Barravento (1962) - full transcript
In the State of Bahia, Brazil, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
On the coast of Bahia, live
the cavalla-fishing black men...
whose ancestors
came from Africa as slaves.
Until this day, they continue
to worship African Gods...
And they're still dominated
by tragic and fatalist mysticism.
They accept their poverty,
illiteracy, and exploitation...
with the typical passiveness of
those who wait for a Godly Kingdom.
lemanjé is the queen of the seas,
the old mother of lrecé...
the master
of the ocean who loves...
the ocean that protects
and punishes the fisherman.
Turning Wind is the violent moment
when earth and sea are transformed...
when sudden changes occur
in love, life and society.
the characters in this movie have
no relation to living or dead people.
any similarities are coincidences
but the facts are real.
The movie was shot
at the Buraquinho beach...
A few miles from ltapoé, Bahia.
We would like to thank Salvador's
and Bahia's administrations...
the locals from Buraquinho, everyone
who made this movie possible.
especially the fishermen,
to whom this movie is dedicated.
THE TURNING WIND
If you're alive, you always come by,
and Firmino Bispo dos Santos...
a son of this beautiful land,
will never forget his old friends.
He always comes back.
Right, Jofio?
I don't know!
Forget him, guys.
Firmino has the good life now.
- Look at his nice outfit!
- That's what you think, mate.
I couldn't call myself a rich man,
but I can sure look like one.
To dress myself so nicely, I had to
unload ships and run from the police.
He's a real caddie!
Take a look at his watch!
You like it?
Out of my way, caddie!
It was expensive!
My life isn't as easy as it looks.
I had to work hard, until the police
came pouring down on me.
I'm here to hide, since
the police like the sunlight.
Enough, Firmino. You're gonna do
your bragging all at once?
Jealous? You have nothing to brag,
'cause life here never changes.
Let's drink, my friends.
The booze is on me today!
Let's go, Jofio.
Forget about Firmino and his booze.
That's for powerful people.
You pull nets every day, and for
what? To make white men rich.
They're rich thanks to you.
I won't be exploited anymore.
I work for myself, and I don't
have to punch a card.
I run my risks, but I'm as free
as the cavalla you fish.
Only no one fishes me.
If you only knew how
to sign your names...
But you're all illiterate.
You think the world
turns around poverty!
Get his hat!
Hey, I just got here, ma'am
Hey, I just got here, ma'am
- Hey, I just got here, ma'am
- What a heavy kid!
Wait, my friends.
Let's show some respect.
Bless me, ma'am.
Give us a hug.
Bless me, ma'am.
Another hug.
And, now, booze, booze, booze.
Let's drink booze.
Let's drink!
Look who's here!
Nigger all dressed up
like a doctor, huh?
No way, woman.
It's just for the weekend.
You know my game, don't you?
Naina, we've separated
Seu Vicente's fish.
- Why are you so sad?
- Dad insists on going out to sea.
The sea is in his blood. Don't
worry, it might be good for him.
He's too old to go out on his own.
Forget all that.
I'll take care of him.
She's a basket case.
So desperate, day and night.
It's the color
of her eyes and her hair.
- People are talking.
- No one messes with her.
You know what? Some brave man
should marry her already.
It's all separated.
400 for the boss...
4 for myself...
and 5 for my fishermen.
There should be more.
We have plenty of clients.
And the fish price is high.
Can you pull some more tomorrow?
We can try,
but there's no guarantee.
I might even go get a new net...
-for us in town.
- A new net? You're demented.
You're very funny.
If we give you a new net,
what can our profit be?
What's with you, girl?
It's gotta be Santeria.
I'll take you to Mãe Dadá's tonight.
She can fix anything.
There's no point in counting
the fish.
The net won't take it.
It's beginning to tear.
I thought so. It's as old as Seu
Vicente. Master should by a new one.
If I were the master, I'd stop
fishing until I got a new one.
Fishing for other people
is only for fools.
You're asking too much, Aruan.
We live better here than in the city.
- You're agreeing with Firmino, now?
- Firmino's not worth a dime...
-but at least he's not a beggar.
- If you're born poor, you eat sand.
The master can solve that.
Let's go. They've probably
started the samba by now.
I'll go look for Seu Vicente.
A storm might be coming.
You want to see lemanjé?
She only appears to Aruan.
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
Where's Firmino?
Hello Bahia
I can'! see him singing
Hello Bahia
Or if he's alive or dead
Hello Bahia
But he owns this place
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
If you hit the tambourine
You're a man
Hello Bahia
If you clap your hands
You're a woman
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
I'm going to say my name
Hello Bahia
It's been given at
the baptismal font
Hello Bahia
My name is Washington Bruno
Hello Bahia
But I live in Bahia
Hello Bahia
Clap your hands, everybody
Hello Bahia
If you want to hear me sing
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
Seven plus seven is fourteen
Hello Bahia
Plus seven, it's twenty-one
Hello Bahia
But if you want to read, spell it
Hello Bahia
Each person has a taste
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
What beautiful mulatto girl
Holy mother nature!
If I could marry her
What a treat
Do it again, my love
Do it again, my love
It's not like that
It's not like that
It's not like that
That's not the way to treat
A woman
Old guitar, what's the matter'?
Why do you squeak?
Old guitar, what's the matter'?
Why do you squeak?
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Where's Salome, Adam?
Salome went for a walk
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Where's Salome, Adam?
She's gone to Maré Island
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Where's Salome, Adam?
Salome went for a walk
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Siri knocked Gameleira
down on the floor
Siri knocked Gameleira
down on the floor
- Get off me, woman!
- I know. You're going after Naina.
Nonsense.
Aruan owes me one,
and he's gonna pay.
Why don't you solve it with a fight?
You need a spell for that?
You think I'm going to fight Aruan?
I'm not stupid.
I'm not that weak or stupid anymore.
Every time we'd get in trouble,
poor Firmino took the worst of it.
Not even my father liked to say
he was my father.
One day, Aruan got me,
so I threw a knife at him.
People tried to cast me away.
I feel no resentment for it.
I feel sorry for people who stomp
on other people's heads.
Everybody falls for Aruan's charms,
but he's nothing but stupid.
He's all happy. Everybody is
starving, and he's celebrating.
Never mind, Cota.
You wouldn't understand.
No.
Don't you know he's protected?
We do nothing against
lemanjá's favorites.
Out! Out with you!
No!
She belongs to lemanjé.
She has to honor her patron...
she has to spend a year
in her service.
- You see, Naina?
- I can't!
Come back, Naina!
It could get worse.
- Good evening, Uncle Tião.
- Firmino? What do you want?
I want a spell to ruin the net
and destroy Aruan.
What happened?
The net is torn,
and the fish got away.
Aruan drowned!
Hey, what's the commotion
on the beach?
If I heard it right, the net
is torn, and Aruan drowned.
There's a spell
right in front of his door.
Was that your spell?
I never thought you'd ask
to have Aruan gone for good.
I asked to have him gone,
body and all.
He's better off now,
sleeping with lemanjé.
Isn't that what he wanted?
I can't say anything.
I paid my respects
to my patron entity.
And Aruan's entity...
Maybe, if he liked women,
I wouldn't feel so neglected.
Listen, I don't depend on anyone.
There's no man in this town who
won't come by and ask for me.
I can get what I want.
It's my body,
and I set a price for it.
Aruan is alive!
Let's go, Tonto.
No spell can get to him.
I knew it was all a lie.
I risked myself willingly.
- But his net did tear.
- Because it was old.
But I wanted to get Aruan.
This is the first and last time
I get involved with spells.
Luck has never been my friend.
I'm going to cause a turning
wind with the tip of my knife.
Yeah, master. The man said
he wants his fish, no matter what.
You can't retire the net.
People want their fish, and
down there, they sell it cheaper.
- He knows the net is old.
- No, save your excuses for later.
He just cares about his fish
and nothing else.
We've been fishing for 10 years
and we never needed anything.
Now that we had bad luck,
he gets all demanding?
- They can't treat us like dogs.
- We need these people.
Right, but we're the ones
pulling the net.
When there's no fish,
we're the ones who starve.
The boss eats every day.
And we have to share one fish
among 100 people!
I told you it was for real.
If there's no fish, he takes
the net back, and that's it!
Don't be sad.
We'll fix the net.
Right, master, I'll do
whatever you want.
But, in your place,
I'd solve it with my fists.
Work, you bunch of asses!
Black people were born to suffer!
All work, no food!
Not me, I'm independent.
I'm done with religion.
Candomblé won't solve anything!
We have to fight, resist.
Our time is coming, brother!
One word,
and I'll slash your tongue off!
Stop being so suspicious.
I'm after something else.
I'm glad you like me.
If things were different,
I'd even settle down.
You haven't because
you don't want to.
Can't you afford it?
I can barely afford my nice rags.
I have no opportunity,
as a friend of mine says.
My situation with the police
is very complicated.
They've even invented a new word:
-"subversive individual".
- It sounds important.
Is that why you don't settle down?
If it's because of money,
don't worry.
I am as rich as the two fishing rafts
my father left me.
We can live together.
Why don't you get straight
and live just like the others?
Me, a fisherman?
That's an Indian’s life.
This is not Africa, this is Brazil.
Cota, deep down,
I have a very good heart.
I hang out with you
because you don't conform.
Aruan doesn't want to conform,
but the master dominates him.
This is how these people live.
And the people in the city know
things will get better.
That's why I cut the net. When their
stomach is aching with hunger...
they'll scream.
To me, Princess Isabel
is an illusion.
Once, there was this man who
invited me to work in the city.
As a prostitute. One day, he turns
and says that he loves me.
But he didn't have the guts
to marry me.
To be treated like a dog,
I'd rather stay here and eat fish.
I know I should've left, but I had
no courage to leave my land.
You cut the net,
and tragedy is going to happen.
Nobody sees my suffering
I've got a degree in suffering
Nobody sees my suffering
I've got a degree in suffering
The net is torn...
Who did that?
What will happen to us now?
How could this have happened.
They've come to get the net!
Don't do anything.
- The police are with them.
- We have to react.
We came from Africa as slaves,
but slavery is over.
Poor men only have
the right to work.
We fish less with the raft,
it's riskier, but the fish is ours.
That's how it will be.
Who's man enough
to scare these people off?
I said it once, and I won't
repeat it: that's our business.
I'm your brother, too.
I just want to help.
In time of need,
everybody loses courage?
The master accepts everything.
He's right, he's old.
But even the strong ones
are being cowards.
Well, I, Firmino Bispo dos Santos...
am a man who doesn't
like the police.
I can scare those soldiers
and their rifles away.
You're not going anywhere.
The master gives the orders.
Where's your independence?
Take this!
They're killing
each other over there.
The first one to come this way
will get shot.
Go away. If your father hadn't been
a decent man, you'd be dead by now.
Sun's bright, but it might rain.
- It'll be hard to fish with the raft.
- Since we gave the net away...
we have to face the storm.
It's just like when I was a boy.
We'd leave early in the morning
and come back late at night.
Some days, the fish would run away.
We'd come back empty-handed.
The turning wind...
killed many old and many young.
The sea got angry...
the raft
was swallowed by the waves.
The nets came much later.
Chico was born already.
The net eliminated the danger,
but the fish wasn't ours anymore.
The situation is always bad.
If the men go to the city,
there's no work.
This is all they know.
They only know how to fish, and
there's no one to protect them.
When I came from the dry lands,
I thought it would be better here.
It's all the same.
Hunger eats us down to the bones.
We have to pray
and hope for a miracle.
But I think Aruan can solve it
if he wants to.
With Aruan fishing,
the fish are guaranteed.
He doesn't even have to row.
He throws the basket,
and the fish jump into it.
I want my baby to be a boy
to be just like him.
Some days,
he doesn't even look at us.
At night, he's not with
the other men. I saw him once.
He was sitting on the sand,
looking at the sky...
counting the stars.
I remember as if it were today.
Isabel dreamt that lemanjé
wanted her daughter.
Joaquim was the girl's father, and he
wouldn't let her go near the ocean.
He was white,
but he believed in lemanjé.
One day, things got worse.
If Joaquim touched a net,
it didn't get any fish.
Nobody wanted to go out
to sea with him.
The weather got worse
under the whim of lemanjé.
Hunger punished his family...
and Joaquim got desperate,
he didn't know what to do.
One day, he decided
to go look for fish...
right in the middle of the ocean.
And nobody ever saw him again.
Isabel went crazy...
and dived into the sea
when no one was looking.
A heavy wave knocked her
onto the rocks.
The girl went in after her mother
and was swallowed by the waves.
It was the worst day of my life.
I was afraid,
but I felt sorry for the girl.
I looked for her all day,
and I finally found her at night.
What are we to do, Jofio?
The master doesn't understand.
He threw us in the ring of fire.
No one is brave enough to face
the sea in one of those rafts.
It's you, me, Chico,
the good guys...
and the old ones?
They will all drown.
The problem is that the master
wants to see if you're worthy.
Other people's courage
depends on yours.
But why?
I'm not responsible for everyone.
You know what?
The old man brought you
from the city and raised you.
He was always so afraid
to get married.
You ended up being his
and the entity's.
When you became a man,
he started to say crazy things.
"Aruan can't get married
because he belongs to lemanjé."
Women ran away from you.
He convinced us you could go out
on the raft and bring fish.
Now that we have no net,
he wants to prove that.
That's why he let them take the net.
So I have to risk myself
in front of everyone?
We're not going to get a new net?
That's right. You'll have
to spend the night at sea.
Then everybody will believe
Janaína is cured.
It's all on your shoulders.
But I'm not a saint. What if
the wind turns and I screw it up?
We have to know if you're really
protected. I believe you are.
After that, things can get better.
Isn't that what we want?
Firmino is right.
It's too much poverty.
We have to do something. I have
to go and spend the night at sea.
Let the master know, and everybody
should go out to sea tomorrow.
I'll bring the fish.
Afterwards, I'll leave for good.
One day, I might come back like
Firmino, and change everything.
All I need is courage.
Courage in my heart.
I belong to the deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I came from the sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I come from the sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
Dad, you're going fishing again?
Does lemanjé really exist?
Mãe Dadá says I'm her daughter.
Even with my fair skin?
I told you, my love
Here's the mist
You shouldn't go out to the sea
Here's the mist
You never came back
Here's the mist
I don't mind if you go
Here's the mist
There it is
Isabel was your mother.
Nobody here liked her...
because she went
to live with Joaquim.
But it's not your fault.
Every time something bad
is about to happen...
I tell his story.
Joaquim was a very handsome man.
That's why lemanjé didn't
want him to get married.
We say that to protect Aruan,
you know?
Now, because of him, everybody
will fish with no net, honey.
So, now, we have to protect Aruan.
So he'll never get married?
Only when there's another man
his age. You see the master.
He's still alone.
His only friend is Aruan.
The Queen is jealous
of handsome men.
But I'm in love with him.
If dad dies, I'll be alone.
Shut up, silly girl.
Go talk to Mãe Dadá tonight.
- Cota!
- What's the matter with you?
Come here now!
Are they going to do
something to you?
No, they think I'm only barking.
Aruan got off the raft,
and the sea stopped.
Now, they think he's a god.
You have to stop this.
You're going to end Aruan's
spell.
- Any woman who touches him dies.
- That's a lie!
You can only die of hunger, bullet holes,
whip strokes. that's what kills a person.
My friend, there are many Black
people suffering around the world.
One's freedom
can free a million.
The sea is filled
with hopeless fishermen.
Only people like Aruan
can solve that.
If you like me, do it tonight.
Seu Vicente!
Hey, Seu Vicente!
Come quick, old man.
- Seu Vicente!
- What do you want?
I was across the big rock
when I saw something in the water.
I took a good look, and I saw
a girl, with long hair.
She sang a beautiful song.
I'm pretty sure
she was calling for you.
- It was lemanjé.
- Let's go, I'll help you.
Let's go this way, come on.
Seu Vicente is in the ocean.
Aruan!
Aruan! Aruan!
Let's go get Seu Vicente.
He's in the water
and he might drown.
The turning wind is coming.
Chico's dead!
What about my father?
A wave came and took us both.
Chico went deep.
I brought him up by his head.
I took too long.
When I saw sunlight,
he was already dead.
Seu Vicente...
he disappeared inside a cloud.
I was disoriented.
I put all my strength on the oar.
That's the only thing
I believe in now.
Aruan made the entity angry!
I saw what he did last night.
He was with Cota when the
turning wind tore everything.
He isn't supposed to fool people,
saying he's a saint!
Is there such a thing
as a flesh and blood saint?
Chico thought he was protected,
now he's dead.
We have to change Aruan's life.
He's a man just like the others.
He likes women,
he's not a sea master.
The master is also guilty.
Spells are for old-fashioned people.
We have to stop with that!
- We have to stop with that!
- It's time for you to go to hell!
I'm going to spare your life
so you can save our people!
You have to follow Aruan,
not the master!
The master is a slave!
Aruan is not worthy anymore.
Nobody touches him.
Take the body.
I won't go.
Chico is innocent.
He didn't deserve to die.
The fair pays for the sinner.
We have to do it.
It'll be good for all of us.
We must offer a gift
as strong as his body.
So the entity will be appeased.
We have no protection
now that Aruan's spell is over.
The right way to fish is
with a net, with a basket.
We've got to get our fish,
fishing, not praying.
Naina, if you want to marry Aruan,
you have to honor the entity.
He's lost...
but you have to help him again.
Forget about your father.
lemanjé got her offer.
Naina!
Naina!
Come back, I'll take care of you.
Naina, wait!
You won't be alone.
Spend a year with Mãe Dadá,
if that's what you want.
I'll go work in the city
so we can have our own net.
Firmino is no good,
but he's right.
Nobody cares about
the Black and the poor.
We have to fix our lives
and everybody else's.
I'm brave enough now.
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
If the money doesn't flow
Oh, dear Lord
Nobody will starve to death
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
If the money doesn't flow
Oh, dear Lord
Nobody will starve to death
Ehê Barravento olelê
Ehê Barravento olalá
Ehê Barravento olelê
Ehê Barravento olalá
Ehê Barravento olelê
Ehê Barravento olalá
Nobody will starve to death
the cavalla-fishing black men...
whose ancestors
came from Africa as slaves.
Until this day, they continue
to worship African Gods...
And they're still dominated
by tragic and fatalist mysticism.
They accept their poverty,
illiteracy, and exploitation...
with the typical passiveness of
those who wait for a Godly Kingdom.
lemanjé is the queen of the seas,
the old mother of lrecé...
the master
of the ocean who loves...
the ocean that protects
and punishes the fisherman.
Turning Wind is the violent moment
when earth and sea are transformed...
when sudden changes occur
in love, life and society.
the characters in this movie have
no relation to living or dead people.
any similarities are coincidences
but the facts are real.
The movie was shot
at the Buraquinho beach...
A few miles from ltapoé, Bahia.
We would like to thank Salvador's
and Bahia's administrations...
the locals from Buraquinho, everyone
who made this movie possible.
especially the fishermen,
to whom this movie is dedicated.
THE TURNING WIND
If you're alive, you always come by,
and Firmino Bispo dos Santos...
a son of this beautiful land,
will never forget his old friends.
He always comes back.
Right, Jofio?
I don't know!
Forget him, guys.
Firmino has the good life now.
- Look at his nice outfit!
- That's what you think, mate.
I couldn't call myself a rich man,
but I can sure look like one.
To dress myself so nicely, I had to
unload ships and run from the police.
He's a real caddie!
Take a look at his watch!
You like it?
Out of my way, caddie!
It was expensive!
My life isn't as easy as it looks.
I had to work hard, until the police
came pouring down on me.
I'm here to hide, since
the police like the sunlight.
Enough, Firmino. You're gonna do
your bragging all at once?
Jealous? You have nothing to brag,
'cause life here never changes.
Let's drink, my friends.
The booze is on me today!
Let's go, Jofio.
Forget about Firmino and his booze.
That's for powerful people.
You pull nets every day, and for
what? To make white men rich.
They're rich thanks to you.
I won't be exploited anymore.
I work for myself, and I don't
have to punch a card.
I run my risks, but I'm as free
as the cavalla you fish.
Only no one fishes me.
If you only knew how
to sign your names...
But you're all illiterate.
You think the world
turns around poverty!
Get his hat!
Hey, I just got here, ma'am
Hey, I just got here, ma'am
- Hey, I just got here, ma'am
- What a heavy kid!
Wait, my friends.
Let's show some respect.
Bless me, ma'am.
Give us a hug.
Bless me, ma'am.
Another hug.
And, now, booze, booze, booze.
Let's drink booze.
Let's drink!
Look who's here!
Nigger all dressed up
like a doctor, huh?
No way, woman.
It's just for the weekend.
You know my game, don't you?
Naina, we've separated
Seu Vicente's fish.
- Why are you so sad?
- Dad insists on going out to sea.
The sea is in his blood. Don't
worry, it might be good for him.
He's too old to go out on his own.
Forget all that.
I'll take care of him.
She's a basket case.
So desperate, day and night.
It's the color
of her eyes and her hair.
- People are talking.
- No one messes with her.
You know what? Some brave man
should marry her already.
It's all separated.
400 for the boss...
4 for myself...
and 5 for my fishermen.
There should be more.
We have plenty of clients.
And the fish price is high.
Can you pull some more tomorrow?
We can try,
but there's no guarantee.
I might even go get a new net...
-for us in town.
- A new net? You're demented.
You're very funny.
If we give you a new net,
what can our profit be?
What's with you, girl?
It's gotta be Santeria.
I'll take you to Mãe Dadá's tonight.
She can fix anything.
There's no point in counting
the fish.
The net won't take it.
It's beginning to tear.
I thought so. It's as old as Seu
Vicente. Master should by a new one.
If I were the master, I'd stop
fishing until I got a new one.
Fishing for other people
is only for fools.
You're asking too much, Aruan.
We live better here than in the city.
- You're agreeing with Firmino, now?
- Firmino's not worth a dime...
-but at least he's not a beggar.
- If you're born poor, you eat sand.
The master can solve that.
Let's go. They've probably
started the samba by now.
I'll go look for Seu Vicente.
A storm might be coming.
You want to see lemanjé?
She only appears to Aruan.
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
Where's Firmino?
Hello Bahia
I can'! see him singing
Hello Bahia
Or if he's alive or dead
Hello Bahia
But he owns this place
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
If you hit the tambourine
You're a man
Hello Bahia
If you clap your hands
You're a woman
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
I'm going to say my name
Hello Bahia
It's been given at
the baptismal font
Hello Bahia
My name is Washington Bruno
Hello Bahia
But I live in Bahia
Hello Bahia
Clap your hands, everybody
Hello Bahia
If you want to hear me sing
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
Check how good it smells
Hello Bahia
Seven plus seven is fourteen
Hello Bahia
Plus seven, it's twenty-one
Hello Bahia
But if you want to read, spell it
Hello Bahia
Each person has a taste
Hello Bahia
See the mango tree flower
Hello Bahia
What beautiful mulatto girl
Holy mother nature!
If I could marry her
What a treat
Do it again, my love
Do it again, my love
It's not like that
It's not like that
It's not like that
That's not the way to treat
A woman
Old guitar, what's the matter'?
Why do you squeak?
Old guitar, what's the matter'?
Why do you squeak?
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Where's Salome, Adam?
Salome went for a walk
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Where's Salome, Adam?
She's gone to Maré Island
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Where's Salome, Adam?
Salome went for a walk
Adam, Adam
Where's Salome, Adam?
Siri knocked Gameleira
down on the floor
Siri knocked Gameleira
down on the floor
- Get off me, woman!
- I know. You're going after Naina.
Nonsense.
Aruan owes me one,
and he's gonna pay.
Why don't you solve it with a fight?
You need a spell for that?
You think I'm going to fight Aruan?
I'm not stupid.
I'm not that weak or stupid anymore.
Every time we'd get in trouble,
poor Firmino took the worst of it.
Not even my father liked to say
he was my father.
One day, Aruan got me,
so I threw a knife at him.
People tried to cast me away.
I feel no resentment for it.
I feel sorry for people who stomp
on other people's heads.
Everybody falls for Aruan's charms,
but he's nothing but stupid.
He's all happy. Everybody is
starving, and he's celebrating.
Never mind, Cota.
You wouldn't understand.
No.
Don't you know he's protected?
We do nothing against
lemanjá's favorites.
Out! Out with you!
No!
She belongs to lemanjé.
She has to honor her patron...
she has to spend a year
in her service.
- You see, Naina?
- I can't!
Come back, Naina!
It could get worse.
- Good evening, Uncle Tião.
- Firmino? What do you want?
I want a spell to ruin the net
and destroy Aruan.
What happened?
The net is torn,
and the fish got away.
Aruan drowned!
Hey, what's the commotion
on the beach?
If I heard it right, the net
is torn, and Aruan drowned.
There's a spell
right in front of his door.
Was that your spell?
I never thought you'd ask
to have Aruan gone for good.
I asked to have him gone,
body and all.
He's better off now,
sleeping with lemanjé.
Isn't that what he wanted?
I can't say anything.
I paid my respects
to my patron entity.
And Aruan's entity...
Maybe, if he liked women,
I wouldn't feel so neglected.
Listen, I don't depend on anyone.
There's no man in this town who
won't come by and ask for me.
I can get what I want.
It's my body,
and I set a price for it.
Aruan is alive!
Let's go, Tonto.
No spell can get to him.
I knew it was all a lie.
I risked myself willingly.
- But his net did tear.
- Because it was old.
But I wanted to get Aruan.
This is the first and last time
I get involved with spells.
Luck has never been my friend.
I'm going to cause a turning
wind with the tip of my knife.
Yeah, master. The man said
he wants his fish, no matter what.
You can't retire the net.
People want their fish, and
down there, they sell it cheaper.
- He knows the net is old.
- No, save your excuses for later.
He just cares about his fish
and nothing else.
We've been fishing for 10 years
and we never needed anything.
Now that we had bad luck,
he gets all demanding?
- They can't treat us like dogs.
- We need these people.
Right, but we're the ones
pulling the net.
When there's no fish,
we're the ones who starve.
The boss eats every day.
And we have to share one fish
among 100 people!
I told you it was for real.
If there's no fish, he takes
the net back, and that's it!
Don't be sad.
We'll fix the net.
Right, master, I'll do
whatever you want.
But, in your place,
I'd solve it with my fists.
Work, you bunch of asses!
Black people were born to suffer!
All work, no food!
Not me, I'm independent.
I'm done with religion.
Candomblé won't solve anything!
We have to fight, resist.
Our time is coming, brother!
One word,
and I'll slash your tongue off!
Stop being so suspicious.
I'm after something else.
I'm glad you like me.
If things were different,
I'd even settle down.
You haven't because
you don't want to.
Can't you afford it?
I can barely afford my nice rags.
I have no opportunity,
as a friend of mine says.
My situation with the police
is very complicated.
They've even invented a new word:
-"subversive individual".
- It sounds important.
Is that why you don't settle down?
If it's because of money,
don't worry.
I am as rich as the two fishing rafts
my father left me.
We can live together.
Why don't you get straight
and live just like the others?
Me, a fisherman?
That's an Indian’s life.
This is not Africa, this is Brazil.
Cota, deep down,
I have a very good heart.
I hang out with you
because you don't conform.
Aruan doesn't want to conform,
but the master dominates him.
This is how these people live.
And the people in the city know
things will get better.
That's why I cut the net. When their
stomach is aching with hunger...
they'll scream.
To me, Princess Isabel
is an illusion.
Once, there was this man who
invited me to work in the city.
As a prostitute. One day, he turns
and says that he loves me.
But he didn't have the guts
to marry me.
To be treated like a dog,
I'd rather stay here and eat fish.
I know I should've left, but I had
no courage to leave my land.
You cut the net,
and tragedy is going to happen.
Nobody sees my suffering
I've got a degree in suffering
Nobody sees my suffering
I've got a degree in suffering
The net is torn...
Who did that?
What will happen to us now?
How could this have happened.
They've come to get the net!
Don't do anything.
- The police are with them.
- We have to react.
We came from Africa as slaves,
but slavery is over.
Poor men only have
the right to work.
We fish less with the raft,
it's riskier, but the fish is ours.
That's how it will be.
Who's man enough
to scare these people off?
I said it once, and I won't
repeat it: that's our business.
I'm your brother, too.
I just want to help.
In time of need,
everybody loses courage?
The master accepts everything.
He's right, he's old.
But even the strong ones
are being cowards.
Well, I, Firmino Bispo dos Santos...
am a man who doesn't
like the police.
I can scare those soldiers
and their rifles away.
You're not going anywhere.
The master gives the orders.
Where's your independence?
Take this!
They're killing
each other over there.
The first one to come this way
will get shot.
Go away. If your father hadn't been
a decent man, you'd be dead by now.
Sun's bright, but it might rain.
- It'll be hard to fish with the raft.
- Since we gave the net away...
we have to face the storm.
It's just like when I was a boy.
We'd leave early in the morning
and come back late at night.
Some days, the fish would run away.
We'd come back empty-handed.
The turning wind...
killed many old and many young.
The sea got angry...
the raft
was swallowed by the waves.
The nets came much later.
Chico was born already.
The net eliminated the danger,
but the fish wasn't ours anymore.
The situation is always bad.
If the men go to the city,
there's no work.
This is all they know.
They only know how to fish, and
there's no one to protect them.
When I came from the dry lands,
I thought it would be better here.
It's all the same.
Hunger eats us down to the bones.
We have to pray
and hope for a miracle.
But I think Aruan can solve it
if he wants to.
With Aruan fishing,
the fish are guaranteed.
He doesn't even have to row.
He throws the basket,
and the fish jump into it.
I want my baby to be a boy
to be just like him.
Some days,
he doesn't even look at us.
At night, he's not with
the other men. I saw him once.
He was sitting on the sand,
looking at the sky...
counting the stars.
I remember as if it were today.
Isabel dreamt that lemanjé
wanted her daughter.
Joaquim was the girl's father, and he
wouldn't let her go near the ocean.
He was white,
but he believed in lemanjé.
One day, things got worse.
If Joaquim touched a net,
it didn't get any fish.
Nobody wanted to go out
to sea with him.
The weather got worse
under the whim of lemanjé.
Hunger punished his family...
and Joaquim got desperate,
he didn't know what to do.
One day, he decided
to go look for fish...
right in the middle of the ocean.
And nobody ever saw him again.
Isabel went crazy...
and dived into the sea
when no one was looking.
A heavy wave knocked her
onto the rocks.
The girl went in after her mother
and was swallowed by the waves.
It was the worst day of my life.
I was afraid,
but I felt sorry for the girl.
I looked for her all day,
and I finally found her at night.
What are we to do, Jofio?
The master doesn't understand.
He threw us in the ring of fire.
No one is brave enough to face
the sea in one of those rafts.
It's you, me, Chico,
the good guys...
and the old ones?
They will all drown.
The problem is that the master
wants to see if you're worthy.
Other people's courage
depends on yours.
But why?
I'm not responsible for everyone.
You know what?
The old man brought you
from the city and raised you.
He was always so afraid
to get married.
You ended up being his
and the entity's.
When you became a man,
he started to say crazy things.
"Aruan can't get married
because he belongs to lemanjé."
Women ran away from you.
He convinced us you could go out
on the raft and bring fish.
Now that we have no net,
he wants to prove that.
That's why he let them take the net.
So I have to risk myself
in front of everyone?
We're not going to get a new net?
That's right. You'll have
to spend the night at sea.
Then everybody will believe
Janaína is cured.
It's all on your shoulders.
But I'm not a saint. What if
the wind turns and I screw it up?
We have to know if you're really
protected. I believe you are.
After that, things can get better.
Isn't that what we want?
Firmino is right.
It's too much poverty.
We have to do something. I have
to go and spend the night at sea.
Let the master know, and everybody
should go out to sea tomorrow.
I'll bring the fish.
Afterwards, I'll leave for good.
One day, I might come back like
Firmino, and change everything.
All I need is courage.
Courage in my heart.
I belong to the deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I came from the sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I come from the sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
Deep blue sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
I belong to the sea
Dad, you're going fishing again?
Does lemanjé really exist?
Mãe Dadá says I'm her daughter.
Even with my fair skin?
I told you, my love
Here's the mist
You shouldn't go out to the sea
Here's the mist
You never came back
Here's the mist
I don't mind if you go
Here's the mist
There it is
Isabel was your mother.
Nobody here liked her...
because she went
to live with Joaquim.
But it's not your fault.
Every time something bad
is about to happen...
I tell his story.
Joaquim was a very handsome man.
That's why lemanjé didn't
want him to get married.
We say that to protect Aruan,
you know?
Now, because of him, everybody
will fish with no net, honey.
So, now, we have to protect Aruan.
So he'll never get married?
Only when there's another man
his age. You see the master.
He's still alone.
His only friend is Aruan.
The Queen is jealous
of handsome men.
But I'm in love with him.
If dad dies, I'll be alone.
Shut up, silly girl.
Go talk to Mãe Dadá tonight.
- Cota!
- What's the matter with you?
Come here now!
Are they going to do
something to you?
No, they think I'm only barking.
Aruan got off the raft,
and the sea stopped.
Now, they think he's a god.
You have to stop this.
You're going to end Aruan's
spell.
- Any woman who touches him dies.
- That's a lie!
You can only die of hunger, bullet holes,
whip strokes. that's what kills a person.
My friend, there are many Black
people suffering around the world.
One's freedom
can free a million.
The sea is filled
with hopeless fishermen.
Only people like Aruan
can solve that.
If you like me, do it tonight.
Seu Vicente!
Hey, Seu Vicente!
Come quick, old man.
- Seu Vicente!
- What do you want?
I was across the big rock
when I saw something in the water.
I took a good look, and I saw
a girl, with long hair.
She sang a beautiful song.
I'm pretty sure
she was calling for you.
- It was lemanjé.
- Let's go, I'll help you.
Let's go this way, come on.
Seu Vicente is in the ocean.
Aruan!
Aruan! Aruan!
Let's go get Seu Vicente.
He's in the water
and he might drown.
The turning wind is coming.
Chico's dead!
What about my father?
A wave came and took us both.
Chico went deep.
I brought him up by his head.
I took too long.
When I saw sunlight,
he was already dead.
Seu Vicente...
he disappeared inside a cloud.
I was disoriented.
I put all my strength on the oar.
That's the only thing
I believe in now.
Aruan made the entity angry!
I saw what he did last night.
He was with Cota when the
turning wind tore everything.
He isn't supposed to fool people,
saying he's a saint!
Is there such a thing
as a flesh and blood saint?
Chico thought he was protected,
now he's dead.
We have to change Aruan's life.
He's a man just like the others.
He likes women,
he's not a sea master.
The master is also guilty.
Spells are for old-fashioned people.
We have to stop with that!
- We have to stop with that!
- It's time for you to go to hell!
I'm going to spare your life
so you can save our people!
You have to follow Aruan,
not the master!
The master is a slave!
Aruan is not worthy anymore.
Nobody touches him.
Take the body.
I won't go.
Chico is innocent.
He didn't deserve to die.
The fair pays for the sinner.
We have to do it.
It'll be good for all of us.
We must offer a gift
as strong as his body.
So the entity will be appeased.
We have no protection
now that Aruan's spell is over.
The right way to fish is
with a net, with a basket.
We've got to get our fish,
fishing, not praying.
Naina, if you want to marry Aruan,
you have to honor the entity.
He's lost...
but you have to help him again.
Forget about your father.
lemanjé got her offer.
Naina!
Naina!
Come back, I'll take care of you.
Naina, wait!
You won't be alone.
Spend a year with Mãe Dadá,
if that's what you want.
I'll go work in the city
so we can have our own net.
Firmino is no good,
but he's right.
Nobody cares about
the Black and the poor.
We have to fix our lives
and everybody else's.
I'm brave enough now.
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
If the money doesn't flow
Oh, dear Lord
Nobody will starve to death
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
I'm going to Bahia
To see
The money flow
If the money doesn't flow
Oh, dear Lord
Nobody will starve to death
Ehê Barravento olelê
Ehê Barravento olalá
Ehê Barravento olelê
Ehê Barravento olalá
Ehê Barravento olelê
Ehê Barravento olalá
Nobody will starve to death