Stronger Than The World: The Story of José Aldo

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

STRONGER THAN THE WORLD

- Get closer. - Come on, bro.

MANAUS, 6 YEARS EARLIER Fuck.

Closer.

Closer. Speed up.

Lumber bashing!

You even broke it!

We got him, bro.

Now it's my turn.

Lumber, lumbering, lumbered

Hey, that's enough.

Look, check out that dude.

Get close to him, go. Go.

On his back, come on.

Hit him! Come on!

Get closer.

Lumber bashing!

Come on, man! What's wrong, Junior?

- Pepperoni pizza. - With no onions.

Not again.

Hi, Mrs. Ana.

Hi, son. How are you?

Do you have anything to treat cuts?

Why? What happened?

I just cut myself on a board.

A board? There's a splinter here.

Did you see your father?

- No. - You didn't?

- Ouch, mom! - It's not coming out.

- Hi. - Do you need any help?

No, no. It's just some medicines, it's not heavy. Thanks.

Mrs. Rocilene, I'm leaving, Okay?

Junior can take you home. Right, Juninho?

- Take her home. - Okay. It's on my way.

- No, Juninho. - Is that all you can say?

Yes.

I just came here to see the stars.

But it's cloudy tonight.

Thank you. I'll be right back with the money.

You're so stubborn. Stop it!

Hush, babe.

Let's go. Come on!

Let's go, Junior! Come on!

Junior, let's go!

Fuck off!

- I'm going to smash you! - Come on!

Fuck!

Run, man!

Wow. That's some hot pussy you got.

Go fuck yourself.

Bitch.

Don't drop the pizza.

Dude, I'm sorry, but...

What's up?

You're the second one this week.

This is an abandoned house. No one lives here.

They get the pizza and escape through the back.

They split, disappear...

Knock as much as you want.

- Don't fuck with me. - I have nothing to do with this.

I'll kill that motherfucker.

- Come on. - Give me the pizza.

Let's go.

The best pizza in Manaus.

The cheapest, you mean.

Marco Antonio, want an olive?

Son of a bitch! Fuck you.

Fuck off.

- I talked to Loro the other day. - What of him?

He's in Rio de Janeiro, picking up girls, going to the beach...

He must be sweeping floors and says he's the boss.

Sweeping floors my ass!

- He is living the life. - Where's the proof?

- He always invites me over. - You fall for that?

One day, I'll leave you all behind, you useless shit.

The girl loved her pet so much She cried and cried

The bird made a hole In its cage

And flew away, and flew away

Junior?

Junior?

What, dad?

Where's your mom?

She's not home yet. She's coming.

Have I... told you guys the story of the ox and the python?

- Yeah, dad. Like 300 times. - No.

- Nope. - Has he told you?

- No. And you? - No.

You haven't told us, Zé. Please tell us.

Everything starts in the river.

Yeah, in the river. The python stays there, still.

Quiet and calm.

And sometimes that thing

goes three, four weeks without eating.

But it's not hasty.

Then, the ox comes to drink some water,

and the python creeps up,

wraps itself around the ox, but not too tight.

No, not tight at all.

- It's caressing it? - Yes, it is!

- It's just wrapping it? - Yeah. And the ox is big and strong.

It fights as hard as it can.

The python takes advantage of that.

It tightens and tightens.

- And the python is smart. - Good evening, good evening.

- Hi, Mom. - Good evening, Zé.

Pizza again? This is wrong.

The boys are just having fun.

When I was their age, I was a lot worse.

Really?

The pizza is good.

- And how is he? - He's in bed, sleeping like a rock.

Mom, are you happy?

What kind of question is that?

You know, honey...

when your father is good,

he's actually great.

- And when did he start to hit you? - Stop it, for God's sake.

Not this early in the morning.

What is it, Juninho? Standing by the door...

Are you sleep walking?

Make coffee for your father, I'll wake him up.

Get through his defense. Get through it.

Put your leg on the floor. Come on, come on.

Break his defense.

Break his defense.

Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop it.

- It's not working today. - What are you laughing about?

Hey! Tone it down. Sit over there.

Hey! What the fuck is going on?

Here's the deal.

If you're not dedicated, this is useless.

No point in being talented if you don't have...?

Motivation.

Go fuck yourselves, motherfuckers. What do you need?

Motivation!

- There you go. Now I'm feeling it. - Master...

Can I go again?

Okay. You have ten seconds.

On my mark.

Guard up...

Are you ready? Go!

Come on.

Let's go.

Good, good...

Enough! Enough!

Enough.

Are you insane? Let him go.

Enough.

- Are you h u n? - No.

Are you crazy?

- What happened? - Oss, Master. Oss.

Don't you have any respect?

- Oss, Master. - Okay. Sit down.

I have class. I'm already late.

Juninho!

Come here, dude.

Come here.

Listen...

Why don't you and your dad come by the construction site?

They need more workforce.

Workers. Like a part-time job, you know?

Dude, I'm just saying.

See you there.

- Didn't I say I was in class? - I know. I'm sorry.

But there's something bugging me.

- I need your advice. - Fine, what is it?

I'm thinking about working with my dad at the construction site.

- Cool, that's great. - Really?

Yes, of course. Ajob is a job...

And with your dad... Go ahead.

Good luck. I gotta go back.

I'm so happy that you offered to come with me.

When we get there, I'll talk straight to the boss.

You know, Junior, when I was younger...

Much younger than you

I read this passage in the Holy Bible, when Saint Paul,

Paul, the apostle, told his disciples:

a day without work is a day without food.

I've never forgotten that.

A day without work ls a day without food

I'm telling you And this you will learn

Who said that? Saint Paul!

Excuse me. Good morning...

Hi, Mr. Zé. How are you?

- Fine, thank God. - Good.

- This is my son, José. - How's it going?

- Did you have coffee and rest, Mr. Zé? - Yes, I did.

I've got a question about the project execution.

Do you have the latest blueprint?

Let's go to the site so you can show me something. Let's go.

Yes, sir.

Here it is. What the fuck happened here?

Those are the urinals.

I know those are the urinals.

I'm asking if you think there's something unusual.

These are the urinals that you asked to be installed.

They are all there, installed.

I'm talking about these two, specifically.

- You've been drinking, haven't you? - No, sir.