Malandro (1985) - full transcript

Rio, December 7, 1941.

The Brazilian government...

backs Nazi Germany despite
strong popular opposition.

Right, Max?

The girl's the killer?

That was last week's film.

This gangster...

The detective is
Humphrey Bogart?

Tough, but a punk.

He says he loves the blonde...

but I think he's putting her on.



Is it in focus?

Shit!

Spotted my jacket, dammit!

The detective's Humphrey Bogart?

The next one's an M-G-M musical.

Peace, freedom and bread!

It's this war! If we load
their ships, it's collaboration.

If we refuse, we're fired.

It's tough. Last week there
was no milk or bread.

Jap!

Japi!

Japo!

Nip!

Hey Jap! Look what
you did to me!



- Chinese! I told you: Chinese!
- Look at that!

Don't make fun
of me, Mr. Max!

This piece of crap of
yours spews grease!

Do dry cleaners use grease?

Calling me a mechanic?
Look out!

Some surprise, huh?
You owed me for 5 months.

We'll see tomorrow.
Gimme $200 for this.

200?

OK. 150. Make it snappy!
I've an important meeting.

I'm no Japanese,
and I'm not crazy!

Here's 100.

Your a real pain!

Penny-pincher!

Hiro-hito!

Nip!

Now...

the Hood is back on the street.

Prancing on tiptoe,
that's his way...

trampling the hearts
that he meets.

Rolling out the cabarets.

Between the dance steps
and the body blows.

Between the crapshot
and the honchos.

Between the con man
and the main man.

He finds his action
where he can.

A shack sometimes
then easy street...

the dust just
settles at his feet.

The street's a dance hall
where they all come...

cause the Hood's the
king of the Slums.

Good stuff!

Money, guys.

See that?
No ink, but it writes.

No kidding? Those
gringos don't miss a trick.

We interrupt our musical
program for an urgent flash.

Japanese planes have attacked...

the American base at
Pearl Harbor, in the Pacific.

First reports say
Pearl Harbor is in flames...

and much of the U.S. fleet
was destroyed in the harbor.

We resume our musical program.

Long live Brazil!

Italian type, finished, fat...

with a lecherous mouth...

but a charmer, Margot!

If the clients want a rumba...

Ours is pure Bahiana.

We are the muchachas
of Copacabana.

Our Cuban girls
are all Brazilian.

In a sombrero mexicana.

We are the muchachas
of Copacabana.

Dear Mom, please excuse my
handwriting and spelling mistakes.

Warm regards from your girl
life's a whirl...

here in the capitol! I'm a star
now international!

Your girl in the capital,
a star... international!

If the gringo wants a fruit
from the Amazon.

We peel a cute Hawaiian banana.

We are the muchachas
of Copacabana.

If he wants a sinner
to join him for dinner...

We've blonde Muslin mama.

We are the muchachas
of Copacabana.

Dear Mom, nest month without fail
there's a check in the mail...

from your loving girl...
life's a whirl in the capital...

I'm a star international!

Your girl in the capital,
a star, international!

Come on girls,
curtain's going up!

You're on next, Jenny
so don't be late, please!

Don't bug me, Maria!

Don't tell me your
faithful to Max!

Do as I do Margot.

I'm crazy about him too...

but I'm always two-timing him.

Soon I'll look like a
Balzac character: all limp...

and hungry.
No Max, no horny Italian.

Gentlemen and...

gentlemen.

Before presenting our next
international attraction...

I want to tell you...

the dream I had last night.

I dreamed Brazil
entered the war...

on the German side, of curse.

The owner of this cabaret is
named Otto Strüdell...

and I'm no shrew!

Well, then...

the war was announced.

They called up all Brazilians
of the masculine sex.

I decided at once.

For a week I let my heard grow,
used no rouge or lipstick.

I put codfish in my armpits...

and said to the sergeant
in a loud voice:

Heil Hitler!

"Recruit Geni reporting for duty."

He looked me over from head
to foot and said:

"Rejected!"

"Why sweetie?"

"Because you have
flat feet, miss."

I would now like...

to drink to our beloved
North American brothers...

victims of a sneak
Nazi-Fascist, attack.

Shut-up, you crumb!

And we, Brazilian democrats
and patriots...

support the Allies...

and the crumb is
that son-of-a-bitch!

Your mother's the whore!

Fascist bastard...

you asked for it, you'll get it!

If your always speaking...

in big subtleties.

In passwords and whispers.

Outlaw strategies.

The law will denounce you...

there are ears everywhere...

Even here in your
own little lair.

If your pockets are full of...

black market junk...

You're bumming your smokes,
cause you're broke.

What a pink!

The law is observing...

it sees through your lies...

With it's x-ray eyes.

In shadows and cellars...

You make your retreat.

Revolutions and robberies...

you plan for the streets.

By tomorrow morning...

we'll sniff you out...

with our bloodhound snout.

If society in its piety
wants you voided... recalled!

Looks at you with scorn...

You stand out in the crowd.
You're vermin!... A tumor!

You should never have been born.

The law will throw
the book at you.

They'll nail you to the cross.

The vulture's gain
will be your loss.

Brook 'em.

Tramps and leftists.

They're all going to jail.

Let me go, man!
I was just passing by!

Hustling, eh?

You could be a communist.

No, not them.
You're free, gents.

Sorry to bother you.

Lemme go, dammit!

Life's funny, huh?

2 guys grow up together...
same street...

same school, soccer, religious,
civic and moral education.

One gets a degree. A lawman,
respected. And the other?

A nobody, an outcast.
Come out of there!

Take it easy, Tiger.

Easy, big man!

Don't use our old friendship
to break the law.

If I let you alone,
they'll say I shut my eyes...

- on a friend's guilt.
- Me, guilty?

Smuggling.

That's big stuff!

That's crazy!

Hey, that's an antique, Sheriff!

A museum piece.

Don't tell me it still works!

Know this one?

Wow!

Where's the papers?

Receipt, customs slip, permit.
Got you read-handed!

Red-handed? No.
It's a gift, Sheriff.

You're the law, no?
So find the papers.

Listen, Tiger.

About Margot.

Don't be sore at me
for double-crossing you.

It wasn't until she
got tired of you...

that I stepped in.

To hell with that woman!

But how can she be happy
with a mug like you?

Why did she go?
You want to know...

And why did she decide
to stay with me?

I'd say that I don't know...

And if she still
has your address...

and she ever thinks of you...

I confess, I wonder too.

Our nights of love all seem...

a lover's shrine,
a prayer, a dream...

and the world goes away.

With each other we stay.

Hallucinations fill my nights...

a paradise right inside of her.

With other men
she would pretend to feel...

a passion she could fake, with
me it didn't take that game.

And before me she didn't know...

just how far her love could go.

Weren't you the one
who had know...

I've got my eye on you!

That doesn't concern me,
Dr. Tiger!

I pay well to
protect my house...

and your men's help
break up my cabaret?

Hold the phone!

Listen, girls, Otto's
going to be your buddy.

We'll split the damages.

I'll take 60% of your pay.

In 10 months I'll be paid off.

But Mr. Strüdell...

that'll be terrible...

even for me, and I'm better paid.
It'll ruin the others.

I owe money everywhere.

What can I do?
I ain't been laid for 3 months!

That's a good one! Is it Otto's
fault it you lack sex appeal?

Is he supposed to hustle
for you?

He sits there and slaves for you
night and day. It's brain work...

He's in misery from hemorrhoids.
Isn't that enough?

Dear, look what Tiger sent us!

Come here, kid.

Look!

Can you imagine!

What a wreck!

Dr. Tiger, is this a joke?
Is this your gift?

Wait!

- What's your name?
- What?

You have a name?

Raimunda Dias, but they
call me "Bag o' Bones"...

Bag o' Bones!
Born where?

I was in jail,
but I didn't do anything.

Diseases?

Syphilis, gonorrhea?

I've already had all
the diseases of this life...

but I've forgotten
their first names.

Turn around slowly.

If you would live off love...

You must not give your love...

You have to love...

without love...

without joy...

always watching the clock.

You'll feel the pain of love...

if you would gain from love.

A pain you don't need.

You will bleed...

and you'll sweat...

like some guy on the docks...

Aahh, love...

It is no...

happy ending.

It goes...

for the heart...

Ripped apart...

leaving nothing for mending...

That is why you must realize...

love is no recreation...

Open your eyes.

Love never was a vice.

Love is a sacrifice.

Love is a holy order...

Light the little red lights.

That is why...

you must realize...

Love is no recreation...

Open your eyes...

Love was never a vice.

- Love is a good business deal...
- A miracle!

She's perfect!

Go on, put her to work!

Picking up these wretches...

giving them new teeth...

teaching them hygiene, art...

giving them work...

What do you get in return?

Ingratitude!

So if you think I exploit you...

that the boss is
always a louse...

that the class struggle will
save the proletariat...

Very well!

The doors are open!

Mr. Strüdell, we're fine here.

You're a good man, Mr. Strüdell.

They're crying on a full belly.

Max makes trouble,
and we pay for it!

When Max fucks you,
you didn't bitch.

Wait! Max?
That gigolo!

Did he bust up my club?

He hangs out with gringos
and talks politics.

In my cabaret?

Made an anti-German speech.

His woman, Margot, asks
for advances, scrounges...

Isn't Margot your
wife's names, Dr. Tiger?

It says here:
protected by the Inspector.

You let your ex-wife soil
your name with that bandit?

Sorry, but that hooker won't
work here anymore.

Or anywhere else in this town!

Lu!
Your bags!

Who's sentimental,
I'm sentimental...

Wearing my heart on my sleeve.

It's beating, beating
much more than a feeling...

My head is reeling
but it's natural...

natural...

It's August and
I'm feeling lender.

Waiting for someone
of the opposite gender...

opposite gender, someone!

Just yesterday, life was nothing...
My sky stripped of stars.

Alone... Afraid...
Could love improve me?

Now I'm counting the stars...

and my life seems
to be a movie...

Gemini, Gemini, Gemini season...

It's my season, my year...
And if it's not, I'll just die!

Or would destiny lie?

I'll just have to be...

Please let me be...

I will be happy...

I will be happy...

Let there be happy days...

If the world disappears and
I've never been happy once...

Stop the marching troops...

send them home until I
have my chance...

to be happy once!

Take the warships apart.

Stop the work on the docks...

until I have been happy once!

Bring them down, paralyze
all the planes in the sky...

It's important I'm happy once!

I am sixteen years old now...

I'm brunette and I'm pretty...

and sentimental, sentimental,
sentimental...

Daddy!

My dearest Daddy!

You're so handsome, Daddy.

We're in!
That horse was a sure thing!

He paid 40.

- 40, chief?
- Sure.

- You leave the riffraff to me.
- Easy money!

Well, well!

I don't believe it!

Who do I see?

Hi, Satyr of the poolroom.

Look, It's big Max!

How about a little game?

A buck?

I drop that on a
pinball machine.

We can do better than that.

- Make it 10.
- 10 bucks? OK.

Good man!
That's how I like 'em!

You first.

Look out Max!
Here I go!

So you really
think you're the type...

to be in high society...

You let us know
you'll stage a show...

of souvenirs of "gringo"...

You'll even lose some dough
at bingo for charity.

I just don't know...

So now you say in English
"5 o' clock very well, my friend"..

The gang's confused...

It's quite a shock,
And they don't comprehend...

We gossip, we slander,
you're misunderstood...

Oh! What a big hood
you are!

Are you making a Jake...
Or should I be crying?

I've seen your face before
on a stamp...

in the Royal Museum...

the cemetery, the mausoleum,
the country fair...

Whenever you show up,
you bring a meal.

It's a big deal! A number...
You make us laugh!

You bring a band
who plays the old time samba...

We gossip... We slander...
You're misunderstood.

Oh! What a great
big hood you are!

You used to be a cool happy guy!
You went and changed your name!

And now you're talking big
but you are still a fool.

And you'll go hungry
just the same.

You'll see... no matter what...
You'll be a worker yet!

You wanna bet?

I work at loving till I'm beat,
and I die of the heat!

A family man, a married hood,
that's what we'll get!

Oh you, you're such
a crook who says...

it's real love that you feel...

Your big affair's a
dime a dozen on the street...

So what's the big deal?!

Respect her...

She's a working woman
and she feeds me...

Give her a break...
she's done her time.

- She nurses me, she really needs me
- Her purse is empty, not a dime...

- Your mother's walking the streets!
- Since you never had a mother...

I won't discuss her, I'm discreet!

I won't even bloody my knife
or start a battle here...

Why not leave town!
Just disappear!

I won't throw in the towel...

We're going to fight!
Where will it end?

- In the end pocket...
- I just don't know...

The gang is hanging 'round
to place a bet...

They want to see me fool you...

You loose you cool, you
start to sweat...

when I pick up the pool cue...

We gossip... We slander...
You're misunderstood...

Oh! What a big hood
you are!

In the pocket!

- That's life!
- Right, Max.

I'll pay off with this lighter.

It's worth more than 10 bucks.

Do I look like a patsy?

Let's see it.

It's no good for a samba.

My dough is tied up in a deal.

I can't pay you a few days.

I'm gonna do you a favor.

I'll give you a week.

One week!

- Are you my shadow?
- Take it easy, Max!

Easy?

The German played me
a dirty trick.

Firing the woman who keeps me!
I'm demoralized.

Don't make a big thing of it, Max.
You're a drag!

Lots of hookers dream
of keeping you.

But Margot's Margot, dammit!

And that Nazi German son-of-a-bitch
messes up my life!

I'll wreck his house!
Destroy it!

Don't do anything dumb.
He'll send you to jail!

I'll kill the bastard!

I have a better idea.

Seen his daughter?

- His daughter?
- The apple of his eye.

She's just come home
from boarding school.

If won't cost you anything
to send her flowers...

data her...

take her for a boat ride...

- I get it.
- And toss her into the can!

Not a bad idea.

Or push her off
Sugar-Loaf Mountain...

No, I'll take her to
deserted beach...

fuck her and leave
her there, naked.

You're smart, Geni. How'd
you know about the daughter?

My 6th sense, Max.

You're fabulous, kid!

I may wind up marrying you.

Don't say that, Max.
Drives me crazy!

Which of the two, Geni?

What a chore!

Excuse me.

He's an ace!

Terrific!

Best striker in the world!

Heleno, of course.
Go, Heleno!

What, Heleno!
That's not Heleno, man!

- Where's Heleno?
- Plays with Botafogo.

So who's playing here?

Fluminense vs America.

Heleno!
Go, Heleno!

It's not Heleno, miss.
Go, America!

America!
Hurray for America!

We're all Fluminense fans here.

That's fascism! Where's free speech?
Long live America!

God save America!

Shut up asshole!

- Asshole?
- Yeah, asshole!

Don't you see there are
young girls here?

Sorry.
They're idiots.

You're very brave!

We have an international call...

for Captain Max Overseas.

Captain Overseas.
It's urgent, please.

Captain!

You forgot your cigarette case.

Thanks a lot.

Where's your friend?
So plump, appealing.

She stayed behind.
She loves Soccer.

Alone with those cannibals!
It's dangerous!

Don't worry.
She's fine.

But I don't feel to well.

I need someone who can drive
my car take me home.

Your car?
A dodge 'em car?

Nasty man!
I'm 18, OK?

Here's my driver's license.

Ludmila...

Strüdell!

Sorry. I think there's been
a misunderstanding.

You think I'm a kid.

I thought you were fat!

No, that is...
I was distracted...

A business call from New York.
It never ends...

And you're no time
to waste on babes.

My name's Max.

I need some fun.

And your business?

Business. New York.
I've forgotten all about that.

This your car?

It's a beauty!
Give me the keys.

The sea's my element.

When I have troubles,
I come here.

That's how my life has always been,
high tide, low tide...

high tide, low tide.

What are these papers?

Stocks, bonds.

Listen, baby,
last night these papers...

were worth half
a million dollars.

Today, after that call from
my partner on Wall Street...

- Where'd he call from?
- Wall Street. New York!

He called me and said:

"Max, our stocks aren't
worth a dime now!"

He was almost crying.
Did I bat an eye?

No way, baby!

Industrial overproduction, see?

No, I don't see.

When factories overproduce,
merchandise loses value...

and you have to burn or scrap it
to bring the price up.

It's the law of
supply and demand.

I know that law.

- You do?
- Yes, I do.

For example,
suppose you interested me.

I could make, eyes at you,
and you'd think:

"This girl's easy to get.
She's worth nothing."

Or I could go off and
sit down alone...

looking like a school teacher,
and wait.

Look at this woman you wish
to seduce...

after tonight...

a memory you're rejecting...

She's an actress,
don't confuse...

her kiss so full of passion...

she's just projecting.

Look at this woman you
wish to seduce...

she's all effect invented...

by a playwright star of...

"You'd never suspect".

So when you kiss her
on the lips...

Thinking you've
broken her defense...

no mater where you
put your hands...

taking advantage of her sense...

she is delirious...

Like you are waltzing
to a band...

she even acts like
your in love...

Don't take her serious.

What if this girl decides
to see Japan...

she leaves you behind...

Her memory incessant...

She's there when you
turn out the lights...

in the corner of your room...

In the radio's glow she's
phosphorescent.

They play the last blues
of the night...

listen to the band
forget, if you can...

this woman you wish to seduce.

Go for a swim?

Not coming in?

Oh, I see...
No trunks.

Just wear your shorts, dummy.

So far the, war has
gone Hitler's way...

but this change radically.

The United States is among
the strongest of the nations...

and they are ready
to enter the war.

Where have you been?

- At the soccer match.
- Did you hear?

America declared war
on the Axis!

When Germany responds,
it's called an aggressor!

Germany is peace-loving
it wouldn't hurt a fly...

but it can't ignore a challenge.

That Roosevelt is an idiot!

Now the Third Reich will
have to rule all of America!

Gosh!

Ludmila!

I was at the soccer game
with Fiorella, Mom.

You say you're quitting school?
The school doesn't want you!

- I'll explain...
- This explains everything.

Your teacher's been kicked out
of the corps of instructors.

I don't know what that corps is,
but this is bad.

- I was going to tell you.
- Tell me?

Where did you learn such
dirty things?

It wasn't my fault, Mom.
He deceived me.

What are you two
whispering about?

The car, Daddy.

It's so beautiful!

I adore it, Daddy.

You're a love!

Nana lent it to me.

- I see.
- Remember Nana?

I screwed her.

She worked in the vaudeville theater
She lives well.

In the suburbs.
She has a garden, with fruit trees.

I wanted to bring you mangoes.

Sure.

But you don't like mangoes.

Her husband earns steady
pay at the City Hall.

I see!

I think Nana's happy.

Wait for me at home!

I've paid what I owed you.

Hey boy, hold it!
I haven't finished counting.

Take it easy, Max!
I was just kidding!

Who's the "boy" now, asshole?

- Me.
- And the asshole, too!

And the asshole, too.

Take it easy!

I'll give you some advice:

Times have changed.
Now there are only two ways.

You want to be a big man, buy
a gun and go into the slums.

But if you want to stay here,
follow my example...

and get organized.

Be careful with that dough.

It's good money, woman's money.

I'll return...

No matter what, I will return.

And when I left, I swore...

no backward look
that's what it look...

A woman's empty words...
I will return.

It could be...

I'll go from to bar
to bar to bar...

All nonsense
to deceive myself...

I'll steep with anyone
the whole night through...

I'll still love you.

I'll arrive...

at any hour, to my space...

If any woman tries
to make you...

take you... take my place...

you'd better send
that tramp away.

I'll return.

I'll run back...

and climb our stairs, our stairs,
our stairs, our stairs...

But then, my love
I'll leave again...

And addict who cannot
go anywhere.

I will return.

If might be...

our romance is...

just a fairytale...
And all the while...

our roof, our street
and all the town...

of Rio... all fall down.

It might be...

It's gone!
Our time together...

Gone so soon...
Springtime weather...

Wait for me...

Wait and see...

I will return.

Max, you still there?

The film got a happy
ending or not?

Hello, handsome.

I've looked all over
town for you.

So you hang around these dumps!

I own property around here.

Trifles, inherited from
my grand-dad.

I may demolish this,
and build a skyscraper.

You're not sore at me?

The bit at the beach?

I could tell from your
face you'd do that.

Why?

To give you a reason
to look for me.

None of that!

I came as a business woman.
On a serious matter.

Business woman?
I see.

Stop it.

You know, Max?

All I've thought of is what
you said on the beach.

Yesterday I dreamt of you again.

About importing things...

It'd be fascinating to bring
here by ship...

the most modern things
in the world...

the most sophisticated goods...

Stop that, Max!

Tell me the truth.

Your business is
bankrupt, right?

Bankrupt?

What nonsense, girl!

Just temporary problems.

I'm used to starting over from
scratch. Nothing scares me.

Nothing, huh?

Nothing.

Let me ask you something:
would you like a partner?

You?
Instantly!

I'm serious, Max.

You and I will start
an import business.

Is it a deal?

To get started...
you think this is enough?

- Otto Strüdell?
- My Dad.

I told him I was making
a safe investment.

You agree?

It's not much,
but to get started...

I don't know, baby.

Taking money from a woman...

- bothers me.
- Forget it...

You'd given your word, but...

I gave my world?

You're sure?

That's different.

Sign the receipt.
I'll till it in later.

And us?

I must go. You stay here with
your grand-dad's inheritance.

See you later!

'Bye, handsome!

It's OK... It needs to be
cleaned up, but it'll do.

I hope it'll all fit in.

Get ready, guys.

From now on,
We're in with the pros.

It'll be fabulous!
We're out of the small time.

Wait, Max, I don't have a cent!

Things are tough!

- Who'll bankroll it?
- I will, Max Overseas!

It'll be a cinch for you.

You'll hawk the merchandise
and take your cut. OK?

But if any of you want to be
on the payroll...

just tell the boss,
and I'll think it over.

No way, Max.

That'd make it like work.

- A bunch of junk...
- What about the cops?

I'll deal with
the cops you, guys!

Max is in tight with the law.

Here, OK?

It's a blackout!

Smile, Margot, smile.

You were always so cheerful!

I dunno, Max.
You're put me in a spot.

Business is business!

You said you'd do
anything for me!

You know I would.

- Evening, Margot.
- Evening.

- You're lovely.
- Thank you.

Sheriff, I'm glad you
accepted my invitation.

I thought you were mad at me.

Margot invited me.

I was in a meeting,
and Margot called...

Excuse me.

She's happy.

You shouldn't put
Margot in a spot.

I wanted her to see
we're still friends.

What do you want?

Ever see a prettier check?

From Otto Strüdell!

He doesn't know
I'm daughter's partner.

Lu's a clever girl.
She'll go far!

Not like her Dad, who pays you
to let him exploit his whores.

Don't say that!

The check's just a start. Lu and I
will bring the world to Rio.

Even the Statue of Liberty!

It'll all come here. With or
without your help. You decide.

Shut your eyes, like for
her Dad, and you'll get 10%.

Don't say that.
This isn't the place...

10% of the world, Sheriff!

- OK?
- I'll think it over.

May I have this dance?

Losing your job's no fun.

Mr. Strüdell doesn't like
your husband, eh?

Think so?
I don't know why.

But his daughter gets
along fine with him.

His daughter?
What daughter?

He never spoke of her?

With me, that's
all he talks of...

That she's fabulous, they're talking
business, of a company...

That so?

Is the German daughter pretty?

Very pretty.
And very young.

Tell me the truth:
you think no one hires me...

because of Max?

Of course!

What if I wasn't
with him anymore?

Try it. You'll be
besieged with offers.

Think so?

Think so? I swear it!

You're the greatest!

Where are you going, tramp?

Me, a tramp?

What am I doing with
this two-timer?

What about the
German's daughter?

She gives me money!

I'm the one who gives you money.

You used to!

I'm going to be rich:
you'll get it all back!

No need, I know
how to earn money!

You're of work!
You're old!

I'll ball this whole city!

Don't hit me!

You'll ball who?

- Pimp!
- Whore!

Careful, you'll ruin her!

Get lost, assholes!

It's your turn, Lu.

Play for me, Fiorella.

I'll put some
hotels in your way.

You taught me they all
have to be the same color.

The third is mine.
But I'll give it to you.

What? "Give" it?
Nothing's free!

Then swap it for
my "Gas Company".

- Thanks.
- Give me 20.000.

Alright.

Look, Dad:
three hotels!

You can play, Dad.

"Go to hospital".

- He's cheating.
- Hospital?

That's my hotel.
Pay up... 250.000.

But I've got nothing left!
I lost! I quit!

Sure. Sell that junk.
Mortgage your properties.

While you're at it, sign this.

That's how you play, Dad.

That?... I need your guarantee
to register my company.

Mom, it's your turn, play!

- What company?
- An import company.

That was in the game!

What game, Dad?
You even signed a check!

Why are you so
stubborn today. Sign!

Please, Lu, don't confuse me.

Overstrüdell
import-export. Ltd.

What's that?

The company's name.

Half my name, half my partner's.

I need a partner.
He has the foreign contacts.

Wake up, Dona Victoria!

Your partners name?

My partner is Max Overseas.

He's delightful.
Right, Fiorella?

- Is it my turn?
- Know who her partner is?

That outlaw, that smuggler...

- You're a fossil, Dad!
- Ludmila!

You never got out of
the last century!

Your deals are going sour,
your fortune is sinking...

And when you die...

what will I get?

Cabarets and slums...

that are falling apart.

No, Dad.
My life's ahead of me.

Max is up-to-date,
geared to the future.

And there's already
a lot of money invested.

We're going to grow,
grow and grow.

Go up to your room at once!

Tomorrow you return
to boarding-school!

- She won't go back there.
- You too.

A half breed! An illiterate
trying to give orders.

Did I take you of
the bordello for that?

But she can't stand that school!

Then I'll send her to Austria.

So she's in the
right atmosphere.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

A touch up.

Max something
awful's happened...

Dad wont's guarantee the
registration of Overstrüdell.

Not so loud!
Guarantee what?

Our company, Max.

Without his guarantee,
no license, no office...

no working capitol.

This is very complicated.
Listen Lu...

We can't talk here.
Let's settle it tomorrow.

It's a matter of life and death.

It's not the end of the world.

Everything's OK, the goods
are here, our staff's at work...

the cops are
turning a blind eye...

Don't fret about the company.
That can wait.

Max, you don't understand.

Everything was done
in the company's name.

The money I borrowed,
the receipts you signed.

If there's no company, you
can be arrested as a crook.

Who me?
A crook?

What about you?

I'm a minor.

OK, so you are.

I'll talk to my lawyers.
Is that alright?

Now, since you're a minor.

Go on home. Go!

I can't.

- You can't?
- I ran away from home.

Don't talk nonsense, Lu.
Go home!

Daddy hit me.

I'll never go back.

That's stupid.

- So what's next?
- Next we get married.

- We get what?
- And today.

Listen...

For my Dad it must be
a fait accompli.

He won't have his
son-in-law arrested!

He'll have to accept it.
He'll get used to it.

Then he'll back us and
our company will take off.

On top of it. I love you and
you love me. Right, Max?

We could order a
baby right away.

That's enough, kid!

Go play, and leave my man alone!

Who's this woman?
Your mother?

I share his bed every night.
Who are you?

I'm the future
Mrs. Overseas.

You're a baby, a little slut!
Get lost!

Max, that woman insulted me.

Dirty brat who's never
bad an orgasm!

- You're in menopause!
- In what?

Love, take me away from here.

Don't touch my man!

That man is mine.

That man is mine.

Oh... my love...

has a touch that's gentle...

all his own.

A touch that drives me crazy...

with kisses, that amaze me...

and where his fingers trace...

he always gives me shivers...

So calmly... deeply...
with control...

His kisses touch my very soul
the kisses he delivers.

Oh... my love...

has a touch that's gentle...

all his own.

He robs me of my senses...

He violates defenses...
naughty secret I must hear...

he whispers in my ears.

He bites me and he teases...

with teeth my belly seizes...

His marks don't disappear.

I am his woman... understand?

And he's my guy.

My body is a testament
to all he satisfies.

Oh... my love...

has a touch that's gentle...

all his own...

He leaves me in a frenzy...

He strokes me and he sends me...

when he forgets to shave...

he leaves me chaffed and red...

Each and every night we lie
our bodies thigh to thigh...

each time we go to bed...

Oh... my love...

has a touch so gentle...

all his own.

With foreplay that entrances...

as he makes his advances
my breasts... my belly...

and every inch of me
he roams I'm on fire!

The reason is desire
my body's his...

and in me he is at home...

I am his woman...
understand?

And he's my guy.

My body is a testament
to all he satisfies.

- Well?
- I want to talk to you.

What do you want?
Is it a message from Max?

No, I came for
reasons of my own.

I called because I'm alone...
I've been thinking...

I want to come back, Tiger.
Live with you again.

Wonderful! "You want!"
I don't get it.

I made a mistake.
I never should've left you.

It was good with you.
Why look for better.

He was better?
Don't put me on!

Where's Max, eh?
Where is he?

The Max your jealous of
no longer exists.

The bastard I loved,
that Max is dead.

Now there's another Max...

who's too big for his boots,
an ambitious prick!

He wants to screw everyone.

You, anyone who's in his way.

He wants to be Mr. Big.

But I don't love him anymore.

I see...

Look at me, Tiger...

See if I'm lying.

I swear to you on everything sacred.
That Max revolts me!

What about me?

- You?
- Look at me!

You love me?

Tiger...

For as long as I'm your woman,
I'll respect you.

- Inspector Tiger!
- What a nice surprise.

You have two hours
to find my daughter!

Ludmila has disappeared...

apparently kidnapped by that
criminal, Max Overseas!

Who knows what
horrors may happen!

Excuse me, but there's
no cause for alarm.

I'm told Max has become
an honest businessman.

And I'm told
that this smuggler...

is paying you to cover for him.

Whit all respect...

you can't accuse me
without proof!

Listen to me, shitface!

What proof did you need
to arrest and massacre...

so many wretches
all these years?

Electric shock, nails torn out,
confessions extorted...

How legal were they?

You killed bandits and
hid the corpses!

You were well covered, huh!

But sooner or later
a guy like you...

- becomes a handicap.
- Please, sir...

Don't forget I have powerful
friends in high places...

and that the government
is anxious...

to give the police
a better public image!

You've got me wrong...

I know that crooked
psycho cops like you...

belong behind bars!

You've been warned!

I want my daughter, intact.

Understand?

As for your friend
Max Overseas...

well...

you know better than I
what to do with him.

She's a lady! Know where we'll
go for our honeymoon?

To Hollywood, in style!

You hoods are lucky!

Damned lucky to be friends
of Capt. Max Overseas!

What a doll!

Look at the fiancee!

Lu, you're a honey!

I always dreamed of marrying
in a dress like this.

This is my fiancee.
Lu Strüdell...

soon to be
Mrs. Max Overseas...

chief stockholder
in our company.

This is our staff.

To me, we're one big family.

- General!
- Yes, Captain.

General Electric, one of my
rightest right hands.

He'll handle radios,
refrigerators, mixers...

- Philip!
- Sir.

Philip Morris: American cigarettes,
Cuban cigars.

Johnny Walker, baby.

He'll supply the nightclubs,
casinos, smart bars...

and the presidential palace.

And now baby, the big surprise.

They have prepared a
tango in you honor.

What fun!
I want to see.

Oh, if only I could sing...

My tenor's voice would ring...

A nightingale in song...

And like a troubadour
of sunsets on the shore...

I'd sing in voice so strong...

I'd gently say to you...

Welcome...

For I am singing
of your beauty...

You're a real princess
such a cutie...

a treasure in our den.

Oh, if I were a PhD...
So proud of my degree...

Diploma in hand...

Well in my cultured voice
about you I'd rejoice...

I'd talk in terms so grand.

I'd gently say...

Welcome...

You are so lovely...

Why be hasty... You're the
first visitor who's tasty...

to visit in our den.

Oh, a waiter would be fine...

With shoes that had a shine...

A waiter trained in France...

Who's never at a loss
when asked about a sauce...

and knows wine at a glance...

I'd gently say to you...

Welcome...

You're so graceful.
So petite too...

You're so sexy...
it's a treat to...

have you in our den.

Oh, if I could be Gardel...

A tenor with degrees...

A nightingale from France...

A doctor of cuisine...

A waiter Ivy-League...

A football fancy pants...

In fevered tones I'd say...

Welcome...

Your beauty almost is a crime...

You have an ass
that's too sublime...

to be here in our den.

- Big Ben, what time is it?
- 3 P.M., Captain.

Where's the best man?
He's late!

Mr. Justice of the peace,
is all in order?

- Yes.
- Where's that best man?

Tiger's here!

Shut up, idiot!
Stop shouting!

The Sheriff is my best man.
He's our guest.

Welcome, best man!

Best man my ass! This is the
end of the line for you, lover!

That any way to come
to my wedding?

Clowns!

Is this a gag, Sheriff?

My gun could hurt someone.

The tigress is fierce today!

I'm very scared!

Faggot!

Anyone else want to kid around?

This town's grown too small...

for the two of us
Sebastian Pinto.

Margot's free now.

No she's not.

- She's living with me.
- That so?

Another reason to
get rid of you.

You blind, Sheriff?

Can't you see I'm marrying?

I asked you as best man.
My fiancee... the judge...

Too late!

I've been ordered
to end this farce.

The girl's going home
and you to hell!

OK, Sheriff, OK.

You win.

No use crying over my life.
It's worthless.

But what about all
this merchandise?

Tell you what we'll do.

I'll go to Argentina.

The guys will go on
working normally.

Lu...

She'll go back to school.

And you'll have 100%
instead of 10%.

50%

My part doesn't figure in this.

50%.
50 - 50.

It's a good other, inspector.

There, Sheriff.

You keep it all,
including Margot.

And I disappear.

You didn't have to do that!

Ciao, kid!

Congrats, Sheriff.

You're the top man.

What'll become of me now, Mom?

Go to sleep dear.
You're still a child.

Someday you'll find
a decent husband.

I'll never find
one like Max, Mom.

I didn't have to explain
things to him.

He was always ahead of me.

Poor guy...

Who'll want to marry me
with a huge belly?

Why did you grow up,
little Indian girl?

So fast, so clumsy?

You put on my make-up...

used my dress...

If I could
I would turn back time...

To relive the time I saw...

Your shaking legs,
little Indian girl...

Banging your head...

Getting all dirty...

Not letting you sit on my lap...

Make up for all those sleepless
nigh, little Indian girl...

To ignore your cries...

and only take care of myself...

Let the fever burn you up,
little Indian girl...

A high fever, chattering teeth...

Dress you carelessly...

To handle a dry nurse...

Break your doll,
little Indian girl...

Shave your head...

And show you off in the pubs...

Turn the milk to olive oil...

in the breast you dried up...

Sprinkling shards of glass...

one the floor where you crawled...

for the lost umbilical cord...

To keep you forever...

in the darkness of my womb,
little Indian girl...

a place you...

should never have left...

FEBRUARY 15, 1942

Thanks.

Mrs. Margot, the pianist
will be a bit late.

He went to the drugstore
for sale cocaine.

It's crazy! 5 grams of coke
for the price of a beer!

I don't snort anymore.
Not even as a remedy.

If by change you want me...

I'm one of those women...

who always say yes.

Is it you?

You're so pale!

I'm no ghost.

Well, yes.
I'm dead.

I'm in heaven.

I cam down to see my friends.

The widow doesn't
seem inconsolable.

Go away!
Someone might come!

- I'm waiting for someone.
- You're crazy, Max!

- Disappear!
- I tried to disappear, Margot.

I went to great lengths, I got
a ticket to Buenos Aires.

But I couldn't face it...

I'd become a wreck...

Life without you made no sense.

I wish I heard that before...

When you where going to marry
the German's daughter.

I was wrong Margot.

I wanted to get out of
this dump, become rich.

I was a jerk. I hurt you.
I ruined my life...

I'd give anything to
get you back.

I was happy with you, doll.

Terribly happy!

I know I shouldn't talk about it.

You've a good life. Don't right
I come and cause trouble of you.

Max, I love you.

I'll always love you,
no one but you!

But it can't be. It's a
rotten shame Go away!

We must not ruin our lives!

We can start over,
far from here!

You're crazy.
Tiger will...

- Hurry up, doll.
- One minute.

Don't move!

I'll start with you,
Sebastian Pinto!

Wait, Tiger, I can explain...

You wait you turn, bitch!
You and your "I'll respect you..."

- This time, too.
- What do you mean?

You'll lose this time, too!

You're a born loser.

Even if you kill me,
you won't win.

- Traitor!
- Admit you always hated me.

And I always won: soccer, biking
jerking-off contests...

Fifi, with the tiny cock...

Watch that hand!

Don't be afraid, Sheriff.

I'm not armed.

Then Fifi went off
to Police Academy.

He grew strong, killed
thousands of people.

Fifi became Tiger.

And then what, Tiger?

What good was it, since
you're a born loser?

Go on!

For you...

Catch Fifi!

Asshole!
Cuckold!

That's for Geni!

Now beat it, Fifi!

Go on, you spineless bastard!
Scram!

You lost this time, too.

Beat it, Sheriff!

Sheriff of Shitville!

Scram!

Smash everything!

Smash all this shit!

We'll fix those Nazis!

Nazis go home!
Germans go home!

Brazil is going to war!
Smash everything!

If war's declared to start
right in the middle...

of Carnival...

It's our son's right!
Who'd refuse the fight?

Brazil's recruiting folks...
It's a general call...

If the world is threatened
and we're in trouble...

We'll explode and everything will
fall Step up! Enlist on the double...

Come on! Because the folks
must save the carnival!

Otto Strüdell!

Don't just stand there, friend!

Are you Brazilian or not?

Death to the Nazis.
Down with the Krauts!

What a calamity, Margot.
They sank out ships.

I know...

They killed lots of civilians,
kids and all.

Those Nazis are
sons-of-a-bitches!

We'll find a nice little farm,
a quiet place...

far from this whole mess.

You go, Margot.
I can't.

I've brought everything, bags,
money, clothes...

No, it was a dream,
baby, a dream.

Brazil goes to war and
Max flees to the countryside?

Never!

How could I look at myself
in the mirror?

And who'd you be sleeping with?
A coward, a deserter?

You talk nonsense!

No, baby, I've decided.

I have to go.

I've volunteered.

I want to be one of the first
to parachute into Berlin.

Don't look at me like that.
I don't want you to suffer.

I know it's dangerous.
I may not come back.

You who are a part of me...

the half that's far from me...

Don't stare at me in vain.

Cause longing for you
is a bloodletting...

A longing far worse
than the forgetting...

Worse than self-inflicted pain.

You who are a part of me...

the exited heart of me...

Leave without a trace.

Longing's like...

watching a ship...

as it slowly begins its trip...

leaving behind
its mooring place.

You who are a part of me...

the part that's torn from me...

The face I wear inside.

It's no birth
that this longing brings...

It's like sorting the
useless things...

of a child who's died.

You who are a part of me...

the severed part of me...

The part that cannot stay.

This longing's a stabbing pain...

that I feel but I can't explain...

in a limb that's been torn away.

You who are a part of me...

I adore this part of me...

Wash your image away.

It's a punishment, longing so...

I'll leave behind... when I go...

the shroud of love...

Farewell...

Don't say a thing, sweet honey.
Don't wait for me...

Don't cry. Remember me
as I always was...

full of life, and madly
in love with you!

August 22. 1942

Brazil declares war on
Hitler and threatens...

to confiscate the property
of all German residents.

Rio society attended...

the holy service that
joined forever...

Mr. Max Overseas and
Miss Ludmila Esturgeon...

Politicians, artists, in
short the Rio in crowd...

came to take a close look
at the young marrieds...

The groom heads an
important firm...

The bride is heiress to
a Rio hotel empire.

I saved your wealth by
marrying your daughter.

Dirty pimp!

Smile, you
German son-of-a-bitch!

The young couple left for
a honeymoon in the USA...

Shall we go?
Let's go, baby.

*END*