Me, You, Them (Eu, Tu, Eles)

Ma.

I'm going now, Ma.

When the child is born, I'll bring it for your blessing.

God prevent you having a daughter.

I'll be back, Ma.

One day I'll come back.

Don't bother.

- Long time no see. - You're telling me.

This is Dimas.

Hi, Mr. Linhares.

Sweeping the floor of our house?

Nice place you've got, Mr. Linhares.

Been doing well for yourself!.

Piling up all that wealth all these years.

You came back?

No, Mr. Linhares, I'm still there.

This here's my ghost. Me, my flesh and bones, are away in the city.

- Off already? - Yeah.

I'm taking the boy for his grandmother's blessing.

See you soon.

So heavy! What the hell's in it?

Old junk. Might need something.

Put it here, on the stove.

Won't it get scratched?

Nice new house like this, and all this old junk.

Put that in my room, the one in the back. It's my hammock.

Get a bit of fresh air. That's better.

Osias could take Mother to live with him.

Osias doesn't know how to take care of her.

Unless he took me along.

But he hasn't invited me, and it doesn't look like he's going to.

And leave me here alone?

- Be right back. - What the hell, Osias!

Why are you dressed like that?

Let's sleep a bit now, Dimas.

Jesus, Mr. Linhares, you scared me! Going around frightening people.

Getting married, Mr. Linhares?

I could build faster.

If you like, the house is yours.

As far as I'm concerned, it's a deal. What's your answer?

- Answer to what? - You liked the house, didn'tyou?

If you marry me, the house is as good as yours.

You misunderstood me. I was only kidding.

-Just a joke, Mr. Linhares. - I don't see what's funny.

Marry me.

I like you, you're pretty, I like your ways.

But pretty soon you'll be old.

You've already got the boy, no father.

That's none of your business.

But you've no place of your own.

I've a house and animals for the boy, for you and all the other children.

Other children?

You got one on your own, didn't you?

Marry me.

As far as I'm concerned, it's a deal.

- Tomorrow. - No, not tomorrow.

The house won't be ready yet.

No, tomorrow I'll give you an answer.

I don't go around smiling at just anyone, you know.

Hey, Osias! What's wrong with the door? It's stuck.

It'd be stranger if it opened. I locked it from the inside.

Open the door. I want to put away the presents.

No way. I don't want any strangers in my house.

Have you gone mad? I thought you said the house was mine.

The house was in exchange for getting married. But now you're mine.

The house is mine again and stays locked.

- What are you talking about? - Don't worry about it.

Let's just find a way to break up the party.

This racket is keeping my goats awake.

Who gives a damn about the goats? Go and dance!

It's as if you were nailed to that chair. Get up!

Shall we dance, Zezinho?

I've never danced with a lady before.

So what have you danced with?

What have I danced with?

I've never danced with anything, not with a woman nor anything else.

Doesn't matter. I'll dance for both of us.

Zezinho has bad legs.

Yeah, my legs aren't too good.

But mine are both great. Don't be scared, Zezinho. Come on.

Just follow me. I'll lead.

This thought goes out to you...

my dear friend and faithful brother all these years...

my listener, Carlos Tenio.

Tenio, overat the Texaco gas station...

where you had the joy to watch your first grandson be born.

Congratulations from all of us on the program.

May God givehealth, my brother Tenio...

to you and your grandson...

and may there be many others to follow.

Hold on. Hang in there. I know it's been difficult for you.

But I'll stop by to greet you personally...

and for now, I send you this song from the program.

Darlene! Get me something to eat.

I haven't eaten since breakfast. My belly's hurting.

And another thing, woman, there's hardly any water.

You'll have to go and get water from the water hole. Go!

No, honey. Not like this. Throw farther.

Come on.

That female will be giving birth soon, Ederaldo.

You're getting two for the price of one.

She really is very heavy.

That's not very manly of you.

Every man has his own specialty.

His is the hammock.

It's no use.

Osias doesn't get out of that hammock for anything. He was born to be king.

I don't get up because I can do my job lying down.

With a woman spoiling me like that...

I wouldn't get up either.

All right, we'll have to do it ourselves.

Careful not to hurt her kid.

Dimas.

Will you like if I have a baby, having a brother?

Yeah.

Is it going to be a boy or a girl?

Boy.

Who do you think he'll look like?

Like me.

Have you named it?

Edinardo.

After the singer?

I don't know. Was it the singer you got the name from, Osias?

What are you frowning like that for?

All these years nagging me about a kid.

And now the boy's here--

Black like that's no good.

The boy really is very black.

Don't worry. He'll lighten up.

He's black like that from the effort of being born with no help.

Jose Pereira de Lacerda.

Marilene Moreira da Silva.

Francelina de Jesus.

Claudio Alves Leonel.

Gabriel Francisco dos Santos.

Darlene Lima Linhares.

Maria Lucia Serafim.

Go put these beans away in the kitchen.

The harvest is over.

And that's not even half what they owe.

Osias! Are you going to get up, or just watch everything fall apart?

Ma, let's go and get water.

- Don't do that. - It's no good, son.

The water's no good.

Not the water nor anything else around here.

Come on.

Near Russas the body was found...

of a young woman shot dead.

The girl wasn't even 20, and the way she was killed...

suggests she was a colonel's lover...

ordered to be killed by the legitimate wife.

I heard this from my friend Eraldo...

driver on the Juazeiro-Maciroca line...

who was unfortunate enough to pass the scene of the crime--

Let's go. Come on.

Zezinho!

Zezinho!

You actually got up?

No way you'll reach Darlene on the back of a donkey.

Come out here, Zezinho.

- Where did she go? - To Fazenda do Brejinho.

If you hurry, you'll catch her halfway.

Go with your father. You'll get used to him. You'll learn to like him.

Go on.

Move.

Do as I say.

Thank God, you're back.

Dimas stayed.

Dimas stayed behind.

But isn't that what you wanted? He's with the colonel.

The boy will study. There was no other way, was there, honey?

My son, my little boy.

My baby boy.

Dimas will go to the city.

He'll have a better life.

Where's Zezinho?

In the bedroom.

I made some fudge.

Look, Auntie, a present from Darlene. She made it herself.

Wait a minute. It's still a bit hot.

You're looking very pretty, cousin.

A little beauty's good for hiding sadness.

Just a taste to make you strong, Aunt.

Lift her up a little more, Zezinho.

Don't worry. I'll look after her. You can go now, Darlene.

I know there's a dance tonight.

I wasn't even thinking of going.

Osias doesn't mind you going, does he?

Osias! Why should he mind?

I should never have come back.

So go to the dance, Darlene.

Come to the dance with me, Zezinho.

For the love of God! If I go home, I'll only skin the old man alive.

- Dance with me? - No, thanks.

-Just one. - I'm with someone.

Well, excuse me, then.

Of course.

Want to dance, honey?

- Let's dance. - Okay.

- I guess we could stop now. - Want to go?