Peacetime (Tempos de Paz)

'TIMES OF PEACE'

'NEW DIRECTIVES FOR PEACETIMES'

'I know there is a happy man in the world, they say he is in Brazil.'

- Are you Polish too? - No.

- What did you say? - No.

- 'Now?' - No...

But I know you... I just can't remember where from.

I have no idea what you are talking about. Excuse me.

I am positive I've seen you before. Who are you?

How could you possibly know who I am?

If now I am no one.

Look how beautiful it is!

Segismundo, phone call for you,

straight from 'high-up'.

Things are getting hairy here now.

Here is your National Correspondent bringing you the news:

And crowning his birthday celebration,

His Excellency the president, Mr. Getulio Vargas,

confirms the pardon to several convicts

who qualify to receive it. Sources from...

We'II have communists in our midst!

This has been a special edition of the National Correspondent!

Get a move on, Ratinho!

We must get rid of these files today!

Hello.

I thought you'd be far away by now.

What are you still doing there?

L'm waiting for new arrivals.

I see, but I wasn't expecting this.

It's been a while since you last called, Godfather.

I know, you have a lot of responsibilities, of course.

Is there anything I can still do for you?

Yes... Yes, l'm listening.

Is that an order?

Honorio!

I need you and Barbosa.

We must get hold of some paperwork...

- What do you mean? - Times have changed.

- What has happened? - These are times of peace!

AMNESTY!

What a nice gift from the president, huh?

A hair cut, a shave, a shower...

and fresh air.

And you guys wanted to overthrow the president.

Here's your release warrant. You're free.

It's the president's birthday, and you get the gift.

Go.

Go! Or would you like to stay here another 6 years?

Next!

L'm going... There's someone waiting for me.

Why don't you come with me? L'd like you to meet my wife.

Where are you going to go now?

Wait! Think it through before you do you want to do.

We're all human, we all make mistakes.

After these years here I've learnt that hands can save lives...

and also destroy them.

Forget all that.

You still have a life ahead of you.

A life.

Not this one. You stay here, understand?

You stay here.

- What is he saying? - I think.

- He won't let you stay. - Why?

You don't understand, I can't let my grandfather go without me.

Oh, dear God! He stays here, do you understand? Go!

You stay here. You stay here!

Next!

'Now'.

'No'.

'Now'.

'No'.

L'II never understand this crazy language.

You'II have to learn Portuguese.

You are going to live here.

L'II never learn it.

You're right.

Now no one will ever say 'no' again.

Segismundo!

This is quite heavy, isn't it, Mr. Segismundo?

Segismundo!

Go, go.

Segismundo!

You are acting strange, didn't you hear me calling?

What are you doing here at this hour?

Nothing, I came to see you.

Where are you taking all that?

It's best to go home.

Godfather talked to you.

I just came to see you, what harm can it do?

He talked to you, didn't he?

You shouldn't stay here.

What did he say to you?

Clausewitz, yes.

Yes, Sir.

Farmer?

Farmer?

'I won't be the poet of a decrepit world.

Neither will I praise the world of the future.

L'm bound to life, and I look at my friends.

They are morose, but they nurture great hopes.'

Carlos Drummond de Andrade!

'I won't be the poet of a decrepit world.

Neither will I praise...'

Oh dear, another wacko!

'...acts committed in the dead of night...'

It's him!

L'II handle this.

Come with me.

Stay here.

Keep an eye on him until my guys get here.

Right.

I have absolutely no regrets.

- Let's talk at home. - Will you listen to me?

No, no I won't!

Segismundo!

What is it?

- Got a visa? Is it here? - Right, here it is.

Take this, and leave it in my office.

L'II go check it. Go, go. L'II deal with it in a moment.

- Get in the car. - Aren't you coming?

- I have things to do. - What?

Get in the car!

Why won't you look me in the eyes anymore, brother?

I told you, get in the car, go on!

All right.

It's a man's world.

You always have things to do.

Where do I leave this? You've dismantled your office.

Leave it in the warehouse.

I think it will be a conversation that might require more freedom.

Shall we?

Sir! Sir! Sir! Where are you taking him?

- Sir! I want to know! - You've been discharged, ma'am!

Next, please!

Up.

Here. Here!

There.

It must be in here somewhere.

What is this a mess? You may sit down.

Sit...

Sit down.

Sit down!

You may.

On the chair. Sit...

What a pain in the neck!

How am I going to talk to the subject.

Subject, predicate, object.

Objects.

Do you speak Portuguese?

I see. A little.

That's better.

Look, we'II have to fill these forms.

Why have they changed the statement form again?

These people don't know what it is they want.

Federal District...

What is today's date?

April the 18th, 1945.

You speak Portuguese well, then?

Right, let's get this over with.

Federal District, today's date...

April the 18th, 1945.

Deponent's name...

- Your name? - Pardon?

Your name.

Segismundo.

Segismundo?

I was still a baby when my parents died.

L'II never know why I got this name.

Segismundo.

You know, that the name...

No, you won't be interested.

L'm not interested in it myself.

You really do speak Portuguese.

I do.

- Have you been here before? - No, never.

I see. And how did you learn Portuguese?

I studied... by myself.

After everything I went through...

during the war...

studying such an unusual language was good for me,

it made me forget.

L'm grateful to the 'x'.

I spent a lot of time studying the values of 'x'

in Portuguese.

How can you use in so many different ways

such a simple little letter?

Studying the 'x'

sometimes I could almost forget the war.

I could almost forget the cruelty.

And of course,

an employee from your Consulate in Manchester

lent me some books.

He also said 'no' to me many times.

Now I say it, 'no'.

- It was his job. - To say 'no'?

We can't issue an entrance visa to just anyone.

I was referring to the pronunciation.

'No'.

It's hard to say 'no'.

These nasal sounds in your language...