Copacabana Mon Amour (1970) - full transcript

Copacabana Mon Amour had countless
versions some made by the author

and other based on
the remaining materials.

The original negatives are in
advanced stage of deterioration...

with fungus along of all image roll.

This present restoration which is based on
a 35mm film preservation copy...

located at the
Brazilian Cinematheque...

seeks to preserve the work in its original
format and stay as close as possible...

of the latest version made in life
by the director Rog?rio Sganzerla.

In the Brazilian pantheon,
Tup? reigns supreme.

Chapau?, God of the plague.
Elev?, God of evil.

Oc?, Goddess of plants.
Omulu, god of the dead.



Dad?, Goddess of the forest.

They are both
possessed of the devil"

The only good one becomes a soldier
and leaves me alone.

My children are possessed
of the devil"

Mother, you won't believe it.

I can see the Blackman's spirit
talking about football.

I'm going to die"
I'm going to die... today"

I can't stand it, Mum.

I'll kill myself, Mum.

I'm going to die today.

I'm going to die today.
I'm going to die today.

I can't bear it.
I'm going to die today.

I'm going to die today.

About the time of
the Stone Age, in the 70s...



in the century of Seraphim
or ill-gotten fortune.

Good morning, simians"

Exu Corcovado has pursued Sonia
for 345 years.

Since she left Africa
as a prisoner in 1635...

on a slave ship.

We have never make promisses
Not loving anybody

We can not help
Falling in love for someone

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed...

It's 11, simian scum.

Broke, desperate
and you do nothing.

Forget about singing
on the radio.

You're starving.

Singing on national radio
is forbidden.

Groupie.

Give me a kiss.

Give me a kiss.

Give me a kiss.
what time's the funeral?

Give me a kiss.

In the Brazilian pantheon,
Tup? reigns supreme.

Chapau?, God of the plague.
Elev?, God of evil.

Oc?, Goddess of plants.
Omulu, god of the dead.

Dad?, Goddess of the forest.

Hunger, thirst and dance...

From Gomorrah came
your barbarian ancestors.

In the spring of 1080...

Nicolau of Kuza raped
a western princess...

a descendent of Genghis Khan,
delivering David.

David begot Don Fernandes...

and Don Fernandes begot Diacul...

and Diacul begot the old limping
Blackman Zezinho...

and limping Zezinho begot Noel...

and Noel begot Edmilson...

and Edimilson begot Aristides...

and Aristides begot Sonia Silk,
she, the peroxide wild-woman.

Thus, immobilised by
the country's abject poverty...

the idiot staggers under sun,
booze and magic.

Until one day he ends...

our obvious need for samba...

necrophilia and wistfulness.

The sun of Copacabana...

maddening certain Brazilians
in fractions of seconds...

leaving us oversexed,
astonished and stupefied.

Supernatural forces
paralyse us...

we, starving phantoms
of the planet.

No way, Leit?o.
Let's go out?

what's on your mind?

we'll talk about that later.

Let's have a beer back home.

The worst is I'm terrified
of old-age.

Afraid of old-age"

Look, the ghosts"
A living nightmare"

Fear of old-age.

Look at the ghost"

How about Argentina?
All expenses paid?

The worst is I'm scared
of old-age.

Fear of old-age.

Fear of old-age.

How about Argentina?
All expenses paid.

The worst is I'm scared
of old-age.

Fear of old-age.

Fear of old-age.

Poverty and poor people
make me feel sick.

I loathe poverty.
My family is very rich.

They have cars, pools,
bathrooms, butlers.

I spent every vacation
in Mar del Plata.

Poverty is disgusting.

I can't stand
this heat anymore.

I got pregnant at 13.

I was thrown out
and ended up in the brothel.

Sunday, I won first prize
on the radio.

I'll be back next Sunday.

How about Argentina?

All expenses paid.

Everything.

The radio is all I have left.

I loathe poverty.

Poor people make me sick.

I abhor poverty.

I abhor poor people.

My family is wealthy.
They have cars...

pools...

ten bathrooms.

I abominate poor people.

I spent all my vacations
in Mar del Plata.

And I'm so alone here.

I execrate poor people"

I got pregnant at 13.
My family threw me out.

Sunday, I won first prize
on the radio.

I'll be back on Sunday.

I'll be back on Sunday.

Darling, your body looks...

Sunday, I won first prize
on the Amateurs' Show...

on the radio.

I'll be there again on Sunday.

The radio's all I have left.

?ngela Maria started
on the radio too.

In six months' time at most...

I'll be the best singer in Brazil.

Darling, the way it warms me up
Your body is like

Toasted peanuts

Are you going to pay me or not?

Sorry, I don't accept cheques.

we'll settle after lunch.

Now, let's have lunch.

where do you want to eat?

At the Kasar.

The sight of this ex-Capital
beautifully rotting away.

Money please, money,
money please.

American friends, money please.

I want money.

Money, money

Money please, please, money.

what are we doing here
on Earth?

what is man's destiny?
what is man's destiny?

- Please, money, money, please.
- Look, he's crazy"

- Money, I want money.
- No, hell no.

American friends, money,
money please.

Money please.

I want money.

what are we doing here
on Earth?

what is man's destiny?

American friend, money,
money please.

Please money, please money,
money please.

what are we doing here
on Earth?

what are we doing here
on Earth?

Money, money,
money, money...

money, please money,
money please.

Copacabana girl,
please money, money please.

Please money.

what are we doing here
on Earth?

what is man's destiny?

Money.

Brazil is the richest country
in the world.

Its rivers, mineral deposits
and vast forest...

make it paradise on Earth.

But it seems that it is
exactly its wealth...

that causes such poverty.

we must do away with
these two-faced...

wretches maddened by the sun,
by air, hunger...

Five fanatic cangaceiros
left Brazil...

to burn factories, farms
and hand out land.

Copacabana sun
scrambles the mind...

and takes over
a people disturbed...

by the sun
of the Atlantic Ocean.

we cannot think.

Intelligence harms the Brazilian.

we need police...

to stop this dirty world...

and these crazy people
from drowning.

Half of the Brazilians
are toothless and speechless...

deaf and illiterate.

without the police
hunger would be greater still.

The police save Brazil
from disaster and communism.

Our national poverty denies
intelligent thought...

and all are doped.

Luxury breeds lust.

My millionaire bosses
always gave me luxury.

There's no water.

How dirty,
how smelly and filthy"

There's no water"

There's no water"

All thirsty and smelly.

Filthy, filthy.

what a stink"

I'm the one in charge here"

I'm the one in charge here"

I am the boss here"

I am the boss here"

I am the boss.
I am the boss"

I am the boss"
The boss is me"

I am the boss"

You had a call, Dr. Cricket.

Once, in Cuba

I was dancing rumba,
and they said

Indecorous

I danced,
It did't bother me

For rumba is naughty
For itself

Indecorous

I'm love with my boss.

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

Who says bad thing about love
Doesn't know how to live

For who curses the pain
Has love, but doesn't know how to love

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

I love Dr. Cricket.
I'm hungry. I must eat"

I'm hungry, scum"
I love my boss" I'm hungry"

I'm hungry"

Where was Estacio born?
Where is Estacio, sister?

Just hit me. That's all I ask.

Falling in love for someone

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

We have never make promisses
Not loving anybody

We can not help
Falling in love for someone

Better late than never.

As Confucius said.

Have you heard my latest samba?

Maria, your name began

In the palm of my hand

Maria...

I have to face a funeral.

Miss Prado Junior.

Miss Prado Junior.

I've never been
Miss Prado Junior.

Yes, you are
Miss Prado Junior.

I hear you have good relations
with animals.

I've never been intimate
with an animal.

Yesterday I dreamt of
those evil monsters.

Once again, leopard men,
snake men...

seven-pawed dogs...

all monsters against us,
all hard.

A world of barriers,
prohibitions and inhibitions.

From now on
you work for me.

All your money
will be mine.

we'll live together
in a shack.

Do you think I'm a fool?

My money is mine to spend.

Okay.

But you'll regret it.

I could hand you
over to the cops.

That's what I want.

Once, in Cuba,
I was dancing rumba...

Out, out Satan" Out, Satan"

Out, out Satan" Out, Satan"

Out"

- So she died?
- Yes.

Yes.

Drop dead.

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

Who says bad thing about love
Doesn't know how to live

For who curses the pain
Has love, but doesn't know how to love

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me...

How much have you got
to give me?

Out of my sight"
I don't want to see you.

You're all sex maniacs"

Maniacs"

I'm not a sex maniac"

I'm not a sex maniac"

You're all oversexed"

I'm not a sex maniac"

You're sex maniacs,
but I'm not"

I'm not a nymph"

You're all sex maniacs,
but I'm not"

I'm in love with my boss"

I'm crazy about you.

Careful or I kill you"

Careful"

I can't live without you.
I adore you"

who likes ass erupts.
who likes ass erupts...

who likes ass erupts.

Who likes ass erupts.

Is Vidimar in? It's his sister.

wait while I finish cleaning.

Come on, Dr. Cricket"
Don't be so chirpy"

On our planet Earth...

human life is a drama.

The show begins
on the stage of fate...

and only ends when death
brings the telegram.

We have never make promisses
Not loving anybody

We can not help
Falling in love for someone

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

I tasted the sour love has

So I promissed
Love anyone never again

But now I've found someone

Who understands me
And cares about me

We have never make promisses
Not loving anybody

His radius stretched 4 inches
from the ground.

After the last Brazilian,
what will happen?

Sweetheart...

I have good news.

You'll be free of Brazil...

and the trouble of today.

You, atheist...

Fake witch doctor"

You don't even know
where you were born.

You don't even know
where you were born.

Hello"

Hello, friend"

Here's another for you.

Sonia Silk.

Miss Prado Junior.

She is a threat.

She and her family
are all communists.

Communists.

Arrest everybody.

What is the difference
in a hundred years...

if you live in a castle
or in a humble rented house?

It will make the difference
in a hundred years...

if you're a saved
or a lost person...

if you will be in heaven
or in hell...

for all the eternity.

The hunger and the miserable
will have their chance.

Tomorrow, Noel's soul
will be here.

After tomorrow,
it's Get?lio's soul.

In this temple
you can find the truth.

Ephemeris, metempsychosis,
shifting souls...

free sessions on black
possession an dispossession.

15, Wickedness Street,
second floor.

Evil will always
have its powers...

but it will be overcame
and destroyed by the end...

when the Jesus triumphs
over Lucifer...

God's former favourite angel.

Should I kill Dr. Cricket?

In an hour's time you'll
be 4 inches from the ground.

Desincarnate, you'll come back
as a crazy slum rooster.

You'll become a cock
and the cock will become you.

From now on...

Sonia Silk will become
infatuated with the bird.

Should I kill Dr. Cricket?

Have you imagined?

Don't kill the boss.
Don't kill the boss...

As for those on Earth...

I have nothing to do
with you.

I am a fool for all eternity.

Kill" Kill"

Kill" Kill"

Kill" Kill"

Dr. Cricket cheated on me"

He cheated on me
with my sister"

Dr. Cricket cheated on me"
He cheated on me"

He betrayed me"

Dr. Cricket was unfaithful"

with my own sister"

The church bells ring
ding dong ding

At midnight the rooster sings

The Lord of the Crossroads,
Lord of Signs

Signs by which Ogun binds

Tired of seeing God's face
at 110? F in the shade...

it was the end of Sonia Silk,
Miss Prado J?nior...

and another Sonia Silk began.

Before, hunger stopped
me thinking.

Now it makes me think,
not about me...

nor the spirits of my lovers...

but about the hunger...

of other unfortunate people
on Earth.

The planet must be
transformed by violence...

this stupid, vagrant,
errant planet.

I killed my boss,
I killed my boss...

I killed my boss.

Hello, Guanabara"
Hello, Brazil" Hello, America"

Hello, Guanabara"

Hello, Brazil"

Hello, America"

THE END