Aruanas (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Advocacy - full transcript

To think we're on
a mountain of gold...

This week we'll have the bill
to dissolve the reserve.

I want the machines here
the next day.

Our bet is that KM releases
toxic metals

in the water, soil and air
when they extract gold.

-Congratulations on your work.
-Thank you.

I wanted to invite you
to see KM in Cari.

Felipe Braga. I'm KM's director
of institutional relations.

Who is he?

He did a story about KM
five years ago.

And showed up dead
in my friend's car trunk



when he was about to give her
a dossier about this company.

I want to visit the reserve.

It's just a forest.

That's my fight, remember?
Ecology.

I want the full report
about these activists.

My name is Mariana Moraes.
I'm Gilberto's lawyer.

This is the request
for sole custody of Ian.

You think Ian wouldn't tell me
someone pointed a gun at you?

What did this to you?

The mining.

-I want you far away from here.
-Ian, come here. Easy.

What do those bitches want?
To end our activities?

You can't tell anyone
about El Dorado.

I'll give the money back.



The money is yours.
I want the dossier.

A person died. I'm out.

Get up, Mosquito.
Let's go see mommy.

-He's not a murderer.
-So why did he run, ma'am?

There's a private
investigation

to learn the extent
of KM's influence on Amazonas,

especially
in the government.

Do you want me
to call security?

No, that's not necessary.

Don't worry, Miguel.

If all goes according to plan,
the reserve will be dissolved.

Let's say I have a powerful
friend in the Planalto.

-What's her weakness?
-Me.

Yes.

Fantastic.

In the dead of night,

the Cari Reserve,
located in Amazonas state,

was dissolved
with no public enquiry.

The reserve has an area
equal to Rio de Janeiro state.

The area is a home
to many native tribes,

who were protected
by conservation units.

"After a report by TV Núcleo,
the president is forced

to revoke
the reserve dissolution."

But, unfortunately,
it wasn't like that.

-Your source wasn't safe.
-You lost your essence.

And you lost
your common sense.

I won't even say anything.

Why can't I do stories
outside the studio,

like I did when I started?

The show doesn't have
that structure anymore.

We have two weeks recorded.
It's okay if I leave.

-Natalie.
-The show is stifled, Evandro.

It needs truth.
It needs strength.

Let's be honest.

You can barely sleep thinking
about the deforestation there.

It's personal.

-There's that, too.
-Well then.

Journalism can't be biased.

Can it be real?

I don't think
it's a good idea.

You can do stories out there,
but about another issue.

Fine. Great.

We could do a story
about the best coastal hotels

or the best hotels
in Brasília.

Oh, no, not Brasília.

It can't be in Brasília,
because Natalie is biased.

Okay.

Okay, Natalie, go.
You can go.

-Good choice.
-But listen.

Focus on the human.

Why do I do what I do?

Why?

Maybe because
of your talent?

No.

Because...

-Force of habit?
-No.

-No?
-No.

Why? Power?

Desire.

Desire...

Right.

No, no. No, Miguel.

I don't want to now.

With the treatment she started
communicating better.

We found out she has
always understood us,

since she was little.

What a joy for you.

-Thank you for seeing us.
-You're welcome.

-Thank you.
-Bye, Tiffany.

Bye.

I'll give Gabi
the treatment.

Let me research more,
Miguel.

Didn't you see
how happy that girl is?

And in this hole.

Amir.

-Amir.
-Nat, I'm here.

Where?

Amir.

Hi, Nat, I'm here.

-What are you doing?
-We need a room for the office.

Can you stop this, please?

-Easy, easy.
-Let go of my arm!

-Calm down!
-Go away!

Don't ever set foot
in here again.

Get out.

She exists.

She exists in our memory,
in our pain.

But she's not here.

She's not here
in this goddamn room, Nat!

I'm sorry.

You need to get treated.

CARI, AMAZONAS

I'm going to Brasília
to find out who's behind this.

-Can you reverse this?
-I'll try an injunction.

It would help for a while,
but we still need a new fact.

You'll have a new fact
with our expedition.

Let's check the equipment.

About the samples,
I have the results here.

So?

The water is contaminated,
but KM isn't the cause.

It's already contaminated
when it gets there.

-By what?
-Mercury. High levels of it.

Let's avoid fish
and swimming in the river.

-The population needs to know.
-But they won't.

We'll use this information
at the right time.

This is wrong.

Dotcom.

I want the report
on a few congressmen.

Give me the names.

-Guys, where's Nat?
-She's arriving tonight.

Senator Eurico.

-Clara.
-Yes.

I'll need you
tomorrow night, okay?

Okay.

Do you need anything?

OTÁVIO MENDES' MURDER

-What's up?
-Alright?

-Want coffee?
-Sure.

No sugar.

By any chance,

do you know what Falcão
wants with me?

You're going to be the focus
in an important action.

Me?

Clarinha,
in these risky actions,

it's harder for people arrested
for recidivism to be released.

Who here
has not been arrested?

What's wrong, Lulu?

What's wrong? What is it?

I thought you'd be
excited about this.

What's wrong?

Gilberto asked
for sole custody of Ian.

It doesn't mean anything.

Nothing.

Verônica can help you.

We'll make this request
lose its value.

If Verônica can't help,

I have a specialist
in disputes...

Maybe it's best for Ian.

Of course not.

Who's taking him to school
right now?

Lulu, it's not like that.

He's Ian's father.
You're here working.

It's normal.

-You're a badass.
-Hi, girls.

Hi, Father.

Take my seat.

-Let's go?
-Let's go.

Tell me, Father.
Where are we going?

You're annoying.

-I'll stop the car!
-No...

-Are we there yet?
-Almost.

Stop there, by that gate.

What?

No. No way.

I won't owe farmers
any favors.

C'mon, Luiza,
what are you talking about?

Really?

We're not against farmers.
Don't be biased.

Don't change your values
to make things easier.

I'm not changing my values.

Oscar
is a nice 80-year-old man.

Okay.
We're going in, alright?

I have other footage
of one of them

walking around this balcony,

sniffing out the barbecue.

Oscar, we're in a hurry.
Can you help us?

Look, they're all like this.
There are many of them.

This means
that the native forests

in my property
are completely preserved.

The proof is that there are
apex predators.

Look, this one
is even pregnant.

Great.
Will you lend us your plane?

She must be looking
for the baby's father.

The plane?

Plane?

-Clara, don't you have Facebook?
-No.

Do I have to?

No, but you need to post
about the action.

We need to communicate.

Otherwise it's as if
it didn't happen.

I'm a private person.

I don't like people to know
about my life.

Yes, but if you really want
to be an activist,

you need to expose yourself.

This is activism.

You need to show your idea.

Got it?

Yes.

Let's create your profile.
Sit here.

I'll help you.
C'mon, Clarinha.

Sit here. It's quick.

Here...

Write your full name here,
your date of birth,

where you were born...

And just like that,
you'll have an account.

Let's do this, activist?

Go on, tell the world.

You know the longer you hide,
the angrier I get.

Ramiro, I'm not your girlfriend
anymore.

It'll be good for us
to post the actions.

On March 24, the Cari Reserve
was secretly dissolved.

Today I'm going there
on an expedition

to understand
what's behind this move.

The network was brave
to allow this

and send a camera crew.

I wonder what Natalie told them
to convince them.

-Thank you for taking the crew.
-I'm just following orders.

Bye, Adelino.

-Thank you.
-Good luck.

-What a weird guy, right?
-Don't be like that.

What a nice day to fly!

-Thank you.
-Go.

-Hey. Thanks.
-Good luck.

Are you ready, Gabi?

Are you ready?

Let's go.

Today will be a special day,
honey.

-Right, Felipe?
-It'll go well, Gabi.

Gabi, Grandpa won't leave
your side, okay?

Let's go, Felipe.

In other words,

they don't take responsibility
for anything.

That is normal with treatments
that haven't been approved.

Paulo.

Paulo, can you fly
a little lower?

When you wonder if you're doing
anything for Ian's future,

remember this.

Attention, Dr. William.
Please come to the...

Nurse, please.

I need to see
my granddaughter.

Unfortunately, you can't go in
right now.

Wait here, please.

Miguel, sit down.
It's going to be alright.

Miguel!

Miguel.

Where are you going?

You can't be in here.
Miguel.

Miguel, take it easy, man.

Stop! Stop!

-I want you to stop!
-Miguel, it's their job!

Stop it, man!

-Stop!
-You're not going in!

Who are you?
Who are you to stop me?

If you had any presence,
Gabi wouldn't be in there.

-What are you saying?
-As a matter of fact, Felipe,

if you had any presence,

my daughter wouldn't have chosen
a different husband.

Right?

Move!

What's going on? Miguel!

Relax, man. Hey...

Look at me. Gabi is fine.

The surgery worked out.
Calm down, please.

I'll come talk to you
in a minute.

When will she begin
to improve, doctor?

Only time will tell how her body
will react to the treatment.

BRASÍLIA, DISTRITO FEDERAL

SILENT

-Verônica!
-William.

Thank you for coming.
I know how busy you are.

At least you gave me
a good excuse

not to skip lunch.

This way.

You've never eaten here?

No, I always stay at this hotel,
but I always eat somewhere else.

The president is
in a complicated situation.

To remain in office,
he needs three people:

the Chief of Staff,
the House speaker

and Senator Jaime Ferraz.

So such a big request

could only have come
from one of them.

Or from someone who is owed
a favor by one of them.

So I'll have to resort
to the courts.

Yes.

An injunction
would be a temporary decision,

which will surely be overturned
in the higher court.

I can't believe I have
to negotiate with these men.

If anyone has that ability,
it's you.

The bill was signed
without hearing society,

in the dead of night.

The society has been heard
for a long time.

We need to create jobs
and develop that area.

I need your help, secretary.

Congressman William says
you have republican attitudes.

I admire him, too.
I have an environmental agenda.

But our country
has other priorities.

More than that,
it has urgency.

Maybe one way is
to create new types of jobs.

It could be in another area,
something other than mining.

Excellent idea.

Did you know the bioeconomy
focused on biodiversity

affects 30 communities
in the Amazon?

Right, thirty.

Studies project a value
for this market

of over US$ 30 billion.

Listen, the only thing
that comes to mind is

the environmental permit
for the Piripkura plant.

In the only green part
in Mato Grosso?

With no electricity or jobs.

The NGO coalition
would never approve this.

Life is made of choices,
ma'am.

This administration wants
to provide progress and income.

Do your part.

It's either mining
or hydroelectric plants.

The rest is utopic.

Nat.

Look.

What the hell...

Why doesn't anyone
talk about this?

Silence is golden.

Verônica just got
her new fact.

There's a runway there.
We can land.

Hi, Amir.

I want to see you.

Amir,
don't make things harder.

It's hard for me, too.

I miss you, Verônica.
So much.

I miss you, too.

I heard you're in Brasília.

I have to go.
I'm waiting for someone, okay?

-No, no. Vê...
-Bye.

Unbelievable.

It's absurd.

Be careful!

For each gram of gold,
imagine the amount of mercury.

This explains a lot,
starting with the sick people.

Where's Paulo?

Who cares about Paulo?
Look at this!

Thank you for seeing me,
senator.

How could I deny
a meeting with you?

You studied
under William Corsoi.

It's almost coercion.

I know your time is precious,
so I'll get right to it.

The Cari Reserve.

Knowing where you come from,
it doesn't surprise me.

You're the only one capable
of reverting this.

The Cari Reserve, right?

I confess I'm not a fan
of the bill.

My two daughters are mad at me
because of it.

It doesn't look positive,
Your Excellency.

C'mon, Verônica...
Your Excellency?

It's not office hours
anymore.

You can call me Jaime.

But yes.

-I think we can help each other.
-Really?

My brother,
Congressman Dulcidio Ferraz,

was wrongly arrested because
he had a suitcase of money.

It's dangerous to carry
a suitcase of money.

The habeas corpus
is being judged.

But the DA is making
things hard for my brother.

Right.

A decision
in my brother's favor

would give me courage
to do what you

and my daughters want.

I don't understand,
Your Excellency.

It's a big coincidence.

The judge in the lawsuit
is your mentor, William Corsoi.

Waiter, please.

I hope you're very hungry

and have time for us
to get to know each other.

The tasting menu, please.

Be careful.

Why would someone
take gold from the soil

and invest in a bank
in Switzerland?

I don't get it.

Our society decided
this was valuable.

It's crap.

It's a stupid tale,
a ritual of destruction.

It shouldn't be like that.

The flashlight!

-C'mon! Go!
-Easy.

Over here.

Paulo.

He was spying on us.

I know you from somewhere.

-Tell them what you were doing.
-I was checking who you were.

-The truth.
-That's it.

-Where do I know you from?
-I don't know.

Relax.

Relax, please.
Put that gun down.

Please.

Who are you,
and who do you work for?

Gregory Meloy.
I'm an anthropologist.

I work
at Biodiversidade Internacional.

It's all okay.

Thank you.

This guy taking a picture.

Pause and enlarge it.

No.

Do you see this picture?

I need to know
who took this.

The square is empty, Falcão.

It's okay.
What matters are the pictures.

Clara, if anyone asks,
you're a visual artist.

The video is on a loop.

So don't ever step away
from the projector.

Okay.

Let's go?

Good evening.
We're from the Aruana NGO.

We wanted to show you
something.

Good evening.

Hello, how are you?

Good evening.

-Let's go, Falcão.
-Hello.

Dotcom, can you read me?

-Dotcom here.
-Everything good?

It's generating interest.
We'll get views.

-We're doing well.
-Okay.

It's going well, André.
All good.

It's for our reserve.
It's important for all of us.

-What the hell is this?
-Easy...

We don't want any trouble.

Falcão, what was that noise?

What about those
who make a living at this?

You don't need
to be aggressive.

-Falcão?
-We're peaceful. Easy, easy...

Are you crazy?

You asshole!

Let's go! Let's go!

Falcão!

-Falcão...
-Step away!

-Who started this mess?
-I did!

They have nothing
to do with this!

Call an ambulance!

Call an ambulance, c'mon!
Are you okay?

Where's the policewoman
to do this?

She's about 250 miles away.

Can I use the phone?

When I finish.

Listen...
Won't these women ever leave?

Jeez...

PUBLIC DISORDER

You'll wake up different
every day now.

-Hello.
-Will the bill be withdrawn?

-No way.
-Are you sure?

Miguel, it was in Cari.
Who cares?

Someone's writing
about this.

It's just a story.
It doesn't go beyond that.

Says who?

Do you want
to go back in time?

The dead journalist
in the trunk.

Who remembers that?

You need to remember
to come to dinner here tonight.

-Here, it's warm.
-Thank you.

Have you been wandering alone
around here?

For how long?

Six months.

What's your conclusion?

You can be sure
that, for every mine you saw,

there're a dozen dead natives
next to it.

That many?

No one investigates.

They're isolated natives.

It's convenient.

Lu.

-Lu.
-What is it, Nat?

Listen.

Tomorrow
we'll take the tents down,

you go back
with the footage we have,

and I'll stay here.

Isn't it better to focus

on the illegal extraction
of gold?

It's all connected.

Have a good night.
Thank you, senator.

-See you, Miguel.
-See you.

Have a good night.

My place next time.

We'll celebrate
something bigger.

-Definitely.
-Alright.

Please.

I think I'll go, too, Miguel.

Thank you for coming,
Felipe.

What I said to you
at the hospital was awful.

It's alright.

Do you know about Robson?
I can't reach him.

I'm going to my room.

Now tell me.
What's wrong?

I'm being blackmailed.

Wow...

To have more information
about the reserve,

I can either lobby in favor
of a hydroelectric plant

or I get a habeas corpus
for a criminal.

Welcome to Brasília.

Can I help?

I think it's unlikely.

Finding me in your room
was unlikely, too.

Let's start
from the beginning.

Who's making money
with the reserve dissolution?

We don't know for sure.

But we have suspicions.

Well... I have connections.

If you let me spend the night
in your room,

I can make it certain.

Are you blackmailing me, too?

Better than
the hydroelectric plant, right?

Right?

Your call is being forwarded
to voicemail

and will be charged.

Did you see the mess
these girls made in the city?

Yes.

I wanted to see
Miguel's face.

I love
what these girls are doing.

So? How is it?

All good.

The men have been hired.
We're using a boat.

This time we'll do your part

in my friend's store,

so we don't create
a pattern.

She's nice. You'll like her.

I don't know...

I'm not confident.

There're too many people
who know everything.

I prefer to do it
the way we always have.

You're the boss.

I'm only here
to implement, sir.

And take your share.

Which is always proportional
to the risk I take.

You're always
telling me that.

Why would that be?

-Can't you sleep?
-What is it?

Get down.

-They came to get you out.
-Verônica?

Where is she?

I told you I'd find you.

Who will scream first, who?

the scream that unleashes
in despair

the chest that breaks
in the thunder

who's going
to watch the fire, who?

the soul that dances
in the humming flame

the pores burn, devastation

who will leave their homes?

who will disappear
from the world?

untie the dead knot?

see in the dark?

sabotage the offense?

who's going to cure the cure?

is it the serum
from the crying?

who's going to ask
forgiveness?

who's going off the path?

who's changing their ways?

who's going to be the first?

who will be silent in vain?