it is just that she's a Iittle...

she needs to be happy.

Devanir, no! PIease, stop! No!

I don't wanna do it in the car anymore.

We're Iucky we haven't been robbed a second time!

I'II keep my eyes open!

What are you gonna see from down there? Sit up!

If you want, we can go to my house.

It's too far away, Monica, we have to cross the whole city.

-So, Iet's go to a motel. -Then it'II get Iate and Selma'II...

be suspicious if I get home at dawn.

You had to be married, huh?

Tell her you're going out for some beers. We'II be quick!

You gotta enjoy a motel! A quick trip's not worth it.

I'm not worth it, Devanir?

Of course you are, princess, you're worth everything...

but at a motel you gotta use the Jacuzzi...

enjoy the comfort, right?

In Cancun we'II have Iuxury:

a bathtub with golden taps...

a master suite, a vibrating bed...

I'm gonna Iick you all over!

No, no, Devanir, no!

I could be in Montevideo with Davi.

What kind of Iove is this? You spend a fortune calling him...

-and he won't even call you back. -And what about you?

You're a total prude and won't even drink beer because of the church!

-What are you gonna do in heaven? -It's true, Rafa.

What kind of religion is this where you can't even give it up?

You two are so not spiritualized.

I don't know how you can take it, Iiving in that death trap...

around all those sick people... I'd be so depressed!

So what if Gil's married? Everybody cheats on everybody...

even in corporations, honey, they fuck each other in the bathroom!

They're rustic.

I cheat on Rog�rio with Devanir, he cheats on Selma with me...

Rog�rio cheats on everyone 'cause he's no saint...

Only Selma doesn't cheat 'cause she's a big prude.

What's this?

Whose key is this?

Saint George Hotel?

Room 203?

Can you please explain this to me?

You need to see a doctor. I'm taking you to the hospital!

No!

They're gonna commit me again, I don't wanna go...

Easy, nothing bad is gonna happen to you.

I won't Iet it happen. You need help.

Leave me alone! I wanna be Ieft alone!

Rafael, it's Teca. It's an emergency.

Do you know a doctor you can trust?

I saw his hand shaking.

Well, he drinks a Iittle.

Rafael, a nurse who drinks?!

Don't worry, he's got a gift... He can heal people, it's amazing!

It's Iike he channels a doctor. Everyone respects Shade.

It was an induced abortion.

She harmed herself pretty bad. She could've died.

Is she safe now?

Thank God, yes, but she needs time to recover.

Well, there's nothing else I can do.

Teca, it's none of my business, but...

did you see the cuts on her belly?

What's going on with these kids?

Mandela once said that "You are not Ioved because you are good...

you are good because you are Ioved"!

I saw them from the window...

I looked at the street and then I saw...

that couple...

seeing the two of them there...

happy, together...

I started feeling this agony, anxiety...

Iike everyone's happy, except me!

It made me angry, you know?

A friend of mine shared a quote by Nelson Mandela that says:

"You're not Ioved because you're good...

you're good because you're Ioved."

I've never been loved, not really.

I'm so...

I'm so lonely.

But we are all bound somehow, Walkiria...

everyone is connected...

nobody is alone...

even when we think that we don't belong...

even when you don't have anyone to turn to.

Everybody needs everybody.

We need each other more than we can imagine.

And sometimes a simple gesture, even if anonymous...

makes all the difference.

I'm gonna buy this handbag. Even if I have to kill myself...

I'm gonna buy it.

Are you crazy, sista? Buy a fake one that Iooks the same.

Everyone's got the fake one...

I'm already fake enough!

You couldn't afford one with 2 years' salary.

I'm gonna buy it! Wait and see!

Then you can be the fanciest store clerk at your trashy mall!

I wanna be alone.

I brought some soup and antibiotics.

You gotta take them every six hours.

Who the fuck are you? Social Services?

-Who sent you? My grandmother? -So, you've got a grandmother?

I don't even know. Maybe the fucker's already dead.

Fuck it! We're all fucked in this fucking world!

The world is what you make of it.

Psh, I'm in no mood for a Iecture, okay?

Moral Iesson, I'm out.

Who are you? What do you want?

I wanna give you some soup.

You need fresh air in here.

Where are my cigarettes?

-Your name is Julia. -What the fuck?

Did you Iook through my stuff?

Who gave you permission?!

You took my money!

Don't forget to take the medicine.

I called you before! My name's Maria. I called...

I asked you whether I should have an abortion or not...

I was gonna do it, the guy was gonna let me pay in installments...

but he gave me the price and I couldn't afford it.

And now I have this huge belly and I don't know what to do.

I'm so broke...

I need some Lotto numbers quick, so I can win something...

or any another kind of game! It could be the Lotto...

it could be horses, anything. I just need to win some money!

T en to midnight, and it's cloudy in the city of S�o Paulo.

Next caller... Is anyone there?

-Hello, who's there? -Isadora, my name is Isadora.

I've never called a radio show before.

Go ahead, Isadora. I'm Iistening.

I'm not gonna make it!

I...

I don't want to go on...

only for him, Gabriel, my son, otherwise...

I can't take it anymore!

Sometimes I feel so desperate!

I don't care about anything else!

Hello, Isadora?!

We got disconnected.

Locate the call!

-We got disconnected! -Locate the fucking call!

-What's gotten into you, Teca? -Can't you see that these people...

are suffering for real while we're here selling this shit...

-they're out there and they need help? -This is a radio show, honey...

not a healing center...

-and this shit pays our salary! -Find this woman, now!

-I'm trying. -I wanna know who she is...

I wanna know where she Iives!

Bi�, put some music on.

You find this woman, you hear me?

-What's gotten into her? -Who knows...

AII I know is that by tomorrow...

I'II be off to Cancun, away from all this stress!

Superstar Monica Tavares...

basks in Iuxury with her new Iove, the millionaire Devanir...

and I'II tag along as a slave, scrubbing both your backs!

-Hello? -Teca...

Sorry to call at this hour, but I need to get this off my chest.

Do you have some time? I'm gonna tell you everything.

Germano, if you hire a lawyer to sue me...

Just a second, Teca.

George Augusto, my son, are you gonna go out again?

Did you hear me, George Augusto?

George Augusto, did you Iike your new shirt, son?

Are you Iistening, George Augusto?!

I was gonna suffocate if I didn't talk to somebody.

It's an emergency now.

I feel Iike I'm gonna explode, I don't know...

-Lydia, what did you take? -Nothing!

I'm sober.

I mean, I drank a Iittle bit, just to relax...

This thing that's going on... it's too strong, really strong...

-I'm going on a trip with Eduardo. -On a trip? Where?

No! We're not really Ieaving! We're not.

I want, he wants...

we want to be Iocked up together somewhere.

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna be away for a while.

Did you fuck Mila? Is she hot? How was it?

She does everything, dude! And what an ass!

But I already dumped her. I don't want her on my case.

Look at that fucking tranny.

Fucking trash.

-Wanna do her? -Do her, dude?

Look at this princess! Were you waiting for us?

The night is promising. Would you do us both?

-It depends. -For the price of one...

-'cause I just want a blowjob. -We gotta see if it's worth it!

Open your coat so we can check out the merchandise!

Let's see if you've got a pretty face.

Show us your ass, come on!

Let's see your Iittle face...

Let go of me!

Get off me!

Leave me alone!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Help!

Stop it!

Stop it! Get off me!

Don't hit me!

Wait here, please.

-She's taking me away! -You're dreaming, Mr. An�bal.

Am I gonna die at night? I don't wanna die at night.

-Who said you're gonna die? -Don't Iet me die today!

You think I'd waste this if you were gonna die?

You see this? Turn around.

Now you'II feel better. The pain will go away.

Easy.

Relax.

-It's raining. -A storm.

I've made a mistake...

Helena and the Iittle girl...

my daughter...

she paid for her parents' sins.

She paid for her parents' sins.

I know, Lydia. You've gotta go, for your own good!

I will! Haven't I said that already?

But I wanna be alone. Don't Iook for me. I need to be by myself.

I need to be alone for a while, okay?

That's okay, Lydia, I get it!

Don't Iook for me. Do not Iook for me!

I'm very sorry.

You can spend some time with her before they perform the autopsy.

They're gonna do an autopsy?

Where did she go

The city I knew

And everything that was mine

I had a ground, had a sky

And now I don't even know Where I am

You left me with empty streets

And an empty house

Left a wound

Still so much I wanted to say

But it's too late

Where did everything go

Where did you go

And me Where do I go?

Where can I hide

From what happened?

Still so much I wanted to say

But it's too late

There's nobody home.

-Do you know if the woman... -Isadora?

She passed away.

-Passed away? -She was taken by the ambulance...

but was dead on arrival.

I'm taking care of her dog 'cause her son, Gabriel...

-he disappeared. -In this city so full of people

No one cares how you feel

No one wants to know

Julia, were you pregnant by Luis?

Luis?

I don't know anyone by that name.

It's a shame you didn't meet him.

Now it's too Iate. He's dead.

He died?

How did it happen?

How do you know? Who told you?

-It's a Iie! -Julia, you need to talk to me.

He wasn't supposed to die!

He betrayed me!

Is this your ring?

Damn it!

You took my blades! Where's my knife?

You took my blades!

They're here. You want them?

You wanna cut yourself?

Go ahead!

Wait!

I think you should keep his stuff.

I kept it, but it belongs to you.

I'm feeling kinda sleepy...

I had a dream Iast night...

We'II change the bandage Iater.

You need to...

I want you to bring me a woman.

Let's comb your hair...

Rafael...

I want a woman...

Give me a break, Mr. An�bal.

I had an erection...

I got a hard-on!

What kind of Ianguage is that?

I want you to bring me a woman.

This is a hospital.

This could be my Iast time...

Forget it, Mr. An�bal.

I just want to see her, naked, in front of me...

-just to Iook at her. -I'II give you some sleeping pills.

It's my final request, damn it!

An old man's Iast wish...

I just want to see her naked one Iast time before I die.

-Ad�lia, my father is dying. -He's dying?

I think we have to forgive the dying.

If I talk to him, I think I'II get rid of this burden inside me.

Pray for him, my daughter.

Pray and you'II feel relieved.

You don't need to talk to him.

What's the big deal, F�tima?

If I were a woman I'd do it. It's a kind of charity.

You've got some nerve! I should tell Dr. CI�vis.

-You don't get it. -No, you don't get it!

I'm a nurse, not a whore.

He could die any minute! It's just a matter of charity.

-Getting naked for charity? -He is dying!

-I'II do it! -Yolanda, are you crazy?

I see naked patients all the time!

-It's different, Yolanda! -What's the big deal?

Today you're here, tomorrow you're the patient! Who knows?

Hello?

Hi.

-Is anything wrong? -My father...

He Ieft us alone in the world.

My mother had to struggle, selling books.

When they Iocated me, I wanted to say: "So what? Screw him!"

I don't know what got into me.

Curiosity, I guess...

so I went there.

I found him unconscious at a cheap clinic... horrible sight!

I brought him here.

He doesn't know it. He hasn't seen me.

I don't know why I did it. I just don't.

He's your father.

I was eleven...

but I realized it on my 1 2th birthday. He didn't show up.

I waited for him, but he didn't show up.

Not the next day, or the day after that.

A week went by, then months, years.

My mother never explained it to me.

There was just his absence...

until I stopped waiting.

I don't even know if I stopped waiting.

-Are you cold? -No, I'm fine...

but you shouldn't be here.

Where's Lydia?

She checked into a clinic.

Apparently it's more serious than I thought.

I don't know exactly.

So many people...

so many stories.

And to think that each of us has a unique path...

Iike our fingerprints...

no two are alike.

But is everything written...

or can we make a change?

I'm sorry.

I hate guys that cheat on their wives.

I've always despised that!

You'd better go.

Now tell me... what about this?

Are we making a mistake now, changing the course of the stars...

or was this already part of our story?

If I ask...

Are the oracles gonna tell me to forget everything else...

and Iive this moment...

or to get up now, against my will...

and Ieave?

-See you tomorrow, senator. -I'II see you there.

Are you crazy?

What?

You could've caused a fucking accident!

What's with you, man? Why do you care?

Why do I care?

You don't give a shit if you kill a bunch of people?

Nice attitude! Fuck everyone else!

You're a great person!

Are you gonna keep walking all night?

What do you care?

I'm tires, hungry...

-What do I care? -What do you care? I know!

Shit, I need to feed my dog!

You got a dog?

I gotta go back there.

I don't wanna go back.

I made this for you.

How beautiful!

Lydia gets back tomorrow.

Were you starving to death, Sketch?

Can I take a shower?

Sure.

I'm Ieaving a towel for you.

Wanna join me?

Do you wanna get in?

Come on.

Gabriel, Iet's eat?

Today is the first time, in a Iong time...

that I don't feel sacred.

You know that anguish that comes with fear...

a feeling that nothing's worth it?

I do.

Some things are still worthwhile. I think they are.

Help, please. This woman is giving birth. Go get help!

He knows, he works in a hospital.

I'm just a nurse! She needs a doctor.

Help me.

So many places to do this, why here?

Easy!

-Her water broke, Rafa! -I gotta wash my hands.

There's no water!

It's coming out, Rafa! I can see the head!

Breathe, Iike that, breathe. Push, push, that's it!

Push again, during the contraction. Again, again, that's it!

Push, push...

It's a Iittle girl, guys! It's a girl!

BIessed be God our Lord! Son of a bitch, she was born!

-Oops, no offense miss! -It's a girl!

What's your name, girl?

Maria.

And have you chosen a name for her?

Keep it Maria!

I don't wanna see her.

She's healthy. There's nothing missing.

Throw her away!

-Are you crazy, girl? -It's your daughter, Maria.

Throw her in the garbage, for God's sake!

Throw your baby in the garbage?

Leave her on the curb. Someone'II find her.

-I can't afford to raise her. -She's your daughter, Maria!

Get out of here! Throw her away. Get out!

Get out! Out! Out...

Let's go, Rafa.

Well, I think we're gonna Ieave her with you!

No, no, no... No way!

If I bring this kid home, my wife will castrate me.

I can't!

Oh, my God, Iight my way! Light my way!

So, what are we gonna do?

Euz�bio of God!

Who's that child?

Well, mom, I got stuck with it.

A kid?! You got a girl pregnant?

Mother of God!

Euz�bio, she is so beautiful!

-But... it's a newborn baby?! -She was born today, mother.

Mother Mary you've heard my prayers! Mercy on us, sinners!

This is a blessing, my son!

-And where is she? -Who?

Euz�bio, I'm not a "square".

I can accept a child out of wedlock.

But it wouldn't hurt you to marry her, would it?

Get married and bring her home son, bring her!

This is my dream come true, I'm a grandma.

Thank you God AImighty!

Lydia, I can't see you anymore.

Oh, no, Teca! I really need to talk to someone.

I can refer you to somebody.

-Hi. -Hi!

-Is Lydia here? -Yes, she is, come in.

I just want to Ieave you the key. I'm Ieaving.

No, I was just Ieaving, too.

-So, we'II talk Iater, Teca. -AII right.

Wow, how beautiful!

Where did you get this?

I made it for her. Let's go?

You? You two saw each other while I was away?

We saw each other.

-We didn't see each other. -We saw each other.

Of course! I'm so dumb!

That's why you don't wanna see me anymore.

It's obvious! Did you fuck?

-No! -Don't talk to me!

Teca, I trusted you and you betrayed me!

-Fuck! You told him everything! -I didn't say a word.

Didn't tell me what? What's going on here?

I don't know. I thought it was something, but it's not.

Let's get this straight, guys.

What didn't she tell me, Lydia? Who's cheating on who here?

Don't go pointing fingers when you're the cheater...

Giving her gifts and fucking her behind my back!

You're just accusing me to cover it up!

-What was she gonna tell me? -I wanna stay out of this.

-I don't wanna get involved... -Go ahead, and tell him!

Lydia, you're the one who should tell him!

-What has she told you? -That doesn't matter...

what matters is what "you're" gonna tell me!

I need to breathe. You're suffocating me.

-Don't touch me! -Why don't you two go home...?

Take your hands off me!

Take your hands off me!

And you...

you knew something, but didn't say anything?

-I have nothing to do with this. -You've got everything to do with it!

I trusted you and you were here seducing him...

It wasn't her...

it was me!

He's a fucking con man, Teca!

I signed some papers thinking they were for my visa.

Thank God the people from the Federal Police realized...

that I was stupid that the agency didn't belong to him.

They're tracking him down. Devanir disappeared in Cancun.

Never to be seen again.

And me, by myself...

with no money to pay for the hotel...

people knocking on the door, threatening me.

That's why I say: women always get screwed.

Teca, you don't need to talk to your father. You forgive him...

Why do you hate him so much, Ad�lia?

Did you guys have an affair? Were you in Iove with him?

-Don't talk nonsense, girl. -The hate you feel makes no sense.

Don't talk to me Iike that!

I raised you. Your mother and I brought you up.

She and I, not him.

Helena and I, together! We suffered...

we went through hell to...

Teca, you were the best thing that happened in our Iives.

Ad�lia, I'm not sure I follow you...

I want you to tell me what you have to say...

whatever it is.

Now I'II get this weight off my heart.

The truth is that your father didn't Ieave for another woman.

He Ieft when he found out...

that Helena Ioved me.

She Ioved me, not him.

Ever since we taught together.

We found ourselves alone, having to raise you...

with no one to help us...

he threatened to take you from us.

-He wanted to keep me? -Son of a bitch, jerk!

He threatened us, and then he disappeared.

He never sent a penny for your education. Nothing!

My mother could have sued him.

Your mother would have been persecuted, Iost her job...

or even gone to jail.

You have no idea how difficult it was. How difficult it is!

But at that time, it was worse!

Getting divorced was already a scandal...

imagine a woman announcing her Iove...

for another woman?

Prejudice is a terrible thing.

That's what killed Helena...

the prejudice.

After Helena died...

I died as well.

But I had you.

You made me go on.

Because of you, I was able to keep going.

Years Iater...

I met Celeste.

-She helped me a Iot. -You and Celeste?

For over 20 years now.

Nobody knows.

We're very... discreet. No one suspects.

Daughter...

forgive me.

"We Iose gestures...

Iove Ietters...

Iuggage, relatives.

We lose voices, cities, countries...

best friends.

Lost romances, lost objects...

stories are lost.

We lose what we were and what we wanted to be.

We lose the moment.

But there is no loss.

There is only movement."

I wish I could speak to him so much.

Speak. He can hear you.

Father...

Helena...

Father, it's your daughter, Teresa.

Hey, you!

Hey, punk, wait up!

Oh fuck!

What have you done?

Damn it! The guy is dying.

Fuck! He had to cross right in front of the bullet!

-He must be a criminal! -He's not carrying a gun!

Listen to me... The guy's a criminal.

Jango Ferreira da Silva.

He is a nurse...

you are screwed.

Not anymore.

Go fetch some newspaper to cover the body...

and Iet's Ieave it for the police.

But first, we pray...

for his soul.

That's it. Breathe with me...

breathe...

breathe.

No fear...

Father, go without fear.

I'm calling to thank the person...

who saved my daughter from drowning...

I thank this person so much. If it wasn't for her...

my daughter would be dead. Thank you.

I don't know who you are or what your name is.

I'm calling to thank you. God bless and keep you! Forever!

And when she grows up, what are we going to say?

That we are what?

Don't know, J�. That we are what we are, period!

What do I tell her? That my name's Josialdo?

She won't even Iike me. She's gonna be ashamed of me.

Why ashamed?

She'II go to school...

And her classmates will see us together...

she'II be ashamed of me. It's better if I don't show up.

Nonsense, J�.

The world's gonna be so different by then.

By then the world will have changed.

Cidinha will see things with other eyes.

We're getting divorced...

but Lydia disappeared.

She must be with that fucking drug dealer.

The guy is a drug dealer?

She's killing herself, and there's nothing I can do.

As you would say, she's fulfilling her destiny.

Sometimes I feel Iike asking your stars what I should do.

You always say you don't believe in that stuff.

Rationally, I don't.

But, who knows?!

AII that space in the universe must be good for something.

Do you want me to read for you?

Put your hand here.

-What do you want to know? -I'm very involved with you...

but at the same time, I have to go away.

I've accepted that job in the Amazon.

I thought it was time to go...

but I'm not so sure anymore.

Choose!

it will bring you a Iot of success...

You have to go.

Your paths are opening up.

It'II be really good for you.

And what about us?

Would it have been good?

It would have been a mistake.

"The Sign of the City"!

-Next caller. -Go ahead.

-Hello? -Hi.

This is the first time I call a radio show.

It's been a month since I last spoke to her and...

I don't know... maybe the stars don't want this...

the universe... I don't know if it's all been written...

but I think that, when you truly want something to happen...

you can change the course of things...

don't you agree?

If that star

Shines for us

Can it also hear

My voice?

And aid my journey

Through

The dark night

That is unfolding

What sets my path

Is it my choice

Or is there a map somewhere

That someone's holding?

Wherever you are

Look to the sky

And your star will guide you

Where you need to go

Whatever happens

Or comes your way

You have your star

To thank

More than you know