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You can fold it now.

What hospital?

Central.

You leave water for Mandarim?

Yeah, I did.

First thing tomorrow I'll go to the umbanda center.

I'll feel better right off.

Some kind of fatality, is it?

The same as always.

Prepare for dialysis.

What's your full name?

Daniela Ramalho da Silva.

Francisco Cícero Ramalho da Silva.

You remember her case, don't you doctor?

Chronic kidney disease, she lost her left kidney.

I remember.

What do you think?

We can talk with test results in hand, to compare.

Just check her in for the time being.

Full name, Adelaide?

Adelaide Lopes Barbosa.

How old are you?

36.

36 years old. Civil status?

Single.

Single.

There's no chance of a vacancy in the female infirmary.

And even if there was, Dr. Arnaldo wouldn't let her stay there.

Want me to look for a vacancy in another hospital?

With an ICU, better facilities? She'll be needing them, Pedro.

No.

No, Do Carmo, thanks anyway.

She doesn't want to stay here with me, no way she'll want another hospital.

Address?

Street 868.

No, no, no.

Take it easy.

I came myself to get you ready to leave.

Now?

Isn't it late?

This is the only time I could give you a decent goodbye.

Isn't the doctor going to give me any prescription?

Just wash it with serum, time will take care of the rest.

How am I supposed to leave now, this way?

I'll give you money for a cab.

Will you give me your number?

I don't think it'd be a good idea.

I thought we could meet on the outside.

I'll see you around.

Get up.

I'm not going to stay here, Pedro.

This is the only vacancy in the hospital.

If this is the only one then there's no place for me.

You're in no condition to go home.

I'm not going to stay in the men's ward.

You're drunk, that's the least important thing right now.

Fuck! Let me sleep, dammit.

Stay here until the test results come,

then I'll have you transferred to the female infirmary.

No, I'm going home and you can tell me the results tomorrow.

You're going to stay here, what do you think?!

You don't take care of yourself, don't let anybody take care of you, you wanna die?

No!

But it seems that what I want makes no difference at all.

Wait.

Take your medicine.

Talk to the doctor about the tests, understand what is happening,

then we decide what to do.

I'm not staying with a bunch of men.

Hurry, come on...

Quick, watch it there...

Let me go, man, where's my wife? Where is she? Mary? Mary?

I'm here, I'm here.

Where is she?

I'm here, I'm here.

Get me out of here, shit! Mary?

Get me out of here, goddamit.

While we wait for a vacancy, you take your medication right here.

- But all that? - Two's enough.

- This place was empty! - What the fuck?

- Who brought you here? - None of your fucking business.

Get out of here, beat it, shit!

- They going to operate? - I don't know man. Leave me alone.

Can I take a look?

Get me out of here.

They're gonna kill me, get me out.

Get me out of here.

Get me out of here.

Mary? Mary?

Where's Mary?

The police can't come past this point here.

I'm going to get you out of here.

Wait there.

How bad's the pain?

Imagine the most beautiful woman you've ever seen.

Russian.

The greatest ballerina in the world, her name is Grusinskaya.

The theater is jam packed, everyone waiting to see her dance.

But where is she?

Grusinskaya's disappeared.

Back in her hotel room, the maid, her producer, all of them desperate.

Trying to find out what happened to her.

And then they see her at the door.

Still in her dancing outfit, with a butterfly on her shoulder.

She's tired, doesn't want to dance anymore.

Never again.

Her producer threatens her for breach of contract.

She doesn't care,

says she wants to be alone.

"I want to be alone."

That's all she wants.

Little does she know that right there, inside her room,

there's a crook in hiding, waiting to steal a pearl necklace.

This gonna take long to heal?

It depends.

Some people react one way.

I don't usually bring strangers home like this.

I'm no crook.

What happened?

A fight.

Seems like it was a fight in some bar.

One died during the operation, and the other escaped from the surgery ward.

- I haven't heard anything. - Didn't they call you to talk?

Why would they? I was off duty.

Yeah, but you spent the night here and this morning

your old lady was sleeping in the bed of the guy who escaped.

She was in the corridor, waiting for a vacancy.

I saw that nobody was using the space and put her there,

what's the big deal?

- You check the report chart? - Of course I did, there was none.

Fucked up situation, that's for sure.

Dr. Arnaldo won't let anything happen to you.

I'm so sorry.

What was he of yours?

My ex-husband.

The world's a violent place, it could have happened to anyone.

He deserved what he got.

I have never signed a patient's release just because they want me to.

Is there anything I can do to make you stay?

If you lick my ass everyday, I'll stay.

Just sign the same as on your record sheet.

Honey, I talked to the doctor.

There's nothing more he can do.

He didn't give us any hope at all.

You don't have long to live.

It'd be better if you stayed here, more humane.

Won't feel any pain.

- I'm used to pain. - I'll be by your side.

We can make the most out of the little time we have together.

Use it to learn how to get by on your own.

- You gonna change the bandage? - Not now.

How much you want to leave and not tell anyone I helped you?

500 reais.

Isn't that a lot?

Shouldn't be for you.

Lie on that bed in there and call me Greta Garbo.

If you want to think of someone else, you can,

but you gotta call me Greta Garbo.

Then I'll give you 200 reais and we'll call it quits.

What's your name?

I told you in the cab, don't you remember?

No, I don't remember.

Jean.

You must be one good fuck, Jean.

Pour me another.

- You'll get drunk like that. - Isn't that what you want?

What's so funny?

Your potbelly jumps up and down when you cough.

- I don't have no potbelly. - Just joking...

I know of a much better game.

Who's Greta Garbo?

An actress, the best of them all.

I thought it was some queer.

Don't be stupid.

Can I have another?

- This ain't no bar. - Just one more?

Your last, I don't like fucking drunk guys.

Good morning.

- You hungry? - Yeah.

- Want banana and milk? - Anything you got.

You can eat what you want.

- That all you're going to eat? - I don't like eating in the morning.

- You going out? - Yeah.

Can I wait till you get back?

I've already done too much, letting you spend the night.

You're too complicated for my taste.

Go into the room.

Fucking old faggot.

You got company?

I fell asleep watching "Grand Hotel", remember?

- Where Garbo plays the ballerina? - Yeah.

Ravishing, with that tormented face.

- Want some coffee? - No.

You're going to be needing medical assistance from now on, a hospital.

You know very well what I'm going to be needing from now on, Pedro.

No, no way, I won't have anything to do with that.

Chérie, I made this decision when they took out my first kidney,

and I'm not going to go jumping from one doctor to another,

being humiliated in hospitals,

just to be buried as some Jane Doe in the end.

I wouldn't let that happen.

Well, now that nothing is any use anymore,

I'm not going to prolong my life just to please you.

You took care of me my whole life, only because I let you,

out of pity, for you, not for me.

I'm counting on you to do what I want,

for you to do what I've decided.

D'accord?

Take care, man.

You and Genildo are the prime suspects of having helped that murderer get away.

I'd like to propose for you to assume the responsibility.

I'll fire you, you get all your rights as an employee,

you can petition for retirement, get a good lawyer.

And, because of your age, being a first-time offender, nothing will come of it.

But I didn't help anyone get away.

Neither did Genildo, he spent the whole night with me.

But I'd like to avoid something like that coming to the surface.

And why would I do something like that for you two?

For us, no, for you.

If not, you'll wind up being incriminated

and losing all the benefits I just offered you.

Well, then you'd best get ready for everyone to find out

that Genildo spent the night here screwing you.

I won't take that as a definite answer just yet.

Think about it, I know it was you.

People like us go to extremes to help out a friend.

What's your relationship with Francisco Cícero Ramalho da Silva?

We're friends.

- Otherwise known as Daniele, right? - Right, Daniela.

Is this person still checked in?

No, no.

- But he could confirm this information? - Of course, for sure.

Senhor Pedro, could you give me the telephone number and address of him,

her, this person that you brought in.

I'll bring her in whenever you want me to.

No, no, I need for you to give me her contacts, and yours too for that matter.

But why? Am I a suspect here or something?

I was off duty, attending to this sick person,

I don't even know what crime this guy committed.

Involuntary manslaughter for no reason.

He killed someone without a reason?

You talk to Daniela?

No, she comes by on Fridays.

I know, but she could have called, I don't know.

- She didn't call. Want another beer? - Yeah.

Who's that?

Ronaldo, doesn't come around very much. He's married, got a wife, kid, everything.

Keep this for me?

- Call me if Daniela calls. - Alright.

- Here, take mine, I'll let you. - No, thanks, buddy.

Come on, Ronaldo.

What?

Your name is Ronaldo, isn't it?

How do you know my name? Who are you?

- Call me Greta Garbo. - Call you what?

Greta Garbo, come on, alright, Ronaldo. Beat my meat for me,

that's it.

Faster, go on, and call me Greta Garbo.

Greta Garbo.

Go on, faster, shit, you faggot!

I want to be alone, I want to be alone.

Time's up, OK?

You gonna be using the room again tonight?

I'll be working till midnight. If I get a client, I'll give you a call.

You...

have to tell the cops that you were with me the entire night.

Yeah,

one good turn deserves another, isn't that right, you old faggot?

What did he do anyway?

Killed some guy.

What do you want from me?

Anybody with you?

No, I'm alone.

You should have gotten this stitched up.

It's deep,

gonna take time to heal.

Got one of those for me?

- Feeling better on a full stomach? - Yeah.

So you can leave then.

- I got no place to go. - That doesn't concern me.

You said you were gonna help me.

I'm not going to get into trouble because of someone I don't even know.

This is the money you gave me, I don't want nothing from you.

I just need to stay here one more night, please.

Forget the money.

If I gave it to you, it's because I didn't need it.

I want you to leave.

Take the money, pay for some room, do something.

I can't trust anyone anymore.

I want to be alone.

What's that name again?

Greta Garbo.

Greta Garbo.

Greta Garbo.

And for our next show,

I'd like for you all to give a big hand to the flower of Paraiba,

straight from the backcountry of Cajazeiras,

here to set the stage on fire,

Daniela Ramalho!

Beat on, beat on

old heart in my breast

you're used to be mistreated

at not having any rights

beat on, beat on, old heart

don't pay no mind let them talk if they want

because the only thing you take from this life

is the love we have to give

because the only thing you take from this life

is the love we have to give

Oi tum, tum, beat on old heart

oi tum go on and beat my heart

oi tum, tum, tum, beat on my heart

because it'll be a pleasure to die for love.

Oi tum, tum, beat on old heart

oi tum go on and beat my heart

oi tum, tum, tum, beat on my heart

because it'll be a pleasure to die for love.

The rivers all flow into the sea

and my eyes always brim with tears

the tears flow down my cheeks

from all the heartbreak and the sorrow

but my heart is only filled with love

real and true love for sure

And this is why we pine away suffer and cry my heart

dying a bit each day without realizing it

And this is why we pine away suffer and cry my heart

dying a bit each day without realizing it

Oi tum, tum, beat on old heart

oi tum go on and beat my heart

oi tum, tum, tum, beat on my heart

because it'll be a pleasure to die for love.

Oi tum, tum, beat on old heart

oi tum go on and beat my heart

oi tum, tum, tum, beat on my heart

because it'll be a pleasure

to die for love.

And so, how was it?

Great, like always.

I missed seeing you like that.

And why so glum?

I'm worried,

afraid of something happening to you.

But something is going to happen, chérie.

This thing you're doing,

I don't agree with it.

I'm scared, I miss you, I feel sorry for you.

I'm scared too.

So scared, I've never been so scared my whole life, Pedro.

Take me to your place, let me die there with you.

Jean is there, Dani. You wouldn't feel comfortable.

You think it's worth investing in something like that?

It's all I got right now, honey.

He already call you Greta Garbo?

From the very first time.

Go take a shower.

And then I'll change your bandage.

Let's do it later.

Why?

I'm feeling lazy.

I love your laziness.

But I'm leaving in a while to go to work.

Leave it for when you get back.

Take it easy on that, leave some for me too.

There's still a lot left.

I think you're exaggerating.

I'm totally screwed in this fucking city.

All I want to do is get high and hang out with my old cocksucker.

Don't call me old.

You don't get it, do you?

I'm just being affectionate.

You always this affectionate?

Yeah,

whenever I get high.

- What did you use to call her? - No way I want to talk about that.

What you want to talk about then?

Nothing, I just want to stay here where I am.

You can't hide here forever.

I've already told you, I didn't mean to do it.

He burst in, hitting Mary,

couldn't take it, she having left him for me.

I defended myself and look what happened.

Tell that to the cops, not to me.

And you think the cops are going to believe me?

They'll arrest me all the same.

I might not get off so easy either. I could be fired, arrested.

The only thing you're worried about is your own life, huh?

My life is all set up already.

And if I leave?

What about it?

What are you going to do if I leave?

Greta Garbo could have anyone she wanted,

but all she wanted was to be left alone.

Answer me, what if I leave?

I'll stay here.

You're going to wind up killing yourself with those pills.

No, no way,

I've got a lot of dreams to fulfill yet.

- And you have dreams, you old faggot? - Of course I do.

Like what?

My biggest dream is to belike Greta Garbo.

I'm talking about real shit, you jerk.

All you want is to fuck all the guys you meet.

Have you seen these pictures?

What are you showing me these for?

It was the guy the fugitive killed.

I hadn't seen anybody in that shape for a long time.

How is he?

Who you talking about?

Daniela.

Beating her head against the wall like always.

You didn't like it?

You got something to complain about?

Sit down, eat.

I saw the pictures of the guy you killed.

I told you already, I just defended myself.

41 stab wounds?

Is that what you call defending yourself?

What do you want me to do?

You want me to kill myself?

That I turn myself in to the cops and rot away my life in prison?

That's none of my business.

Yes, it is.

Of course it is.

You gave me a chance, and now you want to take it back.

I'm not going to call the cops.

I'm going out,

when I get back I don't want to see you around.

Daniela...

Give me a bath with cinnamon in the water.

You keep Mandarim?

I was hoping to take you to the hospital.

Let's get this over with.

If this is what you want, if it'll make you happy.

Happiness isn't always fun, Pedro.

Why do you want me to do this?

To see if you're ready to make it on your own.

Where've you been?

Around.

I was worried about you.

What are you going to do?

It's none of your business.

I have a right to know.

Who gave you that right?

I'm hiding you here in my house, I earned the right.

Take your rights and stick them up your ass.

- Where you going? - Makes no difference.

Don't you have everything you need here?

Ever since your first day here, I've done you nothing but good.

I thought you might kill me, but not like this.

Just calm down.

I do what I want, it's my house.

Big deal, a stinking dump full of fleas.

You were the one who brought in the stink and the fleas.

Here, eat.

Go take a shower to calm down, go on.

You're the one who needs a shower,

fucking-A, when you take off your shoes.

I take baths all the time.

I've never seen you take a bath since you got here.

You don't spend the day glued to me.

You spend the whole day sleeping.

I have something to tell you.

No need for you to ask me to stay.

You can stay.

Stay.

I got somebody downstairs who's gonna help me out,

she's being real nice to me.

And me?

What the hell am I being?

You're the best friend I've ever had.

This is Mary.

Get me a whiskey.

You drink?

Socially.

Put a bit of water in mine, please.

A bit of water in mine too, please.

- Aren't you going to drink? - No.

You're not being considerate to your fiancée.

She's not my fiancée.

He's great though, huh?

I feel obligated to compensate for the way you've helped him.

He does his best.

And you're a good-looking gal.

She's very pretty, Jean.

Mainly her hair.

You from here in Fortaleza?

God forbid. I'm from Belem, in Pará.

I have an accent because I lived in Santos for a long time.

In the port area, huh?

You like the movies?

Don't go much.

You like Greta Garbo?

Never heard of her.

Of course not.

Pedro.

Greta Garbo.

Stop it, Pedro.

Call me Greta Garbo.

Stop it.

You two think I'm stupid or something?

How long has she known you've been staying here?

You told me to leave.

You dirty old faggot.

You think you own him just because you've been fucking?

Sweaty hooker.

Why didn't you look her up from the first?

He was trying to protect me.

I asked him. Answer.

Enough of this bullshit.

We want five grand to get out of here.

The keys. Have a nice stay.

He's right, it's safer here.

I'll keep the money.

I thought you would have left by now.

I was waiting to say goodbye.

I'm not going to ask you to stay anymore.

I know a bunch of guys

who'd love meeting somebody great like you.

I'll give one of them your address.

No need for that.

Mandarim!