Tito and the Birds (2018) - full transcript

"I hearken to a dove from
other Floods"

When I was little,

my father told me
that the world's

biggest problem was fear.

He said that fear
had become contagious,

just like a disease.

This is the story of how fear
contaminated the world.

And this is more or less
how it all started.

What is this chaos?
What is the world turning into?

Where are the authorities?

My name is Alaor Souza
and this is your news channel.



That's my mother
a few years ago.

When my father
still lived with us.

That's me on the floor
next to her.

And this is Buiu.

He was my nanny's son

and we grew up together
until we were six.

when the accident happened.

Well, we'll talk about
the accident later.

Buiu always had bulging eyes.

So I don't know if he was born
with the fear disease,

or if that's how he was:
he had big eyes.

Filthy animal!
Rufus! Rufus!

But my father said that
I wouldn't catch fear from Buiu

because you don't catch fear
from the air



or from using the same glass.

"You catch fear from ideas,"
he used to say.

This is the last time I'll
say it, Rufus.

Either these birds go,

or you go.

On the day of the accident,

I saw the secret machine
my father was building

for the first time.

My mother had forbidden me
to go near the machine,

but on that day,
my father finally let me.

He said the machine
was meant for us

to understand the
language of birds.

Since the dawn of time,
birds have been

saving men from catastrophes.

Owls have warned
about earthquakes,

crows have warned about fires,

and geese about wars.

While he was speaking,

a pigeon started to sing
in a very odd way.

He was very surprised,
grabbed the pigeon

and took it to the machine.

My father asked me to help
by holding a lever.

But I...

got scared.

After the explosion,

my father had
to leave the house.

He said he had to continue
the research in a remote place.

When we last spoke,
he promised he would come back,

and we would stay in touch.
Always.

How?

The birds will help us.

Look. This is for you.

On that day, I decided

that I would never
be scared again

and that I was going to prove

that my dad was right
about birds.

Attention please.

We'll soon begin
our inventions contest.

I'd like to remind you
that this is a qualifying round

for the international
inventions contest.

It'll start in five minutes
in the auditorium.

Tito! Tito!
Where are you, Tito?

They are calling the finalists.

- This is the men's restroom.
- So what?

Tito, I know you're there.
Why don't you answer?

I thought you weren't afraid.

I'm not afraid.

Where is Buiu? How is he going
to get inside the school?

Shh, Sarah!

- No need to worry, Tito.
- Hi, Teo.

There's no need to worry.

I'm going to win
the contest anyway.

See you on stage, Tito!

- Hi, Buiu.
- Did you finish the programming?

You're a genius, Buiu!
Thank God you came.

Sarah, don't let my mom
come after me, OK?

OK. Got it.

- Hi, Rosa.
- Hi, Sarah. How are you?

I only leave the house
for events like these.

Have you seen Tito?

You can't see him now.

He's getting ready
for the presentation.

The final of our Inventions
Contest will begin.

Let's go.

There are two finalists
this year.

There's a seat over there.

The first finalist is Teo Souza.

He'll present his invention,
Teo's Coil. Please, Teo.

My name is Teo Souza
and this is my channel.

And for the first time ever,
you're now going to see

one of the best experiments
with new energy in the country

and maybe the world.

I bet he didn't make it.

Teo's Coil.
Electrifying, isn't it, folks?

And now comes the
other finalist. Tito Rufus.

Tito will present
the Ornithologist Machine.

Complicated name, isn't it?

Ornithologist?

Go, Tito!

Well...

Many people don't know it,
but...

birds have saved men
from many catastrophes.

Men stopped paying attention
to what birds say

and forgot their language.

My presentation is
an attempt to try

to understand their
language again.

It can't be!
Just like Rufus' machine.

Tito! Tito!

How could you do this?

Make a machine
just like your father's?

And put everyone at risk!

What's going on, Tito?

Tito, please stop playing
with that filthy animal!

- There may be a message
from dad.

-A message from dad?

I don't want to hear
this anymore!

You're already 10 years old.

- What about dad?
- What about him?

- Don't change the subject.
- Won't he ever come back?

Tito, you father made that
machine explode on you.

- Don't you remember?
- But...

- But what?
- It wasn't his fault.

- Whose fault was it then?
- It was mine.

I was scared of helping him.

Yours? You were
seven years old, Tito. Seven!

And Rufus left for God
knows where

and never came back!

He never sent any news.

When you grow up,
you can go after him.

Until then,
I'm all you've got, OK?

And you're grounded!

I work like a dog so
I can pay for this

school and you get suspended.

What a shame, Tito.
Suspended from school!

- But mom...
- No more buts!

There'll be no internet for you.
No TV, no telephone,

no games, nothing!
You understand?

For a month!

I'm very proud of you.

Be brave and you'll be
a great inventor.

I'm sorry. Mommy gets nervous
because she worries about you.

Sleep well.
Mommy loves you.

Ever since my father left,

I've been having this
recurring dream.

It's as if I were flying
into the past

to understand the birds' secret.

But I always wake up
right before I discover it.

"I loved your invention.
I want to help you rebuild it.

Come to my place with Sarah

as soon as your suspension
is over. Teo."

With life in the big cities
becoming more and more risky,

what will become of us?

How can you leave the house?
You barely step outside

and you're in danger!

Look, my friends,
I've been doing this for years

and I've never seen
anything like it!

Where are the authorities?

Welcome to the Dome Garden!

You'll never be scared again.

One of our innovations
is a system that paralyzes...

It's chaos!
This is absurd!

You. Yes, you who are
watching me at home.

What about fear?
What about it?

Our closest companion
at all times.

Fear!

Fear of leaving the house!

Fear of meeting friends!

Fear! Fear!

Fear! Fear!

You also talk to them, kid?

I don't understand what
they say. Do you?

The street pigeons, kid.

They're free and rejected,

but since the world began,

they've been living with men.

Free and rejected.
Free and rejected.

Free and rejected.
Free and rejected.

Don't forget to smile.

People say that children
with good teeth

are allowed to go anywhere.

Security card.

- We're Teo's friends.
- Security card.

- That one can't go inside.
- But he's our friend.

- Teo invited us.
- Nobody gets in without a card.

Then we'll leave. If Buiu can't
go inside, we won't either.

-What do you mean?

- Are you sure you don't mind
if we go?

Follow me.

Master Teo is in sector 19.

Wait here for Master Teo.

I've always been dedicated
to people's security.

I've now decided to develop
a chain of gated communities

with state-of-the-art
security equipment.

Welcome to the Dome Garden.

You'll never be scared again.

One of our innovations
is a system that paralyzes

any animal that threatens
the community's inhabitants,

like rats, pigeons
and dangerous human beings.

I can't stand it.

My dad makes everyone
who comes here watch it.

Well, I've asked you
to come here

because I liked your
invention, Tito.

I even think it was a hit.

Do you want us to kick him out?

Out! Out!

No, stupid. I invited him.

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

The Trickster Brothers
have lots of energy,

but aren't very creative.

I need a real inventor.

What kind of invention?

We're going to rebuild
Tito's machine, of course.

You copied my machine.

You have to help me finish
the part with the lights.

But that's
the most important part.

You just have to help me win

the international
inventions contest,

with the best schools
in the world.

Help you? I don't give a damn
about that stupid contest.

Well, weren't you in
the school contest?

The one I won?

So what? It doesn't make
any difference that you won.

- Yes, it does!
- No, it doesn't!

- It does!
- OK, then.

So why don't you build your
own machine and I'll build mine?

Ha, I though you didn't care
about contests!

You two are pathetic!

Dear students,

I have some bad news for you.
I want to--

- Headmaster?
- Yes, dear?

Sir,
what happened to Ms. Helena?

Unfortunately, Ms. Helena
has been infected

by what is being called
the "Outbreak",

a disease that has apparently
become an epidemic.

We've had a few cases
here at school,

and therefore we decided
to cancel classes

until the situation
gets back to normal.

- But headmaster?
- Yes, dear.

How did she catch this disease?

It seems that she saw a man
who had Outbreak symptoms

and ended up getting infected.

Was it because
she didn't know the man?

- Why wasn't the man arrested?
- Arrest him!

Sir, I don't want to get sick!

I bet Tito's dad knows
the cure to it. Right, Tito?

- It's a lie. He doesn't
have a dad.

-How come he doesn't have a dad?

- He only has his mom!
- Shut up, Rita!

What do you know
about Tito's life?

You shut up!
Who are you to talk like that?

Quiet!

That's better. Now, let's watch
a video from a specialist.

We still don't know where
the epidemic came from.

We don't have an antidote or
formula for its cure, either.

But we've mapped out
the different phases

of the development of the
terroris acutus collectivae,

also known as "Outbreak".

In the initial phase,
the virus attacks the eyes,

making them bulge out,

and accelerates
the blood circulation,

making the patient tremble.

As time passes,

the disease makes
the hands and feet go numb

and then causes
a shortening of the limbs.

In the third phase, the victims
can no longer close their eyes

and their limbs shrink
completely.

The fourth phase takes place
when the infected people

take on an oval shape.

This is very serious
because people become useless.

The fifth and final phase,

and this is
an irreversible stage,

when there is no more hope
of being cured, people become--

Scientists are still
not completely sure,

but they suspect that
in the last phase

the sick people turn into rocks.

They become completely still,
paralyzed,

and lifeless.

I wish it were you.

-Forever, sir?

- Sir, I don't want
to turn into a rock!

We have absolutely no idea
of what is causing the Outbreak,

so take all possible
precautions.

Avoid people
who've been infected,

avoid extremely dangerous
or calm situations.

Also avoid being too alarmed
or too relaxed.

In short, avoid everything!

"Buiu, where are you?"

Son, I'm glad you're home!
It's chaos out there!

I went to the doctor
to make sure I'm OK.

Everybody's talking
about this Outbreak!

Folks, what's happening to us?

- Are you OK?
- Are you feeling well?

-Can anybody tell me?

What's happening?

Take these, just in case.

Will we let this epidemic
beat us?

Dad saw this coming...

Tito, we're not arguing over
your dad again, OK?

Where are the authorities?

When we need them the most?

You know I spent the whole
afternoon at the doctor's?

There were a lot of
people there.

He said I have nothing.
Nothing.

What a let-down,
this specialist.

Son, I have to work now
and I have to concentrate, OK?

I can't believe I have to work
with all this happening!

Attention. The mayor has
declared a state of emergency.

If you see someone with
bulging eyes... like this...

be aware that this person
is infected.

We'll be back
with more information

on the progress of the Outbreak
in the city and the world.

How weird...

The only birds that go near

the infected people
are the pigeons.

Time to go to bed.

OK, mom, I'm just going to take
my plate to the kitchen.

Where were you?
Weren't you online?

Come on, let's fix the machine.

Doctor, my first question is:
are we all going to die?

We have to fasten the rods.
Pass me that rope, Buiu!

Is your arm getting shorter?

I think we should focus on
the pigeons' singing this time.

What do you think?

-What happened, mom?

- We've lost
the Internet connection!

Just when the doctor
was getting interviewed!

Come back, pigeon!

Did she see you?

The doctor!

He's having Outbreak symptoms
live on TV!

Pigeon, pigeon!

"Please, dad, help me!"

Go, pigeon!
Please, find my dad, quickly!

Doctors, it's a pleasure
to have you here.

Thanks for having us, mayor.
The matter is important.

You must know Mr. Alaor Souza.

He just made
a "very" generous investment

in the new
Outbreak Research Center.

Mr. Mayor, it is good that
Mr. Alaor Souza is here,

because the matter
also relates to him.

We must prevent, at all cost,
the population from panicking.

Therefore, it is essential that

we show less alarmist news
on TV.

We should focus our energy
on investigating the Outbreak.

I fully agree that we should

investigate the Outbreak,
Doctor.

But we all know that the
success rate of any cure

depends on the alertness
among the population.

Therefore, news reports
must not stop. Ever!

But, Mr. Alaor,
this is different.

Our society is facing
serious risks.

Nobody has any idea
of what is going on.

The only research
we've found on the matter

is from a researcher who is,
let's say, eccentric.

It's this Dr. Rufus,
who disappeared four years ago.

May I?

Mayor, we need resources to find
Dr. Rufus as soon as possible.

Don't worry, doctor,
I will organize

the search for Dr. Rufus...

myself.

No, no...

It'll be chaos! It'll be chaos!

Mom... try to relax.
It's just a nightmare.

Son...

Promise me
you won't leave the house.

The world out there
is very dangerous.

Buiu is calling for help!

"Central Hospital,
Quarantine Level 4"

Buiu is at the hospital!

Sarah, I'm going after Buiu.

Mr. Alaor, we found
the scientist's island.

Excellent! Bring him right away!

Do whatever you have to do.

The Outbreak is spreading
rapidly around the world.

Specialists still haven't found
the cure to the epidemic...

Welcome, Dr. Rufus! I'm a big
admirer of your research.

I'm afraid I cannot say
the same about you.

Look, Dr. Rufus, look!
Here is the new machine.

Is that the design I sent you?

Of course, Dr. Rufus. Everything
is just as you requested.

Dr. Rufus, which machine
will save us from the Outbreak?

This one or the other one?

The other machine
is an old project, Mr. Alaor.

This one is more modern.

This is why I asked
you to build it.

So, this is the one
that will save us.

No machine will save us,
Mr. Alaor.

Get out!

Dr. Rufus,
I need to ask you outright.

Do you have the cure
for the Outbreak or not?

I don't.

What a pity!

But I know who does.

You do?

The pigeons will help us,
Mr. Alaor.

They will help us.

Free and rejected.

Always looking at us.

How is that possible?

Mr. Alaor, Dr. Rufus,
is everything alright?

- What happened to Dr. Rufus?
- Very weird.

Dr. Rufus cannot be interrupted.

Nobody should enter the lab
without my authorization.

I'll take this.

Tito, this way!

I'm glad you came, Sarah!

How did you manage
to convince your parents?

I didn't. I ran away.

It's the anti-panic brigade!
Come, Sarah!

Look, level 4! Buiu is here!

But how do we get in?

The pipe!

Cool. I'll stay here
to distract those fools.

- You're very brave, Sarah!
- I know.

Go! Hurry!

Buiu!

Tito!

Tito!

Tito!

The number you are
trying to reach

is disconnected or out...

Where are you, Tito?

- Did you make it?
- Yes. I found Buiu.

- Where is he?
- He's there.

- But...
- But what?

You might catch the Outbreak
if you look at Buiu now.

Come on.
Didn't you say I was brave?

Then let me be brave!
I want to see Buiu.

OK. Close your eyes.

But go slowly,
and don't get scared.

You have to be prepared.

You can look now.

Sarah...

It's all right. We'll fix this.

Tito!

I knew the pigeons
were going to help us!

What is it saying?

Oh no!

Sing, pigeon! Sing!

Sing! Sing!

This is how the pigeon sang

before my dad's
machine exploded.

Wait! My machine!
It can sing with my machine!

But it's broken.

I know what we can do.

I can't believe
you convinced me to come.

Come on, Tito. Let's go!

What's this?

It's a ball.

You can't play outside.

Only at the gym, OK?

Master Teo is coming.

Hang in there, Buiu.
We'll get you out of this.

Children!
Are you lost in my house?

Hi, Mr. Alaor. We're not lost.
We came to play with Teo.

How come you're still walking
around out there, without fear?

In fact, we also came
to talk to you, sir.

To me?

I'm honored.

We know how to make people
recover from the Outbreak.

Well, well, well...

So these very smart kids

have found the cure for
the Outbreak. How nice!

I will call
the TV network right now.

Teo, my dear,
your little friends

are telling me they found

the cure for the Outbreak.

Tito? Tito is the biggest
coward in the world.

He'd never be able to do that.

I'm not scared!
I can't catch the Outbreak.

OK, kid, very well.

I'll cast you
in one of my comedy shows.

Now, children, go and play

because I have to
get back to work.

I have to watch TV!

- Teo, we need your help.
- Help?

OK. What do you want from me?

We need your machine
to make the pigeons sing.

If they sing right,
people will get better.

We saw it happen.

And if we prove to your

dad that the machine
works on Buiu,

he can broadcast the cure on TV

so everyone can try it!
Isn't that amazing?

So your machine
didn't work after all.

And you came to ask me for help.

I told you Sarah,
he won't help us.

He never helps anyone
but himself.

Stop, both of you!
We don't have time for this.

Teo, I told Tito you would help.

You will help.
Do you understand?

I understand, but...
Where's this Buiu?

This is Buiu.

Someone contaminated
right here in my house! Yuck!

Come to my bedroom. It's safer.

Look how wonderful.

I just needed a small incentive
for the Dome Garden sales.

Look, Dr. Rufus,
look at the sales

since the Outbreak started.

Mr. Alaor, did you call?

I need a file on this boy.

We have to be careful.
The kid has no fear.

Damn pigeon!

My name is Teo Souza
and this is my channel.

You will now watch
exclusive coverage

of the cure to the Outbreak.

Go ahead, Tito!

- Can I look now?
- Wait.

So, can I look or not?

You can look.
It didn't work anyway.

-What went wrong, Tito?

- I don't know, Sarah,
I don't know.

Wait. Wait.

I know! I do know!

The street pigeons!
The street pigeons! That's it!

- I don't get it.
- He's having a revelation.

These are not street pigeons!

Of course not. They've always
lived in five-star cages.

The machine will only work
with street pigeons.

The free and rejected pigeons.

They are the ones that know us.

They know how to sing!

Free and rejected!
Rejected and free!

But how are we going to get
this thing out of the house?

I have an idea.

The boy's file, sir.

But it's Dr. Rufus's son!

You...

Did you think it was
going to be that easy?

Catch him!

He can't escape!

Yes, sir.

I can't believe it.

It's just like
Dr. Rufus's machine.

How can that be?

Get that machine!

Oh no! Someone must
have seen us!

Get out of the way! Get out!

Get out of the way! Get out!

Well done, Sarah!

-Where are we going?

- We have to find
the street pigeons!

Pigeons!

Tricksters!

Tito, how do we brake?

There wasn't enough time
to install it!

Is everyone alive?

I am, but we're going to end up
getting arrested.

We won't be able to participate
in the inventions contest.

And for the first time
in my life,

my dad will be mad at me.

You call that a problem?
The machine has broken again.

We won't be able to save anyone.

The entire world
is getting sick.

And my dad...

He should be here.

But he's not.

Pigeon, hey, calm down, pigeon.

- This pigeon...
- What about it?

It's different.

My dad must have sent it
to help me.

Why is there a picture
of your dad there?

Where? "Outbreak Research..."

I think he set up a lab
to find a cure for the Outbreak.

There may be scientists there
much better than your dad.

- It's in the old downtown.
- There's no way I'm going there.

-It's too dangerous.

- But the sign is saying
it's here.

We're in the old downtown!

That's it.

Let's go talk to the scientists.

Actually, this is not so bad.

It's kind of charming.
OK, I'm in.

What about the Tricksters?
We have to wait.

They must be
at a police station,

or worse, in a hospital.

We have to go.
It's our only hope.

OK.
Just don't leave me here alone.

Look!
We can go in through there.

Well done, pigeon.

- But it's too high.
- We can do it, Teo. Let's go.

Buiu, stay here.
We'll pull you up soon.

What now?

- I'll go first.
- Be careful, Tito.

I hope my dad's face
can take it.

Hold on, Tito!

I think it stopped.

Where's the pigeon?

- Did you hurt yourself?
- It's OK.

Where's everybody?

We're lost. Even the
scientists have run away.

What's this, Tito?

We're not lost.

This is the ornithologist's
machine! The real one!

So my dad should be around.
But how will I find him?

Look!
We have to get out of here.

They're going to catch Buiu.

We have to take the machine.
But how?

That's it! The pigeons
will carry the machine!

Are you crazy?
They won't manage!

You don't know
what they are capable of.

Yeah,
stop being so negative, Teo.

- Come on, Teo!
- OK.

- Look, the Trickster Brothers!
- Come down! Come down!

Come down now!

The pigeons can't carry it.
We're going to fall!

Look, the hospital.

Let's land there.

The machine landed
in the hospital, roger!

Teo! Stop hanging around
with those kids.

You're the heir of Alaor Souza.
Stay away from those kids.

Now!

You're not giving up now,
are you?

- But he's my dad.
- Come back here, Teo!

Go, Tito! Turn the machine on.

Attention!
This machine is very dangerous!

Protect yourselves from danger
while you can.

The best place to be now
is the Dome Garden,

away from this chaos,
from this mess.

- to buy the right house for you.
- Dad!

Teo! Teo, my boy...

- Watch out!
- Teo's going to fall!

Tito!

Tito? Tito?

Tito, answer me!

The machine broke again.

Tito, you scared me!
I thought you were dead.

Sarah...

Your eyes...

This wasn't supposed
to happen to you, Teo.

Come back, my son!
Come back!

What's this?

What's happening to me?

- You have to do something, kid!
- But you broke the machine.

Your dad.
Maybe your dad can help.

But he isn't here.

Dad?

- I can't understand him.
- Here!

The capsule. Doctor!

Dad.

I'm sorry about all this.

Why are you sorry, Tito?

The machine, the explosion,
your having to leave home.

No, Tito, it wasn't your fault.

I failed, son.

I was trying to find
the antidote for the disease

and I didn't find the answer.

- Not even when
I turned into a pigeon.

- But, what now?
- What are we going to do?

Tito, I can't figure out why the
pigeons aren't healing us.

You need to find out why, Tito.

- Quickly.
- No!

Sarah!

Tito...

Do you still think I'm brave?

Of course, Sarah. Of course.

Sarah!

No!

No!

The pigeons! I have to find out
why they aren't healing us.

When I entered the machine
and turned into a pigeon,

I finally understood
the dream I'd always had.

I flew into the past.

But the secret there

was not only about birds.

It was also about fear.

For other animals,

fear makes them flee or fight.

Humans learned to join forces
to overcome fear.

Together we are stronger,

we can wait for the fear to pass
and then face what caused it.

What my father didn't realize

is that humans
had forgotten this.

But the pigeons,
who have lived with us

since the beginning of time,
still remember.

The singing of the pigeons
is not the cure.

The singing of the pigeons...
is a memory we share.

Tito!

How did you do it?

I told the pigeons that we had
forgotten how to overcome fear.

Then they sang
for us to remember.

Look!

The pigeons are calling the
other birds so they can help.

Mom!

Tito!

Wow, is everyone all right?

Next time,
I'll pay more attention

to what you say, dear.

I think your eyes are big
even without the Outbreak.

-I have a foot, a leg, an arm...

- I have a neck,
a hand, fingers...

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After all that's happened,

I hope people will remember
why we had the Outbreak.

Otherwise, the Outbreak
will happen again soon.

And I'm not sure the birds
will want to help us again.

Just to be safe,
I'll keep practicing

the language of the birds.