From Beginning to End (Do Começo Ao Fim) (Comeco)

I was born with my eyes wide shut.

Sure, everybody is born with their eyes closed.

But mine were closed so tight, they formed wrinkles.

I remained with my eyes closed for more than 2 weeks.

My mother, contrary to expectations...

didn't worry.

She always said that when I was prepared...

and when I was ready, I would open my eyes.

It was like this, in the very first days of my life...

I learned the true meaning of free will.

Francisco was used to that ritual...

but that day was different. While he stared at me...

through the thick, soundproof nursery glass window...

I without any reason...

opened my eyes, and looked straight into his.

Do you think it can swim?

- No! - I fooled you!

- I'm gonna throw him down! - No!

Take the slippers off.

Do you want it?

- What's his name? - Basta!

What a ridiculous name for a stuffed dog.

- Mommy chose it. - She was messing with you.

She told me it was an "appropiate" name.

It's "appropriate", Thomás! Come get me!

- Give me my dog back! - No way!

You two straight to the shower!

Lunch will be served in 15 minutes.

Rosa, take my dog away from him!

She can't. I'm faster than her.

- No you're not! - Yes I am.

And you won't catch me either! Look at this ugly dog!

- Give it back! - Come and get it!

Dad, get the dog from him!

You two are making a mess.

"FROM BEGINNING TO END"

Thanks for the cheese quiches, Rosa.

Besides all of you...

Rosa's cheese quiche is the thing I like most.

Really?

Alexandre said that the more you like coffee...

the more you like sex.

I'm not the one who says it. It's scientific.

- Really, Alexandre? - Really.

And how is that, Alexandre?

- Thomás, I am your father. - I know, Alexandre.

I have to go to the construction site.

Just another minute darling;

the boys haven't finished eating.

Eat one more quiche.

Quiche! Quiche!

Look at your brother swimming.

When I grow up I will swim as well as you.

I'll think about that.

What do you mean?

I'll see if I will let you.

I do anything my brother wants...

but first you have to learn one thing.

- What? - To breathe underwater.

- No! No! - Can you do it?

Boys!

You are taking a long time in the bath.

Take it easy, Rosa.

Yeah, take it easy, Rosinha.

Who is responsible for the mess in the bathroom?

- Not me! - Not me!

- And who is lying? - Me.

Two minutes to leave the shower!

- Take it! - Don't use that on my hair!

You're wasting it. Stop it!

You're making a mess!

I'm gonna throw it all over you!

There, now you can sleep like a baby.

I am not a baby.

Fine, but you can sleep like one. I have to exercise.

- But I want to watch. - So keep quiet.

Take this!

Who told you to mess with my backpack?

Jerk. Pile of shit.

"Jerk, pile of shit"?

You know what I'll do to you?

Stop screaming! Stop it!

- Mom! - Stop it!

- You know what I'll do to you? - No!

Stop screaming.

Antônio Carlos called to tell me the details...

of how "our president" left the government palace.

Really? And how did it go?

He said he was in the room when Collor asked the helicopter's pilot...

to fly above Brasília for the last time...

...before dropping him off at his house. - And?

And that the pilot answered he had strict orders...

to take him straight to his house.

Well done!

Darling, I've never heard you speak like this.

- No? - No.

But now you have.

How sexy.

You think?

Do you like to watch?

You like to watch.

Did you forget anything?

No, I didn't.

Look at this!

Look! Look! Your little friends are here.

Why don't they sing?

Do you think they're deaf and dumb like I was blind?

Some birds don't sing. And you were never blind...

you just didn't want to open your eyes.

I think I remember.

Impossible. Nobody remembers when they were one month old.

- I remember. - Impossible!

I remember. Period.

It's time to go to school.

Goodbye, boy.

Rosa, you won't let anyone put us in a cage, right?

- I won't let it happen. - Me neither.

Think fast!

Let's go, Julieta!

I'm coming, darling. Go get the car.

Let me give a little kiss on my two beautiful boys.

Thomás doesn't want to go to the swimming lessons.

Swimming is the best exercise for your health.

I'm going, I was just messing with Rosa.

They say that the happiest people

are the ones who do not need to make history.

The ones that make history, only emphasize...

the struggle for life through their doings...

that eternal conflict.

Many years later I understood that day.

My mother and father were happy.

Francisco and I too.

Hello?

Doctor Julieta, it's for you.

- It's from your sons' school. - Thank you.

Hello. Yes.

Can you bring them to the hospital?

Thanks, Elaine, I will be waiting for you.

Thank you, Ana.

He broke the tibia.

But it looks discreet. See?

- But we'll have to put a cast on it. - Is it going to hurt?

No, I'll give him a medicine, the pain will go away...

and the cast doesn't hurt.

I'll take good care of him.

- Thank you, Arthur. - No problem.

Didn't you say you wanted to have a cast?

Now you got it.

Now let me look at Tom Tom.

- Oh my... - Is it bleeding a lot?

No, you're almost good.

Thank you.

- I don't like blood. - I know.

Mommy will put a bandage, and you'll be alright.

Is there going to be a scar?

No, there will be no scar, sweetie.

- You promise? - I promise.

What happened?

It was during the break. The other boys...

- Fight? - Yes.

Thank you for your kindness, Elaine.

I'm sorry for this.

I have to see another patient.

I'll take them home afterwards.

Ok. Bye, Julieta, bye, kids.

Mommy will see another patient...

and you'll stay quietly here. Claudia will be with you...

that nurse you two like. Ok?

- I'll take care of him. - You'd better.

Take care.

It belongs to mommy. Here, can you hear?

- Yes. - It's my heart.

Can you hear it well?

Let me hear. Place it in my heart.

You scared me!

Here, listen to my heart.

- Can you hear it? - Yes.

It's strong.

- It's right here, isn't it? - Yeah.

How is my firstborn?

I wish I could take this cast off soon. It's itching a lot.

Only a few days more. Is it getting annoying?

Now it is. But at first it was fun!

That's the way it is in life.

Everything has two sides.

What do you mean?

The good side and... the other.

- Is everything like this? - Almost.

Sometimes we choose if we pay more attention to the good side...

...or to the other side. - Can we do it?

Yes we can, but we don't always manage to do it.

I don't understand.

If we can choose the good side why would we choose the other one?

It's true.

It's hard to understand... hard to explain...

And sometimes hard to identify.

Is your brother taking good care of you?

He said he wants to be a doctor just like you.

Is there something you would like to tell me?

What do you mean?